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Great Buildings Trivia

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I shall start us off with a very familiar one to those in the USA.

The Gateway Arch in the city of Saint Louis was controversial due to its similarity with to another structure which was proposed but never built. What was this structure and what country had planned to build it?


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Here is a hint: it was not a democratic country that had plans to build a similar arch.


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The rounded Italian arch, Italy being the country it was proposed to be built in?


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Was it nazi Germany?
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Cancerian Tiger is correct. It is now her turn.


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This building in North America stands at 1,450 feet, is 110 stories high and is the third tallest building in the world.  What is the name of the building?


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Sears Tower.. although I don't think is the third tallest anymore..
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Nick22 got it before I did; it IS the Sears Tower... soon to be renamed the Willis Tower (although it will always be the Sears Tower in the hearts and minds of the people, and Sears sounds a lot better than "Willis"!) The building is the Second Tallest structure to Pinnacle height, but not by roof height.


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For thousands of years the Great Pyramid was the tallest structure on earth. What finally surpassed it?
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nope, thats not it..
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I was looking for the Eiffel tower in Paris but since yours in technically coorrect.. you may go..
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What church building in Italy is Catholic, but modeled off of the Orthodox styles, and is the largest church in its city?


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Here is a hint: It is in Northern Italy, and was originally built as an extension to the leader of the city's chapel, before it was rebuilt into what it is now.


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St. Mark's Basilica was the answer. Yes, this is my final attempt at saving this thread...

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What held the title of world's tallest man-made structure until it collapsed just 17 years after it was completed?

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No. I'm not exactly sure, but I think the severe lack of maintenance was a significant factor to causing it's collapse.

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