Lisbon is situated in the opening of Tagus River which is also known as “Rio Tejo”. It is said that the discoverers of Lisbon were Phoenicians. The place is famous for its sports and the variety of cultures living together happily. Foreigners usually come to spend their vacations. The place attracts its visitors due to the concerts, theatre, nightlife, and outdoor sports like golf and surfing. The place is said to be invaded many times by the forces of different areas. The place still contains the remains of the cultures that the kings of that time left. It is a kind of paradise for archaeologists and it is said that Vasco Da Gama went to India through the sea route from Lisbon.
People who go there are said to have enjoyed visiting the Lisbon Castle, Lisbon Cathedral, the Belem Tower, and the Jeronimos Monastery. In the year 1983, UNESCO identified this place as one of the World Heritage Sites.
Napoleon Bonaparte attacked this place in the starting of 19th century and became its ruler. It was declared as the first Portuguese Republic in the year 1910 and in 1998 arranged the World Exhibition Expo ’98.
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This ancient Wonder was not listed as wonder because of its size it got place as Wonder because of its beauty though this also a burial place of a king, it fascinated its visitors for years. Being a burial place of a King haven’t mean that it got place in list of Wonders and neither it got that because of the size like pyramid. It became famous because of its astonishing beauty. It’s situated in the southwest Turkey’s city Bodrum on the Aegean Sea.
The ancient Persian kingdom was expanded to Mesopotamia, Northern India, Syria, Egypt, and Asia Minor because of such vast empire the king failed to have control over it, and it became hard to keep control on all those captured lands. From 377 to 353 BC King Mausollos of Caria and he moved his capital to Halicarnassus. There is nothing that we can found about Maussollos life except construction of his tomb. The idea about this project was conceived by his wife and sister Artemisia and its believed that construction of tomb was started in King’s life.
The Mausoleum was completed around 350 BC, it was completed 3 years after the death of the Maussollos.
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