Great Buildings of the Global Millennium Celebration
Millennium World Party! — Getting Down with Architecture of the AgesHere are some of the many beloved Great Buildings included in Millennium celebrations around the world. Some of these buildings have seen many centuries, or even several millennia. Great buildings can have life spans longer than individual people, and even longer than the cultures that create them. They are among our greatest cultural markers of time and of the continuities of our existance. —KMM
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Millennium Arrival Time |
Kiribati and Tonga | = Millennium Arrival Time + Zero |
| + 2 | Australia | Sydney Opera House, by Jorn Utzon, 1957 to 1973 |
| + 4 | China | Great Wall of China |
| + 6.5 | India | Taj Mahal, by Emperor Shah Jahan, 1630 to 1653. |
| + 9 | Russia | St. Basil's Cathedral |
| + 10 | Egypt | Pyramids of Giza, -2600 to -2480 |
| + 10 | Greece | The Acroplis and the Parthenon, by Ictinus and Callicrates with Phidias, -477 to -438 |
| + 10 | Finland | Senate Square |
| + 11 | France |
Eiffel Tower, by Gustave Eiffel, 1887 to 1889
Arc de Triomphe Chateau de Versailles, 1661 to 1774. |
| + 11 | Germany | The Brandenberg Gate, Potsdammerplaz |
| + 11 |
Italy and Vatican City |
Piazza of St. Peter's, by Bernini, surrounded by Rome, Italy, 1656 to 1667
St. Peter's of Rome, by Giacomo della Porta, 1546 to 1564 and 1590 |
| + 11 | Spain | The Alcazar, 1000 or 1410 to 1455 |
| + 12 |
England United Kingdom |
Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, by Sir Charles Barry, 1836 to 1868
Tower Bridge, by Horace Jones, 1886 to 1894 Millennium Dome, by Richard Rogers, 1999 |
| + 12 |
Scotland United Kingdom |
Edinburgh Castle |
| + 17 |
New York United States |
Times Square |
| + 17 |
Washington D.C. United States |
Washington Monument, by Robert Mills, 1848 to 1885
Lincoln Memorial |
| + 20 |
San Francisco United States |
Golden Gate Bridge, by Joseph B. Strauss, 1933 to 1937 |
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