Royal Exhibition Building – Melbourne

Royal Exhibition Building – Melbourne

The Royal Exhibition Building is a World Heritage Site-listed building in Melbourne, Australia, completed in 1880. It is located at 9 Nicholson Street in the Carlton Gardens, flanked by Victoria, Nicholson, Carlton and Rathdowne Streets, at the north-eastern edge of the central business district. It was built to host the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880-1881

Melbourne Cricket Ground – Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne Cricket Ground – Melbourne, Australia

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the largest stadium in Australia and holds the world record for the highest light towers at any sporting venue. The MCG is within walking distance of the city centre and is serviced by the Richmond and the Jolimont railway stations.

Botanical Garden of Pamplemousses – Mauritius

Botanical Garden of Pamplemousses – Mauritius

Mauritius Botanical Garden is one of the mostly visited attractions in Mauritius. This garden, located near Port Louis is highly acclaimed with the nature lovers and is considered as a major hotspot with the botanist, horticulturalist, and landscape gardeners. This botanical garden is also known for being one of the oldest botanical gardens in the Southern Hemisphere.

Zytglogge Tower – Bern, Switzerland

Zytglogge Tower – Bern, Switzerland

The Zytglogge tower is a landmark medieval tower in Bern, Switzerland. Built in the early 13th century, it has served the city as guard tower, prison, clock tower, centre of urban life and civic memorial. Despite the many renovations, the Zytglogge is one of Bern’s most recognisable symbols and, with its 15th-century astronomical clock, a major tourist attraction.

Southgate Pedestrian Bridge – Melbourne

Southgate Pedestrian Bridge – Melbourne

Built in 1989 the Southgate pedestrian bridge over the Yarra River in Melbourne provides the main pedestrian link for thousands of workers and tourists between Flinders Street Station and the Southgate business and entertainment precinct. The bridge was originally finished with traditional Merbau timber decking but has since been replaced with the prefabricated “OmniTreads”

Silence Sculpture – Docklands Precinct, Melbourne

Silence Sculpture – Docklands Precinct, Melbourne

Commissioned in 2001 and installed during 2002, Silence has a size of 18 x 23 meters and a height of 4.5 meters. It consists of 13 components and was made from epoxy resin and stainless steel painted off-white. Silence was installed on the New Quay esplanade, Docklands Precinct Melbourne. The sculpture was commissioned by the MAB Corporation

Colosseum – Rome, Italy

Colosseum – Rome, Italy

The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheater in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.

Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception – Goa

Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception – Goa

The Our Lady Of The Immaculate Conception Church is situated in the centre of the city of Panaji and is a well known landmark. It is one of the first churches that were built in Goa. The church bell is said to be the 2nd largest in the world. . It is one of the most popular tourist spots and visitors flock to see the church in large numbers. The genuine splendor of this church can be seen at night.

Piazza San Marco – Venice, Italy

Piazza San Marco – Venice, Italy

Piazza San Marco (often known in English as Saint Mark’s Square), is the principal square of Venice, Italy. It is one of the few great urban spaces in a Europe where human voices prevail over the sounds of motorized traffic, which is confined to Venice’s waterways. It is the only urban space called a piazza in Venice; the others, regardless of size, are called campi.

Port Louis Waterfront – Mauritius

Port Louis Waterfront – Mauritius

Port Louis District is the Capital & one of the districts of Mauritius, has the biggest harbour on the island. A sugar terminal has been built very near to the harbor for the exportation of sugar-cane.The harbor has over the decades been extended through reclaimed land. The Caudan Waterfront just next to the harbor has been built over these reclaimed pieces of land.

Athirapilly Falls – Chalakkudy, Kerala

Athirapilly Falls – Chalakkudy, Kerala

Athirapilly Falls in Kerala has captured the imagination of quite a few Indian directors, but none has been a bigger fan of the place than Mani Rathnam, for songs from as high as 4 of his movies have been shot there – Kannathil Muthamittaal, Guru, Iruvar & Uyire (Dil Se).