Buildings

Machu Picchu is made up of nearly 200 buildings.

Set over a 5 mile stretch of land, Machu Picchu has nearly 200 known buildings, with more being uncovered regularly in further excavation works.

Ranging from temples, to plazas, to residential buildings and baths, what little there is left to set eyes upon is still a marvel to behold.

Berlin is home to many famous buildings and monuments, like the Siegessäule, the Brandenburger Tor, the Reichstag and the boulevard Unter den Linden.

Bombs destroyed many buildings in the city in World War Two.

It is a large park-like area located in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo and contains buildings including the main palace, the private residences of the Imperial Family, an archive, museums and administrative offices.

Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site.

Typically, the buildings front the streets for convenient customer access.

While the backs of the buildings open to the river allowing easy loading and off-loading of goods from boats.

The Angkor complex encompasses all major architectural buildings and hydrological engineering systems from the Khmer period and most of these "Barays" and canals still exist today.

Rome has many old, famous buildings.

Paris has many art museums and historical buildings.

The best known of those buildings was designed by Antoni Gaudi.

Due to the thick layer of fen and clay present in the soil of the city, all the city's buildings were erected on wooden poles that are fixed into a sandy layer of the ground over 35 feet deep!

Normally, a house rests on about 10 wooden poles, but the bigger buildings sit on thousands of them.

Amsterdam's buildings are so narrow due to taxation reasons.

Because of this, the gorgeous old buildings you see lined up on the canal - and street-fronts of Amsterdam are particularly thin and tall.

Australia is a fascinating country - home to many amazing wildlife and views, with famous buildings and landmarks which plenty of travelers long to see.