World Landmarks: Can You Place Them?

The Eiffel Tower was built in Paris for the 1889 Exposition Universelle.

The Inca citadel sits high in Peru’s Andes.

The Taj Mahal stands on the southern bank of the Yamuna in Agra.

The Nabataean city of Petra lies in southern Jordan.

The statue crowns Corcovado mountain above Rio de Janeiro.

Rome’s Colosseum is the largest ancient amphitheater ever built.

Angkor Wat is the best-known temple in Cambodia’s Angkor complex.

Dubai’s Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest completed building.

The Acropolis and Parthenon stand above Athens.

The bridge spans the Golden Gate strait at San Francisco Bay’s Pacific entrance.

Antoni Gaudí’s unfinished basilica is a defining landmark of Barcelona.

The Sydney Opera House stands beside Circular Quay on Sydney Harbour.

The statue rises on Liberty Island in New York Harbor.

Rapa Nui, also called Easter Island, is a special territory of Chile.

Chichén Itzá is a Maya archaeological site on the Yucatán Peninsula.