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2.  Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany

Located in southwest Bavaria, The Neuschwanstein Castle was commissioned by Ludwig II, the King of Bavaria, in 1869.  He paid for it from his own personal fortune.  He died in 1886 before construction was actually completed.  The architectural style, called “castle romanticism”, was inspired by a pair of castles that Ludwig thought were reminiscent of the Middle Ages.

1.  The Taj Mahal, India

In English, the name “Taj Mahal” translates to “Crown of the Palaces.”  Found in the city of Agra, ground was broken in 1632.  Construction took 21 years.  The cost to build it was 32 million rupees or the equivalent of 8 hundred million dollars at that time.gardens and a partially-surrounding crenelated wall.  The work was overseen by a group of architects headed up by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri.

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  1. There are so much more buildings in the city of Liverpool in Uk, the Anglican cathedral, and in London the House of Parliament , so much Beauty and not on the list

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