The 10 Highest Monuments Around the World


	The 10 Highest Monuments Around the World
overture
6-18-2007 4:30 PM
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architecture, history, statues, monuments, world, religion, icons, asia, europe, america
overture says:
Great tourist spots, too.
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7-26-2007 6:24 PM
Jorjor
#9 - Those were the statues the Taliban destroyed some years ago. Not my idea of a great tourist spot.
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