Name:Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, USA

Name: Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, USA

Made of: marble

Completed: 1922

Designer: Henry Bacon

Reason Built: to honour Abraham Lincoln

Number of visitors per year: 1,500,000

Name: The Little Mermaid, Copenhagen, Denmark

Made of: bronze

Completed: 1913

Sculptor: Edward Eriksen

Reason Made: to honour the Royal Danish Ballet

Number of visitors per year: 1,000,000

Name: The Bank of England Museum, London, UK

Made of: concrete

Founded: 1694

Used as: a bank and a museum

Displayed: calculators, gold, banknotes and coins

Name: The Pompidou Centre, Paris, France

Made of: glass and steel

Completed: 1977

Designers: Rogers and Piano

Used as: The National Museum of Modern Art

Displayed: Picasso, Matisse, Duchamps and many others

Name: Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

Located: south-west of Turkey

Completed: around 350 BC

Reason Built: to be used as a tomb

Made of: marble

Destroyed: 15^th century

Name: Colossi of Ramses II

Located: Luxor, Egypt

Made of: granite

Built: 1304-1237 BC

Who Built by: Ramses II

Reason Built: as a symbol of power

Name: Moai Statues

Located: Easter Island, Pacific Ocean

Made of: volcanic stone

Built: 1000-1600 AD

Who Built by: islanders

Reason Built: in memory of their ancestors

Name: Chac Mool

Located: Chichen Itza, southern Mexico

Made of: stone

Built: 11^th century

Who Built by: Mayan people

Reason Built: as part of an ancient temple

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