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AND. THE EUROPEAN UNION. Located north of Brussels the Mini Europe Park is a village of building miniatures representing the major structures from the European Union. All the miniatures are built down to the finest detail to a scale of 1:25. A few facts about the European Union.
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AND THE EUROPEAN UNION Located north of Brussels the Mini Europe Park is a village of building miniatures representing the major structures from the European Union. All the miniatures are built down to the finest detail to a scale of 1:25
At this time the European Union has 25 members with 4 more to be accepted soon. From the western Europe only Switzerland, Norway and Iceland are not members.
Denmark- Copenhagen The Exchange Building 17 Century structure
Denmark- Copenhagen Nyhavn or New harbor with colorful houses.
Italy Leaning Tower of Pisa and Cathedral
Italy-Venice Palazzo Ducale 17th Century
Germany-Berlin Brandenburg Gate 1791
Czech Republic-Prague Astronomical Clock 1410
Greece-Athens Acropolis 5th Century BC
ATOMIUM The Atomium is Brussels well known symbol. Constructed in 1958 for the International Exhibition the Atomium represents an iron crystal molecule, magnified 165 billion times.Made entirely of steel, the structure is 102 meters tall.It has nine spheres joined by tubes. In the central vertical tube is an elevator and in the others escalators. Inside the spheres are different exhibitions. ESCALATOR ELEVATOR
The spheres are provided with windows allowing a panoramic view.
Maintenance workers on top of a sphere.If I have this job I will be so scared that I'll drop my pants.
MINI EUROPE ATOMIUM I hope you liked this presentation and find it informative. If you have any comments please send them to Dan Calistrat at dcalistrat@aol.com June 2006