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Rosetta stone |
Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek)
It was found in 1799 in a small village in the Delta called Rosetta (Rashid).
The Rosetta Stone was carved in 196 B.C.
It was found by French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in Egypt.
It is called the Rosetta Stone because it was discovered in a town called Rosetta (Rashid).
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Leaning Tower of Pisa |
 The Torre Pendente di Pisa was started to be built in 1173 and it took til 1350 to complete. The tower is a bell tower for the nearby Cathedral. During its construction the workers had to stop three times to fight wars. It is 55.86 metres high from the lowest side and 56.70 from the highest. In 2001 builders straightened it up by 16 inches.
The top looked like Lego and I don't understand why it doesn't fall down.
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Lourdes |
We went to Lourdes two times. It is where Jesus ' mother Mary is supposed to have appeared to a girl called Bernadette. Now Catholics from all over the world come to visit. Sick people go in a special bath hoping for a miracle to be cured. There were sooo many sick people there .It was WIERD  |
Chateau de Chambord |
The Chateau de Chambord is in the Loire Valley in France. It was built 500 years ago in the Renaissance period. Leonardo da Vinci designed some of it. It has got a chimney for every day of the year but I don't know why..
I took this picture.. Good or what??????????????????????????????
If I had turned the camera a bit you would see a French Nuclear Power Station. http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Western_Europe/France/france5.htm |
The Armistice Clearing |
We went to the clearing where the surrender was signed between the Allies & the Germans. It is to the north west of Paris near a town called Compiegne
It was a Monday & they are shut on Mondays!
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Vichy Water |
We went to a place in the middle of France called Vichy. It's famous for it's water. It comes out of the ground and is meant to be good for you.
We saw lots of people come & drink a cup full, we tried it.
IT MADE ME SICK!
It was disgusting & smelt like rotten eggs.
How could they drink it?
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Normandy Landings |
On 6th June 2001 we were on the beach at Ouistreham near Caen where there were lots of old men with medals on some of them were crying.
On 27th February 2006 we are back, now I am 9. We have been playing on the beach.
We have been to Pegasus bridge where lots of brave pilots landed in gliders on 6th June 1944.
We have been to the Peace Memorial in Caen which is telling us we must have peace not war.
It was the British, Americans, Polish and lots of others who bravely came in ships and planes
to save the world from Adolf Hitler.
I can't believe that the beach we have been playing on was the dying place of so many people.
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Trafalgar |
We went to Trafalgar square in London & we saw Lord Nelson's statue. The pigeons were more fun.
We went to Portsmouth and saw Admiral Lord Nelson's ship, Victory. It was very interesting especially the place where he died!
Later we went to Gibralter & found a graveyard with headstones from the sailors who were killed in the battle of Trafalgar.
We went to the beach Cabo De Trafalgar near where the battle took place.
There were no signs there because the Spanish and the French had lost. 
1805 was a long long time ago.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/trafalgar/page2.htm
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