Name : Intan Ayu Wulandari

Class : VIII B
Absen : 17

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It
is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.

Constructed from 188789 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticized
by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but it has become a global cultural
icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world.[3] The Eiffel Tower is the
most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015.

The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest
structure in Paris. Its base is square, measuring 125 metres (410 ft) on each side. During its
construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made
structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York City was
finished in 1930. Due to the addition of a broadcasting aerial at the top of the tower in 1957, it is now
taller than the Chrysler Building by 5.2 metres (17 ft). Excluding transmitters, the Eiffel Tower is
the second-tallest structure in France after the Millau Viaduct.
Name : Farah Nailil Fitria
Class : VIII B
Absen : 14

Borobudur

Borobudur, or Barabudur (Indonesian: Candi Borobudur, Javanese: , translit. Candhi

Barabudhur) is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, and
the world's largest Buddhist temple.[1][2] [3] The temple consists of nine stacked platforms, six square
and three circular, topped by a central dome. It is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha
statues. The central dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa.[4]

Built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra Dynasty, the temple design
follows Javanese Buddhist architecture, which blends the Indonesian indigenous cult of ancestor
worship and the Buddhist concept of attaining Nirvana.[3] The temple demonstrates the influences
of Gupta art that reflects India's influence on the region, yet there are enough indigenous scenes and
elements incorporated to make Borobudur uniquely Indonesian.[5][6] The monument is a shrine to
the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The pilgrim journey begins at the base of the
monument and follows a path around the monument, ascending to the top through three levels
symbolic of Buddhist cosmology: Kmadhtu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms)
andArupadhatu (the world of formlessness). The monument guides pilgrims through an extensive
system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the walls and the balustrades.
Borobudur has the largest and most complete ensemble of Buddhist reliefs in the world.