Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Dodane: 2 lata temu
Wyświetleń: 1399
Ocena: 0
Zdjęcia: 5
Komentarze: 0
Ulubione: 0
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture created by Gutzon Borglum in a granite mountain near Keystone, SD, USA. It portrays the heads of four US presidents - George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), and Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) – and is one of the most famous sites in the United States.
Originally the presidents were to be carved from head to waist, but due to extensive costs this idea has been abounded and only 18 meter (60 feet) heads were created.
Construction of the monument took 400 workers almost exactly 14 years, no one died during that period, but some injuries occurred. Building the Mount Rushmore National Memorial cost a total of US$989,992.32.
© 2008