These myths time to debunk.
The leaning tower of Pisa is considered to be “the incident”, the Dead sea, the saltiest, and the Cathedral. Paul in Rome the largest sacred building in the world. Actually it is not. Here are seven myths about the attractions that are worth to debunk.
Myth 1: St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is the biggest
The most visited Church in the world — Yes, of course: almost 60 000 people and has the Cathedral during the mass. But it’s not the biggest Church in the world for its size. Much more the Vatican Basilica Notre-Dame de La Paix in the African Yamoussoukro, administrative capital of the Republic of côte d’ivoire or the Republic of the Ivory Coast. The Church was built between 1985 and 1989 on the model of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome and occupied an area of about 30,000 square meters, which is twice more than the St. Peter’s Basilica. The Basilica is also surpassed by the second Vatican Council and at a height of 26 meters.
Myth 2: the leaning tower of Pisa — the leaning
In fact, most leaning building in the world (of miraculous!) located in Germany — XIII century Church in the village of ostrinskoe Suurhusen. With his tilt of 5.19 degrees its tower came in July 2007, the Guinness Book of records as the building with the largest angle of inclination from nature. For comparison, the leaning tower of Pisa is only 3.97 degrees. There is another structure, the work of human hands, and one of the most interesting works of modern architecture — Capital-Gate (“gate of the capital”) in Abu Dhabi. The skyscraper, leaning at 18 degrees, is listed in the Guinness Book of records as the building with the largest angle of inclination in the world.
Myth 3: Water in the Dead sea — the saltiest
28% — so much salt in the sea between Israel, Jordan and Palestine. This is seven times more than the Mediterranean. Of course, a lot. But there is on our planet and saltier water — drainless lake Assal in Djibouti, the horn of Africa. Its coast is the lowest point of Africa, and the salt content approaches 35%. This lake is known to Europeans for a long time — at least the last 100 years, however the popularity that he does not add. Few people in a hurry to relax in East Africa. Do the same for other even more salty waters of the Earth. For example, in Antarctica there are lakes, which due to the high salt content and do not freeze when the frost is over 30 degrees, but those wishing to relax there as it is.
Myth 4: Niagara falls — the highest
Actually the highest waterfall on Earth is located much further to the South, but also in the Americas — in Venezuela. Angel falls (“waterfall of the deepest place”) in tropical forests in the South-East of the country has a height of 979 meters! Water falls from the top of Auyantepui, the “devil’s mountain”. In the hot season portion of its time on the way to the ground to evaporate, which creates a transparent cloud of water droplets — an absolutely unique sight to admire which, however, is not so simple: a journey to the waterfall takes about a day in the jungle.
Myth 5: the North Cape in Europe — the North
Every year more than 200,000 tourists travel to the Norwegian island) to stand on the North European soil. Wrong, because the northernmost land in the European Union lies nearly a mile farther is Cape Newshellcode. As for Europe itself, there are Islands and North — Spitsbergen and Franz-Joseph. But here hosts Russia, and also to get to these places is not so easy, in contrast to the North Cape today, he is part of the longest continental trails called E1.
Myth 6: the Cape of Good Hope in Africa is the most southern
To Cape Agulhas (Agulhas) from the Cape of Good Hope you need to drive another 155 kilometres to the South-East. Cape Agulhas is the southernmost point of Africa and, in addition, the geographic boundary that separates the Atlantic and Indian oceans. For sailors in the old days the terrain here was threat: the eye of the stranded became famous very deep and rapid undercurrent that ripples formed and became the cause of frequent shipwrecks. Besides in this place there is a specific magnetic anomaly. For example, in the nineteenth century, the compass needle was deflected 30 degrees to the West. In fact, the name of the place occurred here: from the Portuguese agulha — needle, in this case — the magnetic needle of a compass.
Myth 7: the Sahara Desert is the sand
In fact, only 20% of this largest desert in the world is really out of the sand and giant sand dunes. The rest of the surface is stones, gravel, boulders, pebbles. Geologists have discovered that desert for thousands of years knew both dry and wet periods, which, in fact, formed its present unique look. Sugar and amazes with its size — 8.6 million square kilometers of the surface. For comparison, the United States ranked about the same.
