World Book's Learning LaddersFamousBuildingsWORLDBOOKwww.worldbook.comWorld Book,Inc.180 North LoSalle StreetSuite 900USA2018 World Book,Inc.All rights reserved.This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any form withoutprior written permission from the publisher.WORLD BOOK and the GLOBE DEVICE are registered trademarks or trademarks of World Book,Inc.For information about other World Book publications,visit our website at www.worldbook.com or call1-800-WORLDBK(967-5325).For information about sales to schools and libraries,call 1-800-975-3250(United States);1-800-837-5365(Canada).Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataStaffExecutive CommitteeTitle:Famous buildings.President:Geoff BroderickDescription:Chicago,IL:World Book,Inc.,a Scott FetzerVice President,Finance:Donald D.Kellercompany,2017.Series:World Book'sVice President,Marketing:Jean Linleaming ladders|Includes index.Vice President,Technology:Jason DoleIdentifiers:LCCN 2017034918 ISBN 9780716679479Vice President,Customer Success:Jade LewandowskiSubjects:LCSH:Architecture--Juvenile literature.Director,Editorial:Tom EvansBuildings--JuvenileDirector,Human Resources:Bev Eckerliterature.Classification:LCC NA2555 .F36 2017|DDC 720--dc23 LCEditorialrecord available at https://ccn.loc.gov/2017034918Writer:S.Thomas RichardsonSenior Editor:Shawn BrennanManager,Indexing Services:David PofelskiProofreader:Nathalie StrassheimsBN978-0-7166-7945-5(set,hc)DigitalDirector,Digital Product Development:Erika Meller1SBN978-0-7166-7957.8(e-book)Digital Product Manager:Jonathan WillsPrinted in China by Shanghai Zhonghua Printing CO.,LTDGraphics and Design2nd printing April 2021Coordinator,Design Development and Production:Brenda TropinskiSenior Visual Communications Designer:Melanie J.BenderMedia Researcher:Rosalia BledsoePhotographic credits:Cover:Pisa Photography/Shutterstock;Eliedion (licensedunder CC BY-5A 4.0):7;Tony Hisgett (licensed under CC BY 2.0):10;Gilles Mairet(licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0):13;Shutterstock:4,5,6,9,11,17,20,23,26,27;Jason Tong (licensed under CC BY 2.0):19;The Christian Martyrs'Last Prayer(1883),oil on canvas by Jean-Leon Gerome;Walters Art Museum:9:Zigomar(licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0):14.