When on vacation it is so breathtaking to dive into another culture, another time and start to imagine what it was like back then, right? What did you think while standing in front of the tremendous Statues of Liberty? Or the Colosseum? Did you ask yourself how expensive all those monuments and symbols of cities you’ve visited where? How much would it cost to buy the Eiffel Tower? Okay, maybe the question wasn’t as serious, but the most popular monuments of the world would cost soooo much money today. Who else is curious what we would have to spent to built something like the Leaning Tower of Pisa or Christ the Redeemer in today’s currency? Read on.
1. Eiffel Tower
Location: on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France
Metro stop: Ecole Militaire
Built: 1887-1889
Named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel
Nickname: The Iron Lady
Height: 324 metres
And now we don’t want to keep you n tenterhooks… The original tower cost 8 million francs which today is roughly $40 million.
2. Big Ben
Location: London, England
Tube stop: Westminster
Built: finished in 1859
Height: 315 feet, 96m
More formally known as Elizabeth Tower, Big Ben is just the bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster
Costs today: £145,000, so approximately $220,000
3. Colosseum
Location: east of the roman forum in Rome, Italy
Constructed: 70-80 AD
The Colosseum was only built in 9 years and could hold 50,000 to 80,000 spectators
Historical use: gladiatorial contests and public spectacles, animal hunts, executions
The costs to build such an impressive building like this would need £250 million, so approximately $380 million
4. La Sagrada Familia
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Metro stop: Sagrada Familia
Architect: Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) (you can see many other works by Gaudi in Barcelona like Park Guell and Casa Battlo)
Style: Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms
Groundbreaking: 1882
Estimated finish date: 2026-2028
Estimated overall costs when finished: €870 million
5. The Statue of Liberty
Location: Liberty Island, New York City, United States
Construction started: 1875
Height: 93m
Architects: Gustave Eiffel, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Richard Morris Hunt
Costs to build it today: estimated around £780,000, approximately $1,2 million
6. Christ the Redeemer
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Art Deco Statue of Jesus Christ was created by Paul Landowski, built by Heitor da Silva Costa and Albert Caquot
Height: 130 feet, 38m
Construction started: 1922
Today’s costs: $1,456,777 million
7. Leaning Tower of Pisa
Location: Pisa, Italy
The Leaning tower is the freestanding bell tower of the cathedral of the Italian city PisaArchitect: Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) (you can see many other works by Gaudi in Barcelona like Park Guell and Casa Battlo)
Height: 58m
Construction started: 1173
Estimation of today’s cost: $4,100,000 million
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