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Colonial City of Santo Domingo
The first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university in the Americas were built on the island of Santo Domingo after Christopher Columbus arrived there in 1492. The colonial town was founded in 1498 on a grid-like layout that became the model for nearly all town planners in the New World.
"Tianjin Eye" Ferris Wheel
The Eye of Tianjin, also known as the Tianjin Yongle Bridge Ferris Wheel, is the only Ferris wheel built on a bridge in the world. It was officially closed on December 17, 2007, making the magnificent "Eye of Tianjin" fully "open", adding another scene to Tianjin. It is one of the top ten landmark buildings in China. This Ferris wheel will not only become the only Ferris wheel built on a bridge in the world, but also one of the iconic landscapes of Tianjin. From the perspective of height, the Eye of Tianjin has surpassed the famous London Eye and jumped to the first place in the world. Sitting firmly on the Yongle Bridge, the Eye of Tianjin is the only Ferris wheel built on a bridge in the world. Its ingenuity and imagination are indeed well-deserved to be the "first in the world". On April 16, 2009, the Yongle Bridge Ferris Wheel was officially opened. The Yongle Bridge Ferris Wheel, also known as the "Eye of Tianjin". The Ferris wheel is equipped with 48 transparent cabins, each of which can accommodate 8 people. The cabin is comfortable and spacious, with air conditioning and fans to adjust the temperature, and can accommodate 384 people for sightseeing at the same time. The time it takes for the Ferris wheel to rotate once is affected by the number of passengers and weather changes, and is maintained between 20 and 40 minutes. The diameter of the Ferris wheel is 110 meters, so the technical content of its rotating shaft is very high. The rotating shaft of Tianjin Eye is made in Germany. At present, the Ferris wheel has passed the strength tests of compression resistance, impermeability, flexure resistance, and frost resistance.