Sentence examples for spectacular landmark from inspiring English sources

In 1981 she was chosen to turn the 1900 Beaux Arts Gare d'Orsay train station, a spectacular landmark originally designed by Victor Laloux, into the Musée d'Orsay, a museum of mainly French art from 1848 to 1915.

Designed by Frank Gehry, the art museum and cultural centre, sponsored by the French luxury goods brand, is a spectacular landmark in Bois de Boulogne park to the west of Paris.

Poised to be a spectacular landmark, the museum's five imposing steel feathers will each house galleries reflecting the guiding philosophies of the United Arab Emirates' founder and first president, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, including displays on his life and on conservation, heritage, history and society, science and learning, and faith and Islam.

The Lost City I have witnessed an island being created from nothing with the construction of the Palm Jumeirah, and quite fittingly the Atlantis hotel sits at the very top of the Palm and makes for a spectacular landmark as you drive down the central "stem".

After he took over the city in the mid-1990s, expacceleratedlerated, with an emphasis on building spectacular landmarks, which attracted tourists, banks, and multinational corporations.

Once the weather turns cold, from Thanksgiving through March, the action moves indoors to the lobby of One Hanson, a spectacular landmarked building also known as the Williamsburg Savings Bank.

But unlike some previous navigators, Duchovny stayed on course, made sure we saw all of the spectacular landmarks along the way and, when we reached our final destination, I found I thoroughly enjoyed the ride".

Just telling the awful story is like a jumping-off point.' Over lunch at the Multnomah Falls, a spectacular Oregon landmark, Chuck tells me about his new book, Haunted, a selection of interconnecting short stories - including 'Guts' - and odd, neurotic-sounding poems.

As travelers, as adventurers, as Americans, when we have the chance to explore, we revel at the spectacular national monuments and landmarks that are scattered across our country.

Out and About The 14th-century Galata Tower (00 90 212 293 8180; galatatower.net) – a circular Genoese landmark with a spectacular 360-degree view – is a stone's throw from the apartment.

"They will all be in city centres, easily accessible by public transport, and will feature some of the most beautiful and well-known landmarks as a spectacular backdrop for the races".