The eighth wonder of the World will be in England

Published: 20 June 2000 y., Tuesday
The British scientists try to create the eighth wonder of the World in small town of Cornwall. The Eden Project is to establish three world climate zones under the huge domes built on geodesic craters. The enormous variety of world plants are going to be brought on September. During the transmission the building works will be stopped. The building works are planned to be finished by next spring. This building will be the biggest and the tallest in the world so far. The 35 football stadiums size and high enough to hold Pizza Tower structure is being built from ETFE (ethyl tetra fluoro ethylene) material, which is expected to serve at least 25 years. "It is extremely strong, very lightweight and more transparent than glass, antistatic and self-cleaning," said construction facilities manager Neal Barnes. The mission of this project is to is to promote an understanding of the importance of plants and their relationship to humans, what could be the attention to the ecological problems. The idea of building Garden of Eden belong to scientists Philip McMillan Browse, Peter Thoday and Tim Smit. This wonder should also attract the tourists and money to the remote country side. Even though the Project is not finished yet, it attract about 4,000 visitors a day. Organizers hope to lure 75,000 visitors a year when the 80 million pound ($120 million) project is completed next year, giving a big boost to Cornwall, which has been designated one of the poorest areas in the European Union. "We decided we had to do something pretty big and thought 'Why don't we build the biggest greenhouse in the world?'" said McMillan Browse. "It is a botanical garden for the 21st century."
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