Definition of material - granite
What is granite? (stone)
Igneous stone formed by quartz, feldspar and biotite. It is commonly used in pavements, monuments and decorative elements of constructions.
Recommended sights
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Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Mus...
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Spanish Village
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Alhambra
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Aqueduct of Segovia
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Piazza del Popolo
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Cathedral–Mosque of Córdoba
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The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major
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El Escorial
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Giza Necropolis
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Islamic Cairo
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GUM (Glavnyi Universalnyi Magazin)
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National Library of St Mark's in Ve...
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Vatican grottoes
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Opéra Bastille
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Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
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Place de la Concorde
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Adam Mickiewicz University
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Sigismund's Column
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Aiguille du Midi
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Midday stone in the Giant Mountains
in Podgórzyn
Cities with constructions using granite as one of principal materials
- Madrid (4)
- Rome (3)
- Alexandria (3)
- Vatican City (3)
- Cairo (2)
- Oslo (2)
- Barcelona (2)
- Paris (2)
- Copenhagen (1)
- Segovia (1)
- Podgórzyn (1)
- Warsaw (1)
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (1)
- Giza (1)
- Venice (1)
- Wrocław (1)
- Poznań (1)
- Aswan (1)
- Berlin (1)
- Granada (1)
- Jerusalem (1)
- San Lorenzo De El Escorial (1)
- Córdoba (1)
- Szklarska Poręba (1)
- Moscow (1)