Why are things famous internationally?
Clearly everyone knows that Paris is a major tourist attraction in France but why do Australians always go to Avignon?
It isn’t the obvious reason of it being the centre of a major chunk of historic monuments from the Palace des Papes to the Pont d’Avignon. It’s because a photo of the Pont d’Avignon is used in every Australian school as being representative of France.
Sometimes other countries choose artifacts that are not what those from elsewhere would consider as being truly representative of a country.
Of course for us from this side of the world it’s Ayers Rock and the Sydney Opera House that represent Australia. No, it ain’t Uluru for us and I suspect that it never will be for anyone but the aborigines.
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