德國一座17米高的巨型沙雕城堡創世界紀錄

Using almost 4,000 metric tonnes of sand, 19 sculptors have built a 55ft tower featuring a number of famous landmarks to claim the world record for tallest sandcastle.

日前，19名雕塑家使用近4000公噸的沙子，建造了一座擁有多個著名地標的55英尺塔樓，並聲稱它創造了世界最高沙堡的記錄。

The team spent more than three weeks in the western German city of Duisburg working on the 16.68 metre (54.72 feet) artwork, which included a sandy replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza, Venice's Rialto Bridge and the graveside of Elvis Presley.

這個雕塑家團隊花費了三週多的時間，在德國西部城市杜伊斯堡建造了這一16.68米（54.72英尺）高的藝術作品，其中包括吉薩大獅身人面像，威尼斯里亞託橋和埃爾維斯·普雷斯利墓地的沙質複製品。

A Guinness World Record official was on hand to approve the new mark for the German sculpture, which eclipsed the previous tallest sandcastle, a 14.84 metre world peace monument built in India in February.

一位吉尼斯世界紀錄官員在場認證了這座德國雕塑的新標誌，這使得之前的最高沙堡--於今年二月在印度建造的14.84米高的世界和平紀念碑黯然失色。

The team of international sculptors failed with a world record attempt last year and decided to use a different sand, mainly very fine quartz which is less than one millimetre in grain size.

去年，這一國際雕塑家團隊沒有打破世界紀錄，於是這次他們決定使用不同的沙子--主要是粒度小於1毫米的石英微粉。

"It did not collapse because the quality of the sand was better than previous attempts, the weather was good and very good planning," Ukrainian Eugenia Kolot told Reuters.

來自烏克蘭的歐根尼亞·科洛特向路透社透露：“由於沙子的質地比之前嘗試時的要更好，並且天氣、策劃各方面也都很好，所以它沒有坍塌。”