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Article: IT'S A SHOE WORLD; SHOE LOVERS CAN FINALLY FULFILL THEIR WANDERLUST WITH A TRIP TO FN'S TOP SEVEN FOOTWEAR DESTINATIONS.(footwear museums)
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- Footwear News
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- February 26, 2001
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Archaeologists have the great pyramid of Giza. Historians have the magnificent hanging gardens of Babylon. And architects look to the Temple of Artemis built in ancient Greece for inspiration. Now, die-hard shoe connoisseurs can marvel at these temples of footwear. We call them The Seven Wonders of the Footwear World.
This group of museums and institutions houses several world-renowned collections of shoes and shoe-related accoutrement. Some even replicate shoemaking practices of past eras. From the sandals of ancient Egyptians to the Chinese Gin-Lien shoes (for women with bound feet) to the famous footwear of celebrities throughout the 20th century, we can learn ...