Eurowheel

{{Short description|Ferris wheel in Savio, Italy}}

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Eurowheel is a {{Convert|92|m|adj=on}} tall Ferris wheel at the Mirabilandia amusement park near Ravenna, in Emilia–Romagna, Italy. It is known for its views over Ravenna and nearby beaches,{{Cite web |url=http://www.lidiravenna.com/eng-mirabilandia.php |title=Mirabilandia, hotels Mirabilandia, hotel + admission Mirabilandia |access-date=2010-05-27 |archive-date=2009-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621093201/http://www.lidiravenna.com/eng-mirabilandia.php |url-status=dead }} and its 50,000 light bulbs are said to make it the brightest Ferris wheel in the world.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ferrettihotels.it/en/mirabilandia.php |title=Ferretti Hotels - Mirabilandia Hotels Mirabilandia Offers |access-date=2010-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722033157/http://www.ferrettihotels.it/en/mirabilandia.php |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead}}

When constructed in 1999, Eurowheel was the tallest extant Ferris wheel in Europe,{{Cite web |url=http://www.coasterquest.com/mirabilandia.htm |title="Sierra Tonante" at Mirabilandia Ravenna, Italy |access-date=2010-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925114939/http://coasterquest.com/mirabilandia.htm |archive-date=2010-09-25 |url-status=dead}} superseding the {{Convert|73|m|adj=on}} Moscow-850.[http://www.koleso-vvc.ru/about.html Колесо обозрения "Москва 850"]

Both the {{Convert|94|m|adj=on}} Great Wheel, built for the Empire of India Exhibition at Earls Court, London, in 1895, and the {{Convert|100|m|adj=on}} Grande Roue de Paris, built for the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris, were taller, however the London wheel was demolished in 1907 and the Paris wheel in 1920.[https://books.google.com/books?id=SkFQ5tgWKfEC&q=Ferris+wheels:+an+illustrated+history Ferris wheels - an illustrated history, Norman D. Anderson]

Eurowheel is now Europe's second tallest extant Ferris wheel, after the {{Convert|130|m|adj=on}} London Eye, which officially opened on 31 December 1999, but which did not open to the public until March 2000 because of technical problems.

Eurowheel has a {{Convert|90|cm|abbr=on}} minimum passenger height restriction.[http://www.mirabilandia.it/#/famiglie/ Mirabilandia 2010 - Enjoy the Fun!]