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Cyrus Shahmiri
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Topic: Seven wonders of your country! Posted: 17-Apr-2005 at 12:43 |
I'm thinking to make a list for Iran but what do you think about your country?
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Exarchus
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Posted: 17-Apr-2005 at 12:53 |
Well, for France it shouldn't be too hard.
Eiffel Tower, 300m tall, once world tallest structure. Symbol of the nation.
Arc de Triomphe, once world biggest triomphal Arch.
The Mont Saint Michel, built during the Dark Ages.
Carcassonne, a fortified city that survived the muslim invasions and many many wars.
Notre Dame de Reims, the gothic cathedral where the Kings of France where crowned.
The Millau Viaduct, world tallest bridge (343m tall).
Shared with UK. The Channel Tunnel.
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Posted: 17-Apr-2005 at 20:23 |
Same as Exarchus except, I'll favour the louvre over the Euro tunnel and Versaille over Cathedral of Reims.
Versaille
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Posted: 17-Apr-2005 at 20:24 |
If anyone was seaching for proof that their was no such thing as the dark age here is one.
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Posted: 17-Apr-2005 at 22:10 |
Those are amazing... I hope to visit them all some day... For the U.S. my
list is as follows:
Natural:
1)The Grand Canyon - Awesome site to see in person.
2)Niagara falls - w/Canada Waterfall Monster
3)El Capitan Yosemite - Worlds tallest monolith
4)The great Lakes - Huge freshwater lakes carved from ancient glaciers.
5)Old Faithful - Yellowstone Park Natural geyser
6)Mammoth cave - Largest subterrenial cavern labrynth
7)Redwood Forest - I mean huge ancient Giant Sequoias.
8)Sunset Crater - Meteor impact Site
ManMade:
1)Mount Rushmore - Dude carved out a mountain!!!
2)Statue of Liberty - Gift from France
3)GoldenGate Bridge - Think this was just outsized.
4)Sears Tower - Tallest structure for a long time.
5)Hoover Dam - Just look up the concrete tonage
6)Indian ruins - Thousands year old cliff dwellings, Walnut Canyon.
7)St Louis Arch _ Try and count the rivets...
8)Las Vegas - Need I say more...
I had images but I can not figure out how to get them to work. No
hyperlinks seem to work and my html effort didn't work so sorry no
images, I tried...
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Posted: 18-Apr-2005 at 01:12 |
Many other great monuments to the US grand cultural heritage is the worst biggest plastic hotdog, a drunken goat thats mayor of a town in Arizona, and the freakshows in carnivals.
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Posted: 18-Apr-2005 at 11:37 |
Originally posted by dirtnap
Those are amazing... I hope to visit them all some day... For the U.S. my
list is as follows:
Natural:
1)The Grand Canyon - Awesome site to see in person.
2)Niagara falls - w/Canada Waterfall Monster
3)El Capitan Yosemite - Worlds tallest monolith
4)The great Lakes - Huge freshwater lakes carved from ancient glaciers.
5)Old Faithful - Yellowstone Park Natural geyser
6)Mammoth cave - Largest subterrenial cavern labrynth
7)Redwood Forest - I mean huge ancient Giant Sequoias.
8)Sunset Crater - Meteor impact Site
ManMade:
1)Mount Rushmore - Dude carved out a mountain!!!
2)Statue of Liberty - Gift from France
3)GoldenGate Bridge - Think this was just outsized.
4)Sears Tower - Tallest structure for a long time.
5)Hoover Dam - Just look up the concrete tonage
6)Indian ruins - Thousands year old cliff dwellings, Walnut Canyon.
7)St Louis Arch _ Try and count the rivets...
8)Las Vegas - Need I say more...
I had images but I can not figure out how to get them to work. No
hyperlinks seem to work and my html effort didn't work so sorry no
images, I tried... |
i thought that this was seven wonders of your country not eight
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Posted: 18-Apr-2005 at 12:43 |
Originally posted by dirtnap
Those are amazing... I hope to visit them all some day... For the U.S. my list is as follows:
Natural: 1)The Grand Canyon - Awesome site to see in person. 2)Niagara falls - w/Canada Waterfall Monster 3)El Capitan Yosemite - Worlds tallest monolith 4)The great Lakes - Huge freshwater lakes carved from ancient glaciers. 5)Old Faithful - Yellowstone Park Natural geyser 6)Mammoth cave - Largest subterrenial cavern labrynth 7)Redwood Forest - I mean huge ancient Giant Sequoias. 8)Sunset Crater - Meteor impact Site
ManMade: 1)Mount Rushmore - Dude carved out a mountain!!! 2)Statue of Liberty - Gift from France 3)GoldenGate Bridge - Think this was just outsized. 4)Sears Tower - Tallest structure for a long time. 5)Hoover Dam - Just look up the concrete tonage 6)Indian ruins - Thousands year old cliff dwellings, Walnut Canyon. 7)St Louis Arch _ Try and count the rivets... 8)Las Vegas - Need I say more...
I had images but I can not figure out how to get them to work. No hyperlinks seem to work and my html effort didn't work so sorry no images, I tried... |
I would have to say that the Hoover Dam would be number 2. It is an amazing dam
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Posted: 18-Apr-2005 at 12:47 |
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Posted: 18-Apr-2005 at 17:56 |
7 wonders of Greece in random order and...personal preference....
1) Parthenon
2) Zeus Temple on Sounion
3) White Tower in Salonica
4) Knossos in Crete
5)Atreus Tomb in Mycenae
6) Delphi
7) Hellenic Parliament " Vouli ton Ellinon"
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Posted: 18-Apr-2005 at 18:57 |
Lets see:
- Great Wall of China
- Qin shi-Haung's Terracotta Warriors
- Mt. Everest (not exatcally a part of China)
- Hall of Supreme Harmony
- Temple of Heaven
- Dun Huang Caves
- Silk Road
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Posted: 18-Apr-2005 at 19:54 |
We forget this one. THe Lascaux caves, a preserve and complete example of prehistoric art.
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Posted: 22-Apr-2005 at 19:51 |
Originally posted by Exarchus
Arc de Triomphe, once world biggest triomphal Arch. |
which one is the biggest now?
Originally posted by Exarchus
The Mont Saint Michel, built during the Dark Ages.
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God... I have to see this. Visiting France only in a few hours only in Paris wasn't so much fun
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Posted: 23-Apr-2005 at 05:47 |
Pyongyang has a bigger one, but only from a few meters.
The Grande Arche in Paris isn't a triomphal arch, otherwise it would be the biggest.
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Posted: 23-Apr-2005 at 09:46 |
1) Rila monastery - founded by Ivan Rilski in around 900 BC
2) Madara horseman - it's made on vertical rock, on 23m height. It is in natural size
3) Rock monasteries - this is one of them
4) Tarnovo - the Great capital of the Second Bulgarian empire
5) The Belogradchik fortress
6) The covered bridge at Lovec
7) Architectural sanctuary of Bojenci, Koprivshtica...
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Posted: 23-Apr-2005 at 14:40 |
These are my favorite 7 in Portugal. I could't find any pictures that pleased me, so here are the names, in portuguese, and you can google them yourselfs.
1- Convento de Cristo/Templar Castle in Tomar.
2- University of Coimbra.
3- Palacio da Pena, in Sintra.
4- Mosteiro dos Jernimos.
5- Torre de Belm.
6- Almeida.
7- S Velha de Coimbra.
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Posted: 23-Apr-2005 at 14:48 |
Originally posted by King Chulalongkorn
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Fascinating, that's one of the business wonders in my country...
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Posted: 23-Apr-2005 at 19:27 |
Originally posted by Gubook Janggoon
Originally posted by King Chulalongkorn
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Fascinating, that's one of the business wonders in my country...
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It's not the cityscape or the sign that's the wonder, it's the fact the Tollway doesn't have a traffic jam. Positively a miracle. (Oh yeah, no smog either, practically a weeping madonna)
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