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Imperator Invictus
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Topic: Seven wonders of your country! Posted: 23-Apr-2005 at 23:50 |
my pick for the U.S., in Random Order:
Gateway Arch in St. Louis:
Golden Gate Bridge
(In heaven?)
Space Needle in Seatle
Statue of Liberty
Empire State Building
Sunshine Skyway
Disney World
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Posted: 24-Apr-2005 at 08:45 |
For Spain I'd say (in no specific order)
#1 ALHAMBRA (Granada)
#2 Cathedral of Santiago (Santiago de Compostela)
#3 Acueducto of Segovia (Segovia)
#4 Cathedral of Sagrada Familia (Barcelona)
#5 Great Mosque of Cordoba (Crdoba)
#6 El Escorial Monastery (El Escorial, Madrid)
#7 Cathedral os Burgos (Burgos)
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Posted: 24-Apr-2005 at 09:00 |
7 Korean wonders:
Bool gook sa
Located in Seorabiol, old name for the capital of Shilla, it was designed according to "Buddha's paradise". I'm not a buddhist enough to tell you the specifics, but the ornaments and the arrangements of the flower means something deep.
Chang Deok Goong
During Imjin war (Hideyoshi's war), the king fled North, and the angry civilians burned the palace down. After the war, the king returned to see his palace burnt down. So he had to stay here - Chang Deok Goong, until it was rebuild some time later.
Seok Gool Am
Created under the orders of the Queen of Shilla (her name is Seon Duck Queen), carpenter Kim Desung constructed the grotto from751 to 774. Every scientific principle known in that era was put into practice, including architecture, mathematical principles, religious principles, art, name it. The grotto is inside a temple called Seokbulsa Temple, which means the temple of stone buddha. The buddha you see in the middle is surrounded by 39 of his apostles, saints, kings, etc. Another trivial fact: exactly at 12:00 am, the light is supposed to enter the temple, and it shines the diamond piece in the forehead of the stone buddha.
Hwa Sung
The fort that guarded the southern portion of seoul. It was build using a lever created by a genious by the name Seok YakYong in 1794~1789.
Heinsa JangGyongPanJeon (a.k.a. 80,000 printing blocks)
This collection of around 80,000 printing blocks were made by Buddhist prists during the Koryo period during Mongolic Invasions. Again, using architectural, mathematical, religious, and other elements known of the time, the buddhists made it so that the blocks were preserved, even till this day.
Goildol (dolemen)
Since there's like 30,000 dolemen in Korea, I thought it would be nice to mention something about them...they are from the caveman era.
Jang Goon Chong
Basically it's a stone burial mound....but nobody truly knows who it belongs to. It's pelicular shaping particularly interests me...the pyramid like shape.
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Posted: 24-Apr-2005 at 09:30 |
Since there are too many wonders in Spain, I think I'll post 7 alternatives
#1b Roman theater of Merida (Merida)
#2b Cathedral of Seville (Sevilla)
#3b Avila City Wall (vila)
#4b Alcazar of Segovia (Segovia)
#5b Palacio Real (Madrid)
#6b Cathedral of Salamanca (Salamanca)
#7b Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao)
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Posted: 24-Apr-2005 at 11:45 |
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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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Posted: 09-Jun-2005 at 02:14 |
I struggle to put small pictures to not to spoil the eye-candy
For Turkey:
1-)Cappadoccia(Nevehir,Middle Anatolia)
2-)Pamukkale
3-)Istanbul;with the Maiden's Tower,Hagia Sophia,Sultanahmet Mosque,The Basilica Cistern,the Galata Tower,The Grand Bazaar,Topkapi and Dolmabahe Palaces and the Bosphorus
Sultanahmet Mosque the Hagia Sophia
Topkapi Palace
4-)Ishak Pasa Palace(Agri,Estern Anatolia)
5-)Sumela Monastery(Trabzon,Eastern Black Sea)
6-)The Local Houses of Safranbolu(NorthWest of Turkey,Black Sea region)
7-)The God Statues in Nemrut Mountain
Apart from these,in meditterenean and Aegean region there are lots of Ancient city ruins and buildings,but I put Istanbul instead of one of them.
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Posted: 27-Jun-2005 at 21:56 |
7 of Cambodia
angkor wat
bayon
banteay srei
ta phrom
bakong
angkor thom
ta keo
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Posted: 18-Jul-2005 at 23:00 |
Macedonia
1. Makedonium in Krusevo
2. Millenium Cross on the top of mountain Vodno near Skopje
3. The woodcarving in Monastery St. Jovan Bigorski
4. Church St. Kliment Ohridski aka Plaosnik in Ohrid
5. Kameni Most (Stone Bridge) on the river Vardar in Skopje
6. Church St. Jovan Kaneo on the Lake Ohrid
7. Elenski Most (Deers Bridge) on the river Radika
8. Megalithic Observatory Kokino
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Macedonian swear in 1903 wars: With the blood we shed all over Macedonian fields and forests, we serve freedom, as the Macedonian army of Alexander of Macedon did, with our slogan Freedom or Death!
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Posted: 01-Aug-2005 at 15:13 |
''6-)The Local Houses of Safranbolu(NorthWest of Turkey,Black Sea region)''
they are nice but not that special
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Posted: 29-Aug-2005 at 12:16 |
Not in perticular order
* Museum city of Berat. Which also includes, the remains of, one of the earliest mosques in the Balkans built before the Ottoman era . This along with an old castle and 200-250 year old houses.
* Museum city of Gjirokaster. This is another old city with a special style of Ottoman era houses that take the form of castles along with a large castle and an ol church within it.
Remains of Kruja castle and the Bazaar of Kruja
The center of Albanian resistance against the Ottoman empire and the first free territory inhabited by Albanians when the Byzantine emperor gave us autonomy. Kruja is a big *wonder* but really only to us. The city is also home to an old bazaar filled with handcrafted good and an ethnographic museum
Guri i Capit in Korce
Korce is also remembered as one of the centers of the Albanian nationalist movement and a hotspot of Albanian culture.
Butrint
An entire city and three diferent eras are being uncovered in this site one under another. From Hellenistic age to Roman and finally Byzantine/Venetian.
Its acres in size and still only about 50% has been uncovered, the city has been largely preserved by a swamp that actualy brougt about its death.
Voskopoje(Moscopole)
Originally a rich Vlach city it was burned down nearly three times. Once by the Turks, then by Ali Pasha of Janina and a third time during WW1. The city is home to nearly 26 churches filled with old.
Ethem Bey Mosque
The main mosque in Tirana, its mainly a tourist attraction today.
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Posted: 05-Oct-2005 at 10:35 |
INDIA
1}TAJ MAHAL {AGRA}
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Posted: 06-Oct-2005 at 11:23 |
INDIA
2}LOTUS TEMPLE {NEW DELHI}
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Posted: 06-Oct-2005 at 11:32 |
INDIA
3}AJANTA ELLORA CAVES {MAHARASHTRA}
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Posted: 07-Oct-2005 at 11:25 |
INDIA
4} KOHINOOR DIAMOND {BRITISH
QUEEN'S CROWN}
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Posted: 12-Oct-2005 at 06:04 |
Italy:
1 The Colosseo (Rome)
2 The cathedral of Milan
3 The royal palace in Caserta
4 Uffizi Galley (Florence)
5 Campo dei Miracoli (Miracles' field, Pisa)
6 Rialto bridge (Venice)
7 Prato della valle (Padova). The second largest square in Europe after the red square in Moscow.
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Posted: 27-Oct-2005 at 06:59 |
INDIA
5}BUDDHA [hussein sagar lake-hyderabad]
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Posted: 27-Oct-2005 at 12:27 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1. Stari Most (Old Bridge), Mostar
Stari Most is the oldest, highest, and longest stone bridge in Europe - a UNESCO world heritage site.
2. Vrelo Bosne (Bosnia River Springs), Sarajevo
The
spring of the river Bosnia are, literally and metaphorically speaking,
also the spring of our state. It came into
existence in the exact space
whose center is the Vrelo Bosne.
3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Religious Diversity, Sarajevo
"In
this valley, an amazing alchemy of religions merges into a single one
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yet each keeping its character and being recognizable for what it is.
Light from the same source passes through the stained glass windows of
the Katedrala, illuminates the gem that is Bey's Mosque,
lights up the
center of the Church of the Lord's Holy Transfiguration, and caresses
the ancient Soloman's Seal, the Star of David.
All these buildings
exist within a few steps of each other, indeed -
trying to understand
Sarajevo is one of the nicer things one can do in this world." - Ilidza
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