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Topic: Seven wonders of your country!
Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Subject: Seven wonders of your country!
Date 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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Posted By: Exarchus
Date 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 By: Quetzalcoatl
Date 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 By: Quetzalcoatl
Date 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 By: dirtnap
Date 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...


Posted By: Tobodai
Date 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 By: white dragon
Date 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 By: Le Renard
Date 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 By: eaglecap
Date Posted: 18-Apr-2005 at 12:46
You forgot the St. Joe River! That is the only river in the world that flows through a lake. I have seen it in N.Idaho and it is interesting. I will post a pic later.


Here we go!!


Not the best photo but the river meanders through the lake with banks on both sides.



Posted By: Le Renard
Date Posted: 18-Apr-2005 at 12:47

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Posted By: Perseas
Date 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"



Posted By: RED GUARD
Date 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 By: Quetzalcoatl
Date Posted: 18-Apr-2005 at 19:54

 

 We forget this one. THe Lascaux caves, a preserve and complete example of prehistoric art.

http://radio-canada.ca/par4/images/lascaux.jpg -



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Posted By: ramin
Date 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.
 
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 By: Exarchus
Date 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 By: tzar
Date 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...

Bojenci

Koprivshtica



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Posted By: King Chulalongkorn
Date Posted: 23-Apr-2005 at 12:42
I must say that the examples all of you provided for your countries were simply majestic. Beautiful! I am from the nation of Thailand and our seven wonders are as follows.

















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Posted By: Frederick Roger
Date 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 Jerónimos.

5- Torre de Belém.

6- Almeida.

7- Sé Velha de Coimbra.



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Posted By: Gubook Janggoon
Date Posted: 23-Apr-2005 at 14:48
Originally posted by King Chulalongkorn










Fascinating, that's one of the business wonders in my country...


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Posted By: Paul
Date Posted: 23-Apr-2005 at 19:27

Originally posted by Gubook Janggoon

Originally posted by King Chulalongkorn










Fascinating, that's one of the business wonders in my country...

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 By: Imperator Invictus
Date 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 By: Guests
Date 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 (Córdoba)

#6 El Escorial Monastery (El Escorial, Madrid)

#7 Cathedral os Burgos (Burgos)



Posted By: demon
Date 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 By: Guests
Date 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 (Ávila)

#4b Alcazar of Segovia (Segovia)

#5b Palacio Real (Madrid)

#6b Cathedral of Salamanca (Salamanca)

#7b Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao)

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Posted By: King Chulalongkorn
Date 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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Hahahahha!!!



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Posted By: eaglecap
Date Posted: 24-Apr-2005 at 12:53
Nothing can outdo nature!!





Utah


Monument Valley Arizona-Utah Navajo country


Posted By: Jagatai Khan
Date Posted: 09-Jun-2005 at 02:14

I struggle to put small pictures to not to spoil the eye-candy

For Turkey:

 

1-)Cappadoccia(Nevţehir,Middle Anatolia)

http://www.kultur.gov.tr/portal/kultur_portal/images/tr/00/29600/kapadokya=goreme.jpg">

2-)Pamukkale

3-)Istanbul;with the Maiden's Tower,Hagia Sophia,Sultanahmet Mosque,The Basilica Cistern,the Galata Tower,The Grand Bazaar,Topkapi and Dolmabahçe 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)

http://www.kultur.gov.tr/portal/kultur_portal/images/tr/48/32648/tabakhaneden.jpg">

http://www.kultur.gov.tr/portal/kultur_portal/images/tr/49/31749/78-004.jpg">

 

7-)The  God Statues in Nemrut Mountain

http://www.kultur.gov.tr/portal/kultur_portal/images/tr/41/34241/193-224_page_30_image_0001.jpg">

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 By: Jagatai Khan
Date Posted: 15-Jun-2005 at 06:13

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Posted By: reign
Date Posted: 27-Jun-2005 at 21:56

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angkor wat

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ta phrom

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ta keo

 

 

 



Posted By: Harry Potter
Date 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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Posted By: The Guardian
Date 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 By: TheodoreFelix
Date 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 By: Jhangora
Date Posted: 05-Oct-2005 at 10:35

INDIA

1}TAJ MAHAL {AGRA}



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Posted By: Jhangora
Date Posted: 06-Oct-2005 at 11:23

INDIA

2}LOTUS TEMPLE {NEW DELHI}



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Posted By: Jhangora
Date Posted: 06-Oct-2005 at 11:32

INDIA

3}AJANTA ELLORA CAVES {MAHARASHTRA}



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Posted By: Jhangora
Date Posted: 07-Oct-2005 at 11:25

INDIA

4} KOHINOOR DIAMOND {BRITISH

QUEEN'S CROWN}



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Posted By: Guests
Date 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 By: Jhangora
Date Posted: 27-Oct-2005 at 06:59

INDIA

5}BUDDHA [hussein sagar lake-hyderabad]



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Posted By: Mila
Date 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
- 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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