Most Impressive Building?
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Vinc
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Mine is the Pont du Gard, located in southern France.
Seeing such a magnificent piece of construction and thinking about the fact it was built thousands of years ago is just unbelievable.
Other candidates: Orange theater in France, Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, World Trade Center
Seeing such a magnificent piece of construction and thinking about the fact it was built thousands of years ago is just unbelievable.
Other candidates: Orange theater in France, Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, World Trade Center
Masquerouge
Deity
Karnak Temple, in Egypt. Now THAT's pharaonic.
The Forbidden City comes to mind but it is not one single building...
The Forbidden City comes to mind but it is not one single building...
Che Guava
The Juicy Revolutionary
Joeb WK said:The Express Lift Tower of course. I don't even need to explain why.
I suddenly feel very inadequate....
Rambuchan
The Funky President
As castles go, I reckon mad old Ludwig II built a few good ones. This being my personal favourite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Castle_Neuschwanstein.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Castle_Neuschwanstein.jpg
Technocactus
Lurker
Definitely the Parthenon. Being there put me in complete awe.
Che Guava
The Juicy Revolutionary
Vinc said:
I had the chance to walk on that one a few years ago. Absolutely amazing....!
Itaipu(biggest dam in the world) got me pretty impressed.
Some wiki-facts:
The amount of concrete used to build the Itaipu Power Plant would be enough to build 210 football stadiums the size of Maracanã. During its construction, the fabrication of concrete would have been enough to build, each hour, a 25 storey building.
The iron and steel used would allow for the construction of 380 Eiffel Towers.
The maximum flow of the Itaipu's spillway is 62,2 thousand cubic metres per second, it is equivalent to 40 times the average flow of the Iguassu Falls.
If Brazil were to use Thermal Power Generation to produce the electric power of Itaipu, 434 thousand barrels of petroleum would have to be burned every day
The volume of excavation of earth and rock in Itaipu is 8.5 times greater than that of the Euro Tunnel and the volume of concrete is 15 times greater. Over 50 million tonnes of earth and stones were removed.
The dam is 196 metres high, that is equivalent to a 65 storey building.
Around 40 thousand people worked in the construction.
That's pretty pharaonic. The military government loved pharaonic stuff.
Some wiki-facts:
The amount of concrete used to build the Itaipu Power Plant would be enough to build 210 football stadiums the size of Maracanã. During its construction, the fabrication of concrete would have been enough to build, each hour, a 25 storey building.
The iron and steel used would allow for the construction of 380 Eiffel Towers.
The maximum flow of the Itaipu's spillway is 62,2 thousand cubic metres per second, it is equivalent to 40 times the average flow of the Iguassu Falls.
If Brazil were to use Thermal Power Generation to produce the electric power of Itaipu, 434 thousand barrels of petroleum would have to be burned every day
The volume of excavation of earth and rock in Itaipu is 8.5 times greater than that of the Euro Tunnel and the volume of concrete is 15 times greater. Over 50 million tonnes of earth and stones were removed.
The dam is 196 metres high, that is equivalent to a 65 storey building.
Around 40 thousand people worked in the construction.
That's pretty pharaonic. The military government loved pharaonic stuff.
Irish Caesar
Yellow Jacket
Well, the Vietnam Wall in Washington has an incredible effect of silencing anything around it...
But if you're looking for something with a roof, the Air Force Cathedral in Colorado Springs takes the cake.
But if you're looking for something with a roof, the Air Force Cathedral in Colorado Springs takes the cake.
Desmond Hawkins
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@Luiz. I thought that was in Paraguay. 
Lambert Simnel
One across
Ah, loads.
Chenonceau - simply beautiful
La Tour - predictable, I suppose, but only Vinc has mentioned it so far...
Leeds Castle - maybe I just like castles and water...
Chenonceau - simply beautiful
La Tour - predictable, I suppose, but only Vinc has mentioned it so far...
Leeds Castle - maybe I just like castles and water...
ChrTh
Happy Yule!
Since we're talking dams, do bridges count too? Confederation Bridge to PEI is pretty damn impressive.
Cu Chulainn
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The most impressive building I've ever seen is Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona. If it is ever finished it will easily be the most imposing house of worship in europe if not the world.
It's bi-national, and is located in the border. That river separates Brazil from Paraguay.Sobieski II said:@Luiz. I thought that was in Paraguay.
However it was made entirely with brazilian money. The place where it was built was one of the worst decisions ever taken by the military regime, and they are famous for bad decisions.
Paraguay hasn't got any money, they couldn't possibly build something of that scale.
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
The Treasury, Petra, Jordan.
The impact of walking down the siq and this building appearing in the crack in the rocks, lit by the early morning sun will never leave me.
The impact of walking down the siq and this building appearing in the crack in the rocks, lit by the early morning sun will never leave me.
La Segrada Familia in Barcelona is amazing, along with the rest of Gaudi's work, but I think thats the only piece of his that could be counted in the "Most Impressive Buildings List"
La Pedrera is also mind-bending though.
La Pedrera is also mind-bending though.
MjM
Deity
The Pyramids most likely, never seen em though.
