Wonders of the World

Taras Bulba · Sep 27, 2008

Spoiler The Wonders of the World :

background information is given in the spoiler above, and in the one in the next post. (I did the background info because I was really bored, and felt like doing it to introduce this thread)

I would like to know of what you guys think of the wonders of the world (any category)

would you change anything, complain about any, exalt any?

finally, if you could make a "Seven Wonders of ______" what would it be?

it can be anything, as long as its forum appropriate

Taras Bulba · Sep 27, 2008

Spoiler The NEW Seven Wonders :

Gilder · Sep 27, 2008

Stonehenge and Colosseum should not be in the Medieval wonders catagory. Actually, come to think of it, a lot on that list has little to do with the Medieval era.

Oh, and the Christo Redeemer has no place on a wonders list.

Dachs · Sep 28, 2008

So the Empire State Building is a wonder, but not any of the skyscrapers higher than it?

RavenKing · Sep 28, 2008

Here are my quick lists

Great Ancient Wonders

1. Stonehenge
2. Pyramids
3. Sphinx
4. Library of Alexandria
5. Parthenon (Athens)
6. Roman Road Network
7. Apadana Palace (Persepolis)

Medieval Wonders

1. Great Wall
2. Porcelain Tower (Nanjing)
3. Macchu Picchu
4. Notre Dame Cathedral (Paris; or pick your personal favourite gothic cathedral)
5. Shwedagon Paya (Yangon/Rangoon)
6. Great Mosque of Djenne (Mali)
7. Great Mosque (Cordoba)
8. Brihadishwara Temple (Thanjavur, India)

(sorry, can't narrow it down to just 7)

Renaissance/Baroque Wonders

1. Duomo (Florence)
2. Forbidden City (Beijing)
3. Taj Mahal
4. St. Peter's Basilica (Rome)
5. St. Basil's Cathedral (Moscow)
6. Temple of Heaven (Beijing)
7. **still deciding

Enlightenment/Imperial Age Wonders

1. Eiffel Tower
2. Statue of Liberty
3. Suez Canal
4. Canadian Pacific Railway
5. Louvre Museum (Paris)
6. Panama Canal
7. **decisions decisions

Modern Wonders

1. Empire State Building
2. Golden Gate Bridge
3. World Trade Center (New York)
4. CN Tower (Toronto)
5. Kansai International Airport (Osaka)
6. Three Gorges Dam
7. Burj Dubai

Honorary mention
8. Chunnel
9. Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències (Valencia)

7 Most Beautiful Buildings (Not Ranked)

1. Sydney Opera House
2. Taj Mahal
3. Bahai House of Worship (Delhi)
4. Parthenon (Athens)
5. St. Basil's Cathedral (Moscow)
6. Kinkaku-ji (Kyoto)
7. Neuschwannstein Castle (Bavaria)

honorary mention:
8. Court of the Lions, Alhambra, (Granada)

It's all very subjective of course. As a Canadian I've included 2 Canadian 'wonders' into the lists. The CPR was apparently the longest railway in the world when it was completed, and it was built by a country with a small population over some extremely difficult terrain).

Arwon · Sep 28, 2008

The Alhambra has to be on any "medieval wonders" list. It's amazing.

Bast · Sep 28, 2008

I love the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. They are the originals and the best. I know that had the Greeks known about other structures during that time or earlier others might've been included but they did write the history and coined the phrase.

There's something special about all seven. I'd love to see the other 6 rebuilt in my lifetime in the places where they used to stood.

Plotinus · Sep 28, 2008

I don't understand how the Colosseum and Hagia Sophia can be considered "medieval", let alone Stonehenge, which is older than anything on the ancient list with the possible exception of the Great Pyramid!

The Aurora is a nice idea, but it's really no more spectacular than a starry sky or indeed a cloudy one. It's just less common.

And what is so great about the Channel Tunnel?

Taras Bulba · Sep 28, 2008

Gilder said:
Stonehenge and Colosseum should not be in the Medieval wonders catagory. Actually, come to think of it, a lot on that list has little to do with the Medieval era.

Oh, and the Christo Redeemer has no place on a wonders list.

I agree with your first statement, however the Christ Redeemer is quite a symbol of the new world (South America)

Dachspmg said:
So the Empire State Building is a wonder, but not any of the skyscrapers higher than it?

it isn't necessary the height that makes it a wonder as much as what it stands for. One reason why I think the Statue of Liberty should be a wonder over it

Arwon said:
The Alhambra has to be on any "medieval wonders" list. It's amazing.

this is true

Plotinus said:
And what is so great about the Channel Tunnel?

I think its just the political and engineering significance it brought when it was completed. A travel by car/rail from England to Mainland Europe.
I do, however, believe the Seikan Tunnel in Japan, being longer, deeper, and built first deserves a spot over it

Cheezy the Wiz · Sep 28, 2008

This is most certainly NOT what the Temple of Artemis looked like. This looks more like a late Renaissance or early Baroque creation than an Ionion Greek one.

Taras Bulba · Sep 28, 2008

IMO, that looks a lot like the Mausoleum of Mausollos if you ask me, its just what it had on wikipedia IIRC

that is probably a better picture (just did a quick google search)

Cheezy the Wiz · Sep 28, 2008

That looks like the one in Civ, and much cooler.

Taras Bulba · Sep 28, 2008

personally, I think it looks more accurate than the other, but the detail that whoever put into it wasn't really that great. but that is just my opinion

Gilder · Sep 29, 2008

Taras Bulba said:
I agree with your first statement, however the Christ Redeemer is quite a symbol of the new world (South America)

Except there's nothing "wonderous" about it. It's just a giant statue of Jesus made of concrete. The original wonders had something special about them, this is just.... a statue, a plain, old, boring statue. It's even made of anything cool.

Cutlass · Sep 29, 2008

I would use the Brooklyn Bridge instead of the Golden Gate.

Taras Bulba · Sep 29, 2008

Gilder said:
Except there's nothing "wonderous" about it. It's just a giant statue of Jesus made of concrete. The original wonders had something special about them, this is just.... a statue, a plain, old, boring statue. It's even made of anything cool.

you could say that about alot of things.

you could say that about the Statue of Liberty, or the Empire State Building, the Pyramids, or Stonehenge... I mean, the Statue of Liberty is a statue made of copper that even chemically changed color, the Empire State Building isn't the tallest building in the world, the Pyramids are just giant blocks of limestone stacked on top of each other meant to house one dead person, and Stonehenge is just a strange assortments of rocks.

I'm not saying that you have to feel that Christ the Redeemer in Rio means anything to you, but I am saying that you can't deny it is a symbol of Brazil and the rest of South America as a whole, along with representing it today.

warpus · Sep 29, 2008

There are far more wonderous bridges in the world than the Golden State bridge.

Taras Bulba · Sep 29, 2008

warpus said:
There are far more wonderous bridges in the world than the Golden State bridge.

depends on what aspects you look at, and how you define "wondrous"

warpus · Sep 29, 2008

Taras Bulba said:
depends on what aspects you look at, and how you define "wondrous"

It also depends on how you define "in", but that doesn't change the fact that out of all the bridges in the world, the golden state bridge does not stand out in any sort of wonderous way.. except for a purely sentimental one.

Arwon · Sep 29, 2008

Well the Sydney Harbour Bridge is wider.

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