The New Seven Wonders?

Originally posted by Hit_and_Miss
that bridge is beautiful... But I would have to say big ben... Sorry but my pride in my country says I have to vote for anything over france...😛

What about Stonehenge?

Personally I don't think Australia's opera house should be on there (yes, I love it... but there are just so many other things.) I would be very happy if the Hagia Sophia made it to the final seven, even if it's lost a lot of the glory and gold it had in it's Byzantine days.

How about the Grand Canyon made by god.........It is a pretty cool thing. Not anything else like it in the world....And we have it right here in the US.

I think it'll have to duke it out with the natural wonders 😄 I don't think God ever graduated from his architects course.

I never quite got stone henge... its not really that impressive is it... couple of stones in a circle.. plagued by Gypsies every so often.. Not really as inspiring as a waterfall, or a huge freakin rock...

Sure its English, But Big Ben actual does something/looks good....

Originally posted by Hit_and_Miss
I never quite got stone henge... its not really that impressive is it... couple of stones in a circle.. plagued by Gypsies every so often.. Not really as inspiring as a waterfall, or a huge freakin rock...

Sure its English, But Big Ben actual does something/looks good....

Maybe that's the secret of Stonehenge... the ancient druids built it to attract Gypsies... like moths to a flame. Makes more sense then something to do with aliens.

And your quite right, Big Ben is quite iconic, I like it, I'd probably have had it on the short list. I wonder why some people voted as they did?

And the Millau bridge is quite wonderful, I wonder if I could get a travel grant to go and see it...

Dam those druids....

I quite liked angel falls... something about falling water...

The Pyramids of Giza are the only structures left from th original 'seven wonders', so should it really be a part of the "New Seven Wonders"? I mean, I think they belong at the top of any list, given the time, tools and resources of the builders. But, the "New Seven Wonders" should be, well...new. You know, modern.

I'm a little disgusted the C.N. Tower isn't on there 😛
It's the tallest land-based free-standing structure in the world afterall 😕

"In 1995, the CN Tower was declared one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It also belongs to the World Federation of Great Towers. The following year, the Guinness Book of World Records officially changed the CN Tower's classification to "World's Tallest Building and Free-Standing Structure" and it retains that title to this day."
Wikipedia

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
The Pyramids of Giza are the only structures left from th original 'seven wonders', so should it really be a part of the "New Seven Wonders"? I mean, I think they belong at the top of any list, given the time, tools and resources of the builders. But, the "New Seven Wonders" should be, well...new. You know, modern.

A good point, but then I guess for some there hasn't really been a lot of modern marvels that could rival the grandeur of the more ancient or ancient architectural marvels like some on the things on the list. Not completely true, but then some can be quite pretentious about classic eras and what they produced - so naturally iconic, older constructions would get more attention to more modern buildings.

I think that could be one of the reasons why they are only aiming to create an updated list without an age limit, instead of having a cut off point for a certain era. The original seven wonders came from different eras, as I guess greatness can transcend time.

Still, I wonder what would be considered great enough to go on a list of modern only wonders... Certainly what silver_tears said, the C.N. Tower would quite possibly be on it.

look, we're creating our own history and destroying our foundations!
FUN!

Originally posted by Imperial_Samura
A good point, but then I guess for some there hasn't really been a lot of modern marvels that could rival the grandeur of the more ancient or ancient architectural marvels like some on the things on the list. Not completely true, but then some can be quite pretentious about classic eras and what they produced - so naturally iconic, older constructions would get more attention to more modern buildings.

I think that could be one of the reasons why they are only aiming to create an updated list without an age limit, instead of having a cut off point for a certain era. The original seven wonders came from different eras, as I guess greatness can transcend time.

Still, I wonder what would be considered great enough to go on a list of modern only wonders... Certainly what silver_tears said, the C.N. Tower would quite possibly be on it.

If you want to really get weird, how many of those ancient wonders were built by the "God" favored Christians?

What!?! Not a one!?

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
If you want to really get weird, how many of those ancient wonders were built by the "God" favored Christians?

What!?! Not a one!?

Heheh. True, true. Sun Cults, pagans, mortuary cults - definitely no Christians associated with the original seven wonders, yet we still all held in awe by them (despite 6 of the seven not really existing any more.) But yes, maybe the Christian world never did build any thing that would seem to match the original seven...

Though it seems a good bit of stone work, something grand, can transcend religion and time. Maybe Christians should take note. Even important parts of the Vatican were "appropriated" from their former pagan owners. Orthodox Christians build the Hagia Sophia, but the Turks happily converted it.

How about then you rule out anything that hasn't been created in the last 200 years, out with the old... In with the new

No CN Tower? WTF!

Originally posted by Hit_and_Miss
How about then you rule out anything that hasn't been created in the last 200 years, out with the old... In with the new

I guess they could have done that, but the whole thing is about all of humanities heratige, old and new, and it's not really the new that are in danger.

That, and I imagine it wouldn't of interested as many people if it was all modern works, because the new are not always as iconic or wonderous - most people know off the Taj Mahal and the like, they have earned their reputation over many years, but some modern structures are very limited in terms of the numbers who know of them. Most of the landmarks on the short list wouldn't be there with a cut off date of 500 years even.

My vote would go to the Great Wall, the Taj Mahal, the Colosseum, the Alhambra, Angkor Wat, Petra, the Acropolis, Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza.

Aren't there the "natural seven wonders of the world", the "ancient seven wonders of the world" and so on?

I don't know... All I know is that the 8th wonder was andre the giant...

I don't like modern 'seven world wonders'. The old ones are much more impressive in terms of mythologicy and 'wonders'. 😛

Isn't "big ben" just the bell, and not the building?

yes it is the bell... But the whole clock tower is refered to by a whole, not its parts...

The houses of parliament?