The New Seven Wonders?

Originally posted by JacopeX
Sigh...

I just want you to explain, why would you say that. You did say Modern.

And you somehow feel that it is not obvious?

Wasn't the Saturn V one of the candidates? I'm upset that didn't make it.

Originally posted by JacopeX
I VOTED MACHU PICHU at the time!!! 😄 💃 🙂

I like everyone of them.They are the wonders of the world!jm 🙂

Originally posted by Bardock42
And you somehow feel that it is not obvious?

Forgive him, he must suffer from trisomy 21, it's the only logical explanation.

Stupid list... The old wonders were way cooler. Seriously why would we need new world wonders anyway?

Not to mention that apparently Brazil cheated by lobbying for the Jesus statue above Rio.

Heres my opinion.

1.The great wall:= just a big wall nothing special.
2. Taj Mahal, India:= Yes
3. Colosseum, Italy:= too modern and nothing special compared to others, No wonder
4. Statues of Easter Island, Chile. = Yes
5. Eiffel Tower, France:- = just a building no wonder.
6. Machu Picchu, Peru:= never heard of it
7. Kremlin, Russia:- = are you JOking (no wonder)?
8. Alhambra, Spain= Been there seen it, amazing definetly a wonder.
9. Angkor Wat, Cambodia:- =Not enough info to judge
10. Statue of Liberty, USA:= now someone IS joking
11. Hagia Sophia, Turkey:= Wonder
12. Sydney Opera House, Australia:= , no wonder
13. Petra, Jordan:= Never heard of it
14. Timbuktu, Mali:= the mountain??
15. Acropolis, Athens, Greece:= its totally ruined nothing to wonder about here
16. Stonehenge, United Kingdom:= definetly a wonder
17. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany:= seen this, is crap. the pictures mislead the truth.
18. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt:= Obviously a wonder
19. Kiyomizu Temple, Japan:= no
20. Christ the Redeemer, Brazil:= no
21. Pyramids of Chichen Itza, Mexico.:= definetly

So wait, you think the Hagia Sophia is a wonder but the Colosseum which was a freaking architectural miracle is not?

Originally posted by Fishy
So wait, you think the Hagia Sophia is a wonder but the Colosseum which was a freaking architectural miracle is not?

People are idiots. You didn't know?

They missed out Camden Lock.

Originally posted by Imperial_Samura
The New Seven Wonders Project is a group who aim to bring attention to the destruction of man-made heritage, and to this end established a large scale web poll in 2000 with the intent of formulating an updated list of seven existing man made wonders, to be announced on New Years Day next year. Revenue from the project is ear-marked, apparently, for various global restoration works, such as the Bamiyan Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban.

Recently they revealed the short list based upon 5 years of votes, which follows in no particular order:

1. Great Wall, China
2. Taj Mahal, India
3. Colosseum, Italy
4. Statues of Easter Island, Chile
5. Eiffel Tower, France
6. Machu Picchu, Peru
7. Kremlin, Russia
8. Alhambra, Spain
9. Angkor Wat, Cambodia
10. Statue of Liberty, USA
11. Hagia Sophia, Turkey
12. Sydney Opera House, Australia
13. Petra, Jordan
14. Timbuktu, Mali
15. Acropolis, Athens, Greece
16. Stonehenge, United Kingdom
17. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
18. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
19. Kiyomizu Temple, Japan
20. Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
21. Pyramids of Chichen Itza, Mexico.

These marvals beat out other notable landmarks like the Empire State Building, the Panama Canal and Big Ben in terms of votes.

So, what do you think should have made the list? And which Seven should take it out (from the list or elsewhere)?

http://www.new7wonders.com

I think this is effing rediculous...like the common man has any idea what constitutes architectural significance and legacy.

Originally posted by Alliance
I think this is effing rediculous...like the common man has any idea what constitutes architectural significance and legacy.

By the way, the global election results are in.

The New Seven Wonders of the World are:

Chichén Itzá, Mexico
Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
The Great Wall, China
Machu Picchu, Peru
Petra, Jordan
The Colosseum, Rome
The Taj Mahal, India

And now there's an election to choose the New 7 Natural Wonders of the World 🙄

what happened to the astrodome?

Like Chicen Itza ( I assume they mean El Castillo), Christ the Redeemer, and Machu Picchu have architectural legacy. TOTAL BULLSHIT. Petra and Taj are nice, but not wonders. The only real WONDER on that list is the Colosseum.

nice sig.

Thanks.

Originally posted by Alliance
Like Chicen Itza ( I assume they mean El Castillo), Christ the Redeemer, and Machu Picchu have architectural legacy. TOTAL BULLSHIT. Petra and Taj are nice, but not wonders. The only real WONDER on that list is the Colosseum.

Well, then again it is not necessarily a list of the most influential architecture. I mean, the real seven wonders weren't either.

Originally posted by Alliance
Like Chicen Itza ( I assume they mean El Castillo), Christ the Redeemer, and Machu Picchu have architectural legacy. TOTAL BULLSHIT. Petra and Taj are nice, but not wonders. The only real WONDER on that list is the Colosseum.

Great Wall of China isn't? Think of the engineering it took to build that thing, certain parts of are a ****ing marvel.

Originally posted by Alliance
Like Chicen Itza ( I assume they mean El Castillo), Christ the Redeemer, and Machu Picchu have architectural legacy. TOTAL BULLSHIT. Petra and Taj are nice, but not wonders. The only real WONDER on that list is the Colosseum.

Originally posted by Strangelove
Architectural achievement isn't the sole determiner of "wonder" status, doofus.

It sure as hell is important, what else would qualify what is a wonder or not? How useful it is to people? How many people benefit from it? In which case I would like to nominate three Dutch structures which protect our most important economical area's and 4 of our 12 provinces from flooding and losing about half their land at least..

Or perhaps just how well known it is or how much a government can lobby for it? Because that's the reason the Jesus statue is on that list.