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Most Iconic World Landmarks
Posted on 10/22/17 at 10:04 am
Posted on 10/22/17 at 10:04 am
What would you consider to be the top five most iconic world landmarks? They can be made made (such as the Eiffel Tower or Golden Gate Bridge) or natural (such as Niagara Falls or the Matterhorn).
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Posted on 10/22/17 at 11:09 am to Globetrotter747
Taj Mahal
Eiffel Tower
Colosseum
Great Wall
Pyramids of Giza
Golden Gate Bridge
Statue of Liberty
The Great Sphinx
Everest
White House
Acropolis
Machu Picchu
Grand Canyon
Terracotta Warriors
Eiffel Tower
Colosseum
Great Wall
Pyramids of Giza
Golden Gate Bridge
Statue of Liberty
The Great Sphinx
Everest
White House
Acropolis
Machu Picchu
Grand Canyon
Terracotta Warriors
Posted on 10/22/17 at 12:28 pm to tduecen
Good choices.
Posted on 10/22/17 at 3:40 pm to tduecen
quote:
Taj Mahal
Eiffel Tower
Colosseum
Great Wall
Pyramids of Giza
Hard to disagree with any of those.
To second tier I'll add Stonehenge (very close to top 5), Big Ben, Sydney Opera House, Mount Fuji, Yosemite Valley, Angkor Wat, Hollywood sign, the Acropolis, Christ the Redeemer (Rio), Rock of Gibraltar. Hagia Sophia.
Posted on 10/23/17 at 6:31 pm to Globetrotter747
Stone Mountain
Posted on 10/23/17 at 6:48 pm to Globetrotter747
Angkor Wat
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life
Posted on 10/24/17 at 11:27 am to Globetrotter747
Travel is our vice. That we have seen:
1. Iguassu Falls: located at the juncture of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay
2. Macchu Pichu Peru
3. Cappadocia Turkey
4. Egypt anything
5. Santorini, Greece
That I haven't seen:
1. Petra Jordan
2. Great Wall
3. Taj Majal
4. Serengeti migration
1. Iguassu Falls: located at the juncture of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay
2. Macchu Pichu Peru
3. Cappadocia Turkey
4. Egypt anything
5. Santorini, Greece
That I haven't seen:
1. Petra Jordan
2. Great Wall
3. Taj Majal
4. Serengeti migration
Posted on 10/24/17 at 12:08 pm to tduecen
Good list, but where is Big Ben??
Posted on 10/24/17 at 5:00 pm to Globetrotter747
Eiffel Tower
Colosseum
Pyramids of Giza
Great Wall of China
Leaning Tower of Piza
Others that are close:
Acropolis
Parthenon
Christ the Redeemer
Stonehenge
Notre Dame
Sagrada Familia
Sydney Opera House
Burj Khalifa and about a million others.
Colosseum
Pyramids of Giza
Great Wall of China
Leaning Tower of Piza
Others that are close:
Acropolis
Parthenon
Christ the Redeemer
Stonehenge
Notre Dame
Sagrada Familia
Sydney Opera House
Burj Khalifa and about a million others.
Posted on 12/29/18 at 7:23 am to Wildcat In Germany
Wanted to bump this old thread of mine to see if anyone who’s joined up since has an opinion.
Posted on 12/29/18 at 8:16 am to Globetrotter747
1. Pyramids
2. Eiffel Tower
3. Great Wall of China
4. Colosseum
5. Taj Mahal
*5a. Sydney Opera House
2. Eiffel Tower
3. Great Wall of China
4. Colosseum
5. Taj Mahal
*5a. Sydney Opera House
This post was edited on 12/29/18 at 8:19 am
Posted on 12/29/18 at 8:37 am to Globetrotter747
Hmmmm...interesting topic! I'll combine mine, and not in this order necessarily. Just in terms of what I liked the most, top of the mind.
Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia)
Vintgar Gorge (Slovenia)
Colosseum (Rome Italy)
Mt. Fuji (Japan)
Picos de Europa (Asturias, Spain)
I thought about some more that were really unique as well like Dachau (Germany), The Acropolis (Athens, Greece), Olympic Peninsula (Washington), Lugano (Swizterland), La Sagrada Familia (Barcelona, Spain).
Tough to make just one list.
Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia)
Vintgar Gorge (Slovenia)
Colosseum (Rome Italy)
Mt. Fuji (Japan)
Picos de Europa (Asturias, Spain)
I thought about some more that were really unique as well like Dachau (Germany), The Acropolis (Athens, Greece), Olympic Peninsula (Washington), Lugano (Swizterland), La Sagrada Familia (Barcelona, Spain).
Tough to make just one list.
This post was edited on 12/29/18 at 8:45 am
Posted on 12/30/18 at 2:34 am to Nole Man
When I say iconic I am referring to things that almost universally recognizable around the world.
Posted on 12/30/18 at 8:49 am to Globetrotter747
I think statue of liberty falls on the top 5 most recognizable list, because of America's influence in movies/TV even though its less impressive than the others.
Grand Canyon should be added to the list of natural landmarks.
Grand Canyon should be added to the list of natural landmarks.
Posted on 12/30/18 at 9:42 am to Globetrotter747
10 for the entire world is tough...
1) Taj Mahal
2) Golden Gate Bridge
3) Great Wall of China
4) Eiffel Tower
5) St Peter's Basilica
6) Leaning Tower of Pisa
7) Alcatraz Island
8) London Tower Bridge
9) Notre Dame de Paris
10) Pyramids of Giza
That's just a rough top ten of man-made landmarks. I feel pretty bad for leaving off places like Christ The Redeemer, Sydney Opera House, The Coliseum, Hungarian Parliment, Duomo Cathedral, Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Sofia Haggia, Statue of Liberty, Sagrada Familia, Mosque of Cordoba, Angkor Wat, Plaza de Espana, Big Ben, etc.
1) Taj Mahal
2) Golden Gate Bridge
3) Great Wall of China
4) Eiffel Tower
5) St Peter's Basilica
6) Leaning Tower of Pisa
7) Alcatraz Island
8) London Tower Bridge
9) Notre Dame de Paris
10) Pyramids of Giza
That's just a rough top ten of man-made landmarks. I feel pretty bad for leaving off places like Christ The Redeemer, Sydney Opera House, The Coliseum, Hungarian Parliment, Duomo Cathedral, Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Sofia Haggia, Statue of Liberty, Sagrada Familia, Mosque of Cordoba, Angkor Wat, Plaza de Espana, Big Ben, etc.
Posted on 12/30/18 at 11:08 am to tduecen
Mt. Rushmore
Posted on 12/30/18 at 11:51 am to Globetrotter747
Posted on 12/30/18 at 1:56 pm to Globetrotter747
Probably known worldwide:
Eiffel Tower
Colosseum
Big Ben / Parliment
Sydney Opera House
Christ The Redeemer
Pyramids/Sphynx
Taj Mahal
Great Wall
Statue of Liberty
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Machu Pichu
Parthenon
Level 2:
Stonehenge
Anghor Wat
Mount Rushmore
Golden Gate Bridge
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Petra
Notre Dame
The Kaaba
Hagia Sophia
Arc di Triumph
St. Basils
The Forbidden City
St. Peter's Square
Dome of the Rock/ Wailing Wall
Empire State Building
LaSagrada Familia
London Eye
Mt. Fuji
The Great Barrier Reef
The Superdome (Katrina)
Santorini (Oia)
Easter Island
Serengeti
The Grand Canal - Venice
Times Square
Buckingham Palace
Grand Canyon
Matterhorn
Dead Sea
Ayers Rock / Uluru
Capri
Level 3:
The Space Needle/ Mt. Ranier
The Gateway Arch
Jackson Square
Chrysler Building
Sears (Willis) Tower
Pantheon
Spanish Steps
Parliament (Budapest)
Plitvice
Angel Falls
Niagara Falls
Victoria Falls
Cappidocia
Duomo - Florence
Burj Khalifa -Dubai
The Pearl - Shanghai
Versailles
Old Faithful
Gibralter
Cinque Terre
Dubrovnik
Louvre
Level 4:
Iguazu Falls
Mesa Verde
Tabletop Mt. (Capetown)
Library at Ephesus
Waikiki and Diamonhead
Genghis Khan statue
India's Golden Temple
White Cliffs of Dover
Blue Mountains/ 3 Sisters - Australia
Grand Tetons
California Redwoods
Meteora Monasteries- Greece
Banf / Lake Louise
Arches National Park
Ring of Kerry
Giants Causeway
South Beach
Brandenburg Gate
St. Chapel
Eiffel Tower
Colosseum
Big Ben / Parliment
Sydney Opera House
Christ The Redeemer
Pyramids/Sphynx
Taj Mahal
Great Wall
Statue of Liberty
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Machu Pichu
Parthenon
Level 2:
Stonehenge
Anghor Wat
Mount Rushmore
Golden Gate Bridge
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Petra
Notre Dame
The Kaaba
Hagia Sophia
Arc di Triumph
St. Basils
The Forbidden City
St. Peter's Square
Dome of the Rock/ Wailing Wall
Empire State Building
LaSagrada Familia
London Eye
Mt. Fuji
The Great Barrier Reef
The Superdome (Katrina)
Santorini (Oia)
Easter Island
Serengeti
The Grand Canal - Venice
Times Square
Buckingham Palace
Grand Canyon
Matterhorn
Dead Sea
Ayers Rock / Uluru
Capri
Level 3:
The Space Needle/ Mt. Ranier
The Gateway Arch
Jackson Square
Chrysler Building
Sears (Willis) Tower
Pantheon
Spanish Steps
Parliament (Budapest)
Plitvice
Angel Falls
Niagara Falls
Victoria Falls
Cappidocia
Duomo - Florence
Burj Khalifa -Dubai
The Pearl - Shanghai
Versailles
Old Faithful
Gibralter
Cinque Terre
Dubrovnik
Louvre
Level 4:
Iguazu Falls
Mesa Verde
Tabletop Mt. (Capetown)
Library at Ephesus
Waikiki and Diamonhead
Genghis Khan statue
India's Golden Temple
White Cliffs of Dover
Blue Mountains/ 3 Sisters - Australia
Grand Tetons
California Redwoods
Meteora Monasteries- Greece
Banf / Lake Louise
Arches National Park
Ring of Kerry
Giants Causeway
South Beach
Brandenburg Gate
St. Chapel
This post was edited on 12/30/18 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 12/31/18 at 12:02 am to Bama54
Went to Petra about 20 years ago while in the military. Was an awesome place but it's in the middle of nowhere and even then it was prostituted out like crap. So sad to to see people selling your name made in a bottle of sand and selling camel rides. Hate to think how bad it is now.
Posted on 12/31/18 at 6:45 am to DLP7637
Maybe I missed it...
But I would add Red Square in Moscow and the Petronas Towers
Places I have seen and was amazed by (not all good amazed)...
Macchu Picchu - still think about this place all the time..the engineering was incredible
Red Square - as a kid growing up in the 80s...the Cold War was everything. To be able to walk it and see the names that scared so many was chilling.
Killing Fields - In Cambodia I could not then or now reconcile how nice the people were and what I saw. So exhuasting.
Christ the Redeemer - whether looking up at it, or down from the statue itself
But I would add Red Square in Moscow and the Petronas Towers
Places I have seen and was amazed by (not all good amazed)...
Macchu Picchu - still think about this place all the time..the engineering was incredible
Red Square - as a kid growing up in the 80s...the Cold War was everything. To be able to walk it and see the names that scared so many was chilling.
Killing Fields - In Cambodia I could not then or now reconcile how nice the people were and what I saw. So exhuasting.
Christ the Redeemer - whether looking up at it, or down from the statue itself
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