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View Poll Results: What 7 building and/or monuments deserve the title of "wonders of the modern world"?

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  • Abu Simbel Temple, Egypt

    5 13.51%

  • Acropolis, Athens, Greece

    6 16.22%

  • Alhambra, Granada, Spain

    2 5.41%

  • Angkor Wat, Cambodia

    5 13.51%

  • Astrodome, Houston, USA

    2 5.41%

  • Aztec Temple in Tenochtitlan, Mexico City, Mexico

    7 18.92%

  • Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines

    3 8.11%

  • Borobudur Temple, Central Java

    0 0%

  • Channel Tunnel, UK and France

    10 27.03%

  • Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Mexico

    3 8.11%

  • Christ Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    1 2.70%

  • Clock Tower (Big Ben), London, England

    5 13.51%

  • CN Tower, Toronto, Canada

    2 5.41%

  • Colosseum, Rome, Italy

    10 27.03%

  • Moai Statues, Easter Island, Chile

    1 2.70%

  • Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

    15 40.54%

  • Empire State Building, New York, USA

    8 21.62%

  • Gateway Arch, St. Louis, USA

    3 8.11%

  • Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA

    3 8.11%

  • Great Wall, China

    22 59.46%

  • Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

    4 10.81%

  • Hoover Dam, Nevada/Arizona, USA

    3 8.11%

  • Itaipu Dam, Paraná River, Brazil and Paraguay

    0 0%

  • Kremlin Square, Moscow, Russia

    0 0%

  • Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan

    1 2.70%

  • Leaning Tower of Pisa (San Giovanni Basilica), Italy

    7 18.92%

  • Machu Picchu, Peru

    6 16.22%

  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, USA

    4 10.81%

  • Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France

    0 0%

  • Neuschwanstein Castle, Füssen, Germany

    0 0%

  • North Sea Protection Works, Netherlands

    3 8.11%

  • Panama Canal, Panama

    3 8.11%

  • Palm Islands, Dubai

    4 10.81%

  • Parliament House, Bucharest, Romania

    0 0%

  • Pentagon Building, Arlington, USA

    1 2.70%

  • Petra, Jordan

    1 2.70%

  • Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    7 18.92%

  • Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

    20 54.05%

  • Royal Albert Hall, London, UK

    1 2.70%

  • Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar

    0 0%

  • Statue of Liberty, New York, USA

    10 27.03%

  • St. Pietro Basilica, Vatican

    2 5.41%

  • Stonehenge, Amesbury, UK

    2 5.41%

  • Suez Canal, Egypt

    1 2.70%

  • Sydney Opera House, Australia

    1 2.70%

  • Taj Mahal, Agra, India

    23 62.16%

  • Terracotta Army of Xian, China

    3 8.11%

  • Timbuktu, Mali

    0 0%

  • Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Canada

    1 2.70%

  • Vittorio Emanuele II Monument, Rome, Italy

    1 2.70%

  • WTC Twin Towers, New York, USA

    2 5.41%

  • Pantheon, Rome, Italy

    1 2.70%

  • Rion-Antirion Bridge, Greece

    2 5.41%

  • Millau Bridge, France & Spain

    4 10.81%
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  1. July 9th, 2007, 05:45 AM #17
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    Re: 7 wonders of the modern world

    Quote Originally Posted by Ovidiucucu
    It looks at Taj Mahal like to a little baby...
    Babies are cute...

    On size-based parameters, here is an interesting listing -
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_building

    The Parliament house in Buchasrest is the largest in "mass" i.e. heaviest.

    // BTW, the Taj is a lot bigger than what a lot of people think it is. The work on it is so intricate that if you stand below it, you will be able to perceive the caligraphy inscribed over it's entrance as one of the same font-size due to the efforts of artisans - they actually compensated for the height of the monument in the size of the inscribed characters... It is a result of Persian / Iranian islamic architecture and when it was completed it looked so pretty that the Emperor ordered that the artisans lose their hands.
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