Nominees for New Seven Wonders of the World

[lanlady]

How's this for a pleasant early evening's distraction from the day's news: beautiful photos of current nominees for the updated seven WOFW, with finalists to be announced in July. When I was a kid they used to put trading cards of the ancient, modern and natural WOTW in cereal boxes.

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What are your picks?

[Hav]

1. .

Really nice.
My favourite pictures:
14 (Moscow)
19 (Taj Mahal)
20 ("Treasury of the Pharoah")
21 (Kiyomizu Temple, so beautiful and peaceful)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. My picks

Easter Island-enigmatic, and yet a lesson to us about environmentalism

Eiffel Tower--the hope that was the 19th Century

Sydney Opera House--beauty and grace for the arts

Angkor Wat--beauty in the jungle

St. Basil's --always loved the colors/architecture

Stonehenge--the mystery

Taj Mahal--it is an outline for Heaven.

[FVZA_Colonel]

3. My Picks (In no particular order in regards to how they were displayed on the site)

1. The Statue of Liberty
2. The Taj Mahal
3. Angkor Wat
4. Hagia Sophia
5. Machu Picchu
6. Chichen Itza
7. Castle Neuschwanstein

[SpiralHawk]

4. My pick: The republicon Tower of Corrupt Cronies

No one ever could have imagined that the republicons could pile it so high.

[On the Road]

5. I Thought These Were Supposed to be Modern Wonders

so what is Stonehenge doing there? :shrug:

Anyway, limiting them to the last 500 years, I would vote for:

Eiffel Tower
Sydney Opera House
The Alhambra
Kiyomiza Temple
Moscow
Taj Mahal
Statue of Liberty