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I just want to know the opinions of other people. It can be any landmark from any country, just explain it a little if it isn't very well known.

Also, plz NO FLAMING I don't want this thread to get deleted.

I just want to know the opinions of other people. It can be any landmark from any country, just explain it a little if it isn't very well known.

Also, plz NO FLAMING I don't want this thread to get deleted.

Given the contentious nature of this debate and the passionate feeling people have about favorite landmarks, well I'd be surprised if this didn't descend into flaming hell.

*Grabs popcorn, goes to another thread*

I've always been partial to the Jefferson Memorial, especially when the cherry blossoms are in bloom.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=jefferson+memorial+in+cherry+blossoms&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

Favorite Japanese landmark would be Kinkakuji:
http://www.hanamiweb.com/kinkakuji3.jpg

Favorite American one, the Golden Gate Bridge.

In my own country, I've always been partial to the U.S.S. Constitution:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/USS_Constitution_1997.jpg

The USA's only mobile National Landmark.

For outside the US, I have to go with Neuschwanstein Castle:

http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/7/U/i/Neuschwanstein.jpg

Niagara Falls.

Great Barrier Reef.

Or perhaps Fed Square Teehee!

The Monument to the Conquerors of Space (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Conquerors_of_Space).

It's my favorite because it's a dedicated monument to scientific achievement and the ability of people to meet, overcome, and eventually conquer any obstacle that lies in the pursuit of knowledge.

Mount Rushmore. The World War 2 memorial is a close second.

Trafalgar Square

Nantahala National Forest, specifically Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest.


http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=XFA122-014

:)

For outside the US, I have to go with Neuschwanstein Castle:

Nice. I like how the guy who built it was nutty as a fruitcake. Of course, he was also German, to be fair. A good comparison here would be Hearst Castle, I suppose.

As to national landmarks, I like the General Sherman. It's the largest living thing on Earth, after all. :)

Probably my favourite landmark in NZ has to be Rangitoto Island, followed closely by Wellington Railway Station.

My favourite Melbourne landmarks are:

The MCG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground) (Melbourne Cricket Ground), known to locals as the 'G. Scene of the '56 Olympics, the Boxing Day Test (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day_Test), Shane Warne's hattrick against the Poms & now the home ground of my beloved Magpies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dd/MCG_August_2007.jpg/800px-MCG_August_2007.jpg

And Flinders St Station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Street_Station), iconic meeting place for generations of Melburnians & a beautiful building in its own right.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/August_2006_Flinders_Street_Station.jpg/796px-

Favorite Japanese landmark would be Kinkakuji:
http://www.hanamiweb.com/kinkakuji3.jpg

Cool, I was there last year! It's a beautiful place. :)

Ehm... (http://images.google.com/images?q=manneken+pis&rls=com.microsoft:nl-be:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLD&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi)

Manneken Pis is from Belgium, but I wouldn't call it my favorite. There are just too many in the world to pick from. I really can't choose.

edit: perhaps a bit way too small for a landmark, but if the Statue of Liberty can be a landmark than so can Manneken Pis!

Ehm... (http://images.google.com/images?q=manneken+pis&rls=com.microsoft:nl-be:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLD&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi)

Manneken Pis is from Belgium, but I wouldn't call it my favorite. There are just too many in the world to choose from. I really can't choose.

Oh, that reminds me then - the Peter Pan statue in Hyde Park - except it's not really in Hyde Park as I discover whenever I set off to find it - and The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen.

That place you sometimes see in martial arts films, in South East Asia, i recall seeing it in Mortal Combat film (a funny film to watch), sorry i can't remember what it's called.
That or those strange village things made my Aztecs in South America i forget what they're called too.:confused:

That place you sometimes see in martial arts films, in South East Asia, i recall seeing it in Mortal Combat film (a funny film to watch), sorry i can't remember what it's called.
That or those strange village things made my Aztecs in South America i forget what they're called too.:confused:

Vague much?

Vague much?

Yes i have a terrible memory for alot of things, and landmarks come into them.
Think of it as a puzzle.

The Cenotaph

I've always been partial to the Jefferson Memorial, especially when the cherry blossoms are in bloom.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=jefferson+memorial+in+cherry+blossoms&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
I'm not an American, but that's quite good.

http://www.travel-images.com/sweden9.jpg

Stockholm City Hall with the Three Crowns (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_crowns), the most prominent symbols of Sweden, on top. It is, among others, the place where the Nobel Banquet is held.

http://www.sum.uio.no/susnordic/pics/parliaments/riksdagen_web.jpg

The Riksdag, the seat of our democracy. It can be seen here from the air, (http://www.hyrdata.com/site2003/images/riksdagen_flyg_72dpi_000.jpg) placed as it is on the islet of Helgeandsholmen.

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/nvaget/eurst/europe/sweden/pictures/drottningholm.jpg

Drottningholm Palace, the private residence of the Royal Family and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

From abroad, if I have to pick one, the Château de Versailles:

http://www.linternaute.com/actualite/savoir/06/entreprises-mecenes/images/chateau-versailles.jpg

the greatest building on Earth of course the Northampton Lighthouse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Express_Lift_Tower) (which is silly because its in the midlands and miles from any sea)

its like the Moon for me and can be used to get a rough idea of where you are

The Western Wall, Jerusalem, with Masada a close second.

Within the US, Cape Canaveral.

Oh, that reminds me then - the Peter Pan statue in Hyde Park - except it's not really in Hyde Park as I discover whenever I set off to find it - and The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen.

Oh, I always laoved that Peter Pan statue, it's gorgeous. The details in the pedestal are just so lovely. It's in Kensington Gardens, isn't it?

Anyway, my favourite would be the Oscar Wilde memorial in Merrion Square in Dublin, and the High Cliffs of Moher.

And the Wachau in Austria. As well as the Hunderwasser Haus in the Loewengasse in Vienna.

Given the contentious nature of this debate and the passionate feeling people have about favorite landmarks, well I'd be surprised if this didn't descend into flaming hell.http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/ap/65bc1b1a-f19a-47e6-9c1c-93bd60f50c2e.widec.jpg

:D

In America, the Lincoln Memorial

http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~tschoy/photos/CherryBlossom/Lincoln_Memorial.jpg


But outside America...

http://www.blogcadre.com/files/images/optimusprime2.preview.jpg

Greatest. Statue. Evar!

http://www.pictures-of-york.com/wallsanddaffodilsofyork.jpg

York City Walls, obviously. And in the background of the picture is a street where I nearly got run over by some wanker in a Land Rover!

National Monument - I quite like the 'Angel of the North' outside Newcastle

International Monument - Several I like The 'Arc de Triomphe' in Paris...The 'Statue of Liberty' in the US and the 'Sagrada Familia' church by Gaudi in Barcelona...which is not really a monument but a monument to his work nonetheless :cool:

Does the World's Largest Ball of Twine count?

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/ks/KSCAWtwine2.jpg

My personal favorite is probably going to have to be the Japanese imperial palace. http://http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&rlz=1T4GGIE_enUS240US240&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=japanese+imperial+palace&spell=1

Does the World's Largest Ball of Twine count?

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/ks/KSCAWtwine2.jpg

I should say it does. The worlds largest ball of twine can definitely be a national landmark. As long as you think it is important enough.:cool:

Mount Rushmore.
I did like Rushmore, but drive down the road to Crazy Horse, which is more impressive despite (or perhaps because of) its incomplete state.

MadHatters: the southeast Asian locale you are thinking of is probably Angkor Wat, a rambling temple complex in Cambodia; the Mexican pyramids are by the Mayans, not the Aztecs.

I did like Rushmore, but drive down the road to Crazy Horse, which is more impressive despite (or perhaps because of) its incomplete state.

MadHatters: the southeast Asian locale you are thinking of is probably Angkor Wat, a rambling temple complex in Cambodia; the Mexican pyramids are by the Mayans, not the Aztecs.

thank you.:)
http://www.lost-civilizations.net/mayan-pyramids-mexico-teotihuacan.html
Mayan pyramids.
And
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat
Angkor Wat.

By far, the Big Well of Kansas. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Well)

Nothing compares to its majesty.

By far, the Big Well of Kansas. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Well)

Nothing compares to its majesty.
Interesting...

I'm happy with natural landmarks, such as Loch Ness (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/LochNessUrquhart.jpg), Ben Nevis (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/BenNevis2005.jpg) or Glen Coe (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Scotland_Glencoe.jpg).

Beautiful.

Interesting...

I'm happy with natural landmarks, such as Loch Ness (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/LochNessUrquhart.jpg), Ben Nevis (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/BenNevis2005.jpg) or Glen Coe (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Scotland_Glencoe.jpg).

Beautiful.

Oh i remember walking up Ben Nevis once, it was an astonishing view.
I've also been up the "big herdsman" near Glen coe, where it snowed a bit.

It's not terribly pretty, but I have a certain affection for the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds for their symbolism. The idea that one could free one's country from foreign oppressors by singing is really rather wonderful.

York City Walls are overrated;) Rolling down Cliffords Tower is quite good fun though!

In truth, I am partial to the Arc de Triumph, however, in Britain, I prefer Trafalgar Square to anything else. The Tower of London simply isn't quite as glorious as Trafalgar Square; it possesses infinitely more depth and variation to its history, but as a monument to Britannia, I would choose Trafalgar Square.

Either that or replace the Angel of the North with a statue of Thatcher.

Either that or replace the Angel of the North with a statue of Thatcher.
Why on Earth replace such a good-looking piece of art?

National?

Well the Gauchos understand themselves to be a separate nation to Brazil so I guess it is.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g315/Denelope/250px-LaC3A7ador.jpg

O laçador (The roper or lassoer)

When it come to Australia the best national landmarks that are well know by the International Community would have to be:

Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Harbour Bridge
Aryes Rock

Others which may not be as well know

The Big Bananna
The Big Pineapple
Flinders St Station
Luna Park
The Great Barrier Reef
Centrepoint Tower
Just to name a few

I just want to know the opinions of other people. It can be any landmark from any country, just explain it a little if it isn't very well known.


The Duomo of Milan (and it's quite well-known, too!)

I kind of like the spire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spire_of_Dublin). Mainly because I believe it to be a very large robot in disguise as a monument. Should Ireland come under threat the Taioseach of the time will pilot it and use it to defend her and her citizens. Not unlike what the Ghostbusters did with the Statue of Liberty.

Why on Earth replace such a good-looking piece of art?

Because nothing is as beautiful as Thatcher's beneficient smile?;)

The Berlin Wall is my very favorite national monument. Mainly because I helped destroy it.


http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a205/ulteriormotives/RobinunddieEisenstange.jpg

(blue hat is me)

Because nothing is as beautiful as Thatcher's beneficient smile?;)

From San Andreas:
*fapfapfapfapfapfap*Oh Maggie, oh Maggie, yes,*fapfapfapfapfapfapfap*, yes, oh Maggie I love you!

*shudder*

Because nothing is as beautiful as Thatcher’s beneficient smile?;)
I highly doubt many residents of North-East England would agree with you there...

The Berlin Wall is my very favorite national monument. Mainly because I helped destroy it.

<piccy snip>
What a cool photo! May I ask which side you were chipping away from?

Incidentally, the fall of the Berlin wall (or at least, its coverage on TV) is one of my earliest memories.

For Australia it has to be Ayers Rock. It is a big rock in the middle of Australia. It is miles from anything (except the tourist infrastructure to milk cash). You are in a fly infested hell hole where it is 40 degrees centrigrade in the shade. But yet people visit it. Suckers.

It's so Australian to have a national icon as a joke on the tourists.

Aus to tourists "Sydney harbour Bridge and the Opera house are pretty, but you've got to check out the Rock"
Tourist "The rock?":confused:
Australian" You haven't checked out the rock?" :eek:
Aussie II "You can't come to Australia without seeing the rock."
[Directions given, tourists fixated on the rock, leaves vicinity of the two Aussies"
Aussies: Bwahahahahahahahaha! He fell for it!

A bit like Fosters and XXXX. No sane Aussies drink that.

What a cool photo! May I ask which side you were chipping away from?The Capitalizt side.

i guess i'm not really into the landmarks type of thing, more into universally sacred and relatively unmarked land.

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Railroad tracks?

I've always liked squares with fountains and things myself.

my favorite "landmarks" have nothing to do with nations. come to think of it, i kind of like land being unmarked other then by sensably located places to live and make things and so on and environmentally harmonious infrastructure.

i guess natural places of extreme beauty, any and all, without really favoring any one over another.

my favorite landmarks might include things like railroad tracks, but not like gigantic tall buildings or anything like that, or some giant goofball carvings or anything. maybe some ancient pictographs or something, not something you could see from space or anything.

i guess i'm not really into the landmarks type of thing, more into universally sacred and relatively unmarked land.

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Futurama_ep49.jpg/250px-Futurama_ep49.jpg

The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St Louis, MO (a.k.a. The Gateway Arch) designed by Eero Saarinen.

http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/B/G/stlouisarch-at.jpg

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Gateway_Arch.html

"Arched gateway to the historical American West, on the bank of the Mississippi River. A 630 foot high graceful sweeping tapered curve of stainless steel, the St. Louis Gateway Arch is the tallest memorial in the US."