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What's the most famous man-made structure? [5 vote(s)]

Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
80.0%
Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France
0.0%
Statue of Liberty, New York City, U.S.A.
20.0%
Empire State Building, New York City, U.S.A.
0.0%
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, U.S.A.
0.0%
Colosseum, Rome, Italy
0.0%
Leaning Tower, Pisa, Italy
0.0%
St Peter's Square and the Basilica, Vatican City
0.0%
Big Ben, London, U.K.
0.0%
Tower Bridge, London, U.K.
0.0%
Parthenon, Athens, Greece
0.0%
Great Wall of China, China
0.0%
Forbidden City, Beijing, China
0.0%
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
0.0%
Great Pyramids, Giza, Egypt
0.0%
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
0.0%
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia
0.0%
Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia
0.0%
Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
0.0%
Others
0.0%
europology


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What's the most famous man-made structure?
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This is pretty hard, isn't it? Each of them is so special and so unique in their own way. But I'll choose the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Why? It's because this 324-metre iron structure constructed by Gustave Alexandre Eiffel first driven me to become an architect. What's more, it's now one of the world's most renowned symbols!



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Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France:


It's a colossal arch, making it one of the most famous symbols in Paris. With the high reliefs on its walls, it looks majestic and stands proud at the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (formerly known as the Place de l’Étoile). 12 grand avenues radiate out from it and form a twelve pointed star with the imposing Arc de Triomphe at the center. One of these avenues is the elegant Avenue des Champs-Élysées.




-- Edited by europology at 15:50, 2005-02-13

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All of them are famous, if not you wouldn't know about them......as for the most famous one, that's hard to tell, isn't it, unless you do a survey, of course.

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Now I'm doing a survey lol...... The results will be based on your votes. Isn't this brilliant?

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Err......no?

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What!!! Are you trying to drive me mad? Hehe......

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Really what......what's so brilliant about that? You should do a bigger survey, must include every single human on this earth, then the results will be more accurate.

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The current world population is over 6 billion and it's expanding like crazy. Nobody can ever get all of them to involve in a particular survey. It will never be completed even after you've died!

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Why not? Each country can do it's part. Then combine the results together......

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The matter is not all countries are volunteering themselves to do that. Thus, we must do it ourselves lol...... It's better to depend on ourselves rather than begging to others!

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These are some of the well-known symbols of Paris:



  • (left) The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel) at sunrise.

  • (centre) Arc de Triomphe and the elegant Avenue des Champs-Élysées.

  • (right) Basilique du Sacré-Coeur (Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Christ), one of Paris's and also France's most important Roman Catholic buildings.

         The has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world.    The and the     The , a .  



  • (left) Roman Catholic Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris) by night.

  • (centre) The miniature Statue of Liberty on the River Seine which faces west towards the original Statue of Liberty in New York City, which was given by the people of France to the U.S.A.

  • (right) Musée du Louvre (Louvre Museum), home to Leonardo da Vinci's famed masterpiece, Mona Lisa.

 Night view of Notre Dame from the south, spring 2001. The copy on the river in Paris, France. Given to the city in 1885, it faces west, towards the original Liberty in . The main courtyard of the Louvre. The entrance to the galleries lies below the glass pyramid



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I've always wondered, what's so special about Mona Lisa? What makes her so famous?

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I am also wondering......However, the fact is Mona Lisa has never been valued, so it means that nobody can posess this famed artwork, include Bill Gates.



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It's probably due to her smile, which experts claim it to be the most beautiful smile in the world. Hey, some sources said it was Leonardo da Vinci himself dressed as a woman, and therefore created the imaginary character who's so famous until today --- Mona Lisa.

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Haha, are you kidding? Where did you get those information?

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I'm not! Those who're into art will mostly know about this, although this fact still couldn't be authenticated. Even travel programmes that is showing Musée du Louvre and the famed artwork will come upon this controversial issue. Trust me!

-- Edited by europology at 23:55, 2005-02-18

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