The New Seven Wonders of the World GMG Votes!!

[AnthonyAthletic]

Just reading, whilst looking at a Novelty Gaming Site, that in 11 days time the NEW Seven Wonders of the World will be announced. 

What would your New Seven be?

Apparantly you/we can vote at this site New Seven and the list of the new SEVEN will be out for History.

Watch this space.

Shame, I thought Harry's JPC Buys may have made the official top 20.

By the way, the Great Wall is the HUGE favourite to win the event with 6 others making up the Seven.  The Wall is currently priced at 1/33 Fav, £33 to win £1....now there's a sure thing

[Bogey]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention Tony....very cool.

[Mark]

What about the Terracotta warriors?
What about the tomb of first emperor of China?
I can't believe that you put the stupid statues of liberty and Eiffel tower in there

Um, I don't think this is Tony's personal list, MT. I believe this is the ACTUAL list of 'wonders' that's being voted on. Is that right, Tony?

[SonicMan46]

Um, I don't think this is Tony's personal list, MT. I believe this is the ACTUAL list of 'wonders' that's being voted on. Is that right, Tony?

Agree w/ Mark that this list is not Tony's selections; but I must admit that most of these choices are rather ancient for consideration as 'New Wonders' - I'm sure that many can come up w/ their own personal favorites; e.g. Blueridge Parkway (476 miles from Virginina into North Carolina - took decades to complete w/ the Linn Cove Viaduct around Grandfather Mountain the last segment finished - CLICK on image for more detailed information) and some of the great bridges (e.g. Brooklyn Bridge - a stupendous effort & subject of a great Ken Burns video; Chesapeake Bay Bridge; Golden Gate Bridge; bridges around Tampa Bay)!  I'm certain that others have their own choices in other countries (e.g. the English Channel Tunnel) - I guess the bottom line is whether this 'new' list already needs revisions? 

[Kullervo]

My vote goes to the Colossus of Rhodes. 

[greg]

the old GMG "What Are you listening to? Part 5" thread 

[Haffner]

PSHAW!

In no order of preference, Andy's "REAL Wonders":

1) Beethoven op. 59
2) Beethoven op.132
3) Beethoven Missa Solemnis
4) Mozart Don Giovanni
5) Mozart Die Zauberflote
6) Mozart "Jupiter"
7) Wagner "Ring Des Nibelungen"
Mahler's 9th
9)Mahler's 6th
10) Haydn op. 76

[AnthonyAthletic]

I wonder why the Vatican City, or the bit where the Pope lives, St Peter's etc isn't on the list.

Pretty impressive stuff is the Vatican, no?

[Bogey]

I wonder why the Vatican City, or the bit where the Pope lives, St Peter's etc isn't on the list.

Pretty impressive stuff is the Vatican, no?

From reading, there seemed to be a longer original list and the 21 seems to have been what made the final cut.  I have a friend that teachers a unit of study on the Acient Wonders and have sat in on some of his lessons....fascinating stufff....my son is trying to decide on his seven choices as well.  The list is what it is so we are just going to have fun with it, debate it, and have more fun with it. 

[Lilas Pastia]

Footnotes:

- this is indeed the 'final cut' of the Wonders List.
- the gizeh Pyramids are out of the running because they're the only Wonder form the Ancient times to be still intact and therefore it will automatically be included in the new Seven Wonders list. Therefore, this poll should be restricted to six choices, not seven.
- the "Kremlin and Red Square" choice is known mainly for the St-Basil Cathedral. Otherwise, who would vote for a place that in most minds is associated with communist leaders fortress and army parades??

Although it contains priceless treasures, I don't think it beats Beijing's Forbidden City. Anyhow, this is what it looks like from the distance:



And this is St-Basil Cathedral on the Red Square:




At the top left corner it's seen in this pic from the Red Square:

[hornteacher]

For me the biggest wonder of the world is how George Bush got elected twice!

[Bonehelm]

Sydney Opera house?

rofl...you gotta be kiddin'

[Bonehelm]

For me the biggest wonder of the world is how George Bush got elected twice!

By the people of the supposedly "greatest country in the world", too!

[mahlertitan]

By the people of the supposedly "greatest country in the world", too!

hey, the people voted for Gore, if you want to blame somebody, blame the electoral college, they make the decisions.

[Bonehelm]

hey, the people voted for Gore, if you want to blame somebody, blame the electoral college, they make the decisions.

Actually I blame all of America. Well, maybe except for the anti-war pile.

[Larry Rinkel]

Sydney Opera house?

rofl...you gotta be kiddin'

Not at all. It's a brilliant piece of architecture, situated brilliantly in the Sydney harbor.

[Bonehelm]

Not at all. It's a brilliant piece of architecture, situated brilliantly in the Sydney harbor.

Then what's Musikverein? What's Concertgebouw? The glass pyramid outside the Louvre? You're saying those suck? If they don't, why aren't they there?

[Lethevich]

Then what's Musikverein? What's Concertgebouw? The glass pyramid outside the Louvre? You're saying those suck? If they don't, why aren't they there?

It goes without saying that they aren't "iconic" enough for such a list. If it wasn't for the Da Vinci Code (in which I believe it featured), I doubt many people would know about that pyramid. Unless you're seriously considering the list be extended to cover the thousands of constructs and buildings which professionals consider masterpieces...

[Bonehelm]

It goes without saying that they aren't "iconic" enough for such a list. If it wasn't for the Da Vinci Code (in which I believe it featured), I doubt many people would know about that pyramid. Unless you're seriously considering the list be extended to cover the thousands of constructs and buildings which professionals consider masterpieces...

WOW, YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME MAN.

The most ridiculous post I've read all week.

The Louvre Pyramid is a large metal and glass pyramid which serves as the main entrance to the Musée du Louvre and has become a landmark for the city of Paris.

Commissioned by the French president François Mitterrand, it was built in 1989 by the architect I. M. Pei from New York, who was responsible for the design of the Miho Museum in Japan among others. The structure, which was constructed entirely with glass segments, reaches a height of 20.6 meters (about 70 feet); its square base has sides of 35 meters (115 feet). It consists of 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangular glass segments.

It has been claimed by some that the glass panes in the Louvre Pyramid number exactly 666, "the number of the beast", often associated with Satan. Various conspiracy theorists have ascribed some deeper, sinister meaning to this supposed fact. For instance, Dominique Stezepfandt's book François Mitterrand, Grand Architecte de l'Univers declares that "the pyramid is dedicated to a power described as the Beast in the Book of Revelation (...) The entire structure is based on the number 6."

The construction of the pyramid triggered considerable controversy because many people feel that this futuristic edifice looks quite out of place in front of the Louvre Museum with its classical architecture. Certain detractors ascribed a "Pharaonic complex" to Mitterrand. Others came to appreciate the juxtaposing of contrasting architectural styles as a successful merger of the old and the new, the classical and the ultra-modern.

The main pyramid is actually only the largest of several glass pyramids that were constructed near the museum, including the downward-pointing La Pyramide Inversée that functions as a skylight in an underground mall in front of the museum.

During the design phase, there was a proposal that the design include a spire on the pyramid to simplify window washing. This proposal was eliminated because of objections from I. M. Pei.

One of France's landmark, aside from the obvious Eiffel, is this. It's as famous as NYC's Liberty statue.

[Lethevich]

The most ridiculous post I've read all week.

Great. I aim to please.

One of France's landmark, aside from the obvious Eiffel, is this.

Nice, so let's make that 3 from France. Now Italy, Germany and Great Britain will inevitably have problems with this and demand to have three as well, citing lots more wonderful thingies situated in their lands. Already we have 12, factor in the rest of Europe and this number will be multiplied, then the rest of the world. How many exactly do you want on this list? "The One-Hundred and One Wonders of the World" doesn't have the same ring to it as the old seven, and it divorces the list completely from that... Also, the more you accept, the more ridiculous it becomes to draw a line between what is a "wonder" and what is not.

It's as famous as NYC's Liberty statue.

It's really, really not. These things cannot be proven, but shove some photographs in the faces of some random people in the street all around Europe, and I am certain they will name the statue far more often. That is what makes it iconic rather than just excellent*. That is also what makes these lists silly.

*Iconic, btw, has nothing to do with objective worth credited by professionals. It is a nebulous term that is given to anything that has reached a culturally pervasive level of popularity and familiarity. It's why in the modern age, the most famous landmarks are the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, the Sydney Opera House and so on, they're recognisable and unique. This is also why the notion of putting the Musikverein on this list borders on unreasonable, as a lot of other exquisite buildings which (to the casual observer) look extremely similar on the outside (and the fact that the Sydney Opera House has such clout as a recognisable monument means that people don't care about interiors, as the SOH's interior is bland as hell and wasn't designed by the same architect as the exterior). Any serious fan of architecture would not call for any list to be made, no matter how long.

These lists shouldn't be taken seriously.

Edit:

Statue of Liberty Google results in English only. Louvre Pyramid results in English & French. Combined, the pyramid achieves a half vote. I do not consider this conclusive at all, as I said, it cannot be proven. But it's a fine shield if you wish to continue to make your strange claim.