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Lars77

(3,032 posts) Fri Aug 10, 2012, 02:02 PM Aug 2012

The world's most beautiful buildings [View all]

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/travel-tips-and-articles/76556

As voted by Lonely Planet in no particular order:

Museo Guggenheim, Spain (Bilbao):

Potala Palace, Tibet:

Bibliotecha Alexandrina, Egypt:

Sagrada Familia, Spain (Barcelona):

Taj Mahal, India:

Imam Mosque, Iran:

Winter Palace, Russia:

Crac Des Chevaliers, Syria:

Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil:

Aya Sofya, Turkey:

What's your favourite building in the world? I'm still thinking..

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The world's most beautiful buildings [View all] Lars77 Aug 2012 OP

While scrolling, I was thinking, "now where is the Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya)" and BOOM! NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #1

That was my first thought when I clicked the link, too. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #60

Interesting thing about the Guggenheim Museum in Spain CreekDog Aug 2012 #2

Here are some I like GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #3

I like your list better than the OP's. oldhippie Aug 2012 #8

Yah, I love the old buildings. If they can build new buildings with all the great GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #12

I love everything Gaudi did DevonRex Aug 2012 #4

Milan Cathedral. Specially, from the roof. sinkingfeeling Aug 2012 #5

Iraq had one until certain bombs fell... nanabugg Aug 2012 #6

I'm partial to art deco modern spires - the Chrysler Bldg. (1931) leveymg Aug 2012 #7

I love the Chrysler Building, it is one of my favorite buildings of the era. smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #51

The Empire State Building has a lovely deco interior GCP Aug 2012 #84

Most of them are zombie proof! Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #9

Some of my favourites: Spider Jerusalem Aug 2012 #10

YAY, another fan of Reims Cathedral! Odin2005 Aug 2012 #63

The Potala and the Taj Mahal hifiguy Aug 2012 #11

Thanks for the post. (n/t) spin Aug 2012 #13

Cathedrals of Notre Dame and Chartres in France. kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #14

There's a fairly unknown cathedral in Passau Germany: Lars77 Aug 2012 #15

no, amassed power & capital makes people build such things. what to do with the loot is always HiPointDem Aug 2012 #16

I would call them monuments to human spirit .... oldhippie Aug 2012 #27

HOLY BAROQUE BATMAN!!! Odin2005 Aug 2012 #62

Yup it's crazy. The organ is the worlds largest apparently. Lars77 Aug 2012 #71

Nope. The world's largest functioning pipe organ hifiguy Aug 2012 #80

Largest cathedral organ then. Lars77 Aug 2012 #81

You are correct in that! hifiguy Aug 2012 #82

There sure is a website for everything o_O ;) Lars77 Aug 2012 #86

Notre Dame de Paris is pretty freaking impressive hifiguy Aug 2012 #19

Of the ones you posted, the mosque is my favourite. sibelian Aug 2012 #17

Yeah that's cool. Reminds me of Hundertwasser in a way, no edges. Lars77 Aug 2012 #21

that's crazy. lol Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #43

It's awesome, i've seen the tower myself, it's at a brewery in Abensberg, Germany. Lars77 Aug 2012 #46

Those are awesome! Odin2005 Aug 2012 #64

Sigh. I just love that. DevonRex Aug 2012 #22

Isn't it gorgeous? It's even more impressive in real life. sibelian Aug 2012 #25

I had the pleasure of teaching gifted students DevonRex Aug 2012 #30

Wow! That is amazing! I love architectrue, it is my favorite form of art. This is just incredible smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #52

Yes, I'm very much of the same opinion. I think most modern architecture is very ugly. nt sibelian Aug 2012 #70

The Taj Mahal in India malaise Aug 2012 #18

from los angeles Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #20

Driven by that many times kwassa Aug 2012 #38

I think the Brown Derby is gone. preservationists fight to save landmarks but they often lose Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #41

It was destroyed by fire in 1987 kwassa Aug 2012 #65

The lobby of the Woolworth building is quite opulent: closeupready Aug 2012 #23

When you approach Chartres by car from the countryside, amandabeech Aug 2012 #26

Yep, there's little development around the town - closeupready Aug 2012 #33

is that woolworth bldg in nyc? it looks like a church, or palace. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #28

Yes! I discovered it by accident - it's not open to the public/tourists. closeupready Aug 2012 #32

yes, it's beautiful. is that original? what's it used for now? HiPointDem Aug 2012 #68

It's just a generic office building now, as far as I know. closeupready Aug 2012 #75

is that the white church at the top of the stairs in Paris? Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #42

No. You're thinking of Sacre Coeur (sp) which is in Paris. amandabeech Aug 2012 #66

ok. I've been to the Sacre Coeur. Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #73

Chartres is a town to the west of Paris, IIRC. closeupready Aug 2012 #76

The Woolworth Building is another one of my favorites! Stunningly Beautiful! There are so many smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #54

all gorgeous! Whisp Aug 2012 #24

I'm partial to the Sydney Opera House or Fallingwater (Frank Lloyd Wright) riderinthestorm Aug 2012 #29

Just a few... Scootaloo Aug 2012 #31

Petra is in Jordan :) But i wanna go there! Lars77 Aug 2012 #35

Oh, DUH Scootaloo Aug 2012 #49

In honor of Romney (LOL) FreeState Aug 2012 #34

The Chrysler Building-NYC. I love Art Deco. virgogal Aug 2012 #36

Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, France. Bicoastal Aug 2012 #37

At a more intimate level.......Falling Water Burma Jones Aug 2012 #39

Beautiful! A few of my favorites... hughee99 Aug 2012 #40

No Parthenon? Stupid list. n/t tabasco Aug 2012 #44

A glaring ommission indeed! nt Bragi Aug 2012 #79

The Alhambra, Spain kwassa Aug 2012 #45

So here are my favourites i think.. Lars77 Aug 2012 #47

Prague is stunning! Old and New... smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #56

My vote goes to the Green School Eddie Haskell Aug 2012 #48

Sydney Opera house KG Aug 2012 #50

I'm thinking burrowowl Aug 2012 #53

Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Bangkok) grantcart Aug 2012 #55

lovely. I like the Krak de Chevalier roguevalley Aug 2012 #57

The "Gherkin" in London AnnieBW Aug 2012 #58

I think the most beautiful buildings noamnety Aug 2012 #59

Reims Cathedral Odin2005 Aug 2012 #61

DU rec... SidDithers Aug 2012 #67

Nice, reminds me of the "Turning Torso" in Malmo, Sweden Lars77 Aug 2012 #72

It think this is one of the most impressive - bhikkhu Aug 2012 #69

there are far too many beautiful buildings in starkly differing styles cali Aug 2012 #74

The Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque), Instanbul, Turkey Romulox Aug 2012 #77

Can we include ruins? Bragi Aug 2012 #78

I've never been an architecture person MrBig Aug 2012 #83

I love the Getty Museum and Union Station in Los Angeles GCP Aug 2012 #85