Your new wonders

[Micchan]

It seem we don't all agree on the 7 new wonders so in this thread you can make your personal wonders list

Can be 7 world wonders, 7 natural world wonders, X country wonders, X continent wonders, from X year to Y year wonders, space wonders, anything you want

 

[Mitsuru]

I don't take much of an issue with what is on the list so I wouldn't kick anything off it. I have more of a problem how the list was made.

However, if I had to name some places that I think would've made itself good on the list as well but were left out, then I'd say:

1. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany

2. Angkor Wat, Cambodia

3. Theban Necropolis, Egypt

4. The great shrines and temples of Nikko, Japan (Tosho-gu, Fatarasan-jinja, and Rinno-ji)

 

[Micchan]

I start with the 7 wonders of my region

Mole Antonelliana

167,50 m has been the tallest masonry building in the world between the end of 19th and the first part of 20th century

In the 50s was hit by a tornado and the upper 47 meters collapsed, were then rebuilt

Inside there's the National Cinema Museum, the tallest museum in the world

It is on the 2 cent euro

Palazzina di caccia di Stupinigi

It's one of the palaces of the italian royal family made in the 18th century, part of the UNESCO heritage sites

For many years an elephant lived there, a gift from another king, in old age he went mad and damaged some wooden structures

Has hosted the filming of movies and TV series including War and Peace

Sacra di San Michele

Built in the 10th century it was first a medieval castle and then a Benedictine monastery, it is among the candidates to enter the UNESCO world heritage sites

It's the most important of the 7 monasteries of the San Michele line, a series of buildings from Palestine to Ireland perfectly aligned with each other that should hide the secret of the last Templar and the Holy Grail

Last year a fire damaged the roof just like it happened to Notre Dame

Was made on the Alps and it was an important refuge for pilgrims crossing the mountains

Isola Bella

It's an island in the middle of the lake Maggiore where the royal family built a palace in the 17th century

There is a huge botanical garden that houses numerous exotic plants and endangered species

There are caves that preserve traces of a Bronze Age culture

Basilica di Superga

During the war against the French and Spanish forces of the early 1700s the king climbed the hill to observe the situation of the besieged city and promised to God that in case of victory he would build a glorious church, so it was, the following day the Piedmontese troops defeated the French army and the city was saved, the king immediately began construction work

You can reach it with a tramway that exceeds 21% of slope

In the subsoil there is the royal crypt where many kings have been buried

In 1949 there was the Superga tragedy where the football team of the "great" Torino, one of if not the best team of that era, died in a plane crash caused by fog

Reggia di Venaria

Another palace of the royal family made in the 17th century and part of the UNESCO heritage sites

Has a huge garden and a park plus and archeological site

and I can't pick only one so the 7th place is shared

Piazza Castello

a square overlooked by numerous buildings of relevance

Egyptian museum of Torino

The oldest and the second most important (after Cairo) museum on the egyptian culture, it's one of the highest rated museums of the world

Gran Madre di Dio

A church in the style of the Pantheon linked by legend to the goddess Isis

Forte di Fenestrelle

Large complex of military fortifications on the Alps also known as the Wall of the Alps

The royal museums (Palazzo Reale, Galleria Sabauda, Armeria Reale, Biblioteca Reale, Museo Archeologico, Palazzo Chiablese)

A series of art collections  among the largest in the world

Museo dell'Automobile

If you love cars is where you have to go, history of italian cars but not only

Duomo di Torino

A lot of art inside, a giant pipe organ, and obviously the Sacra Sindone (Holy Shroud of Jesus) 

 

[Smith]

Wow @Micchan thanks for sharing. That's a lot of beautiful places I was not familiar with 

 

[Micchan]

Wow @Micchan thanks for sharing. That's a lot of beautiful places I was not familiar with 

Which one interests you most?

 

[Smith]

Which one interests you most?

Difficult to pick a favorite but Sacra di San Michele looks very cool

 

[TheCreepyLurker]

And here I thought this was a thread about CN Wonders...  

I was pleasantly surprised.