Anyone else thinks the Eiffel tower is really ugly and should

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>>70501502
>a giant fucking pylon represents paris

They're doing it all wrong.

>>70501502
You, obviously, aren't an architect.

>>70501661
One doesn't have to be an architect to tell beauty apart from trash.

>>70501616
It's a shame London is buying into the skyscrapers meme, Gothic revival is god tier

>Built with mexican copper
Nah m8, it's beautiful

>>70501502
>that thick layer of pollution under a bue sky

>>70501661
Thanx for the Eiffel church btw

>>70501502
I think it's wonderful and a pinnacle of end XIX century's structural engineering.

t. Civil engineer

>>70501502
It's distinctive, and by the end of the day that's all that really matters Tbh

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>>70501616
>Foreigners are so dumb they chose the Eiffel Tower as a stereotype instead of all the other great landmarks

You are doing it all wrong

>>70501502
france = eiffel tower
brits = big ben
italy = colosseum
usa = liberty statue
brazil = redentor christ
hungary = ????????????????????????

>>70502439
This. The perspective from the Invalides to the Grand Palais through the Alexandre III bridge is the most beautiful in Paris.

>>70502221
>>70502070
Good posts.

>>70502439
Right or wrong when people think of Paris they think of the Eiffel Tower. I do too but I often think about Notre Dame aswell.

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>>70502221
Why does an entire city is being forced to stare at something on a daily basis for centuries only a structural engineer really appreciates?

>>70502439
See, now that is magnifique!

>>70502478
Our parliament of course

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>>70502555
I like the Eiffel Tower tbf, but some other places are just better
The Arc de Triomphe must be my favorite
I'm ok enough with the tower representing Paris, I'm more mad and it's used for the whole country

>>70502478
>tfw no symbolic building

>>70502872
>one of his most famous landmark is an unfinished building
I feel sorry for you.

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>>70502772
How's the inside ? The French parliament is an average neo-classical building but the inside is pretty good

>>70501502
It looks pretty good. The worst part is that it's impossible not to see it from whichever part of Pari s you're in

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>>70502999
Much like Versailles, except much a lot less lavish because we didn't bankrupt our country to build it.

That said, I do wish it looked a bit more like Versailles. I'm extremely fond of the Hall of Mirrors.

>>70502772
literally what? nobody knws this building

looks like a cheap copy of brits' with a dome

>>70503332
Damn that looks pretty good.

It's a fine piece of construction and a really well executed work of a brilliant architect.
But of course, a dust-hugging social studies graduate like you wouldn't understand.

>>70503509
He's right, despite its avant-garde design it's an ugly and pointless national landmark and an eye sore on the skyline of Paris.

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>>70503399
Check out the Hall of Mirrors man, it makes that room pale in comparison.

>>70503619
It's a marvel of technology and efficient material use.
But like I said, dust huggers gonna hate.

>>70503620
Yeah I know, I'm French, I went to Versailles a few times already. Still, I like the Central European aesthetics a lot. I'd like to visit Czechia and Hungary.

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>>70503620
Both rooms look very lavish but the Hall of Mirrors ceiling paintings are what makes the difference I think
If you like it check out the Opéra Garnier

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>>70501978
>gothic revival
>not even early 13th-century gothic

>>70502845
Extraordinary manner to wave the Dutch flag

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Best we got and we didn't even make it

>>70502872
You guys have Escorial. It's famous all over the world.

>>70504063
>best
That torch doesen't even burn, for fucks sake. Is it hard to get a gas pipe there and make an eternal fire?

>>70504063
yeah but theres plenty of other, equally famous ones.

like the capitol, the white house, empire state, chrysler etc.

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>>70504063
Superior gift here.

>>70501502
Meh, on its own it's not really nice but the Trocadero built around it makes it look rather pleasant overall. It's more about the big picture rather than the overall aesthetics of the building.

>The Eiffel tower doesn't represent anything.
It represents technological advancement during the Belle Époque. When it was built it was by far the largest manmade structure on the planet (though it was meant to be temporary).

>>70501616
Brits are the last ones in a position to complain to be honest. Keep in mind that this is within spitting distance of the giant glass dildo.

>>70501502
Wouldn't be surprised if some muzzie tries blowing it up

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>>70503999
Extraordinary manner to get trips
We best allies nao

>>70504292
Except the faggot sitting behind it hated the brits.

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>>70504302
Countries which don't have a 1000 year old castle in their capital thinking they can chat shit.

>>70504359
It's made of steel beams, bomb blast can melt it.

>>70504359
They actually tried it in 1992. You've never heard of it because based GIGN prevented it. An airplane was hijacked in Algeria but the terrorists were shot (with only one casualty on the French side, and even then it was non-lethal I think) in Marseille.

>>70502221
True but that doesn't mean it's nice to look at

>>70504402
He still used the desk, it must have pained him to do so. At least Churchil's bust is back in the office.

>>70503868
It's not as airy as the Hall of Mirrors, but there's no denying the pure skill and art that went making into that room. Beautiful.

Sigh. I'm a sucker for traditional designs. The biggest beef I have with a lot of architecture is that it is missing the elements of both humanity and nature. But those are the things that make something truly worth looking at.
Take this room for example. The main focus is placed on people, but they still managed to steal a bit of nature into it, flowers and leaves, curves that flow like water, creating a nice blend of harmony.
Now that, is art.

>>70501502
Paris = overrated

>>70503868
>tfw the Opéra Garnier's ceiling has been ruined by Chagall.
Who the fuck thought this was a good idea ?

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>>70502772
Romanian parliament>Hungarian parliament

>>70504063
>it's green because it's rusted as fuck

it's made of copper, clean it already you filthy pigs.

>>70504455
penis envy

>>70504557
>green
I have bad news for you, m8.

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>>70504402

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>>70504410
Who cares when we have this masterpiece from the XIIIth
The walls are made of more glass than stone, the whole bible is depicted and almost all of the stained glasses are still the original from when it was first built 700 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Chapelle?oldformat=true

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>>70504491
I wouldn't say it's overrated, it really is amazing in many aspects
But people tend to forget it's a really massive city and not an open air museum so they are disapointed when they run into regular metropolis problems like pollution, lots of foreigners or rude people

>>70504648
I'm sorry, I don't talk to people from pretend countries.

>>70504872
No need to talk, just type.
It's light blue, not green.

>>70504593
The Eiffel Tower unironically caused a lot of penis envy. Eiffel was actually offered a lot of money by the Brits to build a bigger, better tower but he refused (in his own words because accepting this offer wouldn't make him appear as good a Frenchman as he'd like). The Brits then built three towers of their own: one in London, one in Blackpool and one in some northern post-industrial shithole. Only the one in Blackpool still stands, ignored by everyone.

>>70504720
Mostly tourists. Dumb tourists picked the Eiffel Tower as the 'nice, must-visit' monument (maybe because the view on the top is nice?). I prefer the view from the Tour Montparnasse though, mostly because you don't have to look at the Tour Montparnasse.

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>>70504993
>maybe because the view on the top is nice

I couldn't say, I go to Paris every year since I was born and never went to the top of the tower even if I've visited lots of less known things there
Thumbs up for the Invalides and its army museum

>>70505233
I identify as a Greek too

An ugly tower for an ugly city. Fuck Paris, it's a third world shithole.

>>70505233
could you please stop saying that in every thread?
everyone already knows that Germany flags are not reliable and there's a potential turkroach behind it on every post.

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>Anyone else thinks the Eiffel tower is really ugly and should be destroyed?


Yes, Henry de Lesquen.

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It also has a real 3300 years old Egyptian obelisk on display right in the middle of the city

>>70505434
>tfw no African monument in my town

>>70505519
I'm sure one of the many engineers and doctors coming from Syria will get to it

>>70505434
i wish my coutnry stole a few roman ruins from syria or some shithole that doesnt value them

>>70505736
The great thing is that it wasn't even stolen but it was a gift, so people can't use it to whine about how France robbed poor countries

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>>70501502
Paris has a number of such ugly fixtures.

>>70503509
is this the same azeri who always writes so well?

>>70506117
It doesn't look that bad
In the USA you'd have the same basic skyscraper except instead of beautiful architecture for the rest of the buildings they would be soulless concrete slabs

>>70502478
>>70501502 (OP)
france = eiffel tower
brits = big ben
italy = colosseum
usa = liberty statue
brazil = redentor christ
spain = sagrada familia
canada = toronto tower
china = great wall
india = taj mahal
turkey = hagia sophia
greece = acropolis
russia = saint basile basilic
mexico = pyramid of the sun
egypt = gizah's pyramids
tunisia = kairuan mosque
saudi arabia = kaa'ba
syria = ummayad mosque
australia = sydney's opera
lelgium = a guy who pisses

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French people unironically built this.

>>70506084
Argentines don't have to flee their country, for starters, Mehmet.

>>70506230
peru = cuzco
cambodia = angkor vat
denmark = the small mermaid
malaisya = petronas tower
dubai = the huge tower

>>70506420
Congratulation for admitting you aren't greek then

>>70506495
I'm the Greekiest

>>70506299
wut, Argentinian waiters in Mexico City are basically a meme here. Eurpe also has a ton of Argentinian immigrants.

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>>70506858
>44 million Argentines of which 43 million are living in Argentina
>meanwhile, 15% of Mexico's population fled to USA

also

>13 000 living in mexico
there's literally more Argentines in Australia than in your shithole.

nice try though, you smelly shitskin.

Funny thing is Guy de Maupassant despised the eiffel tower so much he'd actually eat under it because it's the only place he couldn't see it from

>>70507140
really makes me think

>>70507063

I know a guy from Argentina. He said that slums in Toronto are worse than slums in Argentina

what building in poland is the most known?

>inb4 auschwitz

>>70507271
I don't know slums in Toronto, but I'd go as far as to say he was probably lying.

>>70506858
theyre a meme not ebcasue its a thing but because mexicans get butthurt at argentines lol

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>>70507063
>you smelly shitskin.

Luciano, I...

>>70507290
palace of culture in warsaw ofc. it's a symbol of Poland.

>>70507313

I don't know he lived in a bad mexican neighborhood in Chicago and moved to Toronto only to move back after a year and he was going on about how shitty Toronto was

>>70507349
>get absolutely destroyed
>post retarded memes from the autistic containment thread that is /lat/

keep embarrassing yourself José, it's really funny.
and send my regards to those fictional millions of """Argentine""" waiters you've got there.

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Shukhov tower is better

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>>70501502

Anything is better than Australia's ''iconic monument''

>>70507634
memes aside sydney opera is great

>>70501502
not that bad. not that good either tho

>>70506230
i wish we had a better more grandiose monument ;_;

>>70507728
I like Christiansborg

>>70507708
no, in general

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>>70507772
borsen is pretty nice too

>>70507813

Really because Germany shouldn't exist

>>70507813
tell that to your friends and family so they stop coming here and drown on our beaches :)

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>>70506230
the panamanian parthenon

>>70507913

So when Germany gets defeated again in WW3 what parts of it do you guys want?

>>70501502
its a big tesla coil

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>>70507728

paris is nice, but they should implode that big black building they have there in the center

>>70507984
South Schleswig

>>70508088

Anything else?

>>70508112
some beer and cigarettes :DD

>>70507728
Just build one from Lego.

>>70501502
>It's like a giant zit on Paris' otherwise charming face.
But all of Paris is ugly, not just the stupid tower.

>>70508223
b-but its le city of love..

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>>70501616
>the huge and posh buildings of government elite represent Britain

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>>70508223

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>>70507634
Looks like Emu beaks.

>>70502845
Have you ever been to lyon? There's a small tower that looks a lot like the effiel tower next to the cathedral and i love trigging my gf by calling it that

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>>70508482
I have, only for about a week but really loved it. Easily one of the best French cities, some say it's like Paris without (most of) the inconvenients
I guess you mean pic related near the Fourvières cathedral

>>70504438
Assault was live recorded too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7a5D3sMJKM

>>70508662
Yeah thats the one, i'm horrible at remembering names though. Did you go inside the cathedral? Absolutly incredible plus the view from up there is stunning

>>70504438
>>70508743

There's a nice movie about it, simply called "L'assaut'
I recommend it Anons

>>70506117
That's litterally the only tower of the city.

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>>70508782
Yeah I have, I remember it was golden everywhere and the walls had beautiful murals
Glad you liked it

>>70502872
well, you have the Alhambra, the Sagrada and the Guggenheim museum that are well known

>>70504267
World Tra... oh, wait

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>>70506230
lelgium = atomium

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>>70508324

>>70508802
>That scene where the obligatory pretty girl claims "this is not Islam"
Yeah....nah.

>>70510419
Theres another one now.

>>70501502
>The Eiffel tower doesn't represent anything.
You are an idiot.
>>70501661
It is not about architecture.The Eiffel tower was an engineering marvel built for The World's Fair(i don't remember the year).

>>70512670
I don't remember that, I watched it before I gave a fuck about all the Islam thing
I remember it was praised for the accuracy of how the assault went down

>>70513127
>i don't remember the year
1889, the 100 year anniverfsary of the storming of the Bastille.

Budapest is best.

Going there on Monday, and again 2 weeks later.

Been there a good 4 times now, but always in summer , first time now in winter