Ultimate World Landmark Tournament

Omackeral

Trakai Island Castle



Hill of Crosses



Gate of Dawn

Necro

Hill of Crosses


WTAF :eek:

That's amazing!

Tauriel

Hill of Crosses

Now that is different. Plenty of other churches, castles, etc. already through but I have never seen anything like the Hill of Crosses before.

cdeb

The Soviets actually bulldozed the hill to the ground (it's not huge). I think they did it twice. The locals rebuilt the shrine each time.

It's kind of cool. Gets my vote

SineadSpears

Wow the Crosses i'll vote for! What a weird and whacky place that is. Fair play to whoever nominated that one

Purgative

Trakai Island Castle a castle, on an island, sitting in a picturesque lake. What's not to love - and its got a causeway.

PTH2009

Hill of Crosses

looks so unusual but its amazing

Cosmo Kramer

The Hill of Crosses, it really is something completely different to the usual landmarks. The castle is also lovely and the gate of dawn is an interesting place to visit in Vilnius too, but I have to vote for the Hill of Crosses.

alchemist33

The island castle is like a colourful, pretty Lough Derg.

But the hill of crosses is both cool and creepy. It gets the vote

ChannelNo5

Blimey! The hill of crosses. What's the story there? Looks amazing

Can't believe I never heard of this place!
Has to be Hill of Crosses

Very unique

cdeb

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

Blimey! The hill of crosses. What's the story there? Looks amazing

It's just a Catholic shrine. Leave a cross. Bigger crosses would be larger groups rather than individuals

SineadSpears

it looks like something Kat Von D might have in her garden

Cosmo Kramer

ChannelNo5 wrote: »

Blimey! The hill of crosses. What's the story there? Looks amazing

I think it was originally a place of remembrance for Lithuanians killed by the Soviets who's bodies couldn't be recovered. Now though, anyone can go as a place of pilgrimage and add a cross. They're over 100,000 crosses and growing.

My main takeaway from visiting Lithuania was that the place wasn't remotely Russian and it made absolutely no sense that it was ever part of the Soviet Union. It's as Catholic a place as you'll ever visit.

HeidiHeidi

Hill of Crosses

:eek:

JohnGreenFan

Hill of Crosses. Absolutely mental

Omackeral

Hill of Crosses advances and will represent Lithuania

Omackeral

Luxembourg has an automatic qualifier which we will see in Round 1

Omackeral

That's enough European frolicks for now, let's head back East...

Sawduck

Hill of Crosses, awesome looking

Omackeral

Petronas Towers




Genting Highlands Theme Park



Dinner in the Sky Malaysia

Tauriel

Petronas Towers

The best out of a bad round imo.

PTH2009

Petronas Towers

Like something from a superhero/science fiction film, awesome looking

Necro

All three are my noms so I don't really mind what goes through. Dinner In The Sky was an incredible experience though.

The Skybridge between the Twin Towers is awesome as well, and Genting Highlands is just amazing.

Omg, is that dinner in the sky thing real?
How totally vomit inducing.
Scary

Petronas Towers
Very impressive building, best out of these 3

Purgative

Petronas Tower - impressive, would I walk across the road to see them - no.


Theme Park - nah.


Dinner in the sky - we'll give it a bash.

HeidiHeidi

Dinner in the Sky seems to be a franchise, not unique to Malaysia (open to correction on a quick Google) - so Petronas Towers get my vote this time

alchemist33

Petronas Towers.

Reminds me of Catherine Zeta Jones' bum, and Sean Connery RIP.


And they're cool

Necro

This is one of my pics from outside the Towers:



And that's a shot from the Skybridge:

cdeb

Purgative wrote: »

Petronas Tower - impressive, would I walk across the road to see them - no.

You wouldn't need to walk across the road to see them; you can see them from miles away. Especially at night.

Once you go inside, it's just an office really with a nice lift. But sure lookit, I'll vote for it.