Favorite building
 

Which one will be your favorite or must liked european building?
Anything from a Cathedral to a bridge

Wesminster Abbey.

Probably St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia. Though there is something about the Eglise du Dome in Paris that I love, perhaps the beauty of the building combined with the wierdness of Napoleon. Oh, and Saint-Mere Eglise in Normandy, with the stained glass windows of american paratroopers coming into France, that window really touched me.

Three way tie: Monument A Vittorio Emanuele in Rome; the Cathedral in Seville and the Grande Arch La Defense in Paris.

Hard to pick only one but I love Ste. Chappelle in Paris, the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence and the Bovolo staircase in Venice. The Palazzo Vecchio is a favorite because of its setting.

The Pantheon in Rome,the Colosseum,Piazza di Spagna, the Duomo in Milano , Notre Dame in Paris, Saint Denis Cathedral, Ponte Vecchio in Florence and many others places..

The Duomo in Florence?

The Duomo in Milan?

Phaistos palace?

Ruins that haunt me:

1)the Roman library of Celsus at Ephesus
2)the Norman-Arabic pleasure palace La Zisa in Palermo
3)the sod houses of the Nebraska plains.

Chenonceau, Ste. Chappelle, Chartres, Vienna Rathaus, Pont Alexandre III, the list is endless!

It would be hard to pick a "favorite" but Monastery of Jernimos in Lisbon Portugal is very high on my list! It was worth the trip to Lisbon.

Ya know, it's just kind of hard to beat St. Peter's. Perhaps I should change my name to "Mr. Obvious" for this thread.

Also, I have to give props to the Chateau de Chenonceaux (sp?), which is one of my favorite castles AND one of my favorite bridges, all in one.

Matisse's chapel in Vence

Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp by Le Corbusier.

The Zwinger and Frauenkirche (Dresden).

Ste. Chappelle
Chenonceau
Melk Abbey
Weiskirche

to name some
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Parliament in Vienna, Fisherman's Bastion in Budapest, Spanish Steps in Rome, and all the lovely baroque buildings in Prague.

The Opera Garnier in Paris and Lloyds of London.

From my first up-close visit to my most recent, I remain in awe of the elegant ironwork of Gustave Eiffel's magnificent tower.

For smaller buildings, I love Gaudi's Casa Batlo in Barcelona, particulary stunning at night.

Not very original, but the Pantheon in Rome, especially during a thunderstorm.

This might be a good spot to ask if anyone remembers the name of the little beautifully painted church in Fussen?

I love the Gaudi buildings too and the Pantheon but I'm especially taken with some of the modern stuff, most notably the Guggenheim in Bilbao.

Haghia Sophia in Istanbul

The abbey of Mont St. Michel in Normandy's north coast of France. The sight of it from the road as we approached by car left me speechless (just ask my husband how rare that is....:->). I agree with those who describes its geography as "arrogant location". A magnificent building complex on a defiant location.

Interesting that a poster thinks Turkey is in Europe. Can I just add to the Pantheon and Notre Dame - Durham Cathedral and the Mesquita.

Among many others, old St Pancras station in London - being renovated, hopefully restored, thank goodness! Someone told me being turned into a hotel where I will certainly try to stay - probably after I mortgage my house.

Interesting that a poster thinks that the Haga Sofia is not in Europe!

Kings College Chapel, Cambridge and the tiny Bridge House (one up one down in the middle of a bridge over a stream) in Ambleside, Cumbria
Rosemary

Paris' Opera Garnier

I'm afraid I can't cite this as a 'favorite", because I've seen it only in photos...

In Paris, Jean Nouvel's "L'Institute du Monde Arabe" is an interesting and unique building. Has anyone seen it?

While the vast majority of Turkey is, of course, not in Europe, part of it is, including the part of Istanbul which includes the Hagia Sofia.

"What's Old Is New Again: Istanbul boasts sleek, modernist hotels and clubs, but it has an ancient soul"

http://www.time.com/time/europe/maga...364323,00.html

"One of Istanbul's most notable landmarks ? and the easiest way to orient yourself ? is the Bosporus, the strait that divides the city, the fluid boundary between Europe and Asia. European Istanbul comprises the bulk of the city to the west, while the mostly residential Asian Istanbul is to the east. . . . European Istanbul is itself divided by the Golden Horn, an inlet off the Bosporus. The Old City, or Sultanahmet, to the south of the Golden Horn, is where you'll find all the main sights, including the Topkapi Palace, the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sofia, the Hippodrome and the Grand Bazaar, a maze of some 4,000 shops."