Mikenmass

The Colosseum, I could almost hear the lions, and see the staged naval battles.

JulieVikmanis

danon, thanks for those pictures. Now I know I have to go to toronto. Also reminds me that I loved the Calatrava winery Ysios in Rioja. I'd seen pictures but they can't do it justice. It, too, took my breath away.

danon

You are welcome Julie...it is my favorite destination in the city...
There is a" feel" about the place ( like many others) best experienced in person.

colleen61

For me 2 structures come to mind: The Eiffel Tower at night, on the hour when it's sparkling(simply magical,it made me cry)and Stonehenge which until I saw it I had no idea I would enjoy it so much.

sheri_lp

I love cozy, winding, small-doored, lumpy-floored Irish pubs. And I like soaking up the atmosphere, history and old plaster smell of the Pantheon.

Scootoir

York Minster whether staring up at the heights or quietly enjoying evensong and remembering thousands of others who have sat or stood in this place worshipping the same God.

cathies

Basilica du Sacre Coeur in Paris. My second favourite is the Place des Vosges and the surrounding buildings. To me, they both have a special magic to them, I think for the reasons others have described, I can imagine people going about their business for many, many generations.

Amy

The place that moved me the most was the Hypogeum in Malta. There is something awesome (in the true sense of the word) in observing such perfect work from thousands of years ago and seeing the red ochre swirls still visible.

St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow is one of my favorite buildings in the world, just for the pure visual joyousness of it. (Quite a contradiction to its supposed history of the architect being blinded so that he couldn't build another.)

And the bleached bones of the Parthenon are amazing in their symmetry and beauty.

uhoh_busted

Roman acquaducts...the Pont du Gard was the first I saw, and we really loved the one in Spoleto...

julia_t

The Stari Most (Old Bridge) in Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Built in 1566, a fantastic single span bridge built 80 feet above the Neretva River.

A quote from Evliya Celebi in the 17th century - "the bridge is like a rainbow arch soaring up to the skies, extending from one cliff to the other. I, a poor and miserable slave of Allah, have passed through 16 countries, but I have never seen such a high bridge. It is thrown from rock to rock as high as the sky. "

Destroyed in 1993 during the conflict that engulfed the former Yugoslavia.

Rebuilt 2003-2004, it is an iconic and inspiring symbol of Mostar, bridging east and west, Muslim and Catholic, linking Bosnians, Croats and Serbs. I hope that the fragile peace in this beautiful country may long continue.

You can see the destruction on the bridge around 8 minutes into this film, and the rebuilding in part 2. I still find it shocking to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS-nGvv63wE

I hope that