I really loved Marischal College Aberdeen.
So I thought I would look up the biggest granite edifice in the world, it’s in Spain (Madrid) and WoW!
Palacio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
I’m going to visite Madrid when possible.
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I’d be amazed if the three hundred year pause in the middle 1550-1850 could have been bridged by architect’s documents from the 13th Century but maybe our fellow poster from the city knows more.
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Built by aliens mate.
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A fairly large part had already been build over 300 years and then there was a 300 year break, because gothic fell out of fashion and this type of architecture is of course crazy expensive. This is why for centuries the old crane from the middle ages was basically the symbol for Cologne.
I’d say the finished parts are more or less as close as possible. Like Jimmy said, they found old architect documents and tried to re-create to the best of their knowledge in the 19th century. They certainly made the effort.
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Where do you park the car?
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I bet there’s a secret underground garage
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Bet the window cleaner just loves doing that place on his weekly rounds… NOT!
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Definitely built by aliens (according to Erich von Däniken) 
I bet that’s one hell of a scaffolding job!
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions; we had 44 in total so I had to take a few out, including Anfield which would have led to obvious favouritism on a Liverpool forum!
I have thrown the best 32 selections in the random draw generator; here is a sneak peek whilst I type up the rest:
- Chichen Itza
- Angkor Wat
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- Alhambra, Grenada
- Petra
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- Machu Picchu
- Great Pyramid of Giza
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- Caernarfon Castle
- The Colosseum, Rome
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- The Pantheon, Rome
- International Space Station
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- Blue Mosque, Istanbul
- Hoover Dam
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- Eiffel Tower
- Millau Viaduct
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- Versailles
- Sydney Opera House
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- Pont du Gard
- Masada
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- Hagia Sofia
- Forbidden City, Beijing
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- Statue of Liberty
- Palacio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
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- St Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow
- Djinguereber Mosque, Timbuktu
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- Cologne Cathedral
- Grand Palace, Bangkok
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- Great Wall of China
- Burj Khalifa
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- Stonehenge
- Bibi Khanyum Mosque, Samarkand
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- Taj Mahal
- Empire State Building
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Some REAL heavyweight clashes there; voting will, as always, be left open for a week. 
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Is/was it possible to add photos in the polls?
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No.
That’s what Google is for.
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This is going to be hard, had to make some decissions that saddened me in the 1st round. 
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Isn’t the Blue Mosque just another name for Hagia Sophia?
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It sits next to the Hagia Sophia,
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Ok, Did try google but the pics were the same
Yeah, possibly because it incorporates many Byzantine features.
I got confused during voting too. 
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The Blue Mosque is opposite the Hagia Sophia and is considerably less ancient. Both are magnificent, although Hagia Sophia is historically more significant, the architecture of the Blue Mosque is more unified and cohesive.
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