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DesignCrowd Challenged Their Community To Change The Location Of Historic Monuments, Here Are 30 Of The Best Submissions
Most of us have seen or at least visited some of the world’s most famous historical monuments. It would probably be hard to find a person who doesn’t know what the Eiffel Tower is, or the Statue of Liberty or Christ the Redeemer. But what if, all of a sudden, these historic monuments changed places? For the most part, it would definitely be... very confusing, but it would also be a very interesting sight!
If you’d just like to see what the designers came up with, then think no further and just scroll down!
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Historic monuments placed in various places across the world in ways that almost feel surreal and magical are definitely a sight to behold. The talented members of Designcrowd (a website dedicated to digital art/photo manipulation contests) decided to participate in a photoshop contest where the main challenge was to place historic monuments in unusual places across the planet.
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However, of course, it's definitely not the first time Bored Panda has featured Design Crowd's competitions. If you are as curious as we are, you can go ahead and do your very best checking out their other themed contests such as photoshopped classical paintings, clouds, and even animals as plants. Of course, there are way more themed contests but we linked only the most recent ones for now!
With all of that being said, we also think it's important to see the emotional power of architecture. One only needs to look at some of the world’s famous monuments and memorials to be mesmerized. Therefore, designing these structures is often a challenging proposition. Architects must balance meaning and aesthetics, all while keeping the person or people being memorialized at the center of the design, but can the same be said for the very designers of Design Crowd?
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Virgil Blue 5 years ago
"Isn't it weird Philip how this bouy is always exactly in this position and doesn't bob up and down?" "Stop wasting time and fish boy."
It's up to you to decide, Pandas! Choose your favorite works amongst them all and see if they are worthy to be compared to the original and iconic pieces of art (and their place). We believe that historical monuments are important destinations for locals and travelers alike, but would you prefer to see these monuments in other parts of the world?
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago
Fun Fact: The sculptor of this statue had a family member who was deaf (I no longer remember which one) and he sculpted Abe’s left hand in the form of an A and the right into an L in American Sign Language.
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k1ddkanuck 5 years ago (edited)
A whole lot of this article doesn't even strike me as "if monuments were somewhere else" as much as "how these places will probably look in the future".
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Easily Excitable Panda 5 years ago
Already happened. *sigh* But maybe we can find Greenland on eBay?
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago (edited)
In the fall/winter of 1977, I took my first trip abroad, just winging it on destinations (based on where I had places to stay), so I went out to Salisbury borrowed a bicycle from the woman whose B&B I was staying in, and rode out to Stonehenge. The weather was broody and threatening rain, Stonehenge was not yet enclosed, and I was the only person for miles around. It was one of the most magical days of my life.
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago
Well, that would have made it much harder for the seditionists to breach the Capitol!
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Richard Henderson 5 years ago
Not a great leap here, the Louvre already has a pyramid in that spot.
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago (edited)
It’s hard for me to think of the Trevi Fountain without Anita Ekberg walking through it—one of my all-time favorite movie scenes in one of my all-time favorite movies!
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago
Planet of the Apes with a pyramid rather than the Statue of Liberty
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Virgil Blue 5 years ago
"Be careful Frodo, if the light of Saurons gaze falls on you he will know you have the one ring."
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago
The Burj al Arab suddenly shows up in Lake Tahoe and is converted into a casino...
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago
This Buddha is so enlightened he’s cast his mind’s eye onto a building!
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago (edited)
Just trying to wash off all of the pigeon poop...damn birds!
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago (edited)
I remember watching Armstrong and Aldrin bouncing around on the moon. My mother got us all up to watch all of the space launches because it was incredibly exciting and absolutely historic. Not sure how dudes managed to overlook Mount Rushmore though...
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago (edited)
This is going to make sliding into home base just that much more challenging...
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago
Watching the Burj Khalifa sail over a waterfall [Angel Falls, Niagara Falls, Bridal Veil Falls] would be trippy!
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago
This has three elements: the mesas of the American Southwest, a former medina, and Big Ben—there’s no real link that I can see...other than overall grooviness.
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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago
I guess those iconic landmarks all in one place makes this the four corners of the world...
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Karin Gibson 5 years ago
They are clever but ........ I t seems to be more about the cleverness of the manipulation than getting a great photo.
Christina Keenan 5 years ago
I have to admit that these are cool. They are freak me out because of climate change and the rising seas.
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Karin Gibson 5 years ago
They are clever but ........ I t seems to be more about the cleverness of the manipulation than getting a great photo.
Christina Keenan 5 years ago
I have to admit that these are cool. They are freak me out because of climate change and the rising seas.
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