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[edit] Most famous?

I've removed the following until it can be verified. I seriously doubt most people could name the building.

   "(The Parthenon) remains the most famous building in the world today"

Apathetic 07:03, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

For things that aren't people, "best known" is sometimes preferable to "famous". I often make the same substitution, but for this article wrote "most famous building in the world" because the Parthenon is often called that by people who write about it.

A thing can be considered famous without most people being able to name it. The Venus de Milo is a famous sculpture, along with the Discobolus and Rodin's The Thinker. That is, most people would recognize the Venus de Milo if shown a picture of it, but may not be able to name the statue. The opening paragraphs of the WP articles on those sculptures all describe them as famous works of art, and it's not a case of Wikipedians getting it wrong. They are repeating the views of classical scholars and art historians.

Buildings are not accorded the popular, household name status enjoyed by movie stars, pop musicians and writers of novels, but within spheres interested in the visual arts and architecture certain objects are considered famous.

A Google search for "parthenon" +"famous building" verifies that the Parthenon is routinely said to be "the most famous building in the world", or "the most famous building in Western histroy", by scholars and authors who have written about either the Parthenon itself or classical architecture.

1,100 is not a large number of hits, but these references are to printed books, not webpages. So the veracity of the statement in question becomes semantic quibbling. What's the difference between "famous" and "best-known"? A matter of context.

Arbo 08:14, 4 September 2006 (UTC) @

Update: google search for "most famous building in the world" indicates the Empire State Building, Chrysler building, Taj Mahal and Sydney Opera House are right up there at the top of the ladder, well above the Parthenon, and the Eiffel Tower hardly rates a mention.

Fascinating, because most of the hits in this search refer to webpages, newspapers and magazines, not scholarly books. One webpage has a gaping weasle expression "...considered by many to be the most famous building in the world..."

Of all of the buildings mentioned so far, which is the most famous in the world really? Depends who is doing the talking.

Arbo 09:36, 4 September 2006 (UTC) @

I'm not against having this mentioned, but it needs a reliable source to back it up. Even then, it should probably be something like "has been called the best-known" with a reference. Apathetic 00:43, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Perfect. It can remain as it is for the time being tho. Thanks for your input.

Arbo | talk 17:55, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Certain day?

What's this about? Is it more special on some days than on others?

   Greek temples faced east because thats the way the sun rises making it amazing on a certain day

Boemanneke 16:07, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] major update and extension

I have extended this article, mostly drawing the on the German version, which is a featured article. I have mainly diverted from that version by providing more intermediate topic titles and by organising the illustrations in a different fashion, as well as by adding some. It would be useful if more English references could be found (although there actually is a bigger body of literature on this topic in German). athinaios 20:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)