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Monuments of the wealthy 13:02 - Feb 28 with 643 views

Zx1988

I was just discussing the Taj Mahal with someone - quite amazing to think that this came about as a monument to one man's love of his wife and has, over the years, become one of the world's most iconic tourist destinations.

Will there ever be anything created by the ultra-wealthy of the 21st century, that will be held in the same regard in 500 years' time?

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Monuments of the wealthy on 13:08 - Feb 28 with 611 views

BlueBadger

I'm sure that people will visit various WW3 memorials and wonder how we let the run be run by a selection of super-wealthy fascists and peadophiles.

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Monuments of the wealthy on 13:19 - Feb 28 with 565 views

BloomBlue

The new Portman Road stadium?

Monuments of the wealthy on 13:23 - Feb 28 with 555 views

J2BLUE

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Monuments of the wealthy on 13:23 - Feb 28 with 560 views

ArnoldMoorhen

The NHS will probably still be running it's computer systems on Windows 98 SE if that counts?

Monuments of the wealthy on 17:39 - Feb 28 with 446 views

Swansea_Blue

Today’s wealthy seem more intent on destroying than building, although the Whitehouse may get a new ballroom.

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Monuments of the wealthy on 17:55 - Feb 28 with 404 views

Tangledupin_Blue

The White House ballroom and the Arch will be lasting tributes to the love that Trump has for himself.

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Monuments of the wealthy on 21:47 - Feb 28 with 293 views

DJR

Nicholas van Hoogstraten (the notorious landlord) planned to build the most expensive private residence in a century and which was intended to be bigger than Buckingham Palace. It was to include a mausoleum for when he died, but the house was never completed and now lies in ruins.

Not quite the Taj Mahal but on the same sort of scale.

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His exploits as a landlord even inspired a song in which he is referred to as "Nicholas van Whatshisface".

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