They are awesome. Lets see some pics. Eg, Dresden:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Dresden123.jpg

Another eg: this shows what I mean better but its fantasy. London in "The Golden Compass"

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/787/787293/the-golden-compass-20070510020711566-000.jpg

Prague is also a good example:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8LNFtlPLalE/S0ybtkY5MGI/AAAAAAAAHjc/eGBC6XcGEfU/s1600/View%2BWide.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8LNFtlPLalE/S0ybtkY5MGI/AAAAAAAAHjc/eGBC6XcGEfU/s1600-h/View+Wide.jpg

Great idea! But I do hope people don't confuse spires with antennae....

Another example from the golden compass

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GoldenCompassZeppelin.jpg

Here's a few, ancient and modern.

Rome, Italy
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3404/3315600002_90a8fb8200_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timconway/3315600002/sizes/l/
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3589/3638802508_51be359575_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sndgrss/3638802508/sizes/l/


Edinburgh, Scotland
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4473928565_998dcdd325_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onlyeveronejack/4473928565/sizes/o/
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4253793849_30d7db0a6c_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shamus/4253793849/sizes/l/


Aberdeen, Scotland
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3407495960_4a239f577e_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kendallplahn/3407495960/sizes/l/


Copenhagen, Denmark
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3864981916_1fa283e2ee_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28045267@N06/3864981916/sizes/l/


Prague, Czech Republic
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2119/1903619765_c85266d1d6_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oh_simone/1903619765/sizes/l/

The skyline of the central area of my home town, Nottingham U.K. Not as extensive as Prague but still beautiful with spires and stuff.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4715710759_fe958159a8_b.jpg

Another Copenhagen:

http://k43.pbase.com/o4/34/123234/1/66748185.70BaA8ly.IMG_112301.jpg
http://k43.pbase.com/o4/34/123234/1/66748185.70BaA8ly.IMG_112301.jpg

Another of Nottingham for good measure..

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2736/4363475817_6445788c00.jpg

Cairo:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2320/2479300514_daf53deb93.jpg

Stockholm

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/2594704158_760f92d4c2.jpg
Foto by: Neckerz

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/2366922664_8ec208d58e.jpg
Foto by: Holbey

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2613629467_29d6c788dd.jpg
Foto by: Anders Adermark

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4672418688_393b4bb7f8.jpg
Foto by: Peter Krantz

Most of the cities featured here will either be in Europe or The Middle East.

The only cities in Asia that I know with lots of spires are Indo-Chinese ones.

Bangkok
http://www.trekway.com/thailand/images/TDM96_0102-bangkok.jpg

Yangon
http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/rangoon.jpg

Islamic Cairo, the largest medieval city (and reputedly the safest major urban area in the world)

http://www.derekbrownphotos.com/exhibits/turkicworld/7.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Islamic_Cairo_(2005-05-385).jpg/600px-Islamic_Cairo_(2005-05-385).jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PZDKZMR3L.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/2975208460_36b10e7ac8.jpg

http://images.travelpod.com/users/eddieandlynn/1.1239728640.islamic-cairo-at-night.jpg http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/02/29/Cairo_wideweb__470x305,0.jpg

A few of the countless "dreaming spires of Oxford":

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01252/oxford-skyline_1252209c.jpg

http://www.the-lofthouse.co.uk/images/eb_oxford_23_23.jpg

as for modern skyscrapers i would say it's NYC, definitely.

- ESB
- chrysler
- BofA
- NYTT
- AIG
- trump building
- conde nast building
- bloomberg tower
- woolworth
- ...

double post

Bagan, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma)

http://www.skydoor.net/Download?mode=photo&id=6398

http://routesmyanmar.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/bagan2.jpg

http://www.allmyanmar.com/new%20allmyanmar.com/Bagan%20Ananda%20Temple%20in%20the%20Morning.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Ruins_of_Bagan%2C_1999.jpg/800px-Ruins_of_Bagan%2C_1999.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Bagan-sm.jpg

Caen, one of the two capitals of Normandy, home of Guillaume le Conquérant, better known as William the Conqueror in the land that he conquered. Guillaume le Conquérant is burried in the abbey that you can see in the background of the picture (the two most distant spires in the picture).

http://i40.tinypic.com/2i9grw1.jpg

Paris.

SCROLL>>>>>>>>>
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/8923/parisbynight.jpg

SCROLL>>>>>>>>>
http://www.arnaudfrichphoto.com/Images/paris/Notre-dame-sacre-coeur-520.jpg

http://www.arnaudfrichphoto.com/Images/paris/sacre-coeur-toits.jpg

London in the future (if planning permission is approved for the Three Spires project)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00491/graphic_491018a.jpg

more of the ruined city of Bagan, Myanmar, with over 2000 temples and pagodas (700-900 years old).
The stone built temples are the only thing left of one of the greatest ancient cities (the rest was wood :()

http://myosandar.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/bagan-1024x768.jpg
http://myosandar.files.wordpress.com
http://www.elephantguide.com/images/stories/homepages/Bagan-Pana-01.jpg http://asia.cnet.com/i/r/2005/dc/39254474/sc003.jpg
www.elephantguide.com, http://asia.cnet.com
http://www.goway.com/asia/myanmar/mya_img/Plain-of-Bagan_595px.jpg http://www.myanmar-info.de/bagan/bagan-06.jpg
www.goway.com, www.myanmar-info.de
http://www.betterphoto.com/uploads/processed/0747/0711220812331img_2078-.jpg
www.betterphoto.com

Dresden skyline:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2785/4203204859_609dcbdff3_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4203962546_e43e26550c_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_timl/4203962546/

more of the ruined city of Bagan, Myanmar, with over 2000 temples and pagodas (700-900 years old).
The stone built temples are the only thing left of one of the greatest ancient cities (the rest was wood :()

http://myosandar.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/bagan-1024x768.jpg
http://myosandar.files.wordpress.com
http://www.elephantguide.com/images/stories/homepages/Bagan-Pana-01.jpg http://asia.cnet.com/i/r/2005/dc/39254474/sc003.jpg
www.elephantguide.com, http://asia.cnet.com
http://www.goway.com/asia/myanmar/mya_img/Plain-of-Bagan_595px.jpg http://www.myanmar-info.de/bagan/bagan-06.jpg
www.goway.com, www.myanmar-info.de
http://www.betterphoto.com/uploads/processed/0747/0711220812331img_2078-.jpg
www.betterphoto.com

Awesome pics! And so different.

Atlanta

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/3051130753_ec2e9739fd_b_d.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28003653@N08/

Gent Belgium

http://i22.tinypic.com/257k3dv.jpg

Atlanta

Agree with ATL

It may be intersting to remark that in the southern italian town of Alberobello (pop. 11,000) each house retains its own spire, called trullo. New buildings are still erected in this traditional shape.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/2688476841_c7a5ea51c2_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gianluca_giacalone/2688476841/

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/82/trullo.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17512794@N00/4421411995/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/3827136766_af7dc53810_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onilocram/3827136766/

^^

Bagan, Myanmar looks amazing :eek2: :omg:

very nice title and impressive pics,thanks
its really hard to find Rome behind spires, also Dresden, Prague and Edinburgs have really nice persfectives and looks amazing

Spiky Verona rising from the morning mist.

http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/2271/ssc.jpg

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/14401265

Milan
pictures from Flickr by ganz o (http://www.flickr.com/photos/9965265@N03/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2514080173_fa997421b8_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2514080173_fa997421b8_b.jpg


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1216/1324337380_109a377a7c_b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1216/1324337380_109a377a7c_b.jpg

Riga, Latvia
http://www.barkans.net/images/01Riga.jpg
http://photo2.poga.lv/photos/0803/0319/ainakk/4553782372_l.jpg
http://www.xltphoto.net/images/towers-of-riga-480x320.jpg

Paulista avenue in Sao Paulo have a lot of antennas, if it count.

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/24597652.jpg
Marco Ross from panoramio

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b29/felipinho/060427f0281fq.jpg
From this thread:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=529673

wow amazing view

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002RJQT84?tag=anarchojose08-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B002RJQT84&adid=1FQSFGYYWFNTN7EPCPMA&

Dresden I liked. Yeah. Do not confuse the spire and antenna