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The final tally produced this list of the
world's top human-built wonders:
• The Great Wall of China
• Petra in Jordan
• Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer
• Peru's Machu Picchu
• Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid
• The Colosseum in Rome
• India's Taj Mahal
Before the vote ended Friday, organizers said
more than 90 million votes had been cast for
21 sites.
The new wonders were announced at a
star-studded event Saturday in Lisbon,
Portugal, that featured performances by
Jennifer Lopez and Chaka Khan. The event was
hosted by Oscar winners Hilary Swank and Ben
Kingsley as well as Bollywood star Bipasha
Basu.
The top contenders for the seven wonders
were last made public in early June.
The oldest candidate was Britain's
Stonehenge; the newest was Australia's Sydney
Opera House. The U.S. Statue of Liberty also
was among the choices.
To be considered for the competition, all
structures had to be built or discovered
before 2000. All are among top tourist
attractions around the world.
The new wonders project was the brainchild of
Swiss businessman Bernard Weber. He said he
wanted to invite the people of the world to
take part in selecting the world's greatest
wonders.
"So that everybody can decide what the new
seven wonders should be and not some
government, not some individuals, not some
institutions," he said.
Vering said she believes the vote has
accomplished that goal.
"We've managed to bring culture out of the
museum -- out of the dusty, dry academic
corners -- and have people talk about it,"
she said. "That, we feel, is the greatest
achievement of this campaign."
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Pharos of Alexandria
The Seven Wonders of the Medieval Mind
Stonehenge
The Colosseum
The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
The Great Wall of China
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
The Hagia Sophia
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Seven Natural Wonders of the World
Mount Everest
The Great Barrier Reef
The Grand Canyon
Victoria Falls
The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Paricutin Volcano
The Northern Lights
The Seven Underwater Wonders of the World
Palau
The Belize Barrier Reef
The Galapagos Islands
The Northern Red Sea
Lake Baikal
The Great Barrier Reef
The Deep Sea Vents
The Seven Wonders of the Modern World
The Empire State Building
The Itaipú Dam
The CN Tower
The Panama Canal
The Channel Tunnel
The North Sea Protection Works
The Golden Gate Bridge
The Seven Forgotten Natural Wonders of the
World
Angel Falls
The Bay of Fundy
Iguaçú Falls
Krakatoa Island
Mount Fuji
Mount Kilimanjaro
Niagara Falls
The Seven Forgotten Modern Wonders of the
World
The Clock Tower (Big Ben)
Eiffel Tower
The Gateway Arch
The Aswan High Dam
Hoover Dam
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
The Petronas Towers
The Seven Forgotten Wonders of the Medeival
Mind
Abu Simbel Temple
Angkor Wat
Taj Mahal
Mont Saint-Michel
The Moai Statues
The Parthenon
The Shwedagon Pagoda
The Forgotten Wonders
The Aztec Temple
The Banaue Rice Terraces
The Borobudur Temple
The Inca City
The Statue of Liberty
The Mayan Temples
The Temple of the Inscriptions
The Throne Hall of Persepolis
Petra
The Suez Canal
The Sydney Opera House
The Red Fort in India
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The Seven Wonders of the World:
The Pyramid at Chichén Itzá (before 800
A.D.) Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Chichén Itzá, the most famous Mayan temple
city, served as the political and economic
center of the Mayan civilization. Its various
structures - the pyramid of Kukulkan, the
Temple of Chac Mool, the Hall of the Thousand
Pillars, and the Playing Field of the
Prisoners -- can still be seen today and are
demonstrative of an extraordinary commitment
to architectural space and composition. The
pyramid itself was the last, and arguably the
greatest, of all Mayan temples.
Christ the Redeemer (1931) Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
This statue of Jesus stands some 105 feet
tall, atop the Corcovado mountain overlooking
Rio de Janeiro. Designed by Brazilian, Heitor
da Silva Costa and created by the French
sculptor Paul Landowski, it is one of the
world's best-known monuments. The statue took
five years to construct and was inaugurated
on October 12, 1931. It has become a symbol
of the city and of the warmth of the
Brazilian people, who receive visitors with
open arms.
The Great Wall of China (220 B.C and 1368 -
1644 A.D.) China
The Great Wall of China was built to link
existing fortifications into a united defense
system and better keep invading Mongol tribes
out of China. It is the largest man-made
monument ever to have been built and it is
disputed that it is the only one visible from
space. Many thousands of people must have
given their lives to build this colossal
construction.
Machu Picchu (1460-1470), Peru
In the 15th century, the Incan Emperor
Pachacútec built a city in the clouds on the
mountain known as Machu Picchu ("old
mountain"). This extraordinary settlement
lies halfway up the Andes Plateau, deep in
the Amazon jungle and above the Urubamba
River. It was probably abandoned by the Incas
because of a smallpox outbreak and, after the
Spanish defeated the Incan Empire, the city
remained 'lost' for over three centuries. It
was rediscovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911.
Petra (9 B.C. - 40 A.D.), Jordan
On the edge of the Arabian Desert, Petra was
the glittering capital of the Nabataean
empire of King Aretas IV (9 B.C. to 40 A.D.).
Masters of water technology, the Nabataeans
provided their city with great tunnel
constructions and water chambers. A theater,
modeled on Greek-Roman prototypes, had space
for an audience of 4,000. Today, the Palace
Tombs of Petra, with the 42-meter-high
Hellenistic temple facade on the El-Deir
Monastery, are impressive examples of Middle
Eastern culture.
The Roman Colosseum (70 - 82 A.D.) Rome,
Italy
This great amphitheater in the center of Rome
was built to give favors to successful
legionnaires and to celebrate the glory of
the Roman Empire. Its design concept still
stands to this very day, and virtually every
modern sports stadium some 2,000 years later
still bears the irresistible imprint of the
Colosseum's original design. Today, through
films and history books, we are even more
aware of the cruel fights and games that took
place in this arena, all for the joy of the
spectators.
The Taj Mahal (1630 A.D.) Agra, India
This immense mausoleum was built on the
orders of Shah Jahan, the fifth Muslim Mogul
emperor, to honor the memory of his beloved
late wife. Built out of white marble and
standing in formally laid-out walled gardens,
the Taj Mahal is regarded as the most perfect
jewel of Muslim art in India. The emperor was
consequently jailed and, it is said, could
then only see the Taj Mahal out of his small
cell window.
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New 7 Wonders of the World: The winners are..
Chichén Itzá, Mexico
Christ Redeemer, Brazil
The Great Wall, China
Machu Picchu, Peru
Petra, Jordan
The Roman Colloseum, Italy
The Taj Mahal, India
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