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Official certificate From left to right, top to bottom: Chichen Itza, Christ the Redeemer, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, Petra, the Taj Mahal, and the Colosseum. The New 7 Wonders of the World was a campaign started in 2001 to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments. [1]
From the immense Great Wall of China meandering through the land’s historical northern borders to the towering presence of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil, the new seven wonders were ...
[7] [3] It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was voted one of the New 7 Wonders of the World in 2007. [8] [9] Today, the defensive system of the Great Wall is recognized as one of the most impressive architectural feats in history. [10]
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (from left to right, top to bottom): Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (also known as the Mausoleum of Mausolus), Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria as depicted by 16th-century Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck.
China, India and the United States are the only countries that he visits more than once, and China is the only country that appears in all three series. Series 1 – The Seven Wonders: China – Great Wall of China (Episode 1) India – Taj Mahal (Episode 2) Israel – Jerusalem, Dead Sea (Episode 3) West Bank – Bethlehem (Episode 3) Jordan ...
16th-century imagined depictions of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. From left to right, top to bottom: Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria Timeline, and map of the Seven Wonders. Dates in bold ...
New 7 Wonders of Nature (2007–2011) was an initiative started in 2007 to create a list of seven natural wonders chosen by people through a global poll. It was the second in a series of Internet-based polls led by Swiss-born Canadian Bernard Weber [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and organized by the New 7 Wonders Foundation [ 3 ] a Swiss-based foundation which ...
It is a major tourist attraction and has been regarded as one of the seven wonders of the modern world. [2] Commissioned in 1632 by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, it was completed in 1653. [3] The monument has inspired many notable replicas including a project started by the emperor's grandson in ...