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In 1995, the CN Tower was declared one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It also belongs to the World Federation of Great Towers. [5] [13] [14] It is a signature icon of Toronto's skyline [15] [16] and attracts more than two million international visitors annually.
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] The popularity poll via free web-based voting and telephone voting was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber [ 2 ] and organized by the New 7 Wonders Foundation (N7W) based in Zurich, Switzerland, with ...
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.
The "New Seven Wonders of the World" was a private initiative launched in 2000 by Bernard Weber to "encourage citizens around the world to select seven new wonders of the world by popular vote ...
In 1995, the CN Tower was classified as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers, and for more than 30 years it was the world's tallest free-standing structure. [17] The CN Tower consists of many inner attractions like the Glass Floor, SkyPod, 360 restaurant and EdgeWalk.
The Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado mountain was meant to be an act of religious propaganda for Rio de Janeiro. But over the past century, it has become the symbol of the tolerant ...
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World listed by Hellenic culture. They were described as a remarkable feat of engineering with an ascending series of tiered gardens containing a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and vines, resembling a large green mountain constructed of mud bricks.
In a city of some 207,000 people, Bancroft Tower remains just that, a place for peace and quiet, explained Rob Antonelli, the assistant commissioner of Worcester Parks and Recreation.