The New 7 Wonders of the World!!!
We all know about the 7 wonders of the world…… but now there the NEW 7 Wonders of the world.
Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber created the “New7Wonders Foundation” in 2001, with a mission to protect humankind's heritage across the globe. He has set up a website and narrowed down all of the world spectacles to a short list of 18!
The commonly known Seven Ancient Wonders of the World were all man-made monuments, selected by Philon of Byzantium in 200 B.C. Today, only the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt remain.His selection of wonders was essentially a travel guide for fellow Athenians, and the stunning sites were all located around the Mediterranean basin, the then-known world.
The monuments he chose, to be remembered in perpetuity, were:
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Temple of Artemis
The Statue of Zeus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
The Pyramids of Egypt
All had been built between 2,500 B.C. and 200 B.C. Now, just as Pierre de Coubertin revived the Olympic Games in 1896 with his modern version of the competition, New7Wonders founder Bernard Weber is seeking to revive the concept of the 7 Wonders of the World with this ambitious global campaign, the New 7 Wonders of the World.
The key difference is that, this time around, they will not be chosen by one man, but rather by millions of people all over the world. The new wonders that are selected will be the people’s choices, and they will be drawn from the earliest time that humankind walked upon the earth up through the year 2000. It is, therefore, possible that the only survivor of the original 7 Wonders of the World, the Pyramids at Giza, could be chosen for a second time, taking them well into a third millenium of fame!
The short list of 7 Wonders of the World are as follows:
q The Great Wall of China – China
q The Acropolis of Athens – Athens, Greece
q Alhambra – Granada, Spain
q Angkor – Cambodia
q The Pyramid at Chichén Itza – Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
q Christ Redeemer – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
q The Roman Colosseum – Rome, Italy
q The Eiffel Tower – Paris, France
q The Hagia Sophia – Istanbul, Turkey
q Kiyomizu Temple – Kyoto, Japan
q The Kremlin and Red Square – Moscow, Russia
q Machu Picchu – Peru
q Petra – Jordan
q The Pyramids of Giza – Egypt
q The Statue of Liberty – New York, U.S.A
q Stonehenge – Amesbury U.K (OUR FAVOURITE!!!)
q Sydney Opera House – Sydney, Australia
q The Taj Mahal – Agra, India
Get voting for what you think should be the new seven wonders of the world at :
http://www.new7wonders.com/
posted by Londons Premier Tour Operator @ 4:21 PM
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