New Seven Wonders of the World

New Open World Corporation (NOWC), a Swiss-based and for-profit corporation has organized a voting exercise to select the “New Seven Wonders of the World”. The New Seven Wonders of the World is a proposed revision of the Seven Wonders of the World and the voiting can be made by free and paid votes, through telephone or online, with multiple votes allowed. The result will be announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 - 07.07.07.

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Statue of Liberty

Status of Liberty
(1886) New York City, US

Also known as Liberty Enlightening the World (French: La liberté éclairant le monde), Statue of Liberty, is a colossal statue given to the United States by the Paris based Union Franco-Américaine. It is a gesture of friendship between the two nations. The 151feet and one inch height Statue is standing at Liberty Island, in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. It is one of the most recognizable icons of the US worldwide and, in a more general sense, represents liberty and escape from oppression.

Pyramid at Chichen Itza

Pyramid at Chichen Itza
(Before 800A.D.) Yucatan, Mexico

Located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization. Pyramid at Chichen Itza is one of the most amazing Maya’s heritages.

Chrit Redeemer

Chrit Redeemer
(1931) Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Christ the Redeemer, the statue of Jesus stands some 38 meters tall, atop at the peak of the 710m Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking Rio de Janeiro. The statue was designed by Brazilian Heitor da Silva Costa and created by 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.

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu
(1460 – 1470), Peru

Machu Picchu or the “Lost City of the Incas” is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located at 2,430 m on a mountain ridge. It is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km northwest of Cusco. The lost city was rediscovered by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911.

Statues of Easter Island

Statues of Easter Island
(10th 0 16th Century) Chile

Statues of Easter Island are the statues found in Easter Island. Easter Island or Rapa Nui in the native language is an island in the south Pacific Ocean belonging to Chile. It is one of the most isolated inhabited islands in the world. It was given its common name of “Easter” because it was discovered by the Dutch on Easter Sunday, 1722. The mystery of Statues of Easter Island is how statues were created and why these stone statues are puzzling. These statues (also called Moai) are shaped like an eyeless face and they are quite heavy.

Stonehenge

Stonehenge
(3000 B.C – 1600 B.C)

Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. It is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones and is one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world. Archaeologists think that the standing stones were erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC although the surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC.

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel tower
(1887 – 1889) Paris, France

The Eiffel Tower is the symbol of Paris. This iron tower is the tallest structure in Paris and possibly the most recognized monument in the world. Built on the on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris, the tower was named after its designer engineer Gustave Eiffel.

Alhambra

Alhambra
(12th Century) Granada Spain

The Alhambra is an ancient mosque, palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs of Granada, in southern. It is occupying a hilly terrace on the south-eastern border of the city of Granada. It was the residence of the Muslim kings of Granada and their court, but is currently a museum exhibiting exquisite Islamic architecture

Neuschwanstein Castle

Neuschwanstein Castle
(1869 – 1884) Fussen, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle is a late 19th century castle in Germany, near Hohenschwangau and Füssen in southwest Bavaria. It is the most photographed building in Germany and is one of Germany’s most popular tourist destinations.

Colosseum

Colosseum
(70-82 AD), Rome, Italy

Originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatr, the Colosseum or Coliseum is a giant amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome. It can accommodate 45,000-50,000 spectators and it was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian

Acropolis

Acropolis
(450 – 330 B.C.) Athens, Greece

Acropolis is the town or a high city that built in 450 – 330 BC in Athens, Greece.

Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia
(532-537 A.D.) Istanbul, Turkey

Located in Istanbul, Turkey, Hagia Sophia, now known as the Ayasofya Museum, is a former Eastern Orthodox church converted to a mosque in 1453 by the Turks, and converted into a museum in 1935. It is traditionally considered one of the great buildings in history. Its conquest by the Ottomans at the fall of Constantinople is considered one of the great tragedies of Christianity by the Greek Orthodox faithful.

Kremlin

Kremlin
(1156-1850), Moscow, Russia

Timbuktu

Timbuktu
(1100) Mali

The city of Timbuktuis a city in Mali, West Africa. It is home to the prestigious Qur’anic Sankore University and other madrasas, and was an intellectual and spiritual capital and centre for the propagation of Islam throughout Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Pyramids of Giza

Pyramids of Giza
(2600 – 2500 B.C.) Eqypt

Petra

Petra
(9 B.C. - 40A.D.) Jordan

Petra is an archaeological site in Jordan, and it is famous for having many stone structures carved into the rock. It was discovered by the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal
(1630 A.D.) Agra, India

Famous with the romance story behind, the Tāj Mahal is a monument located in Agra, India. It is generally considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements of Persian, Indian and Islamic.

Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China
(220 B.B./1368 – 1644 A.D.)

The Great Wall is the world’s longest man-made structure, stretching over a formidable 6,352 km, from Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Sea in the east, at the limit between “China proper” and Manchuria (Northeast China), to Lop Nur in the southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is a great engineering work that built from the 5th century BC until the beginning of the 17th century, in order to protect the various dynasties from raids by Hunnic, Mongol, Turkic, and other nomadic tribes coming from areas in modern-day Mongolia and Manchuria.

Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat
(12th Century) Cambodia

Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat) is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built for king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city.

Kiyomizu Temple

Kiyomizu Temple
(749-1855), Kyoto, Japan

Kiyomizu-dera (or Kiyomizudera; Japanese: 清水寺) refers to several Buddhist temples but most commonly to Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺) in Eastern Kyoto, and one of the best known sights of the city. The temple dates back to 798, but the present buildings were constructed in 1633.

Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House
(1954-73), Australia

The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the most distinctive and famous 20th century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts venues in the world.