Presentation slides on 7 Wonders of the world. Co presented by our team mates Kavya Prarthana & Priyanka. On the seminar day of professional communication class.
2. INTRODUCTION
• The historian Herodotus and the scholar Callimachus of Cyrene, at the Museum of
Alexandria, made lists of seven wonders.
• The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it to be the representation
of perfection and plenty.
4. CHRIST THE REDEMEER
Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ,
created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da
Silva Costa , in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor
Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face.
Constructed between 1922 and 1931,the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high , excluding its 8
metre (26 ft) pedestal. The arms stretch 28 meters(92 ft) wide.
The statue weighs 635 metric tons (625 long,700 short tons),and is located at the peak
of the 700 metre(2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park
overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro.
A symbol of Christianity across the world, the statue has also become a cultural icon of
both Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, and is listed as one of the 7 Wonders of the World.
6. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
The Great Wall Of China was built to protect China from invading Huns, Mongols, and other
tribes, and to unite fortifications into one defense system. Begun in the 7th century B.C., the
barricade took hundreds of years to build, and ranks as the world’s longest man-made
structure and is the only one visible from space.
The entire Great Wall of China is said to be 21,196 km . King Zheng of Qin ,the first emperor
of the unified China ,was the one who started building The Great Wall of China.
The construction of The Great wall started in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 – 476 BC)
and went on until the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), a time span of 1,800 years.
Its building involved some 20 states and dynasties. It was also named one of the Seven
Wonders of the World in 2006.
Experts also predict that some standing portions of The Great Wall will collapse by 2040
because of the erosion and weathering brought about by the people and by nature.
8. The Taj Mahal 'Crown of the Palace’ is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south
bank of the Yamuna river in Agra.
It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
The tomb is the centre piece of a 17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which includes
a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three sides by
a historical wall.
9. • The Taj Mahal was constructed using materials from all over India and Asia.
• It is believed over 1,000 elephants were used to transport building materials.
• It took the efforts of 22,000 labourers, painters, embroidery artists and stonecutters to shape the Taj Mahal.
• The translucent white marble was brought from Makrana, Rajasthan, the jasper from Punjab, jade and crystal
from China.
• 28 types of precious and semi-precious stones were inlaid into the white marble.
• It was a time period of 1632-1653 when Taj Mahal was built.
• The total cost at the time has been estimated to be about 32 million Indian rupees
10. ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
Four minarets frame Interior view of the vaulted dome
over the tombs of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz.
The actual tombs of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan in the lower level.
11. Finial, tamga of the Mughal Empire. Calligraphy of Persian poems.
Reflective tiles. Archways in the mosque. Incised painting.
12. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TAJ MAHAL
• If observed carefully, the four pillars or minarets are tilted outwards rather than standing
straight. The reason why it was constructed in such a way was to protect the main tomb
(gumbad) from being damaged with the falling of pillars on it in case of any natural calamity
like an earthquake.
• The foundation of Taj Mahal would have collapsed if it wasn’t on the Yamuna Bank. Taj’s
foundation is made of timber which is not supposed to be long-lasting.
• The Taj Mahal is taller than Qutub Minar (with a difference of five feet).
13. • The tomb contains 99 different names of Allah as calligraphic inscriptions.
• Taj Mahal which is one of the most visited and beautiful monuments in India, has over 4-8
million visitors annually. Sometimes there are over 40-50 thousand visitors on one single
day.
• The Taj changes its colour depending on the amount of light and time. In the sense, the Taj
would appear to be pinkish in the morning, milky white in the evening and golden in the
moonlight.
15. • Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel situated on a mountain ridge 2,430 metres (7,970 ft)
above sea level.
• In the Quechua Indian language, “Machu Picchu” means “Old Peak” or “Old Mountain.”
• It is located in the Machupicchu District in Peru, above the Sacred Valley, which is 80 kilometres
northwest of Cuzco.
• Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti.
• It is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.
• The Incas built the estate around 1450.
16. • Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls.
• Its three primary structures are the Inti Watana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of
the Three Windows.
• Machu Picchu was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 and was named
one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in 2007.
17. INTERESTING FACTS OF MACHU PICCHU
• The compound contains more than 100 separate flights of stairs. Most of the individual
staircases were carved from one slab of stone.
• Although many of the stones that were used to build the city were more than 50 pounds,
it is believed that no wheels were used to transport these rocks up the mountain. Rather,
hundreds of men pushed the heavy rocks up the steep mountain side.
• Twice a year, the sun sits directly over the stone creating no shadow.
19. THE JAGUAR THRONE INSIDE
THE "EL CASTILLO" (TEMPLE OF KUKULCAN)
PYRAMID.
A feathered serpent sculpture at the base of one of the
stairways of El Castillo.
