2. INTRODUCTION
The new Seven Wonders of the World
were announced on July 7, 2007
After tallying more than 100 million
worldwide votes
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3. The Official Declaration Ceremony in
Lisbon, Portugal, revealed the winners to
be:
1. Petra
2. Machu Picchu
3. Chichén Itzá
4. The Taj Mahal
5. The Statue of Christ Redeemer
6. The Colosseum
7. The Great Wall of China
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6. NAME: STATUE OF CHRIST REDEEMER
LOCATION: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
CONSTRUCTED IN YEAR: 1926-1931
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It is a statue of Jesus Christ
It is considered the largest Art
Deco statue in the world
5th largest statue of Jesus in the world
It is 30 meters (98 ft) tall, not including
its 8 meters (26 ft) pedestal
It weighs 635 tones
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located at the peak of the 700-meter
(2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in
the Tijuca Forest National Park
Catholic priest Pedro Maria Boss
requested to build a large
religious monument
The statue of Christ the Redeemer with
open arms, a symbol of peace
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Local engineer Heitor da Silva
Costa designed the statue
The statue was sculpted by the French
artist Paul Landowski.
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Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site
located 2,430 meters (7,970 ft) above sea
level
It is situated on a mountain edge above
the Urubamba Valley in Peru
Often referred to as the "City of the Incas“
The Incas built the estate around 1450, but
abandoned it as an official site for the Inca
rulers a century later at the time of
the Spanish Conquest
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It was unknown to the outside world before
being brought to international attention in
1911 by the American historian Hiram
Bingham
Since then, Machu Picchu has become an
important tourist attraction
Machu Picchu was built in the classical
Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls
It is possible that most of its inhabitants
died from smallpox introduced by travelers
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23. NAME: THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
LOCATION: EAST-TO-WEST LINE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN BORDERS
OF CHINA
CONSTRUCTED IN YEAR: 1368-1644
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The Great Wall of China is approximately
8,851.8 km (5,500 miles)
It is the world's longest human-built structure
It is a series of fortifications made of stone,
brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials
It was build to protect the Chinese Empire
against intrusions by various nomadic groups
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Several walls were being built as early as
the 7th century BC
later joined together and made bigger,
stronger, and unified are now collectively
referred to as the Great Wall
It starts from Hushan in the east to
Jiayuguan Pass in the west traversing
Liaoning, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi,
Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Gansu
and Qinghai.
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Petra is a Greek word, meaning 'stone’
It is a historical and archaeological city in
the Jordanian governorate of Mayan
And is famous for its rock-cut
architecture and water conduit system
It lies on the slope of Mount Hor
The site remained unknown to the Western
world until 1812
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It was introduced by Swiss explorer Johann
Ludwig Burckhardt
It was described as "a rose-red city half as
old as time”
It is the capital of the Nabataeans and the
center of their caravan trade
The Nebataean people
conducted business in Petra, making it an
important silk and spice trade city
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Chichen Itza was a large preColumbian city built by the Maya
civilization
The site exhibits a huge numbers
of architectural styles
Chichen Itza was one of the largest Maya
cities
The ruins of Chichen Itza are federal
property
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The site’s stewardship is maintained by
Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología
e Historia(National Institute of Anthropology
and History)
Chichen Itza is one of the most visited
archaeological sites in Mexico; an
estimated 1.2 million tourists visit the ruins
every year
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The Colosseum is the largest amphitheatre in
the world
It is an elliptical amphitheatre and is
considered one of the greatest works
of Roman architecture and Roman
engineering
Capable of seating 50,000 spectators
the Colosseum was used
for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles
such as, animal hunts, executions, reenactments of famous battles, and dramas
based on Classical mythology
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The amphitheatre was ringed by eighty
entrances at ground level, 76 of which were
used by ordinary spectators
The northern main entrance was reserved
for the Roman Emperor whilst the other
three axial entrances were most likely used
by the elite
Spectators were seated in a tiered
arrangement
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First section is podium for
the senatorial class who were allowed to
bring their own chairs
The tier above the senators, known as
the maenianum primum, was occupied by
the non-senatorial noble class or knights
The next level up, the maenianum
secundum, was originally reserved for
ordinary Roman citizens and was divided
into two sections
The lower part was for wealthy citizens,
while the upper part was for poor citizens
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The Taj Mahal is a white
marble mausoleum
It was built by Mughal emperor Shah
Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz
Mahal
Mumtaz Mahal, died during the birth of their
14th child, Gauhara Begum
Shah Jahan's grief illustrate the love story
traditionally held as an inspiration for Taj
Mahal
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Throughout the complex, passages from
the Qur'an are used as decorative
elements
The Taj Mahal attracts a large number of
tourists. UNESCO documented more
than 2 million visitors in 2001, including
more than 200,000 from overseas
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