New 7 Wonders of the World Martina Laskač 6o7/o8

07.07.07. The Official New 7 Wonders of the World were announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007

Why? 7 Wonders were chosen because the original list of Ancient Wonders, drawn up more than 2,000 years ago

How? After 7 years of campaigning and 100 million votes received, the results of the world’s first-ever global vote were announced in random order. They are all equal – there is no rank among the list.

The Great Wall of China over 6,000 km long built in the 7th Century BC when China was still divided into many small states can be seen from space with the naked eye

The Great Wall of China

Petra established sometime around the 6th century BC has rock cut architecture and water conduits system chosen by the BBC as one of "the 40 places you have to see before you die"

Petra

Chichén Itzá "At the mouth of the well of the Itza“ Maya temple-city Built in the first millennium B.C. 365 steps in total, one for every day of the year

Chichén Itzá

The Statue of Christ Redeemer 39.6 metres tall It weighs 635 tons icon of Rio and Brazil Construction took nine years, from 1922 to 1931

The Statue of Christ Redeemer

The Colosseum Capable of seating 50,000 spectators completed in 80 AD remained in use for nearly 500 years largest amphitheatre ever built in the Roman Empire

The Colosseum

Machu Picchu "The Lost City of the Incas“ located at an altitude of 2,400 meters above sea level built around 1460 most known symbol of the Inca Empire

Machu Picchu

Taj Mahal built by Mugal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal completed around 1653 Emperior ordered that the hands of the craftsmen and architect be chopped off after building Taj Mahal, as he did not want them to build another grand monument as this one

Taj Mahal