Visit Seven Wonders of the World

Great Wall of China - a newly elected one of the wonders of the world, along the northern borders of China's construction, through many countries, designed to resist the invasion of Mongolian tribes.
The Great Wall was built in the 15th century BC and 16th century, the Great Wall is the world's longest man-made structures, as long as 4000 miles (6400 kilometers). The most famous part of the about 200 years BC by China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang created.
Capital of Lisbon in Portugal at the World Seven Wonders of the festival announced the voting results, of course, includes the Great Wall of China. But China did not broadcast the event, and the Chinese National Heritage, the official governing body has refused to acknowledge the event.
While the other candidate countries have shown a different view. In Brazil, for example, President Lula. Da Silva (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva) to encourage Brazilians to Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Peak to vote.


Jordan's ancient city of Petra, built on the edge of the Arabian desert, Petra is the Nabataean Kingdom Asia where up to King IV (King Aretas IV) during the capital (the 9th century BC to AD 40 century).
Petra is known worldwide for its stone buildings, such as its 138 feet high (42 meters high) of the palace is the rose-colored stone elaborately designed. The ancient city also has tunnels, water room and a arena can accommodate 4,000 people.
Until 1812 the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt explore here, the West know there is such a holy sites in the desert.
Jordan, a very serious way in which the seven wonders of the election. Even if the situation in the Middle East chaos, Petra is also Iraq's neighbors, but it still attracts many tourists to visit.
Jordan's royal family to do for this election Petra strong backing.


Overall height 105 feet (38 meters), stands with Brazil in Rio de Janeiro's "Christ like" in the July 7 announcement of the "New World Seven Wonders of the" selected results, the success of short-listed as the world elected by the people and create a new human miracle.

Seven Wonders of the New World through the Internet, telephone voting conducted, and the same pattern of American Idol. The other six new world seven wonders of the Great Wall of China, the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, Brazil, Christ, Peru, India and Jia Maqiu ruins, Mexico Chichen Itza Pyramid of Kukulcan, the Roman Colosseum, the Taj Mahal.

The event was organized by the New World Seven Wonders Foundation (New7Wonders Foundation) organization - the Swiss filmmaker and museum curator Bernard Weber launched - aimed at "protecting the global heritage of mankind." The foundation claims that this event attracted about 100 million votes.

And this competition is now in contention thunder wave, it has been the United Nations Cultural Organization - UNESCO's criticism, while the charge of the World Heritage projects. (The latest World Heritage Photo)

UNESCO declared: "The activities of a private nature activities, we are not involved, and the activities on the building is selected by the public and there is no conservation value."



This is the three successful finalists from Latin America, the New World, one of the seven wonders of the sites, including Machu Picchu Inca ruins in the 15th century have been located in the mountains of the Peruvian Amazon region.

In this destroyed city and the most well-known is the Inca civilization, which is in the southwest United States and the Andes region is very popular. People think that the city's demise was due to a large-scale outbreak of deadly smallpox, smallpox is a 16th century Spanish invasion into the disease.

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday at 7970 feet in height (2430 meters) mark the site of the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu was elected the new "seven wonders of the world."

The winner of the football field in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, announced that, where access to Machu Picchu Inca ruins of this honor.

The other two Latin American "miracle" Architecture is the odd piano Yichamaya city ruins in Mexico and Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, an image of Christ.



Mexico Qi Qin Yichamaya city site is the most prominent representative of the Mayan civilization, Mayan civilization that existed before Columbus discovered the American continent, the Central American region in the current civilization. In the AD 750 to 1,200 years, which is the Mayan civilization and political and religious center.

The city center is Kukulcan (Kukulkan) temple - the highest point of the Temple in 79-foot-high (24 meters). It's surrounded by all 91 steps - one step a day, to the vertex, the exactly 365 days.

Seven Wonders of the World competition was launched in 1999, opened in 2005 elections. Organizing Committee from the estate of nearly 200 candidates selected 21 candidates.

Heritage has not been selected in the Pacific on the Easter Island statues; the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia; Australia Sydney Opera House.



The only European winner of the Rome, Italy Colosseum - once able to accommodate 50000 spectators to watch from the gladiators, wild animals and prisoners staged a bloody contest with.

The building was around 70 AD, Vespasian created by the monarch. Many of the modern sports venues and the Colosseum is still a well-known design similar to the Miao.

Europe has a lot of sites are selected in the contest, including the British Stonehenge, the Acropolis and the Eiffel Tower in France.

Competition organized by the Vatican ignored the Christian monuments - 20 strong "players." Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, the Vatican cultural and archaeological pioneer in calling for the Sistine Chapel and other construction concerns.



India's Taj Mahal in Agra is a Mughal king Shah Jahan as a favored concubines Taj Mahal built in white marble mausoleum.

Founded in 1632, and spent 15 years to repair it. The hemisphere-shaped tomb, is considered the best representative of Islamic architectural art. It includes four minarets, each with 13 storeys.

Shah Khan, shortly after completion of the Taj Mahal, one of his sons was abolished, and under house arrest. He was said after the day is spent staring out the window of the Taj Mahal.



7 wonders of the ancient world

Syria has called the ancient Phoenician city-state. It is west and the Mediterranean Sea, the East relies Mount Lebanon, the north of Asia Minor, south of Palestine, was Xiya Hai Lu transportation hub. Therefore, the Phoenician navigation and commerce is particularly well developed. Over 2,600 years ago, the Phoenician navigators who completed the voyage around Africa as a whole.
As the saying goes well-informed, 3rd century BC, Phoenician travelers Angdipake the first to propose the "seven wonders of the world" argument. Angdipake summary seen along the seven greatest man-made landscape, call them the "Seven Wonders of the World": Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Rhodes Island, the sun god statue, Mausoleum Wang tomb A Artemis Temple, Statue of Zeus, France and Ross Lighthouse, the pyramids of Egypt.
Or because of natural disasters, or man-made disaster, the World Seven Wonders of the now largely vanished. Today, let us explore the train ride along the Angdipake's footsteps, to recover the enduring wonders of those who are already disappearing bar!

爱在西元前- Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Visits to the first paragraph of the journey by land, from the Angdipake "home" to the southeast away across the endless desert, went to a fantastic hanging gardens. Jay has a song "爱在西元前", carefully taste, then this song and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, or rather origins.
604 BC - 562 BC, the Mesopotamian plain, there is a powerful and prosperous country of Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar. King has a beautiful princess Jiao A dense Christi, she came from a mountainous country - m at the end, where lush forests with. The dry plains of Mesopotamia even the trees are rare, and no forest. So Princess "homesickness disaster," depressed. To cure her lover's "homesickness", Nebuchadnezzar ordered the construction of sky gardens.
Sky gardens, located on the site of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, 90 km south-west. It is not really hanging in the air, but is the 120-square-meter stone foundation, the height of about 24 meters, even higher than six floors. Garden like a multi-layer birthday cake, from an area of successive layers of reduced platform. Planted all over with flowers, trees, also has streams, waterfalls, promenades and pavilions.

Winner patron saint - Rhodes Island, the sun god statue

Had a well-known game called "Record of Lodoss War", the game against the backdrop of the famous Battle of Rhodes, and we next have to visit a miracle with this battle has a direct relationship.
Rhodes, Greece Aegean Sea to the Mediterranean island is the gateway. More than 2000 years ago, the island has a busy port - Rhodes Hong Kong. Here the business is very well developed, the shuttle every day between the merchant ships crowded fairways, bustling thriving scene. Unique geographical position and huge commercial interests so that Rhodes became a battleground, contested by the famous Battle of suderode Island took place here.
305 BC, the Macedonian empire sent 40000 troops (which has already exceeded the total population of the island at that time) surrounded by Rhodes Hong Kong. Islanders unite together to resist aggression, after hard fighting, Rhodes Island, Federal sent packing intruder, a large number of weapons seized by the enemy. To celebrate the victory, the islanders decided to use bronze weapons were seized for their own patron saint - the sun god Xiliaosi to build a statue.

The Legend of the Empire - Mausoleum Mausoleum

Know, Mausoleum (Memorial) This word from the Mausoleum (Mausolus) tomb it!
The 4th century BC, in today's Anatolian plateau south-west there is a Caria empire, under the rule of the king in the Mausoleum, Carriacou was very popular in Hong Kong once a Caria Rhodes Empire part of it. Mausoleum was alive when he started for him and his queen - Duarte Mixi Ya II (and also his sister) built a mausoleum. Today, a powerful empire no longer exists Caria, only the Tomb of the remains of the empire to the world about the legend.

Light future generations Goddess - A Temple of Artemis

Ancient Phoenicians along the route, from the Mausoleum tomb continued to sail north-west, went to our next stop --
The ancient people, the hunting is not casual entertainment, but rather one of the primary means of feeding their families. Therefore, as the ancient Greek mythology, the hunting goddess Artemis A deeply loved by the Greek people. In order to express her devotion, about 550 BC, the ancient Greeks built the world-famous Temple of Artemis A. Temple is located in the territory of the ancient Greek city-states Aifeisuosi, on the west coast of Turkey today.

The radiance of God of gods - Statue of Zeus

Continued westward voyage across the Aegean Sea and the Temple of Artemis A distant sea is the Statue of Zeus ----
BC 457 years, in an Olympic Games (776 BC) of the host - the Greek city of Olympia, completion of a huge statue, which is the Statue of Zeus. Ancient Greek mythology, Zeus is the god of gods, as an indication of his worship and the Statue of Zeus was also built at that time the world's largest indoor statue.

To serve the people - Lighthouse of Alexandria

Next we have to cross the whole Mediterranean, to ancient Egyptian walk around. Must go take a look at a particular beacon, because it is "determined" --
Seven Wonders of the world, there is a miracle in the most "noble" It is not a king's tomb, is not a fairy statue, much less love keepsake, but completely to serve the people. As for its "selfless," the help, people will use the names of heroes of Greek mythology to call it - France Ross Lighthouse, also known as Lighthouse of Alexandria.

A historical witness - the pyramids of Egypt

Followed by - not to say that the guessed it? To Egypt, how could it not to look at the famous pyramids?
4500 years witnessed the development of human history, the pyramids of Egypt are still stubbornly standing in the world. As the Seven Wonders of the first, which not only built the earliest, but so far the only "survivors." Thus, while there are a lot of mystery, pyramid remains the world's seven wonders of mankind's most "mature" one