November 27th, 2006 at 11:23 am
Check out the exciting New 7 Wonders of the World campaign, the world’s first-ever global vote.
I just voted for my favorite 7 of the 21 finalists that are competing — go to www.new7wonders.com to pick your favorite monuments and vote. The list has been trimmed down to the final 21 from over hundreds of nominations and the final 7 will be announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007.
Here are your choices:
- The Acropolis of Athens (450 - 330 B.C.) Athens, Greece
- Alhambra (12th century) Granada, Spain
- Angkor (12th century) Cambodia
- The Pyramid at Chichén Itzá (before 800 A.D.) Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
- Christ Redeemer (1931) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- The Roman Colosseum (70 - 82 A.D.) Rome, Italy
- Statues of Easter Island (10th - 16th Century) Easter Island, Chile
- The Eiffel Tower (1887 - 89) Paris, France
- The Great Wall of China (220 B.C and 1368 - 1644 A.D.) China
- The Hagia Sophia (532 - 537 A.D.) Istanbul, Turkey
- Kiyomizu Temple (749 - 1855) Kyoto, Japan
- The Kremlin and Red Square (1156 - 1850) Moscow, Russia
- Machu Picchu (1460-1470), Peru
- Neuschwanstein Castle (1869 -1884) Schwangau, Germany
- Petra (9 B.C. - 40 A.D.), Jordan
- The Pyramids of Giza (2600 - 2500 B.C), Egypt
- The Statue of Liberty (1886) New York City, U.S.A.
- Stonehenge (3000 B.C. - 1600 B.C.) Amesbury, United Kingdom
- Sydney Opera House (1954 - 73) Sydney, Australia
- The Taj Mahal (1630 A.D.) Agra, India
- Timbuktu (12th century) Mali
My 7 votes were: The Acropolis of Athens, The Roman Colosseum, The Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, Petra, The Pyramids of Giza and Stonehenge.
Initially contemplated putting The Statue of Liberty, Sydney Opera House, Taj Mahal and The Eiffel Tower within the 7 choices but changed my mind, as when I compared them to my final selection, the 4 monuments above (regardless of their significances) seemed more like celebrated attractions than actual wonders.
3 Responses to “Vote for the 7 New Wonders of the World”
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kristarella said: @ 5:45 pm
November 27th, 2006
I agree, I like the Opera House, it is a symbol of my home town of course, but I don’t really consider it wondrous.
Memphis said: @ 5:54 pm
November 28th, 2006
I’m covering all of these over at Crypt Hunter and I said I can’t get behind the Opera House as no wonder of the world should play host to an Australian Idol final!
Khalid said: @ 7:22 am
December 15th, 2006
The all 21 sites are the amazing monuments on earth. I think all of them deserves to be appreciated, But Specially those which have been built 100 & 1000 of years before, where human beings were not yet civilised.