July 7: New7wonder organization announces the New Seven Wonders of the World

The seven new wonders of the world are a vote on a global scale, in order to find the seven greatest buildings that people ever built, besides the seven wonders of the ancient world.

The seven new wonders of the world are a vote on a global scale, in order to find the seven greatest buildings that people ever built , besides the seven wonders of the ancient world. This poll was organized by New7wonder and not the United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as many people believe.

List of "New Seven Wonders of the World " launched by Canadian-Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber since 1999. Bernard Weber recounted: " One day, my wife - the teacher - told me she was working on a project about the seven old wonders of the world with students. I immediately thought: Why are there not seven new wonders? Wonder of the world is an idea of ​​the ancient Greeks . "

Beginning January 1, 2006, an international jury was formed by Dr. Federico Mayor Zaragoza, former UNESCO General Director (United Nations Office of Culture, Science and Education). chairman. This international jury will participate in the evaluation of wonders, eliminating the wonders not worthy of being nominated.

The voting criteria include:

1. Must be built by humans.
2. Completed before 2000 and are well preserved.
3. Each continent must have at least one representative.
4. Each country can have only one participating project.

Finally, the list of the New Seven Wonders of the World was published on Saturday, July 7, 2007, in Lisbon, Portugal.

Although this poll received a lot of support from many people around the world. But it was also criticized by UNESCO, which argued that the poll only reflects opinions of internet and mobile users and the results are personal. UNESCO also said that it is not enough to just assess on the perceptual level of each location, but to have judgments on the scientific perspective and be protected by full legal sanctions.

New7wonder is also not the first private organization to launch a world wonder poll, but to the Internet will see many new world wonders lists organized by private organizations.

Here is a list of the New Seven Wonders of the World:

Great Wall.

Petra old city.

Ancient Roman Arena.

Chichén Itzá ruins.

Machu Picchu ruins.

Taj Mahal.

Christ the statue of salvation.

Pyramids and tombs of Giza.

* The Giza Pyramid is the only ancient wonder of the world left to this day, so it is still called the 8th wonder of the new world.