new 7 wonders
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Contents• Introduction
• New 7 Wonders of the World
• New 7 Wonders of Nature
• New 7 Wonders Cities
• Conclusion15-12-2014 2
Introduction
The Swiss-based New7Wonders Foundation was established in 2001 by Swiss-born Canadian filmmaker, Bernard Weber,
“to contribute to the protection of the world’s human-built and natural heritage and to foster respect for our planet’s diversity”
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1st: TAJ MAHAL • The Taj Mahal in India was built by a grief-
stricken emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal who died in 1631 while giving birth to their 14th child.
• Taj Mahal means “crown of
palaces”
• The Taj Mahal stands at 561
feet tall
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• The colour of Taj Mahal appears to change depending on the time of day. The colour change also depends on whether there is moonlight at night.
• The cost to build the Taj Mahal was about 35 million rupees, which would be about 1 million American dollars.
• Although the Taj Mahal wasbuilt for Mumtaz Mahal, ShahJahan was also laid to rest inthe tomb alongside his late
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2nd: PETRA
• It is an ancient city located between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea
• The city is half
manmade and half
carved into the rock
• Petra is the Greek word
for rock
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• It is often referred to as the Rose City because of the rose colour of the rock from which the city was carved
• Only 15% of Petra has been explored by archaeologists. The rest remains to bediscovered.
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3rd: COLOSSEUM OF ROME
• The Colosseum is an amphitheatre in the centre of the city Rome, Italy & is the largest amphitheatre in the world
• It got the name Colosseum because of a statue that was located alongside the amphitheatre called “the colossus of Nero”
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• Romans had the earliest form of a Sky dome. If it rained they stretched a red canvas over the entire Colosseum.
• After the Colosseum was partially destroyed by the earthquake, some of the fallen pieces were used to build St Peter's Basilica.
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4th: CHICHEN ITZA
• Chichen Itza was a large city built by the Maya people
• Chichen Itza also means
‘at the mouth of the
well of the Itza‘
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• Located on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
•Approximately 1.2 million people visit the ruins of Chichen Itza every year
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5th: MACHU PICCHU• Machu Picchu is an Inca site in Peru that is
thought to have been built as an estate for Pachacuti, an Incan emperor
• It is located on the eastern Andes mountain slopes in a tropical mountain forest
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• It is 7,970 feet above sea level
• It was named as Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981, and two years later, in 1983UNESCO classified it as a World Heritage Site
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6th: THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
• Across the historical northern borders of China is a wall built of stone, wood, earth and other materials to protect the Chinese Empire from invasion.
• Archaeological surveys
have estimated the length
of the wall to be about
13,171 miles long.
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• Due to erosion, there is a section of the Great Wall that may disappear in the next 20 years.
• It is said that the wall is visible from space, but has been shown to be false
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7th: CHRIST THE REDEEMER
• Christ the Redeemer is the largest art deco statue in the world. It is 98 feet tall (not including the 26 foot pedestal), and the arms stretch to 92 feet wide.
• Christ the Redeemer is
Located in the Tijuca
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• The stones that were used to build Christ the Redeemer came from Sweden
• Is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on an altitude of 709 meters above sea level.
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• New7Wonders of Nature (2007–2011) was an initiative started in 2007 to create a list of seven natural wonders chosen by people through a global poll
• The initiative followed an earlier New7Wonders of the World campaign, and attracted 100 million votes from around the world before voting finished on November 11, 2011
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1. AMAZON RAINFOREST
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•The Amazon rainforest is located in South Americaand covers 2.1 million square miles of land.
•The Amazon rainforest is alsoreferred to as the ‘Lungs of thePlanet' because it produces
more than 20% of theworld's oxygen.
2. HALONG BAY
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• Located in the Quang Ninh province of Vietnam is Halong Bay
• This bay is famous for itsmore than 1960 limestone,rocky, tall islands whichare rich in tropical
vegetation.
3. IGUAZU FALLS
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•Iguazu Falls are waterfalls located on the border of Argentina and Brazil
• Of all the waterfalls in theworld, Iguazu has the highest annual average flow, more than Niagara Falls.
4. JEJU ISLAND
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• Jeju Island in South Korea is a volcanic island located in the Korea Strait
• It has also been nicknamed Samdado which means the‘island of three abundances'
• The three abundances this refers to are the wind, rocks andwomen. The women are said to beextremely beautiful.
5. KOMODO ISLAND
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• Komodo Island in the Republic of Indonesia, made famous because of one of its inhabitants—the Komodo dragon
6. PUERTO PRINCESA UNDERGROUND RIVER
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• The river is located within the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park in the Philippines
7. TABLE MOUNTAIN
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• The top of Table Mountain is flat and overlooks the city of Cape Town in South Africa