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NAZIBUL ISLAM PULAKID# 14206112
NEW SEVEN WONDERS OF THE
WORLD
CONTENTS About New 7 Wonders. 7 wonders of the world declared by New 7
Wonders organization:- I. MACHU PICCHU (PERU)II. CHICHEN ITZA (MEXICO)III. COLOSSEUM OF ROME (ITALY) IV. CHRIST THE REDEEMER (BRASIL)V. PETRA (JORDAN)VI. TAJ MAHAL (INDIA)VII. GREAT WALL OF CHINA (CHINA) GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA (EGYPT)
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New7Wonders of the World (2000–2007) was an initiative started in 2000 as a Millennium project to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments. The popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the New7Wonders Foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, with winners announced on 7 July 2007 in Lisbon.
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They are called the new seven wonders of the world. They are the monuments that won an international competition conducted by a private company named New Open World Corporation, and inspired by the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Countries that host the New Seven Wonders of the modern world.6
MACHU PICCHUMachu Picchu is an ancient Andean village
built in the mid-fifteenth century. It was used as a religious shrine.
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On July 7, 2007 Machu Picchu was declared as one of the new seven wonders of the modern world
It is located in southern Peru at an altitude of 2,438 meters 8
CHICHEN ITZAChichen Itza is a Mayan city founded around
525 BC as one of the most important political centers of the time
Inside view of CHICHEN ITZA
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It was declared a wonder of the world on July 7, 2007
It is located on the peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico 10
COLOSSEUM OF ROMEThe COLOSSEUM is an amphitheater of the Roman
Empire period, built in the first century
The COLOSSEUM was used for gladiator fights, hunting animals or simulations of naval battles
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Incide view of the COLOSSEUM
The COLOSSEUM is located in the center of the city of Rome, Italy. About 6 million visitors visit it in every year. 12
CHRIST THE REDEEMERThe Christ the Redeemer statue is a 38-meter
image of Jesus of Nazareth with open arms facing the city and port of Rio de Janeiro
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It was inaugurated on October 12, 1931. Is considered one of the largest statues in the world. Receives 700,000 visits a year
Is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on an altitude of 709 meters above sea level
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PETRAPetra is an important archaeological site. It is
a city built, carved and sculpted in stone
Petra Inside15
Founded towards the end of seventh century and chosen as a wonder of the world in 2007. It was a religious sanctuary, political and cultural.
It’s located in Jordan, 200 km south of its capital, Amman16
TAJ MAHAL The Taj Mahal is a complex
of buildings built between 1631 and 1654 in the city of Agra by an emperor in memory of his favorite wife, which is buried.
Inside of the Taj Mahal 17
Is one of the major tourist attractions in India, receiving about 7,000,000 visitors a year.
It is located in the city of Agra, India 18
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
The Great Wall of China is an ancient fortress built in the 5th century to protect the northern border of the Chinese empire
Is estimated to be 8851.8 km long, although to date only retains 30% of it.Approximately 10 million workers died during construction 19
It is said that the wall is visible from space, but has been shown to be false
The wall runs across northern China from east to west
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GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZAThe Giza Necropolis in EGYPT, the only remaining wonder of the ancient world, it was granted as honorary site. It was built in 7th century BC having 481 ft. height, the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years…
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