Sunday, July 8th, 2007...10:12 pm
The New 7 Wonders of the World - the alternative wonders
The new 7 wonders of the world have been announced :
The New-7-Wonders organization is happy to announce the following 7 candidates have been elected to represent global heritage throughout history.
Chichén Itzá, Mexico
Christ Redeemer, Brazil
The Great Wall, China
Machu Picchu, Peru
Petra, Jordan
The Roman Colloseum, Italy
The Taj Mahal, India
These were the nominees for the new 7 wonders of the world :
Here’s a more lively look at the chosen new 7 wonders of the world :
This comes pretty close to the new seven wonders of the world I voted for in November 2006 : the "Pyramids of Giza, Egypt" were taken out of the competition since then as they’re the only surviving site of the ancient seven wonders of the world, and Angkor Wat hasn’t made it to the list.
Reading around the news about the new seven wonders of the world, I was especially fascinated with some of the alternative listings that some people and media websites suggested.
Newsweek is also suggesting some "man-made gems worth seeing" as the new wonders of the world, and lists the "Taipei 101 in Taiwan" - the Taiwanese phallic monstrosity - as a wonder next to peculiarities like the "South China Shopping Mall" and huge construction projects like "Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge" - the world’s longest suspension bridge.
Fodor has another interesting new wonders of the world suggestions with "Banaue Rice Terraces" (Banaue, Philippines), "Palenque" (Chiapas, Mexico), "Tian Tan Buddha" (Hong Kong)
, "Palm Islands" (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), "The Panama Canal" (Panama, Central America) "Guggenheim Museum" (Bilbao, Spain), "Walt Disney World" (Orlando, Florida), "Pueblo de Taos" (New Mexico), "Temple Expiation de la Sagrada Familia" (Barcelona, Spain) , "The Summer Palace" (Beijing, China), "Teotihuacan" (Mexico City, Mexico), "St. Peter’s Basilica" (Rome, Italy).
I love this stuff. Makes me very travel hungry. So many places to visit, so many things to see…
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Ditto that travel hungry bit. I’m getting itchy feet just looking at them. Sadly, I can only cross off two on the list. Hopefully by the end of next year I’ll have the Taj Mahal as well.
I’m embarrassed to admit I haven’t seen any of those, not even the one in Rome, and Petra - although in a different country - is just a few hours drive from here. Oh well…
(BTW - What’s Christ Redeemer Brazil doing on this list?!)
Great post! The only one I don’t agree with is Christ the Redeemer in Brazil. Everyone seems to be in an uproar about it. Although undeniably beautiful and special, I can’t help feeling like the scales were tipped in Brazil’s favor, since the citizens of Brazil were encouraged to vote for themselves. It hardly seems fair.
All of these lists do inspire my inner wanderlust, too.
Here is another alternate list with a tech twist:
Seven Wonders of the Tech World