New7Wonders of the World - wikipedia New7Wonders of the World This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 October 2018. This article is about the New7Wonders Foundation list. For other uses, see Wonders of the World. From left to right, top to bottom : Chichen Itza, Christ the Redeemer, Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, Petra, Taj Mahal, and Colosseum. New7Wonders of the World ( 2000 -- 2007 ) was a campaign started in 2000 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. The New7Wonders Foundation claimed that more than 100 million votes were cast through the Internet or by telephone. Voting via the Internet was limited to one vote for seven monuments per person / identity, but multiple voting was possible through telephone. Hence the poll was considered unscientific. According to John Zogby, founder and current President / CEO of the Utica, New York - based polling organization Zogby International, New7Wonders Foundation drove `` the largest poll on record ''. The program drew a wide range of official reactions. Some countries touted their finalist and tried to get more votes cast for it, while others downplayed or criticized the contest. After supporting the New7Wonders Foundation at the beginning of the campaign by providing advice on nominee selection, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), by its bylaws having to record all and give equal status to world heritage sites, distanced itself from the undertaking in 2001 and again in 2007. The New7Wonders Foundation, established in 2001, relied on private donations and the sale of broadcast rights and received no public funding or taxpayers ' money. After the final announcement, New7Wonders said it did n't earn anything from the exercise and barely recovered its investment. Although N7W describes itself as a not - for - profit organization, the company behind it -- the New Open World Corporation ( NOWC ) -- is a commercial business. All licensing and sponsorship money is paid to NOWC. The foundation ran two subsequent programs : New7Wonders of Nature, the subject of voting until 2011, and New7Wonders Cities, which ended in 2014. Contents 1 Winners 2 Reactions 2.1 United Nations 2.2 Brazil 2.3 Peru 2.4 Chile 2.5 India 2.6 Jordan 2.7 Mexico 3 Other finalists 4 References 5 External links Winners Location of the New7Wonders winners The Great Pyramid of Giza, largest and oldest of the three pyramids at the Giza Necropolis in Egypt and the only surviving ( and oldest ) of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was granted honorary status. Wonder Location Image Year Great Pyramid of Giza ( honorary status ) Giza Necropolis, Egypt 2560 BCE Great Wall of China China 700 BCE Petra Jordan 312 BCE The Colosseum Rome, Italy 80 CE Chichen Itza Yucatán, Mexico 600 CE Machu Picchu Cuzco Region, Peru 1450 CE Taj Mahal Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India 1643 CE Christ the Redeemer Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1931 CE Reactions United Nations In 2007, the New7Wonders Foundation contracted a partnership with the United Nations in recognition of the efforts to promote the UN 's Millennium Development Goals ``. The UN posted on its website : The New7Wonders campaigns aim to contribute to the process of uplifting the well being and mutual respect of citizens around the world, through encouraging interaction, expression opinion and direct participation by voting and polling on popular global issues which are understandable to everyone. -- United Nations Office of Partnerships However, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), in a press release on June 20, 2007, reaffirmed that it has no link with the `` private initiative ''. The press release concluded : There is no comparison between Mr. Weber 's mediatised campaign and the scientific and educational work resulting from the inscription of sites on UNESCO 's World Heritage List. The list of the 8 New Wonders of the World will be the result of a private undertaking, reflecting only the opinions of those with access to the Internet and not the entire world. This initiative can not, in any significant and sustainable manner, contribute to the preservation of sites elected by this public. -- UNESCO Brazil In Brazil there was a campaign Vote no Cristo ( Vote for the Christ ) which had the support of private companies, namely telecommunications operators that stopped charging voters to make telephone calls and SMS messages to vote. Additionally, leading corporate sponsors including Banco Bradesco and Rede Globo spent millions of reals in the effort to have the statue voted into the top seven. Newsweek reports the campaign was so pervasive that : One morning in June, Rio de Janeiro residents awoke to a beeping text message on their cell phones : `` Press 4916 and vote for Christ. It 's free ! '' The same pitch had been popping up all over the city since late January -- flashing across an electronic screen every time city - dwellers swiped their transit cards on city buses and echoing on TV infomercials that featured a reality - show celebrity posing next to the city 's trademark Christ the Redeemer statue. -- Elizabeth Dwoskin, Newsweek According to an article in Newsweek, around 10 million Brazilians had voted in the contest by early July. This number is estimated as the New7Wonders Foundation never released such details about the campaign. An airplane message, with a huge inscription `` 4916 VOTE FOR CHRIST '' flew in Rio de Janeiro for a month. Peru An intensive campaign led by the Peruvian Ministry of Commerce and Tourism in Peru had a great impact in the media and consequently Peruvian people voted massively for its national wonder. The announcement of the new World Wonders generated great expectation and the election of Machu Picchu was celebrated nationwide. Chile The Chilean representative for Easter Island 's Moais, Alberto Hotus, said Weber gave him a letter saying that the Moais had finished eighth and were morally one of the New Seven Wonders. Hotus said he was the only participant to receive such an apology. India A campaign to publicize the Taj Mahal in India gathered speed and it reached a climax in July 2007 with news channels, radio stations, and many celebrities asking people to vote for the Taj Mahal. Jordan Queen Rania Al - Abdullah of Jordan joined the campaign to back Petra, Jordan 's national treasure. Mexico There was a campaign on the news programs to encourage people to vote for Chichen Itzá. Other finalists The other 13 finalists, listed alphabetically, were : Wonder Location Image Year Acropolis of Athens Athens, Greece 447 BCE Alhambra Granada, Spain 1333 Angkor Wat Angkor, Cambodia 1113 Eiffel Tower Paris, France 1887 Hagia Sophia İstanbul, Turkey 537 Kiyomizu - dera Kyoto, Japan 1633 Moai Easter Island, Chile 1250 Neuschwanstein Füssen, Germany 1869 Red Square Moscow, Russia 1561 Statue of Liberty New York City, United States 1886 Stonehenge Amesbury, United Kingdom 2400 BCE Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia 1959 Timbuktu Timbuktu, Mali 1327 References Jump up ^ `` How the New7Wonders movement all began - World of New7Wonders ''. World of New7Wonders. Jump up ^ `` The project founder Bernard Weber - A Short History - World of New7Wonders ''. World of New7Wonders. ^ Jump up to : Dwoskin, Elizabeth ( 2007 - 07 - 09 ). `` Vote for Christ ''. Newsweek. ISSN 0028 - 9604. Archived from the original on 2008 - 05 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Voting Analysis ''. World of New7Wonders. Archived from the original on 2013 - 03 - 26. ^ Jump up to : The Seven Wonders of the World, 2.0, Los Angeles Times, 2007 - 07 - 07 Jump up ^ `` New7Wonders and UNESCO : Separate organizations, common goals ''. World of New7Wonders. Retrieved 25 October 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` UNESCO confirms that it is not involved in the `` New7Wonders of the World '' campaign ``. UNESCO. July 9, 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Interesting questions and answers ''. World of New7Wonders. Archived from the original on 2013 - 12 - 11. Jump up ^ Oh Taj ! 7 wonders wo n't get campaign money, indianexpress.com, 2007 - 07 - 22 Archived August 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` World Votes for New7Wonders ''. Jump up ^ `` Sete Maravilhas : Brasil comemora eleição de Cristo Redent '' ( in Portuguese ). Retrieved 2007 - 07 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Líder pascuense furioso porque le dieron a la isla un triunfo moral '' Las Últimas Noticias July 10, 2007 Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` New7Wonders of the World ''. World of New7Wonders. External links Wikinews has related news : Poll of 100 million votes names new Seven Wonders of the World A map visualization of the New7Wonders of the World. Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Seven Wonders of the World. New7Wonders of the World Great Pyramid of Giza Great Wall of China Petra Colosseum Chichen Itza Machu Picchu Taj Mahal Christ the Redeemer honorary status Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New7Wonders_of_the_World&oldid=865273054 '' Categories : Cultural lists Lists of monuments and memorials Projects established in 2000 Projects disestablished in 2007 Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links CS1 Portuguese - language sources ( pt ) Wikipedia semi-protected pages All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2013 Talk View source Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Avañe'ẽ Azərbaycanca বাংলা Беларуская Български Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch ދިވެހިބަސް Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Français Gagauz Galego 한국어 Հայերեն हिन्दी Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית ಕನ್ನಡ ქართული Қазақша ລາວ Latviešu Lietuvių Magyar मैथिली Македонски മലയാളം मराठी მარგალური مصرى Bahasa Melayu Nederlands नेपाली 日本 語 Norsk ଓଡ଼ିଆ Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Polski Português Română Runa Simi Русский Simple English Slovenčina Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska தமிழ் తెలుగు ไทย Тоҷикӣ Türkçe Українська اردو Tiếng Việt 文言 粵語 Zeêuws 中文 61 more Edit links This page was last edited on 22 October 2018, at 21 : 22 ( UTC ). 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Question: seven wonders of the world as of january 2018
Answer: Great Wall of China