New Seven Wonders of the World

New 7 Wonders of the World was an initiative started in 2001 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 New 7 Wonders Foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, with winners announced on July 7, 2007 in Lisbon.
The New 7 Wonders Foundation claimed that more than 100 million votes were cast through the Internet or by telephone.

Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
The Taj Mahal is considered the best example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Indian and Islamic architectural styles.
Taj Mahal

Chichen Itza
Location: Yucatán, Mexico.
That is the political and cultural center of the Maya in the north of the Yucatan Peninsula. The holy city of Itza people, known as Chichen Itza, located 75 miles east of the city of Merida, the capital of Yucatan, Mexico. In translation from the language of the native tribes the name means “The well of Itza tribe." Archaeologists consider it one of the places of power associated with the Mayan culture.

Christ the Redeemer
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
It was built by engineers Pereira Passos and Terceira Soares.
Height - 38 meters, including the pedestal - 8 m, weight - 1145 tons, arm span - 30 meters.

Roman Colosseum
Location: Rome, Italy.
Colosseum - the largest of the ancient Roman amphitheater - one of the most famous ancient monuments of ancient Rome, and one of the most remarkable buildings in the world.

Great Wall of China
Location: China.
The largest monument, passing through China for 8851.8 km. This structure is considered to be the greatest achievement of world civilization. The Great Wall is truly unique, and is surrounded by many mysteries. By grand buildings, the Great Wall is unparalleled in the history of world architecture.

Machu Picchu
Location: Cuzco Region, Peru.
City of ancient America, located in territory of modern Peru. Machu Picchu is often called the "City in the Sky" or “City in the clouds," sometimes called the "lost city of the Incas." The city was created as a holy mountain shelter by great ruler Pachacutec Inca century before the conquest of his empire, that is, in about 1440, and operated until 1532, when the Spanish invaded the Inca empire. In 1532, all the inhabitants mysteriously disappeared.

Petra
The main city of the sons of Esau. The city is located in Jordan, at the height of 900 meters above sea level and 660 meters above the surrounding terrain, Arava Valley, in the narrow canyon Siq. Passage in the valley - through the gorge, in the north and the south, and in the east and the west, cliffs cut short steeply, forming a natural wall of up to 60 meters in height.