3. TIL in 2007 there was a private 'millennium project' to select 7 new wonders of ...

TIL in 2007 there was a private 'millennium project' to select 7 new wonders of the world, from a list of 200. Over 100 million votes were cast, and the winners selected was: Chichen Itza, Christ the Redeemer, Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, Petra, Taj Mahal, and the Colosseum.

The winners:

Taj Mahal - Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India - AD 1632

Petra - Ma'an Governorate, Jordan - 312 BC

Colosseum - Rome, Italy - AD 70

Chichen Itza - Yucatán, Mexico - AD 600

Machu Picchu - Cuzco, Peru - AD 1438

Great Wall of China - China - 700 BC

Christ the Redeemer - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - AD 1931

The Great Giza Pyramid was given a special honorary place among the winners. The only from the original list of 7.

Other finalists:

Acropolis of Athens - Athens, Greece - 447 BC

Alhambra - Granada, Spain - 1333

Angkor Wat - Angkor, Cambodia - 1113

Eiffel Tower - Paris, France - 1887

Hagia Sophia - İstanbul, Turkey - 360

Kiyomizu-dera - Kyoto, Japan - 1633

Moai - Easter Island, Chile - 1250

Neuschwanstein - Füssen, Germany - 1869

Red Square - Moscow, Russia - 1561

Statue of Liberty - New York, United States - 1886

Stonehenge - United Kingdom - 2400 BC

Sydney Opera House - Sydney, Australia - 1959

Timbuktu - Timbuktu, Mal - 1327

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