The New7Wonders of the World are declared in Lisbon
At a televised ceremony at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon on 7 July 2007, the New7Wonders Foundation announced the winners of its global poll: the Colosseum, Petra, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza, the Taj Mahal and Christ the Redeemer. The foundation reported more than 100 million votes cast by internet and telephone; the totals were never independently audited and repeat voting was possible. The Great Pyramid, withdrawn at Egypt's demand, was named an honorary candidate outside the poll.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- New7Wonders Foundation · organisation · not located
- Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre), Rome · amphitheatre · Italy
- Petra · rock-cut city · Jordan
- Great Wall of China · linear fortification system · China
- Machu Picchu · archaeological site · Peru
- Chichen Itza · archaeological site · Mexico
- Taj Mahal · mausoleum · India
- Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro · colossal statue · Brazil
- Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu) · pyramid tomb · Egypt
- The canon of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World · concept — cultural canon · Eastern Mediterranean and Near East · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent. This is the standing of the weakest source, not an average.
Declaration of the New7Wonders of the World, Lisbon, 07.07.2007
The campaign's own account of the seven elected sites, the reported vote volume, and the special status given to the Great Pyramid after Egypt's objection.
New7Wonders Foundation · 2007-07-07 · Partly verified
New7Wonders Foundation, 'Declaration of the New7Wonders of the World', world.new7wonders.com/lisbon-on-07-07-2007/ ; with the foundation's own campaign record at about.new7wonders.com covering the 21 finalists announced 1 January 2006 and the Honorary Candidate status of the Giza pyramids
UNESCO press release disclaiming any link with the New7Wonders campaign
That the intergovernmental heritage body publicly refused to endorse the 2007 list and questioned its representativeness.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2007-06-20 · Partly verified
UNESCO World Heritage Centre news item no. 352, press release of 20 June 2007, whc.unesco.org/en/news/352 — quoted text: '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.'
Recorded on New7Wonders Foundation
- The Great Pyramid is built as mass, not span
- Inauguration of the Flavian Amphitheatre
- Antipater of Sidon writes the earliest surviving list of seven wonders
- Hiram Bingham reaches Machu Picchu
- Egypt forces the Great Pyramid out of the New7Wonders ballot
- UNESCO publicly disowns the New7Wonders campaign
- The New7Wonders of the World are declared in Lisbon
- China announces the measured length of the Great Wall
Related
Related because they share a subject in the Atlas — never because the text looks similar.
- China announces the measured length of the Great Wall · 2012-06-05
- UNESCO publicly disowns the New7Wonders campaign · 2007-06-20
- Egypt forces the Great Pyramid out of the New7Wonders ballot · 2007-04-20
- Hiram Bingham reaches Machu Picchu · 1911
- Antipater of Sidon writes the earliest surviving list of seven wonders · -0100
- Inauguration of the Flavian Amphitheatre · 0080
- The Great Pyramid is built as mass, not span · c. 2600-2560 BCE