Irrintzi
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New 7 Wonders
Do you know this project?
Bernard Weber had the idea to restore 7 new world wonders, because 7 antic monuments are almost all in ruin...
The New7Wonders of the World, as announced in random order at the Official Declaration Ceremony on 07.07.07, are: The Great Wall of China, Petra, Chichén Itzá , the Statue of Christ Redeemer, the Colosseum, Machu Picchu and the Taj Mahal. More than 100 million votes were cast worldwide. The New 7 Wonders are all equal – there is no rank among the list.
But deceits were revealed, in particular for Petra monument of Jordania where 14 millions of Jordanians voted while they are only 6 millions....
Furthermore, this classification is inequitable for the other monuments which were not chosen...
And since when, the Brasilian Statue of Christ Redeemer is better than the Beijing forbidden city, Versailles, la Alhambra or the Kremlin?
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KSa
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Re: New 7 Wonders | Irrintzi wrote: | | And since when, the Brasilian Statue of Christ Redeemer is better than the Beijing forbidden city, Versailles, la Alhambra or the Kremlin? |
And I can't understand why Taj Mahal was chosen instead of, let's say, Mont Saint-Michel in France.
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Irrintzi
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Re: New 7 Wonders | KSa wrote: |
And I can't understand why Taj Mahal was chosen instead of, let's say, Mont Saint-Michel in France. |
Taj Mahal is a very beautiful monument as Machu Pichu
Or Cordoba's mosque:
Versailles
Forbidden City:
Sanaa
St Peter Basilic
Even, UNESCO don't have recognized the Weber's project.
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KSa
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It's all relative: for me Taj Mahal is not beautiful at all.
And don't be bothered about all this contest. It was organized for fun and there are few international institutions that would recognize the results.
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greg in noord-frankrijk
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Ah Cordoue ! Et Sanaa semble réellment magnifique. On devrait plutôt opter pour les 77 Merveilles du Monde et non pas remplacer les 7 originales qui sont :
La Grande pyramide de Khéops
Les Jardins suspendus de Babylone
La Statue de Zeus à Olympie
Le Temple d'Artémis d'Éphèse
Le Mausolée d'Halicarnasse
Le Colosse de Rhodes
Le Phare d'Alexandrie-d'Égypte
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Irrintzi
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Oui, la ville et la mosquée de Cordoue (Córdoba), est sensationnelle et extraordinaire, c'est comme si nous remontions le temps à l'époque de la brillante Al-Andalus....
En ce qui conserne les 7 merveilles antiques, il me semble qu'il n'y a plus que les Pyramides qui soient debouts... Ces histoires de merveilles ce ne sont que des mythes de toutes façons...
Et je suis d'accord avec toi Greg, il n'y a pas 7 merveilles mais des milliers, tous les sites d'appelation UNESCO sont exceptionnels, qu'ils soient crées de la main de l'homme ou par dame nature, sachant que même l'UNESCO n'a pas recensé entièrement tous les monuments et merveilles de ce monde.
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Irrintzi
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My "coup de coeur", and what I visited this summer:
The gorges of the Verdon and its canyons (real colors  , that is a UNESCO non-classed park):
Roman aqueduc du Gard
Nîmes, les Arènes:
Notre Dame de la Garde (Marseille):
Calanques (around Marseille, unclassed):
Cévènnes forest
Mont Perdu (Pyrénées):
Cirque de Gavarnie (unclassed):
Dune du Pyla (Landes, Aquitaine, unclassed)
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Deborah
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So many beautiful places to see! Sanaa looks marvelous!
Here's one of my votes -- Petra:
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Irrintzi
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| Deborah wrote: | So many beautiful places to see! Sanaa looks marvelous!
Here's one of my votes -- Petra:
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Yes, it's certainly a beautiful place too.
Arabic cities and monuments are so beautiful and originals, I hope to visit one day Marocco places as Fès:
A great labyrinth!
Or Marrakech and its markets... 
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Pete from Peru
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Hello everybody.
I'm very happy about Machu Picchu having been chosen as one of the new seven wonders.
The Taj Mahal is very beautiful, and the story behind it makes it all the more wonderful and cool.
On the other hand, I don't really think the Christ in Brazil was a good choice. In my opinion, Acropolis in Athens should've been chosen instead.
It was good fun.
Kind regards
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Irrintzi
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| Pete from Peru wrote: | Hello everybody.
I'm very happy about Machu Picchu having been chosen as one of the new seven wonders. |
Yes, Machu Picchu is one symbol of Pre-Colombian cultures.
| Quote: | | The Taj Mahal is very beautiful, and the story behind it makes it all the more wonderful and cool. |
the Taj Mahal is so big, all the monument's walls are ornate with Arabic proverbs and scriptures. Near Taj, there is the red Agra fort built by the same Maharajah:
| Quote: | | On the other hand, I don't really think the Christ in Brazil was a good choice. In my opinion, Acropolis in Athens should've been chosen instead. |
Yes, the Christ of Brazil is a strange choice... Acropolis is a good monument but it's in a bad condition of conservation (and menaced by the Athens's pollution...)
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