The new 7 wonders

There is a Foundation which is trying to contribute to the repair and maintenance of the symbols that are the great references in our planet’s history. Unesco’s CEO has presided a committee of 7 specialists to select the 21 finalists (taken from a list of Unesco’s World Heritage monuments). These 7 architects chose amongst thousands of sites and came up with 21 wonders:

1 – Acropolis, Greece
2 – Alhambra, Spain
3 – Angkor Wat, Cambodia
4 – Chichen Itza, Mexico
5 – Christ Redeemer, Brazil
6 – Colosseum, Italy
7 – Easter Island Statues, Chile
8 – Eiffel Tower, France
9 – Great Wall, China
10 - Hagia Sophia, Turkey
11 – Kyomizu Temple, Japan
12 – Kremlin/St Basils, Russia
13 – Machu Pichu, Peru
14 – Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
15 – Petra, Jordan
16 – Pyramids of Giza, Egipt
17 – Statue of Liberty, USA
18 – Stonehenge, UK
19 – Sydney Opera House, Australia
20 – Taj Mahal, India
21 – Timbuktu, Mali

These were chosen according to their monumentality and their social, cultural, historical and political impact. The new 7 Wonders of the World will be chosen by the Humanity on the biggest voting ever. 19 million people have already voted through Internet or sms, in fact, any person in the world can vote.
The official website is http://www.new7wonders.com/ and there you can cast your vote. You have 261 days left to vote.
The New 7 Wonders of the World will be announced on the 07.07.07 in Lisbon. The ceremony will be hosted by the great 007, Sean Connery, and Madonna, Peter Gabriel and Genesis form part of the invited performers. For each counted vote, a mini-mosaic will be put into a potential area of 200mx200m (=100 million votes), which can only be seen totally from the sky.
Let’s form part of the History and choose the new 7 wonders!

(note: I wasn’t paid for this, it’s just that I get all excited by this sort of grand-scale events, especially if they take place in my little country!)