2. 7 wonders of the world
Where they exist
Purpose of construction
Their features
3. Christ redeemer
Great wall of china
List of seven wonders
Machu Picchu
Petra
Pyramid at Chichen Itza
Roman Collosseum
Taj Mahal
4. Christ redeemer
It is in Brazil , at Rio de Janerio
This is statue of Jesus
Its height is 38 meters
It is designed by Brazilion Heitor da Silva
costa and created by French sculptor Paul
Landowski
It took 5 years to construct and was
inaugurated on October 12,1931
It is constructed as a symbol of the city and of
the warmth of the Brazilian people ,who
receive visitors with open arms
5. Great wall of china
It is the largest manmade
monument ever to have been built
It is the only one monument visible
from space
It was built to link existing
fortifications into a united defence
system and better keep invading
mongol tribes out of china
6. Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is located In Peru
It is a city in the clouds on the mountain
known as Machu Picchu which means old
mountain
It lies halfway up the Andes plateau ,deep
in the amazon jungle and above the
Urubamba river
It was built by the Incan emperor
Pachacutec and was abandoned by him
due to a smallpox outbreak
It was rediscovered by Hiram Bingham in
1911.
7. Petra
Petra is in Jordan
On the edge of a Arabian desert
Petra was the glittering capital of
the Nabataean empire of king
Aretas
Palace tombs of Petra with 42
meters high Hellenistic temple
facade are impressive examples of
middle eastern culture
8. Pyramid of Chichen Itza
It is in Yucatan peninsula at Mexico
It is the most famous Mayan temple
city
It is served as a political and economic
center of the Mayan civilization
It is the last and arguably the greatest
of all Mayan temples
9. Roman Colosseum
It is located in Rome at Italy
It was built to give favours to
successful legionnaries and to
celebrate the glory of the roman
empire
Today ,through films and history
books ,we are even more aware of the
cruel fights and games that took place
in the arena
10. Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal is located in Agra ,India
It was built by Shah Jahan ,the fifth
Muslim Mughal emperor
He built it to honour the memory of
his beloved wife Mumtaz
It was built of white marble and
standing in formally laid out walled
gardens
It is regarded as the most perfect
jewel of Muslim art in India