Seven Wonders of the world and 13 other Finalists

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1. Great wall of China
 The Great Wall of China is a series
of fortifications that were built across the
historical northern borders of ancient Chinese
 states and Imperial China as protection
against various nomadic groups from
the Eurasian Steppe.
 Several walls were built from as early as the 7th
century BC. with selective stretches later joined
together by Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of
China. Little of the Qin wall remains.
 Later on, many successive dynasties have built
and maintained multiple stretches of border
walls.
 The most well-known sections of the wall were
built by the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

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2. Chichén Itzá
 Chichen Itza was one of the largest
Maya cities
 The city may have had the most
diverse population in the Maya
world, a factor that could have
contributed to the variety of
architectural styles at the site.
 The ruins of Chichen Itza are federal
property, and the site's stewardship
is maintained by Mexico's Instituto
Nacional de Antropología e
Historia (National Institute of
Anthropology and History).

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3. Christ the Redeemer
 Christ the Redeemer is an Art
Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, created by French
sculptor Paul Landowski and built by
Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva
Costa, in collaboration with French
engineer Albert Caquot.
 It is Constructed between 1922 and 1931
 the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high,
excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal.
The arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide.
 It was voted as one of the New Seven
Wonders of the World.

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4. AL-Khazneh (Petra)
 Khazneh is one of the most elaborate
temples in Petra, a city of the Nabatean
Kingdom inhabited by the Arabs in ancient
times.
 As with most of the other buildings in this
ancient town, including the Monastery, this
structure was carved out of a sandstone rock
face.
 The structure is believed to have been
the mausoleum of the Nabatean King Aretas
IV in the 1st century AD.
 It is one of the most popular tourist
attractions in both Jordan and the region.

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 The Colosseum is an oval amphitheatre in
the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just
east of the Roman Forum and is the
largest ancient amphitheatre ever built,
and is still the largest standing
amphitheatre in the world today, despite
its age. Construction began under the
emperor Vespasian.
 Further modifications were made during
the reign of Domitian .
 The three emperors that were patrons of
the work are known as the Flavian
dynasty, and the amphitheatre was
named the Flavian Amphitheatre by
later classicists and archaeologists for its
association with their family name.
5. Colosseum

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6. Taj Mahal
 The Taj Mahal was commissioned in
1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah
Jahan (reigned from 1628 to 1658) to
house the tomb of his favourite
wife, Mumtaz Mahal
 it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan
himself. The tomb is the centrepiece of a
17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which
includes a mosque and a guest house,
and is set in formal gardens bounded on
three sides by a crenella
 The Taj Mahal was designated as
a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983
for being "the jewel of Muslim art in
India and one of the universally admired
masterpieces of the world's heritage".
 The Taj Mahal attracts 7–
8 million visitors a year and in
2007, it was declared a winner
of the New 7 Wonders of the
World (2000–2007) initiative.

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7. Machu Picchu
 Machu Picchu is a 15th-
century Inca citadel, located in
the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru,
on a 2,430-metre (7,970 ft.) mountain
ridge.
 It is located in the Machu picchu
District within Urubamba
Province above the Sacred Valley,
which is 80 kilometers (50 mi)
northwest of Cuzco.
 Although known locally, it was not
known to the Spanish during the
colonial period and remained unknown
to the outside world until American
historian Hiram Bingham brought it to
international attention in 1911.
 For most speakers of English
or Spanish, the first 'c'
in Picchu is silent. In English,
the name is
pronounced Machu Pikchu.

10. 13 Other Finalists
Acropolis of Athens
Alhambra
Eiffel Tower

11. Angkor Wat
Hagia Sophia
Kiyomizu-dera
Moai

12. Neuschwanstein
Red Square
Statue of Liberty

13. Stonehenge Timbuktu
Sydney Opera House

14. Thank you
- Kaival Shah