The New Seven Wonders of the World

The seven monuments chosen in the 2007 global New7Wonders vote.

In 2007 a Swiss foundation ran a worldwide public vote to name seven new wonders. The winners span five continents and two thousand years, from Petra and the Colosseum to Christ the Redeemer. The Great Pyramid of Giza, the last ancient wonder standing, was given honorary status.

#	Place	Where	When
1	The Great Wall of China Two thousand years of frontier walls snaking across northern China	Great Wall at Badaling, Beijing, China	Built 7th century BCE – 17th century CE
2	Petra The rose-red Nabataean city carved into the sandstone cliffs of southern Jordan	Al-Khazneh (the Treasury), Petra, Jordan	First recorded 312 BCE
3	The Colosseum Rome's Flavian Amphitheater, the largest arena of the ancient world	Piazza del Colosseo, Rome, Italy	Opened 80 CE
4	Chichén Itzá The great Maya city of the Yucatán, crowned by the Temple of Kukulcán	El Castillo, Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico	Founded c. 600 CE
5	Machu Picchu The Inca royal estate on a mountain ridge high above the Urubamba River	Machu Picchu, Cusco Region, Peru	Built c. 1450
6	The Taj Mahal Shah Jahan's white marble tomb for Mumtaz Mahal on the banks of the Yamuna	Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India	Built 1632–1653
7	Christ the Redeemer Rio de Janeiro's Art Deco Christ, arms spread above the city from Corcovado	Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Completed 1931

Place

Where

When

The Great Wall of China
Two thousand years of frontier walls snaking across northern China

Great Wall at Badaling, Beijing, China

Built 7th century BCE – 17th century CE

Petra
The rose-red Nabataean city carved into the sandstone cliffs of southern Jordan

Al-Khazneh (the Treasury), Petra, Jordan

First recorded 312 BCE

The Colosseum
Rome's Flavian Amphitheater, the largest arena of the ancient world

Piazza del Colosseo, Rome, Italy

Opened 80 CE

Chichén Itzá
The great Maya city of the Yucatán, crowned by the Temple of Kukulcán

El Castillo, Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico

Founded c. 600 CE

Machu Picchu
The Inca royal estate on a mountain ridge high above the Urubamba River

Machu Picchu, Cusco Region, Peru

Built c. 1450

The Taj Mahal
Shah Jahan's white marble tomb for Mumtaz Mahal on the banks of the Yamuna

Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Built 1632–1653

Christ the Redeemer
Rio de Janeiro's Art Deco Christ, arms spread above the city from Corcovado

Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Completed 1931

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