Christ the Redeemer New Latest Wonder of the World, Check Details

Christ the Redeemer

Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese with the help of an Art Deco Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the German-French sculptor Paul Landowski Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa and created by created by, Jesus Christ French engineer Albert statue Caquot. faces Gheorghe Leonida was created by Romanian artists. statue 30 meters (98 feet) long, its 8 meters (26 feet), not including the pedestal, and its arms 28 meters (92 feet) wide stretch. comparison by the height of the torch from the base of the statue of Liberty is about two-thirds the height.

Statue 635 metric tons (625 long, 700 short tons) weighs, and 700 meters (2,300 feet) Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city of Rio's Corcovado mountain peak is located. Worldwide symbol of Christianity, the statue has become a cultural icon of Rio and Brazil, and as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World list. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone, and was built between 1922 and 1931.

Taj Mahal India's No.1 Tourist Destination, Best World Wonder

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal in the Indian city of Agra on the south bank of the Yamuna River is an ivory white marble mausoleum. In 1632 the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (reigned 1628-1658) was commissioned by his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal's tomb house. Graves is a 42-acre complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house in the center, and is surrounded on three sides by a crenellated wall is installed in the formal garden.

Tomb building was essentially completed in 1643, but work on the second phase of the project and continued for 10 years. The entire complex at a cost estimated at around 32 million, which in 2015 nearly 52.8 billion rupees (US $ 827 million) in 1653 but will be considered in its entirety has been completed. Samrat Ustad Ahmad Lahori court building project architects led by a board under the guidance of architect employs some 20,000 workers.

Taj Mahal is "the world's heritage of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the jewel" in 1983 as a UNESCO World Heritage site was named. As a "tear drop on the cheek of time" is described by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, it is the best example of Mughal architecture and rich history of India is considered by many as a symbol. Taj Mahal attracts 7-8 million visitors a year. In 2007, the World (2000-2007) initiative, was declared a winner New7Wonders.

Machu Picchu Gorgeous Wonder Of the World, Check Detail

Machu Picchu

Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438-1472) was created as an asset. Often mistaken for "Lost City of the Incas" (a title applied to more accurately Vilcabamba), as the most familiar icon of the Inca civilization, it is sent to. Incas 1450 estate built around a century later, but left it at the time of the Spanish conquest. Although known locally, it is known to the Spanish during the colonial period and remained unknown to the outside world until American historian Hiram Bingham 1911 brought it to the attention of the international community was.

Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary in Peru in 1981 and in 1983 was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, Machu Picchu in a worldwide Internet poll of the world was voted one of the New Seven Wonders.

A Beautiful Wonder Chichen Itza, Look Like a Good Destination

Chichen Itza

Late Classic Maya lowlands north of Chichen Itza is a major focal point in the Terminal Classic (AD c. 800-900) through (c 600-900 AD.) And the early part of the Postclassic period (c. 900 -1200 AD). The site of a multitude of architectural styles, and the northern Maya lowlands in central Mexico puck and Chenes styles reminiscent of styles seen exhibits. Once the presence of central Mexican styles direct migration or even conquest from central Mexico is representative of the thought, but most contemporary interpretations, as the result of cultural diffusion in the presence of non-Maya styles can

Chichen Itza was one of the largest Maya cities and the mythical one of the great cities, or Tollans, in later Mesoamerican literature was likely to have been sent. Another aspect of the city, on the site that could have contributed to the variety of architectural styles, the most diverse population in the Maya world may have had.

Roman Colosseum | World of New7Wonders | History

4th Wonder - ORIGINS OF THE COLOSSEUM

Colosseum or Coliseum in Rome today is the most recognizable of classical buildings. Even 2,000 years after it was created, and the age when the abandoned building was pillaged for building materials, in spite of today's stadium is immediately recognizable ... a classic template. The first permanent amphitheater in Rome was being raised, and the impressive amphitheater classical world had not seen yet. And 60,000 seated and 10,000 standing, all of which could enter and leave in a matter of minutes with accommodation, courtesy of the 80 entrances, it is a structure that designers learn from the modern sports stadium is.

Colosseum could hold, it is estimated between 50,000 and 80,000 spectators, some having an average audience of 65,000; The animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas (only a short time as soon as the Hypogeum was filled with mechanisms to support other activities) for gladiatorial contests and mock sea such as the battle was used for public spectacles based on classical mythology. The building ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era are gone. Later housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine as such for the purposes of reuse was.

3rd World Wonder Petra - American Museum of Natural History

Two thousand years ago, Petra was standing at a crossroads of the ancient East. Camel caravans passed through, away from the fields of spices, cloth and filled with sunshine - and through such commerce, the city flourished. Its people, Nabataeans, precious tap water, enabling the population to soar to perhaps 20,000.

American Museum of Natural History | Historical Destination Petra  

Nabataeans built the monumental tombs, their kings and leaders memorializing. But political control has changed over time, and so did the trade routes. Finally, the city was quiet, forgotten by the outside world.

Archaeologists find clues to the past are today Petra. Great exhibits here, recently explored by several excavations, shed new light on this extraordinary desert city.

Petra, the world wonder, a doubt Jordan's most valuable treasure and greatest tourist attraction is without. It is a vast, unique city, carved into the rock face is sheer by Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled here more than 2000 years ago, silk, spice and other trade routes that linked China to turn into an important junction, India Egypt, Syria, Greece and Rome with the southern Arabia.

The Great Wall of China 2nd Wonder, History of Great Wall, Check Details

China's first emperor Qin Dynasty began. Xiongnu tribe in the north of China (also known as Hans) were their enemies. Easy to cross the land in parts of China, the Qin Shi Huang Xiongnu it more difficult to invade China began to build the Great Wall.

History of Great Wall Of China

China Great Wall in China is an ancient wall. Cement wall, made of rocks and dirt powder. The enemy attacks to protect north China's empire was built. It is the longest structure obuilt humans. The 21 196 km (13 171 miles) long, 9.1 meters (30 feet) wide and 15 meters (50 feet) high. The first section of the deposit on the wall are made of dirt and stones. Later he used in the Ming Dynasty bricks. The 7000 watch towers, block houses for soldiers and beacons are sending smoke signals.

Builders materials that were nearby. In some parts of the wall, clay, straw, and were made of twigs. Thousands of workers, huge boulders falling, exhaustion, disease, animal attacks, and died of starvation. The idea is that workers who died and were buried under the Great Wall is a myth