September 7, 2006
New seven wonders campaign in Athens
The campaign to select a modern day Seven Wonders of the World has visited the Acropolis in Athens, the first of 21 sites that they will visit over coming months.
From:
The Peninsula (Qatar)
Countdown to select world wonders
Web posted at: 9/7/2006 4:6:45
Source ::: IANSathens – With the launch of a hot-air balloon over the ancient Acropolis, the campaign to select the new seven wonders of the world reached its final countdown in Athens. More than 2,200 years after the naming of the seven wonders of the ancient world, people across the planet are to be given the chance to choose the new seven wonders. All structures built or discovered before the year 2000 are eligible.
Last January, former Unesco head Federico Mayor short-listed the 77 nominations to 21 finalists. Voters around the world are to be given the chance to place their ballots until July 7, 2007, when the monuments that have been named the new seven wonders are scheduled to be announced in Lisbon.Among the contestants are the Ancient Acropolis in Athens; Hagia Sophia in Istanbul; the Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow; Roman Colosseum; Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany; Eiffel Tower, Paris; Stonehenge, Britain; The Alhambra, Spain; The Great Wall of China; Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto; Sydney Opera House; Angkor Wat, Cambodia; the Taj Mahal, India; Timbuktu, Mali; Petra, Jordan; the Pyramids ofGiza; the Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro; the Easter Island Statues; Machu Picchu, Peru; Chichen Itza, Mexico; the Statue of Liberty, New York.
- New Seven Wonders campaign to visit Acropolis : August 21, 2006
- Acropolis included in shortlist for present day ‘seven wonders’ : January 3, 2006
- Greek schoolchildren will travel for free to the New Acropolis Museum : October 1, 2009
- Pressure for inclusion in new Seven Wonders : June 13, 2006
- Athens dims the lights of the Acropolis for Earth Hour : April 2, 2012
- Saving Timbuktu from destruction by militant groups of Islamist vandals : July 12, 2012
- Easter Island statue returns : April 14, 2006
- Microbes eating the Acropolis : June 24, 2008
brianna mcfarland said,
09.20.06 at 10:50 pm
I love the Angkor Cambodia one. I mean look at it why go for new and improved things when we have wonderful old nice looking things. That place is old, ya sure it could use a little bit of fixer upper but I mean look at it it is so wonderful.
omolaoye adekunle said,
03.07.07 at 11:13 pm
i want Pyramids of Giza, Egypt to remain on e of the seven most Wonders