The 7 Wonders

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Glenda Orellana RivasNeidy LópezSonia ÁvilaIris SerranoAnderson ArellanoNiko Pàrraga

Mexico

Brazil

Peru

Roma

India

China

Jordania

• It is a large statue of Christ ofNazareth, situated on top of thehill Corcovado, standing withopen arms and looking towardsthe city and the port of Rio deJaneiro, Brazil.

• The statue of Christ theRedeemer, is 38 meters and wasinaugurated on October 12, 1931.Almost five years in construction.

• Christ the Redeemer, wasconsidered one of the wonders ofthe world from the July 7, 2007.

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The statue of

Christ the

Redeemer

The Colosseum

Built in the first century AD, in the center of Rome, is an amphitheater of the Roman Empire, although

originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, honoring the emperors of the Flavian dynasty, who

built this amphitheater, later was renamed "Colosseum "by a statue of Colossus of Nero that

was located next to the amphitheater.

Originally possessed the capacity for 50,000attendees, arranged in 80 rows of bleachers, thenearest sand places were for the Emperor andSenators, and as the places they left the arena,descended social strata that occupied.

The Colosseum in Rome, were held fights between gladiators, among beasts and some other public events.

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

From the day July 7, 2007, The Great Wall of China ispart of The New Wonders of the World.

The Great Wall of China is a Chinese fortification,built in the 4th century BC and rebuilt in the 16thcentury, was built to protect the Chinese Empirefrom attacks by the Xiongnu nomads of Manchuriaand Mongolia.

When the Chinese wall was used for the purpose forwhich it was designed and built, was guarded by upto 1 million troops, and in construction, about 10million people died, being considered by somepeople, the largest cemetery world, the bodies wereburied in the vicinity of the wall.

TajMahal

• The Taj Mahal was built from 1631-1654.• Located in Agra, a city of Uttar Pradesh in

India.• Built by Shah Jahan, emperor of the Mughal

dynasty.

The Taj Mahal, the world's most beautiful mausoleum covered withwhite marble and decorated in different parts of gemstones from

around the world ... and today represents perhaps the greatestconstruction made love to a woman

• The Taj Mahal was built in honor of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child.

• The emperor decided to build the mostbeautiful tomb that the world has seen, tomake it as a testament to his love for her.

Machu Picchu is the name given

to an ancient Inca village, built in

the mid fifteenth century, is

located on a rocky outcrop

attached between Machu Picchu

and Huayna Picchu mountain in

Peru, east of the Central

Cordillera, about 130 kilometers

from Cuzco, which is the nearest

major city.

UNESCO declared the area of Machu

Picchu as a world heritage site since 1983,

and from day 7 July 2007 became part of

the New Wonders of the Modern World.

Chichén Itzá

It has an acoustic effect that was discovered of chance. At the end of the 20th century, when the tourism was increased in the zone, the guides realized that if a person applauds of frontal form to the perron, the sound of the plaudit propagates about the beginning of the steps and bounces forming a distorted echo. That is to say, the same plaudit returns in the shape of shriek.

Chichén Itzá has owner. The family Barbachano, owners of the company Mayaland, they bought the area when the place still was not of public interest. After years of resistance, the State of Yucatan bought them him for approximately 220 million weight.

His name comes from the Mayan words: "Chi" (mouth), "Che'en" (well), "Itz" (magician or wizard) and "Há" (waters down), on having joined the words there is obtained the mouth of the well of the wizards of the water. " In the shore of the well of the water wizards ".

In this place one finds the Temple Kukulkán, which has four perrons, of 91 steps each one, that in total they add 364 and adding the top platform they are 365. This because every step was representing the days of the Haab, Mayan calendar, which reconciles to the perfection with the calendar that today we use, the Gregorian one

In 1988 Holdings of the Humanity was declared and in 2007 it was considered between New7Wonders of the World.

What the whole world sees in the photos is the pyramid Kukulcán, but indeed this place conforms of more attractions, as the Principal Esplanade, the Observatory, the Cenote Sagrado, the Game of Ball and the Temple of Thousand Column..

Petra

Petra is a city constructed in stone, or, the stones have constructed Petra's city. Something that is inevitable is the capacity of the man to live in any place. Adjustment they would say many. His history is long. First, its valley had the quality of being protected by facility by the invading forces or, the expansionist ones. Many societies have passed for these valleys, the majority they were nomadic. Nevertheless, there was one that it remained a lot of time in the Byzantine period, in the epoch nabatea. During a long silence, this zone has remained secret.

Inside this city of stone also a Roman

Theatre is located by capacity for 3,000

persons. Since it is known, the Romans

invaded Jordan many centuries ago.

In its epoch of gold, near 20 thousand

managed to live through 30 thousand

persons there.

To come there, it is necessary to cross

Siq. It is a question as an alley of alone

2 meters of width surrounded by

colossal walls of mountain. On having

finished the paradise, the sensation of

seeing Petra is like to return to be born.

Petra means "stone", in Greek.

The drinkable water to the surroundings and the safety of itswalls they did of Petra the perfect oasis for the commercial caravans that were crossing the desert.

Petra and Machu Picchu (other one of New7Wonders of the World) are sisters from an agreement signed in 2005.

The city also was working as religious, political and cultural sanctuary.