The New Seven Wonders of the World By Nataliia Sherstiuk FDM-6

seven wonders of the world have been elected by more

than 100 million votes from all over the world in 7-7-2007.

and is the longest in defensive fortification in the world.

Its primary task was to defend against invaders from the „Great Steppe” (Mongolia, Manchuria, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan ... etc). The wonder of the world was being built by human hand for over 2,000 years. It contains not only a stone fortification, but also natural dam rivers and mountains.

The first section of the wall already erected in the third century BC. About one million workers died of exhaustion while building this construction. Most of them were walled up in the wall, but not all
not weaken the structure.

Great Wall of China

the
'Silk Route'. Every year a marathon takes place there.

People claim that the wall seen from space is a fake.

you have to overcome only a narrow rocky path that

leads to it. Most of the buildings have been carved in the rocks. They were so beautiful, that over time they gave the place the nickname 'Rqmco' what means multicolored.
Petra was repeatedly besieged, but even such personalities as: Cleopatra, Herod the Great, Octavian Augustus, Pompey the Great, failed to capture the city.
Petra was a trophy until it was reached by a Roman emperor Trajan, then Hadrian, and at the end Saladin who destroyed the city.

Petra

and a theatre that could seat up
to 10 000 people.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The monument is located on a

granite top with a relative height of 710 m asl.
The final project of Christ with outstretched arms was
designed by Hector da Silva and designed by a French sculptor.

Formal unveiling of the statue was followed three times
in history. Last time did it Pope John Paul II. Prior to his arrival the figure had been washed and cleaned thoroughly.

Monument of Christ the Redeemer

is 3.5 m tall and weighs 35 tons, each hand

weights
9 tons, and the extent of the figure is 23 m.

day. It was built in the fifteenth century, according to

sensationally developed plan and was abandoned of unknown reasons in 1537. Machu Picchu was discovered by an ordinary thief, who in the agreement with the Peruvian government and the local president 'legally' traded the finding. The material used to build the city is bright granite.
The highest place in Machu Picchu is an astronomical observatory - Intihuatana -place where the sun stops. A stone pillar was carved in a solid rock.

Machu Picchu

ones. In the past they were used for communication among

different levels
of the city.

in 450. It was developed the most in X-XIth century.

Chichén Itzá literally means 'Origins of Itzá people. The name comes from the two holy tanks. These tanks were used for sacrifices. The most famous building in Chichén Itzá is El Castillo - Temple Cuculcan. It was built on the pyramid consisted of nine terraces. Each of the pyramid's four sides has 91 steps which, when added together and including the temple platform on top as the final 'step', produces a total of 365 steps (which is equal to the number of days of the solar year).

in diameter was found in the city. Probably during the

drought virgins were thrown there to ask the god for rain.

to seat up to 73,000 spectators. It had his own

underground system of corridors.
Gladiator fights, shows in a special pool, huntings of wild animals were organized in the amphitheatre. Christians were murdered in this place, too. The name comes from the Greek 'Kolossos' what means 'great'. In 528 the last Olympics were held here.

Friday the Way of the Cross has been led by

the pope in this place.

a mausoleum built by Szachdżahana in memory of a loved

wife Mumtaz Mahal. She was 36 years old and gave birth to 14 children. She died when the last child was born. The legend says that before death, her husband gave three promises: he will never marry again, he will take care of children and he will build a building that will commemorate her. He fulfilled all the promises. He built the splendid palace that has no equivalent in the world.

25 thousand workers.
It is made of marble.