Wonders Of the World
Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest sights in the world — the longest wall in the world, an awe-inspiring feat of ancient defensive architecture. Its winding path over rugged country and steep mountains takes in some great scenery.
- Chinese name: 长城 (Chángchéng /channg-chnng/ 'Long Wall')
- Location: Northern China
- Length: 21,196.18 km (13,170.7 mi), all known sections were measured
- History: more than 2,300 years
Petra
Located in the southwest Jordan, Petra is halfway between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea in a mountainous region, named the Shera` mountains. These mountains dominate the Wadi `Araba to the west. For over 200,000 years Petra has been a place for human habitation: the prehistoric periods are well documented, as are the later Islamic periods. Remains of Palaeolithic campsites, together with flint artefacts some 80-40,000 years old have been found in the surrounding hills. About 13,000 years ago, an early seasonal village was established at Beidha, just north of Petra. At about 7,000 BC, the site was rebuilt and occupied year-round by a group of Neolithic farmers. The presence of mineral resources also made the region important. Both bitumen and copper, the metal that opened up for humankind the technology of metals, have been mined and marketed since the most ancient times.
Colosseum
Located just east of the Roman Forum, the massive stone amphitheater known as the Colosseum was commissioned around A.D. 70-72 by Emperor Vespasian of the Flavian dynasty as a gift to the Roman people. In A.D. 80, Vespasian’s son Titus opened the Colosseum–officially known as the Flavian Amphitheater–with 100 days of games, including gladiatorial combats and wild animal fights. After four centuries of active use, the magnificent arena fell into neglect, and up until the 18th century it was used as a source of building materials. Though two-thirds of the original Colosseum has been destroyed over time, the amphitheater remains a popular tourist destination, as well as an iconic symbol of Rome and its long, tumultuous history.
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza was a Mayan city on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Although it’s an important tourist attraction, Chichen Itza also remains an active archeological site. New discoveries are still being unearthed in the area, providing even more insight into the culture and accomplishments of the Mayan people, who ruled much of present-day Mexico and Central America prior to the arrival of European colonists. Chichen Itza was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and, in 2007, it was voted in a global survey as one of the
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a 2,430-metre (7,970 ft) mountain ridge.[2][3] It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District,[4] above the Sacred Valley, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco. The Urubamba River flows past it, cutting through the Cordillera and creating a canyon with a tropical mountain climate.
Taj Mahal
Is there anyone who isn’t aware about this beautiful monument made by out very own Shah Jahan. No, right? It is the mausoleum of Shah Jahan’s favourite wife Mumtaz. It is one of the seven wonders of the world. And also one of the three world heritage sites of Agra. Agra is commonly identified as the city of Taj. This monument is finished in marble. It took 22 years to build and 20000 workers, masons and jewelers to build this monument. Tāj Mahal is on the south bank of the Yamuna River. It can be observed from Agra fort from where Emperor Shah Jahan gazed at it for the last eight years of his life, a prisoner of his son Aurangzeb.
Christ the Redeemer
Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈkɾistu ʁedenˈtoʁ], local pronunciation: [ˈkɾiɕtŭ̻ xe̞denˈtoɦ]) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high, excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal. The arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide.