This was the old list:
Now its called The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
1. The Great Pyramid of Giza
2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
4. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
5. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
6. The Colossus of Rhodes
7. The Pharos of Alexandria
Then came the more recent one which they called
The 7 Wonders of The Medivial World:
1.Stonehenge
2.The Colosseum
3.The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
4.The Great Wall of China
5.The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
6.The Hagia Sophia
7.The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Oh... than came this
7 Wonders of the Modern World
1.The Empire State Building
2.The Itaipú Dam
3.The CN Tower
4.The Panama Canal
5.The Channel Tunnel
6.The North Sea Protection Works
7.The Golden Gate Bridge
I was thinking.. I remember our Twin Towers were at one point one of the 7 wonders! What happened? So I search the internet to see what happened, cause if I remembered correctly 9/11 was the WTC not the twin towers so why was it taken off!
This is what they're calling it now
The 7 Forgotten Wonders of the World
1.The Clock Tower (Big Ben)
2.Eiffel Tower
3.The Gateway Arch
4.The Aswan High Dam
5.Hoover Dam
6.Mount Rushmore National Memorial
7.The Petronas Towers
I was pretty annoyed to find this out, I mean how do they judge if it should remain or be taken off right? I mean have you seen the Twin Towers at night with its lights?
Guess what I found out,
Guess how these "so-called" wonders are chosen! They are voted for then from that they get the name "Wonder of the World". I find it's really unfair. Look, first of all it was not really announced globally that there was going to be a voting session, It was announced in an official ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on the 7th of July 2007, 07/07/07 (although the date was cool but the voting wasn't!)because not everyone voted! Secondly, even if Petronas Twin Tower was (still is) a magnificant building to behold, how is 22 million votes gonna go up against 1billion people voting for the Great Wall? or even the Taj Mahal?(in the event that everyone could vote)
The question remains, is the "so-called" 7 Wonders really Wonders or just another popularity contest like Miss World or American Idol? I think it really lowers the standard of the title. I feel a set of criterias should be set and it should be something than would last throughout time or maybe the next century(I mean the criterias) as there is constant advancement. A panel of experts with creditials to choose the 7 wonders(from time to time? say every 50 years or so?) Because changing the 7 wonders as time goes by so easily really doesn't seem that wonderful anymore.
The only consolation left is that these 7 buildings are still subjected to a final validation process, and will be confirmed during a forthcoming New7Wonders Inauguration Tour. So there is still hope, I think!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein
i personally think this is one of them... :D
wonders are judged by an individual him/herself... ;) like how everyone's dream destination differs.... i wanna be in the sleeping beauty castle. such a fairytale :P