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May 11, 2010

7 wonders of the world

Filed under: statistics, travelling — Tags: , , — palec @ 12:25 pm

Maybe it is because I am approching 30 and need to start thinking of acheiving great things in my life that I am currently drawn to great acheivements that some people have done.

And I never really seemed to remember what were the real 7 wonders, so thanks I thought I would have a quick check at my facts, and I was very surprised to discover on my first search that the eurostars was concidered one of them.

That is of course since many different lists exist.

And this was the list of the American society of civil engineering. The original being refered to nowdays as the 7 wonders of antic world. Other interestings lists include the 7 wonders of midle ages of of the modern world.

Here are a few interesting lists anyway:

7 wonders of ancient world:

One interesting one is definitly the Colossus of Rhodes, since I have also been very interested in the sea recently. And I would be very interested I like the idea of boats having to go under a statue to go in a Port.

Here is a list of 7 wonders of the American society of Civil Engineers:

Wonder Date Started Date Finished Location
Channel Tunnel December 1, 1987 May 6, 1994 Strait of Dover, between the United Kingdom and France
CN Tower February 6, 1973 June 26, 1976, tallest freestanding structure in the world 1976–2007. TorontoOntarioCanada
Empire State Building January 22, 1930 May 1, 1931, Tallest structure in the world 1931–1967. First building with 100+ stories. New YorkNYU.S.
Golden Gate Bridge January 5, 1933 May 27, 1937 Golden Gate Strait, north of San FranciscoCaliforniaU.S.
Itaipu Dam January 1970 May 5, 1984 Paraná River, between Brazil andParaguay
Delta Works/Zuiderzee Works 1950 May 10, 1997 Netherlands
Panama Canal January 1, 1880 January 7, 1914 Isthmus of Panama

Interesting to see read about the CN Tower and the Panama chanel, although this list will most likely be the first to be outdated, since most of these buildings have since already been shadowed by others such as the incredible Burj Khalifa.

But the following list would seem to be the list which most people would remember, since it includes the great wall of china, Machu Pichu, the Pyramids and the Colosseum.

Wonder Date of construction Location
Great Wall of China 5th century BCE – 16th century CE China
Petra c.100 BCE Jordan
Christ the Redeemer Opened 12 October 1931 Brazil
Machu Picchu c.1450 CE Peru
Chichen Itza c.600 CE Mexico
Colosseum Completed 80 CE Italy
Taj Mahal Completed c.1648 CE India
Great Pyramid of Giza (Honorary Candidate) Completed c.2560 BCE Egypt

I still find it facinating how peoples ideas can transform in some great projects. And therefore create great positive things.

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