Seven Wonders Of The World1. Petra2. Machu Picchu3. Chichén Itzá4. The Taj Mahal 5. The Statue of Christ
Redeemer6. The Colosseum7. The Great Wall of China
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Name: - Statue Of Christ RedeemerLocation:- Rio De Janeiro, BrazilConstructed In Year: - 1926-1931
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o It is 30 meters (98 ft) tall, not including its 8 meters (26 ft) pedestal
o It weighs 635 tones o located at the peak of the 700-
meter (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park
o The statue was sculpted by the French artist Paul Landowski.
o It is a statue of Jesus Christ
o It is considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world
o 5th largest statue of Jesus in the world
Local engineer Heitor da Silva
Costa designed the statue
The Statue Of Christ Redeemer
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o Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca site
o located 2,430 meters (7,970 ft) above sea level
o It is situated on a mountain edge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru
o Often referred to as the "City of the Incas“
o The Incas built the estate around 1450, but abandoned it as an official site for the Inca rulers a century later at the time of the Spanish Conquest
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NAME:- THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
LOCATION:- EAST-TO-WEST LINE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN BORDERS OF CHINA
CONSTRUCTED IN YEAR:- 1368-1644
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o The Great Wall of China is approximately 8,851.8 km (5,500 miles)
o It is the world's longest human-built structure
o It is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials
o It was build to protect the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups
o It starts from Hushan in the east to Jiayuguan Pass in the west traversing Liaoning, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai.
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o The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812
o It was introduced by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
o It was described as "a rose-red city half as old as time”
o It is the capital of the Nabataeans and the center of their caravan trade
o The Nebataean people conducted business in Petra, making it an important silk and spice trade city
o Petra is a Greek word, meaning 'stone’
o a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Mayan
o And is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system
o It lies on the slope of Mount Hor
PETRA
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o Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya civilization
o The site exhibits a huge numbers of architectural styles
o Chichen Itza was one of the largest Maya cities
o The ruins of Chichen Itza are federal property
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o The Colosseum is the largest amphitheatre in the worldo It is an elliptical amphitheatre and is considered one of
the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering
o Capable of seating 50,000 spectators
o the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology
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o The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum
o It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal
o Mumtaz Mahal, died during the birth of their 14th child, Gauhara Begum
o Shah Jahan's grief illustrate the love story traditionally held as an inspiration for Taj Mahal
o Throughout the complex, passages from the Qur'an are used as decorative elements
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