The new seven wonders of the world...

He called the new seven wonders of the monuments that won an international competition conducted by a private company named New Open World Corporation, and inspired by the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The initiative came from the Swiss filmmaker Bernard Weber, founder of the company.

Voting system          

The vote was public. Participants must register an email on the website of the corporation and elect their preferred candidates. Could also vote via SMS and through a toll payment. One criticism of the system used in practice was not precluded from the same person voting more than once, as long as it did from a different email or SMS. They could vote for one candidate and receive a certificate from the separate vote by the payment of two dollars.
In each vote is seven candidates chosen from a long initial list confecionada by the corporation, and increased at the request of various countries or massive voter applications. In recent months, the vote involved only the 21 candidates who had previously obtained the most votes.
Faced with protests from the Egyptian government in the final stage, was removed from the list to the Pyramids of Giza, a fact that was masked by the organizers assigning it the status of Honorary Candidate, because it is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the World ancient stands.

In this selection were admitted man-made structures until 2000, provided that they were standing today. The results were announced on 07/07/07 that is, the July 7, 2007 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon (Portugal), in a grand ceremony. The ceremony was attended by several special guests, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Jennifer Lopez, Hilary Swank, Ben Kingsley and Bipasha Basu.

Facts and figures contrasts


Embodied in a poem made for a muse called Marchsam, the seven wonders of the world known to the ancient Greeks, were chosen by Antipater of Sidon, about the year 125 a. C. There are references from other previous lists compiled by Philo of Byzantium Herodotus.

To choose the New Wonders of the World was made ​​over a hundred million votes without restricting the source of votes or number of votes per person, which came from the world.

This is the first massive vote by Internet, telephone and text messages in the story, open to participants from around the world.
One in four people on the planet (about 1,600 million people) live on 07/07/07 saw the announcement of the results of the vote, transmitted from Lisboa.
The announcement ceremony of the new wonders was broadcast live on over 160 television channels to over 170 countries.
The largest number of phones, computers and internet access is located in developed countries.

In the first phase of voting, more than half of the member countries of Unesco had an outstanding monument vying to become one of the New Wonders of the World, which led to the political support of many of their governments.

Six of the New Seven Wonders selected have been declared World Heritage by UNESCO, as listed in 2009.
After voting is complete the new seven wonders of the world, the search began for choosing the seven natural wonders of the world, which reached its goal on 11 November 2011.