New 7 Wonders of the World Campaign Announces the 21 Finalist Candidates

New 7 Wonders of the World Campaign Announces the 21 Finalist Candidates

ZURICH, Switzerland, January 3/PRNewswire/ -- The Chairman of a panel of leading architectural experts has announced
the 21 world's landmark sites which will take part in the final stage of the
race to become one of the New 7 Wonders of the World.

The official New7Wonders finalist candidates are:

01 Acropolis, Athens, Greece
02 Alhambra, Granada, Spain
03 Angkor, Cambodia
04 Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
05 Christ Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
06 Colosseum, Rome, Italy
07 Easter Island Statues, Chile
08 Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
09 Great Wall, China
10 Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
11 Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan
12 Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
13 Machu Picchu, Peru
14 Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany
15 Petra, Jordan
16 Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
17 Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
18 Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom
19 Sydney Opera House, Australia
20 Taj Mahal, Agra, India
21 Timbuktu, Mali

The international telephone voting numbers are:

+372-7070271
+372-54111732
+44-870-062-3748

These 21 finalist candidate sites go forward for a final year of public
voting via the internet, live events and an international television series
produced by the world's no.1 television company Endemol.

On 1 January 2007, the Official Declaration of the New 7 Wonders of the
World will take place during a live globally televised event.

Chaired by the former Director General of UNESCO, Prof. Dr. Federico
Mayor from Spain, the New7Wonders Panel of Experts is made up of leading
international architects: Zaha Hadid(United Kingdom), Tadao Ando(Japan),
Cesar Pelli(USA), Yung Ho Chang(China), Harry Seidler(Australia) and Aziz
Tayob(South Africa).

The New 7 Wonders of the World campaign was launched in 2000, and is
already the world's first and largest global voting campaign. Please visit
www.new7wonders.com for more information.

Contact
press@n7w.com
Tel: +41-44-383-64-77
www.n7w.com/download

Source: The New 7 Wonders of the World

press@n7w.com, Tel: +41-44-383-64-77, www.n7w.com/download

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