The Age recently ran a story about a campaign to establish a new 7 Wonders of the World. The organisers have put up 21 sites for nomination. The list includes, but is not limited to; the Acropolis in Athens; Angkor in Cambodia; Christ Redeemer in Brazil; the Colosseum in Rome; the pyramids of Giza, although one can no longer vote for it; the Statue of Liberty in New York and of course, the Great Wall of China.
The article brought to light the fact the voting for the Great Wall had been pretty dismal, and blamed this on a lack of votes for this squarely on a lack of English in potential Chinese voters.
It would be a tragedy if the Great Wall was not on this list - you can see this structure from space! The pyramids at
Anybody got any gems that aren't on the new 7 Wonders website's list? Should the pyramids have been given honourary status? Any strong opinions on this list?
No comments:
Post a Comment