7 Wonders of the World (2000–2007) was a campaign started in 2000 to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments The popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the 7 Won ders Foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, with winners announced on 7 July 2007 in Lisbon . Wonder Location Image Year Great Pyramid of Giza (honorary status) Giza Necropolis , Egypt 2560 BCE Great Wall of China China 700 BCE Petra Ma'an , Jordan 312 BCE The C olosseum Rome , Italy 80 CE Chichen Itza Yucatán , Mexico 600 CE Machu Picchu Cuzco Region , Peru 1450 CE Taj Mahal Agra , Uttar Pradesh , India 1643 CE Christ the Redeemer Rio de Janeiro , Brazil 1931 CE GREAT WALL OF CHINA The Great Wall of China ( Chinese : 萬里長城 ; pinyin : Wànlǐ Chángchéng ) is the collective name of a series of fortification systems generally built across the historical northern borders...
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