New 7 Wonders of the World campaign announces the 21 finalist candidates
3.01.2006, 16:53
Zürich/Switzerland, 3. 1. 2006 (PROTEXT/ots) - The Chairmanof a panel of leading architectural experts has announced the 21worlds landmark sites which will take part in the final stage ofthe 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 03Angkor, Cambodia 04 Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico 05 ChristRedeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 06 Colosseum, Rome, Italy 07Easter Island Statues, Chile 08 Eiffel Tower, Paris, France 09Great Wall, China 10 Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey 11 KyomizuTemple, Kyoto, Japan 12 Kremlin, Moscow, Russia 13 Machu Picchu,Peru 14 Neuschwanstein Castle, Füssen, Germany 15 Petra, Jordan16 Pyramids of Giza, Egypt 17 Statue of Liberty, New York, USA18 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 yearof public voting via the internet, live events and aninternational television series produced by the world's n.1television company Endemol. On 1 January 2007, the OfficialDeclaration of the New 7 Wonders of the World will take placeduring a live globally televised event.
Chaired by the former Director General of UNESCO, Prof. Dr.Federico Mayor from Spain, the New7Wonders Panel of Experts ismade up of leading international architects: Zaha Hadid(UnitedKingdom), 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 votingcampaign. Please visit www.new7wonders.com for more information.
Contact press@n7w.com Tel: +41-44-383 64 77www.n7w.com/download
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