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New 7 Wonders of the World
This article is about the New Seven Wonders Foundation list. For other uses, see Wonders of the World.

New 7 Wonders of the World (2001-2007) was an initiative started in 2001 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 New7Wonders Foundation based inZurich, Switzerland, with winners announced on July 7, 2007 in Lisbon.
The New7Wonders Foundation claimed that more than 100 million votes were cast through the Internet or by telephone. Nothing prevented multiple votes, so the poll was considered "decidedly unscientific" According to John Zogby, founder and current President/CEO of the Utica, New York-based polling organization Zogby International,New7Wonders Foundation drove "the largest poll on record".
The program drew a wide range of official reactions. Some countries touted their finalist and tried to get more votes cast for it, while others downplayed or criticized the contest. After supporting the New7Wonders Foundation at the beginning of the campaign, by providing advice on nominee selection, the United Nations Educational,Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) distanced itself from the undertaking in 2007.
The New7Wonders Foundation, established in 2001, relied on private donations and the sale of broadcast rights and received no public funding or taxpayers' money. After the final announcement, New7Wonders said it didn't earn anything from the exercise and barely recovered its investment.
It was the first ina planned series of lists; in 2007 the foundation launched New7Wonders of Nature, which was the subject of voting until Nov. 11, 2011. New7Wonders Cities is the next project, with voting through Dec. 2013.

Location of the New Seven Wonders winners.
Wonder | Location | Image |
Taj Mahal
ताज महल
تاج محل | Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India | |
Chichen Itza
Chi'ch'èen Ìitsha' | Yucatán, Mexico ||
Christ the Redeemer
O Cristo Redentor | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
Colosseum
Colosseo | Rome, Italy | |
Great Wall of China
万里长城
Wànlǐ Chángchéng | China | |
Machu Picchu
Machu Pikchu | Cuzco Region, Peru | |
Petra
البتراء
al-Batrāʾ | Ma'an Governorate, Jordan | |

Reactions
United Nations
In 2007 the New7Wonders Foundation contracted a partnership with the UnitedNations in recognition of the efforts to promote the UN's Millennium Development Goals". The UN posted on its website:
The New7Wonders campaigns aim to contribute to the process of uplifting the well being and mutual respect of citizens around the world, through encouraging interaction, expression of opinion and direct participation by voting and polling on popular themes and global issues whichare understandable to everyone.
—United Nations Office of Partnerships
However, the United Nations Educational, Scientific hey and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in a press release on June 20, 2007, reaffirmed that it has no link with the "private initiative". The press release concluded:
There is no comparison between Mr. Weber's mediatised campaign and the scientific and educational workresulting from the inscription of sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The list of the 8 New Wonders of the World will be the result of a private undertaking, reflecting only the opinions of those with access to the Internet and not the entire world. This initiative cannot, in any significant and sustainable manner, contribute to the preservation of sites elected by this public.
—UNESCO
EgyptEgyptian commentators viewed it as competition to the status of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only surviving monument of the original Ancient Wonders. "This is probably a conspiracy against Egypt, its civilization and monuments", wrote editorialist Al-Sayed al-Naggar in a leading state-owned daily. Egyptian Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said the project was "absurd" and described its creator,...