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Wonderful Portugal
No one would tell that due to a Greek poet one day we would distinguish the great wonders from the world and from Portugal. It was Antipater of Sidon who firstly referred the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. He has included places like the Great Pyramid of Giza, still standing until today and the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Based in this concept Bernard Weber, a Canadian born in Switzerland, decided to create an election for the New 7 World Wonders.
Within the New 7 World Wonders winners there are places such as the monument from Christ the Redeemer in Brazil, the Taj Mahal in India or the Great Wall of China. The announcement of the winners was held in Lisbon in the Estadio da Luz (Benfica stadium) on a day full of symbolism the 07-07-07. It was one of the first elections in the internet at a global scale and was viewed by about 1,600 million people through the TV worldwide. In addition, this was also an event where the Portuguese 7 wonders were announced.
Out of a list with 793 Portuguese monuments, a group of 7 experts has chosen 77 which were submitted to vote. In a second phase a board of various people from several social and professional areas has selected the 21 monuments to be voted by the public. The final selection was carried out by the Portuguese people whom have voted by SMS, internet or phone.
The fabulous Portuguese monuments chosen has the Portuguese 7 Wonders were the following: Mosteiro de Alcobaça, Mosteiro da Batalha, Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Lisbon), Palácio da Pena (Sintra), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Castelo de Guimarães and Castelo de Óbidos. This selection is not a complete surprise since, apart from the Castelo de Óbidos all these monuments were already listed as Unesco World Heritage sites.
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