2. GREAT WALL OF
CHINA.
The Great Wall of China is a series of stone
and earthen fortifications in northern China
. One of the most famous is the wall built
between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of
China, Qin Shi Huang
This is made up of 6,259.6 km (3,889.5 mi)
sections of actual wall, 359.7 km (223.5 mi) of
trenches and 2,232.5 km (1,387.2 mi) of
natural defensive barriers such as hills and
rivers.
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8. Petra
Petra in Greek written as "πέτρα"
meaning rock; Arabic: ,البتراء Al-Batrāʾ
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Established sometime around the
6th century BC as the capital city of
the Nabataeans
It lies on the slope of Mount Hor[3]in
a basin among the mountains which
form the eastern flank of Arabah the
large valley running from the Dead
Sea to theGulf of Aqaba
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14. Christ the Redeemer.
Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus
Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
considered the largest Art Deco statue in
the world and the 5th largest statue of
Jesus in the world. It is 39.6 metres
(130 ft) tall, including its 9.5 metres
(31 ft) pedestal, and 30 metres (98 ft)
wide. It weighs
635 tonnes (625 long,700 short tons), and
is located at the peak of the 700-metre
(2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in
the Tijuca Forest National Park
overlooking the city
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19. Machu
Picchu
Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian 15th-
century Inca site located 2,430 metres
(7,970 ft) above sea level.[1][2] It is situated on a
mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in
Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest
of Cusco and through which the Urubamba
River flows.
Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu
was built as an estate for the Inca
emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often referred to
as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is perhaps the
most familiar icon of the Inca World.
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24. TAJ MAHAL
The Taj Mahal is a white
Marble mausoleum located in Agra, India. It
was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in
memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The
Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of
Muslim art in India and one of the universally
admired masterpieces of the world's
heritage."[3]
Taj Mahal is the finest example of Mughal
architecture, a style that combines elements
from Persian, Turkish and Indian architectura
l styles.
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30. Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza is a large pre-
Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya
civilization located in the northern center of
the Yucatán Peninsula, in the Municipality of
Tinúm, Yucatán state, present-day Mexico.
Chichen Itza was a major focal point in the
northern Maya lowlands from the Late
Classic through the Terminal Classic and into
the early portion of the Early Postclassic period.
The site exhibits a multitude of architectural
styles, from what is called “In the Mexican
Origin”, and is reminiscent of styles seen in
central Mexico to the Puuc style found among
the Puuc Maya of the northern lowlands.
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36. Colosseum
The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally
the Flavian, is an elliptical amphitheatre in the
centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever
built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of
the greatest works of Roman
architecture and Roman engineering.
Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum,
its construction started in 72 AD[1] under the
emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD
under Titus,[2] with further modifications being
made during Domitian's reign
