20 World most beautiful places

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">The </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">world's most livable cities</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> is an informal name given to any </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="List of cities">list of cities</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> as they rank on a reputable annual survey of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_of_living" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Standard of living">living conditions</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">. Three examples are the </span><a class="external text" href="http://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=Liveability2013" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(data:image/png; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #663366; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; padding-right: 13px; text-decoration: none;">Economist Intelligence Unit</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">'s "Liveability Ranking and Overview", "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_(consulting_firm)" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Mercer (consulting firm)">Mercer</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;"> Quality of Living Survey", and </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocle_(lifestyle_magazine)" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Monocle (lifestyle magazine)">Monocle</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">'s "Most Livable Cities Index". Liveability rankings are designed for use by employers assigning hardship allowances as part of job relocation. There have been numerous arguments over the expansion of livability rankings for other purposes. However, the annual city rankings attract extensive media coverage, and are a popular topic of discussion.</span><sup class="Template-Fact" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7cbKaInRbrgb-ebl38Pm86SaRpuf3buSlQ8ycTAvTnnz8x7SoYzQ7rknc9c86PwngIKmGa5e3i5kXGoUEL_tPO1P_NWTwa6sv2-xuaGfY1ZhSXVM7TCjut2HvW6vmk6G07Jd_6TuUV5NY/s1600/Screenshot014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7cbKaInRbrgb-ebl38Pm86SaRpuf3buSlQ8ycTAvTnnz8x7SoYzQ7rknc9c86PwngIKmGa5e3i5kXGoUEL_tPO1P_NWTwa6sv2-xuaGfY1ZhSXVM7TCjut2HvW6vmk6G07Jd_6TuUV5NY/s320/Screenshot014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Wv7rgMtX9I0" width="640"></iframe> </div>

20 World most beautiful places

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Taj Mahal inside very rare video

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"> The <b>Taj Mahal</b> (<span class="nowrap" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English">/</a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows">ˈ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/ɑː/ 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/dʒ/ 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span></a></span> <span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="'m' in 'my'">m</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/ə/ 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows">ˈ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/ɑː/ 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></a></span><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English">/</a></span></span> often <span class="nowrap" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English">/</a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows">ˈ</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/ɑː/ 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span></a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px;" title="/ʒ/ 's' in 'pleasure'">ʒ</span></a></span><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for English">/</a></span></span>;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#cite_note-2" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_language" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a>: <span lang="hi" style="font-family: 'Lohit Devanagari', sans-serif;" xml:lang="hi">ताज महल</span>, from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Persian language">Persian</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu_language" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span dir="rtl" lang="ur" xml:lang="ur"><span class="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', IranNastaliq, 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', Nafees, 'Pak Nastaleeq', PDMS_Jauhar, 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 16px;" title="Nastaliq">تاج محل</span></span>‎ "crown of palaces", <small>pronounced </small><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Hindi_and_Urdu" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for Hindi and Urdu">[ˈt̪aːdʒ mɛˈɦɛl]</a></span>; also "the Taj"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#cite_note-3" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Marble">white marble</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mausoleum">mausoleum</a> located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Agra">Agra</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>. It was built by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mughal_emperors" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="List of Mughal emperors">emperor</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jahan" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Shah Jahan">Shah Jahan</a> in memory of his third wife, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjumand_Banu" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Arjumand Banu">Mumtaz Mahal</a>. 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".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#cite_note-4" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"> Taj Mahal is regarded by many as the finest example of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_architecture" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mughal architecture">Mughal architecture</a>, a style that combines elements from <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_architecture" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Persian architecture">Persian</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_architecture" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian architecture">Indian</a>architectural styles.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#cite_note-5" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#cite_note-6" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"> In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>. While the white <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dome">domed</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Marble">marble</a> mausoleum is the most familiar component of the Taj Mahal, it is actually an integrated complex of structures. The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, employing thousands of artisans and craftsmen.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Tillitson.2C_G.H.R._1990_7-0" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#cite_note-Tillitson.2C_G.H.R._1990-7" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[7]</a></sup> The construction of the Taj Mahal was entrusted to a board of architects under imperial supervision, including Abd ul-Karim Ma'mur Khan, Makramat Khan, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustad_Ahmad_Lahauri" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Ustad Ahmad Lahauri">Ustad Ahmad Lahauri</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-History_of_the_Taj_Mahal_Agra_8-0" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#cite_note-History_of_the_Taj_Mahal_Agra-8" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-IAAO_9-0" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#cite_note-IAAO-9" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a></sup> Lahauri<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-From_p88_10-0" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#cite_note-From_p88-10" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[10]</a></sup> is generally considered to be the principal designer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-unesco_11-0" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#cite_note-unesco-11" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[11]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#cite_note-12" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[12]</a></sup></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqax_WJag6nf2mR9zrFXrpRH5DSmg_G8JslhaINKT_nNNA5qw4P-yjmpmmX0DSPgANsfvyDMh8v3hz18N8KpM_3KlbaVAnIErU55a4pOx0gRjbjPxedA27gnP5kQ5ehI08n5tj5sT0NZd/s1600/download+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqax_WJag6nf2mR9zrFXrpRH5DSmg_G8JslhaINKT_nNNA5qw4P-yjmpmmX0DSPgANsfvyDMh8v3hz18N8KpM_3KlbaVAnIErU55a4pOx0gRjbjPxedA27gnP5kQ5ehI08n5tj5sT0NZd/s1600/download+(3).jpg" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"> <br /></div> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ziVgeMIJdyg" width="640"></iframe> </div>

Taj Mahal inside very rare video

The  Taj Mahal  ( / ˈ t ɑː dʒ   m ə ˈ h ɑː l /  often  / ˈ t ɑː ʒ / ; [2]   Hindi :  ताज महल , from  Persian / Urdu :  تاج محل ‎ "cro...

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7 Wonders of the World

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"> <b>New 7 Wonders of the World</b> (2000-2007) was an initiative started in 2000 as a Millennium project to choose <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonders_of_the_World" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Wonders of the World">Wonders of the World</a> from a selection of 200 existing monuments.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World#cite_note-1" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup> The popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the New7Wonders Foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, with winners announced on July 7, 2007 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World#cite_note-2" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nwVFC_3-0" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World#cite_note-nwVFC-3" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"> The New7Wonders Foundation claimed that more than 100 million votes were cast through the Internet or by telephone. The voting via Internet was limited to one vote for seven monuments per person/identity, via telephone multiple voting was possible,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World#cite_note-4" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup> so the poll was considered not scientific ("decidedly unscientific").<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LAT_5-0" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World#cite_note-LAT-5" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zogby" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="John Zogby">John Zogby</a>, founder and current President/CEO of the Utica, New York-based polling organization <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zogby_International" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Zogby International">Zogby International</a>, New7Wonders Foundation drove "the largest poll on record".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nwVFC_3-1" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World#cite_note-nwVFC-3" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"> 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nwVFC_3-2" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World#cite_note-nwVFC-3" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LAT_5-1" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World#cite_note-LAT-5" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> 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 (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>) by its bylaws having to record all and give equal status to the world heritage sites distanced itself from the undertaking in 2001 and again in 2007.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-N7W.26UNESCO_6-0" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World#cite_note-N7W.26UNESCO-6" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-UNESCO_7-0" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World#cite_note-UNESCO-7" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[7]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"> The New7Wonders Foundation, established in 2001, relied on private donations and the sale of broadcast rights and received no public funding or taxpayers' money.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-new7wonders.com_8-0" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World#cite_note-new7wonders.com-8" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a></sup> After the final announcement, New7Wonders said it didn't earn anything from the exercise and barely recovered its investment.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_the_World#cite_note-9" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"> It was the first in a planned series of lists; in 2007 the foundation launched <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New7Wonders_of_Nature" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="New7Wonders of Nature">New7Wonders of Nature</a>, which was the subject of voting until Nov. 11, 2011. 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7 Wonders of the World

New 7 Wonders of the World  (2000-2007) was an initiative started in 2000 as a Millennium project to choose  Wonders of the World  from a...

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