Construction of Colosseum began under Emperor Vespasian and was completed under supervisionm of his son Titus in 80 AD. It was built on the site of an artificial lake created by Nero in this valley between Rome's many hills, in front of his Domus Aurea palace. It was the largest ever built...
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It is one of located in Mexico about 120 km South of city of Merida. Chichen Itza is not a single building rather it is composed of a number of places and is a complex. The above picture shows the temple El Castlillo in the ruins of ancient civilization of Maya. Maya was the ancient civilization existed in South of Mexico and Central American states where presently coutries of Guatemala, Honduras Belize and El Salvador are located.
Word Chichen Itza means “at the mouth of the well of Itza “. According to archeologists it is assumed that this was the site where the temple city of Itza was built was around in first millennium BC...
More images, details and commentsWord Chichen Itza means “at the mouth of the well of Itza “. According to archeologists it is assumed that this was the site where the temple city of Itza was built was around in first millennium BC...
Christ Redeemer ( Brazil )
The Christ Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, was announced as one of the "New 7 Wonders of the World" in 2007, in a ceremony held in Portugal. The election, the largest ever conducted by Internet and cell phone messages, featured more than 100 million votes worldwide. The monument Brazil was in third position, behind...
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This ancient piece of art was included in the new official wonders of the World in year 2007. Petra was an ancient city in present Jordan and presently atteracting a huge amount of visitors/tourists from all over the World. It is supposed to be somewhat 2000 years old and was oocpied by an Arab tribe known as Nabataeans. Enterance of this city is through a narrow gorge and at the end of city you will find an opening or enterance of Al Khazaneh ( Arabic word means Treasury ) as shown in th image...
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It was also included in the final list of new official seven wonders of the World in 2007. It is located in Peru ( South America ) about 80 kilometers from the city of Cusco in the mountains of Machu Picchu. Its height is 7710 feet above mean sea level. It is considered to be the most important place of South America and atteracts maximum tourists in Peru. This city was a military secret due to its location in mountains and provided excellent defences...
Taj Mahal ( India )
Taj Mahal is kind of a building in which no construction error can be judged. It is considered as the symbol of love for all the mankind as was actually a symbol of love between Shahjahan ( Emperor of India ) and Arjumand Banu Begum commonly known as Mumtaz. She died at the young age of 39 and Shahjahan ordered to construct this great monument to keep her memory alive. He was already famous as a great builder of his time but after the death of Mumtaz he thought ...
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Great Wall Of China
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