The UN has released the finalists to take six of the seven slots in a revamped Wonders of the World list. The pyramids at Giza are already in. The finalists (my votes in bold):
- The Acropolis (Greece)
- Hagia Sophia (Turkey)
- Kremlin & St. Basil's (Russia)
- Coliseum (Italy)
- Neushwanstein, i.e. Mad King Ludwig's, Castle (Germany)
- Eiffel Tower (France)
- Stonehenge (UK)
- Alhambra (Spain)
- Great Wall of China (guess where?)
- Kiyomizu Temple (Japan)
- Sydney Opera House (Australia)
- Angkor (Cambodia)
- Taj Mahal (India)
- Timbuktu (Mali)
- Petra (Jordan)
- Christ the Redeemer Statue (Brazil)
- Easter Island (Chile)
- Machu Picchu (Peru)
- Pyramid at Chichen Itza (Mexico)
- Statue of Liberty (United States/France)
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