Acropolis NOT chosen as one of the 7 wonders!

[Hellenika]

Insanity! Are they kidding or what? :thimomenos: Is there no end to this diversity illness? I like diversity in some things too that doesn't mean I like crap!



New 7 Wonders of the World Named

LISBON, Portugal — Monuments in three Latin American countries were named among the new seven wonders of the world Saturday.

Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer, Peru's Machu Picchu, and Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid were chosen alongside the Great Wall of China, Jordan's Petra, the Colosseum in Rome and India's Taj Mahal.

The sites were selected according to a tally of around 100 million votes cast by people around the world over the Internet and by cell phone text messages, the nonprofit organization that conducted the poll said.

Among the places left out were the Acropolis in Athens, Greece; the Statues of Easter Island, Chile; Cambodia's Angkor; Turkey's Hagia Sophia; and Russia's Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral.

Those major attractions were on the shortlist of 21 before the announcement of the results at a ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Great Pyramids of Giza, the only surviving structures from the original seven wonders of the ancient world, kept their status in addition to the new seven.

The new architectural marvels were presented during a show which included appearances by American actress Hilary Swank, Indian actress Bipasha Basu, and British actor Ben Kingsley, as well as performances by Jennifer Lopez and Jose Carreras.

Macchu Piccu's award was picked up by a Peruvian man in national costume who held the award up to the sky and then bowed to the crowd with his hands clasped, eliciting one of the biggest cheers of the night.

Many in the 50,000-member audience at a soccer stadium jeered when the United States' Statue of Liberty was announced as one of the candidates. Portugal was broadly opposed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, pilot of the first hot-air balloon to fly nonstop around the world, announced one of the winners and briefly hijacked proceedings when he made an appeal for people to combat climate change and stand up for human rights before being ushered off the stage.

The campaign to pick the seven new wonders was begun in 1999 by Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber. His Switzerland-based foundation, called New7Wonders, received almost 200 nominations from around the world. The list of candidates was narrowed down to 21 by early last year. Voting took place over the past six years, but gathered pace only in recent months.

The organizers conceded there was no foolproof way to prevent people from voting more than once for their favorite. They claimed votes came in from every country in the world.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, keeps updating its own list of World Heritage Sites, which now totals 851 places.

However, Paris-based UNESCO distanced itself from the seven wonders ballot, saying it reflected only the opinion of those who voted.

Weber aims to encourage cultural diversity by supporting, preserving and restoring monuments, and inspire people to value their heritage.

His foundation said it would use 50 percent of net revenue from the project to fund restoration efforts worldwide. One of them is a mission to rebuild the giant Bamiyan Buddha statue in Afghanistan, blown up in 2000 by the Taliban regime.

Weber said he was starting a new campaign Sunday to choose the new seven natural wonders of the world.

"If you want to save something, you first have to truly appreciate it," he told the crowd.

The original list of seven architectural marvels was collated by a variety of observers of the ancient Mediterranean and the Middle East.

However, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos lighthouse off Alexandria in Egypt have all vanished.



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[Prokomenos]

Thats a shame that it wasnt chosen and instead they chose some things that I have never even heard of. Then again when you think about Greece itself is by far the greatest wonder itself we don't need to advertise it to anyone.

What pissed me off is how they wrote Turkey's Agia Sofia.

[gorgona]

Originally Posted by Hellenika
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I like diversity in some things too that doesn't mean I like crap!

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I have to say that I can’t believe that Rio’s Christ the Redeemer made it. It has no elegance or sophistication. Same goes for the Great Wall (imho)—it’s just long. The fact that the Acropolis wasn’t selected is just proof that the people voting weren’t considering beauty and ingenuity, they were just voting for the home team. I supposed I could be accused of the same, but the Acropolis (and especially the Parthenon) is a jewel of architecture, engineering and art that has yet to be equaled.

[Prokomenos]

Originally Posted by gorgona
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I have to say that I can’t believe that Rio’s Christ the Redeemer made it. It has no elegance or sophistication. Same goes for the Great Wall (imho)—it’s just long. The fact that the Acropolis wasn’t selected is just proof that the people voting weren’t considering beauty and ingenuity, they were just voting for the home team. I supposed I could be accused of the same, but the Acropolis (and especially the Parthenon) is a jewel of architecture, engineering and art that has yet to be equaled.

You are absolutley correct. Dont forget look at the populations of the other countries that made it compared to Greece and then you will have your answer.

[antonio]

Originally Posted by Prokomenos
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You are absolutley correct. Dont forget look at the populations of the other countries that made it compared to Greece and then you will have your answer.

The Colosseum is popular enough to get on the list, but the Pantheon's dome in Rome is much more of a wonder. This result is meaningless. The ignorant had as much say as historians, engineers, and those in the know.

[gorgona]

Originally Posted by antonio
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The Colosseum is popular enough to get on the list, but the Pantheon's dome in Rome is much more of a wonder. This result is meaningless. The ignorant had as much say as historians, engineers, and those in the know.

At least the Colosseum has redeeming architectural beauty and is an engineering marvel in its own right. Should the Pantheon have replaced Christ the Redeemer in this vapid contest? Absolutely. (My kids have done better with Play-Do-- just not as large.) Could you have put together a better list of wonders to choose from? Most likely.

[Prokomenos]

You are both correct and I couldnt agree more.

[Cuz]

Well I'm from México and am very happy about the Chichén Itzá, the people vote for it and it is really good. But that The Acropolis didn't made it... well i don't like it because it is very important too.
In the house of my grandfather all there were waiting for "The Acropolis" like new 7 wonder But that never happen so many of them was sad, but otherwise they were very happy because they live in México and Chichén Itzá won.

Anyway Chichén Itzá is an ancient city and the Machu Pichu too very ald civilizations.
I don't like that much Christ the Redeemer but the people vote and is a people desicion, some of them not very good decisions at all,I voted for The Acropolis by Internet and txt message in my cell phone so it is desappointing can't see The Acropolis in the New 7 Wonders list.

But we know that is a wonder and this have to be enough, everybody knows that Greek ancient civilization gave many many things to the new civilazation and that is a very good thing to be proud!!!!!

so everybody can be proud becase THE ACROPOLIS: WAS, IS AND WILL BE A WONDER FOR THE REST OF THE LIFE!!!!! :) with any doubt!!!





here is some info about the chichén itzá if you want to know more

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[Hellenika]

I should have realized the whole thing was a joke when I wasn't able to only for for one. You had to vote for 7. If the Acropolis is not a wonder, nothing is.

[Cuz]

Originally Posted by Hellenika
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I should have realized the whole thing was a joke when I wasn't able to only for for one. You had to vote for 7. If the Acropolis is not a wonder, nothing is.

I agree with you but if you voted by cell phone you could vote just for one if you decided do it by internet you should vote for seven and i don't like that neither.