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**INTRODUCTION**

Around the whole world, behind the big cities and hectic life, we are in the presence of wonders made by the man. In the antiquity the Greeks and the Romans had the idea of select seven monuments considered perfects, and call them “wonder of the world”. The seven wonders of the world were chosen by the architectural and artistic standard of magnificence, dimension and technical prowess. media type="file" key="IntroductionReview.wma" width="300" height="45"

**Seven Ancient Wonders of the World:**
 * The Great Pyramid of Giza
 * Hanging Gardens of Babylon
 * Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
 * Statue of Zeus at Olympia
 * Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
 * Colossus of Rhodes
 * Lighthouse of Alexandria



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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: **The Pharos of Alexandria was one of the Ancient 7 Wonders of the World and the only one that had a practical purpose, it helped to guide the ships to the port of Alexandria in Egypt avoiding the labyrinth of sandbars. It was built in the 3rd century B.C and it was around 117 and 134 meters tall. It had a structural composed in three parts, constructed with light-colored stone and polished bronze mirrors that reflected the sun rays in the daytime and in the night they used the fire to guide. The lighthouse’s design had an influence in the mosque’s design and in the constructions of others pharos. During the 14th century the earthquakes and the external factors made the tower fell down. **

**Questions:**
 * What do the pyramids represent?
 * Which is the only pyramid that is still showing the original polished limestone?
 * <span style="display: inline !important; font-size: 130%;">Did the cranes exist during the construction of the pyramids?
 * <span style="display: inline !important; font-size: 130%;">Are two of the three pyramids slightly smaller?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: justify;">Answers to Catherine
 * <span style="background-color: white; display: inline !important; font-size: 130%;">How did the Egyptians carry the stones? They transported the stones via timber sleds and by being rolled over the top of logs. Each block has to be dragged on ramps up to its designated place.
 * <span style="background-color: white; display: inline !important; font-size: 130%;">When were the pyramids built? They were built between 2600 and 2500 B.C
 * <span style="background-color: white; display: inline !important; font-size: 130%;">Is The Great Pyramid the tallest pyramid built? Yes, it is. The Great Pyramid is the tallest one.


 * <span style="background-color: white; display: inline !important; font-size: 130%;">Do the pyramids represent the link between Heaven and Earth? Yes, they do. The Pyramids represents the link between the Heaven and Earth.



<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: justify;">**I learned that the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were chosen by the Greeks and Romans, through the years they were destroyed by earthquakes, fire and flood. Between all wonders the only one who had a practical purpose was the Lighthouse of Alexandria. My favorite wonder of Ancient World is The Great Pyramid of Giza, because it is the oldest wonder of the world and the first who was built. The constructions of the pyramids were advanced for the epoch and it still in existence. Archaeological excavations proved the existence of the ancients wonders except the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: justify;"> media type="file" key="ILearned.wma" width="300" height="45"

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> Seven Modern Wonders of the World
 * ** Chichen Itza **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Christ The Redeemer **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Roman Colosseum **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Great Wall of China **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Machu Picchu **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Petra **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Taj Mahal **



__** HALLSTATT: **__



** __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Introduction owhy I selected Hallstatt: __ ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> **Hallstatt is a village located in Austria. This village under the tilt-shift effect of photography makes that the place look like as a model,** ** but in other photos without effect, Hallsttat is perfect, like it is **** unreal. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Description and history of the site__: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was constructed 400 years ago. Some of Hallstatt's oldest archaeological <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> finding, date back to around 5500 BC. In 1311, Hallstatt became a market town. In 1846 was discovered a prehistoric c <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">emetery. The first road to Hallstatt was only built in 1890, along the <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> west shore. In 1997 it was declared as Word Heritage. **


 * __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interesting facts about that place: __ **
 * ** <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is so little place for cemeteries that every ten years <span style="color: #500050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">bones used to be exhumed to make room for new burials. **
 * ** <span style="color: #500050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">At the local chapel, on a display is collection of elaborately <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> decorated skulls with the owners' names, professions, death dates inscribed on them. **
 * ** <span style="color: #500050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Salt is valuable resource, Hallstatt has the world's first known <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> salt mine, located above downtown. **
 * **<span style="color: #500050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Hallstatt can be toured on foot in ten minutes. **
 * ** <span style="color: #500050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">On June 18th, 2011, was reported that a Chinese real-estate firm <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> i <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">ntended to build a replica of the entire town in Guangdong province. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">__ Reason why I consider this place must be part of the 7 wonders of the world:__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #500050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hallstatt must be part of the 7 wonders of the world, because the village can represent a place in the category of “a fairytale ". The combination of <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> the mirror-like lake and the houses with hang up clusters of flowers is perfect. Thinking of it in an inverse way, probably if we were doing a model of a landscape and the houses, it would not work out so perfect for us as Hallstatt. **

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">__ Conclusion: __Hallstatt looks like a model because every element seems to be placed in a meticulous way so that everything matches perfectly. Although it's a village, it is full of culture and history. It is a place that deserved an entry dedicated in our collection of incredible places, so why not make it become a wonder of the world **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: justify;">** __Sydney Opera Hous__ **** __e.__ ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: justify;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: justify;">**The Sydney Opera House**

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: justify;">**The Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia is one of the most distinctive and famous 20th-century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts venues in the world. It has about 1000 rooms. Planning for the Sydney Opera House began in the late 1940s, when Eugene Goossens, dream for a venue for large theatrical productions but it was not considered large enough. Jorn Utzon, a Danish architect, was the winner of the design competition announced on September 1995. The Opera House was formally completed in 1973.** **The Sydney Opera House must be part of The Wonder of the World because “it represents the immensely complex geometries of some modern architecture. The design is also one of the first in the world to use araldite to glue** **the precast structural elements together and proved the concept for future use”.**

**<span style="display: inline !important; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: justify;"> Oia ** **<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: justify;">Oia is a former community on the islands of Thira and Therasia, in the Cyclades, Greece. It is also the most beautiful volcanic cauldron in the world, it was formed after a natural disaster; and turned out to be one of the most impressive natural lookouts. Along the cliff of Oia, houses have been delved into the porous volcanic rock. Parts of these houses are visible and the scenery that results from it is generally perceived as being typically Greek. The town is noted for its picturesque architecture, unique for its blend of relatively large medieval Venetian houses and small village homes, which were the housing form of the rest of the town's population. Oia should be partof the 7wonders of the world because the dimensions of the cliffs are breathtaking and the feeling of being inside of a volcano makes Oia an excellent tourist destination. The sunset isworth seeing. It is a beautiful town with fabulous architecture that enables people to remain expectant odes at the time the sun melts intothe sea, to see what is considere done of the more beautiful sunsets in the world. **