It was chosen by the greeks and if you are wondering why the number 7, well it was considered the perfect number.

The Old Seven Wonders of the World are:

1. Great Pyramid of Giza, El Giza, Egypt.
2. Colossus of Rhodes, in Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name.
3. Hanging Gardens of Babylon, in Babylon, near present-day Hillah, Babil province, in Iraq.
4. Lighthouse of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt.
5. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, in Halicarnassus, Achaemenid Empire, modern day Turkey.
6. Statue of Zeus at Olympia, in Olympia, Greece.
7. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, in Ephesus

Unfortunately, only the Pyramids exists nowadays!

In 2001 a Swiss project called the New Seven Wonders of the World called upon the world to fill a new list, and so the new seven wonders of the world list was created.

Last year with my travel in Peru I have collected all 7 of them, and I want to share with you my personal photography of them!

1. Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

You can read the travel story here

2. Taj Mahal, Agra, India

3. Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico

You can read my travel story here

4. Great Wall of China

5.  Machu Pichu, Cusco, Peru

6. Colosseum, Rome, Italy

7. Petra, Jordan

And for last, my favorite of all 7, Petra, the pink city of the desert!

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Petra by CandleLight Enrico Pescantini

This is the comment of the Jury:

Enrico Pescantini’s image ‘Petra by candlelight’ (Jordan) also caught our judge’s eye. Adam described it as ‘a monumental composition taken at night, demonstrating the skill of a photographer able to capture a spectacle of light, at a location that showcases human skill more than 2,000 years ago, while also showing us the stars.’

Adam Stanford of Aerial-Cam, and Simon Butler from Hidden History Travel & Archaeology, who sponsored the competition, with the photos at CA Live! 2019

“Petra by Candlelight” has been shot with Sony A7R and lens Tokina Firin f2, 30″, F/3.2, ISO 800.

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