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Millennium project to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing
monuments. The popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and
organized by the New7Wonders Foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, with
winners announced on July 7, 2007 in Lisbon.
The New7Wonders Foundation claimed that more than 100 million votes were cast
through the Internet or by telephone. The voting via Internet was limited to one vote
for seven monuments per person/identity, via telephone multiple voting was possible,
so the poll was considered not scientific ("decidedly unscientific"). According to John
Zogby, founder and current President/CEO of the Utica, New York-based polling
organization Zogby International, New7Wonders Foundation drove "the largest poll
on record"
The program drew a wide range of official reactions. Some countries touted their
finalist and tried to get more votes cast for it, while others downplayed or criticized
the contest. After supporting the New7Wonders Foundation at the beginning of the
campaign, by providing advice on nominee selection, the United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) by its bylaws having to record all and
give equal status to the world heritage sites distanced itself from the undertaking in
2001 and again in 2007.
It was the first in a planned series of lists; in 2007 the foundation launched
New7Wonders of Nature, which was the subject of voting until Nov. 11, 2011.
New7Wonders Cities is the current project, with voting through July 2014.
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7 Nuevas Maravillas del Mundo (2000-2007) fue una iniciativa comenz en 2000
como un proyecto del Milenio para elegir maravillas del mundo a partir de una
seleccin de 200 monumentos existentes. La encuesta de popularidad fue dirigido
por el canadiense-suizo Bernard Weber y organizado por la Fundacin
New7Wonders con sede en Zurich, Suiza, los ganadores se anunciarn el 7 de julio
de 2007 en Lisboa.
Fue la primera de una serie planificada de las listas, en 2007 la fundacin lanz
New7Wonders de la Naturaleza, que fue objeto de la votacin hasta el 11 de
noviembre de 2011. New7Wonders Cities es el proyecto actual, con el voto a julio de
2014.