Learning activity

The Taj Mahal, built from 1631 to

1654, is a collection of buildings
located in Agra, a city of Uttar Pradesh,
India, built by Shah Jahan, emperor of
the Mughal dynasty. The Taj Mahal
was built in honor of his favorite wife,
Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth
to his 14th child. Before his death, the
emperor's beloved wife told him his last
wishes, which were to build his tomb, to
marry again, to care for and love his
children very much, and to visit his
tomb annually on the anniversary of his
death. The emperor, after 8 days and
8nights of depression and confinement,
without any food or drink, he decides to
build the most beautiful tomb the world
has ever seen, so that everyone will
remember the name of his beloved wife
and remain as a testimony of his great
love for her. This is how the Taj Mahal
built has been built, the most beautiful
mausoleum in the world, covered in
white marble, and adorned at different
points by  precious stones from all over
the world…

and today, perhaps, represents the

greatest construction made by love
towards a woman.

Selection process or contest:

In order to choose the new Seven Wonders of the  Modern World, the Swiss-Canadian
Bernard Weber. inspired by the seven wonders of the ancient world, set out the initiative
to plan an international competition so that any citizen of the world can select through a
vote such monuments for Medium of the mobile phone with text messages, e-mail,
through certain TV channels

For this, the traveler and aircraft lover, Weber, created, in early 2005, the New Open
World Foundation.
Initially, two hundred (200) constructions, which fulfilled the condition of having been
created by the hand of man until the year 2000, were put to a vote, regardless of their age
or place of origin. In 2005 the list of constructions was reduced to seventy-seven (77), and
at the end of the same year there were only twenty-one (21). The voting ended on July 7th,
2007 (at 07h 07m 07s to be exact), at which time the monuments will be announced to the
world to be the Seven New Wonders of the World in the third millennium.

The most modern constructions, built in the twentieth century were the most
disadvantaged in the results. This was how the Taj Mahal of India stayed on the final list.

Unfortunately, that opaque said wonder is the huge garbage that can be seen in the face
that don’t show the tourist photos of the construction.