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Evidence: The new 7 wonders of the world

“TAJ MAJAL” 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 8 nights 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 was how the Taj Mahal was 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 SwissCanadian 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, via 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, which
at one point could be observed in the film Slumdog Millionaire (Who
wants to be a millionaire) which was filmed in India.

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