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Seven Wonders of the World

SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD COLOSSEUM 80,000 CAPACITY OPOOR 500,000 DEAD GLADIATORS LOCATION: ITALY AGE: 1,934 YEARS OLD E RA: ANCIENT ROMAN PURPOSE: AMPHITHEATRE FOR GLADIATOR BATTLES VIEWING TIME: AN HOUR TO WALK AROUND DID YOU KNOW? THE COLOSSEUM IS THE LARGEST AMPHITHEATRE IN THE WORLD, AND HAS SERVED ROME AS A STADIUM, THEATRE, FORTRESS, CHURCH AND QUARRY IN ITS 2,000-YEAR HISTORY. PETRA 37 SQUARE MILES IN SIZE - ABOUT THE SIZE OF WALT DISNEY WORLD, FLORIDA DAY 600,000 VISITORS A YEAR LOCATION: JORDAN AGE: 2,30O+ YEARS OLD ERA: NABATA EAN PURPOSE: CAPITAL CITY AND TRADE CENTRE VIEWING TIME: A WHOLE DAY TO SEE EVERYTHING DID YOU KNOW? THIS ANCIENT CITY, CARVED DIRECTLY INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN JORDAN, WAS UNDISCOVERED BY THE MODERN WESTERN WORLD UNTIL 1812. CHRIST THE REDEEMER FEW SECS 635 TONNES WEIGHING THE SAME AS 4 BLUE WHALES 28 METRES SAME WINGSPAN AS A BOEING 737 LOCATION: BRAZIL AGE: 84 YEARS OLD ERA: ART DECO PURPOSE: PRAISING THE LORD VIEWING TIME: SECONDS DID YOU KNOW? THE LORD HAS SEEMINGLY TRIED TO STRIKE CHRIST THE REDEEMER DOWN ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THE STATUE SOMETIMES NEEDS BODY PARTS REATTACHING FOLLOWING LIGHTNING STRIKES. CHICHEN ITZA 4 期 2.5 SQUARE MILES 365 STEPS THE CASTILLO HAS ONE FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR LOCATION: MEXICO AGE: 1,600+ YEARS OLD ERA: PRE-COLUMBIAN MAYAN PURPOSE: ANCIENT CITY VIEWING TIME: FOUR HOURS TO EXPLORE DID YOU KNOW? A CENTRAL BATTLEGROUND OF THE WARS BETWEEN THE MAYANS AND SPANISH CONQUISTADORS, CHICHEN ITZA AND ITS ICONIC TEMPLES WERE EVENTUALLY A BANDONED AND RECLAIMED BY THE JUNGLE. HRS ТАJ MАНАL 17 YEARS TO BUILD 4,000,000 VI SITORS A YEAR 73 METRES AS TALL AS 7,604 STACKED LEGO BRIC KS LOCATION: INDIA AGE: 367 YEARS OLD ERA: MUGHAL EMPIRE PURPOSE: MAUSOLEUM FOR THE EMPEROR'S THIRD WIFE VIEWING TIME: TWO HOURS TO TAKE IT ALL IN DID YOU KNOW? AS THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS COMPLETELY SYMMETRICAL TOMB, LEGEND STATES THAT THE TAJ MAHAL WAS NEARLY ONE OF A PAIR; SHAH JAHAN HAD PLANNED TO AN IDENTIC AL TWIN IN BLACK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER. GREAT WALL OF CHINA MONTHS 800,000 PEOPLE TO CONSTRUCT IT THAT'S A LOT TO FEED 13,000 MILES LONG WOULD STRETCH HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD IF STRAIGHTENED OUT LOCATION: CHINA (UNSURPRISINGLY) AGE: 2,500+ YEARS OLD ERA: QIN DYNASTY PURPOSE: PROTECTION FROM INVADING ARMIES VIEWING TIME: MONTHS, IF YOU WANT TO WALK IT ALL DID YOU KNOW? DON'T FALL FOR THE MYTH THAT YOU CAN SEE THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA FROM SPACE; THAT WASA LIE INVENTED ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1754. MACHU PICCHU HRS 2,400 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL 43 KM TRAIL TO THE SUMIT, THAT'S 56,760 STEPS LOCATION: PERU AGE: 565 YEARS OLD ERA: INCAN PURPOSE: THE ESTATE OF EMPEROR PACHACUTI VIEWING TIME: SIX HOURS TO FULLY EXPLORE DID YOU KNOW? THE HIDDEN ESTATE OF AN INCAN EMPEROR, MACHU PICCHU WAS BUILT OVER 500 YEARS AGO, AND ABANDONED ONLY A CENTURY LATER. MYTHS ABOUT ALIENS BUILDING THE CITY ARE MOSTLY JUST IGNORED. 20 HRS HICHEN PICCHU 16 HRS TAJ MAHAL 13 HRS THE 12 HRS REDEEMER GREAT WALL 11 HRS OF CHINA HRS PETRA COLOSSEUM 3 HRS TIME FROM LONDON Ladbrokes Infographic produced by Ladbrokes Games to support their current 7 wonders of the World giveaway.

Seven Wonders of the World

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Ladbrokes have taken a more detailed look at some of the facts and figures from all of the 7 wonders, and to make it nice and easy on the eye, we've put them into this wonderful infographic!

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