- One month to go before new wonders of the world are announced - make your vote count! -
| Published: 7th June 2007 15:50 |
English Heritage (South West)
Make Stonehenge one of the New 7Wonders
- One month to go before new wonders of the world are announced - make your vote count! -
English Heritage is urging as many people as possible to vote for Stonehenge, to ensure that it becomes one of the New 7 Wonders of the world. In just one month's time on 7 July, the seven winners will be announced in Lisbon, Portugal and people are being asked to vote for Stonehenge in the run up to the July deadline to ensure it is one of the winning sites.
Out of a total of 21 finalists Stonehenge is currently in ninth position in the race to become one of the New 7 Wonders. A variety of ?wonders? from around the world including The Acropolis, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal and Machu Picchu are in the running and votes can be cast right up until midnight of 6 July 2007 ? the night before the winners are announced.
The New7Wonders World Tour visited Stonehenge last October as part of its global tour to highlight the 21 finalists. A high-tech airship soared over the monument and to celebrate its candidacy, around 50 robed druids performed a ceremony in and around the stone circle. New7Wonders founder Bernard Weber also presented the official certificate of candidacy to Stonehenge Director, Peter Carson.
Peter Carson said: "Stonehenge represents something particularly special in our nation's history. The ancient stone circle has endured thousands of years and while we know certain things about its history, the site still retains a sense of mystery drawing almost a million visitors a year from all over the world."
"Its construction was a feat of human perseverance yet we are still unsure of its original purpose. Stonehenge certainly deserves a place among the New 7 Wonders of the world and I urge anyone who feels the same to place their votes before time runs out."
The New 7 Wonders of the World will be announced at a gala evening in Lisbon, Portugal, on Saturday, July 7, 2007 and the celebration will be broadcast live around the globe.
For details of how to vote online, by phone or via SMS text message, visit http://www.new7wonders.com
Issued on behalf of English Heritage by Government News Network SW.
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