Seven Wonders Compiled during the Middle Ages

  1. The Colosseum of Rome
  2. The Catacombs of Alexandria, Egypt
  3. The Great Wall of China
  4. Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, England
  5. The Leaning Tower of Pisa
  6. The Porcelain Tower of Nanking, China
  7. The Mosque of Saint Sophia at Constantinople (now Istanbul)
There is much variation in this. Some of the above wonders are not on some lists and other lists include:

***** Abu Simbel Temple, Egypt
***** Angkor Wat, Cambodia
***** Aztec Temple, Tenochtitlan, Mexico
***** Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines
***** Borobudur Temple, Indonesia
***** Inca City of Machu Picchu, Peru
***** Mayan Temples, Tikal, Guatemala
***** Moai Statues of Easter Island, Rapa Nui, Chile
***** Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France
***** Throne Hall of Persepolis, Iran
***** Parthenon, Athens, Greece
***** Petra (Rock-Carved City), Jordan
***** Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar
***** Taj Mahal, Agra, India
***** Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico

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