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New7Wonders of the World (2000–2007) was an initiative started in 2000 as a Millennium project to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''How the New7Wonders movement all began'' - World of New7Wonders )〕 The popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the New7Wonders Foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, with winners announced on 7 July 2007 in Lisbon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The project founder Bernard Weber - A Short History - World of New7Wonders )〕 The New7Wonders Foundation claimed that more than 100 million votes were cast through the Internet or by telephone. The voting via Internet was limited to one vote for seven monuments per person/identity, via telephone multiple voting was possible,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Voting Analysis )〕 so the poll was considered not scientific.〔 According to John Zogby, founder and current President/CEO of the Utica, New York-based polling organization Zogby International, New7Wonders Foundation drove "the largest poll on record".〔The program drew a wide range of official reactions. Some countries touted their finalist and tried to get more votes cast for it, while others downplayed or criticized the contest.〔(The Seven Wonders of the World, 2.0 ), ''Los Angeles Times'', 2007-07-07〕 After supporting the New7Wonders Foundation at the beginning of the campaign, by providing advice on nominee selection, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) by its bylaws having to record all and give equal status to the world heritage sites distanced itself from the undertaking in 2001 and again in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New7Wonders and UNESCO: Separate organizations, common goals )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UNESCO confirms that it is not involved in the "New7Wonders of the World" campaign )〕 The New7Wonders Foundation, established in 2001, relied on private donations and the sale of broadcast rights and received no public funding or taxpayers' money.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interesting questions and answers )〕 After the final announcement, New7Wonders said it didn't earn anything from the exercise and barely recovered its investment.〔(Oh Taj! 7 wonders won’t get campaign money ), indianexpress.com, 2007-07-22〕 The foundation has run two subsequent programs: New7Wonders of Nature, the subject of voting until 2011, and New7WondersCities, which wound up in 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New7Wonders ✔ - the Global Voting site )〕 ==Winners== The Great Pyramid of Giza, largest and oldest of the three pyramids at the Giza Necropolis in Egypt and the only surviving (and oldest) of the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was granted honorary status. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New7Wonders of the World」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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