Most beautiful cities
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Small towns
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Greatest art museums
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Tallest BuildingsSee Skyscrapers Largest buildings in the world:
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Lost cities
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Monuments
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Greatest churches in the world
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Greatest squares in the world
Best markets in the world
Greatest domes in the world
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Mountains(See their pictures)Great mountains of the world Tallest mountains in the world Waterfalls |
Favorite countriesNature
(Ancient) History
Wildlife
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While attributed as far back as to Herodotus, the "standard" list came to us via Antipater of Sidon, a minor greek poet who obviously had nothing better to do. The man who wrote the book "Seven Wonders of the World" was actually a Callimachus of Cyrene, but that book has not survived, so we don't know if he meant the Herodotus list or another list. But his title stuck and today we use his title ("seven wonders") to refer to Herodotus & Antipater list (which was really titled "seven sights").
Other popular "seven wonders" included:
| Country | Historical attractions | Natural attractions | Architecture | Ethnographic attractions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Belize | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Brazil | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Colombia | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Guatemala | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Guyana | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Mexico | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Peru | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| USA | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| ---- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Australia | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| China | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| Emirates | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| India | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Iran | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Nepal | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Syria | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Thailand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| ---- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Britain | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| France | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Germany | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Greece | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Turkey | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| ---- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Congo | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Egypt | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ethiopia | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Kenya | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Mali | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Morocco | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| South Africa | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Zambia | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |