New 7 Wonders Cities (2011–2014) was the third in a series of Internet-based polls operated by the New 7 Wonders Foundation. It followed New 7 Wonders of the World and New 7 Wonders of Nature.
The poll began in 2007 with more than 1200 nominees from 220 countries. A longlist of 77, limited to a maximum of one city per country, was considered by a panel headed by Federico Mayor Zaragoza, former director-general of UNESCO, which shortlisted 28 suggestions. The shortlist was then opened to a public vote. Announced in 2011, it ended in 2014 with the selection of Beirut, Doha, Durban, Havana, Kuala Lumpur, La Paz and Vigan as the winning cities.
Winners City Country Image EstablishedBeirut Lebanon 3000 BCDoha Qatar 1825Durban South Africa 1880Havana Cuba 1519Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1859La Paz Bolivia 1548Vigan Philippines 1572
Finalists +CityCountryImageEstablishedAthensGreece3000 BCBangkokThailand1782BarcelonaSpain218 BCCasablancaMorocco15 BCChicagoUnited States1780Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam1698IstanbulTurkey330KyotoJapan794LondonUnited Kingdom47 ADMendozaArgentina1561Mexico CityMexico1325MumbaiIndia1507PerthAustralia1829Phnom PenhCambodia1372QuitoEcuador1534ReykjavíkIceland870Saint PetersburgRussia1703SeoulSouth Korea18 BCShenzhenChina331VancouverCanada1870
References
External links New7Wonders official website New7Wonders Cities Bernard Weber Project Founder