| | As the great civilizations of antiquity warped, the memory of the ancient wonders washed out and so the great minds of medieval age like their classical predecessors was fascinated by the astounding architecture people erected. Medieval scholars reviewed and rewrote a new list which with time emerged as the seven wonders of the Medieval Mind .This list includes the following masterpieces of art
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The Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument located near Amesbury in the English country of Wiltshire, about 8 miles north of Salisbury. It is not a single structure but consists a circular setting of a series of earth, timber, and stone structures that were re-modelled over a period of more than 1400 years.
The Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheater was begun by Emperor Vespasian in AD 72 and inaugurated by his son Titus in 80 A.D. and completed by Domitian. Located on marshy land between the Esquiline and Caelian Hills, it was the first permanent amphitheater to be built in Rome and significantly is the emblem of Rome.
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Alexandria, Egypt, represented a melding of cultures in the late first century and The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa are the haunting reminders of a culture that existed 1900 years ago.
The necropolis (a cemetery or a burial ground) consists of a series of Alexandrian tombs of the Pharaonic funeral cult.
The Great Wall of China also known in China as the Great Wall of 10,000 Li¹ (), is an ancient Chinese fortification built from the end of the 15th century until the beginning of the 16th century, during the Ming Dynasty, in order to protect China from raids by the Mongols and Turkic tribes.
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The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing (also known as Bao'ensi , the "Temple of Gratitude", is located in Nanjing, an ancient capital of China, out on the south bank of the Yangtze River.
The Church of the Holy Wisdom, variously known as Hagia Sophia (in Greek) Sancta Sophia in is universally acknowledged as one of the great buildings of the world and sometimes even considered as the eighth wonder of the world.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa( Torre pendente di Pisa or simply La Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa.
The tower is famous for its noticeable lean.
Allwondersoftheworld.com takes you a tour to antiquities of the Medieval times which still baffles the imagination of the visitors.
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