Will Alhambra be one of the New 7 Wonders of the World?

More than 5,000 people joined hands around the Alhambra de Granada on Sunday 29th April, to embrace the monument and support it in its bid to become one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. The two chains of linked arms round the building was organised to stimulating voting for the monument.

The initiative was one of the many such projects being staged by public and private institutions to collect votes for making the huge stone structure one of the world's new group of most outstanding monuments.

The Alhambra Palace, built in the 13th and 14th centuries, is the last and most splendid of all the Arabian palaces to be built in Spain during 70 years of Moorish domination.

The Alhambra is one of the 21 monuments which voters around the world have chosen as the finalists. The Acropolis in Athens, the Eiffel tower in Paris, the Colosseum in Rome or the Great Wall in China are others of the chosen monuments. The final list will be announced in Lisbon on 7th July.

You also can give your vote through the foundation’s Internet page www.new7wonders.com and also through text messages from mobile phones