BARCELONA, BRASILIA, MADRID,NIZHNY NOVGOROD AND

SARAJEVO HAVE SELECTED THESEVEN WONDERS OF THEIRLOCAL CULTURAL HERITAGE December 2008December 2008

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BARCELONA, BRASILIA, MADRID, NIZHNY NOVGOROD AND SARAJEVO HAVESELECTED THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THEIR LOCAL CULTURAL HERITAGE

During the year of 2008, the International Bureau of Cultural Capitals promoted the election of the SevenWonders or Treasures of Cultural Heritage in five cities worldwide: Barcelona, Brasilia, Madrid, NizhnyNovgorod and Sarajevo. Xavier Tudela, President of the Bureau, stated that these five cities “represent thewide variety and richness international cultural heritage has to offer.”

The sites were selected by popular vote. Thousands of people participated and voted to elect their ownseven most representative sites. Twenty-five landmarks in each area participated in the contest, out ofwhich seven were voted local wonders in each place participant.

The election process was a simultaneous effort that took place in these five areas of the world. After theelection process was completed, the seven local wonders or treasures of Barcelona, Brasilia, Madrid, NizhnyNovgorod and Sarajevo are as follows:

Barcelona

1. The Temple Expiatori of the “Sagrada Família” 2. Santa Maria del Mar Church 3. Palace of Catalan Music 4. Milà House, aka. “Casa de la Pedrera”5. The Great Lyceum Theatre 6. Batlló House 7. Agbar Tower

Ceremony in Barcelona. July, 17, 2008

Brasilia

1. Brasilia Cathedral 2. National Congress3. Alvorada Palace 4. Planalto Palace 5. Good Will Temple 6. Dom Bosco Sanctuary 7. JK Bridge (Juscelino Kubischek)

Madrid

1. San Lorenzo Monastery at El Escorial2. The Complex of the Royal Palace in Madrid3. University and historical area in Alcalá de Henares4. Main Square in Chinchón 5. El Prado Museum 6. Cultural Landscape of Aranjuez 7. Main Square in Madrid

Ceremony in Brasilia. December, 9, 2008

Ceremony in Madrid. July, 15, 2008

The initiative to elect the seven wonders of modern cultural heritage in Barcelona, Brasilia, Madrid,Nizhny Novgorod and Sarajevo was created to emulate the universal allusion to the Seven Wonders of theAncient World, i.e. the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple ofArtemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus ofRhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

The International Bureau of Cultural Capitals has promoted the local election of the Seven Wonders oflocal Cultural Heritage in Barcelona, Brasilia, Madrid, Nizhny Novgorod and Sarajevo. The purpose of thiselection was to literally spread the word on local cultural heritage in an educational and entertaining way,while supporting tourism in the selected sites and encouraging visitors to learn about the richness of theinternational heritage in a concise way.

The International Bureau of Cultural Capitals (IBOCC) has established and promotes the AmericanCapital of Culture, the Capital of the Catalan Culture, the Brazilian Capital of Culture, the US Capital ofCulture, and the Spanish Capital of Culture among similar projects regarding capitals of culture.

The main objective of the IBOCC is to foster and expand the capitals of culture it has created, includingthe coordination of activities among already established capitals cultural around the world, the promotionof the creation of capitals of culture in areas of the world where they do not exist yet, to foster collabora-tion among cultural institutions and entities in order to achieve common goals, to provide consulting ser-vices to public and private institutions on the creation and development of cultural projects and to directlyadvance the establishment of cultural initiatives all over the world, such as the election of the SevenWonders or Treasures of Local Cultural Heritage in Barcelona, Brasilia, Madrid, Nizhny Novgorod andSarajevo. Xavier Tudela is President of the International Bureau of Cultural Capitals.

Nizhny Novgorod

1. Cultural landscape of the Volga slope2. Blagoveschensky (Annunciation) monastery complex3. Nativity of Our Lord and Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos church

(Rozhdestvenskay Soboro-Bogoroditskaya, called Stroganov’s)4. Nizhny Novgorod Citadel ("Kremlin". The walls and towers)5. “Garantiya” and “Titanic” buildings6. Fair Palace7. Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Sarajevo Canton

1. Old town area of Sarajevo (Baščaršija)2. Beg’s mosque complex 3. Hadji Sinan’s house4. Emperor’s mosque complex5. National Library6. Ali-Pasha’s mosque7. Old Orthodox Church

Ceremony in Nizhny Novgorod. September, 22, 2008

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Sagrada Familia

Old town area of Sarajevo (Baščaršija)

San Lorenzo Monasteryat El Escorial

Nizhny Novgorod Citadel("Kremlin". The walls and towers)

Brasilia Cathedral