Beirut among New7Wonders Cities

New7Wonders president and founder Bernard Weber announced on the organization’s official website that Beirut is one of the seven new cities on the 2014 list of Seven Wonders, after 28 cities made it to the finals in October.

A panel of experts, which included architecture and urbanism scholars, selected the 28 finalists and voters then narrowed the selection down to seven through subsequent elimination rounds.

In addition to the Lebanese capital, the list also included Doha, La Paz, Vigan, Kuala Lumpur, Havana and Durban.

Weber expressed the significance of the selection of these cities saying: “We began with more than 1,200 nominees from 220 different countries and here we have seven that represent the global diversity of urban society.

“For the first time in human history, more than half of our planet’s population lives in cities and this election emphasizes the dramatically challenging character of our changing world.”

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Beirut among New7Wonders Cities