SHANGHAI, July 9 -- THE Great Wall of China, Rome's Colosseum, India's Taj Mahal and three architectural marvels from Latin America are among the new seven wonders of the world chosen in a global poll.

Jordan's Petra was the seventh winner.

Peru's Machu Picchu, Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer and Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid also made the cut.

About 100 million votes were cast by the Internet and cellphone text messages, said New7Wonders, the nonprofit organization that conducted the poll.

The seven beat out 14 other nominated landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower, Easter Island in the Pacific, the Statue of Liberty, the Acropolis, Russia's Kremlin and Australia's Sydney Opera House.

The pyramids of Giza, the only surviving structures from the original seven wonders of the ancient world, were assured of retaining their status in addition to the new seven after Egyptian officials said it was a disgrace they had to compete.

The other six - the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos lighthouse off Alexandria - have all vanished.

Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber launched the campaign to name new wonders in 1999. Almost 200 nominations were narrowed to the 21 most-voted by the start of 2006.

Organizers admit there was no foolproof way to prevent people voting more than once.

Among the losing candidates were Japan's Kiyomizu Temple, Britain's Stonehenge and Mali's Timbuktu.