梵蒂冈(Vatican)表示，网络票选未把基督教文明列入世界新七大奇迹(wonders of the world)，是有意忽视基督教文明。 , l! n9 f1 d# F9 z/ L * r, T' y7 y. B7 s6 G- g8 q梵蒂冈圣座教会文物委员会主席大主教皮亚琴扎(Mauro Piacenza)指出，把米开兰基罗的壁画和西斯汀教堂(Sistine Chapel)排除在新七大奇迹候选名单之外是「令人惊讶、难以理解、引人怀疑」。# F+ c) ~2 a5 O' G
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列入票选的项目包括中国长城、英国巨石阵(Stonehenge)、雅典的卫城(Acropolis)、罗马圆形剧院(Colosseum)、巴黎艾菲尔铁塔(Eiffel)、安地斯山印加文化古城马丘比丘(Machu Picchu)、印度的泰姬玛哈陵(Taj Mahal)、约旦佩特拉古城(Petra)、复活节岛(Easter Island)、座落在巴西里约热内卢戈戈华多山顶（Morro do Corcovado）的耶稣像及莫斯科克里姆林宫教堂。 2 m$ n" Q$ b9 Z# _% _/ G! T* j2 f' | m* ]9 _$ `/ Z9 s1 m
根据意大利天主教日报Avvenire，梵蒂冈相信，里约热内卢戈戈华多山顶的耶稣像和克里姆林宫教堂是在巴西和俄国政府大力游说后，以观光胜地的名义被列入票选名单，而非以基督教文明的名义被列入名单。 z6 [ i( _0 m( M 6 `3 t Z0 Y9 P/ v. `皮亚琴扎表示，许多其它重要基督教文物也被忽略，其中包括耶路撒冷的圣墓教堂(Holy Sepulchre)和巴塞隆纳圣家堂(Sagrada Familia)。 ' @; V/ Y8 _& ?5 G& C - Y, F( u9 g+ a3 M7 u# H' Y梵蒂冈博物馆长Francesco Buranelli表示：「他们怎么会把西斯汀教堂排除在外，去年该教堂的访客超过四百多万人。」 7 W; ?! |" i6 G& A1 n8 x6 x% ?# }. T- r z/ w' ~ 3 f! [0 R5 y3 o1 p英国巨石阵(Stonehenge) 5 j7 w! W& A% D x4 E$ k1 r2 s! g; Y % c! |6 i! X- b- I
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July 6, 2007 ! L+ n* F. _, K! X 1 I# M, P. C- _. D5 R2 ?Vatican left aghast by new Seven Wonders list 2 E: f; {5 F% F$ e( R/ ?6 x% B, Y+ D5 L& X% ]5 ?# N
The Vatican has accused organisers of an internet poll to find the seven new “wonders of the world” of deliberately ignoring Christian monuments. $ s: L9 f' X4 a/ ~ Q4 u
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Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, who heads the Vatican’s pontifical commission for culture and archeology, said that the exclusion of Christian works of art such as Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel was “surprising, inexplicable, even suspicious”. More than 70 million votes have been cast in the privately sponsored campaign, which will announce the winner today in Portugal. ! p5 G' E! A' S+ m" R3 B
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The campaign was launched a year ago by Bernard Weber, a Swiss film-maker and museum curator, who felt compelled to take action after the destruction of the giant Buddha statues at Bamiyan in Afghanistan by the Taleban in 2001. , x/ }2 w- r B0 f7 W. J, x9 |: Q& V; W# S8 I
A total of 21 sites have been shortlisted, including Stonehenge, the Acropolis in Athens, the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico, the Colosseum in Rome, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Great Wall of China, the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, the Easter Island statues and, the Taj Mahal in India. Also on the shortlist are the giant statue of Christ Redeemer on Corcovado mountain above Rio de Janeiro, and St Basil’s and the Kremlin cathedrals in Moscow. . O7 K' e" K7 ^+ ?2 r% w
" `8 Q; i' c1 y9 y: }8 G& u( K4 jBut according to Avvenire, the Italian Catholic daily, the Vatican believes that these have been selected as tourist attractions, rather than as Christian sites, and only after intense political lobbying by the governments of Brazil and Russia. + y; @& y ^0 E; o0 y- S/ i9 m
% C3 @7 u$ @/ RMonsignor Piecenza said that many other Christian sites had been ignored, from the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and Antonio GaudÍ’s Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona to world famous cathedrals. “Vatican officials suspect an antiChristian bias” said La Repubblica yesterday. Francesco Buranelli, the director of the Vatican Museums, said he was also aghast. “How they can they possibly exclude from the wonders of the world a masterpiece like the Sistine Chapel, which last year alone had over four million visitors?” ! x( M' K; R9 ^# H. R$ n: A2 X; J+ y3 f& S
The new shortlist was drawn up by a panel of architects chaired by Federico Mayor, the former head of Unesco. It also includes the Angkor Wat temples in Cambodia, the Alhambra in Granada, the Kiyomizu Temple in Japan, Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, the Statue of Liberty in New York and the ancient city of Timbuktu in Mali. ' J7 i2 V0 ?3 P
* R( f$ ~( i$ S0 P, t* RThe New Seven Wonders hopes to raise money through sponsorship, television rights for the ceremony and marketing schemes, and says that the funds will be used “to cover costs” and conservation projects. D4 i9 {/ d( m& R3 h; w6 a 7 m! q3 ]4 x2 {) Z6 h! Y) a7 VA spokeswoman for the foundation said: “I don’t see why the Taj Mahal and Chichen Itza shouldn’t be marketed when Big Brother and the latest jeans worn by Victoria Beckham are.” 8 G7 z z- ^( k6 w E + y, {) B/ G; @+ W7 TShe added: “The idea is to stimulate dialogue and mutual cultural appreciation. We want people to appreciate both their own and other cultures.” % R9 t( W% J) S+ z% A( H
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The results will be announced during a televised ceremony at a football stadium in Lisbon. Of the original classical Wonders of the World, only the Pyramids at Giza are still standing.* F$ Q! `/ v6 c+ j) ~2 }
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