New7Wonders Cities Finalists Announced! Did A Philippine City Make It?

The finalists of the "New7Wonders Cities" were announced early this week and one of the three shortlisted Philippine cities made it!

Ilocos Sur's Vigan City joins 27 other cities in the final stage of the "New7Wonders Cities" campaign, which aims to select seven cities around the world that best represent "the achievements and aspirations" of the "global urban civilization." A UNESCO World Heritage site, Vigan is dubbed as "the best preserved example of Spanish colonial towns in Asia."

The Top 28 finalists of "New7Wonders Cities" include Athens, Greece; Bangkok, Thailand; Barcelona, Spain; Beirut, Lebanon; Casablanca, Morocco; Chicago, USA; Doha, Qatar; Durban, South Africa; Havana, Cuba; Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; Istanbul, Turkey; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Kyoto, Japan; La Paz, Bolivia; London, United Kingdom; Mendoza, Argentina; Mexico City, Mexico; Mumbai, India; Perth, Australia; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Prague, the Czech Republic; Quito, Ecuador; Reykjavik, Iceland; St. Petersburg, Russia; Seoul, South Korea; Shenzhen, China; Vancouver, Canada, and Vigan, the Philippines.

"This outstanding shortlist of 28 cities mirrors the diversity of urban society, especially when, for the first time in history, more than half of our planet's population lives in cities," said Bernard Weber, Founder-President of New7Wonders. "Going forward, the New7Wonders Cities campaign will encourage debate about how cities should respond to the challenges of the present and the future. By voting in this worldwide campaign, people everywhere can decide the seven cities that best represent the achievements and aspirations of our global urban civilization."

In the final stage, the finalists will undergo three voting phases that will end on the selection of the 7 winning cities on December 7, 2014. To vote, please visit https://www.new7wonders.com/en/cities.