Search results for "List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest ... The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection ...
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  • Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site ... Cannons were first mounted on Brimstone Hill in 1690, when the British ...
    12 KB (1,806 words) - 23:08, 20 November 2023
  • The World Heritage Site known as the Monasteries on the slopes of ... In 1994 UNESCO designated these fourteen monasteries, part of a much ...
    16 KB (2,426 words) - 13:08, 10 March 2023
  • Sucre, which is located in the south-central part of Bolivia, is the ... Sucre is also called “The City of Four Names.” Charcas was the ...
    15 KB (2,191 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
  • Independence Hall is a United States national landmark located in ... The building is now part of the larger Independence National Historical ...
    16 KB (2,360 words) - 12:50, 4 March 2024
  • The Historic Centre of Lima is the portion of the city of Lima, Peru ... Lima was designated the administrative capital and most important ...
    19 KB (3,062 words) - 21:54, 31 January 2024
  • Teotihuacán was the largest pre-Columbian city in the Americas in ... The city reached its apex between 150 and 450 C.E.. Districts in the ...
    14 KB (2,091 words) - 03:47, 30 April 2023
  • ) describes the central area of the original city of Havana, Cuba ... Following a royal Spanish decree by Philip II of Spain in 1561, all ...
    17 KB (2,656 words) - 00:04, 18 November 2022
  • ruins and artifacts originally constructed in the Peruvian Andes by the pre ... A large part of the Chavin population was based on an agricultural ...
    15 KB (2,387 words) - 00:46, 5 December 2023
  • Potosí is a city in southern Bolivia, 56 miles (90 km) southwest ... Potosí is a city deeply reflective of the pain of colonialism. From ...
    14 KB (2,123 words) - 05:55, 30 November 2022
  • Dinosaur Provincial Park is located in the valley of the Red Deer ... park is well known for being one of the largest known dinosaur fossil ...
    13 KB (1,881 words) - 15:24, 29 January 2024
  • Yucatán is one of the 31 states of Mexico, located in the north of ... When Yucatán became a state in 1824 it occupied the entire peninsula ...
    27 KB (4,045 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
  • The Brazilian Atlantic Islands of Fernando de Noronha and Atol das ... Located in the open ocean between the South American and African continents ...
    21 KB (2,904 words) - 17:27, 26 March 2024
  • Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surfaces ... theories hold that they may have been a way of transmitting information, while ...
    25 KB (3,776 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
  • ) is a large seaport city on the northern coast of Colombia. Founded ... The city's history includes its role as a center for the Spanish ...
    27 KB (3,998 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
  • Tikal (or Tik’al, according to the more current orthography) is ... In addition to the ruins of the Mayan culture, the reserve protects ...
    19 KB (2,902 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
  • Cusco (also spelled Cuzco, and in the Quechua language as Qusqu ... ) is a city in southeastern Peru near the Sacred Valley in the Andes ...
    22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
  • [[Image:Stećak.jpg|thumb|250px|Radimlja necropolis of stećak in ... a large cemetery or burial place. Apart from the occasional application of ...
    26 KB (3,983 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
  • Chichen Itza ("At the mouth of the well of the Itza") is ... Chichen Itza was a major regional center in the northern Maya lowlands ...
    32 KB (4,966 words) - 20:59, 9 December 2023
  • Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, with an area of 227 ... The 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new ...
    28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022

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