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 ...15 KB (2,151 words) - 22:17, 6 October 2023
- 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
- Lima is the capital and largest city, as well as the commercial and ... Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded the city in 1535, as ...28 KB (4,030 words) - 08:43, 8 March 2023
- Kingston, the capital, the largest city, and chief port, of Jamaica ... Founded in 1693, under English rule, Kingston became the prosperous ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
- A basilica, in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions, is a church building ... The Latin word basilica was originally used to describe a public building ...21 KB (3,233 words) - 03:32, 1 January 2022
- Havana, officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the capital city, major ... human habitation more than 7,000 years ago. In the modern era, Spanish settlement ...29 KB (4,178 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- The United States Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean ... The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 01:22, 3 May 2023
- The Galápagos Islands (Spanish names: Islas de Colónumio or Islas ... The Galápagos archipelago is part of Ecuador, a country in northwestern ...33 KB (5,083 words) - 03:47, 18 April 2024
- Madeira is an archipelago in the north Atlantic Ocean, and is one ... Madeira, known originally to the Romans as the Purple Islands, was ...32 KB (4,286 words) - 10:48, 9 March 2023
- Guyana, officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is the only ... Guyana is the third smallest country on the mainland of South America ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- Phoenicia was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient ... (phoînix), through its close association with the famous dye Tyrian ...30 KB (4,504 words) - 04:20, 24 November 2022
- Old Italian: Fiorenza, Latin: Florentia) is the capital and most populous ... more than 2000 years. Initially a small city of moneylenders and textile merchants ...28 KB (4,082 words) - 17:40, 28 March 2024
- ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, and the westernmost ... Over the course of its existence, Lisbon has both flourished and suffered ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the fifth largest metropolitian ... Toronto is heralded as one of the most multicultural cities in the ...43 KB (6,252 words) - 23:37, 15 January 2024
- Parrot is the common name for any of the tropical and subtropical ... There are roughly 350 species in 85 genera making up the order. These ...49 KB (7,385 words) - 18:44, 23 March 2023
- The United Mexican States, or simply Mexico, is a country located ... Covering almost two million square kilometers, Mexico is the fifth ...57 KB (8,268 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- Bermuda (officially, The Bermuda Islands) is a British overseas territory ... Although commonly referred to in the singular, the territory consists ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- London, situated in south-eastern England at the head of the River ... London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and ...41 KB (5,950 words) - 21:02, 3 November 2022
- ) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
- ]]/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains regions ... The state ranks fourth in area, but 44th in population with 944,632 ...59 KB (8,584 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- The Bailiwick of Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency ... The defense of all these islands is the responsibility of the United ...44 KB (6,712 words) - 18:59, 16 October 2022
- Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, consists of the island of Cuba ... Cuba is the most populous country in the Caribbean. Its people, culture ...72 KB (10,971 words) - 06:40, 11 January 2024
- Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain ( Reino de España ), is a country located in Southern Europe, with two small exclaves ...115 KB (17,210 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
