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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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  • The Minaret of Jam is located in the Shahrak District, Ghor Province ... the site on it's list of World Heritage Sites in Danger, due to the ...
    10 KB (1,495 words) - 18:44, 9 November 2022
  • ), located in Nepal, lies at the crossroads of ancient civilizations ... The valley has a history of human habitation dating to at least 300 ...
    11 KB (1,537 words) - 20:17, 28 February 2023
  • The Lahore Fort, locally referred to as Shahi Qila citadel of the ... Fort Lahore and built the Shalamar Gardens in Lahore. Mughal architecture ...
    15 KB (2,177 words) - 10:57, 10 November 2023
  • tenth century, Timbuktu is an African city in the modern day nation of Mali ... 1990, it was added to the list of world heritage sites in danger due to the ...
    16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
  • terraces, had been carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by ... The rice culture of the Ifugao people requires tremendous skill and ...
    12 KB (1,820 words) - 03:26, 17 September 2023
  • or Lal Qila, meaning the Red Fort, located in Delhi, India, has been awarded ... Shahjahanabad, the seventh Muslim city in the Delhi site. ...
    10 KB (1,606 words) - 02:24, 8 December 2022
  • ) is renowned as a monument of Christianity, of Gothic architecture ... Cologne Cathedral is one of the world's largest churches, being ...
    24 KB (3,597 words) - 22:36, 7 January 2024
  • ) or Terracotta Warriors and Horses is a collection of 8,099 life ... ). The figures were discovered in 1974 near Xi'an, Shaanxi province ...
    13 KB (1,945 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
  • Category:Archaeological sites {{Infobox World Heritage Site |WHS = Archaeological Sites of ...
    18 KB (2,715 words) - 22:40, 10 November 2022
  • , ostrov Vrangelya) is an island in the Arctic Ocean, between the ... Humans lived as early as 1700 B.C.E. in the region, at the end of ...
    21 KB (3,205 words) - 14:01, 20 May 2023
  • Dubrovnik, formerly Ragusa, is a city on the Adriatic Sea coast in ... It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic ...
    22 KB (3,146 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
  • (also known as Mamallapuram), a town in Kancheepuram district in the ... UNESCO designated the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram in 1984 ...
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  • Angkor refers to the region of Cambodia serving as the seat of the ... and most vibrant Hindu empire outside of India. The Khmer name has become ...
    32 KB (4,644 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
  • Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 ... km (62 mi) from east to west. It is the size of Israel, about one-third the ...
    37 KB (5,617 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
  • The Florida Everglades is a subtropical marshland located in the southern ... 1993 it was placed on the List of World Heritage Sites in danger. ...
    26 KB (3,981 words) - 23:51, 24 March 2024
  • Digital preservation is a set of processes and activities that maintain ... The preservation of digital information is widely considered to require ...
    34 KB (4,699 words) - 14:38, 29 January 2024
  • , also commonly known as al-Shām) is the capital and largest city ... Damascus was the capital of the Aramean Kingdom beginning in the eleventh ...
    36 KB (5,471 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
  • as the commercial and industrial center, of Peru. It is located in the ... Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded the city in 1535, as ...
    28 KB (4,030 words) - 08:43, 8 March 2023
  • Borobudur, a ninth century Buddhist Mahayana monument in Central Java ... UNESCO included Mendut Temple and Pawon Temple in the designation. ...
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