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201.
Located at Aveiro’s District, Municipality of Mealhada, Civil Parish of Luso, at 40° 33’ N and 8° 28’ (O) “W”at the “northwestern” extreme of Bussaco’s mountain range, the “Desert of the Discalced Carmelites and Built Ensemble of the Palace-Hotel in Bussaco” develops between 250 and 560 meters and exposes up mainly towards north. The enclosed surface has an area of about ...
202.
United Nations Foundation and Expedia announced the launch of the World Heritage Alliance, an innovative joint initiative to promote sustainable tourism and awareness of World Heritage sites and communities around the world. This partnership believes conscientious travelers can contribute directly to nature conservation, historic preservation, and poverty reduction ...
203.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,a) Construction proposals in the immediate vicinity of the Tower of London that could harm the setting, related vistas and integrity of the World Heritage property;
b) Lack of an in-depth visual impact study on possible impacts of development projects, as well as the lack of an approved management plan;
c) Lack of ...
204.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,a) Construction proposals in the immediate vicinity of Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church that could have an adverse impact on the setting, related vistas and integrity of the property;
b) Lack of an in-depth visual impact study on possible impacts of development projects, as well as lack ...
205.
The property includes a selection of eleven penal sites, among the thousands established by the British Empire on Australian soil in the 18th and 19th centuries. The sites are spread across Australia, from Fremantle in Western Australia to Kingston and Arthur's Vale on Norfolk Island in the east; and from areas around Sydney in New South Wales in the north, to sites ...
206.
Stolac is located in the area known as Herzegovina Humina, on the tourist route crossing Herzegovina linking the mountainous hinterland in Bosnia with the coastal regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dubrovnik and Montenegro. This road, which runs from Sarajevo via Mostar, Stolac, Ljubinje and Trebinje, enables one to reach Dubrovnik in less than four hours. Another route ...
207.
In Europe the limes was established under Augustus was moved ahead under Domitian, Trajan, Hadrian and Antoninus Pius between the rivers Rhine and Danube, in the territory of the United Kingdom and Romania, was moved back under Gallienus and Aurelian in the 3rd century, and given up in the course of the 5th century. The boundary of this late Roman sector is in the Balkan, ...
208.
Lebanon,
Need for an international safeguarding campaign (issue resolved)
Construction of a tourist complex (land fill) (issue resolved)
Construction project of a large fish market (issue resolved)
Construction project of a coastal motorway (issue resolved)
Uncontrolled construction (issue resolved)
Project to build a new tourist marina (issue resolved)
Road construction ...
209.
Orchha is a historical town in the Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh, India with a total population of around 12,000 inhabitants. The town encompasses a very dense collection of the historical buildings, gardens and traditional housings. It was the seat of an eponymous former princely state of central India, in the Bundelkhand region. The historical settlement derived its ...
210.
,The 10th Anniversary of the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation) serves as a catalyst for greater adoptions of the HUL approach.
Serving as a platform to share lessons learned from COVID-19 and to resume discussions on the future of urban management, topics such as public space, renovations, tourism, infrastructure and ...
211.
Georgia,a) Lack of a management mechanism;
b) Insufficient coordination between the Georgian Church and the national authorities;
c) Need to re-define core and buffer zones;
d) Loss of authenticity in recent works carried out by the Church. ,The World Heritage Committee, at its 29th session (Durban, 2005), expressed “serious concern over the state of ...
212.
Zerzevan Castle is located in Diyarbakır Province in the southeast part of Turkey. Its location was at a strategic point on the way from Amida (Diyarbakır) to Dara (Mardin), from Edessa (Şanlıurfa) to Nisibis (Nusaybin) in the ancient period.Existence of a castle named Kinabu on the edge of the ancient road which was used for commercial and military purposes is first ...
213.
The word `Sikh' itself is derived from the Sanskrit word `sishya' (of which the vernacular form is sikhya) meaning disciple/¬devoted follower. The same principle of universal participation is extended to planning and execution of the complex. In the center of the amrit-sass (pool of nectar) is the Harimandir (sanctum sanctorum), which is connected by the ...
214.
The property, Tushpa/Van Fortress, the Mound and the Old City of Van, is located within the borders of İpekyolu District of the Province of Van and covers an area of 97 hectares. Van Fortress or Tushpa (Assyrian: Turušpa, Urartian: Tušpa, Turkish: Tuşpa) was the capital city of the Urartians, the founders of the Urartian Kingdom centred at the Lake Van Basin between the ...
215.
Khan Palace: N44 34 55 E33 52 55
Chufut-Kale: N44 44 27 E33 55 55
The Bakhchysarai valley has been inhabited by different nationalities and tribes since the ancient times. The oldest cave sites of the Mousterian epoch (50-40 thousand years ago) were located in the territory of Staroselye-Salachik. There are several monuments of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the ...
216.
Site # 1: The Qattara Depression
The Qattara Deperssion in the noerthern part of the Western Desert is the largest natural closed depression of the Eastern Sahara. It is a region where salt weathering appears to be particularly effective. In spite of earlier research in the 1940’s and 1950’s, the origin of this Depression is still a geological puzzle. A common origin ...
217.
The San Fernando Fortress is located in the bay of Omoa on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. In the municipality of Omoa, there are altitudinal differences that go from zero at sea level to 2,242 meters above sea level in the Sierra de Omoa, which causes climatic variations in precipitation, temperature and relative humidity1.
This region is part of the Sula Valley, which, ...
218.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,a) Urban development pressure;
b) New constructions in the area surrounding the property;
c) Lack of strategic plans for future development that set out clear strategies for the overall townscape and for the skyline and river front taking into account the townscape characteristics and important views related to the ...
219.
Located in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region, at an elevation of over 4,500 m, Scenic and historic area of Sacred Mountains and Lakes is adjacent to Zanda County, Gar County and Gya'gya County, bordering on India and Nepal. ‘Two peaks perching to the north and south, two lakes reflecting with each other in the east and west’ describes the basic ...
220.
Balkans had always been attached strategic importance due to its position as outpost area and served as technologic, information and communicational bridge between Europe and the Ottoman Empire. The road alignments connecting Anatolia to the Balkans and Central Europe have always been of particular importance due to the strategic emphasis on Balkans.
Uzunköprü (Long ...
221.
Kazakhstan,
Management System/Management Plan (Newly developed Master Plan; Conservation and Management Plan)
Buildings and Development (Urban high rise/changes to skyline; Construction of a new mosque)
Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure
Interpretative and visitation facilities
Housing
,On 31 January 2020, the State Party submitted a state of ...
222.
The city of Tigre is located 30 Km northwest from Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, in the area of encounter of two geographic systems: the plains known as “pampa ondulada” (undulated pampa) and the delta of the Parana River. In relation with the former, Tigre is located in the low lands crossed by water streams that flow into the Plata River; all this ...
223.
Port Royal, Jamaica, commonly referred to as "the wickedest city on earth" conjures images of marauding pirates, daring naval conquests, looting, riches, destruction and devastation. It boats an intriguing and turbulent history as it rapidly grew to become the most important trading post in the New World. At the height of its glittering wealth, on June 7, 1692, Port Royal ...
224.
Tunisia,
Land development and infrastructures within the property
Legal framework
Habitat
Management system / management plan
,On 9 April 2018, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/37/documents/. Progress achieved regarding a certain number of conservation problems treated by the ...
225.
“Vicente was reviewing the large stones Quixadá that stood out sharply on the arranhenta vastness of the savanna, lifting, sky above, the huge granite cliffs.
The light gave off strange gradations from the metallic gray and blue color of the sky, and another violet pale blue, to the black mud that flowed in large lists, vanishing in the crevices, chamalotando the rough ...
226.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Need for information on the management (issue resolved)
Site Museum project (issue resolved)
Risks of collapse of Silbury Hill (issue resolved)
Lack of visitor management (issue resolved)
Upgrading of the A303 trunk road project
Infrastructure development pressure
Proposals for sections of dual carriageway and ...
227.
"The Rise of Systematic Biology" is a tentative serial nomination of thirteen sites in eight countries (see Table 1), suggested by Sweden, representing the foundation of the science of systematic biology. The sites together form the arena where the science developed strongly due to the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) and his international scientific network. ...
228.
SITE
REGION
REGIONAL UNIT
COORDINATES
Corfu
Ionian islands
Corfu
19.928385 E, 39.624538 N
Zakynthos
Ionian islands
Zakynthos
20.891944 E, 37.789444 N
Koroni
Peloponnese
Messinia
21.961826 E, 36.794382 N
Methoni
Peloponnese
Messinia
21.700 E, 36.8150 N
Bourtzi-
Palamidi-
Akronafplia
Peloponnese
...
229.
The Archaeological Site of Priene is located within the borders of the modern Village Güllübahçe, 15 kilometers southwest of the town of Söke in the province of Aydın, in southwestern Turkey. It is about 500 m north of the Menderes (Maeander) River, 15 km inland from the Aegean Sea and on the south slopes of Mycale (Mount Samsun).
According to Pausanias (7,2,10), Priene ...
230.
Amasya is located in the north of Anatolia, in the inner part of the Middle Black Sea Region, at the junction point of the roads which connect Black Sea Coast to the rest of Anatolia. Amasya has been founded in a deep valley formed by Yeşilırmak River which flows between two-thousand-metre-high mountains extending in the east-west direction. The limestone stack ...
231.
Qoqon - is one of the cultural centers of Ancient East. It is located in the western part of Ferghana valley in the lower stream of Sokh. Historical Center of Qoqon consisting of following cultural objects: Komol-Kozi Madrasah, Dahman Shahon, Madarihon Madrasah, Norbutabiy Madrasah, Gishtlik Mosque, apartment houses. The most ancient data about Qoqon date back to the II ...
232.
Iraq,
Interpretation facilities for visitors (issue resolved)
Management system / management plan (issue resolved)
Lack of survey, documentation and mapping of surviving surface buried archaeological remains of all types (issue resolved)
Slopes of the archaeological mound non stabilized
Location and/or architectural design of the Kurdistan National Museum not ...
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This site has the remains of monuments such as the Roman city of Aquincum and the Gothic castle of Buda, which have had a considerable influence on the architecture of various periods. It is one of the world's outstanding urban landscapes and illustrates the great periods in the history of the Hungarian capital. 400Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda ...
234.
The medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany, were major trading centres of the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries they became Swedish administrative and defensive centres for the German territories. They contributed to the development of the characteristic building types and techniques of ...
235.
The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Worlitz is an exceptional example of landscape design and planning of the Age of the Enlightenment, the 18th century. Its diverse components - outstanding buildings, landscaped parks and gardens in the English style, and subtly modified expanses of agricultural land - serve aesthetic, educational, and economic purposes in an exemplary manner. ...
236.
The Cultural Landscape of the Complex of Las Huaringas Lagoons, is located in the highlands of the department of Piura, in the provinces of Huancabamba and Ayabaca, above the 1750 and 3650 m.a.s.l., it develops in a close physiographic space, wide towards the south and constrained in the far north; its relief was modelled due to the union of the eastern mountain range with ...
237.
Nanumea 5°40’30”S 176°06’56”E
Nuitao 6°06’34”S 177°20’03”E
Nanumanga 6°17’11”S 176°18’55”E
Nui 7°14’44”S 177°08’45”E
Vaitupu 7°29’21”S 178°40’47”E
Nukafetau 8°01’36”S 178°18’50”E
Funafuti 8°31’28”S ...
238.
The Wudalianchi is one of the first batch of state scenic spots areas approved though the State Council in 1982, and a state-level nature reserve approved in 1996. There are the most typical and perfect vestiges of modern volcanic eruption in China, and the world- known volcano-related mineral spring water. The Wudalianchi volcanic cluster is situated in the E-W tectonic ...
239.
Syrian Arab Republic,Since March 2011:
Damage of historic buildings due to the conflict
Illegal constructions following the start of the conflict
,On 5 February 2016, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the six World Heritage properties in Syria, which is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/22/documents. This report includes an aerial view ...
240.
Türkiye,
Commercial development
Ground/underground transport infrastructure
Low impact research/monitoring activities
Management systems/management plan
Loss of integrity and authenticity: decay and loss of Ottoman/vernacular architecture
,On 1 December 2021, the State Party submitted a detailed progress report in response to Decision 44 COM 7B.58, and on 2 February 2022, ...
241.
Grobiņa archaeological ensemble is situated in the western part of Latvia not far from the Baltic Sea and City of Liepāja, in the territory of Grobiņa town and its vicinity. The first inhabitation of Grobiņa is connected with the Stone Age, later in the first millennium AD Grobiņa became a centre of the West Baltic tribe Curonians. In the 7th century Norsemen appeared in ...
242.
No.
Name of Property
State, Province or Region
Area (ha.)
Geographic (lat/long) or UTM Coordinates of approximate centre point
1.
Ruins of Ancient Vaishali
Bihar
Vaishali
2.77 (Vaishali)
7.30 (Kolhua)
25 59 N 85 6 E
2.
Remains of Vikramshila Ancient University
Bihar
Bhagalpur
42.35
25 19 N 87 17 E
3.
Buddhist remains of ...
243.
Lebanon,
Need for an international safeguarding campaign (issue resolved)
Construction of a tourist complex (land fill) (issue resolved)
Construction project of a large fish market (issue resolved)
Construction project of a coastal motorway (issue resolved)
Uncontrolled construction (issue resolved)
Project to build a new tourist marina (issue resolved)
Road construction ...
244.
Uzbekistan,
Lack of a comprehensive conservation and management plan
,On 13 January 2016, the State Party submitted a report on the state of conservation of the property, available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/885/documents. A joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission was carried out from 28 to 31 March 2016. The mission report is also available ...
245.
Sudan,Factors identified at the time of inscription of the property:
Land conversion (Development and agriculture pressure)
Mining (mining project/ associated infrastructure and increased traffic)
Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation
Local conditions affecting physical fabric (Flooding, desertification and windblown sand erosion)
Management systems / conservation ...
246.
Yoros Fortress
41°10'49.41" N - 29°05'46.89" E
Galata Tower
41°01'35.85" N - 28°58'26.88" E
Foça Fortress
38°40'09.25" N - 26°45'02.78" E
Çandarlı Fortress
38°56'01.69" N - 26°56'01.50" E
Çeşme Fortress
38°19´24.60" N - 26°18´12.49" E
Amasra Fortress
41°45'02.84" N - 32°23'03.83" E
Akçakoca ...
247.
The Orheiul Vechi Archaeological Landscape is located in central-eastern part of Moldova and lies along the gorge of the lower course of the Răut River, 14 km upstream from the confluence of the Răut and the Dniester Rivers. This is an extremely strategic position. The Răut links it with most of central and northern Moldova, while the Dniester is the most important trade ...
248.
Syrian Arab Republic,Since March 2011:
Damage of historic buildings due to the conflict
Illegal constructions following the start of the conflict
,On 14 January 2015, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the six World Heritage properties in Syria, and on 9 April 2015 an update on the Ancient City of Bosra; which are available at ...
249.
Many civilizations have inhabited this small Aegean island, near Asia Minor, since the 3rd millennium B.C. The remains of Pythagoreion, an ancient fortified port with Greek and Roman monuments and a spectacular tunnel-aqueduct, as well as the Heraion, temple of the Samian Hera, can still be seen. 595Pythagoreion and Heraion of SamosPythagoreion et Heraion de ...
250.
Students' recommendations
We, the participants of the first Asia-Pacific World Heritage Youth Forum are here to express our views on the importance of preserving World Heritage.
We can appreciate and see all these sites because our forefathers preserved them for us and in turn, it is our duty to preserve these for our children, so they too can appreciate them and be ...
251.
The Town of St George, founded in 1612, is an outstanding example of the earliest English urban settlement in the New World. Its associated fortifications graphically illustrate the development of English military engineering from the 17th to the 20th century, being adapted to take account of the development of artillery over this period. 983Historic Town of St George and ...
252.
Neuschwanstein: N47 33 26,57 E10 44 56,78Linderhof (Palace): N47 34 17,96 E10 57 38,81King’s House Schachen: N47 25 11.11 E11 06 45.60Herrenchiemsee (New Palace): N47 51 37,74 E12 24 6,84
“The real world is an illusion”. Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
With his gradual withdrawal from political life and escape into an ideal poetic world, King Ludwig II of ...
253.
Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Protection Policy does not adequately integrate cultural landscapes;
Lack of human and financial resources;
Development or infrastructure projects that may affect the integrity of the property;
Management Plan still incomplete and lack of an Action Plan.
Since March 2011:
Damage of historic buildings due to the use of ancient ...
254.
In the 9th century the flame of Christianity was kept alive in the Iberian peninsula in the tiny Kingdom of the Asturias. Here an innovative pre-Romanesque architectural style was created that was to play a significant role in the development of the religious architecture of the peninsula. Its highest achievements can be seen in the churches of Santa Maria del Naranco, San ...
255.
Research Institute (RI) Mykolayiv Astronimical Observatory. N46 58 3 E31 58 5Astronomical Observatory of Kyiv National University. N50 27 2 E30 29 9Research Institue (RI) Astronomical Observatory of Odesa National University. N46 28 6 E30 45 5Research Institute (RI) Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. N44 43 7 E34 01 0World's Astronomy Monuments is a project of serial ...
256.
In the 1st century A.D. the Roman Imperial authorities began to exploit the gold deposits of this region in north-west Spain, using a technique based on hydraulic power. After two centuries of working the deposits, the Romans withdrew, leaving a devastated landscape. Since there was no subsequent industrial activity, the dramatic traces of this remarkable ancient ...
257.
Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Serious weathering of many stone blocks due to capillary rising and variations in humidity and temperature
Urban growth of the neighbouring agglomeration
International tarmac road crosses the site
Heavy automobile and truck traffic (vibrations, pollution, risk of accidents...)
Pipeline crossing the southern ...
258.
This selection of "Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes. From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea" includes some of the most significant examples, chosen from a dense network of maritime and mercantile settlements distributed around the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. In their physical form and variety, these settlements share recognisable urban and ...
259.
Peru was the seat of the viceroyalty created by the Spanish Crown in 1542, at first its territory included almost all of South America, although the creation of the viceroyalties of New Granada in 1717 and the viceroyalty of La Plata in 1776 reduced its territory, until before independence it was the main possession of the Spanish Monarchy in South America and the main ...
260.
Category: Cultural property; cultural landscape, organically evolved and continuing.
An architectural and landscape ensemble, listed by IPHAN as a heritage site in 1977, comprising its urban layout, monumental buildings, rows of houses, iron markets and urban furniture, squares and docks for boats. Its spatial configuration was established and consolidated between the 17th ...
261.
Part of transnational serial nomination - Viking Monuments and Sites
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SERIES AS A WHOLE
The Viking serial nomination comprises land-, sea- and townscapes stretching from the North Atlantic to the Baltic Sea. Among the thousands of Viking sites from the eighth to the twelfth centuries AD, these nine nominated properties from six nations are ...
262.
The dynamic, active and changing deltaic landscape and cultural activities
The southwestern or lower part of Bangladesh (and West Bengal, India) is characterized by the unique, continuously metamorphosing, and comparatively unstable part of the active Ganges Delta (a delta is a landform created by the sediments deposited by the rivers, and water flows often in an area ...
263.
Mahasthan (literally meaning maha = great and sthan = place in Bengali) is in Shibganj Upazila of Bogura district, under the Rajshahi division of Bangladesh. Mahasthan is located on the west of the Bogura-Rangpur highway and is about 12km north of the Bogura district headquarter and to the western bank of the currently seasonally active channel of the Karatoya River. These ...
264.
Giant’s Tomb of Coddu Ecchju - Arzachena: 41°3'0.84"N; 9°21'21.04"E
Nuraghe Maiori - Tempio: 40°55'10.07"N; 9°5'48.44"E
Well Temple of Predio Canopoli - Perfugas: 40°49’43.23’’N – 8°53’10.20’’E
Nuraghe Palmavera - Alghero: 40°35'42.06"N - 8°14'34.06"E
Sanctuary of Romanzesu - Bitti: 40°31'48.78"N - 9°19'29.93"E
Nuraghe Santu Antine -Torralba: 40°29’11.61’’N – ...
265.
Helsinki, Finland - 14 December 2001. The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Helsinki since December 11, has inscribed 31 new sites on the World Heritage List. The List now numbers 721 sites of "outstanding universal value" in 124 countries. For the first time, sites in Botswana and Israel appear on the List. The 31 inscriptions this year include six natural sites and 25 ...
266.
Cheimarros Tower, Naxos: Region of South Aegean, Regional Unit of Naxos 25.519974E, 36.995901N
Tower of Agios Petros, Andros: Region of South Aegean, Regional Unit of Andros 24.759528E, 37.894729N
Tower of Agia Triada, Arkesini, Amorgos: Region of South Aegean, Regional Unit of Naxos 25.801391E ,36.792445N
White Tower, Siphnos: Region of South Aegean, Regional Unit of ...
267.
Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan),a) Natural risk factors;
b) Lack of planning, governance and management processes;
c) Alteration of the urban and social fabric;
d) Impact of archaeological excavations;
e) Deterioration of monuments;
f) Urban environment and visual integrity;
g) Traffic, access and circulation.,Since the State of conservation report submitted to the ...
268.
Le bien proposé pour inscription constitue le cœur de l’agglomération messine. Il comporte les deux pôles majeurs de la ville historique que sont, d'une part, le noyau ancien avec la cathédrale Saint-Étienne, les ensembles monumentaux de Jacques-François Blondel, la place de la Comédie, les quais de la Moselle, la place Saint-Jacques, les rues de la Paix, du Palais et du ...
269.
The El Gigante rockshelter is located on the southwestern part of Central Honduras over the Estanzuela River valley floor at a height of 1,300 MASL, allowing for a panoramic view of its surroundings. It is a completely enclosed site with a restricted entrance, given that the lower rim of the shelter is some 3-4 m. above the slope leading to it. Since the vault protects the ...
270.
The ‘Roman Limes’ represents the border line of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent in the 2nd century AD. It stretched over 5,000 km from the Atlantic coast of northern Britain, through Europe to the Black Sea, and from there to the Red Sea and across North Africa to the Atlantic coast. The remains of the Limes today consist of vestiges of built walls, ditches, forts, ...
271.
The exact historical itineraries of the Silk Roads on the territory of modern Kazakhstan and Central Asian countries were never static. Certain cities, towns, caravanserais and trade stations were gaining and losing importance in the different periods of time due to different internal and external reasons. However, today we can identify several main sections of the most ...
272.
The World Heritage Committee today added 13 cultural sites to UNESCO’s World Heritage List and one extension to an existing cultural site in Mexico. Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (Romania), was simultaneously inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger pending the removal of threats to its integrity posed by possible extractive activities.
These additions were ...
273.
The Solovetsky archipelago comprises six islands in the western part of the White Sea, covering about 300 km2 . They have been inhabited since the 5th century B.C. and important traces of a human presence from as far back as the 5th millennium B.C. can be found there. The archipelago has been the site of fervent monastic activity since the 15th century, and there are ...
274.
Assisi, a medieval city built on a hill, is the birthplace of Saint Francis, closely associated with the work of the Franciscan Order. Its medieval art masterpieces, such as the Basilica of San Francesco and paintings by Cimabue, Pietro Lorenzetti, Simone Martini and Giotto, have made Assisi a fundamental reference point for the development of Italian and European art and ...
275.
Kebun Raya Bogor or Bogor Botanic Gardens (BBG) is an ex situ conservation area located in the administrative area of Bogor City, West Java Province, Indonesia. Area of BBG was 75.4 ha. Bogor Botanical Garden is at N 6º35‟32.78” S 6º36‟13.28” W 106º47‟36.72” E 106º48‟17.6”In general, the topography of BBG is relatively flat and slightly bumpy. Located at 260 m above sea ...
276.
The Tiburtino territory, characterized by a richness of its waters and a particular geomorphological conformation of the valley crossed by the Aniene River, was frequented already in very ancient times, as shown by the numerous remains of the first civilization that settled there during the Upper Paleolithic. In the caves near Ponte Lucano, along the travertine embankments ...
277.
Historic town of Kemaliye (or Eğin) is located in the northwest of the Eastern Anatolian Region, and to the southwest of the Erzincan province which lies in the Upper Euphrates. The east, west, north and south of the Kemaliye settlement are surrounded by mountains. The Karasu tributary of the Euphrates, which is the longest river of the Southwest Asia, flows through the ...
278.
The Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscapes is a series of monuments and landscapes that belong to the three provinces of Quang Ninh, Bac Giang and Hai Duong, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. These monuments and landscapes are all located on a river-mountain system of the so-called Dong Trieu bow-shaped mountain range, the highest peak of which being Yen Tu mountain ...
279.
Latitude and Longitude, or coordinates UTM:
Cape La Chira -16.537653 N -72.933638 E
Cape Lomitas -14.724829 N -75.864580 E
Cape San Juan -15.378633 N ...
280.
The Southwest Coast, one of the few remaining well preserved coastlines in southern Europe, is located in Portugal. With an extraordinarily diverse geological and biological natural heritage, it hosts a high diversity of habitats and unique species worldwide, making it of great importance in terms of conservation. It corresponds to the entire area of the Southwest Alentejo ...
281.
No.
Name of Components
Latitude
Longitude
1.
Arnala Fort
19°27'57.42"N
72°43'56.11"E
2.
Vasai Fort
19°19'49.79"N
72°48'56.06"E
3.
Korlai Fort
18°32'11.06"N
72°57'51.88"E
4.
Janjira Fort
18°17'59.70"N
72°57'51.88"E
5.
Bankot Fort
17°58'24.71"N
73° 2'32.60"E
6. ...
282.
It covers almost 600km of the whole Roman Empire’s Danube frontier. The property formed part of the much large frontier of the Roman Empire that encircled the Mediterranean Sea. The Danube Limes (Western Segment) reflects the specificities of this part of the Roman Frontier through the selection of sites that represent key elements from roads, legionary fortresses and ...
283.
The settlement of Mudurnu was founded along a deep, narrow valley formed by the Mudurnu (Gallos) River, in a region rich with pine forests and thermal springs. The ancient geographer Strabon informs that the town of Modrene (Mudurnu) was located on the major trade routes of Anatolia. The Silk Road, which connected inner Asia with Tabriz in the 13th-14th centuries, ...
284.
Austria,Hungary,
High-rise hotel development;
Large-scale heart clinic development (issue resolved)
,On 27 November 2020, upon request from the World Heritage Centre, the State Party of Hungary submitted a report on the state of conservation of the Hungarian component of the property; its executive summary is available at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/772/documents/.
In ...
285.
Located on the north shore of the Tunca River in Edirne, the second capital of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Bayezid II Külliyesi (complex) consists of a mosque, tabhanes (guest-houses), a madrasah, (medical school), darüşşifa (hospital), imaret (soup kitchen-cellar), pharmacy, and food-storage areas. The main center of the Külliye, however, is the darussifa (hospital) and ...
286.
It is a serial property which comprises 5 component parts, several of which already have been inscribed on the World Heritage list:
1) Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo (already a World Heritage site): N9 00 23.92 W79 29 07.02 at Panamá Viejo´s Tower;
2) Historic District of Panamá (already a World Heritage site): N8 57 09.39 W79 32 06.17 at the steps of the Metropolitan ...
287.
The serial property Bishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Philippopolis, Roman Province of Thrace is located on the territory of Plovdiv (Philippopolis in Antiquity). It consists of three immovable cultural monuments: Bishop's Basilica, Small Basilica and Late-Antique Irene Building, which were built and functioned during the 4th-6th centuries. The city is ...
288.
Definition and delimitation of property
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is a volcanic mountain range that rises from the Atlantic abyssal plain, extending from the Arctic (Gakkel Ridge) to the Antarctic (Bouvet Triple Junction) across the two hemispheres, ranging more than 16,000 km. Ocean ridges such as MAR are highly complex and dynamic geological systems, which develop at ...
289.
Coordinates:
1. Seruwila - N8 22 14 E81 19 12
2. Trincomalee - N8 35 32 E81 11 47
I. Koddiyar bay - N8 29 59 E81 14 51
II. Koneshwaram - N8 34 56 E81 14 43
III. Kompanachchi - N8 10 E81 13
3. Somawathie - N8 7 39 E81 11 49
4. Polonnaruwa
Ι. Dalada Maligawa - N7 56 52 E81 00 04
ΙΙ. Dimbulagala - N7 52 2 E81 07 02
ΙΙΙ. Pulligoda -
5. Mahiyangana ...
290.
Property History – Background
Parramatta is situated on the traditional land of the Burramatta clan of the Dharug people. The Dharug occupied land from Botany Bay to Picton in the south and Springwood in the west for many thousands of years prior to European settlement. The Burramatta had a close connection with the Parramatta River, which provided fresh water and fish, ...
291.
No.
Name of property
State, Province or Region
Area (ha)
Geographic (lat/long) or UTM Coordinates of approximate centre point
1
Ancient Termiz
Surkhandarya Region, Termiz District
500 ha
67º11'34" N, 37º15'52"E
2
Historic Center of Qoqon
Ferghana Region
40º35''N; 71º E
3
Kanka
Tashkent Region, Akkurgan District
220 ha
41º12' ...
292.
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz – Fiocruz, in Portuguese) has its origins in the Federal Serum Therapy Institute (Instituto Soroterápico Federal, in Portuguese), founded in 1900, on Manguinhos Municipal Farmlands, in the then federal capital of the country (Rio de Janeiro), to manufacture serums and vaccines against the bubonic plague that had arrived in ...
293.
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo: N: 995933,051; E: 666505,166Historic Centre of Panamá City Within Casco Antiguo: N: 989913,756; E: 661089,998
Panama City is directly associated with important interchanges of human values throughout its history due to its strategic position on the Central American Isthmus. As a terminal city and link of important communication routes, ...
294.
AREA I from 38° 59' 43'' S / 61° 39' 00'' W to 39° 00' 10'' S / 61° 34' 30'' W
AREA II from 39° 00' 13'' S / 61° 32' 30'' W to 38° 59' 23'' S / 61° 27' 30'' W
AREA III from 38° 59' 19'' S / 61° 20' 54'' W to 38° 59' 17'' S / 61° 21' 59'' W
The Provincial Natural Reserve Pehuén co - Monte Hermoso is placed in the districts of ...
295.
Dès le XVIIe siècle, le Charolais-Brionnais, qui pratiquait jusqu'alors une pluriactivité agricole, s'est orienté vers l'élevage à l'herbe des bovins. Le développement de cette activité, à partir d'une race locale initialement polyvalente, sélectionnée et améliorée sur ses aptitudes bouchères pour devenir une race de viande spécialisée (la race charolaise), s’est ...
296.
1
Raigad fort
Lat. 18° 14’, Long. 73° 26’
2
Rajgad Fort
Lat. 18° 14’, Long. 73° 40’
3
Shivneri Fort
Lat. 19° 12’, Long. 73° 52’
4
Torna Fort
Lat. 18° 16’, Long. 73° 37’
5
Lohagad
Lat. 18° 42’, Long. 73° 28’
6
Salher Fort
Lat. 20° 72’, Long. 73° 94’
7
Mulher Fort
Lat. 20° 46’, Long. 74° 03'
8
Rangana Fort
Lat. 16° ...
297.
The structure of the limes consisted of a complex system of towers, earthworks, walls, small fortifications, the forts behind the limes being usually placed at a distance of ca. 5 km from it, the related civil settlements and non-Roman structures. In front the earthen ramparts it was not identified insofar a ditch. Forts are similar, garrisons to mixed infantry and cavalry ...