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Zhouzhuang Town: Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, N 31 06, E 120 50 Luzhi Town: Wu County, Jiangsu Province, N 31 17, E 31 17 Wuzhen Town: Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, N 30 44 46, E 120 29 44 Xitang Town: Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, N 30 56 50, E 30 56 50 2500 years ago, when Suzhou became a city, its surrounding areas sprouted a number of half-urban, ...

Egypt, Raise of the underground water level Risks of flooding (Valleys of Kings and Queens) Absence of a comprehensive Management Plan Major infrastructure and development projects taking place or scheduled Uncontrolled urban development Housing and agricultural encroachment on the West Bank of the Nile Demolitions in the villages of Gurna on the West Bank of the Nile and ...

Site # 1: Wadi Qena Wadi Qena, together with Wadi Allaqi, are intimately connected to the history of the Nile. Before the consolidation of the Nile configuration as we see it now, flowing from the Sudan into Egypt, there were several rivers flowing from the Red Sea mountains, from east to west, following the upheaval of the Red Sea coast, ad the formation of the Great ...

Ethiopia,a) Insufficient delimitation of this serial property; b) Lack of conservation and management plans; c) Lack of appropriate urban planning and building regulations; ,On 29 January 2010, a report on the state of conservation of Aksum was submitted by the State Party. The report addressed Decision 32 COM 7B.46 of the World Heritage Committee. A joint World ...

Türkiye, Road near the site with increasingly heavy tourist traffic Absence of a management plan Need for a new irrigation canal to diver water from the site Use of the theatre for the Tomatoe-festival ,In the framework of the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan, the Coordinator of the Programme "100 Historical Sites of the Mediterranean" carried out a mission to Turkey at the ...

Vali-e Asr Street is one of the main urban elements of Tehran City in the north-south direction. The starting point of the axis is Rah-ahan (railway) Square (52 23 51 E- 35 39 33 N) and its finishing point is Tajrish Square (52 23 51 E- 35 4824 N. Rah-ahan Square has an altitude of 1117m abovesea level which amounts to 1615m in Tajrish Square.Emergence of Vali-e Asr Street ...

Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan), Natural risk factors Lack of planning, governance and management processes Alteration of the urban and social fabric Impact of archaeological excavations Deterioration of monuments Urban environment and visual integrity Traffic, access and circulation ,A report was transmitted by the Israeli National Commission for UNESCO to the World ...

Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca. The influences of Asia and Europe have endowed the towns with a specific multicultural heritage that is both tangible and intangible. With its government buildings, churches, squares and ...

The archaeological site of ancient Messene lies in a fertile valley approximately in the centre of the Regional Unit of Messenia, south of Mt Ithome. Ithome was the strongest natural and manmade fortress of Messenia, controlling the valleys of Stenyclaros to the north and Makaria to the south. (Strabo compares it to Corinth as regards strategic importance). The first ...

Le lac Abbeh : son paysage culturel, ses monuments naturels et son écosystème, témoigne des grands stades de l’histoire de la terre et des hommes. D'origine tectonique et inscrit dans un graben encadré par deux horsts, le Lac Abbeh, est un lac salé endoréique d'Afrique de l'Est situé à cheval sur la frontière avec l'Éthiopie. En effet, il y a 8500ans, le lac Abbeh occupait ...

Le royaume d'Ugrarit florissait au IIe millénaire sur la côte méditerranéenne. Les fouilles commencées en 1929 par la découverte fortuite d'une tombe ont mis au jour en soixante ans de recherches, les quartiers d'une capitale, des temples, les restes d'une fortification, un vaste palais royal et de nombreuses demeures. Elles n'ont cependant encore touché que le 1/6 du ...

This proposed nomination includes Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex and Mor Yakup Church, exceptional testimonies of coexistence of different religions for centuries in Nusaybin (ancient Nisibis) town of Mardin province (southeast Turkey). Mor Yakup Church is situated just 100 meters east side of Zeynel Abidin Mosque, and both buildings lie about 250 meters to the Syrian ...

Egypt,a) Raise of the underground water level; b) Risks of flooding (Valleys of Kings and Queens); c) Absence of a comprehensive management plan; d) Major infrastructure and development projects taking place or scheduled; e) Uncontrolled urban development; f) Housing and agricultural encroachment on the West Bank; g) Demolitions in the villages of Gurnah on the West ...

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: Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict Damage of ...

The material remains of the Mayo Chinchipe Marañón culture demonstrate the development of a society 5500 years ago, living in the mega-diverse environment of the Amazon Region, interacting with it and using its resources optimally, attaining high levels of symbolism. They also held exchange with cultures in coastal regions of present-day Ecuador, as shown by their use of ...

Iraq, Flooding Management activities Managements systems/management plan Water infrastructure Partial flooding and seepage due to a dam building project Fragile mud brick structures Absence of a comprehensive conservation and management plan Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict ,On 31 January 2017, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, which ...

The archaeological site of Tell Sa'ad (F3 ) Dilmun Town N3258669.797  E235762.699 The archaeological site of Tell (F6 - A) Al Hakim Palace N3258904.000  E236053.000 The archaeological site of Tell (F6 - B) The Tower Temple N3258888.000  E236101.000 The archaeological site of Tell Sae'ed (F5) The Hellenistic Fortress N3258787.000  E236086.000 The ...

Former Jilava Penitentiary - Fort no. 13: 44°19'59.02"N, 26° 6'23.81"E Former Râmnicu Sărat Penitentiary: 45°22'59.48"N, 27° 3'19.20"E Former Piteşti Penitentiary: 44°51'54.03"N, 24°51'51.32"E Former Făgăraş Penitentiary: 45°50'43.00"N, 24°58'25.65"E Former Sighetu Marmaţiei Penitentiary: 47°55'36.72"N, 23°53'28.11"E The former prisons of Jilava, Râmnicu Sărat, Pitești, ...

Après avoir abdiqué à Fontainebleau et obtenu la souveraineté de l'île d'Elbe, Napoléon débarque à Golfe-Juan (France), le 1er  mars 1815. Il atteint Paris le 20 mars et lève une armée de 200.000 hommes pour affronter les troupes anglaises et prussiennes massées en Belgique. Son objectif est d'affronter chaque adversaire séparément avant de se rendre maître de ...

Jews began to settle in Sarajevo in the early 16th century, at a time when the city was beginning to experience a rapid development (Zlatar, p. 57). The earliest documentary source referring to their presence is a document in the sijill of the Sarajevo court dating from 1557.  Another surviving Sarajevo sijill dating from the 16th century,  more precisely from 1565, refers ...