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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 to the World Heritage Centre by the Jordanian Permanent ...

Tana Toraja Traditional Settlement is a series of 10 traditional settlements or constituents of them, such as burial or ceremonial grounds. The properties are scattered within Tana Toraja Regency in the Province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tana-Toraja occupies about 3.205 km2 of a relatively hilly terrain with plateaus rising from 300 to 2,800 meters above sea level. The ...

Latitude and Longitude, or UTM coordinates: Name Zone Easting Northing That Hajj Fort 37 R 224357.03 m E 3216541.21 m N Ain Siker Fort (Tabuk) 37 R 260579.04 m E 3142031.25 m N Al-Mua’azam Fort and Pool 37 R 353538.25 m E 3069088.94 m N Al-Buraika Fort and Pool 37 R 380137.51 m E 3023821.64 m N Islamic Fort in ...

Beypazarı is a district of the capital city, Ankara, and located in Central Anatolia 98 km west of the capital. Beypazarı has been settled since ancient times, and holds symbols of ancient traditions with rich historical and natural resources. Though the district has been ruled by the Hittites, Phrygia, Galatia, Rome, Byzantine, Anatolia Seljuk, and Ottoman dynasties, it ...

S 13 50 - E 22 45 S 16 40 - E 23 45 The Barotse landscape is a vast expanse of open land with a gently undulating topography incised with a network of canals that are denuded with the waters of the Zambezi when it bursts its banks at the height of the rainy season from October to May. It is also known as the Bulozi Plain, Lyondo or the Zambezi Floodplain and is one of ...

The earliest reference to Podblagaj dates from 1447.  The settlement was located at the foot of the Blagaj fort, where the road runs down from the fort and intersects with the Nevesinje road. There was too little trade for a commercial centre to emerge. In an agricultural environment of this kind the circumstances were not such as to give rise to an urban settlement, let ...

      Object Name   Country (province, region)   Area (ha) Geography (width/longitude) or coordination of the center (approximately) 1 Ancient Penjikent Penjikent town 23 N39°29'13", E67°37'10" 2 Ancient town Bunjikat Shahristan district 20 N39°54’58.47” E69°0’26.55” 3 Hissar Castle Hisor ...

Durban (South Africa) – The World Heritage Committee, chaired by Themba Wakashe, South Africa’s Deputy Director-General for Heritage and National Archives, today inscribed 17 cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The World Heritage List now numbers 812 sites in total, which includes: 628 cultural; 160 natural and 24 mixed sites in 137 States ...

Success Stories The World Heritage Convention is not only 'words on paper' but is above all a useful instrument for concrete action in preserving threatened sites and endangered species. By recognizing the Outstanding Universal Value of a site, States Parties commit to its preservation and strive to find solutions for its protection. If a site is inscribed on the List of ...

The town of Torzhok sits along an ancient route between the two Russian capitals, Moscow and St. Petersburg. This geography meant that numerous noblemen were awarded land plots around the town based on tenure in public service. As the cultural phenomenon of the Russian country estate was only emerging, this area was built up with exemplary estates, made up of mansions, ...

Mangup-Kale: N44 35 32 E33 48 01 Eski-Kermen: N44 36 35 E33 44 22 Crimean Gothia appeared as a specific polity in the 3rd-4th centuries AD as a result of the Gothic tribes' migration to the northern Black Sea area. In the 6th cen­tury, the Goths and the Alans became phoideratoi (allies) of the Byzantine Empire and therefore numerous fortresses and fortified ...

Government of Norway © Shutterstock / Andrei Armiagov / West Norwegian Fjords Since 2019, Norway has been among the top donors to UNESCO and the World Heritage Fund, allowing predictable and long-term support to safeguarding of World Heritage. These activities enhance management of threatened UNESCO-listed sites notably in Africa and contribute to sustainable ...

No. Name of property State, Province or Region Area (ha) Geographic (lat/long) or UTM Coordinates of approximate centre point 1 Nomadic Monuments of Inner Tien Shan Kyrgyzstan, Inner Tien Shan, Naryn oblast Koshoi- Korgon- 55,6 Tash-Rabat-28,5 Manakeldy-31,8 Shyrdakbek - 38,3 Koshoi- Korgon- 41" 7' 24, 83 N 75" 41' 59, 63 E Tash-Rabat 40"49'21, ...

La partie nord de Madagascar abrite un mélange unique d'habitats marins en raison de leurs caractéristiques physiques et océanographiques variables d’Est en Ouest. Le site couvre le plateau continental du littoral à la bordure du plateau, englobant de nombreux types de baies et d'îles. À l'est, le plateau continental étroit et escarpé se traduit par des baies profondes et ...

Marrakesh - UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, meeting since November 29 in Marrakesh (Morocco), has inscribed 48 new cultural and natural sites on the World Heritage List. The List now has 630 sites of "exceptional universal value" in 118 countries. Sites in South Africa, Nigeria, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Turkmenistan are on the List for the first time. Notable among ...

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 provided to the World Heritage Centre by the Jordanian Permanent ...

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 ...

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.,At its 32nd session (Quebec City, 2008), the World Heritage ...

Knossos:  27.163122 E, 35.297778 Ν Phaistos: 24.814633 Ε, 35.051103 Ν Malia: 25.493153 Ε, 35.292869 Ν Zakros: 26.261061 Ε, 35.097981 Ν Kydonia: 24.019375 Ε, 35.516278 Ν Crete, prominently and strategically located in the East Mediterranean Basin, formed the bridge between the peoples and cultures of three continents, ...

The origin of practice of Sun worship in India is evidently found in the Vedic scriptures of Hindu religion signifying the millennia old tradition. Modhera is sometimes called Mundera, the original settlement of the Modha Brahmans and is fabled to have been given them as a Krishnarpana on occasion of marriage of Ram and Sita. They acted as the gurus to the Modha Vaniyas. ...