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The historic town of Samarkand is a crossroad and melting pot of the world's cultures. Founded in the 7th century B.C. as ancient Afrasiab, Samarkand had its most significant development in the Timurid period from the 14th to the 15th centuries. The major monuments include the Registan Mosque and madrasas, Bibi-Khanum Mosque, the Shakhi-Zinda compound and the Gur-Emir ...

The Working Group on the Representativity of the World Heritage List was decided by the 23rd Session of the World Heritage Committee as a follow up to the 12th General Assembly of States Parties of the World Heritage Convention. At a meeting held on 21 January 2000 the following twelve States Parties were elected to the Working Group: Australia, Benin, Cuba, Egypt, Greece, ...

The Natural-Historical complex of Karaftoo is located to the North of Kurdistan Province, about 72 km to the northwest of Divandarreh, to the east of Saqez Township, in an area called Havatu. It is in the form of a giant rock of limestone in a 45 degree slope surface, having 1500 meters length and 700 meters width.  This complex is situated in a preserved region called ...

The Padang (Malay for ‘field’) is a multi-use open green space set at the heart of the historic Singapore settlement that combines the features and functions of a playing field, ceremonial parade ground, and tropical civic square. As one of the oldest open spaces in Singapore, the Padang is a seemingly nondescript yet dynamic green that has evolved organically and accrued ...

A UNESCO and IUCN assessment of the status of species reveals that UNESCO World Heritage sites harbour over 20% of mapped global species richness within just 1% of the Earth’s surface. Safeguarding these biodiversity hotspots is essential if the Kunming – Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is to be achieved. UNESCO is appealing to the 195 States Parties to the ...

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 ...

No. Name of village or Group of villages Site Coordinates 1 Amkoi 25°13' N, 92°0' E 2 Kudengrim 25°13' N, 92°1' E 3 Kudenthymmai 25°13' N, 92°1' E 4 Khonglah 25°15' N, 92°0' E 5 Nongbarehrim 25°13' N, 91°59' E 6 Nongbareh Lyntiar 25°13' N, 92°0' E 7 Darrang 25°12' N, 92°0' E 8 Sohkha Mission 25°12' N, ...

The rich archaeological remains of the Iranian city of Bam, where 26,000 lost their lives in the earthquake of December 26, 2003, was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, alongside 12 other new cultural sites listed today by the World Heritage Committee holding its 28th session in Suzhou. This brings to 788 the number of cultural, natural and mixed sites now on the ...

The name of serial nomination Geographical Coordinates Karakorum-Pamir Tashkurghan National Nature Reserve N36 10 E76 30 Pamir Wetlands National Nature Reserve N75 12 E75 12 The Pamirs are the most famous mountain convergence zone in the world. It is the largest mountain convergence zone that was formed by the convergence of the Tianshan Mountains, the ...

N10 15 18.96 W74 54 41.14 (begins at the municipality of Calamar, Bolivar), N10 18 16.37 W75 31 45.75 (empties into the Bay of Cartagena) The Canal del Dique - Dike Canal crosses the departments of Bolívar, Atlántico and Sucre. It starts on the Magdalena River, at the municipality of Calamar, and empties into the Bay of Cartagena. On its banks are the ...

The Royal Belum State Park, Perak Malaysia originally, was gazetted as Hutan Simpan Belum (Belum Forest Reserve) in 1971 and subsequently in 2007 it was regazetted in accordance with the Enakmen Perbadanan Taman Negeri Perak 2001 Sek. 6 (Section 6, Perak State Park Corporation Enactment 2001) as a State Park, stately called as the Crowning Glory of the Peninsula. In 2012, ...

The World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec City has added eight new cultural sites to UNESCO’s World Heritage List on the morning of the 7 of July. With these inscriptions, Papua New Guinea and San Marino enter the World Heritage List for the first time. The new sites inscribed are: Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia) have ...

The World Heritage Committee meeting in Brasilia has today has inscribed three new cultural sites, including two in Mexico and one in Brazil. It also inscribed three natural sites in China, Kiribati, Reunion Island (France) and extended a site already on the World Heritage List in Bulgaria. The cultural sites are (in order of inscription): Camino Real de Tierra Adentro ...

Two new sites and one extension to a Polish site were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Sunday afternoon, bringing to 19 the total number of sites added to the List during the 37th session taking place in Phnom Penh. The latest inscriptions are: Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, (Germany) Descending a long hill dominated by a giant statue of Hercules, the ...

The city of Fuzhou (China) will host the next session of the World Heritage Committee in 2020. This decision concluded the work of the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku since 30 June. During this year’s session, the World Heritage Committee inscribed a total of 29 new sites on the World Heritage List (one in Africa, two in the Arab States, ten ...

The 65m-tall Minaret of Jam is a graceful, soaring structure, dating back to the 12th century. Covered in elaborate brickwork with a blue tile inscription at the top, it is noteworthy for the quality of its architecture and decoration, which represent the culmination of an architectural and artistic tradition in this region. Its impact is heightened by its dramatic ...

These four churches, the first of which was built by the Spanish in the late 16th century, are located in Manila, Santa Maria, Paoay and Miag-ao. Their unique architectural style is a reinterpretation of European Baroque by Chinese and Philippine craftsmen. 677Baroque Churches of the PhilippinesEglises baroques des PhilippinesIglesias barrocas de FilipinasЦеркви Филиппин в ...

S.l. Name of component site State, Province or Region Latitude and Longitude, or UTM coordinates 1.   The Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University [1953-1955] Dhaka 23°44'08.68"N 90°23'42.29"E 2.   Central Library (Old Building) University of Dhaka. [1953-1955] Dhaka 23°44'00.35"N 90°23'42.93"E 3.   Bangladesh Council of Scientific and ...

Divnogorye is a unique cultural landscape, which results from the continuous interaction of man and nature from the Late Paleolithic to the present day, located in Voronezh Oblast in the center of the European part of Russia. Its natural and cultural features have shaped the distinctive and special appearance of Divnogorye with chalk cliffs and divas, traces of ...

India,a) Lack of co-ordinated and functional management system; b) Lack of detailed property documentation; increasing number of visitors.,Le rapport d’avancement soumis le 31 mars 2006 par l’État partie donne des informations succinctes sur les mesures prises par les autorités en réponse aux recommandations de la 29e session du ...