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The Royal Residences of Sinaia were born as a result of political will combined with a well-grounded artistic education of Carol I, the first King of Romania. Member of the German Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family, Carol I was chosen in 1866 by the Government of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia to rule the young country and was elected King of Romania in ...
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- muraille de Bir Om Ali :X : 432706 ; Y : 392889- muraille de Jebel Tebaga : 37 G 43'N, 8 G 8'E- le fort de Ksar Ghilane/Tisavar :36 G 68'N, 8G 9'E- le fortin de Ksar Tarcine/ centenarium Tibubici : 36 G 91 N, 8G 30'E- le fortin de Bénia Guedah Esseder :37 G 40'N, 8G9' E- le fortin de Bénia bel Recheb : 36 G 88'N, 8G 71' E
Le « limes romain » représente la ...
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The Archaeological Site of the Palace of the N 23 07 46, E 113 15 51The Archaeological Site of the Tomb of the Nanyue King N 23 08 26, E 113 15 18The Archaeological Site of the Wooden Watergate of the Southern Yue Statedom N 23 08 26, E 113 15 18The archaeological sites of the Southern Yue State (the palace of the Southern Yue State, the tomb of the Southern Yue King, and ...
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Desert Castles of Ancient Khorezm consists of following: Toprak Qala, Ayaz Qala, Koy-Kirilgan Qala, Big Guldursun fortress, Pil Qala, Anka Qala, Kurgashin Qala and Djanbas Qala.TOPRAK QALA Site of ancient settlement Toprak Qala occupies the area of 500 х 350 m. (17 hectares) in rectangular form. It is surrounded by the fortification walls, which have preserved in the form ...
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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 ...
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Chronology:
The four Pharaonic temples of Dendera, Esna, Edfu and Kom Ombo, apart from their geographical location, all belong to the Ptolemaic period (dynasty of the Ptolemies, the successors of Alexander the Great, which reigned between 304 and 30 BC) and to the Roman period (between 30 BC and 395 AD) even though they all replaced much older temples on the same ...
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1. City of Gerace: 38.27285, 16.216862. Baptistery of Santa Severina: 39.14848, 16.915263. Oratorium of San Marco a Rossano: 39.57140, 16.636344. Catholic of Stilo: 38.48038, 16.468285. Orthodox Monastery of S. Giovanni Theristìs in Bivongi: 38.49521, 16.47080
The nomination proposal constitutes a serial site consisting of 5 components - a city and 4 monumental buildings - ...
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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 ...
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Area covered by the property:
THE COMPLEX OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN THE MAIN TOWN, comprising:
Brama Wyżynna [Upland Gate] (area: 216 m2);
Zespół Przedbramia ulicy Długiej [Outer Gate Complex at Długa Street] (area: 524 m2);
Dwór Bractwa św. Jerzego [St.George Guild Mansion] (area: 450 m2);
Złota Brama [Golden Gate] (area: 127 m2);
Uphagen House [Uphagen House] (area: ...
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There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. Combined works of nature and humankind, they express a long and intimate relationship between peoples and their natural environment.There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. Combined works of nature and ...
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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 ...
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N 38 28 55 E 28 2 43 (Sardis)
N 3834 48 E 28 00 25 (Bintepe)
The Ancient City of Sardis
The ancient city of Sardis is located in Manisa Province in western Turkey, near the modern town of Sart. It lies at the foot of the Bozdağ Mountains and at the edge of the fertile plain of the Gediz River. This broad valley has been one of the major routes from ...
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The ancient city of Aspendos is located in Southern Turkey, in the ancient Pamphylia region by the Eurymedon (Köprüçay) river. The acropolis lies about 60 m. above sea level and sits on a flat-topped hill with many surviving monuments including the Nymphaeum, Basilica, Market Building and Odeion. The Eurymedon used to be a navigable river and gave access to the city. This ...
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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 ...
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The proposal regarding The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia presents said property as a serial property that comes under the typology of Cultural Landscape. In the three categories that make up this typology according to annex 3 of the Operational Guidelines, and according to the different ways the landscape has developed, this property is put forward a) as an Evolving ...
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In 332 BC, Alexander the Great who was welcomed as a liberator, first went to Memphis, the capital of Pharaonic Egypt, to honour the Egyptian gods and to receive the royal investiture as Pharaoh, then to the village of Rakhotis to the west of the delta near the Mediterranean, to found Alexandria whose perimeter who drew himself and ordered his architect, Dinocrates of ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Since March 2011:
Damage of historic buildings due to the conflict
Illegal constructions following the start of the conflict
,On 15 January 2018, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the six Syrian World Heritage properties, which is available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/22/documents.
The report submitted by the State ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Located to the east of the Covered (Grand) Bazaar, Fatih district in İstanbul, the Nuruosmaniye Complex consists of a mosque, madrasa, imaret (soup-kitchen), tomb, library and sebil (water fountain) enclosed in an irregular walled-in precinct, and a han and some stores built in the vicinity. The construction of the Nuruosmaniye Complex began in 1749 during the rule of ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Lack of definition of the limits of the properties and of their buffer zones
Lack of conservation and/or management plans
Inappropriate restoration works
Urban encroachment
Exploitation of quarries within the perimeter of World Heritage properties
Since 2011:
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
,On 15 January 2018, ...
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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 ...
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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 – ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Poor state of conservation
Inappropriate restoration techniques
Lack of a buffer zone
Lack of a management plan
Development projects threatening the significant historic fabric
Since March 2011:
Damage due to the armed conflict
Fire due to an electrical incident at al-Asrooniya and elsewhere in the property
,On 15 January 2018, ...
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The Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area inscribed on the World Heritage List consist of two Roman Catholic, three Protestant and three Greek Orthodox churches built between the 16th and 18th centuries. The property presents good examples of a rich local tradition of religious architecture, marked by the meeting of Latin and Byzantine ...
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Mari N34 33 1.11 E40 53 19.51
Europos-Dura N34 44 52.12 E40 43 48.53
The two cities of Mari and Europos-Dura were founded on the western bank of Euphrates river. The cities were at a key location, where they controlled the route on the Euphrates that connected the Mediterranean world with Mesopotamia and greater Asia.
Mari is probably the archaeological ...
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Syrian Arab Republic,Before the conflict:
Lack of definition of the limits of the property and of the buffer zone
Lack of conservation and/or management plans
Inappropriate restoration works
Urban encroachment
Since 2013:
Destruction and damage due to the armed conflict
,On 15 January 2018, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report for the six Syrian ...
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Ancient Termiz includes Qoratepa, Fayaztepa, Zurmala Mortar, Qirq-Qiz, Khakim at-Termiziy, Sultan-Saodat, Kokildor Khonaqo, Djarqurgan Minaret, Kampirtepa. Old Termiz is located in 5 km to the northwest from Termiz, on the right branch of Amudarya River. A total area is 500 hectares consists of four parts, a citadel - Qala, two shakhristans (city) and rabad - the suburb, ...
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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' ...
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Historique du Palais des Princes Evêques
Le premier palais épiscopal a été construit par Notger (972-1008) en même temps que la cathédrale qui lui faisait face. Le Prince-Evêque accorde la même importance aux deux bâtiments. Le bâtiment était certainement construit en colombage, sur un niveau de pierre. Il sera détruit par un incendie en 1185.
Il est ...
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Le « Domaine de Fontainebleau : château, jardins, parc et forêt », paysage culturel évolutif et vivant, est proposé pour inscription en extension du bien « palais et parc de Fontainebleau » inscrit sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial en 1981. Il se compose d’une résidence de chasse utilisée par les rois de France dès le XIIème siècle, de jardins, de pièces d’eau et d’un ...
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Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is located in the south of China. It belongs to the watershed region in the karst plateau rising between Sichuan Basin and Guangxi Hill. Since the Tertiary Period, with the strong neotectonic uplift of Himalayan orogeny and tropical and subtropical humid climates, the strong erosion of the northern Yangtze River system and the southern Pearl River ...
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N°
Name of the Component
Coordinates
01
Sadd Al-Bint (also called Sadd Qusaybah)
25°29’6.04”N
39°21’46.38”E
02
Sadd Al-Hasid – Ancient Dam; Restored Dam
25°32’41.74”N
39°23’10.67”E
03
Sadd Al-Khanaq (also called Mu’awiyah) – Dam 1; Dam 2
24°26’34.28”N
39°55’7.33”E
04
Sadd Samallaqi
21°7’45.60”N
40°30’44.32”E
05
Sadd ...
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Le bien transnational en série "Les témoignages matériels de la construction de l'Etat des Pyrénées : la Co-Principauté d'Andorre" est une sélection de monuments distribués dans les trois Etats qui témoignent d'une histoire et d'une réalité unique qui, sans interuption, au cours du dernier millénaire, fut tissée à trois mains par le peuple d'Andorre, les évêques d'Urgell ...
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Le bien transnational en série "Les témoignages matériels de la construction de l'Etat des Pyrénées : la Co-Principauté d'Andorre" est une sélection de monuments distribués dans les trois Etats qui témoignent d'une histoire et d'une réalité unique qui, sans interuption, au cours du dernier millénaire, fut tissée à trois mains par le peuple d'Andorre, les évêques d'Urgell ...
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Le bien transnational en série "Les témoignages matériels de la construction de l'Etat des Pyrénées : la Co-Principauté d'Andorre" est une sélection de monuments distribués dans les trois Etats qui témoignent d'une histoire et d'une réalité unique qui, sans interuption, au cours du dernier millénaire, fut tissée à trois mains par le peuple d'Andorre, les évêques d'Urgell ...
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Le bien dont on propose l’inscription dans la liste indicative du patrimoine mondial est le plus grand centre de production de salaisons de poisson de l’Empire Romain, connu comme Ruines Romaines de Tróia, un vaste ensemble de vestiges romains, implantés dans la péninsule de Tróia, qui ont été classifiés comme Monument National en 1910 (décret du 16 Juin). Un nouveau ...
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Children's Artwork on World Heritage Sites
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Children's Artwork on World Heritage Sites
The artwork displayed below was posted in response to a global call for the Little Artists Exhibition inviting children around the world to draw a UNESCO World Heritage site that matters to them. This could be a site in their community, a memory from a family vacation, ...