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Set in the dense forests of the Kii Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, three sacred sites – Yoshino and Omine, Kumano Sanzan, Koyasan – linked by pilgrimage routes to the ancient capital cities of Nara and Kyoto, reflect the fusion of Shinto, rooted in the ancient tradition of nature worship in Japan, and Buddhism, which was introduced from China and the Korean ...

Paper is a material which remains inextricably linked to the human civilization. Despite being gradually superseded by other information carriers, it is still considered to be the basic medium which allows the preservation and transmission of the memory of various events, literary works, administrative decisions as well as myriad forms of mass communication. It is assumed ...

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 ...

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, ...

Theatre of Dionysos in Athens: Region of Attica, Regional Unit of Central Attica 23.727730E, 37.970383N Theatre of the Amphiareion: Region of Attica, Regional Unit of Eastern Attica 23.845344E, 38.291581N Theatre of Epidaurus: Region of Peloponnese, Regional Unit of Argolis 23.079200E, 37.596000N Theatre of Megalopolis: Region of Peloponnese, Regional Unit of Arcadia ...

S. No. Names of the component parts: State, Province or Region: Latitude and Longitude, or UTM coordinates: 1. Kochrab Ashram Kochrab, Gujarat 23° 1' 19.15'' N, 72° 34' 10.16'' E 2. Sabarmati Ashram Ahmedabad, Gujarat 23° 3' 38.45'' N, 72° 34' 51.41'' E 3. Sevagram Ashram Wardha, Maharashtra 20° 44' 43.15'' N, 78° ...

The Kornati archipelago is an isolated island group situated in the central region of the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. The Kornati archipelago occupies an area of about 320 sq km and includes about 150 islands, islets and rocks. This most indented island group in the Adriatic Sea includes as many as 12% of the total number of islands found in the Croatian part of the ...

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 ...

Ferrara, which grew up around a ford over the River Po, became an intellectual and artistic centre that attracted the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. Here, Piero della Francesca, Jacopo Bellini and Andrea Mantegna decorated the palaces of the House of Este. The humanist concept of the 'ideal city' came to life here in the ...

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 ...

The battle of Ayacucho (from quechua “corner of the dead”) was the last great confrontation within the land campaigns of the Spanish American Wars of Independence (1809-1826), where the countries under Spanish domination fought for their freedom in large confrontations. The battle took place at Pampa de Ayacucho, also known as  Pampa de la Quinua (from quechua “quenua” ...

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' ...

Sl. Name of the components State, Province or Region (Sub-district, District, Division) Latitude and Longitude, or UTM coordinates Construction Period A Mosques with single dome A1 Bibi Chini Mosque Betagi, Barguna, Barisal 22°28'22.2"N 90°12'02.6"E 17th century CE A2 Srirampur Moque Sadar, Patuakhali, Barisal 22°25'20.8"N ...

The Niuheliang Archaeological Site: N 41°16′15″ , E 119°27′9″ The Hongshanhou Archaeological Site: N 42° 19′ 19″ , E 118° 59 ′29″ The Weijiawopu Archaeological Site: N 42 °08′ 24.6″ , E 118° 57′ 41.3″ The Niuheliang, Hongshanhou and Weijiawopu Archaeological Sites, which could ...

The very fossiliferous Neogene rock successions that outcrop in an emblematic ‘badlands’ landscape, located in the Upper Magdalena Valley (Department of Huila, Colombia), constitute an exceptional natural site with many undeniable attributes of universal value. These sedimentary rocks host one of the richest assemblages of fossil vertebrate fauna ever unearthed in South ...

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, ...

Movile Cave (Mangalia, Romania) represents the access to the first terrestrial self-sustained ecosystem dependent on chemoautotrophically fixed carbon (Kumaresan, 2014; Sarbu, 1996; Sarbu, 1994), ever discovered. Movile Cave is the hot spot of the sulphurous aquifer located in South Dobrogea, around Mangalia Municipality. The cave is the only human-accessible entrance ...

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 – ...

Sr. No Name of the component State, Province or Region Latitude and Longitude A Aihole-group, Aihole village, Hungund Taluka, Bagalkot District 16°01'11.5"N, 75°53’00"E 01 Ravanphadi complex   Ravanphadi Main Cave                               16°01′16.4″N 75°53′01″E 2 Temples in Ravanaphadi Cave Premises  16°01′20.5″N ...

Hanyangdoseong 1 Jongno-gu, Seodaemun-gu and Seongbuk-gu Districts, Seoul City N37°35'35.09" E126°58'25.24" Hanyangdoseong 2 Seongbuk-gu and Jongno-gu Districts, Seoul City N37°34'50.07" E127°0'31.39" Hanyangdoseong 3 Jongno-gu District, Seoul City N37°34'16.07" E127°0'35.03" Hanyangdoseong 4 Jongno-gu District, Seoul ...