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The property located in the city centre of Kırşehir is about 400 meters away from Cacabey Madrasa and 200 meters away from Kale Höyük (Kale Mound) which is the historical centre of the city for 5000 years. Ahi Evran, regarded as the sage of tanners and leader of 32 craft and trade types, is a Turkish philosopher who founded “Ahi-order”. He was born in ...

Name of site Latitude Longitude The 13 Stones 13˚17 ̒29˝N 61˚14 ̒52˝W Petit Bordel 13˚16 ̒51˝N 61˚14 ̒56˝W Barrouallie 13˚14 ̒07˝N 61˚16 ̒31˝W Mount Wynne 13˚13 ̒08˝N 61˚16 ̒39˝W Buccament 13˚11 ̒20˝N 61˚16 ̒00˝W Sharpes Stream 13˚09 ̒49˝N 61˚13 ̒24˝W Indian Bay 13˚08 ̒02˝N 61˚12 ̒29˝W Yambou 1 13˚09 ...

Yalo and Apialo are two ‘spirit’ caves located in Northwest Malakula. The terms ‘yalo’ and ‘apialo’ mean ‘place of the spirits’ in the languages of the Small Nambas and Big Nambas people. Yalo cave is located in Small Nambas territory, close to the site of Wonbrav in the Tenmiel area. Apialo is located approximately 7km to the south of Yalo in Big Nambas territory, between ...

San Bartolo is located within the biological corridor of the Ixcan River Basin, northeast of the Department of Petén, and 42 kilometers north of Uaxactun.  It has the most beautiful, polychrome murals of all of the archaeological sites found in Guatemala, making it a proposed candidate for Cultural Heritage status for its unique value on an artistic level. The ...

The Church of Mor Sobo  37°28'38.46"N - 41°36'33.04"E Yoldath Aloho (Meryem Ana) 37°28'29.67"N - 41°36'34.23"E The Monastery of Deyrul Zafaran 37°17'56.51"N - 40°47'33.27"E The Monastery of Mor Gabriel 37°19'18.53"N - 41°32'18.29"E The Monastery of Mor Abai 37°33'23.70"N - 40°57'35.12"E The Monastry of Mor Loozor 37°28'21.88"N - ...

The Caves of Naj Tunich Archaeological Park is located in the village of La Compuerta, in the municipality of Poptún.  The Park lies southeast portion of the Department of Petén on the southern edge of the Maya Mountains, 35 kilometers away from the municipalities of Poptún and San Luis, 7 kilometers from the Belize border, and located within the Maya ...

Chine,Pression du développement urbain ; pression touristique ; absence de mécanisme de gestion (pas de législation pour la zone tampon),Le 30 janvier 2005, le Centre du patrimoine mondial a reçu une lettre par fax de l’Administration nationale chinoise pour le patrimoine culturel (SACH), informant le Secrétariat que les ...

,[Uniquement en anglais] In 2015, representatives of 195 countries met in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) to discuss the impact of climate change on societies, their livelihoods and their cultural heritage. Evidence suggests that torrential downpours, violent and unexpected storms, heat waves, new records in pollution and landslides are ...

The site of Kültepe, which was the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Kanesh and centre of a complex network of Assyrian trade colonies in the 2nd millennium B.C., is located 20 km to the northeast of the modern city of Kayseri. Situated just at the foot of Mount Erciyes (ancient Argeus) and on a fertile plain, Kültepe occupies a position at which historic and ...

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 ...

Jérusalem (site proposé par la Jordanie),,Le présent rapport sur l’état de conservation de la Vieille ville de Jérusalem et ses remparts a été préparé sur la base des informations recueillies par le Centre[1]. L’objet de ce rapport est d’évaluer l’état de conservation de la Vieille ville de Jérusalem, inscrite au patrimoine mondial, selon les orientations relatives aux ...

Located 90km from the capital Asuncion, the town of Sapucai is known for its fascinating railway complex. The town of Sapucai was constructed between 1887 and 1894, and became not just a station on the line, but a place where the steam locomotive trains were repaired and constructed. The history of the railway in Paraguay goes way back in the mid nineteenth century when ...

Spreading over almost 600 hectares, Chapultepec Woods constitutes one of the most important natural reserves in Mexico City. It has a certain variety of animal and tree species, including willow, eucalyptus, and ahuehuete, a Mexican coniferous tree. There are also various geological formations, from sand deposits to caves and holes located in the Hill itself The woods ...

,[Uniquement en anglais] The oldest tourist destination is the city, whose aim was at the beginning welcome travelers of religious pilgrimage. Other activities of this type were identified with significant milestones and trade routes, which were the initial basis and created a hosting infrastructure and food -inns, guest houses, taverns- both populations, villas or ...

The property is a mixed natural and cultural site encompassing the marine areas of the Marovo Lagoon and selected terrestrial areas of Vangunu and Gatokae Islands, the uninhabited island of Tetepare and its associated coastal marine areas, the marine and coastal areas of the southern tip and southwest coast of Rendova Island and the uninhabited barrier islands of Hele. The ...

Located at the mouth of the Ciliwung River in Java , the Old Town of Jakarta was established by the VOC in 1619. Its 17th century town plan was completed in 1650. In 17th and 18th century VOC had largest volume of trade in the world, governed  from  Batavia.  No  colonial  town  built  by  VOC  matched  the  grandeur and  completeness  (military,  civil engineering, and ...

Les forets sacrees de kaya des Mijikenda consistent en 10 sites forestiers distincts qui s''etendent sur pres de 200 km le long de la cote. Ils recelent les vestiges de nombreux villages fortifies, les kayas, du peuple Mijikenda. Les kayas, crees a partir du XVIeme siecle ont ete abandonnes dans les annees 1940. Ils sont consideres aujourd''hui comme les demeures des ...

Cambodge,Pression du tourisme ; absence de mécanisme de gestion (y compris de législation) ; absence de mise en valeur et d’interprétation ; pillage/vol. ,L’Etat partie a soumis un rapport sur l’état de conservation au Centre du patrimoine mondial, selon la demande du Comité du patrimoine mondial ...

The Cold Desert Cultural Landscape of India is situated in the Himalayas and stretches from Ladakh (in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, or J&K) in the north to Kinnaur (in the state of Himachal Pradesh, or H.P.) in the south. Administratively, it can be said to comprise the Leh and Kargil districts of Ladakh division in J&K, Spiti region of the Lahaul and Spiti ...

The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz – Fiocruz, in Portuguese) has its origins in the Federal Serum Therapy Institute (Instituto Soroterápico Federal, in Portuguese), founded in 1900, on Manguinhos Municipal Farmlands, in the then federal capital of the country (Rio de Janeiro), to manufacture serums and vaccines against the bubonic plague that had arrived in ...