The World's Heritage: A Complete Guide to the Most Extraordinary PlacesA guide to 878 UNESCO World Heritage sites, this publication is illustrated with over 650 full-color photographs. Location maps for every site are also included.--Publisher's description. |
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Page 557
... important biodiversity is probably due to millennia of grazing as well as natural factors . A number of bridges on the routes are known as ' pilgrims ' bridges ' , and that over the Borade at Saint- Chély - d'Aubrac even has the figure ...
... important biodiversity is probably due to millennia of grazing as well as natural factors . A number of bridges on the routes are known as ' pilgrims ' bridges ' , and that over the Borade at Saint- Chély - d'Aubrac even has the figure ...
Page 778
... important commercial and strategic axes , this powerful empire formed a barrier to Roman expansion while serving as an important communication and trading centre between east and west , north and south . Rainforests of the Atsinanana ...
... important commercial and strategic axes , this powerful empire formed a barrier to Roman expansion while serving as an important communication and trading centre between east and west , north and south . Rainforests of the Atsinanana ...
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... important interchange of human values , over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world , on developments in architecture or technology , monumental arts , town - planning or landscape design ; Testimony to cultural tradition ...
... important interchange of human values , over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world , on developments in architecture or technology , monumental arts , town - planning or landscape design ; Testimony to cultural tradition ...
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Adriatic Sea ancient archaeological architecture associated with events Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean AFRICA Baltic Sea Baroque biological processes Black Sea buildings built Caribbean Sea castle cathedral caves Church complex Criteria Interchange Criteria Significance Cultural Landscape cultural tradition decorated Earth's history ecological and biological ensemble EUROPE Mediterranean Sea events of universal forest fortified habitat for biodiversity Heritage associated Historic Centre houses Human creative genius human history important Indian Ocean Interchange of values island km² Major stages medieval Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea AFRICA Monastery monuments Mosque mountain National Park Natural phenomena North Sea Ocean NORTH AMERICA outstanding example Pacific Ocean Palace phenomena or beauty preserved region river Roman Sea ASIA Significance in human Significant ecological Significant natural habitat sixteenth century SOUTH AMERICA species stages of Earth's stone temples Testimony to cultural tombs towers Traditional human settlement universal significance urban valley walls World Heritage World Heritage site