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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... Sanctuary Senegal - Criteria Natural phenomena or beauty ; Significant natural habitat for biodiversity Situated in the Senegal River delta , the Djoudj Sanctuary is a wetland of 160 km2 , comprising a large lake surrounded by streams ...
... Sanctuary Senegal - Criteria Natural phenomena or beauty ; Significant natural habitat for biodiversity Situated in the Senegal River delta , the Djoudj Sanctuary is a wetland of 160 km2 , comprising a large lake surrounded by streams ...
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... sanctuary and oracle began in the eighth century BC when the cult of Apollo was established . The sanctuary had strong religious and political influence across Greece . The Pythian Games were reorganized and held here from the sixth ...
... sanctuary and oracle began in the eighth century BC when the cult of Apollo was established . The sanctuary had strong religious and political influence across Greece . The Pythian Games were reorganized and held here from the sixth ...
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... sanctuaries in the Hellenic and Roman world . The emergence of modern medicine in a sanctuary originally based on the miraculous healing of supposedly incurable patients is strikingly described in the engraved inscriptions on the ...
... sanctuaries in the Hellenic and Roman world . The emergence of modern medicine in a sanctuary originally based on the miraculous healing of supposedly incurable patients is strikingly described in the engraved inscriptions on the ...
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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 kmĀ² 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