World Heritage Sites: A Complete Guide to 878 UNESCO World Heritage SitesUpdated for 2010, this guide fully describes every official UNESCO World Heritage site. In 1959, UNESCO launched an international campaign to safeguard the world's most important sites, which led to the first World Heritage List. In clear text that highlights all the fascinating facts, this revised edition of World Heritage Sites details all 890 properties, including the 13 new sites added in 2009. Covering 148 countries, the World Heritage List has proved to be a valuable tool in the battle to preserve much of the world's cultural and natural heritage. Its strict criteria result in only the world's most spectacular and extraordinary sites making it onto the list, including:
The new sites added to this edition are:
Featuring gorgeous photographs and updated maps, World Heritage Sites is uniquely comprehensive. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded in 1945 with the ambitious goal to build peace in the minds of men and women through education, social and natural science, culture and communication. |
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... Ocean for transport across the Atlantic to the New World . Each of the twelve kings built a lavish palace on the ... Atlantic Ocean Scandinavia North Sea EUROPE with respect to sea level at different postglacial periods constitutes a ...
... marine zone has resulted in a land- and seascape of outstanding natural 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Atlantic Ocean AFRICA and ceremonies involving ancestor worship . The ...
... COAST ATLANTIC FOREST RESERVES 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 My Son Sanctuary Vietnam Criteria - Interchange of values ; Testimony to cultural tradition Indian Ocean ...