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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... associated with events of universal significance Founded in the third millennium BC , Damascus is considered to be ... associated with the conversion of St Paul . uare was Its lanade Poland Criteria - Heritage associated with events of ...
... associated with events of universal significance The Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi constitute a site embracing almost 0.3 km2 of hillside within Kampala district . Most of the site is agricultural , farmed by traditional methods . At ...
... associated with events universal significance e Mahabodhi Temple Complex is one of four holy sites related to the life of the d Buddha ( 566-486 BC ) as the place ere , in 531 BC , he attained the supreme perfect insight while seated ...