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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... Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh p748 ; Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest p61 ; Mir Castle Complex p635 ; Struve Geodetic Arc P7474 . Cyprus Choirokoitia p554 ; Painted Churches in the Troodos Region p210v ; Paphos ...
... Complex of Koguryo Tombs p7154 . Korea , Republic of Changdeokgung Palace Complex p521 ; Gochang , Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites p626 ; Gyeongju Historic Areas p642 ; Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon , the Depositories for the ...
... complex is the most impressive and complete Buddhist monastery in Pakistan . In 1871 , many sculptures were found at Takht - i - Bahi . Some depicted stories from the life of the Buddha while others , more devotional in nature ...