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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... Rock - Mount Olga National Park , it is located in Australia's Red Centre . It lies in the traditional lands of the Western Desert Aboriginal people , locally known as Anangu . Anangu are part of one of the oldest human societies in the ...
... Rock Art of Alta Norway 232 Rock Art Cultural Landscape , Gobustan Azerbaijan 767 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula Spain 562 Rock Carvings in Tanum Sweden 432 Rock Drawings in Valcamonica Italy 76 Rock ...
... Rock Art of Alta Norway 232 Rock Art Cultural Landscape , Gobustan Azerbaijan 767 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula Spain 562 Rock Carvings in Tanum Sweden 432 Rock Drawings in Valcamonica Italy 76 Rock ...