Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang [síːəŋ kʰwǎːŋ] – Plain of Jars - Lao People's Democratic Republic
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1587The Plain of Jars, located on a plateau in central Laos, gets its name from more than 2,100 tubular-shaped megalithic stone jars used for funerary practices in the Iron Age. This serial property of 15 components contains large carved stone jars, stone discs, secondary burials, tombstones, quarries and funerary objects dating from 500 BCE to 500 CE. The jars and associated elements are the most prominent evidence of the Iron Age civilization that made and used them until it disappeared, around 50 WHS Oct 10, 2024, 7:26 AM cowpoke
Memorial sites of the Genocide: Nyamata [ɲɑˈmɑtɑ], Murambi [muˈɾɑmbi], Gisozi [ɡiˈsozi] and Bisesero [biˈseːseɾo] - Rwanda (speaks Kinyarwanda)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1586Between April and July 1994, an estimated one million people were killed across Rwanda by armed militias called Interahamwe that targeted Tutsi, but also executed moderate Hutu and Twa people. The victims of the genocide are commemorated in this serial property composed of four memorial sites. Two of the component parts were scenes of massacres: a Catholic church built in the hill of Nyamata in 1980, and a technical school built in the hill of Murambi in 1990. The hill of Gisozi in Kigali City h WHS Oct 10, 2024, 7:25 AM cowpoke
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1585The Trans-Iranian Railway connects the Caspian Sea in the northeast with the Persian Gulf in the southwest crossing two mountain ranges as well as rivers, highlands, forests and plains, and four different climatic areas. Started in 1927 and completed in 1938, the 1,394-kilometre-long railway was designed and executed in a successful collaboration between the Iranian government and 43 construction contractors from many countries. The railway is notable for its scale and the engineering works it r WHS Oct 10, 2024, 7:24 AM cowpoke
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1584The Hyrcanian Forests form a unique forested massif that stretches along the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan and Iran. The history of these broad-leaved forests dates back 25 to 50 million years, when they covered most of this Northern Temperate region. Their floristic biodiversity is remarkable with over 3,200 vascular plant species documented. To date, 180 species of birds typical of broad-leaved temperate forests and 58 mammal species have been recorded. Elements of the property comprise full ecosy WHS Oct 10, 2024, 7:24 AM cowpoke
Water Management System of Augsburg [ˈaʊksbʊrk] - Germany
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1580The water management system of the city of Augsburg has evolved in successive phases from the 14th century to the present day. It includes a network of canals, water towers dating from the 15th to 17th centuries, which housed pumping machinery, a water-cooled butchers’ hall, a system of three monumental fountains and hydroelectric power stations, which continue to provide sustainable energy today. The technological innovations generated by this water management system have helped establish Augsb WHS Oct 10, 2024, 7:23 AM cowpoke
Risco Caido [ˈrisko kaˈiðo] and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria [ɡɾaŋ kaˈnaɾja] Cultural Landscape - Spain
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1578Located in a vast mountainous area in the centre of Gran Canaria, Risco Caído comprises cliffs, ravines and volcanic formations in a landscape of rich biodiversity. The landscape includes a large number of troglodyte settlements — habitats, granaries and cisterns — whose age is proof of the presence of a pre-Hispanic culture on the island, which has evolved in isolation, from the arrival of North African Berbers, around the beginning of our era, until the first Spanish settlers in the 15th centu WHS Oct 9, 2024, 6:58 AM cowpoke
Budj Bim [bʊd͡ʒ bɪm] Cultural Landscape - Australia
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1577The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, located in the traditional Country of the Gunditjmara people in south-eastern Australia, consists of three serial components containing one of the world’s most extensive and oldest aquaculture systems. The Budj Bim lava flows provide the basis for the complex system of channels, weirs and dams developed by the Gunditjmara in order to trap, store and harvest kooyang (short-finned eel – <em>Anguilla australis</em>). The highly productive aquaculture sys... WHS Oct 9, 2024, 6:57 AM cowpoke
Barberton Makhonjwa [ˈbɑːbɛrtɔn mɑˈkʰoɲwa] Mountains - South Africa (speaks Swazi)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1575Situated in north-eastern South Africa, the Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains comprises 40% of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, one of the world’s oldest geological structures. The property represents the best-preserved succession of volcanic and sedimentary rock dating back 3.6 to 3.25 billion years and forms a diverse repository of information on surface conditions, meteorite impacts, volcanism, continent-building processes and the environment of early life. 2024-10-09 WHS Oct 9, 2024, 6:56 AM cowpoke
Amami-Oshima 奄美大岛 Island, Tokunoshima 德之岛 Island, Northern part of Okinawa 冲绳岛 Island, and Iriomote 西表岛 Island - Japan
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1574Encompassing 42,698 hectares of subtropical rainforests on four islands on a chain located in the southwest of Japan, the serial site forms an arc on the boundary of the East China Sea and Philippine Sea whose highest point, Mount Yuwandake on Amami-Oshima Island, rises 694 metres above sea level. Entirely uninhabited by humans, the site has high biodiversity value with a very high percentage of endemic species, many of them globally threatened. The site is home to endemic plants, mammals, birds WHS Oct 9, 2024, 6:55 AM cowpoke
Royal Building of Mafra [ˈmafɾɐ] – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco [ˈseɾku] Garden and Hunting Park Tapada [tɐˈpadɐ] - Portugal
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1573Located 30 km northwest of Lisbon, the property was conceived by King João V in 1711 as a tangible representation of his conception of the monarchy and the State. This imposing quadrangular building houses the king’s and queen's palaces, the royal chapel, shaped like a Roman baroque basilica, a Franciscan monastery and a library containing 36,000 volumes. The complex is completed by the <em>Cerco</em> garden, with its geometric layout, and the royal hunting park (<em>Tapad... WHS Oct 9, 2024, 6:53 AM cowpoke
Göbekli Tepe [ɟœbecˈli teˈpe] - Türkiye
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572Located in the Germuş mountains of south-eastern Anatolia, this property presents monumental round-oval and rectangular megalithic structures erected by hunter-gatherers in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic age between 9,600 and 8,200 BCE. These monuments were probably used in connection with rituals, most likely of a funerary nature. Distinctive T-shaped pillars are carved with images of wild animals, providing insight into the way of life and beliefs of people living in Upper Mesopotamia about 11,500 WHS Oct 8, 2024, 6:32 AM cowpoke
Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene - Italy
[le kolˈliːne del proˈsekko di koneˈʎano e valdobˈbjaːdene]
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1571Located in north-eastern Italy, the property includes part of the winegrowing landscape of the Prosecco wine production area. The landscape is characterized by ‘hogback’ hills, <em>ciglioni</em> – small plots of vines on narrow grassy terraces – forests, small villages and farmland. For centuries, this rugged terrain has been shaped and adapted by man. Since the 17th century, the use of <em>ciglioni</em> has created a particular chequerboard landscape consisting of rows o... WHS Oct 8, 2024, 6:31 AM cowpoke
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1570Rudreshwara, popularly known as Ramappa Temple, is located in the village of Palampet approximately 200km north-east of Hyderabad, in the State of Telangana. It is the main Shiva temple in a walled complex built during the Kakatiyan period (1123–1323 CE) under rulers Rudradeva and Recharla Rudra. Construction of the sandstone temple began in 1213 CE and is believed to have continued over some 40 years. The building features decorated beams and pillars of carved granite and dolerite with a distin WHS Oct 8, 2024, 6:30 AM cowpoke
The Maison Carrée [kaʁe] of Nîmes [nim] - France
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1569Erected in the 1st century CE in the Roman colony of <em>Nemausus</em> – today’s Nîmes in France – the Maison Carrée is an early example of a Roman temple associated with imperial worship in the provinces of Rome. Dedicated to the prematurely deceased heirs of Augustus, the Princes of Youth, this edifice fostered Rome’s control over its conquered territory while symbolically announcing the allegiance of the population of the city of <em>Nemausus</em> to the dynastic line ... WHS Oct 8, 2024, 6:29 AM cowpoke
Sassanid [sæːˈsɑːniːd] Archaeological Landscape of Fars [fɑːrs] Region - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1568The eight archaeological sites situated in three geographical areas in the southeast of Fars Province: Firuzabad, Bishapur and Sarvestan. The fortified structures, palaces and city plans date back to the earliest and latest times of the Sassanian Empire, which stretched across the region from 224 to 658 CE. Among these sites is the capital built by the founder of the dynasty, Ardashir Papakan, as well as a city and architectural structures of his successor, Shapur I. The archaeological landscape WHS Oct 8, 2024, 6:28 AM cowpoke
Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front) - Belgium, France
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1567This transnational serial property encompasses sites along the First World War Western Front, where war was fought between the German and the Allied forces between 1914 and 1918. Located between the north of Belgium and the east of France, the component parts of the property vary in scale from large necropolises, holding the remains of tens of thousands of soldiers of several nationalities, to tiny and simpler cemeteries, and single memorials. The sites include different military cemeteries, bat WHS Oct 7, 2024, 6:35 AM cowpoke
Hebron [χeˈvron] / Al-Khalil [æl xæˈliːl] Old Town - State of Palestine
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1565The use of a local limestone shaped the construction of the old town of Hebron/Al-Khalil during the Mamluk period between 1250 and 1517. The centre of interest of the town was the site of Al-Ibrahimi Mosque/The tomb of the Patriarchs whose buildings are in a compound built in the 1st century AD to protect the tombs of the patriarch Abraham/Ibrahim and his family. This place became a site of pilgrimage for the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The town was sited at th WHS Oct 7, 2024, 6:35 AM cowpoke
Tr’ondëk-Klondike [ˈtrɒndɛk ˈklɒndaɪk] - Canada
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1564Located along the Yukon River in the sub-arctic region of Northwest Canada, Tr’ondëk-Klondike lies within the homeland of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation. It contains archaeological and historic sources that reflect Indigenous people’s adaptation to unprecedented changes caused by the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century. The series illustrates different aspects of the colonization of this area, including sites of exchange between the Indigenous population and the colonists, and WHS Oct 7, 2024, 6:34 AM cowpoke
Al-Ahsa [æl ʔaħˈsaː] Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape - Saudi Arabia
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1563In the eastern Arabian Peninsula, the Al-Ahsa Oasis is a serial property comprising gardens, canals, springs, wells and a drainage lake, as well as historical buildings, urban fabric and archaeological sites. They represent traces of continued human settlement in the Gulf region from the Neolithic to the present, as can be seen from remaining historic fortresses, mosques, wells, canals and other water management systems. With its 2.5 million date palms, it is the largest oasis in the world. Al-A WHS Oct 7, 2024, 6:33 AM cowpoke
Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea - Republic of Korea
山寺，韩国佛教名山寺庙
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1562The Sansa are Buddhist mountain monasteries located throughout the southern provinces of the Korean Peninsula. The spatial arrangement of the seven temples that comprise the property, established from the 7th to 9th centuries, present common characteristics that are specific to Korea – the ‘madang’ (open courtyard) flanked by four buildings (Buddha Hall, pavilion, lecture hall and dormitory). They contain a large number of individually remarkable structures, objects, documents and shrines. These WHS Oct 7, 2024, 6:32 AM cowpoke
