https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1660These five archaeological sites comprise a system of monumental ring-shaped Viking-Age fortresses sharing a uniform geometric design. Constructed between about 970 and 980 CE, the fortresses at Aggersborg, Fyrkat, Nonnebakken, Trelleborg and Borgring were positioned strategically near important land and sea routes, and each made use of the natural topography of their surrounding landscape for defensive purposes. They are an emblematic demonstration of the centralized power of the Jelling Dynasty WHS Oct 19, 2024, 8:54 AM cowpoke
The Ancient Town of Si Thep [siː tʰêp] and its Associated Dvaravati [dwaːraːwaːtí] Monuments - Thailand
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1662This is a serial property of three component parts: a distinctive twin-town site, featuring an Inner and Outer Town surrounded by moats; the massive Khao Klang Nok ancient monument; and the Khao Thamorrat Cave ancient monument. Together these sites represent the architecture, artistic traditions and religious diversity of the Dvaravati Empire that thrived in Central Thailand from the 6th to the 10th centuries, demonstrating the influences from India. The local adaptation of these traditions resu WHS Oct 19, 2024, 8:55 AM cowpoke
Old town of Kuldīga [kuːlˈdiːɡa] - Latvia
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1658Located in the western part of Latvia, the town of Kuldīga is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional urban settlement, which developed from a small medieval hamlet into an important administrative centre of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia between the 16th and 18th centuries. The town structure of Kuldīga has largely retained the street layout of that period, and includes traditional log architecture as well as foreign-influenced styles that illustrate the rich exchange bet WHS Oct 19, 2024, 8:53 AM cowpoke
Modernist Kaunas [ˈkɐʊˑnɐs]: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939 - Lithuania
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1661This property testifies to the rapid urbanization that transformed the provincial town of Kaunas into a modern city that became Lithuania’s provisional capital between the First and Second World Wars. Its community-driven transformation of an urban landscape was adapted from an earlier town layout. The quality of modern Kaunas was manifested through the spatial organization of the Naujamiestis (New Town) and Žaliakalnis (Green Hill) areas, and in public buildings, urban spaces and residences con WHS Oct 19, 2024, 8:55 AM cowpoke
National Archaeological Park Tak’alik Ab’aj [täkʔälik äɓäχ] - Guatemala (speaks K’iche’)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1663Tak’alik Ab’aj is an archaeological site located on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. Its 1,700-year history spans a period that saw the transition from the Olmec civilization to the emergence of Early Mayan culture. Tak’alik Ab’aj had a primary role in this transition, in part because it was vital to the long-distance trade route that connected the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in today's Mexico to present-day El Salvador. Ideas and customs were shared extensively along this route. Sacred spaces an... WHS Oct 19, 2024, 8:57 AM cowpoke
Ivindo [iˈvin.do] National Park - Gabon (speaks Fang)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1653Situated on the equator in northern Gabon the largely pristine site encompasses an area of almost 300,000 ha crossed by a network of picturesque blackwater rivers. It features rapids and waterfalls bordered by intact rainforest, which make for a landscape of great aesthetic value. The site’s aquatic habitats harbour endemic freshwater fish species, 13 of which are threatened, and at least seven species of Podostemaceae riverweeds, with probable micro-endemic aquatic flora at each waterfall. Many WHS Oct 20, 2024, 8:24 AM cowpoke
The Porticoes of Bologna [boˈloɲɲa] - Italy
Portico [ˈpɔr.tɪˌkoʊ]: a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns at regular intervals, typically attached as a porch to a
building.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1650The serial property comprises twelve component parts consisting of ensembles of porticoes and their surrounding built areas, located within the Municipality of Bologna from the 12th century to the present. These portico ensembles are considered to be the most representative among city’s porticoes, which cover a total stretch of 62 km. Some of the porticoes are built of wood, others of stone or brick, as well as reinforced concrete, covering roads, squares, paths and walkways, either on one or bo WHS Oct 20, 2024, 8:20 AM cowpoke
The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1633The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales illustrates the transformation that industrial slate quarrying and mining brought about in the traditional rural environment of the mountains and valleys of the Snowdon massif. The territory, extending from mountain-top to sea-coast, presented opportunities and constraints that were used and challenged by the large-scale industrial processes undertaken by landowners and capital investors, which reshaped the agricultural landscape into an industrial centre f WHS Oct 17, 2024, 6:35 AM cowpoke
ShUM [ʃuːm] Sites of Speyer [ˈʃpaɪɐ], Worms [vɔʁms] and Mainz [maɪnts] - Germany
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1636Located in the former Imperial cathedral cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz, in the Upper Rhine Valley, the serial site of Speyer, Worms and Mainz comprise the Speyer Jewry-Court, with the structures of the synagogue and women’s shul (Yiddish for synagogue), the archaeological vestiges of the yeshiva (religious school), the courtyard and the still intact underground mikveh (ritual bath), which has retained its high architectural and building quality. The property also comprises the Worms Synagogu WHS Oct 17, 2024, 6:38 AM cowpoke
Settlement and Artificial Mummification of the Chinchorro [tʃinˈtʃoro] Culture in the Arica [aˈɾika] and Parinacota [paɾinaˈkota] Region - Chile
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1634The property consists of three component parts: Faldeo Norte del Morro de Arica, Colón 10, both in the city of Arica, and Desembocadura de Camarones, in a rural environment some 100km further south. Together they bear testimony to a culture of marine hunter-gatherers who resided in the arid and hostile northern coast of the Atacama Desert in northernmost Chile from approximately 5450 BCE to 890 BCE. The property presents the oldest known archaeological evidence of the artificial mummification of WHS Oct 17, 2024, 6:36 AM cowpoke
