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Selimiye [sɛˈlimijɛ] Mosque and its Social Complex - Türkiye
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1366
The square Mosque with its single great dome and four slender minarets, dominates the skyline of the former Ottoman capital of Edirne. Sinan, the most famous of Ottoman architects in the 16th century, considered the complex, which includes madrasas (Islamic schools), a covered market, clock house, outer courtyard and library, to be his best work. The interior decoration using Iznik tiles from the peak period of their production testifies to an art form that remains unsurpassed in this material.
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Sep 7, 2024, 8:37 AM
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Pearling [ˈpɪr.lɪŋ], Testimony of an Island Economy - Bahrain
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1364
The site consists of seventeen buildings in Muharraq City, three offshore oyster beds, part of the seashore and the Qal’at Bu Mahir fortress on the southern tip of Muharraq Island, from where boats used to set off for the oyster beds. The listed buildings include residences of wealthy merchants, shops, storehouses and a mosque. The site is the last remaining complete example of the cultural tradition of pearling and the wealth it generated at a time when the trade dominated the Gulf economy (2nd
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Sep 7, 2024, 8:37 AM
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Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai - Mongolia
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1382
The numerous rock carvings and funerary monuments found in these three sites illustrate the development of culture in Mongolia over a period of 12,000 years. The earliest images reflect a time (11,000 - 6,000 BC) when the area was partly forested and the valley provided a habitat for hunters of large game. Later images show the transition to herding as the dominant way of life. The most recent images show the transition to a horse-dependent nomadic lifestyle during the early 1st millennium BC, t
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Sep 10, 2024, 6:54 AM
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University of Coimbra [kuˈĩbɾɐ] – Alta and Sofia - Portugal
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1387
Situated on a hill overlooking the city, the University of Coimbra with its colleges grew and evolved over more than seven centuries within the old town. Notable university buildings include the 12<span>th</span> century Cathedral of Santa Cruz and a number of 16<span>th</span> century colleges, the Royal Palace of Alcáçova, which has housed the University since 1537, the Joanine Library with its rich baroque decor, the 18<span>th</span> century Botanical Gard...
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Sep 10, 2024, 6:55 AM
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Rock Islands Southern Lagoon - Palau
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1386
Rock Islands Southern Lagoon covers 100,200 ha and includes 445 uninhabited limestone islands of volcanic origin. Many of them display unique mushroom-like shapes in turquoise lagoons surrounded by coral reefs. The aesthetic beauty of the site is heightened by a complex reef system featuring over 385 coral species and different types of habitat. They sustain a large diversity of plants, birds and marine life including dugong and at least thirteen shark species. The site harbours the highest conc
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Sep 10, 2024, 6:54 AM
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Sangha Trinational - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1380
Situated in the north-western Congo Basin, where Cameroon, Central African Republic and Congo meet, the site encompasses three contiguous national parks totalling around 750,000 ha. Much of the site is unaffected by human activity and features a wide range of humid tropical forest ecosystems with rich flora and fauna, including Nile crocodiles and goliath tigerfish, a large predator. Forest clearings support herbaceous species and Sangha is home to considerable populations of forest elephants, c
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Sep 10, 2024, 6:54 AM
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Chengjiang 澄江化石遗址 Fossil Site - China
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1388
A hilly 512 ha site in Yunnan province, Chengjiang’s fossils present the most complete record of an early Cambrian marine community with exceptionally preserved biota, displaying the anatomy of hard and soft tissues in a very wide variety of organisms, invertebrate and vertebrate. They record the early establishment of a complex marine ecosystem. The site documents at least sixteen phyla and a variety of enigmatic groups as well as about 196 species, presenting exceptional tes...
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Sep 10, 2024, 6:56 AM
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Margravial [mɑrˈɡreɪviəl] Opera House Bayreuth [baɪ̯ˈʁɔʏ̯t] - Germany
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1379
A masterpiece of Baroque theatre architecture, built between 1745 and 1750, the Opera House is the only entirely preserved example of its type where an audience of 500 can experience Baroque court opera culture and acoustics authentically, as its auditorium retains its original materials, i.e. wood and canvas. Commissioned by Margravine Wilhelmine, wife of Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg–Bayreuth, it was designed by the renowned theatre architect Giuseppe Galli Bibiena. As a court opera house
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Sep 9, 2024, 8:41 AM
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The Persian Garden - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1372
The property includes nine gardens in as many provinces. They exemplify the diversity of Persian garden designs that evolved and adapted to different climate conditions while retaining principles that have their roots in the times of Cyrus the Great, 6th century BC. Always divided into four sectors, with water playing an important role for both irrigation and ornamentation, the Persian garden was conceived to symbolize Eden and the four Zoroastrian elements of sky, earth, water and plants. These
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Sep 9, 2024, 8:37 AM
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Santiniketan [ʃɑːnt̪ɪˈneːkət̪ən] - India
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1375
Established in rural West Bengal in 1901 by the renowned poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore, Santiniketan was a residential school and centre for art based on ancient Indian traditions and a vision of the unity of humanity transcending religious and cultural boundaries. A ‘world university’ was established at Santiniketan in 1921, recognizing the unity of humanity or “Visva Bharati”. Distinct from the prevailing British colonial architectural orientations of the early 20th century and of E
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Sep 9, 2024, 8:37 AM
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