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Dec 24, 2024

MALAYSIA Penang - World Heritage City

MALAYSIA Penang - World Heritage City

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Dec 22, 2024

Independence NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

Independence NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

Assembly Room
Within this room American independence was declared, a successful war was directed, and the U.S. Constitution was written. Delegates to the Second Continental Congress (1776) and the Constitutional Convention (1787) sat in Windsor chairs around baize-covered tables. The President's chair is the original one occupied by George Washington as he presided over the Constitutional Convention.

Dec 21, 2024

Solovetsky Monastery

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L’Anse aux Meadows,Newfoundland

Canada’s inaugural UNESCO site, the Viking settlement at the tip of Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula, was the first real evidence that these European adventurers had reached the new world over 1,000 years ago – long before Columbus. The excavated remains of wood-framed, peat-turf buildings are similar to those found in Norse Greenland and Iceland, and are the only authenticated site in North America. You will be able to see how the Vikings lived and enjoy tales of their adventures long ago.

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https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/trip-ideas/travel-stories/five-unesco-sites

BOLOGNA-Basilica di S.Stefano

DOM DE COLOGNE

Cologne Cathedral

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beautiful MALAYSIA

Georgetown's kek lok

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Historic Centre of Rome

Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal is an immense freshwater expanse of 31,722 square kilometres under UNESCO protection. It is known for its unique ecosystems and pristine drinking water. Due to climate change, the lake's surface temperature during the summers of recent years has increased significantly, triggering numerous surface eutrophication effects and threatening the biodiversity of this fragile and precious ecosystem.

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https://www.copernicus.eu/fr/node/10997

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Dec 17, 2024

BARDEJOV

First written mention of town dates from 1247. Urban heritage reserve inscribed in UNESCO's World Cultural and Natural Heri- tage List in 2000. Dominant features are Gothic Basilica Minor of St.Egidius from 1412 and Renaissance Town Hall from 1511

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Hill Forts of Rajasthan

Hill Forts of Rajasthan: The serial site, situated in the state of Rajasthan, includes six majestic forts in Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, Sawai Madhopur, Jhalawar, Jaipur and Jaisalmer. The eclectic architecture of the forts, some up to 20 kilometres in circumference, bears testimony to the power of the Rajput princely states that flourished in the region from the 8th to the 18th centuries. Enclosed within defensive walls are major urban centres, palaces, trading centres and other buildings including temples. The forts use the natural defenses offered by the landscape: hills, deserts, rivers, and dense forests. They also feature extensive water harvesting structures, largely still in use today.

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