UNESCO World Heritage Centre - World Heritage List
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Shark Bay, Western Australia - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Shark Bay World Heritage Site (Western Australian Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Parks and Wildlife Service) (in English only) Protectedplanet.net
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and conflict.
Independence Hall - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
View photos from OUR PLACE the World Heritage collection; World Heritage in the United States; Independence Hall National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Messel Pit Fossil Site - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Messel Pit is the richest site in the world for understanding the living environment of the Eocene, between 57 million and 36 million years ago. In particular, it provides unique information about the early stages of the evolution of mammals and includes exceptionally well-preserved mammal fossils, ranging from fully articulated skeletons to ...
Škocjan Caves - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
The boundaries of the regional park and the World Heritage property, respectively encompass the most striking features of the karst topography, and therefore strongly contribute to the conservation of these key natural values.
Morne Trois Pitons National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
With its precipitous slopes and deeply incised valleys, 50 fumaroles, hot springs, three freshwater lakes, a 'boiling lake' and five volcanoes, located on the park's nearly 7,000 ha, together with the richest biodiversity in the Lesser Antilles, Morne Trois Pitons National Park presents a rare combination of natural features of World Heritage ...
Ancient City of Ping Yao - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and conflict.
Göbekli Tepe - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and conflict.
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park - UNESCO World …
Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, whose multiple owners include the Archaeological Survey of India, the Gujarat State Forest Department, State Department of Archaeology, and State Revenue Department, Jai Kalika Temple Trust, Jain Temple Trusts, Fakir Sect Trust, and the private sector, is protected under the Ancient Monuments and ...