List of sites. The table lists information about each World Heritage Site: Name: as listed by the World Heritage Committee Location: in one of the UK's constituent countries and overseas territories, with co-ordinates provided by UNESCO Period: time period of significance, typically of construction UNESCO data: the site's reference number, the year the site was inscribed on …

The Pyrénées – Mont Perdu World Heritage Site (also known as UNESCO Patrimonio Mundial Pirineos – Monte Perdido in Spanish) is a World Heritage Site straddling the border between Spain and France in the Pyrenees mountain chain. The summit of Monte Perdido (French: Mont Perdu) is on the Spanish side of the border.The site was designated in 1997 and extended …

List. The World Heritage Site (WHS) list has developed over time. It is part of a process; and the list continues to grow. As of 2020, there are 20 WHS places in Australia. 4 cultural sites; 12 natural sites; 4 mixed sites; There are 2 sites which are on a tentative list.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural heritage consists of monuments (such as architectural works, …

World Heritage partnerships for conservation 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.

Património (português europeu) ou Patrimônio (português brasileiro) Mundial, ou ainda Património (português europeu) ou Patrimônio (português brasileiro) da Humanidade, é uma região ou área (denominada "sítio") que vem a ser considerada pela comunidade científica de inigualável e fundamental importância para a humanidade.Pode vir a ser um único monumento …

World Heritage partnerships for conservation 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.

The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 95 World Heritage Sites in 18 countries (also called "state parties") of Western Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Yemen.While Egypt is partially in …

The Grachtengordel ([ɣrɑxt.ənˈɣɔr.dəl], "canal belt ();" known in English as the Canal District) is a neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands located in the Centrum district. The seventeenth-century canals of Amsterdam, located in the center of Amsterdam, were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in August 2010. The Amsterdam Canal District consists of the area around …

An intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or skill considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage.Buildings, historic places, monuments, and artifacts are cultural property.Intangible heritage consists of nonphysical intellectual wealth, such as folklore, customs, beliefs, traditions, knowledge, and language.

Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a forest reserve and a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka.It is of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO.. According to International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Sinharaja is the country's last viable area of primary tropical rainforest.More than 60% of the trees are …

Great Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952, by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., to present the great books in a 54-volume set.. The original editors had three criteria for including a book in the series drawn from Western Civilization: the book must have been relevant to contemporary matters, and not only important …

History. James Parton (1912–2001) was a grandson of the English-born American biographer James Parton (1822–1891). He was the founder, publisher and co-owner of the magazines American Heritage and Horizon, and was appalled by the permissiveness of Webster's Third, published in 1961.(Webster's Third presented all entries without labeling them correct or …

The WCW World Television Championship was a professional wrestling television championship owned by the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling (WCW) promotion.. The title was created in 1974 by Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW) as a secondary title. Initially known as the Mid-Atlantic Television Championship, as Mid-Atlantic (later known as …