Sunday, January 31, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "N"


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Nepal
  • Kathmandu Valley
  • Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
  • Royal Chitwan National Park
  • Sagarmatha National Park

Netherlands

  • Defence Line of Amsterdam
  • Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)
  • Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Netherlands Antilles
  • Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)
  • Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
  • Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)
  • Schokland and Surroundings
  • The Wadden Sea

New Zealand

  • New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
  • Te Wahipounamu– South West New Zealand
  • Tongariro National Park

Nicaragua

  • Ruins of León Viejo

Niger

  • Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
  • W National Park of Niger

Nigeria

  • Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
  • Sukur Cultural Landscape

Norway

  • Bryggen
  • Rock Art of Alta
  • Røros Mining Town
  • Struve Geodetic Arc
  • Urnes Stave Church
  • Vegaøyan- The Vega Archipelago
  • West Norwegian Fjords– Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

Thursday, January 21, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "M"


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Madagascar
  • Rainforests of the Atsinanana
  • Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
  • Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve

Malawi

  • Chongoni Rock-Art Area
  • Lake Malawi National Park

Malaysia

  • Gunung Mulu National Park
  • Kinabalu Park
  • Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca

Mali

  • Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
  • Old Towns of Djenné
  • Timbuktu
  • Tomb of Askia

Malta

  • City of Valletta
  • Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
  • Megalithic Temples of Malta

Mauritania

  • Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
  • Banc d'Arguin National Park

Mauritius

  • Ghat
  • Le Morne Cultural Landscape

Mexico

  • Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
  • Ancient Maya City of Calakmul, Campeche
  • Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco
  • Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes
  • Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
  • Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
  • El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
  • Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro
  • Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
  • Historic Centre of Morelia
  • Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
  • Historic Centre of Puebla
  • Historic Centre of Zacatecas
  • Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
  • Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
  • Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan
  • Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
  • Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara
  • Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
  • Luis Barragán House and Studio
  • Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
  • Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
  • Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
  • Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco
  • Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco
  • Sian Ka'an
  • Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino

Moldova

  • Struve Geodetic Arc

Mongolia

  • Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
  • Uvs Nuur Basin

Montenegro

  • Durmitor National Park
  • Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor

Morocco

  • Archaeological Site of Volubilis
  • Historic City of Meknes
  • Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
  • Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
  • Medina of Fez
  • Medina of Marrakesh
  • Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
  • Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)

Mozambique

  • Island of Mozambique

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "L"


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Lao People's Democratic Republic

  • Town of Luang Prabang
  • Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape

Latvia

  • Historic Centre of Riga
  • Struve Geodetic Arc

Lebanon

  • Anjar
  • Baalbek
  • Byblos
  • Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
  • Tyre

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

  • Archaeological Site of Cyrene
  • Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
  • Archaeological Site of Sabratha
  • Old Town of Ghadamès
  • Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus

Lithuania

  • Curonian Spit
  • Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)
  • Struve Geodetic Arc
  • Vilnius Historic Centre

Luxembourg

  • City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "K"


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Kazakhstan
  • Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
  • Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly
  • Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan

Kenya

  • Lake Turkana National Parks
  • Lamu Old Town
  • Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
  • Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

  • Complex of Koguryo Tombs

Korea, Republic of

  • Changdeokgung Palace Complex
  • Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites
  • Gyeongju Historic Areas
  • Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
  • Hwaseong Fortress
  • Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
  • Jongmyo Shrine
  • Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
  • Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple

Kyrgyzstan

  • Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain

Monday, January 4, 2010

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "J"


(For planning your tours, travel and sightseeing, refer: Travel and Sightseeing- World http://sightseeing-guide.blogspot.com/, Travel and Sightseeing- India http://india-tours-sightseeing.blogspot.com/)

Japan
  • Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
  • Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
  • Himeji-jo
  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
  • Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
  • Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
  • Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
  • Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
  • Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape
  • Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
  • Shirakami-Sanchi
  • Shiretoko
  • Shrines and Temples of Nikko
  • Yakushima

Jerusalem

  • Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls

Jordan

  • Petra
  • Quseir Amra
  • Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)

World Heritage Sites of Countries Starting with Alphabet "I"


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Iceland
  • Surtsey
  • Þingvellir National Park

India

  • Agra Fort
  • Ajanta Caves
  • Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi
  • Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)
  • Churches and Convents of Goa
  • Elephanta Caves
  • Ellora Caves
  • Fatehpur Sikri
  • Great Living Chola Temples
  • Group of Monuments at Hampi
  • Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
  • Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
  • Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
  • Kaziranga National Park
  • Keoladeo National Park
  • Khajuraho Group of Monuments
  • Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya
  • Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Mountain Railways of India
  • Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
  • Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
  • Red Fort Complex
  • Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
  • Sun Temple, Konârak
  • Sundarbans National Park
  • Taj Mahal

Indonesia

  • Borobudur Temple Compounds
  • Komodo National Park
  • Lorentz National Park
  • Prambanan Temple Compounds
  • Sangiran Early Man Site
  • Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
  • Ujung Kulon National Park

Iran

  • Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran
  • Bam and its Cultural Landscape
  • Bisotun
  • Meidan Emam, Esfahan
  • Pasargadae
  • Persepolis
  • Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
  • Soltaniyeh
  • Takht-e Soleyman
  • Tchogha Zanbil

Iraq

  • Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
  • Hatra
  • Samarra Archaeological City

Ireland

  • Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
  • Skellig Michael

Israel

  • Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee
  • Biblical Tels- Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
  • Incense Route- Desert Cities in the Negev
  • Masada
  • Old City of Acre
  • White City of Tel-Aviv- the Modern Movement

Italy

  • 18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio Complex
  • Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
  • Archaeological Area of Agrigento
  • Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
  • Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
  • Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
  • Castel del Monte
  • Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
  • Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
  • Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
  • City of Verona
  • City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
  • Costiera Amalfitana
  • Crespi d'Adda
  • Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
  • Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
  • Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
  • Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli
  • Historic Centre of Florence
  • Historic Centre of Naples
  • Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
  • Historic Centre of San Gimignano
  • Historic Centre of Siena
  • Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
  • Historic Centre of Urbino
  • Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
  • Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
  • Mantua and Sabbioneta
  • Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
  • Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
  • Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
  • Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
  • Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
  • Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
  • Su Nuraxi di Barumini
  • Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
  • The Dolomites
  • The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera
  • The Trulli of Alberobello
  • Val d'Orcia
  • Venice and its Lagoon
  • Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
  • Villa d'Este, Tivoli
  • Villa Romana del Casale