World Heritage Sites: A Complete Guide to 878 UNESCO World Heritage SitesUpdated for 2010, this guide fully describes every official UNESCO World Heritage site. In 1959, UNESCO launched an international campaign to safeguard the world's most important sites, which led to the first World Heritage List. In clear text that highlights all the fascinating facts, this revised edition of World Heritage Sites details all 890 properties, including the 13 new sites added in 2009. Covering 148 countries, the World Heritage List has proved to be a valuable tool in the battle to preserve much of the world's cultural and natural heritage. Its strict criteria result in only the world's most spectacular and extraordinary sites making it onto the list, including:
The new sites added to this edition are:
Featuring gorgeous photographs and updated maps, World Heritage Sites is uniquely comprehensive. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded in 1945 with the ambitious goal to build peace in the minds of men and women through education, social and natural science, culture and communication. |
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... outstanding examples technology . The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway helped the area become one of the main tea - growing areas in India and is still the most outstanding example of a hill passenger railway . The ' Himalayan Bird " or ...
... outstanding example of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture in India . British architects worked closely with Indian craftsmen on the building to include local architectural traditions . The resulting structure , with its remarkable ...
... outstanding example of a type of building , architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates ( a ) significant stage ( s ) in human history ; Traditional human settlement v . to be an outstanding example of a ...