Brandon, Author at World Heritage Travel Your one-stop shop for World Heritage tourism information! Wed, 24 Dec 2025 15:06:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://worldheritagesites.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-WHS-logo-transparent-background-32x32.png Brandon, Author at World Heritage Travel 32 32 Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan https://worldheritagesites.net/jomon-prehistoric-sites/ https://worldheritagesites.net/jomon-prehistoric-sites/#respond Sun, 16 Mar 2025 13:13:24 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=36103 17 archeological sites from a 10,0000-year-old hunter-fisher-gatherer society.

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]]> https://worldheritagesites.net/jomon-prehistoric-sites/feed/ 0 St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church at Hildesheim https://worldheritagesites.net/st-marys-cathedral-st-michaels-church-hildesheim/ https://worldheritagesites.net/st-marys-cathedral-st-michaels-church-hildesheim/#respond Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:29:58 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=36004 Two 11th-century churches exemplifying Ottonian Romanesque architecture and art.

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]]> https://worldheritagesites.net/st-marys-cathedral-st-michaels-church-hildesheim/feed/ 0 Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape https://worldheritagesites.net/orkhon-valley-cultural-landscape/ https://worldheritagesites.net/orkhon-valley-cultural-landscape/#respond Sat, 04 Jan 2025 18:01:52 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=35571 A huge region of beautiful landscapes and archaeological sites, important in the history of the Mongol Empire as well as the Uighur people.

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]]> https://worldheritagesites.net/orkhon-valley-cultural-landscape/feed/ 0 Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island https://worldheritagesites.net/islands-in-japan-amami-oshima-tokunoshima-okinawa-iriomote/ https://worldheritagesites.net/islands-in-japan-amami-oshima-tokunoshima-okinawa-iriomote/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2023 15:50:57 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=32604 Four islands with subtropical rainforests that support a range of endemic species.

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]]> https://worldheritagesites.net/islands-in-japan-amami-oshima-tokunoshima-okinawa-iriomote/feed/ 0 Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape https://worldheritagesites.net/iwami-ginzan-silver-mine/ https://worldheritagesites.net/iwami-ginzan-silver-mine/#respond Sat, 16 Sep 2023 20:19:10 +0000 https://worldheritagesites.net/?p=32198 Remains of a silver mining community that operated for centuries, important in international trade.

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