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A view of the cathedral with its central rose window.

Durham Castle and Cathedral

An innovative cathedral with architecture that foreshadowed Gothic, and the 11th-century Norman castle that guarded it and the northern frontier.

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A large pavilion - more like a castle - at West Lake - lit up with lights along all of the curved roofs.

West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou

An ancient landscaped environment based on Buddhist principles in garden design that have been influential for over a thousand years.

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A path with stones between it and the sea, a windmill along the path, and part of the Ancient City of Nessebar visible beyond the windmill.

Ancient City of Nessebar

An ancient city on a peninsula containing architecture from many eras, including unique Bulgarian Renaissance elements.

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A misty and rocky mountaintop, with a pedestal with broken statues on it, their heads on the ground in front of them.

Nemrut Dağ

A mountain on whose peak stands the tomb of King Antiochus I, an imposing artistic achievement of the Hellenistic period.

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A series of stone arches cover a cobbled sidewalk in Djerba.

Djerba: Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory

An island whose inhabitants adapted their settlements to the natural conditions, and where different cultures coexisted peacefully.

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A view over the Historic Centre of Bukhara with several of the historical buildings visible.

Historic Centre of Bukhara

A Silk Road city with historic architecture dating to the 10th and 11th centuries, important particularly for its urban planning.

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State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv”

A Silk Road city 4,000 years old, with remains of five walled cities from different eras.

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Mount Taishan

One of the Five Great Mountains and an important place of worship, known for its Taoist temples.

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A small red temple with two traditional curved tile roofs.

Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu

An architectural collection in the hometown of Confucius, who was hugely influential in the history of China and many other countries.

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A tall, cylindrical stone tower in the Walled City of Baku.

Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah’s Palace and Maiden Tower

A historic city and charming old city with architecture and urban planning that show an array of cultural influences spanning centuries.

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A series of ruins along the top of a hill.

Archaeological Site of Ani

The extensive ruins – palaces, churches, mosques, fortifications, and homes – of an important trading city on the medieval Silk Road, where diverse cultures and architectural traditions met and blended.

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View looking up at the top of a stupa, where strings of colorful flags extend to its center - in Kathmandu Valley.

Kathmandu Valley

Seven religious monuments that represent the unique Nepalese culture, mixing Hinduism and Buddhism with animism and Tantrism.

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A row of elegant buildings in Renaissance styles, all painted in pastel colors.

Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia

A 16th-18th-century colonial capital where European, African and Indigenous cultural influences have blended and echo to the present day.

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An arch with images of Jesus and saints in the tympanum.

Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France

Seventy-eight locations along four medieval pilgrimage routes leading to the Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

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A narrow street, low white buildings on both sides and an archway across it.

Medina of Tunis

The ancient center of Tunis, with about 700 monuments dating to the 12th-16th century: mosques, gates, markets, palaces, noble houses, and more.

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A sitting Buddha statue, with a ruin of a round temple structure and more sitting Buddhas next to it.

Ancient City of Polonnaruwa

The 12-century capital of Sri Lanka built by the Chola rulers and containing the ruins of spectacular Buddhist monuments.

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View down a sloped street, with stone houses along it and a mountain in the background.

Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana

A mountainous region of Mallorca with ancient systems of water harvesting, terraces and villages that have supported agriculture for centuries.

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A pretty lake with a green hill on the opposite side.

Roșia Montană Mining Landscape

A hilly region with 16 villages and what remains of a huge Roman-era gold mining operation.

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A fortress with rounded elements on the corners and a tall square tower with crenellations.

Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon

A group of Medieval buildings in Spain that exemplify a fusion of Islamic and Christian architectural and artistic traditions.

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An elegant building with a triangular portico and columns on the front and a round cupola above.

Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara

A 19th-century charitable institution in Neoclassical style, with magnificent 20th-century murals by José Clemente Orozco.

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A classical-style theater building.

Urban Historic Centre of Cienfuegos

A 19th-century French settlement in Cuba with a range of interesting architecture, from neoclassical to deco and modern.

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Seen across the water, a view of the whole island, with many low buildings visible.

Island of Gorée

A former slave-trading center near Dakar, now a place of remembrance.

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A small church with a cylindrical dome in the center.

Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots

Several very early Christian churches that were influential in the development of early Armenian church architecture.

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An empty cobbled street with stone buildings with arched windows on both sides.

Medieval City of Rhodes

A well-preserved medieval city with complete fortifications, built largely by Crusaders, with elements of Gothic, Byzantine and Ottoman architecture as well.

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A hemispherical building with a brick roof and stone fence around it and an ornamental gateway.

Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi

A collection of stupas, temples and monasteries that make up the earliest Buddhist sanctuary in the world.

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A religious scene in the form of a mosaic.

Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale

Sicilian landmarks that showcase a blend of Arab, Norman and Byzantine influences in art and architecture.

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A temple covered in sculptures, with a tall stupa at the back and a dome in the middle.

Khajuraho Group of Monuments

Twenty-two 11th-century temples of the Chandela period, covered in exceptionally accomplished figurative stonework.

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A decorative balcony divides two parts of the tower: below, alternating rounded and square fluting. Above, only rounded.

Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi

Remnants of early Islamic India, including Northern India’s oldest mosque and a minaret that is the highest stone structure in India.

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Red-colored walls and turrets of the entrance to the fort.

Red Fort Complex

An outstanding example of Mughal architecture on a grand scale, with later British colonial additions.

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A view of Orkhon Valley - a brown grassy plain with mountains on either side.

Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape

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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A cluster of moss-covered gravestones and statues in a forest.

Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range

A collection of spiritually and culturally important pilgrimage sites that blend Buddhist and Shinto traditions in a natural environment.

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An arched stone bridge over a dry moat leads to a massive wall with a small gateway in it.

Fortifications of Vauban

12 sites designed for Louis XIV by the innovative military engineer Sebastien de Vauban in the late 17th-18th centuries.

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A huge rock emerging from the desert floor, and one side of it is carved into a grand entranceway.

Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ)

An ancient Nabatean town with a number of massive rock-cut tombs from the 1st century AD.

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Tower of Hercules

The oldest known intact lighthouse in the world, built by the Romans in the 1st century AD.

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A cluster of small stone buildings with metal roofs and a tall structure of iron bars.

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape

An important coal mining and iron production region in the Industrial Revolution.

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An arched gateway, with many white-painted houses arrayed up a hill behind it.

Medina of Tétouan

A well-preserved and lively historical quarter that shows the influences of both Arab and Andalusian culture on its art and architecture.

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