Best new sites included in UNESCO patrimony (Destinations)
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Tubbataha Reef Marine Park
The Tubbataha Reef Marine Park located in the Philippines, is enrolled in the World Heritage Site in 1993. National Park is home to beautiful coral reefs, with a great diversity of marine life including whales, dolphins, sharks and turtles. The site is now three times more than before, increasing from 33,000 hectares to 97,000. Its reefs host over 350 species of coral and almost 500 species of fish.
Besides the picturesque swimming, Tubbataha reef diving area is a classic, steep-walled, sh...
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The Dolomites
The Dolomites are part of the Italian Alps, is located in the north-east of their border with Austria, in which the Italians and Austrians call the South Tyrol Alto Adige. Their name comes from the rock mountains of which are made and what was called "Dolomia" after his name Dolomieu, who, fascinated by it, in 1789 had an important role in its classification. The site, which covers more than 1400 km2, consists of 18 peaks exceeding 3000 m altitude. This magnificent place is famous for its vertical slopes, narrow valleys...
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Caral-Supe City
City of Caral is one of the oldest cities known in Americas and a major tourist destination in Peru. The Norte Chico civilization known building is a pyramid with a height of 30 meters, located 20 miles from the Pacific coast.
A strong earthquake produced 3,800 years ago led to the disappearance of this amazing civilization who lived Soups valley, north of the current Peruvian capital Lima. Over 2,000 years, the inhabitants of the valley mentioned above have built some of the most pop...
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