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Mount Wutai
Mount Wutai - Best new sites included in UNESCO patrimony
Mount Wutai is located in the province of Shanxin, China and it was included in the list of World Heritage in the framework of the 33rd conference on the World Heritage held in Seville, Spain. Mount Wutai means "mountain with five terraces", which is the peculiarity of the site chosen by UNESCO. Mount Wutai is one of the four mountains with Buddhist temples in China with a prestigious history as the most sacred place loved by Chin...
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Loropeni ruins
Loropeni ruins - Best new sites included in UNESCO patrimony
The place where the Loropeni ruins are located is in Burkina Faso and it is spread over an area of 11,130 m2. Loropeni ruins dating back at least 1000 years and are still not fully unearthed, thus sheltering more surprises. These ruins are the best preserved of all the ten lobes stronghold in the region, south-west of the country....
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Stoclet Palace
Stoclet Palace - Best new sites included in UNESCO patrimony
Stoclet Palace in Brussels dates from 1905 and was built at the request of a wealthy banker and collector, called Adolphe Stoclet. The latter has allowed architect Josef Hoffman free his imagination, who has made a masterpiece of Art Nouveau style, which is in fact the beginning of Art Deco and Modernist movements....
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Sulaiman Too Sacred Mountain
Sulaiman Too Sacred Mountain - Best new sites included in UNESCO patrimony
Sulaiman Too holy mountain is located near the city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan. He is at the crossroads of many of the Silk Road of Central Asia. For centuries, the hill served as a landmark for tourists. "Mount of Solomon," a place of pilgrimage for the faithful Muslim, but also is visited by all Christians. The peaks and slopes of this mountain house many old places of worship, caves, petroglyphs and mosques....
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Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System - Best new sites included in UNESCO patrimony
The hydraulic system of Shushtar is a hydraulic system of great historical importance, located in the Iranian Shushtar area. It was made in the 5th century BC, during the reign of Darius the Great. The hydraulic system is surrounded by magnificent buildings such as Salasel castle, which controls the tower Kolah-Farangi (which measures the level of water), dams, bridges, ponds and mills. UNESCO has decided to rank this site as a masterpiece of human genius....
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Tower of Hercules
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Legend says that this is the place where Hercules fought with giant Gerion. The battle between the two lasted three days and three nights, and the Greek hero won over the giant. He buried his head and huge arms, and on this place there was built a lighthouse. But the reality is different. The lighthouse was built by the Romans in the first century and it still works now. It is located on a cliff and it is 55 meters high. In the 18th cen...
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Caral-Supe City
Caral-Supe City - Best new sites included in UNESCO patrimony
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 vall...
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Wadden Sea
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Wadden Sea is located between Germany and the Netherlands, enjoying a temperate ecosystem in a humid area, the coast. Numerous sandbanks, preriile sea grass, salt marshes, estuaries, beaches and dunes make up a wonderful setting. Wadden Sea is one of the most important regions in the world for migratory birds, with up to 6.1 million birds in the region while more than 400,000 breeding pairs capable of averaging 10 to 12 million birds passin...
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Tubbataha Reef Marine Park
Tubbataha Reef Marine Park - Best new sites included in UNESCO patrimony
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, Tubbata...
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The Dolomites
The Dolomites - Best new sites included in UNESCO patrimony
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...
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Parlamento de Andalucia
Parlamento de Andalucia - The best places to visit in Sevilla, Spain
Andalusian Parliament is hosted by a very large complex of buildings built in the 16th century. Originally established Andalusian Parliament was built outside the city walls to serve as a hospital. Hospital building was renovated and the destination was changed in 1992 to house the offices of parliament. Andalusia autonomous Parliament is based in this former hospital called Hospital de las Cinco Llagas (Hospital of the five wounds). Hospital was founded in 1500 when Pope Alexande...
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Sevilla City Hall
Sevilla City Hall - The best places to visit in Sevilla, Spain
Sevilla City Hall or Ayuntamiento is located between Plaza of San Francisco and Plaza Nueva. It was built in the early 16th century a local renaissance. In the 15th century the 24 delegates forming the Seville city council shall meet at the Plaza de la Virgen de Los Reyes near the Giralda Tower. After Sevilla won the New World trade monopoly in 1503, it was decided that the city has gained much importance for the officials to meet in open air and then they started plans to bu...
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Plaza de Toros
Plaza de Toros - The best places to visit in Sevilla, Spain
The history of the corida in Seville was built in the 18th century. Arena has a capacity of about 12,500 and is one of the most famous of all Spanish corrida. In the past, bull fights were held in the Plaza de San Francisco, an historic market hall near Seville. The first temporary wooden arena was built in 1730 near the current location of the Plaza de Toros. Arena was a rectangular shape as an advantage for the bulls, which they could withdraw in one corner. It was cataloged as ...
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Plaza de Espana
Plaza de Espana - The best places to visit in Sevilla, Spain
Plaza de Espana is an imposing architectural complex that was made to serve as a central department of Iberico-American Exposition, an event held in Seville in 1929 for what was meant closer ties between Spain and former colonies in Latin America. Plaza de Espana is located in Maria Luisa Park, near the historical center of Seville. Exhibition in Seville in 1929 was organized for improving of the relations between Spain, Portugal and former...
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Maria Luisa Park
Maria Luisa Park - The best places to visit in Sevilla, Spain
Maria Luisa Park was founded in the late 19th century. This oasis offers residents and tourists who visit Seville but the city can relax in a shady place during hot summer months. Some very beautiful buildings, a legacy of the 1929 World Expo which was held in Seville, there are scattered through the entire park. This rather large park is located near the historic center of Seville. Green is the most important of the entire city, richly dec...
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San Telmo Palace
San Telmo Palace - The best places to visit in Sevilla, Spain
Palacio de San Telmo, built in the 17th century to serve as a school for navigators, especially the entrance stands a very ornamented baroque. After having served as a school for navigators and then a wealth of other purposes, the building has grown to be the official residence of President Andalusia. Palacio de San Telmo was built in 1682 as a college for "mareantes" (navigators). It was designed in a baroque Spanish exuberant ac...
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Torre del Oro
Torre del Oro - The best places to visit in Sevilla, Spain
Torre del Oro (Golden Tower) is a historic observation tower that was built in the early 13th century Moorish Almohad dynasty which dominated when the city Seville. Tower now hosting a museum ship and is a major tourist attraction in the capital Andalusia. Golden Tower is one of the most photographed attractions of the city and because has a location in the sight of all, even a large lakeside promenade near the historical center of town. Go...
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Pilate's House
Pilate's House - The best places to visit in Sevilla, Spain
House of Pilate, known formally as the Ducal House of Medinaceli, is one of the most intriguing buildings in Seville. It was built in the early 16th century a mixture of architectural styles: renaissance, Gothic and Mudejar. In 1520, Don Fadrique Enriquez de Rivera, the first Marquis of Tarifa, returned from a long trip through Europe two years to Holy Land. Passage through cities with an extraordinary Renaissance architecture such as Rome,...
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Cathedral of Sevilla
Cathedral of Sevilla - The most beautiful cathedrals of Spain Cathedral of Sevilla - The best places to visit in Sevilla, Spain
Cathedral of Seville is one of the largest and most impressive churches in the world. It was built in the 15th century on the site of a mosque dating from the 12th century. Inside the cathedral there is a spectacular shrine of gold, Retablo Mayor. Today it is one of the symbols of Seville, a tourist attraction visited by many tourists every year. Cathedral of Seville rises beside the Giralda tower, the only standing remains of the old mosque, an important landmark of the city of S...
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Real Alcazar
Real Alcazar - The best places to visit in Sevilla, Spain
Royal Palace Real Alcazar of Seville is a magnificent complex of courtyards, terraces and rooms in different architectural styles, from Mudejar (Moorish architecture) to Gothic. In the center of the Palace complex of King Pedro I, who raised the royal residence here in 1364 on the site of an ancient Moorish palace. Today, the Alcazar Palace is one of the most important tourist attractions in Seville and in a holiday in the Andalusian town, a visit to the palace not to be missed un...
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The Giralda Tower
The Giralda Tower - The best places to visit in Sevilla, Spain
Giralda, the bell tower in the Cathedral of Seville is the most famous attractions of Seville, was a true emblem of the city. The tower was originally built in the late 12th century, being then a mosque minaret large high Mauri. 12th century Almohad dynasty that dominates the entire region has raised a new mosque in Seville. Minaret of the mosque construction started in Gever 1184 under the guidance of engineer who designed an ingenious structure with its two walls connected by a ...
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Potsdamer Platz
Potsdamer Platz - The best places to visit in Berlin, Germany
Potsdamer Platz was completely destroyed during the war but before that was the busiest intersection in Europe. In 1998, the new Potsdamer Platz, full of modern building was officially inaugurated. In the 1920s and 30 Potsdamerplatz was one of the busiest and most lively markets in Europe. Was a major center for public transport and entertainment area. In the area were finding very many bars, cafes and cinemas. Potsdamerplatz tumultuous lif...
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Berlin Zoological Garden
Berlin Zoological Garden - The best places to visit in Berlin, Germany
One of the largest zoos in the world, Zoologischer Garten Berlin, which is the well-ordered city visitors since its opening now more than 150 years. Open for the first time in 1844, the Berlin Zoo was built as a gift from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV to Berlin. King gave his menagerie of animals to fill the cages and opened habitalele garden designed by Peter Lenne. The idea of opening a zoo belonged to Alexander von Humboldt and explorer and ...
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Charlottenburg Palace
Charlottenburg Palace - The best places to visit in Berlin, Germany
Scloss Charlottenburg is a baroque palace dating from the early 18th century and is located in the Charlottenburg district of western town. The building burnt down during the Second World War but was completely rebuilt. Charlottenburg is the largest palace in Berlin. The core was originally built between 1695 and 1699 as a summer residence for Sophie Charlotte, wife of Elector of Brandenburg, Frederick III. The palace designed by Johann Arn...
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Berliner Dom
Berliner Dom - The best places to visit in Berlin, Germany
Berliner Dom is a baroque cathedral built between 1894 and 1905. It is located on an island on the river Spree, known as Museum Island. Current building is the third church built in this location. The first church was built here in 1465. This somewhat modest building later served as the church yard of the Hohenzollern family. The church was replaced by a cathedral was built between 1745 and 1747 in Baroque style after a project of Johann Bo...
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Kaiser Wilhelm Church
Kaiser Wilhelm Church - The best places to visit in Berlin, Germany
Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church is one of the most remarkable sights in Berlin. Damaged tower is a symbol of strength Berlin recover after war and a constant reminder of the devastation caused by this war. Breitscheidplatz Church is located in the center of West Berlin. Still the commercial center of Berlin Street and Europe Ku'Damm shopping center nearby. Built between 1891 and 1895 by Kaiser Wilhelm II, the church was a symbol of Prussian ...
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Checkpoint Charlie
Checkpoint Charlie - The best places to visit in Berlin, Germany
Checkpoint Charlie (checkpoint C), one of the last symbols of the Cold War, is the place that best summarize the separation between east and west. For nearly 30 years, this crossing point was not only Germany but also a divided island in a sea of political turmoil. The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 by East German government. Shortly after the lifting of the wall, President John F. Kennedy ordered U.S. forces to build three checkpoints in ...
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Museum Island
Museum Island - The best places to visit in Berlin, Germany
Museum Island in Berlin has received from UNESCO World Heritage membership. This island museum was designed to be "a sanctuary of art and science". The five museums are included in the Museum Island are located between Kupfergraben and river Spree. This extraordinary group of museums was begun by King Friedrich Wilhelm III who made possible the Royal Museum building in 1830 - today Altes Museum (Old Museum). The museum was built to allow the public and can see the royal ...
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Alexanderplatz
Alexanderplatz - The best places to visit in Berlin, Germany
In the early 19th century, Alexanderplatz was one of the most troubled markets of the entire Berlin. Since the Middle Ages, Alexanderplatz was at the center and Reunification, the market has become a main point of interest and an important tourist attraction. In the distant past was called Ochsenmarkt market or bull market, but in 1805, after a visit to the Russian Tsar Alexander I, was renamed to Alexanderplatz. Berliners refer to this market using a name easier to pronounce - &q...
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Reichstag
Reichstag - The best places to visit in Berlin, Germany
Reichstag, German Parliament building is one of the most important historical and tourist attractions in Berlin. Parliament building is near the Brandenburg Gate and before the unification of Germany was even approached the Berlin Wall. After founding the German Empire in 1872, came a need for a bigger Parliament building in Berlin. Had to pass another 10 years before it could reach agreement on the project. The competition was organized an...
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The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall - The best places to visit in Berlin, Germany
Berlin Wall, which divided the city into two parts, east and west, was the symbol of the Cold War. Built by the German Democratic Republic government to prevent the East Germans to flee to West Germany, most of it was demolished since the border between East and West was opened in 1989. After WWII, Germany was divided into four zones: one American, British, French and Soviet. Berlin was also divided into four sectors. In 1948, Soviet author...
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Brandenburg Gate
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Brandenburg Gate is a monumental gate built in the 18th century as a symbol of peace. During the Cold War, as the gate was located right on the border of East and West, it became a symbol of a divided city. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate became a symbol of reunified Berlin. The desolated area of Pariser Platz of the Cold War has now been completely renovated and has regained much of the past grandeur it had in the 19th century. The Brandenburg Gate is located...
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CN Tower in Toronto, Canada
CN Tower in Toronto, Canada - Top architectural wonders of the world
CN Tower in Toronto, Canada is a telecommunications tower height of 553.33 meters. Since its completion in 1976, was the tallest structure in the world. It is a symbol of the city and annually attracts around two million foreign tourists. It was built between 1973-1976. Its height is equivalent to a 181-story buildings. Has a glass floor with a strength of 5 tons. The main architect John Andrews, who worked with Webb, Zerafa, Menkes, Housde...
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The Channel Tunnel in Europe
The Channel Tunnel in Europe - Top architectural wonders of the world
A tunnel linking Britain and France was long a dream of engineers since the early nineteenth century. The first attempt to excavate the tunnel began in 1880, but the project was quickly abandoned and remained at this stage works for one hundred years. The treaties were signed in 1988, have concluded several agreements and excavation work resumed. Cover the distance between the Channel Tunnel and Kent Normandy, ie 50 km, of which ...
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