Complex of Koguryo [koɡuɾjo] Tombs - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1091The property includes several group and individual tombs - totalling about 30 individual tombs - from the later period of the Koguryo Kingdom, one of the strongest kingdoms in nowadays northeast China and half of the Korean peninsula between the 3rd century BC to 7th century AD. The tombs, many with beautiful wall paintings, are almost the only remains of this culture. Only about 90 out of more than 10,000 Koguryo tombs discovered in China and Korea so far, have wall paintings. Almost half of th WHS Aug 2, 2024, 4:31 AM cowpoke
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1084This historic landscape garden features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of gardens from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The gardens house botanic collections (conserved plants, living plants and documents) that have been considerably enriched through the centuries. Since their creation in 1759, the gardens have made a significant and uninterrupted contribution to the study of plant diversity and economic botany. 2024-08-02 WHS Aug 2, 2024, 4:29 AM cowpoke
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas 云南三江并流保护区 - China
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1083Consisting of eight geographical clusters of protected areas within the boundaries of the Three Parallel Rivers National Park, in the mountainous north-west of Yunnan Province, the 1.7 million hectare site features sections of the upper reaches of three of the great rivers of Asia: the Yangtze (Jinsha), Mekong and Salween run roughly parallel, north to south, through steep gorges which, in places, are 3,000 m deep and are bordered by glaciated peaks more than 6,000 m high. The site is an epicent WHS Aug 2, 2024, 4:29 AM cowpoke
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen [ˈbʁeːmən] - Germany
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1087The Town Hall and the statue of Roland on the marketplace of Bremen in north-west Germany are outstanding representations of civic autonomy and sovereignty, as these developed in the Holy Roman Empire in Europe. The old town hall was built in the Gothic style in the early 15th century, after Bremen joined the Hanseatic League. The building was renovated in the so-called Weser Renaissance style in the early 17th century. A new town hall was built next to the old one in the early 20th century as p WHS Aug 2, 2024, 4:30 AM cowpoke
Monte San Giorgio [ˈmonte san ˈdʒordʒo] - Italy, Switzerland
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1090The pyramid-shaped, wooded mountain of Monte San Giorgio beside Lake Lugano is regarded as the best fossil record of marine life from the Triassic Period (245–230 million years ago). The sequence records life in a tropical lagoon environment, sheltered and partially separated from the open sea by an offshore reef. Diverse marine life flourished within this lagoon, including reptiles, fish, bivalves, ammonites, echinoderms and crustaceans. Because the lagoon was near land, the remains also includ WHS Aug 2, 2024, 4:31 AM cowpoke
Ensemble of the Novodevichy [nəvɐˈdʲevʲɪt͡ɕɪj] Convent - Russian Federation
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1097The Novodevichy Convent, in south-western Moscow, built in the 16th and 17th centuries in the so-called Moscow Baroque style, was part of a chain of monastic ensembles that were integrated into the defence system of the city. The convent was directly associated with the political, cultural and religious history of Russia, and closely linked to the Moscow Kremlin. It was used by women of the Tsar’s family and the aristocracy. Members of the Tsar’s family and entourage were als... WHS Aug 3, 2024, 7:45 AM cowpoke
Mapungubwe [mapuŋˈɡubʷɛ] Cultural Landscape - South Africa
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1099Mapungubwe is set hard against the northern border of South Africa, joining Zimbabwe and Botswana. It is an open, expansive savannah landscape at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers. Mapungubwe developed into the largest kingdom in the sub-continent before it was abandoned in the 14th century. What survives are the almost untouched remains of the palace sites and also the entire settlement area dependent upon them, as well as two earlier capital sites, the whole presenting an unrival WHS Aug 3, 2024, 7:46 AM cowpoke
Um er-Rasas [ʔum erːaˈsaːs] (Kastrom Mefa'a [kasˈtrom meˈfaʔa]) - Jordan
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1093Most of this archaeological site, which started as a Roman military camp and grew to become a town from the 5th century, has not been excavated. It contains remains from the Roman, Byzantine and Early Muslim periods (end of 3rd to 9th centuries AD) and a fortified Roman military camp. The site also has 16 churches, some with well-preserved mosaic floors. Particularly noteworthy is the mosaic floor of the Church of Saint Stephen with its representation of towns in the region. Two square towers ar WHS Aug 3, 2024, 7:44 AM cowpoke
White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement - Israel
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1096Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 and developed as a metropolitan city under the British Mandate in Palestine. The White City was constructed from the early 1930s until the 1950s, based on the urban plan by Sir Patrick Geddes, reflecting modern organic planning principles. The buildings were designed by architects who were trained in Europe where they practised their profession before immigrating. They created an outstanding architectural ensemble of the Modern Movement in a new cultural context. 202 WHS Aug 3, 2024, 7:45 AM cowpoke
Purnululu [pʊɾnʊˈlʊlʊ] National Park - Australia (likely Kija or Jaru)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1094The 239,723 ha Purnululu National Park is located in the State of Western Australia. It contains the deeply dissected Bungle Bungle Range composed of Devonian-age quartz sandstone eroded over a period of 20 million years into a series of beehive-shaped towers or cones, whose steeply sloping surfaces are distinctly marked by regular horizontal bands of dark-grey cyanobacterial crust (single-celled photosynthetic organisms). These outstanding examples of cone karst owe their existence and uniquene WHS Aug 3, 2024, 7:45 AM cowpoke
