Fasil Ghebbi [ˈfɑsɪl ˈɡɛbi], Gondar [ˈɡɒndɑr] Region - Ethiopia
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/19In the 16th and 17th centuries, the fortress-city of Fasil Ghebbi was the residence of the Ethiopian emperor Fasilides and his successors. Surrounded by a 900-m-long wall, the city contains palaces, churches, monasteries and unique public and private buildings marked by Hindu and Arab influences, subsequently transformed by the Baroque style brought to Gondar by the Jesuit missionaries. WHS Nov 26, 2023, 5:54 AM cowpoke
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/18The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches of this 13th-century 'New Jerusalem' are situated in a mountainous region in the heart of Ethiopia near a traditional village with circular-shaped dwellings. Lalibela is a high place of Ethiopian Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and devotion. WHS Nov 26, 2023, 5:54 AM cowpoke
Museumsinsel [muˈzeːʊmsˌʔɪnzəl] (Museum Island), Berlin - Germany
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/896The museum as a social phenomenon owes its origins to the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century. The five museums on the Museumsinsel in Berlin, built between 1824 and 1930, are the realization of a visionary project and show the evolution of approaches to museum design over the course of the 20th century. Each museum was designed so as to establish an organic connection with the art it houses. The importance of the museum's collections – which trace the development of civiliza... WHS Jun 22, 2024, 5:23 AM cowpoke
Wartburg [ˈvaʁtˌbʊʁk] Castle - Germany
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/897Wartburg Castle blends superbly into its forest surroundings and is in many ways 'the ideal castle'. Although it has retained some original sections from the feudal period, the form it acquired during the 19th-century reconstitution gives a good idea of what this fortress might have been at the height of its military and seigneurial power. It was during his exile at Wartburg Castle that Martin Luther translated the New Testament into German. 2024-06-22 WHS Jun 22, 2024, 5:25 AM cowpoke
Historic Fortified Town of Campeche [kamˈpe.tʃe] - Mexico
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/895Campeche is a typical example of a harbour town from the Spanish colonial period in the New World. The historic centre has kept its outer walls and system of fortifications, designed to defend this Caribbean port against attacks from the sea. 2024-06-22 WHS Jun 22, 2024, 5:23 AM cowpoke
Western Caucasus (RU: Кавказ) - Russian Federation
(Caucasus [ˈkɔːkəsəs]: 高加索)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/900The Western Caucasus, extending over 275,000 ha of the extreme western end of the Caucasus mountains and located 50 km north-east of the Black Sea, is one of the few large mountain areas of Europe that has not experienced significant human impact. Its subalpine and alpine pastures have only been grazed by wild animals, and its extensive tracts of undisturbed mountain forests, extending from the lowlands to the subalpine zone, are unique in Europe. The site has a great diversity of ecosystems, wi WHS Jun 23, 2024, 5:50 AM cowpoke
High Coast / Kvarken [ˈkʋɑrken] Archipelago - Finland, Sweden
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/898The Kvarken Archipelago (Finland) and the High Coast (Sweden) are situated in the Gulf of Bothnia, a northern extension of the Baltic Sea. The 5,600 islands of the Kvarken Archipelago feature unusual ridged washboard moraines, ‘De Geer moraines’, formed by the melting of the continental ice sheet, 10,000 to 24,000 years ago. The Archipelago is continuously rising from the sea in a process of rapid glacio-isostatic uplift, whereby the land, previously weighed down under the we... WHS Jun 23, 2024, 5:45 AM cowpoke
Droogmakerij de Beemster [ˈdroːxmaːkəˌrɛi də ˈbeːmstər] (Beemster Polder) - Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
(Polder [ˈpoʊldər]: a piece of low-lying land reclaimed from the sea or a river and protected by dikes, especially in the Netherlands.)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/899The Beemster Polder, dating from the early 17th century, is is an exceptional example of reclaimed land in the Netherlands. It has preserved intact its well-ordered landscape of fields, roads, canals, dykes and settlements, laid out in accordance with classical and Renaissance planning principles. 2024-06-23 WHS Jun 23, 2024, 5:50 AM cowpoke
Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves - Brazil
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/893The Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, in the states of Paraná and São Paulo, contain some of the best and most extensive examples of Atlantic forest in Brazil. The 25 protected areas that make up the site (some 470,000 ha in total) display the biological wealth and evolutionary history of the last remaining Atlantic forests. From mountains covered by dense forests, down to wetlands, coastal islands with isolated mountains and dunes, the area comprises a rich natural environment of great sceni WHS Jun 21, 2024, 4:32 AM cowpoke
Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves - Brazil
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/892The Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, in the states of Bahia and Espírito Santo, consist of eight separate protected areas containing 112,000 ha of Atlantic forest and associated shrub (<em>restingas</em>). The rainforests of Brazil’s Atlantic coast are the world’s richest in terms of biodiversity. The site contains a distinct range of species with a high level of endemism and reveals a pattern of evolution that is not only of great scientific interest but is also of importan... WHS Jun 21, 2024, 4:31 AM cowpoke
