https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1430Namib Sand Sea is the only coastal desert in the world that includes extensive dune fields influenced by fog. Covering an area of over three million hectares and a buffer zone of 899,500 hectares, the site is composed of two dune systems, an ancient semi-consolidated one overlain by a younger active one. The desert dunes are formed by the transportation of materials thousands of kilometres from the hinterland, that are carried by river, ocean current and wind. It features gravel plains,... WHS Sep 16, 2024, 4:13 AM cowpoke
Mount Etna [ˈɛtna] - Italy
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1427Mount Etna is an iconic site encompassing 19,237 uninhabited hectares on the highest part of Mount Etna, on the eastern coast of Sicily. Mount Etna is the highest Mediterranean island mountain and the most active stratovolcano in the world. The eruptive history of the volcano can be traced back 500,000 years and at least 2,700 years of this activity has been documented. The almost continuous eruptive activity of Mount Etna continues to influence volcanology, geophysics and other Earth s... WHS Sep 16, 2024, 4:12 AM cowpoke
Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc [pɔ̃ d‿aʁk], known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc [ɡʁɔt ʃovɛ pɔ̃ d‿aʁk], Ardèche [aʁdɛʃ] - France
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1426Located in a limestone plateau of the Ardèche River in southern France, the property contains the earliest-known and best-preserved figurative drawings in the world, dating back as early as the Aurignacian period (30,000–32,000 BP), making it an exceptional testimony of prehistoric art. The cave was closed off by a rock fall approximately 20,000 years BP and remained sealed until its discovery in 1994, which helped to keep it in pristine condition. Over 1,000 images have so far been inventoried WHS Sep 16, 2024, 4:11 AM cowpoke
The Climats [kli.ma], terroirs [tɛrˈwɑrz] of Burgundy - France
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1425The climates are precisely delimited vineyard parcels on the slopes of the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune south of the city of Dijon. They differ from one another due to specific natural conditions (geology and exposure) as well as vine types and have been shaped by human cultivation. Over time they came to be recognized by the wine they produce. This cultural landscape consists of two parts. Firstly, the vineyards and associated production units including villages and the town of Beaune, WHS Sep 16, 2024, 4:10 AM cowpoke
Wooden Tserkvasof [t͡sɛrkʲɛf] the Carpathian [kɑrˈpeɪθiən] Region in Poland and Ukraine - Poland, Ukraine
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1424Situated in the eastern fringe of Central Europe, the transnational property numbers a selection of sixteen <em>tserkvas </em>(churches). They were built of horizontal wooden logs between the 16<sup>th</sup> and 19<sup>th</sup> centuries by communities of Orthodox and Greek Catholic faiths. The <em>tserkvas</em> bear testimony to a distinct building tradition rooted in Orthodox ecclesiastic desi... WHS Sep 16, 2024, 4:07 AM cowpoke
Great Burkhan Khaldun [burˈxɑŋ xɑɮˈdun] Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape - Mongolia
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1440The site is situated in the north-east of the country in the central part of the Khentii mountain chain where the vast Central Asian steppe meets the coniferous forests of the Siberian taiga. Burkhan Khaldun is associated with the worship of sacred mountains, rivers and <em>ovoo-s</em><span> (shamanic rock cairns), in which ceremonies have been shaped by a fusion of ancient shamanic and Buddhist practices. The site is also believed to be the place of Genghis Khan’s birth and bu... WHS Sep 18, 2024, 4:36 AM cowpoke
Van Nellefabriek [vɑn ˈnɛləfaˌbrik] - Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1441Van Nellefabriek was designed and built in the 1920s on the banks of a canal in the Spaanse Polder industrial zone north-west of Rotterdam. The site is one of the icons of 20th-century industrial architecture, comprising a complex of factories, with façades consisting essentially of steel and glass, making large-scale use of the curtain wall principle. It was conceived as an ‘ideal factory’, open to the outside world, whose interior working spaces evolved according to need, and in which daylight WHS Sep 18, 2024, 4:37 AM cowpoke
Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem - State of Palestine
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1433The inscribed property is situated 10 km south of Jerusalem on the site identified by Christian tradition as the birthplace of Jesus since the 2nd century. A church was first completed there in ad 339 and the edifice that replaced it after a fire in the 6th century retains elaborate floor mosaics from the original building. The site also includes Latin, Greek Orthodox, Franciscan and Armenian convents and churches, as well as bell towers, terraced gardens and a pilgrimage route. 2024-09-17 WHS Sep 17, 2024, 4:31 AM cowpoke
Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point - United States of America
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1435Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point owes its name to a 19th-century plantation close to the site, which is in the Lower Mississippi Valley on a slightly elevated and narrow landform. The complex comprises five mounds, six concentric semi-elliptical ridges separated by shallow depressions and a central plaza. It was created and used for residential and ceremonial purposes by a society of hunter fisher-gatherers between 3700 and 3100 BP. It is a remarkable achievement in earthen construction in WHS Sep 17, 2024, 4:32 AM cowpoke
Erbil [erˈbiːl] Citadel - Iraq
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1437Erbil Citadel is a fortified settlement on top of an imposing ovoid-shaped tell (a hill created by many generations of people living and rebuilding on the same spot) in the Kurdistan region, Erbil Governorate. A continuous wall of tall 19th-century façades still conveys the visual impression of an impregnable fortress, dominating the city of Erbil. The citadel features a peculiar fan-like pattern dating back to Erbil’s late Ottoman phase. Written and iconographic historical records document the WHS Sep 17, 2024, 4:33 AM cowpoke
