https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/151Located in the north-west of Washington State, Olympic National Park is renowned for the diversity of its ecosystems. Glacier-clad peaks interspersed with extensive alpine meadows are surrounded by an extensive old growth forest, among which is the best example of intact and protected temperate rainforest in the Pacific Northwest. Eleven major river systems drain the Olympic mountains, offering some of the best habitat for anadromous fish species in the country. The park also includes 100 km... WHS Dec 25, 2023, 6:24 AM cowpoke
Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe [sɛ̃ saviɳ syʁ ɡaʁtɑ̃p] - France
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/230Known as the 'Romanesque Sistine Chapel', the Abbey-Church of Saint-Savin contains many beautiful 11th- and 12th-century murals which are still in a remarkable state of preservation. 2024-01-13 WHS Jan 13, 2024, 7:11 AM cowpoke
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica [valkaˈmɔnika] - Italy
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/94Valcamonica, situated in the Lombardy plain, has one of the world's greatest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs – more than 140,000 symbols and figures carved in the rock over a period of 8,000 years and depicting themes connected with agriculture, navigation, war and magic. WHS Dec 13, 2023, 5:23 AM cowpoke
Jesuit [xeˈzʝwit] Missions of the Chiquitos [tʃiˈkitos] - Bolivia (Plurinational State of)(Spanish)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/529Between 1696 and 1760, six ensembles of reducciones (settlements of Christianized Indians) inspired by the ‘ideal cities’ of the 16th-century philosophers were founded by the Jesuits in a style that married Catholic architecture with local traditions. The six that remain – San Francisco Javier, Concepción, Santa Ana, San Miguel, San Rafael and San José – make up a living heritage on the former territory of the Chiquitos. 2024-03-20 WHS Mar 20, 2024, 3:41 AM cowpoke
Ancient __Ksour__ [ksuːr] of Ouadane [wɑdæn], Chinguetti [ʃiŋɡitːi], Tichitt [tiːʃitː] and Oualata [wælætæ] - Mauritania [ˌmɔrɪˈteɪniə] (speaks Arabic)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/750Founded in the 11th and 12th centuries to serve the caravans crossing the Sahara, these trading and religious centres became focal points of Islamic culture. They have managed to preserve an urban fabric that evolved between the 12th and 16th centuries. Typically, houses with patios crowd along narrow streets around a mosque with a square minaret. They illustrate a traditional way of life centred on the nomadic culture of the people of the western Sahara. 2024-05-13 WHS May 13, 2024, 3:54 AM cowpoke
Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht [ˈsɪŋəlˌɣrɑxt] - Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1349The historic urban ensemble of the canal district of Amsterdam was a project for a new ‘port city’ built at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries. It comprises a network of canals to the west and south of the historic old town and the medieval port that encircled the old town and was accompanied by the repositioning inland of the city’s fortified boundaries, the Singelgracht. This was a long-term programme that involved extending the city by draining the swampland, using a syst WHS Sep 5, 2024, 5:31 AM cowpoke
Ngorongoro [ŋɔˌrɔŋɡɔˈroʊ] Conservation Area - United Republic of Tanzania
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/39The Ngorongoro Conservation Area spans vast expanses of highland plains, savanna, savanna woodlands and forests. Established in 1959 as a multiple land use area, with wildlife coexisting with semi-nomadic Maasai pastoralists practicing traditional livestock grazing, it includes the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest caldera. The property has global importance for biodiversity conservation due to the presence of globally threatened species, the density of wildlife inhabiting... WHS Dec 3, 2023, 6:35 AM cowpoke
Boyana [boˈjana] Church - Bulgaria
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/42Located on the outskirts of Sofia, Boyana Church consists of three buildings. The eastern church was built in the 10th century, then enlarged at the beginning of the 13th century by Sebastocrator Kaloyan, who ordered a second two storey building to be erected next to it. The frescoes in this second church, painted in 1259, make it one of the most important collections of medieval paintings. The ensemble is completed by a third church, built at the beginning of the 19th century. This site is... WHS Dec 3, 2023, 6:35 AM cowpoke
Amphitheatre of El Jem [ɛl ʤɛm] - Tunisia
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/38The impressive ruins of the largest colosseum in North Africa, a huge amphitheatre which could hold up to 35,000 spectators, are found in the small village of El Jem. This 3rd-century monument illustrates the grandeur and extent of Imperial Rome. WHS Dec 3, 2023, 6:34 AM cowpoke
L’Anse aux [ˈɛl'ˈɑ̃s ˈo] Meadows National Historic Site - Canada
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/4At the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland, the remains of an 11th-century Viking settlement are evidence of the first European presence in North America. The excavated remains of wood-framed peat-turf buildings are similar to those found in Norse Greenland and Iceland. WHS Nov 24, 2023, 5:35 AM cowpoke
