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Olympic National Park - United States of America
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/151
Located 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/230
Known 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/94
Valcamonica, 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
The government has placed an embargo [ɪmˈbɑrɡoʊ] on arms shipments.
embargo
noun [ɪmˈbɑrɡoʊ]
Embargo refers to a government order that limits trade in some way. In broader usage, embargo can function as a synonym of prohibition.
English speakers got embargo—both the word and the concept, it seems—from the Spanish in the early 17th century.
English
Sep 1, 2023, 8:33 AM
cowpoke
Jesuit [xeˈzʝwit] Missions of the Chiquitos [tʃiˈkitos] - Bolivia (Plurinational State of)(Spanish)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/529
Between 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/750
Founded 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
"The road was lined with ancient trees festooned [fɛsˈtun] with Spanish moss." — Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
festoon
verb [fɛsˈtun]
Festoon usually means "to cover or decorate (something) with many small objects, pieces of paper, etc.," or "to appear here and there on the surface of." It can also mean "to hang decorative chains or strips on."
The noun festoon first appeared in the 1600s when it was used, as it still is today, to refer to decorative chains or strips hung between two points.
English
Jun 6, 2025, 3:54 AM
cowpoke
Our hopes for an apology and a reasonable explanation for the error were met with fatuous [ˈfætʃuəs] platitudes [陈词滥调].
fatuous [ˈfætʃuəs]
adj
To describe something, such as an idea or remark, as fatuous is to say that it is foolish or silly rather than sensible or logical.
...fatuous and infatuation share the same Latin root, fatuus, meaning "foolish." Both terms have been part of English since the 17th century.
English
Apr 8, 2024, 4:08 AM
cowpoke
The company made environmental awareness part of its business ethos [ˈiːθɑs].
ethos [ˈiːθɑs]
noun
Ethos refers to the guiding beliefs of a person, group, or organization.
Greek origin.
In English, ethos is used today to refer to the practices or values that distinguish one person, organization, or society from others.
In rhetoric, ethos is often studied alongside pathos and logos as a technique to successfully persuade an audience.
English
Sep 10, 2024, 3:50 AM
cowpoke
The early 2000s witnessed a [sea change] in public opinion about smoking in public places.
sea change
noun
Sea change refers to a big and sudden change or transformation.
Today the term is used for a distinctive change or transformation. Long after sea change gained this figurative meaning, however, writers continued to allude to Shakespeare’s literal one; Charles Dickens, Henry David Thoreau, and P.G. Wodehouse all used the term as an object of the verb suffer, but now a sea change is just as likely to be undergone or experienced.
English
Jun 5, 2025, 3:57 AM
cowpoke
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