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World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and conflict.
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre promotes peace and security through international cooperation in education, sciences, culture, communication, and information.
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The Acropolis of Athens is a UNESCO World Heritage site that represents the ancient Greek civilization.
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Great Zimbabwe National Monument - UNESCO World Heritage …
Great Zimbabwe National Monument is approximately 30 km from Masvingo and located in the lowveld at an altitude of some 1100 m in a sparsely populated region of the Bantu/Shona people. The property, built between 1100 and 1450 AD, extends over almost 800 ha and is divided into three groups: the Hill Ruins, the Great Enclosure and the Valley ...
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Feb 18, 2020 · World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and conflict.
Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi - UNESCO World Heritage …
Qutb Minar et ses monuments, Delhi. Construit au début du XIII e siècles à quelques kilomètres au sud de Delhi, le minaret de Qutb Minar est une tour de grès rouge haute de 72,5 m, d'un diamètre de 14,32 m à la base et de 2,75 m au sommet, avec des cannelures et des encorbellements de stalactites. La zone archéologique avoisinante comprend des tombeaux, le magnifique portail d'Alai ...
Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa
Located in the arid Peruvian coastal plain, some 400 km south of Lima, the geoglyphs of Nasca and the pampas of Jumana cover about 450 km 2 . These lines, which were scratched on the surface of the ground between 500 B.C. and A.D. 500, are among archaeology's greatest enigmas because of their quantity, nature, size and continuity.
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Archaeological Site of Troy - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Dec 2, 2010 · The Archaeological Site of Troy has 4,000 years of history. Its extensive remains are the most significant and substantial evidence of the first contact between the civilizations of Anatolia and the burgeoning Mediterranean world. Excavations started more than a century ago have established a chronology that is fundamental to the understanding ...