World Heritage Sites: A Complete Guide to 878 UNESCO World Heritage SitesUpdated for 2010, this guide fully describes every official UNESCO World Heritage site. In 1959, UNESCO launched an international campaign to safeguard the world's most important sites, which led to the first World Heritage List. In clear text that highlights all the fascinating facts, this revised edition of World Heritage Sites details all 890 properties, including the 13 new sites added in 2009. Covering 148 countries, the World Heritage List has proved to be a valuable tool in the battle to preserve much of the world's cultural and natural heritage. Its strict criteria result in only the world's most spectacular and extraordinary sites making it onto the list, including:
The new sites added to this edition are:
Featuring gorgeous photographs and updated maps, World Heritage Sites is uniquely comprehensive. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded in 1945 with the ambitious goal to build peace in the minds of men and women through education, social and natural science, culture and communication. |
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... Palace of Diocletian Croatia Criteria Interchange of values ; Testimony to cultural tradition ; Significance in human history The ancient city of Split is renowned for the massive palace built at the turn of the fourth century AD by the ...
... Palace , Lhasa China Criteria - Human creative genius ; Significance in human history ; Heritage associated with events of universal significance The Potala Palace , winter palace of the Dalai Lama since the seventh century , symbolizes ...
... Palace ) of Benedict XII and to the south the Palais Neuf ( New Palace ) of Clement VI . The main courtyard is situated between the two palace buildings . The palace also houses the pontiffs ' private rooms , including robing rooms ...