UNESCO
world heritage sites from each continent
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Asia
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Ujung Kulon
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The Ujung Kulon National
Park on the southwestern tip of the island of Java was Indonesia's first
national park. The great importance results from the species richness of the
animal world, in particular the Java rhinos living there and the largest
lowland rainforest on Java as well as the surrounding marine fauna.
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Africa
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Fasil Ghebbi
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Fasil Ghebbi is a
fortified town in the Gonder region of Ethiopia and is a UNESCO World
Heritage Site. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the city was the residence of
the Ethiopian Emperor Fasilidas, who built a residence for the rainy season.
His successors continued to expand the city and palace.
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North America
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Independence Hall
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Independence Hall is the
building where both the United States Declaration of Independence and the
United States Constitution were debated and adopted. It is now the
centerpiece of the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
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South America
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Churches of Chiloé
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The Churches of Chiloe in
Chile's Chiloe Archipelago are a unique architectural phenomenon in the
Americas, and one of the most prominent styles of Chilota architecture.
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Europe
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Vlkolinec, Slovakia
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Vlkolínec, situated in the
centre of Slovakia, is a remarkably intact settlement of 45 buildings with
the traditional features of a central European village.
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Australia
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Ningaloo Coast
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The Ningaloo Coast is a World Heritage Site located in the North west coastal region of Western Australia. The 705,015-hectare heritage listed area is
located approximately 1,200 kilometres north of Perth, along the East Indian Ocean.
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Antarctica
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Nothofagus
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This beautiful plant is
convincing in all respects. With it‘s protruding side branches the Antarctic Beech
shows a conspicuous and bizarre growth. Their fresh green leaves reach a size
of three centimeters. Striking is
the strongly wavy shape of the leaves. In autumn they turn into a beautiful green
or yellow. As a solitary tree, this tree offers in the garden. With a final
height of about ten meters, he is an impressive resident of the garden.
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The Vlkolinec, Slovakia
I would like to visit the village
Vlkolínec, because it looks very interesting and old-fashioned.
Vlkolínec,
situated in the centre of Slovakia, is a remarkably intact settlement of 45
buildings with the traditional features of a central European village. It‘s the
region’s most complete group of these kinds of traditional log houses, often
found in mountainous areas.
In this
village historical traditions, houses, habits and craftwork are preserved until
today. The number of inhabitants today isn‘t more than twenty. It‘s a
picturesque village because it‘s one of ten Slovak villages which has been
granted a status of a folk architecture reservation, because the village is
untouched and has preserved historical monuments from 15th century. Typical
house consisted of pitvor - the typical corridor in the house, stall, chamber,
main room and barns.
The
historical atmosphere is revived also by the well in the center of the village.
It used to be the only source of drinking water for the inhabitants.
Yours
Andrea