#unesco heritage

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The Roman Forum, Butrint - Albania

Butrint (ancient Bouthrotos/ Buthrotum) was a port in western Epirus, present-day Albania. Julius Ceasar made Butrint a Roman colony in the 1st century BC and allowed his soldiers that fought against Pompey to settle there as a reward. An earthquake destroyed the forum and its adjacent buildings in the late 4th century AD.

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Bhaktapur, Nepal

Kodak SO553 expired in 2008

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Nightly views on Tallinn, Estonia

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Old Walled City Shibam, Yemen

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Průhonické Park, Czechia, 2024

[janusfranc15]

Well, Fuck.

I wish everyone in the world started treating russia like they treat British Museum because there's exactly no difference. A colonial empire that looted/is currently looting other nations' precious cultural heritage and refuses to give it back. A big part of so called Great Russian Culture™ is build of stollen reliques, paintings, writings etc.

[weepingchoir]

Fandom bloggers with “terfs fuck off” in bio about to condescend to a trans woman: listen here, Phallus (gender neutral where I come from),

[reasonsforhope]

"Over 10,000 square miles of additional protected area will be added to the Heard and McDonald Islands in Australia’s far southern territorial waters.

Coupled with other expansions of existing marine sanctuaries, it puts Australia on course to have 52% of its ocean territory protected, more than any other nation, by the end of the current administration’s term.

“This is not just a huge environmental win for Australia, it’s a huge environmental win for the world,” said Australian Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. “This is a unique and extraordinary part of our planet. We are doing everything we can to protect it.”

Located over 2,000 miles south of the Australian continent, Heard and McDonald Islands make up about 144 square miles of volcanic terrain that represent one of the most remote places on Earth.

They are important breeding grounds for 19 species of bird, including 4 species of penguins, but dozens of other bird species take refuge there. It is a UNESCO Natural Heritage Site, and a RAMSAR Wetland in addition to being an Australian national marine sanctuary.

The quadrupling of the sanctuary borders amounts to 11.5 thousand square miles, (30,000 sq km) of additional protection, but represents one-tenth of the total proposed expansions of marine protected areas.

Under the current guidance, prepared by nationally sanctioned scientific surveys, the total marine protected areas will make up an area the size of Italy.

The current administration of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is seeking to establish a new environmental protection agency, as well as set a high bar for the country’s commitments to an international philosophy of conservation governance known shorthand as “30×30” or “30 by 30,” which states that to prevent the worst effects of general environmental degradation worldwide, 30% of land and waters should be under protections. Often the second thirty refers to a hypothetical 2030 deadline."

-via Good News Network, October 10, 2024

[2seeitall]

Butrint Archaeological Site, Albania

People have lived in Butrint since 50,000 BC. Greeks from Epirus came and settled there in the 8th century BC, and Butrint became a strong and prosperous city. The Romans took over in 44 BC and made Butrint a colony. Over the centuries, the city became a Christian center of the Byzantine Empire and then was under Frankish, Venetian, and Ottoman control before it was abandoned.

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Bhaktapur, Nepal

Kodak SO553 expired in 2008

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Around the city walls of Tallin on a winter Day

[lualgeo]

Průhonické Park, Czechia, 2024

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Shibam - This ~1,700-year-old walled city in Yemen is considered to be the oldest vertically constructed city in the world. Its trapezoidal buildings (most were built in the 16th century) are made of mud bricks and need constant maintenance due to rain and wind erosion.