#world heriatge site

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UNESCO’s world heritage sites, intangible cultural heritage, and biosphere reserves in Catalonia.

Source: Plataforma per la Llengua

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UNESCO lists Turkey’s Göbeklitepe as 2018 nominee

Officials have been spending last-minute efforts as the Göbekli tepe archaeological site in Turkey’s southeast, one of the leading historic values of the country, prepares to be nominated for UNESCO’s  World Heritage list in 2018 ahead of a delegation visit in September.

Aydın Aslan, a culture and tourism director in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, has told state-run Anadolu Agency that they were very pleased to finally hear the nomination of the Göbeklitepe archeological site, accepted as the world’s oldest center of worship by Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry and many other international institutions and organizations, for this year’s 42nd UNESCO heritage committee meeting.

The site was included in UNESCO’s temporary list five years ago. Read more.

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Early morning reflection of Angkor Wat, 2016.

[iconem]

Monday’s picture: an exclusive view of The Saint-Jacques tower! [gallery and video]

estimated reading time: 3 min.

Located in the very heart of Paris, this gothic bell tower 54 meter-high is what remain of the church Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie, a former pilgrimage place founded by Charlemagne...

...and destroyed during the Revolution. Dating back to the beginning of the 16th century, the monument has joined in 1998 the a UNESCO World Heritage list, as a part of the Santiago de Compostela routes.

In partnership with Paris City Hall and Cornis, Iconem held an operation to bring out Tower Saint Jacques beauty with drones aerial pictures, phjotogrammetry and 3D reconstruction: indeed, this masterpiece is not well known and touristic visits are limited to summer weekends..

With our work you can admire with us, limitless, this Parisian hidden beauty! Soon for you in a special 3D experience...

Enjoy the following video in 3D reconstruction and make your private tour of the Tower!

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Conway Castle and town walls are a true Medieval construction. Dating from between 1283 and 1289, they were built by King Edward i of England as part of his conquest of this area. Today they are well preserved and form part of a World Heritage Site along with other castles constructed in the same campaign.

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UNESCO Heritage Map in Korea

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El Coliseo era un anfiteatro construido en el siglo I d. C. en la época del Imperio Romano, concretamente en la época de la Dinastía Flavia y, estaba ubicado en el centro de la ciudad de Roma. Su construcción comenz�� bajo el mandato del emperador Tito Flavio Vespasiano hacia el 70 dC.

Su nombre pasó de llamarse Anfiteatro Flavio a Colosseum por una gran estatua de bronce que estaba situada al lado de la entrada de la Domus Aurea , el Coloso de Nerón, que desgraciadamente no ha llegado hasta nuestra época.

En él  tenían lugar luchas de gladiadores y espectáculos públicos como por ejemplo luchas navales.

Fue declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad en 1980 por la Unesco y una de Las Nuevas Siete Maravillas del Mundo Moderno el 7 de julio de 2007.

The Coliseum was an amphitheater built in the 1st century AD. C. in the time of the Roman Empire, at the time of the Flavia Dynasty and , It was located in the center of the city of Rome.

His name changed from “Anfiteatro Flavio” to “Colosseum” because there was a large bronze statue located next to the entrance called Domus Aurea, the Coloso of Nerón; this statue unfortunately has not reached our time.

This building was declared a World Heritage Site in 1980 by Unesco and one of the New Seven Wonders of the Modern World on July 7, 2007.

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UNESCO world heritage sites in the Catalan Countries 11/12: La Llotja de la Seda de València

Built between 1482 and 1533, this group of buildings was originally used for trading in silk (hence its name, the Silk Exchange) and it has always been a centre for commerce. It is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. The grandiose Sala de Contractació (Contract or Trading Hall), in particular, illustrates the power and wealth of a major Mediterranean mercantile city in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Less damage to ancient Palmyra than feared, Syrian antiquities chief says

Damage to the World Heritage site of Palmyra by Islamic State militants may be less than earlier believed, Syria's antiquities chief said on Friday.

Maamoun Abdulkarim told Reuters that video from Palmyra after it was recaptured by the Syrian army has shown less damage than archaeologists feared when pictures emerged at the beginning of the year suggesting Islamic State had smashed more monuments.

Under heavy Russian air cover, the Syrian army and allied militias drove the jihadist group out of the UNESCO world heritage site on Thursday, two months after they had seized it in a surprise advance.

Fears of a new assault on Palmyra's heritage were raised after pictures in January showed the group had destroyed parts of the Tetrapylon, one of the city's most iconic monuments, and the facade of the second-century Roman Theatre. Read more.

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Ha Long Bay, in my Charlie’s.  Vietnam 2016.

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A city of thousands of Buddhist temples and pristine nature, Bagan is a unique destination, promising a spiritual retreat from the busy city life and all worldly troubles.