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Covered in elaborate brickwork with a blue tile inscription at the top, it is noteworthy for the quality of its architecture and decoration, which represent", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Afghanistan", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "af", "latitude": 34.39655556, "longitude": 64.51605556 }, { "name": "Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra", "description": "Berat and Gjirokastra are inscribed as rare examples of an architectural character typical of the Ottoman period. Located in central Albania, Berat bears witness to the coexistence of various religious and cultural communities down the centuries. It fe", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Albania", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "al", "latitude": 40.06944444, "longitude": 20.13333333 }, { "name": "Butrint", "description": "Inhabited since prehistoric times, Butrint has been the site of a Greek colony, a Roman city and a bishopric. 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Simple, functional and perfectly adapted to the environment, the architec", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Algeria", "region": "Arab States", "iso_code": "dz", "latitude": 32.48333, "longitude": 3.68333 }, { "name": "Djémila", "description": "Situated 900 m above sea-level, Djémila, or Cuicul, with its forum, temples, basilicas, triumphal arches and houses, is an interesting example of Roman town planning adapted to a mountain location.", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Algeria", "region": "Arab States", "iso_code": "dz", "latitude": 36.32056, "longitude": 5.73667 }, { "name": "Tipasa", "description": "On the shores of the Mediterranean, Tipasa was an ancient Punic trading-post conquered by Rome and turned into a strategic base for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauritania. It comprises a unique group of Phoenician, Roman, palaeochristian and Byzant", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Algeria", "region": "Arab States", "iso_code": "dz", "latitude": 36.55, "longitude": 2.383333333 }, { "name": "Timgad", "description": "Timgad lies on the northern slopes of the Aurès mountains and was created ex nihilo as a military colony by the Emperor Trajan in AD 100. With its square enclosure and orthogonal design based on the cardo and decumanus", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Algeria", "region": "Arab States", "iso_code": "dz", "latitude": 35.45, "longitude": 6.63333 }, { "name": "Kasbah of Algiers", "description": "The Kasbah is a unique kind of medina, or Islamic city. It stands in one of the finest coastal sites on the Mediterranean, overlooking the islands where a Carthaginian trading-post was established in the 4th century BC. 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The natural environment of this side of the island of Antigua, with its deep, narrow bays surrounded by highlands, offered shelter from hurricane", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Antigua and Barbuda", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "ag", "latitude": 17.0069444444, "longitude": -61.7616666667 }, { "name": "Los Glaciares National Park", "description": "The Los Glaciares National Park is an area of exceptional natural beauty, with rugged, towering mountains and numerous glacial lakes, including Lake Argentino, which is 160 km long. At its farthest end, three glaciers meet to dump their effluvia into t", "category": "Natural", "country": "Argentina", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "ar", "latitude": -50, "longitude": -73.24944 }, { "name": "Iguazu National Park", "description": "The semicircular waterfall at the heart of this site is some 80 m high and 2,700 m in diameter and is situated on a basaltic line spanning the border between Argentina and Brazil. Made up of many cascades producing vast sprays of water, it is one of th", "category": "Natural", "country": "Argentina", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "ar", "latitude": -25.51805556, "longitude": -54.13333333 }, { "name": "Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas", "description": "The Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas, contains an exceptional assemblage of cave art, executed between 13,000 and 9,500 years ago. It takes its name (Cave of the Hands) from the stencilled outlines of human hands in the cave, but there are also", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Argentina", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "ar", "latitude": -47.15, "longitude": -70.66666667 }, { "name": "Península Valdés", "description": "Península Valdés in Patagonia is a site of global significance for the conservation of marine mammals. 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The two mo", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Armenia", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "am", "latitude": 41.095, "longitude": 44.71028 }, { "name": "Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley", "description": "The monastery of Geghard contains a number of churches and tombs, most of them cut into the rock, which illustrate the very peak of Armenian medieval architecture. The complex of medieval buildings is set into a landscape of great natural beauty, surro", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Armenia", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "am", "latitude": 40.15889, "longitude": 44.79667 }, { "name": "Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots", "description": "The cathedral and churches of Echmiatsin and the archaeological remains at Zvartnots graphically illustrate the evolution and development of the Armenian central-domed cross-hall type of church, which exerted a profound influence on architectural and a", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Armenia", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "am", "latitude": 40.15931, "longitude": 44.29514 }, { "name": "Kakadu National Park", "description": "This unique archaeological and ethnological reserve, located in the Northern Territory, has been inhabited continuously for more than 40,000 years. 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Remains found in limestone cav", "category": "Mixed", "country": "Australia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "au", "latitude": -41.58333333, "longitude": 145.4166667 }, { "name": "Lord Howe Island Group", "description": "A remarkable example of isolated oceanic islands, born of volcanic activity more than 2,000 m under the sea, these islands boast a spectacular topography and are home to numerous endemic species, especially birds.", "category": "Natural", "country": "Australia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "au", "latitude": -31.56555556, "longitude": 159.0883333 }, { "name": "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia", "description": "This site, comprising several protected areas, is situated predominantly along the Great Escarpment on Australia’s east coast. The outstanding geological features displayed around shield volcanic craters and the high number of rare and threatened", "category": "Natural", "country": "Australia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "au", "latitude": -28.25, "longitude": 150.05 }, { "name": "Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park", "description": "This park, formerly called Uluru (Ayers Rock – Mount Olga) National Park, features spectacular geological formations that dominate the vast red sandy plain of central Australia. Uluru, an immense monolith, and Kata Tjuta, the rock domes located w", "category": "Mixed", "country": "Australia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "au", "latitude": -25.33333333, "longitude": 131 }, { "name": "Wet Tropics of Queensland", "description": "This area, which stretches along the north-east coast of Australia for some 450 km, is made up largely of tropical rainforests. 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They are a superb illustration of the key stages of evolution of Australia’s unique fauna.", "category": "Natural", "country": "Australia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "au", "latitude": -19.08333333, "longitude": 138.7166667 }, { "name": "Greater Blue Mountains Area", "description": "The Greater Blue Mountains Area consists of 1.03 million ha of sandstone plateaux, escarpments and gorges dominated by temperate eucalypt forest. The site, comprised of eight protected areas, is noted for its representation of the evolutionary adaptati", "category": "Natural", "country": "Australia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "au", "latitude": -33.7, "longitude": 150 }, { "name": "Purnululu National Park", "description": "The 239,723 ha Purnululu National Park is located in the State of Western Australia. It contains the deeply dissected Bungle Bungle Range composed of Devonian-age quartz sandstone eroded over a period of 20 million years into a series of beehive-shaped", "category": "Natural", "country": "Australia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "au", "latitude": -17.5, "longitude": 128.5 }, { "name": "Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens", "description": "The Royal Exhibition Building and its surrounding Carlton Gardens were designed for the great international exhibitions of 1880 and 1888 in Melbourne. The building and grounds were designed by Joseph Reed. The building is constructed of brick and timbe", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Australia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "au", "latitude": -37.80611111, "longitude": 144.9702778 }, { "name": "Australian Convict Sites", "description": "The property includes a selection of eleven penal sites, among the thousands established by the British Empire on Australian soil in the 18th and 19th centuries. The sites are spread across Australia, from Fremantle in Western Aus", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Australia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "au", "latitude": -33.3783333333, "longitude": 150.9944444444 }, { "name": "Ningaloo Coast", "description": "The 604,500 hectare marine and terrestrial property of Ningaloo Coast, on the remote western coast of Australia, includes one of the longest near-shore reefs in the world. On land the site features an extensive karst system and network of underground c", "category": "Natural", "country": "Australia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "au", "latitude": -22.5625, "longitude": 113.8102777778 }, { "name": "Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg", "description": "Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop. Its Flamboyant Gothic art attracted many craftsmen and arti", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Austria", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "at", "latitude": 47.80055556, "longitude": 13.04333333 }, { "name": "Semmering Railway", "description": "The Semmering Railway, built over 41 km of high mountains between 1848 and 1854, is one of the greatest feats of civil engineering from this pioneering phase of railway building. 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This resource formed the basis of the area’s prosperity up to the middl", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Austria", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "at", "latitude": 47.55944444, "longitude": 13.64638889 }, { "name": "City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg", "description": "The City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg bear witness to an exemplary model of the living heritage of a central European urban complex influenced by the secular presence of the Habsburgs and the cultural and artistic role played b", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Austria", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "at", "latitude": 47.0741666667, "longitude": 15.3916666667 }, { "name": "Wachau Cultural Landscape", "description": "The Wachau is a stretch of the Danube Valley between Melk and Krems, a landscape of high visual quality. 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It played an essential role as a leading European music centre, from the great age of Viennese Classicism through the", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Austria", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "at", "latitude": 48.21666667, "longitude": 16.38333333 }, { "name": "Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower", "description": "Built on a site inhabited since the Palaeolithic period, the Walled City of Baku reveals evidence of Zoroastrian, Sasanian, Arabic, Persian, Shirvani, Ottoman, and Russian presence in cultural continuity. 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All belong to the Koguryo culture, named after the dynasty that ruled over parts of nor", "category": "Cultural", "country": "China", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "cn", "latitude": 41.15694444, "longitude": 126.1872222 }, { "name": "Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains", "description": "Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, home to more than 30% of the world's pandas which are classed as highly endangered, covers 924,500 ha with seven nature reserves and nine scenic parks in the Qionglai and Jiajin Mountains. The sanctuaries constitute the", "category": "Natural", "country": "China", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "cn", "latitude": 30.8333333333, "longitude": 103 }, { "name": "South China Karst", "description": "South China Karst is one of the world’s most spectacular examples of humid tropical to subtropical karst landscapes. It is a serial site spread over the provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and Chongqing and covers 176,228 hectares. It contains the mo", "category": "Natural", "country": "China", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "cn", "latitude": 24.9233333333, "longitude": 110.3544444444 }, { "name": "Mount Wutai", "description": "With its five flat peaks, Mount Wutai is a sacred Buddhist mountain. 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In a surrounding landscap", "category": "Cultural", "country": "China", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "cn", "latitude": 22.2555555556, "longitude": 107.0230555556 }, { "name": "Hubei Shennongjia", "description": "Located in Hubei Province, in central-eastern China, the site consists of two components: Shennongding/Badong to the west and Laojunshan to the east. It protects the largest primary forests remaining in Central China and provides habitat for many rare", "category": "Natural", "country": "China", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "cn", "latitude": 31.4697222222, "longitude": 110.2438888889 }, { "name": "Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena", "description": "Situated in a bay in the Caribbean Sea, Cartagena has the most extensive fortifications in South America. A system of zones divides the city into three neighbourhoods: San Pedro, with the cathedral and many Andalusian-style palaces; San Diego, where me", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Colombia", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "co", "latitude": 10.41666667, "longitude": -75.53333333 }, { "name": "Los Katíos National Park", "description": "Extending over 72,000 ha in north-western Colombia, Los Katios National Park comprises low hills, forests and humid plains. An exceptional biological diversity is found in the park, which is home to many threatened animal species, as well as many endem", "category": "Natural", "country": "Colombia", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "co", "latitude": 7.666666667, "longitude": -77 }, { "name": "Historic Centre of Santa Cruz de Mompox", "description": "Founded in 1540 on the banks of the River Magdalena, Mompox played a key role in the Spanish colonization of northern South America. From the 16th to the 19th century the city developed parallel to the river, with the main street acting as a dyke. The", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Colombia", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "co", "latitude": 9.233333333, "longitude": -74.43333333 }, { "name": "National Archeological Park of Tierradentro", "description": "Several monumental statues of human figures can be seen in the park, which also contains many hypogea dating from the 6th to the 10th century. These huge underground tombs (some burial chambers are up to 12 m wide) are decorated with motifs that reprod", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Colombia", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "co", "latitude": 2.583333333, "longitude": -76.03333333 }, { "name": "San Agustín Archaeological Park", "description": "The largest group of religious monuments and megalithic sculptures in South America stands in a wild, spectacular landscape. Gods and mythical animals are skilfully represented in styles ranging from abstract to realist. These works of art display the", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Colombia", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "co", "latitude": 1.916666667, "longitude": -76.23333333 }, { "name": "Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia", "description": "An exceptional example of a sustainable and productive cultural landscape that is unique and representative of a tradition that is a strong symbol for coffee growing areas worldwide - encompasses six farming landscapes, which include 18 urban centres o", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Colombia", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "co", "latitude": 5.4716666667, "longitude": -75.6816666667 }, { "name": "Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary", "description": "Located some 506 km off the coast of Colombia, the site includes Malpelo island (350 ha) and the surrounding marine environment (857,150 ha). This vast marine park, the largest no-fishing zone in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, provides a critical habita", "category": "Natural", "country": "Colombia", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "co", "latitude": 3.9666666667, "longitude": -81.6166666666 }, { "name": "Cocos Island National Park", "description": "Cocos Island National Park, located 550 km off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is the only island in the tropical eastern Pacific with a tropical rainforest. Its position as the first point of contact with the northern equatorial counter-current, and", "category": "Natural", "country": "Costa Rica", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "cr", "latitude": 5.533333333, "longitude": -87.06666667 }, { "name": "Area de Conservación Guanacaste", "description": "The Area de Conservación Guanacaste (inscribed in 1999), was extended with the addition of a 15,000 ha private property, St Elena. It contains important natural habitats for the conservation of biological diversity, including the best dry forest", "category": "Natural", "country": "Costa Rica", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "cr", "latitude": 10.85, "longitude": -85.61666667 }, { "name": "Precolumbian Chiefdom Settlements with Stone Spheres of the Diquís", "description": "The property includes four archaeological sites located in the Diquís Delta in southern Costa Rica, which are considered unique examples of the complex social, economic and political systems of the period AD 500–1500. They contain art", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Costa Rica", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "cr", "latitude": 8.9113888889, "longitude": -83.4775 }, { "name": "Taï National Park", "description": "This park is one of the last major remnants of the primary tropical forest of West Africa. Its rich natural flora, and threatened mammal species such as the pygmy hippopotamus and 11 species of monkeys, are of great scientific interest.", "category": "Natural", "country": "Côte d'Ivoire", "region": "Africa", "iso_code": "ci", "latitude": 5.75, "longitude": -7.66667 }, { "name": "Comoé National Park", "description": "One of the largest protected areas in West Africa, this park is characterized by its great plant diversity. Due to the presence of the Comoé river, it contains plants which are normally only found much farther south, such as shrub savannahs and", "category": "Natural", "country": "Côte d'Ivoire", "region": "Africa", "iso_code": "ci", "latitude": 9, "longitude": -4 }, { "name": "Historic Town of Grand-Bassam", "description": "The first capital of Côte d’Ivoire, the Historic Town of Grand-Bassam, is an example of a late 19th- and early 20th-century colonial town planned with quarters specializing in commerce, administration, housing for Euro", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Côte d'Ivoire", "region": "Africa", "iso_code": "ci", "latitude": 5.1958333333, "longitude": 3.7363888889 }, { "name": "Old City of Dubrovnik", "description": "The 'Pearl of the Adriatic', situated on the Dalmatian coast, became an important Mediterranean sea power from the 13th century onwards. Although severely damaged by an earthquake in 1667, Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Croatia", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "hr", "latitude": 42.65056, "longitude": 18.09139 }, { "name": "Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian", "description": "The ruins of Diocletian's Palace, built between the late 3rd and the early 4th centuries A.D., can be found throughout the city. The cathedral was built in the Middle Ages, reusing materials from the ancient mausoleum. Twelfth- and 13th-century Romanes", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Croatia", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "hr", "latitude": 43.50944, "longitude": 16.44333 }, { "name": "Plitvice Lakes National Park", "description": "The waters flowing over the limestone and chalk have, over thousands of years, deposited travertine barriers, creating natural dams which in turn have created a series of beautiful lakes, caves and waterfalls. These geological processes continue today.", "category": "Natural", "country": "Croatia", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "hr", "latitude": 44.87778, "longitude": 15.61444 }, { "name": "Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Pore?", "description": "The group of religious monuments in Porec, where Christianity was established as early as the 4th century, constitutes the most complete surviving complex of its type. The basilica, atrium, baptistery and episcopal palace are outstanding examples of re", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Croatia", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "hr", "latitude": 45.22917, "longitude": 13.59444 }, { "name": "Historic City of Trogir", "description": "Trogir is a remarkable example of urban continuity. The orthogonal street plan of this island settlement dates back to the Hellenistic period and it was embellished by successive rulers with many fine public and domestic buildings and fortifications. I", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Croatia", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "hr", "latitude": 43.5125, "longitude": 16.25167 }, { "name": "The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik", "description": "The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik (1431-1535), on the Dalmatian coast, bears witness to the considerable exchanges in the field of monumental arts between Northern Italy, Dalmatia and Tuscany in the 15th and 16th centuries. The three architec", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Croatia", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "hr", "latitude": 43.73629, "longitude": 15.89038 }, { "name": "Stari Grad Plain", "description": "Stari Grad Plain on the Adriatic island of Hvar is a cultural landscape that has remained practically intact since it was first colonized by Ionian Greeks from Paros in the 4th century BC. The original agricultural activity of this fertile plain, mainl", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Croatia", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "hr", "latitude": 43.1816666667, "longitude": 16.6386111111 }, { "name": "Old Havana and its Fortification System", "description": "Havana was founded in 1519 by the Spanish. By the 17th century, it had become one of the Caribbean's main centres for ship-building. Although it is today a sprawling metropolis of 2 million inhabitants, its old centre retains an interesting mix of Baro", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Cuba", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "cu", "latitude": 23.13333333, "longitude": -82.35 }, { "name": "Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios", "description": "Founded in the early 16th century in honour of the Holy Trinity, the city was a bridgehead for the conquest of the American continent. Its 18th- and 19th-century buildings, such as the Palacio Brunet and the Palacio Cantero, were built in its days of p", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Cuba", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "cu", "latitude": 21.80305556, "longitude": -79.98444444 }, { "name": "Alejandro de Humboldt National Park", "description": "Complex geology and varied topography have given rise to a diversity of ecosystems and species unmatched in the insular Caribbean and created one of the most biologically diverse tropical island sites on earth. Many of the underlying rocks are toxic to", "category": "Natural", "country": "Cuba", "region": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "iso_code": "cu", "latitude": 20.45, "longitude": -75 }, { "name": "Viñales Valley", "description": "The Viñales valley is encircled by mountains and its landscape is interspersed with dramatic rocky outcrops. Traditional techniques are still in use for agricultural production, particularly of tobacco. 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The site contains 36 monuments, including 32 carved stelae covered with symbols, most of which are difficult to deciph", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Ethiopia", "region": "Africa", "iso_code": "et", "latitude": 8.43491, "longitude": 38.6121 }, { "name": "Aksum", "description": "The ruins of the ancient city of Aksum are found close to Ethiopia's northern border. They mark the location of the heart of ancient Ethiopia, when the Kingdom of Aksum was the most powerful state between the Eastern Roman Empire and Persia. The massiv", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Ethiopia", "region": "Africa", "iso_code": "et", "latitude": 14.13019, "longitude": 38.71861 }, { "name": "Lower Valley of the Omo", "description": "A prehistoric site near Lake Turkana, the lower valley of the Omo is renowned the world over. 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It constitutes a spectacular example of a living cultural tradition stretching back 21 generations (more than 400 y", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Ethiopia", "region": "Africa", "iso_code": "et", "latitude": 5.3, "longitude": 37.4 }, { "name": "Levuka Historical Port Town", "description": "The town and its low line of buildings set among coconut and mango trees along the beach front was the first colonial capital of Fiji, ceded to the British in 1874. 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In addition to its natural beauty and geological i", "category": "Natural", "country": "Indonesia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "id", "latitude": -6.75, "longitude": 105.3333333 }, { "name": "Komodo National Park", "description": "These volcanic islands are inhabited by a population of around 5,700 giant lizards, whose appearance and aggressive behaviour have led to them being called 'Komodo dragons'. They exist nowhere else in the world and are of great interest to scientists s", "category": "Natural", "country": "Indonesia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "id", "latitude": -8.54333, "longitude": 119.48944 }, { "name": "Prambanan Temple Compounds", "description": "Built in the 10th century, this is the largest temple compound dedicated to Shiva in Indonesia. Rising above the centre of the last of these concentric squares are three temples decorated with reliefs illustrating the epic of the Ramayana, ded", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Indonesia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "id", "latitude": -7.75222, "longitude": 110.49167 }, { "name": "Lorentz National Park", "description": "Lorentz National Park (2.35 million ha) is the largest protected area in South-East Asia. It is the only protected area in the world to incorporate a continuous, intact transect from snowcap to tropical marine environment, including extensive lowland w", "category": "Natural", "country": "Indonesia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "id", "latitude": -4.75, "longitude": 137.83333 }, { "name": "Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra", "description": "The 2.5 million hectare Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra site comprises three national parks: Gunung Leuser National Park, Kerinci Seblat National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park. The site holds the greatest potential for long-term", "category": "Natural", "country": "Indonesia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "id", "latitude": -2.5, "longitude": 101.5 }, { "name": "Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy", "description": "The cultural landscape of Bali consists of five rice terraces and their water temples that cover 19,500 ha. The temples are the focus of a cooperative water management system of canals and weirs, known as subak, that dates back to the 9th", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Indonesia", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "id", "latitude": -8.2591666667, "longitude": 115.4027777778 }, { "name": "Tchogha Zanbil", "description": "The ruins of the holy city of the Kingdom of Elam, surrounded by three huge concentric walls, are found at Tchogha Zanbil. Founded c. 1250 B.C., the city remained unfinished after it was invaded by Ashurbanipal, as shown by the thousands of unused bric", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 32.0833, "longitude": 48.53333333 }, { "name": "Persepolis", "description": "Founded by Darius I in 518 B.C., Persepolis was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. It was built on an immense half-artificial, half-natural terrace, where the king of kings created an impressive palace complex inspired by Mesopotamian models. The im", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 29.93444, "longitude": 52.89028 }, { "name": "Meidan Emam, Esfahan", "description": "Built by Shah Abbas I the Great at the beginning of the 17th century, and bordered on all sides by monumental buildings linked by a series of two-storeyed arcades, the site is known for the Royal Mosque, the Mosque of Sheykh Lotfollah, the magnificent", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 32.65745, "longitude": 51.6777777777 }, { "name": "Takht-e Soleyman", "description": "The archaeological site of Takht-e Soleyman, in north-western Iran, is situated in a valley set in a volcanic mountain region. The site includes the principal Zoroastrian sanctuary partly rebuilt in the Ilkhanid (Mongol) period (13th century) as well a", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 36.60388889, "longitude": 47.235 }, { "name": "Pasargadae", "description": "Pasargadae was the first dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus II the Great, in Pars, homeland of the Persians, in the 6th century BC. Its palaces, gardens and the mausoleum of Cyrus are outstanding examples of the first phase of", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 30.19383, "longitude": 53.16729 }, { "name": "Soltaniyeh", "description": "The mausoleum of Oljaytu was constructed in 1302–12 in the city of Soltaniyeh, the capital of the Ilkhanid dynasty, which was founded by the Mongols. Situated in the province of Zanjan, Soltaniyeh is one of the outstanding examples of the achieve", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 36.43528, "longitude": 48.79667 }, { "name": "Bam and its Cultural Landscape", "description": "Bam is situated in a desert environment on the southern edge of the Iranian high plateau. The origins of Bam can be traced back to the Achaemenid period (6th to 4th centuries BC). Its heyday was from the 7th to 11th centuries, being at the crossroads o", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 29.11683, "longitude": 58.3666666667 }, { "name": "Bisotun", "description": "Bisotun is located along the ancient trade route linking the Iranian high plateau with Mesopotamia and features remains from the prehistoric times to the Median, Achaemenid, Sassanian, and Ilkhanid periods. The principal monument of this archaeological", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 34.3883333333, "longitude": 47.4366666666 }, { "name": "Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran", "description": "The Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran, in the north-west of the country, consists of three monastic ensembles of the Armenian Christian faith: St Thaddeus and St Stepanos and the Chapel of Dzordzor. These edifices - the oldest of which, St Thadd", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 38.9788888889, "longitude": 45.4733333333 }, { "name": "Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System", "description": "Shushtar, Historical Hydraulic System, inscribed as a masterpiece of creative genius, can be traced back to Darius the Great in the 5th century B.C. It involved the creation of two main diversion canals on the river Kârun one of which, Gargar can", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 32.0186111111, "longitude": 48.8358333333 }, { "name": "Sheikh Safi al-din Kh?neg?h and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil", "description": "Built between the beginning of the 16th century and the end of the 18th century, this place of spiritual retreat in the Sufi tradition uses Iran", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 38.2486111111, "longitude": 48.2913888889 }, { "name": "Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex", "description": "Tabriz has been a place of cultural exchange since antiquity and its historic bazaar complex is one of the most important commercial centres on the Silk Road. 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They exemplify the diversity of Persian garden designs that evolved and adapted to different climate conditions while retaining principles that have their roots in the times of Cyrus the Great, 6", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 30.1666666667, "longitude": 53.1666666667 }, { "name": "Masjed-e J?mé of Isfahan", "description": "Located in the historic centre of Isfahan, the Masjed-e J?mé (‘Friday mosque’) can be seen as a stunning illustration of the evolution of mosque architecture over twelve centuries, starting in ad 841. It is the oldest preserved", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 32.6697222222, "longitude": 51.6852777778 }, { "name": "Gonbad-e Q?bus", "description": "The 53 m high tomb built in ad 1006 for Q?bus Ibn Voshmgir, Ziyarid ruler and literati, near the ruins of the ancient city of Jorjan in north-east Iran, bears testimony to the cultural exchange between Central Asian nomads and the ancient civiliza", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 37.2580277778, "longitude": 55.169 }, { "name": "Golestan Palace", "description": "The lavish Golestan Palace is a masterpiece of the Qajar era, embodying the successful integration of earlier Persian crafts and architecture with Western influences. The walled Palace, one of the oldest groups of buildings in Teheran, became the seat", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 35.6803666667, "longitude": 51.4205111111 }, { "name": "Cultural Landscape of Maymand", "description": "Maymand is a self-contained, semi-arid area at the end of a valley at the southern extremity of Iran’s central mountains. The villagers are semi-nomadic agro-pastoralists. They raise their animals on mountain pastures, living in temporary settlem", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 30.1680555556, "longitude": 55.3755555556 }, { "name": "Susa", "description": "Located in the south-west of Iran, in the lower Zagros Mountains, the property encompasses a group of archaeological mounds rising on the eastern side of the Shavur River, as well as Ardeshir’s palace, on the opposite bank of the river. The excav", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 32.1894444444, "longitude": 48.2561111111 }, { "name": "Shahr-i Sokhta", "description": "Shahr-i Sokhta, meaning ‘Burnt City’, is located at the junction of Bronze Age trade routes crossing the Iranian plateau. The remains of the mudbrick city represent the emergence of the first complex societies in eastern Iran. Founded around 3200 BC, i", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "ir", "latitude": 30.5938888889, "longitude": 61.3277777778 }, { "name": "Lut Desert", "description": "The Lut Desert, or Dasht-e-Lut, is located in the south-east of the country. Between June and October, this arid subtropical area is swept by strong winds, which transport sediment and cause aeolian erosion on a colossal scale. 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The property includes the two most h", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Israel", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "il", "latitude": 32.8293966667, "longitude": 34.9716488888 }, { "name": "Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves", "description": "The archaeological site contains some 3,500 underground chambers distributed among distinct complexes carved in the thick and homogenous soft chalk of Lower Judea under the former towns of Maresha and Bet Guvrin. Situated on the crossroads of trade rou", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Israel", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "il", "latitude": 31.6, "longitude": 34.8955555556 }, { "name": "Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves", "description": "Situated on the western slopes of the Mount Carmel range, the site includes the caves of Tabun, Jamal, el-Wad and Skhul. 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The whole city is an extraordinary architectural masterpiece in which even the smallest building contains works by some of the world", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Italy", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "it", "latitude": 45.43430556, "longitude": 12.33894444 }, { "name": "Piazza del Duomo, Pisa", "description": "Standing in a large green expanse, Piazza del Duomo houses a group of monuments known the world over. These four masterpieces of medieval architecture – the cathedral, the baptistry, the campanile (the 'Leaning Tower') and the cemetery – had a great influ", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Italy", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "it", "latitude": 43.72305556, "longitude": 10.39638889 }, { "name": "Castel del Monte", "description": "When the Emperor Frederick II built this castle near Bari in the 13th century, he imbued it with symbolic significance, as reflected in the location, the mathematical and astronomical precision of the layout and the perfectly regular shape. A unique pi", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Italy", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "it", "latitude": 41.08480556, "longitude": 16.27094444 }, { "name": "18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex", "description": "The monumental complex at Caserta, created by the Bourbon king Charles III in the mid-18th century to rival Versailles and the Royal Palace in Madrid, is exceptional for the way in which it brings together a magnificent palace with its park and gardens", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Italy", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "it", "latitude": 41.07333, "longitude": 14.32639 }, { "name": "Historic Centre of San Gimignano", "description": "'San Gimignano delle belle Torri' is in Tuscany, 56 km south of Florence. It served as an important relay point for pilgrims travelling to or from Rome on the Via Francigena. 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The work of Andrea Palladio (1508–80), based on a detailed study of classical Roman architecture, gives the cit", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Italy", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "it", "latitude": 45.54916667, "longitude": 11.54944444 }, { "name": "Historic Centre of Siena", "description": "Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Its inhabitants pursued their rivalry with Florence right into the area of urban planning. Throughout the centuries, they preserved their city's Gothic appearance, acquired between the 12th and 15th centuries", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Italy", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "it", "latitude": 43.31861111, "longitude": 11.33166667 }, { "name": "Historic Centre of Naples", "description": "From the Neapolis founded by Greek settlers in 470 B.C. to the city of today, Naples has retained the imprint of the successive cultures that emerged in Europe and the Mediterranean basin. 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It features vestiges of government offices dating from the 11th and 12th centuries when Hiraizumi", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Japan", "region": "Asia and the Pacific", "iso_code": "jp", "latitude": 39.0011111111, "longitude": 141.1077777778 }, { "name": "Ogasawara Islands", "description": "The property numbers more than 30 islands clustered in three groups and covers surface area of 7,939 hectares. 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Here a", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Portugal", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "pt", "latitude": 39.65778, "longitude": -8.82694 }, { "name": "Convent of Christ in Tomar", "description": "Originally designed as a monument symbolizing the Reconquest, the Convent of the Knights Templar of Tomar (transferred in 1344 to the Knights of the Order of Christ) came to symbolize just the opposite during the Manueline period – the opening up", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Portugal", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "pt", "latitude": 39.60472, "longitude": -8.4175 }, { "name": "Historic Centre of Évora", "description": "This museum-city, whose roots go back to Roman times, reached its golden age in the 15th century, when it became the residence of the Portuguese kings. 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Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a castle where this new sensitivity was displayed in the use of Gothic, Egyptian, Moorish and Renaissance elements and in", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Portugal", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "pt", "latitude": 38.78333, "longitude": -9.41667 }, { "name": "Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar", "description": "The city of Oporto, built along the hillsides overlooking the mouth of the Douro river, is an outstanding urban landscape with a 2,000-year history. Its continuous growth, linked to the sea (the Romans gave it the name Portus, or port), can be seen in", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Portugal", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "pt", "latitude": 41.14166667, "longitude": -8.616666667 }, { "name": "Laurisilva of Madeira", "description": "The Laurisilva of Madeira is an outstanding relict of a previously widespread laurel forest type. 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The walls were built to protect the t", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Portugal", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "pt", "latitude": 38.51344444, "longitude": -28.54116667 }, { "name": "Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications", "description": "The site, extensively fortified from the 17th to 19th centuries, represents the largest bulwarked dry-ditch system in the world. Within its walls, the town contains barracks and other military buildings as well as churches and mon", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Portugal", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "pt", "latitude": 38.8806194444, "longitude": -7.1633222222 }, { "name": "University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia", "description": "Situated on a hill overlooking the city, the University of Coimbra with its colleges grew and evolved over more than seven centuries within the old town. 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It is known for its architectural purity and balance, the richness of its sculptural detail, the treatment of its religiou", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Romania", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "ro", "latitude": 45.18333333, "longitude": 24.01666667 }, { "name": "Churches of Moldavia", "description": "These eight churches of northern Moldavia, built from the late 15th century to the late 16th century, their external walls covered in fresco paintings, are masterpieces inspired by Byzantine art. They are authentic and particularly well preserved. Far", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Romania", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "ro", "latitude": 47.7783333333, "longitude": 25.7127777778 }, { "name": "Historic Centre of Sighi?oara", "description": "Founded by German craftsmen and merchants known as the Saxons of Transylvania, Sighi?oara is a fine example of a small, fortified medieval town which played an important strategic and commercial role on the fringes of central Europe for several centuri", "category": "Cultural", "country": "Romania", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "ro", "latitude": 46.21777778, "longitude": 24.79222222 }, { "name": "Wooden Churches of Maramure?", "description": "These eight churches are outstanding examples of a range of architectural solutions from different periods and areas. 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Volcanic eruptions have created a constantly changing landscape, and the lava flows revea", "category": "Natural", "country": "United States of America", "region": "Europe and North America", "iso_code": "us", "latitude": 19.40083333, "longitude": -155.1236111 }, { "name": "Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville", "description": "Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), author of the American Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, was also a talented architect of neoclassical buildings. 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