1405 Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük – 2012
Two hills form the 37 ha site on the Southern Anatolian Plateau. The taller eastern mound contains eighteen levels of Neolithic occupation between 7400 bc
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Unesco heritage 2012
1282 Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland – 2012
Seven timber houses are listed in this site located in the east of Sweden, representing the zenith of a regional timber building tradition
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1313 Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija – 2012
The property includes the mining sites of Almadén (Spain), where mercury (quicksilver) has been extracted since antiquity, and Idrija (Slovenia), where mercury was
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1313 Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija – 2012
The property includes the mining sites of Almadén (Spain), where mercury (quicksilver) has been extracted since antiquity, and Idrija (Slovenia), where mercury was
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1407 Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes – 2012
The site, located in south-east Senegal, includes three geographical areas: the Bassari–Salémata area, the Bedik–Bandafassi area and the Fula–Dindéfello area, each with its
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1299 Lena Pillars Nature Park – 2012
is marked by spectacular rock pillars that reach a height of approximately 100 m along the banks of the Lena River in the central
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1367 Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications – 2012
The site, extensively fortified from the 17th to 19th centuries, represents the largest bulwarked dry-ditch system in the world. Within its walls, the
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1433 Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem – 2012
The inscribed property is situated 10 km south of Jerusalem on the site identified by Christian tradition as the birthplace of Jesus since the
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1386 Rock Islands Southern Lagoon – 2012
covers 100,200 ha and includes 445 uninhabited limestone islands of volcanic origin. Many of them display unique mushroom-like shapes in turquoise lagoons surrounded by
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1401 Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage – 2012
Located on the Atlantic coast in the north-west of Morocco, the site is the product of a fertile exchange between the Arabo-Muslim past
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1396 Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley – 2012
Situated in the lush Lenggong Valley, the property includes four archaeological sites in two clusters which span close to 2 million years, one of
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1393 Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves – 2012
Situated on the western slopes of the Mount Carmel range, the site includes the caves of Tabun, Jamal, el-Wad and Skhul. Ninety years
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1397 Masjed-e Jāmé of Isfahan – 2012
Located in the historic centre of Isfahan, the Masjed-e Jāmé (‘Friday mosque’) can be seen as a stunning illustration of the evolution of
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1398 Gonbad-e Qābus – 2012
The 53 m high tomb built in ad 1006 for Qābus Ibn Voshmgir, Ziyarid ruler and literati, near the ruins of the ancient city
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1194 Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy – 2012
Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy The cultural landscape of Bali consists
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1342 Western Ghats – 2012
Older than the Himalaya mountains, the mountain chain of the represents geomorphic features of immense importance with unique biophysical and ecological processes. The
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1379 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth – 2012
A masterpiece of Baroque theatre architecture, built between 1745 and 1750, the Opera House is the only entirely preserved example of its type
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1360 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin – 2012
Remarkable as a landscape shaped over three centuries of coal extraction from the 1700s to the 1900s, the site consists of 109 separate
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1322 Historic Town of Grand-Bassam – 2012
The first capital of Côte d’Ivoire, the , is an example of a late 19th- and early 20th-century colonial town planned with quarters
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1380 Sangha Trinational – 2012
Situated in the north-western Congo Basin, where Cameroon, Central African Republic and Congo meet, the site encompasses three contiguous national parks totalling around
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