192 Old Walled City of Shibam – 1982
Surrounded by a fortified wall, the 16th-century city of Shibam is one of the oldest and best examples of urban planning based on
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Unesco heritage 1982
198 Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site – 1982
Cahokia Mounds, some 13 km north-east of St Louis, Missouri, is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. It was occupied primarily during
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199 Selous Game Reserve – 1982
Large numbers of elephants, black rhinoceroses, cheetahs, giraffes, hippopotamuses and crocodiles live in this immense sanctuary, which measures 50,000 km2 and is relatively
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200 Sacred City of Anuradhapura – 1982
This sacred city was established around a cutting from the ‘tree of enlightenment’, the Buddha’s fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century
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202 Ancient City of Sigiriya – 1982
The ruins of the capital built by the parricidal King Kassapa I (477–95) lie on the steep slopes and at the summit of
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201 Ancient City of Polonnaruwa – 1982
Polonnaruwa was the second capital of Sri Lanka after the destruction of Anuradhapura in 993. It comprises, besides the Brahmanic monuments built by
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185 Aldabra Atoll – 1982
The atoll is comprised of four large coral islands which enclose a shallow lagoon; the group of islands is itself surrounded by a
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184 Archaeological Site of Sabratha – 1982
A Phoenician trading-post that served as an outlet for the products of the African hinterland, Sabratha was part of the short-lived Numidian Kingdom
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183 Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna – 1982
Leptis Magna was enlarged and embellished by Septimius Severus, who was born there and later became emperor. It was one of the most
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190 Archaeological Site of Cyrene – 1982
A colony of the Greeks of Thera, Cyrene was one of the principal cities in the Hellenic world. It was Romanized and remained
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174 Historic Centre of Florence – 1982
Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici
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196 Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve – 1982
Located on the watershed of the Río Plátano, the reserve is one of the few remains of a tropical rainforest in Central America
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180 National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers – 1982
These Haitian monuments date from the beginning of the 19th century, when Haiti proclaimed its independence. The Palace of Sans Souci, the buildings
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203 From the Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Production of Open-pan Salt – 1982
The Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, near Besançon, was built by Claude Nicolas Ledoux. Its construction, begun in 1775 during the reign of Louis
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204 Old Havana and its Fortification System – 1982
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.
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195 Taï National Park – 1982
This park is one of the last major remnants of the primary tropical forest of West Africa. Its rich natural flora, and threatened
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189 Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda – 1982
Founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese, the town’s history is linked to the sugar-cane industry. Rebuilt after being looted by the
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181 Tasmanian Wilderness – 1982
In a region that has been subjected to severe glaciation, these parks and reserves, with their steep gorges, covering an area of over
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186 Lord Howe Island Group – 1982
A remarkable example of isolated oceanic islands, born of volcanic activity more than 2,000 m under the sea, these islands boast a spectacular
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181 Tasmanian Wilderness – 1982
In a region that has been subjected to severe glaciation, these parks and reserves, with their steep gorges, covering an area of over
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