266 La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico – 1983
Between the 16th and 20th centuries, a series of defensive structures was built at this strategic point in the Caribbean Sea to protect
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Unesco heritage 1983
259 Great Smoky Mountains National Park – 1983
Stretching over more than 200,000 ha, this exceptionally beautiful park is home to more than 3,500 plant species, including almost as many trees
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267 Old City of Berne – 1983
Founded in the 12th century on a hill site surrounded by the Aare River, Berne developed over the centuries in line with a
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269 Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair – 1983
The Convent of Müstair, which stands in a valley in the Grisons, is a good example of Christian monastic renovation during the Carolingian
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268 Abbey of St Gall – 1983
The Convent of St Gall, a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery, was, from the 8th century to its secularization in 1805,
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261 Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve – 1983
In the heart of the small island of Praslin, the reserve has the vestiges of a natural palm forest preserved in almost its
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263 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon – 1983
Standing at the entrance to Lisbon harbour, the Monastery of the Hieronymites – construction of which began in 1502 – exemplifies Portuguese art
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264 Monastery of Batalha – 1983
The Monastery of the Dominicans of Batalha was built to commemorate the victory of the Portuguese over the Castilians at the battle of
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265 Convent of Christ in Tomar – 1983
Originally designed as a monument symbolizing the Reconquest, the Convent of the Knights Templar of Tomar (transferred in 1344 to the Knights of
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206 Central Zone of the Town of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores – 1983
Situated on one of the islands in the Azores archipelago, this was an obligatory port of call from the 15th century until the
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274 Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu – 1983
Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably
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273 City of Cuzco – 1983
Situated in the Peruvian Andes, Cuzco developed, under the Inca ruler Pachacutec, into a complex urban centre with distinct religious and administrative functions.
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205 Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park – 1983
The location of this unique site in Central America, where Quaternary glaciers have left their mark, has allowed the fauna and flora of
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252 Taj Mahal – 1983
An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory
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243 Ellora Caves – 1983
These 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt
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242 Ajanta Caves – 1983
The first Buddhist cave monuments at Ajanta date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. During the Gupta period (5th and 6th centuries
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251 Agra Fort – 1983
Near the gardens of the Taj Mahal stands the important 16th-century Mughal monument known as the Red Fort of Agra. This powerful fortress
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271 Pilgrimage Church of Wies – 1983
Miraculously preserved in the beautiful setting of an Alpine valley, the Church of Wies (1745–54), the work of architect Dominikus Zimmermann, is a
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229 Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d’Alliance in Nancy – 1983
Nancy, the temporary residence of a king without a kingdom – Stanislas Leszczynski, later to become Duke of Lorraine – is paradoxically the
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258 Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve – 1983
The nature reserve, which is part of the Regional Natural Park of Corsica, occupies the Scandola peninsula, an impressive, porphyritic rock mass. The
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