488 Tower of London – 1988
The massive White Tower is a typical example of Norman military architecture, whose influence was felt throughout the kingdom. It was built on
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Unesco heritage 1988
487 Henderson Island – 1988
, which lies in the eastern South Pacific, is one of the few atolls in the world whose ecology has been practically untouched
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496 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey, and St Martin’s Church – 1988
Canterbury, in Kent, has been the seat of the spiritual head of the Church of England for nearly five centuries. Canterbury’s other important
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484 Xanthos-Letoon – 1988
This site, which was the capital of Lycia, illustrates the blending of Lycian traditions and Hellenic influence, especially in its funerary art. The
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485 Hierapolis-Pamukkale – 1988
Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal
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498 Medina of Sousse – 1988
Sousse was an important commercial and military port during the Aghlabid period (800–909) and is a typical example of a town dating from
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499 Kairouan – 1988
Founded in 670, flourished under the Aghlabid dynasty in the 9th century. Despite the transfer of the political capital to Tunis in the
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405 Sinharaja Forest Reserve – 1988
Located in south-west Sri Lanka, Sinharaja is the country’s last viable area of primary tropical rainforest. More than 60% of the trees are
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450 Sacred City of Kandy – 1988
This sacred Buddhist site, popularly known as the city of Senkadagalapura, was the last capital of the Sinhala kings whose patronage enabled the
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451 Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications – 1988
Founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese, Galle reached the height of its development in the 18th century, before the arrival of
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381 Old City of Salamanca – 1988
This ancient university town north-west of Madrid was first conquered by the Carthaginians in the 3rd century B.C. It then became a Roman
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500 Historic Centre of Lima – 1988
Although severely damaged by earthquakes, this ‘City of the Kings’ was, until the middle of the 18th century, the capital and most important
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434 Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn – 1988
The protohistoric site of Bat lies near a palm grove in the interior of the Sultanate of Oman. Together with the neighbouring sites,
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483 Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza – 1988
This sacred site was one of the greatest Mayan centres of the Yucatán peninsula. Throughout its nearly 1,000-year history, different peoples have left
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482 Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines – 1988
Founded by the Spanish in the early 16th century, Guanajuato became the world’s leading silver-extraction centre in the 18th century. This past can
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119 Timbuktu – 1988
Home of the prestigious Koranic Sankore University and other madrasas, was an intellectual and spiritual capital and a centre for the propagation of
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116 Old Towns of Djenné – 1988
Inhabited since 250 B.C., Djenné became a market centre and an important link in the trans-Saharan gold trade. In the 15th and 16th
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335 Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks – 1988
Nestled high in West Himalaya, India’s Valley of Flowers National Park is renowned for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and outstanding natural
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491 Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus – 1988
In a small valley in the Peloponnesus, the shrine of Asklepios, the god of medicine, developed out of a much earlier cult of
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456 Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika – 1988
Founded in 315 B.C., the provincial capital and sea port of Thessalonika was one of the first bases for the spread of Christianity.
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