543 Itchan Kala – 1990
is the inner town (protected by brick walls some 10 m high) of the old Khiva oasis, which was the last resting-place of
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Unesco heritage 1990
527 Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra – 1990
Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kyiv’s Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the ‘new Constantinople’, capital of the Christian principality of Kyiv, which was
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545 Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow – 1990
Inextricably linked to all the most important historical and political events in Russia since the 13th century, the Kremlin (built between the 14th
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544 Kizhi Pogost – 1990
The pogost of Kizhi (i.e. the Kizhi enclosure) is located on one of the many islands in Lake Onega, in Karelia. Two 18th-century
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540 Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments – 1990
The ‘Venice of the North’, with its numerous canals and more than 400 bridges, is the result of a vast urban project begun
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548 Río Abiseo National Park – 1990
The park was created in 1983 to protect the fauna and flora of the rainforests that are characteristic of this region of the
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421 Tongariro National Park – 1990
In 1993 Tongariro became the first property to be inscribed on the World Heritage List under the revised criteria describing cultural landscapes. The
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551 Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand – 1990
The landscape in this park, situated in south-west New Zealand, has been shaped by successive glaciations into fjords, rocky coasts, towering cliffs, lakes
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494 Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve – 1990
comprises karstic landscapes and limestone uplands cut into impressive ‘tsingy’ peaks and a ‘forest’ of limestone needles, the spectacular canyon of the Manambolo
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550 Historic Centre of San Gimignano – 1990
‘San Gimignano delle belle Torri’ is in Tuscany, 56 km south of Florence. It served as an important relay point for pilgrims travelling
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537 Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios – 1990
Although geographically distant from each other, these three monasteries (the first is in Attica, near Athens, the second in Phocida near Delphi, and
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530 Delos – 1990
According to Greek mythology, Apollo was born on this tiny island in the Cyclades archipelago. Apollo’s sanctuary attracted pilgrims from all over Greece
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532 Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin – 1990
With 500 ha of parks and 150 buildings constructed between 1730 and 1916, Potsdam’s complex of palaces and parks forms an artistic whole,
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526 Colonial City of Santo Domingo – 1990
After Christopher Columbus’s arrival on the island in 1492, Santo Domingo became the site of the first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university
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547 Mount Huangshan – 1990
Huangshan, known as ‘the loveliest mountain of China’, was acclaimed through art and literature during a good part of Chinese history (e.g. the
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529 Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos – 1990
Between 1696 and 1760, six ensembles of reducciones (settlements of Christianized Indians) inspired by the ‘ideal cities’ of the 16th-century philosophers were founded
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