591 Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries – 1991
Stretching over more than 600,000 ha along the Myanmar border, the sanctuaries, which are relatively intact, contain examples of almost all the forest
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Unesco heritage 1991
574 Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns – 1991
Sukhothai was the capital of the first Kingdom of Siam in the 13th and 14th centuries. It has a number of fine monuments,
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576 Historic City of Ayutthaya – 1991
Founded c. 1350, Ayutthaya became the second Siamese capital after Sukhothai. It was destroyed by the Burmese in the 18th century. Its remains,
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559 Royal Domain of Drottningholm – 1991
The stands on an island in Lake Mälar in a suburb of Stockholm. With its castle, perfectly preserved theatre (built in 1766), Chinese
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561 Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple – 1991
A sacred pilgrimage site for 22 centuries, this cave monastery, with its five sanctuaries, is the largest, best-preserved cave-temple complex in Sri Lanka.
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518 Poblet Monastery – 1991
This Cistercian abbey in Catalonia is one of the largest in Spain. At its centre is a 12th-century church. The austere, majestic monastery,
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588 Danube Delta – 1991
The waters of the Danube, which flow into the Black Sea, form the largest and best preserved of Europe’s deltas. The Danube delta
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573 Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves – 1991
This is the largest protected area in Africa, covering some 7.7 million ha, though the area considered a protected sanctuary constitutes only one-sixth
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599 Island of Mozambique – 1991
The fortified city of Mozambique is located on this island, a former Portuguese trading-post on the route to India. Its remarkable architectural unity
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585 Historic Centre of Morelia – 1991
Built in the 16th century, Morelia is an outstanding example of urban planning which combines the ideas of the Spanish Renaissance with the
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608 Ujung Kulon National Park – 1991
This national park, located in the extreme south-western tip of Java on the Sunda shelf, includes the Ujung Kulon peninsula and several offshore
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642 Prambanan Temple Compounds – 1991
Built in the 10th century, this is the largest temple compound dedicated to Shiva in Indonesia. Rising above the centre of the last
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609 Komodo National Park – 1991
These volcanic islands are inhabited by a population of around 5,700 giant lizards, whose appearance and aggressive behaviour have led to them being
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592 Borobudur Temple Compounds – 1991
This famous Buddhist temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, is located in central Java. It was built in three tiers: a
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515 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch – 1991
The abbey, together with its monumental entrance, the famous ‘Torhall’, are rare architectural vestiges of the Carolingian era. The sculptures and paintings from
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600 Paris, Banks of the Seine – 1991
From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evolution of Paris
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601 Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims – 1991
The outstanding handling of new architectural techniques in the 13th century, and the harmonious marriage of sculptural decoration with architecture, has made Notre-Dame
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582 Old Rauma – 1991
Situated on the Gulf of Botnia, Rauma is one of the oldest harbours in Finland. Built around a Franciscan monastery, where the mid-15th-century
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583 Fortress of Suomenlinna – 1991
Built in the second half of the 18th century by Sweden on a group of islands located at the entrance of Helsinki’s harbour,
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606 Serra da Capivara National Park – 1991
Many of the numerous rock shelters in the are decorated with cave paintings, some more than 25,000 years old. They are an outstanding
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