 view gallery |   Grand Canyon, Arizona
in World Heritage Sites Carved out by the Colorado river, the Grand Canyon (nearly 5,000 ft deep) is the most spectacular gorge in the world. Located in the state of Arizona, it cuts across the Grand Canyon National Park. Its horizontal strata retrace the geological history of the past 2 billion years. There are also prehistoric traces of human adaptation to a particularly harsh environment. posted by:  Bernd das Brot Team location: Arizona date approved: 5/27/2006 last visited: 3/19/2015 |
 view gallery | Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch in World Heritage Sites We visited this location at 2006-03-05. We have usually in this region at this time a warmer weather. But this year we had a cold winter. So, you can see on the photo the last snow in March. posted by:  Stream_Green location: Hessen, Germany date approved: 5/25/2006 last visited: 4/12/2014 |
 view gallery | Bryggen in World Heritage Sites In August/September 2004 I was in Norway travelling the famous Coastal Express "Hurtigruten". The travel began in Bergen and followed the coast until the Norwegian/Russian borderline. During this journey I visited 2 UNESCO sites: Bryggen and the Geirangerfjord. posted by: Stream_Green location: Norway date approved: 5/25/2006 last visited: 7/30/2013 |
 view gallery | West Norwegian Fjords - Geirangerfjord Area in World Heritage Sites In August/September 2004 I was in Norway travelling the famous Coastal Express "Hurtigruten". The travel began in Bergen and followed the coast until the Norwegian/Russian borderline. During this journey I visited 2 UNESCO sites: Bryggen and the Geirangerfjord. posted by: Stream_Green location: Møre og Romsdal, Norway date approved: 5/25/2006 last visited: 7/2/2010 |
 view gallery | Historic Centre of Prague in World Heritage Sites In May 2004 I was with some friends of my volleyball team in the Czech Republic. There we visited 2 UNESCO sites: Cesky Krumlov and Prague. posted by: Stream_Green location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia date approved: 5/25/2006 last visited: 11/26/2005 |
 view gallery | Historic Centre of Rome in World Heritage Sites A journey in March 2003 in the area of Rome led me to 3 UNESCO sites: center of Rome, Assissi and the Villa Adriana. posted by: Stream_Green location: Lazio, Italy date approved: 5/25/2006 last visited: 4/6/2015 |
 view gallery | Villa Adriana (Tivoli) in World Heritage Sites A journey in March 2003 in the area of Rome led me to 3 UNESCO sites: center of Rome, Assissi and the Villa Adriana. posted by: Stream_Green location: Lazio, Italy date approved: 5/25/2006 last visited: 6/14/2005 |
 view gallery | Assisi in World Heritage Sites A journey in March 2003 in the area of Rome led me to 3 UNESCO sites: center of Rome, Assissi and the Villa Adriana. posted by: Stream_Green location: Umbria, Italy date approved: 5/25/2006 last visited: 6/16/1988 |
 view gallery | Henderson Island in World Heritage Sites This island in the Pacific Ocean has been designated a World Heritage Site. It is one the few places in the world with its ecology virtually unaltered by man which permits the study of the dynamics of insular evolution and natural selection. Henderson is particularly notable for ten plants and four land birds, endemic to the island. posted by: Team Mumu location: United Kingdom date approved: 5/22/2006 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Everglades National Park, Florida, USA in World Heritage Sites Everglades has been added to the World Heritage site in 1993 due to extensive threat to its ecological system. posted by: atc location: Florida date approved: 5/20/2006 last visited: 4/18/2014 |
 view gallery | La Fortaleza in World Heritage Sites La Fortaleza or Palace of St. Catalina. Part of the Fortaleza and San Juan Heritage Site. posted by: TCOMGUY location: Puerto Rico date approved: 5/11/2006 last visited: 2/16/2013 |
 view gallery | Historic District of Panamá - Las Bovedas in World Heritage Sites "The promenade and vaults being exposed to the ocean breezes played an important role in the social life of a walled city who’s people did not have access to public parks or could not go beyond the walls of the city." posted by: cache507 location: Panama date approved: 5/2/2006 last visited: 7/5/2011 |
 view gallery | Tarxien Temples in World Heritage Sites Tarxien Temples - These are certainly the most beautifully decorated and the largest temples. It is, in fact, a temple complex. These beautiful temples lie in the village of Tarxien not far from the Hypogeum. These temples may be considered as the cathedral of megalithic culture in Europe. The perfect architectural discipline of especially the middle temple of Tarxien surpasses in beauty and perfection all the other megalithic temples of the Maltese islands. posted by: LowellHouseGuy location: Malta date approved: 4/6/2006 last visited: 10/15/2014 |
 view gallery | Malta Hypogeum - Hal Salieni in World Heritage Sites The Hypogeum is a labyrinthine complex of man-made chambers hewn out of the limestone extending some 11 metres below ground. It appears to have been used both as a burial site and as a temple. Neolithic man carved out the Hypogeum using only antlers and stone picks as tools, and in semi darkness. The Hypogeum is made up of three superimposed levels. The upper level resembles the earlier rock-cut tombs found elsewhere on the Islands. The middle level, hewn out during the temple period (3800 - 250 posted by: LowellHouseGuy location: Malta date approved: 4/6/2006 last visited: 5/27/2009 |
 view gallery | Acropolis, Athens in World Heritage Sites The Acropolis is the site of four of the greatest masterpieces of classical Greek art – the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Erechtheum and the Temple of Athena Nike. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Greece date approved: 3/17/2006 last visited: 11/16/2014 |
 view gallery | Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in World Heritage Sites Cahokia Mounds near St Louis is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. posted by:  BruceS location: Illinois date approved: 2/23/2006 last visited: 6/13/2014 |
 view gallery | Beijing - Zhichun Ting in World Heritage Sites Heralding Spring Pavilion at the Summer Palace
posted by: HairDog location: China date approved: 2/21/2006 last visited: 10/2/2012 |
 | Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park in World Heritage Sites The location of this unique site in Central America, where Quaternary glaciers have left their mark, has allowed the fauna and flora of North and South America to interbreed. posted by: chstress53 location: Costa Rica date approved: 2/16/2006 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Historic Centre of Morelia in World Heritage Sites Built in the 16th century, Morelia is an outstanding example of urban planning which combines the ideas of the Spanish Renaissance with the Mesoamerican experience. posted by: chstress53 location: Michoacán, Mexico date approved: 2/15/2006 last visited: 3/24/2012 |
 view gallery | Pitons, St Lucia in World Heritage Sites An amazing tropical location with incredible natural landmarks, geothermal activity, tropical forest and abundant sea life in a relatively compact 3000ha area. posted by: GRRRR8! location: Saint Lucia date approved: 2/15/2006 last visited: 2/12/2014 |
 view gallery | Changdeokgung Palace Complex in World Heritage Sites An outstanding example of East Asian Palace: harmonius, spare, and tranquil. posted by: atc location: Korea date approved: 2/13/2006 last visited: 10/6/2009 |
 view gallery | Mesa Verde National Park in World Heritage Sites Created in 1906 to preserve the dwelling sites of Ancestral Puebloans posted by: Uncle Alaska location: Colorado date approved: 2/11/2006 last visited: 3/25/2015 |
 view gallery | Mammoth Cave National Park in World Heritage Sites Mammoth Cave is the longest inteconected system in the world (315 miles surveyed). There are also 50,000 acres of forest above the cave. posted by: ChapterhouseInc location: Kentucky date approved: 1/22/2006 last visited: 7/8/2009 |
 view gallery | Maya Site of Copan in World Heritage Sites One of the most important sites of the Mayan civilization posted by: Mountain_Wanderer location: Honduras date approved: 1/21/2006 last visited: 3/21/1994 |
 view gallery | Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg in World Heritage Sites Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop. Its Flamboyant Gothic art attracted many craftsmen and artists before the city became even better known through the work of the Italian architects Vincenzo Scamozzi and Santini Solari, to whom the centre of Salzburg owes much of its Baroque appearance. posted by: Tafari location: Salzburg, Austria date approved: 1/4/2006 last visited: 8/8/2014 |
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