Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites

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country. United Kingdom

year of inscription. 1986 (modification: 2008)

criteria. Cultural

Ujung Kulon National Park

country. Indonesia

year of inscription. 1991

criteria. Natural

Ujung Kulon National Park is located in the province of Banten, on the southwestern tip of Java island and includes several offshore islands. The site is important for being home to a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna, including many endangered species. One of the offshore islands that is part of the park is the volcanic island of Krakatua, whose eruption in 1883 led to devastating effects and impacts. Thence, the park is also of important geological scientific interest.

The Grand Canal

country. China
year of inscription. 2014 (modification: 2016)

criteria. Cultural

The Grand Canal is a waterway system which was a crucial transport and communication lifeline in imperial China, linking Beijing to Hangzhou. With some sections first constructed in the 6th century BCE, it was unified as a system during the Sui Dynasty in the 7th century CE and reached its peak in the 13th century CE Yuan Dynasty, when some 2,000km of artificial waterways had been constructed to link five of the main water basins of China. This was an extensive engineering project that was unparalleled in the world before the Industrial Revolution. Still in use today, the thirty-one component sites of the WHS is located in the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

Mount Huangshan

where. China

year of inscription. 1990

criteria. Mixed

Mount Huangshan has had a significant role in the history of Chinese art and literature since the 8th century CE, during the Tang Dynasty. This is a site of beautiful physical features, including dramatic landscapes of granitic mountain peaks, sea of clouds, and distinctly-shaped rocks and trees. Furthermore, legend has it that the elixir of immortality can be found here. Consequently, it became an attraction for hermits, poets, and landscape artists. In the 16th century CE, during the Ming Dynasty, Mount Huangshan formed the inspiration for the Shanshui (“Mountain and Water”) school of landscape painting, often regarded as the archetype of Chinese art. Botanically, the area is also important for the conservation of a number of species – including threatened ones – endemic locally or nationally.

Singapore Botanic Gardens

country. Singapore

year of inscription. 2015

criteria. Cultural

The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a tropical garden which dates back to 1859. Founded as a British colonial garden, it has today evolved into a tropical botanic garden, a botanic scientific institution, and place of cultural and horticultural conservation. It is only one of three - and the only tropical - garden listed as a UNESCO WHS.

Paris, Banks of the Seine

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country. France

year of inscription. 1991

criteria. Cultural

Historic Cairo

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country. Egypt

year of inscription. 1979

criteria. Cultural

Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

where. Egypt
what. stamp (Singapore, 2011)

Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

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country. Egypt
year of inscription. 1979

criteria. Cultural