World Heritage Sites

Abu Mena is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Egypt immediately west of the Nile River delta. It was designated a World Heritage Site due to its significance as an early Christian center built over the tomb of Menas of Alexandria. In 2001, the site was added to the list of threatened World Heritage sites due to a significant rise in the water table which has caused a number of the site's buildings to collapse or become unstable. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abu Mena"

Angkor was the site of a series of capital cities of the Khmer empire for much of the period from the 9th century to the 15th century CE. Their ruins (13°24'N, 103°51'E) are located amid forests and farmland to the north of the Great Lake ( Tonle Sap), near present day Siem Reap, Cambodia, and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples of Angkor, now partially restored, constitute the premier collection of examples of Khmer architecture. Visitor numbers approach one million annually. ...more on Wikipedia about "Angkor"

Apostolos Andreas Monastery ( ) is situated just south of Cape Apostolos Andreas (Cape of Saint Andrew), which is the north-eastern most point of the island of Cyprus (currently it is in unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus since 1974). ...more on Wikipedia about "Apostolos Andreas Monastery"

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of historical, cultural and architectural significance: a monument to the ingenuity of the British military engineers who designed it and to the skill, strength and endurance of the African slaves who built and maintained it. One of the best preserved historical fortifications in the Americas, it is located on the island of St. Kitts in the Federation of St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis in the Eastern Caribbean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park"

The Citadelle Laferrière is a large mountaintop fortress located in northern Haiti, approximately 17 miles south of the city of Cap-Haïtien and five miles uphill from the town of Milot. It is the largest fortress in the western hemisphere, and is a United Nations World Heritage Site. ...more on Wikipedia about "Citadelle Laferrière"

Dja Faunal Reserve, located in Cameroon, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1987. Causes of inscription include diversity of species present in the park, the presence of five threatened species, and lack of disturbance within the park. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dja Faunal Reserve"

The Giza Necropolis (coordinates 29 58' 33.31" N 31 07' 49.56" E) stands on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments is located some eight km inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 20 km southwest of Cairo city centre. ...more on Wikipedia about "Giza pyramid complex"

Henderson Island is an uninhabited uplifted coral island in the south Pacific Ocean, annexed to the Pitcairn Islands colony in 1902. Henderson Island has an area of twelve square miles (31 km²) and is located 120 miles (193 km) northeast of Pitcairn Island at . Henderson Island was designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations in 1988 because of its bird life and untouched phosphate reserves. The island itself is too small and steep for agriculture and has no fresh water. ...more on Wikipedia about "Henderson Island (Pitcairn Islands)"

Joya de Cerén ( meaning Jewel of Cerén in the Spanish language) is an archaeological site in El Salvador, a pre-Columbian Maya farming village preserved remarkably intact under layers of volcanic ash. ...more on Wikipedia about "Joya de Cerén"

The Karakorum palace (also K'a-la-k'un-lun, Khara-khorin, Kharakhorum, Khara Khorum in Classical Mongolian) was an ancient "capital" of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century, although for only about 30 years. Today its ruins lie in the southeastern corner of the Arhangay Province of Mongolia or, to be more specific, in the upper part of the World Heritage Site entitled Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape (see references: 2.4MB map & University of Texas at Austin ). ...more on Wikipedia about "Karakorum (palace)"

Khami was a city in southern Africa, in what is now Zimbabwe. It is located 22 kilometers east of Bulawayo, capital of the province of Matabeleland North. Its ruins are now a national monument in Zimbabwe. Khami is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1986. ...more on Wikipedia about "Khami"

Kinabalu Park, otherwise known as Taman Negara Kinabalu in Malay, is a national park located in Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It covers an area of 754 square kilometers surrounding Mount Kinabalu (4095 meters), the highest mountain in southeast Asia. The park headquarters is 88 kilometers from Kota Kinabalu. It's an ASEAN and World Heritage site. ** ...more on Wikipedia about "Kinabalu Park"

Lamu town is the largest town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya, (coordinates ). Founded in the 14th century, it contains many fine examples of Swahili architecture. The old city is inscribed on the World Heritage List as "the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa". Lamu town is also the headquarters of Lamu District. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lamu"

*Fossil hominid sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai and environs. (The Cradle of Humankind.) ...more on Wikipedia about "List of World Heritage Sites in Africa"

(List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia) See also Jerusalem ...more on Wikipedia about "List of World Heritage Sites in Asia and Australasia"

These are 35 sites which the World Heritage committee has decided to include on a list of World Heritage sites in danger; this list also shows the year in which the World Heritage committee added the site to this list. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of World Heritage Sites in danger"

* Museum Island (Museumsinsel), Berlin ...more on Wikipedia about "List of World Heritage Sites in Europe"

This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in North America, South America, and the Caribbean. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas"

Luang Prabang, or Louangphrabang, is a city in Laos; it was formerly the capital of a kingdom of the same name. The city of Luang Prabang is located in north central Laos, on the Mekong River about 425 km north of Vientiane. It has a population of about 22,000 ...more on Wikipedia about "Luang Prabang"

The Matobo or Matopos Hills are an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe. The Hills were formed over 2000 million years ago with granite being forced to the surface, this has eroded to produce smooth "whaleback dwalas" and broken kopjes, strewn with boulders and interspersed with thickets of vegetation. Mzilikazi, founder of the Ndebele nation, gave the area its name, meaning 'Bald Heads'. ...more on Wikipedia about "Matobo National Park"

Mazar of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi is an unfinished mausoleum in the city of Türkistan (or Hazrat-e Turkestan), South Kazakhstan. In 2002, it became the first Kazakh patrimony to be recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasavi"

Meroë is the name of an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile ...more on Wikipedia about "Meroë"

Mestia is a small town in the western Georgian region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, 128 km northeast of the regional capital of Zugdidi. Historically and ethnographically belonging to Zemo, or Upper Svaneti province, it was formerly known as Seti. Mestia and adjoining 132 villages form Mestia Rayon. The rayon’s area is 3,044 sq. km; population – 14,248. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mestia"

Mosque City of Bagerhat is one of the three World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh. It is located in the Bagerhat District in south-west Bangladesh. It was declared by UNESCO as a World heritage site in 1983. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mosque city of Bagerhat"

Mostar (Cyrillic: Мостар) is a city of 105,448 ( 2003) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mostar" You've Got Questions. We've Got http://www.shortopedia.com.

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