1493 BR - Pampulha Modern Ensemble (2016)

Pampulha Modern Ensemble

"The Pampulha Modern Ensemble was the centre of a visionary garden city project created in 1940 at Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais State. Designed around an artificial lake, this cultural and leisure centre included a casino, a ballroom, the Golf Yacht Club and the São Francisco de Assis church. The buildings were designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, in collaboration with innovative artists. The Ensemble comprises bold forms that exploit the plastic potential of concrete, while fusing architecture, landscape design, sculpture and painting into a harmonious whole. It reflects the influence of local traditions, the Brazilian climate and natural surroundings on the principles of modern architecture."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1493

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1484 JP - Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (2015)

Description

"The site encompasses a series of twenty three component parts, mainly located in the southwest of Japan. It bears testimony to the rapid industrialization of the country from the middle of the 19^th century to the early 20^th century, through the development of the iron and steel industry, shipbuilding and coal mining. The site illustrates the process by which feudal Japan sought technology transfer from Europe and America from the middle of the 19^th century and how this technology was adapted to the country’s needs and social traditions. The site testifies to what is considered to be the first successful transfer of Western industrialization to a non-Western nation."

明治工业革命遗迹：钢铁、造船和煤矿
"这片遗址包括十一处地产，主要位于日本西南部。这片建筑群见证了日本十九世纪中期至二十世纪早期以钢铁、造船和煤矿为代表的快速的工业发展过程。这处遗址展示了十九世纪中期封建主义的日本从欧美引进技术，并将这些技术融入本国需要和社会传统中的过程。这个过程被认为是非西方国家第一次成功引进西方工业化的示例。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1484 

Hagi Proto-industrial Heritage
1484-001 Hagi Reverbatory Furnace (萩反射炉 Hagi hansharo)
1484-002 Ebisugahana shipyard (恵美須ヶ鼻造船所跡 Ebisugahana zōsensho ato)
1484-003 Ohitayama Tatara Iron Works (大板山たたら製鉄遺跡 Ōitayama tatara seitetsui ato)
1484-004 Hagi castle town (萩城下町 Hagi jōkamachi)
1484-005 Shōkasonjuku Academy (松下村塾 Shōkason juku)
Shuseikan
1484-006 Former Shūseikan (旧集成館 kyū Shūseikan)

• 旧集成館反射炉跡 
• 旧集成館機械工場 
• 旧鹿児島紡績所技師館

1484-007 Terayama Charcoal Kiln (寺山炭窯跡)
1484-008 Shuseikan / Sekiyoshi Sluice gate of Yoshino leat (関吉の疎水溝)
Nirayama
1484-009 Niirayama reverberatory furnace (韮山反射炉 Niirayama hansharo)
Kamaishi
1484-010 Hashino iron mining and smelting site (橋野鉄鉱山および関連施設 Hashino tetsu kōzan oyobi kanren shisetsu
Mietsu
1484-011 Mietsu naval facility site (三重津海軍所跡 Mietsu kaigunsho ato)
Nagasaki Shipyard
1484-012 Kosuge Slip Dock (小菅修船場跡 Kosuge shūsenba ato)
1484-013 Mitsubishi No.3 Dry Dock (長崎造船所関連施設 Nagasaki zōsenjo kanren shisetsu)
1484-014 Mitsubishi Senshokaku Guest House (占勝閣)
1484-015 Mitsubishi Giant Cantilever Crane (ジャイアント・カンチレバークレーン)
1484-016 Mitsubishi Former Pattern Shop (旧木型場)
Takashima Coal Mine
1484-017 Takashima Coal Mine (高島炭坑) including 北渓井坑跡 Hokkei seikō ato
1484-018 Hashima coal mine (端島炭坑 Hashima tankō)
1484-019 Former Glover House (旧グラバー住宅 kyū Gulabā jūtaku)
Miike Coal Mine and Miike Port 
1484-020 Miike port and coal mine industrial railway (三池港・三池炭鉱専用鉄道 Miikekō ・Miike tankō senyō tetsudō)
1484-021 Misumi West Port (三角西港 Misumi nishikō)
Kitakyūshū
1484-022 The State-owned Yawata Steel Works (旧官営八幡製鐵所関連施設 kyū kanei Yahata seitetsusho kanren shisetsu)
1484-023 Onga River pumping station (遠賀川ポンプ場 Ongagawa ponpujyō)

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1484-009 Niirayama reverberatory furnace (韮山反射炉 Niirayama hansharo)

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1484-012 Kosuge Slip Dock (小菅修船場跡 Kosuge shūsenba ato)

1484-015 Mitsubishi Giant Cantilever Crane (ジャイアント・カンチレバークレーン)

1484-017 Takashima Coal Mine (高島炭坑) including 北渓井坑跡 Hokkei seikō ato

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1484-018 Hashima coal mine (端島炭坑 Hashima tankō)

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1484-019 Former Glover House (旧グラバー住宅 kyū Gulabā jūtaku)

 

922 IN - Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat (2014)

Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat

"Rani-ki-Vav, on the banks of the Saraswati River, was initially built as a memorial to a king in the 11th century AD. Stepwells are a distinctive form of subterranean water resource and storage systems on the Indian subcontinent, and have been constructed since the 3rd millennium BC. They evolved over time from what was basically a pit in sandy soil towards elaborate multi-storey works of art and architecture. Rani-ki-Vav was built at the height of craftsmens’ ability in stepwell construction and the Maru-Gurjara architectural style, reflecting mastery of this complex technique and great beauty of detail and proportions. Designed as an inverted temple highlighting the sanctity of water, it is divided into seven levels of stairs with sculptural panels of high artistic quality; more than 500 principle sculptures and over a thousand minor ones combine religious, mythological and secular imagery, often referencing literary works. The fourth level is the deepest and leads into a rectangular tank 9.5 m by 9.4 m, at a depth of 23 m. The well is located at the westernmost end of the property and consists of a shaft 10 m in diameter and 30 m deep."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/922

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