530 GR - Delos (1990)

 Delos

According to Greek mythology, Apollo was born on this tiny island in the Cyclades archipelago. Apollo's sanctuary attracted pilgrims from all over Greece and Delos was a prosperous trading port. The island bears traces of the succeeding civilizations in the Aegean world, from the 3rd millennium B.C. to the palaeochristian era. The archaeological site is exceptionally extensive and rich and conveys the image of a great cosmopolitan Mediterranean port.

提洛岛

根据希腊神话，阿波罗就出生在基克拉迪群岛(Cyclades)的这个小岛上。阿波罗神殿吸引了来自希腊各地的朝拜者，而提洛岛在当时则是一个繁荣的贸易港口。岛上有爱琴海从公元前3000年到古基督教时代各阶段文明的遗迹。此处考古遗址格外辽阔、富饶，是一个巨大的地中海世界港口。

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The House of Hermes

526 DO - Colonial City of Santo Domingo (1990)

Colonial City of Santo Domingo

After Christopher Columbus's arrival on the island in 1492, Santo Domingo became the site of the first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university in the Americas. This colonial town, founded in 1498, was laid out on a grid pattern that became the model for almost all town planners in the New World.

圣多明各殖民城市

1492年克里斯托夫·哥伦布(Christopher Columbus)首次踏足这个岛屿后，圣多明各成为美洲第一个建立教堂、医院、海关和大学的地方。这座殖民地城镇建于1498年，呈网状布局，是后来几乎所有新大陆城镇规划者效仿的典范。

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494 MG - Andrefana Dry Forests (1990)

 This serial property in western Madagascar comprises karstic landscapes and limestone uplands cut into impressive 'tsingy' peaks and a 'forest' of limestone needles, the spectacular canyon of the Manambolo river, rolling hills and high peaks. Undisturbed forests, lakes and mangrove swamps are the habitat for rare and endangered lemurs and birds. The component parts of the property cover almost the full range of ecological and evolutionary variation within the western forests of Madagascar, including western dry forests and southwestern spiny forest-thicket. These sites contain a spectacular array of endemic and threatened biodiversity, including baobabs, flame trees (Delonix), as well as unique evolutionary lineages such as the Mesitornithiformes, an order of birds which is 54 million years old.

安德列发那干旱森林

安德列发那干旱森林是黥基·德·贝马拉哈自然保护区世界遗产的系列扩展，新增区域包括5个保护区。这些新的组成部分几乎代表了马达加斯加西部森林从北到南的全部生态类型和进化过程，包括西部干旱森林和西南部多刺森林-灌丛。新增区域对生物保护极为重要，因为这里生活着大量受威胁的特有物种，如猴面包树、凤凰木，以及一些当地特有物种，如有着5400万年历史的拟鹑目鸟类（Mesitornithiformes）。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/494

• 494bis-001 Réserve Spéciale d’Analamerana (2023)
• 494bis-002 Réserve Spéciale d’Ankarana  (2023)
• 494bis-003 Parc National d’Ankarafantsika (2023)
• 494bis-004 Parc National du Tsingy de Bemaraha (1990)
• 494bis-005 Parc National de Mikea (2023)
• 494bis-006 Parc National de Tsimanampesotse (2023)

494bis-004 Parc National du Tsingy de Bemaraha

537 GR - Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios (1990)

Although geographically distant from each other, these three monasteries (the first is in Attica, near Athens, the second in Phocida near Delphi, and the third on an island in the Aegean Sea, near Asia Minor) belong to the same typological series and share the same aesthetic characteristics. The churches are built on a cross-in-square plan with a large dome supported by squinches defining an octagonal space. In the 11th and 12th centuries they were decorated with superb marble works as well as mosaics on a gold background, all characteristic of the 'second golden age of Byzantine art'.

达夫尼修道院、俄西俄斯罗卡斯修道院和希俄斯新修道院

这三个修道院虽然从地理位置上相隔一定的距离（第一个在阿提卡，靠近雅典；第二个在福基斯州，靠近德尔菲；第三个在爱琴海的一个岛上，靠近小亚细亚），但属于相同类型，有着相同的美学特征。教堂建在广场中间，呈十字形，巨大的穹窿屋顶由突角拱支撑，形成一个八角结构。在11和12世纪，这些教堂的金色背景上装饰着华丽的大理石或马赛克，代表着“拜占庭艺术的第二个黄金时代”。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/537

• 537-001 Monastery of Hosios Loukas in Phocida near Delphi
• 537-002 Monastery of Daphni, in Attica, near Athens
• 537-003 Monastery of Nea Moni of Chios, on an island in the Aegean Sea, near Asia Minor

537-001 Monastery of Hosios Loukas in Phocida near Delphi

527 UA - Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (1990)

Brief Description

"Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kiev's Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the 'new Constantinople', capital of the Christian principality of Kiev, which was created in the 11th century in a region evangelized after the baptism of St Vladimir in 988. The spiritual and intellectual influence of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra contributed to the spread of Orthodox thought and the Orthodox faith in the Russian world from the 17th to the 19th century."

基辅：圣•索菲娅教堂和佩乔尔斯克修道院
"基辅的圣·索菲娅教堂的设计可与 君士坦丁堡的圣·索菲娅教堂媲美，象征着“新君士坦丁堡”，它建于11世纪，是基辅基督公国的首都。这一地区于988年经圣·法拉蒂米尔洗礼后基督化。基 辅-拉夫拉在精神和文化上的影响对东正教思想在俄罗斯17世纪至19世纪的传播做出了贡献。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/527

527-001 Saint-Sophia Cathedral
527-002 Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
527-003 Church of the Saviour at Berestovo

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527-001 Saint Sophia Cathedral

 527-001 Saint Sophia Cathedral

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527-001 Saint Sophia Cathedral

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527-001 St. Sophia Cathedral - Bell Tower

527-002 Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

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527-002 Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

527-002 Restored Dormition Church

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527-002 Restored Dormition Church

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527-002 Great Lavra Bell Tower (18th century)

527-003 Church of the Saviour at Berestovo

548 PE - Río Abiseo National Park (1990)

Brief Description

"The park was created in 1983 to protect the fauna and flora of the rainforests that are characteristic of this region of the Andes. There is a high level of endemism among the fauna and flora found in the park. The yellow-tailed woolly monkey, previously thought extinct, is found only in this area. Research undertaken since 1985 has already uncovered 36 previously unknown archaeological sites at altitudes of between 2,500 and 4,000 m, which give a good picture of pre-Inca society."

里奥阿比塞奥国家公园

"里奥阿比塞奥国家公园建于1983年，目的是为了保护安第斯山脉潮湿森林里特有的动物和植物。该公园里的动植物具有很强的 当地特色，这里还发现过以前被认为已经绝种的黄尾毛猴。自1985年以来进行的研究，已经发现了36个前所未知的考古地点，均位于2500米至4000米 之间的高度，这非常有利于对印加帝国以前当地社会的了解。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/548

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547 CN - Mount Huangshan (1990)

Brief Description

"Huangshan, known as 'the loveliest mountain of China', was acclaimed through art and literature during a good part of Chinese history (e.g. the Shanshui 'mountain and water' style of the mid-16th century). Today it holds the same fascination for visitors, poets, painters and photographers who come on pilgrimage to the site, which is renowned for its magnificent scenery made up of many granite peaks and rocks emerging out of a sea of clouds."

黄山
"黄山被誉为“震旦国中第一奇山”。在中国历史上的鼎盛时期，通过文学和艺术的形式（例如16世纪中叶的“山”、“水”风 格）受到广泛的赞誉。今天，黄山以其壮丽的景色——生长在花岗岩石上的奇松和浮现在云海中的怪石而著称，对于从四面八方来到这个风景胜地的游客、诗人、画 家和摄影家而言，黄山具有永恒的魅力。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/547

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421 NZ - Tongariro National Park (1990)

Brief Description

"In 1993 Tongariro became the first property to be inscribed on the World Heritage List under the revised criteria describing cultural landscapes. The mountains at the heart of the park have cultural and religious significance for the Maori people and symbolize the spiritual links between this community and its environment. The park has active and extinct volcanoes, a diverse range of ecosystems and some spectacular landscapes."

汤加里罗国家公园

"1993 年，汤加里罗成为第一处根据修改后的文化景观标准被列入《世界遗产名录》的遗址。地处公园中心的群山对毛利人具有文化和宗教意义，象征着毛利人社会与外界环境的精神联系。公园里有活火山、 死活山和不同层次的生态系统以及非常美丽的风景。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/421

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Mt. Ngauruhoe

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Mt. Ruapehu

551 NZ - Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand (1990)

Brief Description

"The landscape in this park, situated in south-west New Zealand, has been shaped by successive glaciations into fjords, rocky coasts, towering cliffs, lakes and waterfalls. Two-thirds of the park is covered with southern beech and podocarps, some of which are over 800 years old. The kea, the only alpine parrot in the world, lives in the park, as does the rare and endangered takahe, a large flightless bird."

蒂瓦希普纳穆-新西兰西南部地区
"这个公园位于新西兰西南部，其景观在冰川的持续作用下形成，有海滩、石头海岸、悬崖、湖泊和瀑布。公园的三分之二被南部的 山毛榉树和罗汉松覆盖，其中一些树的树龄已超过800年。公园里的大鹦鹉是世界上仅有的高山鹦鹉，这里还有一种巨大的不会飞的南秧鸟，也属于稀有的濒危品 种。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/551
 
* Aoraki/Mt Cook national park
* Fiordland national park
* Mt Aspiring national park
* Westland national park

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Aoraki/Mt Cook national park

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Key Summit in Fiordland National Park

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Franz Josef Glacier in Westland National Park

543 UZ - Itchan Kala (1990)

Brief Description

"Itchan Kala is the inner town (protected by brick walls some 10 m high) of the old Khiva oasis, which was the last resting-place of caravans before crossing the desert to Iran. Although few very old monuments still remain, it is a coherent and well-preserved example of the Muslim architecture of Central Asia. There are several outstanding structures such as the Djuma Mosque, the mausoleums and the madrasas and the two magnificent palaces built at the beginning of the 19th century by Alla-Kulli-Khan."
伊钦•卡拉内城

"伊钦·卡拉城是一座古老的希瓦绿洲的内城，由10米高的砖墙保护着，它是通往伊朗的沙漠中商队的最后一个驿站。尽管只有很 少的一些古老纪念性建筑保存在那里，但它依然是中亚保存完好的穆斯林建筑群中的典范，其中著名的建筑如德尤马清真寺、陵墓以及19世纪初由阿拉－库里可汗 修建的两座辉煌的宫殿。"
Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/543

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545 RU - Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (1990)

Brief Description

"Inextricably linked to all the most important historical and political events in Russia since the 13th century, the Kremlin (built between the 14th and 17th centuries by outstanding Russian and foreign architects) was the residence of the Great Prince and also a religious centre. At the foot of its ramparts, on Red Square, St Basil's Basilica is one of the most beautiful Russian Orthodox monuments."

莫斯科克里姆林宫和红场
"由俄罗斯和外国建筑家于14世纪至17世纪共同修建的克里姆林宫，作为沙皇的住宅和宗教中心，与13世纪以来俄罗斯所有最重要的历史事件和政治事件密不可分。在红场上防御城墙的脚下坐落的圣瓦西里教堂是俄罗斯传统艺术最漂亮的代表作之一。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/545

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Red Square

Kremlin

Saint Basil's Cathedral

Lenin's Mausoleum