1517 GR - Archaeological Site of Philippi (2016)

 Archaeological Site of Philippi

The remains of this walled city lie at the foot of an acropolis in north-eastern Greece, on the ancient route linking Europe and Asia, the Via Egnatia. Founded in 356 BC by the Macedonian King Philip II, the city developed as a “small Rome” with the establishment of the Roman Empire in the decades following the Battle of Philippi, in 42 BCE. The vibrant Hellenistic city of Philip II, of which the walls and their gates, the theatre and the funerary heroon (temple) are to be seen, was supplemented with Roman public buildings such as the Forum and a monumental terrace with temples to its north. Later the city became a centre of the Christian faith following the visit of the Apostle Paul in 49-50 CE. The remains of its basilicas constitute an exceptional testimony to the early establishment of Christianity.  

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1517

1510 MX - Archipiélago de Revillagigedo (2016)

Located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, this archipelago is made up of four remote islands and their surrounding waters: San Benedicto, Socorro, Roca Partida and Clarión. This archipelago is part of a submerged mountain range, with the four islands representing the peaks of volcanoes emerging above sea level. The islands provide critical habitat for a range of wildlife and are of particular importance for seabirds. The surrounding waters have a remarkable abundance of large pelagic species, such as manta rays, whales, dolphins and sharks. 

Revillagigedo群岛

这片群岛位于太平洋东部，由四座岛屿及其周边水域组成：圣贝内迪克托、索科罗、罗卡帕蒂达和克拉里翁岛。群岛是海底山脉的组成部分，露出水面的海底火山顶就是岛屿。群岛为海鸟等许多野生物种提供了重要的栖息地。岛屿周边水域中生活着巨型鬼蝠鲼、鲸鱼、海豚和鲨鱼等丰富多样的大型浅水物种。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1510

• 1510-001 Isla Socorro
• 1510-002 Isla Clarion
• 1510-003 Isla San Benedicto
• 1510-004 Isla Roca Partida

1510-003 Isla San Benedicto

1490 UZ - Western Tien-Shan (2016)

 Western Tien-Shan

The transnational property is located in the Tien-Shan mountain system, one of the largest mountain ranges in the world. Western Tien-Shan ranges in altitude from 700 to 4,503 m. It features diverse landscapes, which are home to exceptionally rich biodiversity. It is of global importance as a centre of origin for a number of cultivated fruit crops and is home to a great diversity of forest types and unique plant community associations. 

西部天山

这处跨国境遗产地位于世界上最大的山脉之一，天山山脉。西部天山位于海拔700米至4503米地带，地貌多样，生物种群极其丰富。这里不仅以多种水果作物的发源地而拥有世界性的重要地位，而且还拥有多样的森林类型和独特的植物群落体系。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1490

Kazakhstan

• 1490-001 Karatau State Nature Reserve (Kazakhstan)
• 1490-002 Aksu-Jabagly State Nature Reserve – main part
• 1490-003 Aksu-Jabagly State Nature Reserve – Karabastau paleontological area
• 1490-004 Aksu-Jabagly State Nature Reserve – Aulie paleontological area
• 1490-005 Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park – Boraldaitau area
• 1490-006 Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park – Irsu-Daubabin area
• 1490-007 Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park – Sairam-Ugam area

Kyrgyzstan

• 1490-008 Sary-Chelek State Biosphere Nature Reserve
• 1490-009 Besh-Aral State Nature Reserve – main part
• 1490-010 Besh-Aral State Nature Reserve - Shandalash area
• 1490-011 Padysha-Ata State Nature Reserve

Uzbekistan

• 1490-012 The Chatkal State Biosphere Nature Reserve – Maidantal area
• 1490-013 The Chatkal State Biosphere Nature Reserve – Bashkizilsay area

1490-012 The Chatkal State Biosphere Nature Reserve – Maidantal area

1499 AG - Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites (2016)

Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites

The site consists of a group of Georgian-style naval buildings and structures, set within a walled enclosure. The natural environment of this side of the island of Antigua, with its deep, narrow bays surrounded by highlands, offered shelter from hurricanes and was ideal for repairing ships. The construction of the Dockyard by the British navy would not have been possible without the labour of generations of enslaved Africans since the end of the 18th century. Its aim was to protect the interests of sugar cane planters at a time when European powers were competing for control of the Eastern Caribbean.

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1499

1504 HR/ME - Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards (2016)

This serial property combines 28 sites, located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, western Serbia, western Montenegro and central and southern Croatia, representing these cemeteries and regionally distinctive medieval tombstones, or stećci. The cemeteries, which date from the 12th to 16th centuries CE, are laid out in rows, as was the common custom in Europe from the Middle Ages. The stećci are mostly carved from limestone. They feature a wide range of decorative motifs and inscriptions that represent iconographic continuities within medieval Europe as well as locally distinctive traditions.

• 1504-001 Radimlja, Stolac Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-002 Grčka glavica in the village of Biskup, Konjic Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-003 Kalufi in Krekovi, Nevesinje Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-004 Borak in the village of Burati, Rogatica Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-005 Maculje, Novi Travnik Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-006 Dugo polje at Blidinje, Jablanica Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-007 Gvozno, Kalinovik Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-008 Grebnice, Radmilovića Dubrava, Baljci, Bileća Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-009 Bijača, Ljubuški Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-010 Olovci, Kladanj Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-011 Mramor in Musići, Olovo Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-012 Kučarin in Hrančići, Goražde Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-013 Boljuni, Stolac Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-014 Dolovi in the village of Umoljani, Trnovo Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-015 Luburića polje, Sokolac Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-016 Potkuk in Bitunja, Berkovići Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-017 Bečani, Šekovići Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-018 Mramor in Vrbica, Foča Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-019 Čengića Bara, Kalinovik Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-020 Ravanjska vrata, Kupres Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1504-021 Velika and Mala Crljivica, Cista Velika Croatia
• 1504-022 St. Barbara, Dubravka, Konavle Croatia
• 1504-023 Grčko groblje, Žabljak Montenegro
• 1504-024 Bare Žugića, Žabljak Montenegro
• 1504-025 Grčko groblje, Plužine Montenegro
• 1504-026 Mramorje, Perućac, Bajina Bašta Serbia
• 1504-027 Mramorje, Rastište, Bajina Bašta Serbia
• 1504-028 Grčko groblje, Hrta, Prijepolje Serbia

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1504

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1504-021 Velika and Mala Crljivica, Cista Velika Croatia

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1504-022 St. Barbara, Dubravka, Konavle Croatia

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1504-023 Grčko groblje, Žabljak Montenegro

1505 IR - Lut Desert (2016)

 Lut Desert

The Lut Desert, or Dasht-e-Lut, is located in the south-east of the country. Between June and October, this arid subtropical area is swept by strong winds, which transport sediment and cause aeolian erosion on a colossal scale. Consequently, the site presents some of the most spectacular examples of aeolian yardang landforms (massive corrugated ridges). It also contains extensive stony deserts and dune fields. The property represents an exceptional example of ongoing geological processes. 

卢特沙漠

又名Dasht-e-Lut，位于伊朗东南部。在六月至十月间，这一亚热带潮湿地区经常有大风，使沉积物输送堆积，造就了大范围的风蚀景观，呈现出极为壮观的风蚀雅丹地貌（大规模起伏的垄脊），还有广袤的石漠和沙丘。这处遗产地代表了一种典型地质过程。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1505

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1497 CA - Mistaken Point (2016)

 This fossil site is located at the south-eastern tip of the island of Newfoundland, in eastern Canada. It consists of a narrow, 17 km-long strip of rugged coastal cliffs. Of deep marine origin, these cliffs date to the Ediacaran Period (580-560 million years ago), representing the oldest known assemblages of large fossils anywhere. These fossils illustrate a watershed in the history of life on earth: the appearance of large, biologically complex organisms, after almost three billion years of micro-dominated evolution.  

迷斯塔肯角

这处化石遗址位于加拿大东部纽芬兰岛的东南尽头，是一处长达17公里的狭长地带，有崎岖的沿海峭壁地貌。这片世界上已知最古老的大型化石群可追溯至震旦纪（5亿6千万-5亿8千万年前），勾画出地球生命演化史中一个极端重要的转折：微生物主导进化30亿年后，更大、更复杂的生命体开始出现。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1497

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1518 TR - Archaeological Site of Ani (2016)

This site is located on a secluded plateau of northeast Turkey overlooking a ravine that forms a natural border with Armenia. This medieval city combines residential, religious and military structures, characteristic of a medieval urbanism built up over the centuries by Christian and then Muslim dynasties. The city flourished in the 10th and 11th centuries CE when it became the capital of the medieval Armenian kingdom of the Bagratides and profited from control of one branch of the Silk Road. Later, under Byzantine, Seljuk and Georgian sovereignty, it maintained its status as an important crossroads for merchant caravans. The Mongol invasion and a devastating earthquake in 1319 marked the beginning of the city’s decline. The site presents a comprehensive overview of the evolution of medieval architecture through examples of almost all the different architectural innovations of the region between the 7th and 13th centuries CE.

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1518

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Cathedral of Ani

The church of the Holy Redeemer

Manuchihr Mosque

Chapel in the Monastery of the Hripsimian Virgins

The Church of Saint Gregory of Tigran Honents

Church of St. Gregory of the Abughamrents

Bazaar

background is the city wall

1321 BE/CH/DE/FR/IN/JP - The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2016)

Brief Description

"Chosen from the work of Le Corbusier, the 17 sites comprising this transnational serial property are spread over seven countries and are a testimonial to the invention of a new architectural language that made a break with the past. They were built over a period of a half-century, in the course of what Le Corbusier described as “patient research”. The Complexe du Capitole in Chandigarh (India), the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (Japan), the House of Dr Curutchet in La Plata (Argentina) and the Unité d’habitation in Marseille (France) reflect the solutions that the Modern Movement sought to apply during the 20th century to the challenges of inventing new architectural techniques to respond to the needs of society. These masterpieces of creative genius also attest to the internationalization of architectural practice across the planet."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1321

1321-001     Maisons La Roche et Jeanneret     France
1321-002     Petite villa au bord du lac Léman     Switzerland
1321-003     Cité Frugès     France
1321-004     Maison Guiete     Belgium
1321-005     Maisons de la Weissenhof-Siedlung     Germany
1321-006     Villa Savoye et loge du jardiner     France
1321-007     Immeuble Clarté     Switzerland
1321-008     Immeuble locatif à la Porte Molitor     France
1321-009     Unité d’habitation Marseille     France
1321-010     La Manufacture à Saint- Dié     France
1321-011     Maison du docteur Curutchet     Argentina
1321-012     Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp     France
1321-013     Cabanon de Le Corbusier     France
1321-014     Complexe du Capitole     India
1321-015     Couvent Sainte-Marie-de-la-Tourette     France
1321-016     Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident     Japan
1321-017     Maison de la Culture de Firminy     France  

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 1321-002     Petite villa au bord du lac Léman     Switzerland

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1321-003     Cité Frugès，France

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1321-004 Maison Guiete Belgium

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1321-005     Maisons de la Weissenhof-Siedlung     Germany

1321-009     Unité d’habitation Marseille     France

1321-012     Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut de Ronchamp     France

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  1321-014     Complexe du Capitole     India

 1321-016 National Museum of Western Art

 

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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1513 IN - Khangchendzonga National Park (2016)

Khangchendzonga National Park
"Located at the heart of the Himalayan range in northern India (State of Sikkim), the Khangchendzonga National Park includes a unique diversity of plains, valleys, lakes, glaciers and spectacular, snow-capped mountains covered with ancient forests, including the world’s third highest peak, Mount Khangchendzonga. Mythological stories are associated with this mountain and with a great number of natural elements (caves, rivers, lakes, etc.) that are the object of worship by the indigenous people of Sikkim. The sacred meanings of these stories and practices have been integrated with Buddhist beliefs and constitute the basis for Sikkimese identity."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1513

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1502 IN - Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar (2016)

Description

"The Nalanda Mahavihara site is in the State of Bihar, in north-eastern India. It comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic institution dating from the 3rd century BCE to the 13th century CE. It includes stupas, shrines, viharas (residential and educational buildings) and important art works in stucco, stone and metal. Nalanda stands out as the most ancient university of the Indian Subcontinent. It engaged in the organized transmission of knowledge over an uninterrupted period of 800 years. The historical development of the site testifies to the development of Buddhism into a religion and the flourishing of monastic and educational traditions."

那烂陀寺考古遗址（那烂陀大学），比哈尔邦那烂陀
“那烂陀寺遗址位于印度东北部的巴哈尔邦。遗址由公元前3世纪至公元13世纪存在于此的寺庙和佛学院遗留下的古迹组成，包括窣堵坡（坟冢），舍利塔，寺庙（僧房学舍），以及重要的墙画、石刻、金属器物等艺术作品。那烂陀作为印度次大陆上最古老的大学而引人注目，其作为有序的知识传递场所存续长达800年，发展的历史见证了佛学宗教化的过程，以及寺院和教育传统的繁荣。”

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1502

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1501 ES - Antequera Dolmens Site (2016)

Description
"Located at the heart of Andalusia in southern Spain, the site comprises three megalithic monuments: the Menga and Viera dolmens and the Tholos of El Romeral, and two natural monuments: La Peña de los Enamorados and El Torcal mountainous formations, which are landmarks within the property. Built during the Neolithic and Bronze Age out of large stone blocks, these monuments form chambers with lintelled roofs or false cupolas. These three tombs, buried beneath their original earth tumuli, are one of the most remarkable architectural works of European prehistory and one of the most important examples of European Megalithism."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1501

the Menga dolmen
the Viera dolmen
the Tholos of El Romeral
La Peña de los Enamorados 
El Torcal mountainous

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El Torcal mountainous

1508 CN - Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (2016)

Description

"Located on the steep cliffs in the border regions of southwest China, these 38 sites of rock art illustrate the life and rituals of the Luoyue people. They date from the period around the 5th century BCE to the 2nd century CE. In a surrounding landscape of karst, rivers and plateaux, they depict ceremonies that have been interpreted as portraying the bronze drum culture once prevalent across southern China. This cultural landscape is the only remains of this culture today."
  
Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1508

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