Difference between revisions of "UNESCO World Heritage Site"
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| + | == External Links and References == | ||
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| + | *[http://whc.unesco.org/ UNESCO World Heritage Centre Official Page] | ||
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| + | *[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list UNESCO World Heritage List] | ||
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| + | *[http://whc.unesco.org/en/conventiontext UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:19, 8 April 2014
Refers to any physical entity from a desert, city, mountain, complex, forest, monument, building or lake that is of cultural or historical significance. The most famous Heritage sites are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, which includes 962 sites that are considered to be of outstanding universal natural and cultural value to humanity. UNESCO provides protection for World Heritage sites under the “Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage”.
