Congratulations to the 26 new inscriptions on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List. The collection this year was agreed upon late last month at the group’s annual meeting. And, like always, the list includes a wide variety of locations. From the Silk Road to the birth of the Ottoman Empire and even a nod to a winery region in Italy, most any traveler can find something on the list which attracts them. Interestingly, the addition of Piedmont is at least the second wine region on the list; the other I’m aware of is the Lavaux Wine Terraces in Switzerland which I found to be a spectacular visit a couple years ago.
And, because I can, the new sites have also been added to the list at my World Heritage Site visit tracking tool. I cannot add any of these to my visit list yet, but I think there’s a decent chance some will be on it soon. I’m a bit disappointed that I was so close to the one in Gujarat last month and didn’t get over to visit, but that’s what a work trip will do, I suppose.
- Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat – India
Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex – Russian Federation- Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah – Saudi Arabia
Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves – Israel
The Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont- Langhe-Roero and Monferrato – Italy
Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary – Philippines
Great Himalayan National Park – India- Stevns Klint – Denmark
Decorated cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardeche – France- Okavango Delta – Botswana
Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point – United States of America
Erbil Citadel – Iraq
Trang An Landscape Complex – Viet Nam- Namhansanseong – Republic of Korea
Van Nellefabriek – Netherlands- Silk Roads- the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor – China ,Kazakhstan ,Kyrgyzstan
- The Grand Canal – China
- Pyu Ancient Cities – Myanmar
- Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey – Germany
Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites – Japan- Bursa and Cumalikizik- the Birth of the Ottoman Empire – Turkey
- Precolumbian chiefdom settlements with stone spheres of the Diquis – Costa Rica
- Shahr-I Sokhta – Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape – Turkey
- Qhapaq Nan, Andean Road System – Argentina , Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ,Chile ,Colombia ,Ecuador ,Peru
- Palestine- Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir – Palestine
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