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World Heritage Site (Popularity:  )
http://www.worldheritagesite.org
Personal travel guide to the entries on Unesco's World Heritage List. Links, photos and reviews.
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Recreation - Travel - Travelogues
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Blenheim Palace (Popularity: )
http://www.blenheimpalace.com/
This baroque masterpiece - a World Heritage site - was built (1705-22) for the 1st Duke of Marlborough to designs by John Vanbrugh. The official site supplies an illustrated history and visitor information.
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Arts - Architecture - History - Architects
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Blenheim Palace (Popularity: )
http://www.blenheimpalace.com/
This baroque masterpiece - a World Heritage site - was built (1705-22) for the 1st Duke of Marlborough to designs by John Vanbrugh. The official site supplies an illustrated history and visitor information.
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Arts - Architecture - History - Building Types
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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (Popularity: )
http://www.head-smashed-in.com/
A UNESCO World Heritage Site at Alberta, Canada. The interpretive center documents the buffalo hunting culture of aboriginal peoples of the plains over a 5,500 year time-span.
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Science - Social Sciences - Archaeology - Regional
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The Ironbridge Gorge Museums (Popularity: )
http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/
Located in Shropshire, the site of the birth of the Industrial Revolution, Ironbridge Gorge has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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Reference - Museums - History - Europe
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Ironbridge Gorge Museums (Popularity: )
http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/
The Shropshire site of the birth of the Industrial Revolution has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Visitor information and a virtual tour.
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Reference - Museums - History - Living History and Open Air
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Cornish Mining World Heritage Site Bid (Popularity: )
http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/
Information on the bid supported by extensive resources covering history, technology, communities, sites, geology and wildlife.
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Science - Technology - Mining - History
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World Heritage (Popularity: )
http://whc.unesco.org/
Elegant site from UNESCO explaining the choice of certain buildings and sites as World Heritage. List with pictures and information available on each. French and English language options.
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Arts - Architecture - Preservation - Organizations
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World Heritage (Popularity: )
http://whc.unesco.org/
Elegant site from UNESCO explaining the choice of certain buildings and sites as World Heritage. List with pictures and information available on each.
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Science - Social Sciences - Archaeology - Sites and Monuments
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Canterbury Cathedral (Popularity: )
http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org
The official site provides photographs, history and an interactive tour.
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Arts - Architecture - History - Building Types
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Fountains Abbey (Popularity: )
http://www.fountainsabbey.org.uk/
Britain's largest monastic ruin and most complete Cistercian abbey is a World Heritage site. Photographs, outline history and visitor information from the National Trust.
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Arts - Architecture - History - Building Types
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International Nemrud Foundation (Popularity: )
http://www.nemrud.nl/
Provides an overview and a virtual tour of the Nemrud, the throne of the gods, in the Taurus Range in Turkey. Includes photos, a history, inscriptions, and literature about this World Heritage Monument. [English, Turkish, German, and Dutch]
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Science - Social Sciences - Archaeology - Regional
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Canterbury Cathedral (Popularity: )
http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/
The official site includes photographs, history an interactive tour and visitor information. Also information on worship and The International Study Centre.
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Society - Religion and Spirituality - Christianity - Denominations
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Dutch Heritage Site (Popularity: )
http://www.godutch.com
Home page of the Dutch Heritage Site, the Windmill Herald, and Vanderheide Publishing.
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Society - Ethnicity - Dutch - Dutch Canadian
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Scurria, Amy (Popularity: )
http://www.amyscurria.com
(1973- ) Includes biography, list of works, and sound samples.
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Arts - Music - Composition - Composers
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Virtual Tour Himeji Castle (Popularity: )
http://www.himeji-castle.gr.jp/
History, map, tour and gallery of photographs of this magnificent timber castle on a stone base, built in 1601 by Terumasa Ikeda - a World Heritage site. By Hakurotowa No Kai.
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Arts - Architecture - History - Building Types
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Archabbey of Pannonhalma, Hungary (Popularity: )
http://www.osb.hu/
Benedictine monks settled here in 996 and went on to convert the Hungarians. Official history, description and photo album of this World Heritage Site, still in monastic use.
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Arts - Architecture - History - Building Types
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The Stonehenge Project (Popularity: )
http://www.thestonehengeproject.org
National bodies explain the project designed to improve the setting and interpretation of this World Heritage Site. Includes reconstructions of the development of the monument from 3050-1600 BC.
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Science - Social Sciences - Archaeology - Topics
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Jurassic Coast Tours (Popularity: )
http://www.fossilwalks.com/
Guided field trips in Lyme Regis and other parts of southwest UK, with a professional geologist.
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Science - Earth Sciences - Paleontology - Regional
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Paradise Cruise Halong Bay (Popularity: )
http://www.paradisecruisehalongbay.com
Visiting the most famous Vietnamese World Heritage Site with Paradise Cruise Halong Bay is bound to be one of the highlights of your travel itinerary in Vietnam, thanks to the high-quality of our facilities and accommodation and the excellence of ourcustomer ...
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Recreation - Travel
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