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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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CultureConnect (Popularity: )
http://www.cultureconnect.com/
Collection of travelogues by multiple authors organized by countries, continents, and around the world journeys. Accepts submissions.
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Recreation - Travel - Travelogues
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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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Heritage Inn - Sea World San Diego Hotel (Popularity: )
http://www.heritagehotelgroup.com/san_diego_hotel/heritage_inn_san_diego_seaworld_hotel.htm
Our Heritage Inn/Sea World San Diego Hotel is the ideal place to stay and enjoy one of the nation's best vacation spots. We are one of the closest Sea World hotels and offer some of the most affordable rates and best vacation deals in San Diego California ...
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Recreation - Travel
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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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World Heritage (Popularity: )
http://whc.unesco.org/
International program for the protection of cultural and natural heritage.
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Society - Government - Multilateral - United Nations
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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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Bath Preservation Trust (Popularity: )
http://www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk/
Aims to preserve the unique architectural heritage of a World Heritage City. Maps and directions, news, museums run by the Trust.
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Arts - Architecture - Preservation - Organizations
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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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Castles of Britain (Popularity: )
http://www.castles-of-britain.com/
US-based Castles Unlimited offers a commercial research service. Lists of castles; photo gallery; ground plans and bird's-eye views of a few castles; general background articles; glossary.
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Arts - Architecture - History - Building Types
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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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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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