Blog - Photations

Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca

Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca is a UNESCO World Heritage site that includes the historic areas of two cities, Melaka and George Town. These cities show 500 years of cultural and trade interactions between East and West. This World Heritage site shows how maritime cities in the region developed over time and how different ethnic and cultural groups helped shape these cities.

April 12, 2026 No Comments

Madara Rider

The Madara Rider, also called the Madara Horseman (Bulgarian: Мадарски конник, Madarski konnik), is a large early medieval carved rock sculpture located on the Madara Plateau, east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara. The monument was created during the late 7th or early 8th century, during the rule of Bulgar Khan Tervel. In 1979, the site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

April 12, 2026 No Comments

Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture

The Pico Island Vineyard Culture landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on Pico Island, part of the Azores archipelago in Portugal. This area is famous for its arrangement of basalt stone walls and vines grown in rectangular areas called currais. Wine has been made in this region since the late 1400s, and traditional methods are still used today.

April 12, 2026 No Comments

Kuk Swamp

Kuk Swamp is an archaeological site located in Papua New Guinea, within the Wahgi Valley of the highlands. It is situated at an altitude of about 1,550 meters, approximately 12–13 kilometers northeast of Mount Hagen, the capital of Western Highlands Province. The swamp formed in an area that was once a lake, as it was filled with deposits of soil and rock carried by water.

April 12, 2026 No Comments

Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi

Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land is a collection of five sites from the late 11th and 12th centuries in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. These sites were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2011, based on criteria ii and vi.

April 12, 2026 No Comments

Gondwana Rainforests

The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, previously called the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves, are a World Heritage Site. They include 41 rainforest reserves covering about 370,000 hectares (910,000 acres) in north-east New South Wales and south-east Queensland. The site was added to the World Heritage List in 1986 and expanded in 1994.

April 12, 2026 No Comments

Saloum Delta National Park

Saloum Delta National Park, or Parc National du Delta du Saloum in Senegal, is a national park covering 760 square kilometers (190,000 acres). It was created in 1976 and is located in the Saloum Delta, where the Saloum River meets the North Atlantic Ocean. The park is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a Ramsar Convention site.

April 12, 2026 No Comments

Coro and its Port

The city of Coro and its port, La Vela de Coro, were founded in 1527. They are located in the northwestern part of Falcón state, Venezuela, near the Caribbean Sea. In 1993, Coro and its port were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.

April 12, 2026 No Comments

Bohai Sea saline meadow

The Bohai Sea salt marsh area (WWF ID: PA0902) includes the deltas of the Yellow River and the Luan River where the rivers flow into the Bohai Sea in China. The salt marshes and muddy areas that are wet during high tide and dry during low tide are important places for birds traveling along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. This area is facing a lot of stress from human activities.

April 12, 2026 No Comments

Bohai Sea

The Bohai Sea (Chinese: 渤海; pinyin: Bó Hǎi; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄅㄛˊ ㄏㄞˇ; meaning “Bo Sea”) is a gulf or inland sea with an area of about 77,000 km² (30,000 sq mi) on the east coast of Mainland China. It is the northernmost and innermost part of the Yellow Sea, connected to it through the Bohai Strait. The average depth of the Bohai Sea is about 18 meters (59 feet), and its deepest point is approximately 80 meters (260 feet), found in the northern part of the Bohai Strait.

April 12, 2026 No Comments