The Virgin Komi Forests (Komi: Комилӧн вӧрзьӧдлытӧм вӧръяс, Russian: Девственные леса Коми) is a special place protected by UNESCO in the Komi Republic, which is part of Russia, located in the Northern Ural Mountains. It covers an area of 32,800 square kilometers and is the largest untouched forest in Europe.
The “Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania” UNESCO World Heritage Site includes seven villages (six Saxon and one Székely) selected from more than 150 similar structures that remain in the Transylvania region of Romania. These villages are known for having many fortified churches and for showing a special way of arranging homes and buildings that has stayed the same since the Late Middle Ages. Transylvania has one of the largest numbers of fortified churches that were built between the 13th and 16th centuries.
The Stato da Màr, also called Domini da Mar, means “State of the Sea” or “Domains of the Sea.” It was a group of lands and islands controlled by the Republic of Venice from about the year 1000 until 1797. These areas included parts of modern countries such as Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, and Greece. Specific regions included Istria, Dalmatia, the Ionian Islands, the Peloponnese, Crete, the Cyclades, Euboea, and Cyprus.
Vatnajökull National Park (Icelandic: Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður, pronounced [ˈvahtnaˌjœːkʏlsˌθjouðˌkarðʏr̥]) is one of three national parks in Iceland and is the largest. It includes the entire Vatnajökull glacier and large areas around it. These areas were previously part of two smaller national parks: Skaftafell in the southwest and Jökulsárgljúfur in the north.
Ujung Kulon National Park (Indonesian: Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon) is a national park located at the westernmost part of Java. It is in the Sumur District of Pandeglang Regency, which is part of Banten province in Indonesia. The park once included the volcanic islands of Krakatoa in Lampung province.
Tyre is a city in Lebanon and one of the oldest cities in the world that has been continuously lived in. It was one of the first large cities of the Phoenician people and is famous as the birthplace of Europa, her brothers Cadmus and Phoenix, and Carthage’s founder Dido (Elissa). The city has many ancient places, such as the Tyre Hippodrome, and was added entirely to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1984.
The Tsodilo Hills (Tswana: Lefelo la Tsodilo) are a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) located in Botswana, Southern Africa. This site includes rock art, rock shelters, depressions, and caves. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001 because of its important religious and spiritual meaning to local people and its record of human settlement for thousands of years.
Tiya is an archaeological site in central Ethiopia. It is located in the Soddo woreda, in the Gurage Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, which is south of Addis Ababa. The site is best known for its large stone pillars, many of which have some form of decoration.
Tikal (pronounced /t i ˈkɑː l/; Tik’al in modern Mayan writing) is the remains of an ancient city, which was probably called Yax Mutal, located in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest places studied by archaeologists and was an important city for the Maya people before the arrival of Europeans. Tikal is in the Petén Basin area, now part of the Petén Department in northern Guatemala.
Chogha Zanbil is an ancient Elamite site located in the Khuzestan province of Iran. It is one of the few remaining ziggurats found outside of Mesopotamia. The site is about 30 kilometers (19 miles) southeast of Susa and 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Ahvaz.