El Tajín is an ancient site in southern Mexico. It was one of the largest and most important cities during the Classic era in Mesoamerica. Part of the Classic Veracruz culture, El Tajín thrived from 600 to 1200 AD.
The New Town is a central part of Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It was built in several stages from 1767 to about 1850 and still has many of its original neo-classical and Georgian-style buildings. The most famous street in the area is Princes Street, which faces Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town across a natural low area that was once the Nor Loch.
Lopé National Park (French: Parc national de la Lopé) is a national park located in central Gabon. It is surrounded by the Ogooué River to the north and the Chaillu Massif to the south. The park covers an area of 4,912 square kilometers (1,897 square miles).
East Rennell is the southern part of Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands. This area is named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Rennell is the largest raised coral atoll in the world, and the region around Lake Tegano in East Rennell is home to many species of plants and animals found only there.
The Earliest Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl (Spanish: Primeros Monasterios en las faldas del Popocatépetl) are sixteen monasteries built in the early 16th century by the Augustinians, Franciscans, and Dominicans. These religious groups built the monasteries to spread Christianity to areas south and east of the Popocatépetl volcano in central Mexico. In 1994, UNESCO recognized these monasteries as World Heritage Sites because they influenced the design of early churches and monasteries, as well as missionary efforts in New Spain and parts of Latin America.
Pécs (pronounced PAYTCH in English, [ˈpeːt͡ʃ] in Hungarian) is the fifth largest city in Hungary. It is located on the slopes of the Mecsek Mountains in the southwest part of the country, near the border with Croatia. Pécs is the administrative and economic center of Baranya County and serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs.
Ravenna (pronounced rə-VEHN-ə; Italian: [raˈvenna]; Romagnol: Ravèna, Ravêna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century until the empire fell in 476. After that, it became the capital of the Ostrogoth kingdom and later the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna.
Durham Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin, and St Cuthbert of Durham, is a Church of England cathedral located in Durham, England. It serves as the home of the bishop of Durham and is the main church of the diocese of Durham. The cathedral houses the shrines of two important Anglo-Saxon saints, Cuthbert and Bede.
Beemster (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbeːmstər]) was a former town in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. The Beemster was the first polder in the Netherlands created by draining water from a lake. Windmills were used to remove the water between 1609 and 1612.
The Jurassic Coast, also called the Dorset and East Devon Coast, is a World Heritage Site located along the English Channel in southern England. It runs from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, covering about 96 miles (154 km). It was added to the World Heritage List in mid-December 2001.