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Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, also called the Silver Route, was a Spanish road that stretched 2,560 kilometers (1,590 miles) from Mexico City to San Juan Pueblo (Ohkay Owingeh), New Mexico (now part of the United States). It was used from 1598 to 1882 and was the northernmost of four major roads that connected Mexico City to important areas during and after the Spanish colonial period. In 2010, 55 sites and five existing UNESCO World Heritage Sites along the Mexican part of the route were added together to the World Heritage List.

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Cahokia

The Cahokia Mounds, also called Cahokia, is the location of a Native American city that existed from about 1050 to 1350 CE. This city was directly across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis.

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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a protected area in southwestern Uganda. It is part of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and is located near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, close to Virunga National Park and on the edge of the Albertine Rift. The park covers 321 square kilometers (124 square miles) of lowland and mountain forests.

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Burgos Cathedral

The Cathedral of Saint Mary of Burgos (Spanish: Catedral de Burgos) is a Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It is located in the historical center of the Spanish city of Burgos. Its official name is the Holy Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica Church of Saint Mary of Burgos (Spanish: Santa Iglesia Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa María de Burgos).

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History of Budapest

The city of Budapest was formed on 17 November 1873 when the three nearby cities of Pest, Buda, and Óbuda joined together. Smaller towns near the original city were combined into Greater Budapest in 1950. The history of Budapest begins with the Celts, who lived in the area of Hungary around 400 BCE.

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Sanchi Stupa

The Sanchi Stupa is a famous Buddhist site located in Sanchi Town, Raisen District, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is about 23 kilometers from Raisen town, the district headquarters, and 46 kilometers (29 miles) northeast of Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. The Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India and an important example of ancient Indian architecture.

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Bryggen

Bryggen, also called Tyskebryggen (Norwegian: [ˈtʏ̀skəˌbrʏɡːn̩], meaning “the German dock”), is a row of old buildings from the Hanseatic League that line the eastern side of the Vågen harbor in Bergen, Norway. Bryggen has been listed as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site since 1979. The city of Bergen was established around 1070 within the area of Tyskebryggen.

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Sammallahdenmäki

Sammallahdenmäki is a Bronze Age burial site located in Finland, in the city of Rauma within the Satakunta region. The site has 33 granite burial mounds that are over 3,000 years old, dating from 1500 to 500 BC. Sammallahdenmäki is one of the largest, most complete, and most significant Bronze Age sites in Fennoscandia.

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Borobudur Temple Compounds

Borobudur Temple Compounds is the World Heritage name for an area that includes three Buddhist temples in Central Java, Indonesia. These temples are named Borobudur, Mendut, and Pawon. They were built during the Shailendra dynasty around the 8th and 9th centuries CE and are lined up in a straight line.

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Boyana Church

The Boyana Church (Bulgarian: Боянска църква, romanized: Boyanska tsărkva) is an old church built by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. It is located near the city of Sofia, which is the capital of Bulgaria, in an area called the Boyana neighborhood. In 1979, the church was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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