Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park is a national park located in Jamaica. The park covers an area of 495.2 square kilometers and makes up 4.5% of Jamaica’s total land area. It is named after the Blue Mountains, a mountain range that runs through the park, and the “John crow,” a bird commonly found there known as the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
Birka and Hovgården are two archaeological sites in Sweden that together form a Viking Age complex listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. These sites are located on the islands of Björkö and Adelsö, respectively, in Lake Mälaren, about 30 kilometers west of Stockholm. Birka was founded in the mid-8th century.
Tel Hazor (Hebrew: תל חצור, romanized: Tel Ḥāṣor), called Hasōr in Ancient Greek (Άσώρ) and Tell Waqqas or Tell Qedah el-Gul in Arabic (تل القدح, romanized: Tell el-Qedah), is an archaeological mound located at the site of ancient Hazor. It is found in the Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, on the northern Korazim Plateau. From the Middle Bronze Age (around 1750 BCE) to the Iron Age (ninth century BCE), Hazor was the largest fortified city in the region and one of the most important in the Fertile Crescent.
The Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (German: Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne) is a World Heritage Site named in 2008. It includes six separate housing estates in Berlin. These estates were built mainly during the Weimar Republic (1919–1933), a time when Berlin was very progressive in social, political, and cultural areas.
The Belize Barrier Reef is a group of coral reefs located along the coast of Belize. These reefs are about 300 meters (980 feet) from the shore in the north and extend up to 40 kilometers (25 miles) inland in the south. The Belize Barrier Reef is part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, which stretches for 900 kilometers (560 miles) from Cancún on the Yucatán Peninsula through the Riviera Maya to Honduras.
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau, and Bernau are World Heritage Sites in Germany. These sites include six locations connected to the Bauhaus art school. The sites were first named a World Heritage Site in 1996 with four locations, and two more were added in 2017.
The Banc d’Arguin National Park (Arabic: حوض أركين, French: Parc national du Banc d’Arguin) is located in the Bay of Arguin on the west coast of Mauritania, between Nouakchott and Nouadhibou. It was once the mouth of the Tamanrasset River. This area is very important for birds that travel long distances and for birds that lay their eggs there, like flamingos, pelicans, and terns.
The Arg-e Bam (Persian: ارگ بم), located in the city of Bam in Kerman province in southeastern Iran, is the largest mud-brick building in the world. The entire structure was once a large fortress that included the citadel. However, because the citadel is the most prominent part of the ruins, the entire fortress is now called the Bam Citadel.
The Cathedral of the Dormition, also called the Kutaisi Cathedral or Bagrati Cathedral (Georgian: ბაგრატის ტაძარი), is a 11th-century church located in Kutaisi, in the Imereti region of Georgia. This important example of medieval Georgian architecture was badly damaged over many centuries. It was gradually rebuilt to its current form starting in the 1950s, with disputed restoration efforts finishing in 2012.
The Baekje Historic Areas (Korean: 백제역사유적지구) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in three cities in South Korea: Gongju, Buyeo, and Iksan. It includes eight monuments that are connected to the final years of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje, which existed from 18 BC to 660 CE. These sites represent the time period from 475 to 660 CE.