Year: 2011

Lövestad Carved Statues

Discover Lövestad Carved Statues in Sjöbo, Sweden: Rocks carved with biblical passages in the 1800s.

Slottsskogen pacifier tree

Discover Slottsskogen pacifier tree in Gothenburg, Sweden: There are no crying babies in this neck of the woods.

Maritiman

Discover Maritiman in Gothenburg, Sweden: The world's biggest floating museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Jumbo Stay

Discover Jumbo Stay in Stockholm, Sweden: Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

Pionen Data Center

Discover Pionen Data Center in Stockholm, Sweden: The internet as provided by a James Bond villain.

Skansen Open Air Museum

Discover Skansen Open Air Museum in Stockholm, Sweden: Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

Khan Saharonim

Discover Khan Saharonim in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel: One of the few guarded stops along the great spice route.

Christ Church in Jerusalem

Discover Christ Church in Jerusalem in Jerusalem, Israel: Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

Golden Calf Altar

Discover Golden Calf Altar in Dan, Israel: Idol made by King Jeroboam for the Israelites.

Maltese Catacomb Complexes

Discover Maltese Catacomb Complexes in Rabat, Malta: The remains of more than 1,000 people lie deep under the modern town of Rabat.

The House of Cavaliere

Discover The House of Cavaliere in Messina, Italy: An eccentric home in Sicily turns heads on a regular basis.

Giant Pink Bunny

Discover Giant Pink Bunny in Artesina, Italy: Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.

Giorgi’s Furnace

Discover Giorgi's Furnace in Ferentino, Italy: Production site for handmade clay bricks.

Roman Polanski’s Neptune

Discover Roman Polanski's Neptune in Genoa, Italy: Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

Marcello Cammi’s Sculpture Garden

Discover Marcello Cammi's Sculpture Garden in Bordighera, Italy: A wood-and-steel sculpture garden featuring an artful interplay of nature and machinery.

Cimitero di San Finocchi

Discover Cimitero di San Finocchi in Volterra, Italy: Abandoned cemetery of the former Psychiatric Hospital of Volterra.

Battle of the Oranges

Discover Battle of the Oranges in Ivrea, Italy: A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.

Capo Testa Rock Formations

Discover Capo Testa Rock Formations in Capo Testa, Italy: Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 260 ii
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. 474 iii
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. 499 iv
To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history. 633 ix
To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 135 v
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. 167 vi
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria). 252 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 148 viii
To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features. 96 x
To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 166

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