Year: 2011

Museum of Human Anatomy

Discover Museum of Human Anatomy in Pisa, Italy: Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

Calamita Cosmica

Discover Calamita Cosmica in Foligno, Italy: The giant skeleton sculpture is surprisingly well-traveled.

Alberobello

Discover Alberobello in Alberobello, Italy: Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Campanile di Curon

Discover Campanile di Curon in Schnals, Italy: Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

Medieval Village

Discover Medieval Village in Turin, Italy: A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.

Pinocchio Park

Discover Pinocchio Park in Collodi, Italy: Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

Catacombs of San Gennaro

Discover Catacombs of San Gennaro in Naples, Italy: An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

Temple of Damanhur

Discover Temple of Damanhur in Pramarzo, Italy: Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

Vigna Randanini

Discover Vigna Randanini in Rome, Italy: One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

Gabinetto Segreto

Discover Gabinetto Segreto in Naples, Italy: The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The Village of Craco

Discover The Village of Craco in Province of Matera, Italy: An Italian hillside ghost town.

Terme di Saturnia

Discover Terme di Saturnia in Saturnia, Italy: Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Buontalenti Grotta

Discover Buontalenti Grotta in Florence, Italy: A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The Colossus of Villa Demidoff

Discover The Colossus of Villa Demidoff in Vaglia, Italy: Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Via Appia

Discover Via Appia in Rome, Italy: 2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Bugarach

Discover Bugarach in Bugarach, France: Small French town or alien garage?

Heliodome

Discover Heliodome in Cosswiller, France: One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

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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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