Year: 2013

Musée des Arts et Métiers

Discover Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris, France: France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

Museum of the History of Medicine

Discover Museum of the History of Medicine in Paris, France: One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Musée des Arts Forains

Discover Musée des Arts Forains in Paris, France: A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Paris with Tim Richards – from Catacombs to the river Seine

Start from visiting the land of the dead and to cheer yourself find more about Parisian food. This tour has no audio guiding, please, consult the map when moving. Photo Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris 2013 by besopha is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Sanctuaries of Difunta Correa

Discover Sanctuaries of Difunta Correa in Caucete, Argentina: Trash-filled shrines to an unofficial saint known for her endless breast milk dot the highways of Argentina.

Argentine Vintage Funeral Cadillacs

Discover Argentine Vintage Funeral Cadillacs in Caleu Caleu Department, Argentina: The clients of these mysterious hand-crafted funeral cars took their last ride in style.

Tierra Santa

Discover Tierra Santa in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Bible stories are brought to life with gloriously cartoonish kitsch in this South American theme park.

Floralis Generica

Discover Floralis Generica in Buenos Aires, Argentina: 105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

Cerro Fitz Roy

Discover Cerro Fitz Roy in El Chaltén, Argentina: The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

Port Famine

Discover Port Famine in Punta Arenas, Chile: The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.

The Navel of the World

Discover The Navel of the World in Easter Island, Chile: This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.

World’s Largest Swimming Pool

Discover World's Largest Swimming Pool in Valparaiso, Chile: A record-breaking pool that uses computers to turn ocean water into cleaner, private swimming water.

Orongo

Discover Orongo in Easter Island, Chile: This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

Elevators of Valparaiso

Discover Elevators of Valparaiso in Valparaiso, Chile: What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

Hotel Ještěd

Discover Hotel Ještěd in Liberec, Czechia: This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

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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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