Year: 2017

The Confederate South Lives On in Brazil

Discover Confederate Colony in Brazil in Santa Bárbara D'Oeste, Brazil: The Confederacy is still celebrated by descendants of the thousands of Southerners that fled to São Paulo after the Civil War.

The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial

Discover The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.: Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Guy Rope Anchors for the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Discover Guy Rope Anchors for the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Pisa, Italy: The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Floodwall Murals

Discover Floodwall Murals in Paducah, Kentucky: A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

Karl Marx Monument

Discover Karl Marx Monument in Karlovy Vary, Czechia: A larger-than-life statue of the German revolutionist stands proud in a small town where he never lived.

Slobodište Memorial Park

Discover Slobodište Memorial Park in Kruševac, Serbia: Curious carved stones and bird-like wings are a symbol of Serbian resilience and freedom on the site of a WWII massacre.

ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape

The ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape is located at the border with Botswana and Namibia in the northern part of the country, coinciding with the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (KGNP). The large expanse of sand contains evidence of human occupation from the …

Aphrodisias

Located in southwestern Turkey, in the upper valley of the Morsynus River, the site consists of two components: the archaeological site of Aphrodisias and the marble quarries northeast of the city. The temple of Aphrodite dates from the 3rd century BC …

The English Lake District

Located in northwest England, the English Lake District is a mountainous area, whose valleys have been modelled by glaciers in the Ice Age and subsequently shaped by an agro-pastoral land-use system characterized by fields enclosed by walls. The combine…

Historic City of Yazd

The City of Yazd is located in the middle of the Iranian plateau, 270 km southeast of Isfahan, close to the Spice and Silk Roads. It bears living testimony to the use of limited resources for survival in the desert. Water is supplied to the city through…

Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town

The use of a local limestone shaped the construction of the old town of Hebron/Al-Khalil during the Mamluk period between 1250 and 1517. The centre of interest of the town was the site of Al-Ibrahimi Mosque/The tomb of the Patriarchs whose buildings are…

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