There are currently 1,223 World Heritage sites around the planet. In Spain, 50.
Last month, the United Nations for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) named the new cultural assets and naturals registered on its list of World Heritage.
The goods registered on the list are considered exceptional universal value and enjoy the highest level of heritage protection in the world. Currently there are 1,223 sites of the World Heritage all over the planet.
The 2024 additions include a ancient roman road in italy and sand dunes in Brazil. Read on for the full list of new locations World Heritage.
The Central Axis of Beijing, China
The Central Axis is a complex that runs through the center of Beijingcreated in 1271, includes former imperial palaces and gardens, sacrificial structures and ceremonial buildings and public.
“The location, layout, urban pattern, roads and design show the ideal capital as prescribed in the Kaogongji, an ancient text known as the Book of Various Trades,” states the UNESCO.
Conjunto monumental Brâncuși de Târgu Jiu, en Rumanía
The cmonumental onjunto of Târgu Jiu It was designed in 1937-1938 by Constantin Brâncuși, pioneer of modernismto honor those who They gave their lives defending the city during World War I.
“The remarkable fusion of abstract sculpture, landscape architecture, engineering and urban planning conceived by Constantin Brancusi goes far beyond the local war episode to offer an original vision of the human condition,” according to the UNESCO.
Cultural landscape of Lake Kenozero, Russia
Begun in the 12th century after Slavic colonization, the cultural landscape of Lake Kenozero includes rural settlements of vernacular wooden structures and “reflects the communal management of the agriculture and nature which developed when the indigenous Finno-Ugric forest culture merged with the traditional Slavic countryside culture.
“Wooden churches and other religious buildings, originally decorated with painted ceilings, or skies, are the key social, cultural and visual landmarks of the area”reads the UNESCO inscription.
Borders of the Roman Empire – Dacia, Romania
“The property includes 277 parts and represents the longest land border and complex of a ancient Roman province in Europe”says the UNESCO.
“Crossing various landscapes, it is defined by a network of individual sites including legionary fortressesauxiliary forts, earthen walls, watchtowers, temporary camps and secular buildings.”
Hegmataneh, Iran
Located in northwest Iran, “Hegmataneh provides important and rare testimonies of the Median civilization in the 7th and 6th centuries BC and later served as the summer capital of the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian and Sassanid rulers,” states the UNESCO.
Human rights, liberation and reconciliation: Nelson Mandela’s legacy sites in South Africa
The good, which includes 14 sites spread throughout the countryrepresents the legacy of the South African struggle for human rights, lto freedom and reconciliation.
“These places reflect key events related to the long struggle against the apartheid state‘; Mandela’s influence in promoting understanding and forgiveness; ysbelief systems based on philosophies of non-racism“, according to UNESCO.
Archaeological sites in Ethiopia
Located in the Upper Awash Valley, in EthiopiaIt’s about a “set of prehistoric sites that preserve archaeological and paleontological records – including footprints – that attest the occupation of the area by groups of hominids for two million years.”
ADVERTISINGMoidams, burials of the Ahom dynasty in India
Located in the foothills of the Patkai mountain range in eastern Assam The royal necropolis of the Tai-Ahom contains burial mounds that form a sacred geography.
“Although moidams are found in other areas of the Brahmaputra Valley, those on this property are considered exceptional,” says the UNESCO.
Phu Phrabat, testimony of the Sīma lithic tradition of the Dvaravati period, in Thailand
The mountainous area of Phu Phrabat houses the world’s largest collection of Sīma stones from the Dvaravati period (7th-11th centuries AD).
“The scale of the erection of Sīma stones and the modification of rock shelters has transformed the natural landscape into a religious center, and the paintings on the surfaces of 47 rock shelters “are physical proof of human occupation over two millennia,” according to the inscription of the UNESCO.
ADVERTISINGRoyal Court of Tiébélé in Burkina Faso
“Property is a earthen architectural complex established since the 16th century which bears witness to the social organization and cultural values of the Kasena people”, according to the UNESCO.
“Built by the men of the Real cut, The huts are then adorned with decorations of symbolic meaning by the women, who are the sole guardians of this knowledge and ensure that this tradition is kept alive.”
Gold mines of Sado Island in Japan
Las Sado Island gold mines They are made up of five sections that illustrate various non-mechanized mining methods.
Monastery of Saint Hilarion/ Tell Umm Amer, State of Palestine
“Located in the coastal dunes of the municipality of Nuseiratthe ruins of the monastery of Saint Hilarion/Tell Umm Amer represent one of the first monastic sites in the Middle East, dating back to the 4th century,” reads the inscription on the UNESCO.
ADVERTISING“It was the first cmonastic community of the Holy Landlaying the foundations for the dissemination of monastic practices in the region.”
Schwerin Residence Complex in Germany
This property, mainly from the 19th century, includes the Grand Duke’s Palace and manor housescultural and sacred buildings, and the Pfaffenteich ornamental lake.
UNESCO praises it as “an exceptional architectural complex that reflects the historicist spirit of the timefrom the neo-renaissance to the neo-baroque and the neoclassical, with Italian Renaissance influences“.
Niah National Park Caves, Malaysia
This gigantic complex of interconnected caverns, Located in the Niah National Park, on the island of Borneo, contains the “oldest known records of human interaction with the rainforest, spanning at least 50,000 years.”
ADVERTISING“Los rich archaeological siteslas prehistoric cave paintings and the boat-shaped burials found at the northern end of the massif illustrate biological and human life during this time,” writes UNESCO.
Al-Faw archaeological zone, Saudi Arabia
“Located in a strategic point of the ancient trade routes of the Arabian Peninsulathe property was abruptly abandoned around the 5th century AD,” according to the UNESCO.
“They have been found near dand 12,000 archaeological remainswhich span from prehistory to the late pre-Islamic era, testifying to the successive occupation of three different populations and their adaptation to the evolution of environmental conditions.
Pleistocene sites in South Africa
The three archaeological sites of Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Pinnacle Point Site Complex y Sibhudu Cavelocated in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, exemplify the most varied and best-preserved record known of the development of modern human behaviorwith an antiquity of 162,000 years.
ADVERTISINGGedi archaeological site in Kenya
The city of Gedi, surrounded by forests and currently abandonedwas one of the most important Swahili cities on the eastern African coast between the 10th and 17th centuries thanks to its international commercial links.
“The opulent settlement is clearly delimited by walls and features remains of domestic, religious and civic architecture, as well as a sophisticated water management system,” the listing says.
Umm Al-Jimāl, Jordan
This rural settlement in the north of Jordan was developed from a former Roman settlement and was in use from around the 5th century AD until the end of the 8th century.
“It preserves basaltic structures of the Byzantine and Islamic periods early that represent andl local architectural style of the Hauran region, with some earlier Roman military buildings reused by later inhabitants,” says the UNESCO.
ADVERTISINGAppian Way, Italia
With more than 800 kilometers in length, the Appian Way is the oldest and strategically most important of the monumental routes built by the ancient Romans.
This property, composed of 22 elements, “It is a fully developed set of engineering works, illustrating the advanced technical skill of Roman engineers in road construction, civil engineering projects,” the inscription reads.
Desierto de Badain Jaran, China
The UNESCO highlights the third largest desert in china for its “high density of megadunes, crisscrossed with interdunal lakes.”
“Presents spectacular geological and geomorphic features continuous stretches of desert landscapes and relief forms that are possibly unparalleled.
ADVERTISINGLençóis Maranhenses National Park in Brazil
More than half of this National Park It is made up of a field of white coastal dunes with temporary and permanent lagoons.
“Beyond its important role in the biodiversity conservation, the park has aesthetic and geological values of global importance,” states the UNESCO.
The country of currents, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
Located in the Scottish Highlands region It is “considered the most prominent example of an actively accumulating mantle peatland landscape.”
It is peat bog ecosystemwhich has been accumulating over the last 9,000 years, provides a diversity of habitats that host a distinctive combination of bird species and shows a remarkable diversity of characteristics that are not found anywhere else on Earth,” reads the inscription.
ADVERTISINGCueva de Vjetrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
“Located in the Dinárica mountain range, the property stands out for its notable biodiversity and cave endemicity. Known since ancient times, the well-preserved representation of karst topography is one of the biodiversity hotspots most important in the world for cave fauna, particularly subterranean aquatic fauna,” according to the UNESCO.
Te Henua Enata – Marquesas Islands, France
“Located in the South Pacificthis serial mixed property is an exceptional testimony to the territorial occupation of the Marquesas archipelago by a human civilization that arrived by sea around the year 1000 AD and developed on these isolated islands between the 10th and 19th centuries,” the list says.
