Monday, January 3, 2000

UNESCO "World Heritage" sites that I visited before starting trip

                     AFRICA

Algeria


Botswana


Congo, RD
Kahuzi-Biega National Park http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/137
Okapi Wildlife Reserve http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/718
Virunga National Park http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/63


Ethiopia
Lower Valley of the Omo http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/17
Lower Valley of the Awash http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/10


Kenya
Lake Turkana Nationa Park http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/801
Lakes of the Great Rift Valley http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1060
Mont Kenya National Park http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/800


Libya
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/183
Old Town of Ghadamès http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/362
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/287


Madagascar
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/950
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/494


Mauritius island
Le Morne Cultural Landscape http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1259
Port Louis, Aapravasi Ghat http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1227

Morocco
Historic site of Meknes http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/793
Medina of Essaouira http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/753
Medina of Marrakesh http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/331
Rabat, Capital and Historic City http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1401


Namibia


Niger
Historic Centre of Agadez http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1268


Réunion island
Pitons, cirques and remparts http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1317


Seychelles islands
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/261


South Africa
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1007


Tanzania
Kilmanjaro National Park http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/403      
Ngorongoro Conservation Area http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/39
Selous Game Reserve http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/199
Serengeti National Park http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/156
Stone Town of Zanzibar http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/173


Tunisia
Amphitheatre of El Djem http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/38


Zimbabwe
Mosi-ao-Tunya/Victoria Falls http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/509

                      Asia

India
New-Delhi, Red Fort Complex http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/231

                      Europe
Albania
Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/569


Andorra
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1160


Armenia
Cathedral of Echmiatsin and of Zvartnots http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1011
Monastery of Geghard and Upper Azat Valley http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/960
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/777


Czech Rep.
Historic Centre of Prague http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/616


Croatia
Historical Complex of Split http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/97     
Historic City of Trogir http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/810             


Finland
Fortress of Suomenlinna http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/583      
Petäjävesi Old Church http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/584


France
Arles. Roman monuments http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/164
Canal du midi http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/770            
Chartres, Cathedral http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/81   
Climats, terroirs of Burgundy http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1425           
Corsica: Porto, Piana, Gulf of Girolata http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/258
Historic centre of Avignon http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/228
Historic city of Carcasonne http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/345  
Historic sites of Lyon http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/872
Le Havre, City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1181
Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/80
Palaca and Parks of Versailles http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/83
Paris, banks of the Seine http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/600      
Strasbourg, Grande île http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/495          
The Causses and Cevennes http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1153               


Germany
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1239
Hanseatic City of Lübeck http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/272      
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/532/gallery/
Old town of Regensburg


Hungary
Budapest, Buda Castle and Andrássy http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/400


Kosovo
Mediaval Monuments  http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/724


Greece


United Kingdom
Castle of King Edward in Gwynedd http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/374
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1150       Palace of Westminster http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/426
Stonehenge http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/373               


Italy
Archaeological Areas of Pompei http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/829
Historic Centre of Florence http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/174  
Historic Centre of Roma http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/91 
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/395
Sicily, Villa Romana del Casale http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/832
Sicily, Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1024
Sicily, Syracusse http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1200
Venice and it’s lagoon http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/394


Portugal
Cultural landscape of Sintra http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/723
Historic centre of Oporto http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/755
Tower of Belém in Lisbon http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/263


Netherlands


Norway
West Norwegians Fjords http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1195


Fed of Russia
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/540
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/545


Spain
Barcelona, Works of Antoni Gaudí http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/320
Madrid, Monastery and Site of the Escurial http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/318
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/773


Switzerland
Castle of Bellinzona http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/884
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1302
Lavaux, Vineyards, Terraces http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1243  
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1037

                     Middle-East

Egypt
Saint Catherine area http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/954


Israel
Old City of Jerusalem http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/148
White City of Tel-Aviv http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1096


Jordan
Wadi Rum Protected Area http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1377


Lebanon
Forest of the Cedars of Gad http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/850


Syria
Ancient City of Aleppo http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/21
Ancient city of Damascus http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/20


Turkey
Historic sites of Istambul http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/356


Yemen
Old City of Sana’a http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/385
Historic town of Zabid http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/611
Old Walled City of Shibam http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/192

                      North America

Canada
Historic district of old Quebec http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/300


USA
New-York, Staute of Liberty http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/307
Yosemite National Park http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/308