Seventeen decorated caves of the Paleolithic age were inscribed as an extension to the Altamira Cave, inscribed in 1985. The property will now appear on the List as Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic ...
The park's immense savannahs, grasslands and woodlands, interspersed with gallery forests along the river banks and the swampy depressions, are home to four large mammals: the elephant, giraffe, ...
The site comprises 244 islands, islets and coastal areas that are located in the Gulf of California in north-eastern Mexico. The Sea of Cortez and its islands have been called a natural laboratory for ...
The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI. Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors, decorators and landscape ...
The Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent were part of the northern lines of the Sasanian Persian Empire, which extended east and west of the Caspian Sea. The fortification was built ...
The 239,723 ha Purnululu National Park is located in the State of Western Australia. It contains the deeply dissected Bungle Bungle Range composed of Devonian-age quartz sandstone eroded over a period ...
Tendance en fonction de la fréquence à laquelle le Comité du patrimoine mondial a étudié l'état de conservation de ce bien depuis les quinze dernières années. 0 = menace minimale, 100 = menaces ...
The site, extensively fortified from the 17 th to 19 th centuries, represents the largest bulwarked dry-ditch system in the world. Within its walls, the town contains barracks and other military ...
The origins of Tallinn date back to the 13th century, when a castle was built there by the crusading knights of the Teutonic Order. It developed as a major centre of the Hanseatic League, and its ...
La variété de leurs formes et leur concentration dans une aire restreinte font des 712 grottes actuellement identifiées un système karstique typique de la zone tempérée. Présentant une combinaison ...
Au cÅ“ur de la petite île de Praslin, la réserve abrite les vestiges d'une forêt naturelle de palmiers qui a pour ainsi dire conservé son état d'origine. Le célèbre « coco de mer », fruit d'un palmier ...
This outstanding mountain landscape, which spans the contemporary national borders of France and Spain, is centred around the peak of Mount Perdu, a calcareous massif that rises to 3,352 m. The site, ...