A World Heritage Site is a place (such as a building, city, complex, desert, forest, island, lake, monument, or mountain) that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as being of special cultural or physical significance. The list is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 UNESCO member states which are elected by the General Assembly.
UNESCO World Heritage sites
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10Fort near Hoofddorp, Southwest front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Defence Line of Amsterdam (in Dutch named Stelling van Amsterdam) is a 135 km long ring of fortifications around Amsterdam. Fort near Hoofddorp, Southwest front, Defence Line of Amsterdam.
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10Fort near Krommeniedijk, Northwest front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The Fort near Krommeniedijk served to defend de Lagendijk (dike) between the towns of Uitgeest and Krommenie and the navigable waterway Krommenie. In 1896 the defensible earthwork of this fort was finished, whereas the shellproof building was completed in 1903.
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10Fort near Kudelstaart, South front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Defence Line of Amsterdam (in Dutch named Stelling van Amsterdam) is a 135 km long ring of fortifications around Amsterdam. Fort near Kudelstaart, South front, Defence Line of Amsterdam.
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10Fort near Kwadijk, North front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The function of the Fort near Kwadijk was to defend the accesses that were formed by the Amsterdam-Hoorn railroad and the Middelie-Axwijk road. Construction of the defendable earthwork with moat was completed in 1895, but work on the concrete fortress was abandoned with nothing but the foundations and part of the flooring put in place.
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10Fort near Marken-Binnen, Northwest front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The Fort Markenbinnen is currently being used by RBOC "Fort Markenbinnen", an education and training centre for firefighters and rescue workers. This foundation has refurbished the fortress. The wooden partitions in the fort’s premises and the sanitation facilities are still in place.
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10Fort near Nigtevecht, Southeast front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The Fort near Nigtevecht was completed in 1903. Recently, a large part of this stronghold was made waterproof and restored by Stichting Herstelling, a Dutch foundation that offers work experience to the jobless.
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10Fort near Penningsveer, West front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Defence Line of Amsterdam (in Dutch named Stelling van Amsterdam) is a 135 km long ring of fortifications around Amsterdam. Fort near Penningsveer, West front, Defence Line of Amsterdam.
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10Fort near Spijkerboor, North front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
Fort near Spijkerboor (1913) is one of 42 fortifications of the so-called Defence Line of Amsterdam. Recognized by Unesco as a World Heritage site, Mostly mostly due to the ingenious concept of using controlled flooding, to stop the enemy.
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10Fort near the Liebrug, West front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Defence Line of Amsterdam (in Dutch named Stelling van Amsterdam) is a 135 km long ring of fortifications around Amsterdam. Fort near the Liebrug, West front, Defence Line of Amsterdam.
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10Fort near Uithoorn, South front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Defence Line of Amsterdam (in Dutch named Stelling van Amsterdam) is a 135 km long ring of fortifications around Amsterdam. Fort near Uithoorn, South front, Defence Line of Amsterdam.
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10Fort near Veldhuis, Northwest front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The Fort near Veldhuis had the job of defending the causeway coming from Heemskerk/Assumburg. This dike served in part to regulate the accurate flooding of the land on both of its sides (inundation dike). The defensible earthwork was completed in 1893, the shellproof building in 1897.
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10Fort near Velsen, Northwest front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
This is the only Defence Line fortress made of concrete that has been partly demolished. The fort was outfitted, amongst others, with three turrets with 150 mm guns. These had a long range and could fire at targets as far as the estuary of the North Sea Canal and the area between the towns of Haarlem and Castricum.
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10Fort near Vijfhuizen, Southwest front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
Fort Vijfhuizen is one of forty-two forts in the Defense Line of Amsterdam (Dutch: stelling van Amsterdam), a World Heritage Site. It is located in the town of Vijfhuizen on the ringvaart which surrounds the Haarlemmermeer polder.
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10Fort North of Purmerend, North front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The Fort north of Purmerend was constructed in order to defend the accesses that were formed by the Beemsterringdijk (dike) and the Purmerenderweg and Rijperweg roads in the Beemster Polder.
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10Fort North of Spaarndam, West front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Defence Line of Amsterdam (in Dutch named Stelling van Amsterdam) is a 135 km long ring of fortifications around Amsterdam. Fort North of Spaarndam, West front, Defence Line of Amsterdam.
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10Fort Pampus, Zuiderzee front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
Pampus is an artificial island and late 19th-century sea fort located in the IJmeer near Amsterdam. It now belongs to the municipality of Gooise Meren and is open to visitors.
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10Fort South of Spaarndam, West front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
The UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Defence Line of Amsterdam (in Dutch named Stelling van Amsterdam) is a 135 km long ring of fortifications around Amsterdam. Fort South of Spaarndam, West front, Defence Line of Amsterdam.
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10Fort Uitermeer, Southeast front, Defence Line of Amsterdam
Fort Uitermeer forms part of the "New Dutch Water Line" - a defence line built in the 1840' s - and is unique due to its strategic location on the river Vecht.
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1Fortifications of Vauban, Longwy
The Fortifications of Vauban are 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the borders of France. Fortifications of Vauban, Longwy.
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3Fortified church, Biertan
The Biertan fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Biertan, Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary.
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1Fortified church, Darjiu
The Darjiu fortified church is a Unitarian fortified church in Darjiu, Harghita County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the Szekely Hungarian community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary.
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1Fortified church, Saschiz
The Evangelical Church of Saschiz was built between 1493 and 1496 by Saxon colonists. The monument is very impressive due to its sheer size and the way the fortifying elements have been adapted to the shape of a church building.
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1Fortified church, Valea Viilor
The Valea Viilor fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Valea Viilor (Wurmloch), Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania.
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3Fortified church, Viscri
The Viscri fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Viscri, Brasov County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary.
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10Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. It is located approximately 3 miles (5 kilometres) south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire, near to the village of Aldfield. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for over 400 years, until 1539, when Henry VIII ordered the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
