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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10Holloko
Holloko is a Paloc ethnographic village in Hungary and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its name means "Raven-stone" in Hungarian.
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10Holy House of Mercy, Macau
The Holy House of Mercy of Macau, is a historic white building in Senado Square, Macau, China. Established as a branch of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia, it was built in 1569 on the orders of the Bishop of Macao.
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2Holy Monastery of St. Stephen, Meteora
The Holy Monastery of St. Stephen is one of the most attainable as we don’t have to cope with innumerable stairs to reach it. The small single-nave church of St. Stephen was built in the middle of 16th and decorated in 1545 or a little later.
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1Holy Mother of God Church, Rock-hewn churches of Ivanovo
Rock-hewn churches of Ivanovo, Holy Mother of God Church, main cave mural painting, World Heritage Site, near Russe, Northern Bulgaria.
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1Holy Trinity Church, Zhovkva
Wooden Holy Trinity Church was built in suburb of Zhovkva, Ukraine in 1720 on the place of a church that burned down in 1717. The structure consisits of three wooden naves and a brick sacristy.
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3Holy Trinity Column, Olomouc
The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc is a Baroque monument in the Czech Republic, built in 1716–1754 in honour of God. The main purpose was a spectacular celebration of Catholic Church and faith, partly caused by feeling of gratitude for ending a plague, which struck Moravia (now in the Czech Republic) between 1714 and 1716.
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5Honam-ri Four Spirits Tomb, North Korean National Treasure №26
Homam-ri Sasin (Four Deities) Tomb is one of 30 individual tombs from the later Goguryeo kingdom, one of Three Kingdoms of Korea in present day North Korea.
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10Hongcun
Hongcun is a village in Yi County in the historical Huizhou region of southern Anhui Province, China, near the southwest slope of Mount Huangshan
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10Honghe Hani Rice Terraces
The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces are the system of Hani rice-growing terraces located in Honghe Prefecture, Yuanyang County, Yunnan, China. The terraces' history spans around 1,200 years.
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1Horseshoe Estate (Hufeisensiedlung), Berlin
The Hufeisensiedlung (Horseshoe Estate) is a housing estate in Berlin, built in 1925-33. It enjoys international renown as a milestone of modern urban housing.
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10Hotel Solvay
The Hotel Solvay is a large Art Nouveau town house designed by Victor Horta on the Avenue Louise in Brussels. The house was commissioned by Armand Solvay, the son of the wealthy Belgian chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay.
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10Hotel Tassel
The Hotel Tassel is a town house built by Victor Horta in Brussels for the Belgian scientist and professor Emile Tassel in 1893–1894. It is generally considered as the first true Art Nouveau building, because of its highly innovative plan and its groundbreaking use of materials and decoration.
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1Hotel van Eetvelde
The Hotel van Eetvelde is a town house designed in 1895 by Victor Horta for Edmond van Eetvelde, administrator of Congo Free State. Together with the Hotel Tassel, the Hotel Solvay and his own House and atelier it was put on the 'UNESCO World Heritage List' in 2000 as the core of epoch-making urban residences Victor Horta designed before 1900.
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10House Vicens
House Vicens is a modernist building in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudi. It is considered one of the first buildings of Art Nouveau and was the first house designed by Gaudi. It helps explain the character of the his work and also a new chapter in the history of modern architecture.
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6Housing the "Clark Machinery" controlling lifts 2 and 3
Housing the "Clark Machinery" controlling lifts 2 and 3. Can be visited. Lifts on the old Canal du Centre.
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8Huanglong, Sichuan
Huanglong is a scenic and historic interest area in the northwest part of Sichuan, China. This area is known for its colorful pools formed by calcite deposits, especially in Huanglonggou, as well as diverse forest ecosystems, snow-capped peaks, waterfalls and hot springs.
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10Huangshan
Huangshan is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. The area is well known for its scenery, sunsets, peculiarly-shaped granite peaks, Huangshan pine trees, hot springs, winter snow, and views of the clouds from above.
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10Humayun's Tomb
Humayun's tomb is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun in Delhi, India. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's son Akbar in 1569-70.
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8Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile. They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.
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10Humble Administrator's Garden
The Humble Administrator's Garden is a Chinese garden in Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous of the gardens of Suzhou.
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1Hunnum (Halton Chesters Roman Fort), Hadrian's Wall
Hunnum (also known as Onnum, and with the modern name of Halton Chesters) was a Roman fort north of the modern-day village of Halton, Northumberland in North East England.
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1Hunzel Roman Fort
The fort Hunzel is a former Roman frontier fort of the Upper Germanic Limes, which has the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site since of 2005. The former Numerus is now considered archaeological monument outside the settlement area of Hunze.
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10Hwaseong Fortress
Hwaseong is the wall surrounding the centre of Suwon, the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. This fortress was built from 1794 to 1796 by King Jeongjo.
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10Ibiza
Ibiza is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain.
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1Ichkeul National Park
Ichkeul National Park. Lake Ichkeul is the last great freshwater lake of a chain that once stretched the length of North Africa.
