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A historic site or heritage site is an official location where pieces of political, military, cultural, or social history have been preserved due to their cultural heritage value. Historic sites are usually protected by law, and many have been recognized with the official national historic site status. A historic site may be any building, landscape, site or structure that is of local, regional, or national significance.
Historic sites may be thought of in three broad categories:
Historic sites and heritage sites are often maintained for members of the public to be able to visit. Visitors may come out of a sense of nostalgia for bygone eras, out of wishing to learn about their cultural heritage, or general interest in learning about the historical context of the site. Many sites offer guided tours for visitors, conducted by site staff who have been trained to offer an interpretation of life at the time the site represents. A site may also have a visitor center with more modern architecture and facilities, which serves as a gateway between the outside world and the historic site, and allows visitors to learn some of the historical aspects of the site without excessively exposing locations that may require delicate treatment.
This video showcases India's UNESCO World Heritage Sites from The Valley of Flowers in the North to Mahabalipuram in the South and from Stone Age Bhimbetka to the Metropolitan CST station. The North is dotted with breath-taking Mughal fortresses crowned by the Wonder of the World, the Taj Mahal. Central India has Buddhist wonders such as the Sanchi Stupa, the Mahabodhi temple and the Ajanta caves which puts one's mind at peace. Eastern India is a nature lover's paradise with the Sundarban and Kaziranga national parks. The Western coast harbours the masterpieces of British and Portuguese architecture in Mumbai and Goa respectively. The South is dotted with breathtaking Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu and the ruined cities of Karnataka
A World Heritage Site is any place listed by the UNESCO as a location of special cultural or physical significance. For those of you that love traveling you may want to make room in schedules to see these 25 incredibly beautiful World Heritage Sites. https://twitter.com/list25 https://www.facebook.com/list25 http://list25.com Check out the text version too! - http://list25.com/25-incredibly-beautiful-world-heritage-sites/ Here's a preview: Old Quebec, Canada Gardens of Versailles, France Copan, Honduras Mont Saint-Michel, France Angkor Wat, Cambodia Virupaksha Temple, India Chichen Itza, Mexico Temple of Apollo, Greece Parthenon, Greece Machu Picchu, Peru Taj Mahal, India Easter Island, Chile Pyramids of Giza, Egypt Great Wall, China Petra, Jordan Bagan City, Burma (Myanmar) Göreme Nat...
In the heart of the city, the Al Ain Oasis has been opened as the UAE’s first curated UNESCO World Heritage site visitor experience. Spread over 1,200 hectares (nearly 3,000 acres) and containing more than 147,000 date palms of up to 100 different varieties, this impressive oasis is filled with palm plantations, many of which are still working farms. تقع واحة العين التي تعد أول مواقع اليونسكو للتراث العالمي والتي تستقبل الزوار في وسط مدينة العين، وعلى مقربة من متحف العين الوطني، حيث تضمّ عدداً كبيراً من مزارع النخيل التي ما يزال معظمها يعمل حتى الآن. ستحيطك ممرّاتها المظلّلة بجو من الانتعاش ينقلك إلى ملاذ هادئ بعيداً عن الحرارة، حيث لا يتناهى إلى مسامعك سوى زقزقة العصافير وحفيف سعف النخيل.
There are over 1000 UNESCO World Heritage Sites as been recognized so far. However, among these sites, there are top 10 most beautiful and attractive sites that you must see. For more info see http://www.heritagedaily.com/2014/08/10-must-see-unesco-world-heritage-sites/104566 To get more amazing pictures, go to http://www.goamazing.net 1) ANGKOR WAT, CAMBODIA 2) ACROPOLIS, CREECE 3) GALÁPAGOS ISLAND, ECUADOR 4) GOREME NATIONAL PARK AND THE ROCK SITES OF CAPPADOCIA, TURKEY 5) GREAT BARRIER REEF, AUSTRALIA 6) HAMPI, INDIA 7) IGUAZU NATIONAL PARK FALL, BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA 8) LOS GLACIARES NATIONAL PARK, ARGENTINA 9) MACHU PICCHU, PERU 10 MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, FRANCE Image Credit: WikiPedia http://www.wikipedia.org/
Rani ki vav is situated in the town of Patan in Gujarat, India. Recently it was listed into UNESCO's World Heritage Site in 2014.It was built by the Queen Udayamati in 11th Century in the memory of her Husband king Bhimdev I of the Solanki dynasty. The ste-pwell was later flooded by the nearby Saraswati River and silted over until the late 1980s. When it was excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India, the carvings were found in pristine condition.
Exploring South Africa's World Heritage Sites (short version with subtitles)
Subject: Indian Culture Paper: Tourism in India Module: UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India Content: Writer: 1.Dr. E. Sivanagi Reddy, 2. G. Mahender Reddy
It is one of the three Mountain Railways of India, along with Kalka-Shimla Rail and Nilgiri mountain Rail that are designated a UNESCO world heritage site status. It is interesting that the three living heritage railway lines are located in 3 different corners of the country. While Darjeeling Himalayan Railways & Shimla-Kalka Rail traverse through the Himalayan Hills, Ooty train traverses through the Nilgiris. The 2 prime reasons for inclusion of Mountain Railways of India in UNESCO world heritage sites include: Excellence in Engineering - You have to see the Batasia loop on the Darjeeling-Ghum track to understand what it means. These trains go uphill and at places the gradient is too steep for train to pull. Engineers working on the Railway systems devised an innovation that included bu...
Israel - Nature, Landscape and Heritage sites
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Subject: Indian Culture Paper: Tourism in India Module: UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India Content: Writer: 1.Dr. E. Sivanagi Reddy, 2. G. Mahender Reddy
This documentary is based on World Heritage Site. It is by sandy. it was build in 7th century. these are protected monuments.
This documentary is Based on Konark Temple, Odisha. It is by Baba. it is world heritage site, it was build in 1st century.
View the Richmond Times-Dispatch's civil discussion about creating a slavery heritage site in the city.