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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Turkey accepted the convention on 16 March 1983, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list ...
As of July 2024, there are a total of 1,223 World Heritage Sites located across 168 countries, of which 952 are cultural, 231 are natural, and 40 are mixed properties. [1] The countries have been divided by the World Heritage Committee into five geographical regions: Africa , the Arab States , Asia and the Pacific , Europe and North America ...
Category: Landmarks by country. 34 languages. ... Landmarks in Turkey (3 C, 19 P) Landmarks in Turkmenistan (3 C) Landmarks in Tuvalu (1 C) U. Landmarks in Uganda (3 ...
Category: Landmarks in Turkey. 10 languages. ... Monuments and memorials in Turkey (11 C, 22 P) T. Towers in Turkey (8 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Landmarks in Turkey"
This is a list of sites where claims for the use of archaeoastronomy have been made, sorted by country.. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) jointly published a thematic study on heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy to be used as a guide to UNESCO in its evaluation of the cultural importance of archaeoastronomical ...
Pages in category "World Heritage Sites in Turkey" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Albert Park tunnels – World War II civilian air raid shelters sealed in 1946; Te Wairoa – "The Buried Village", a Maori village buried by volcanic eruption in 1886; Wairau Bar – rivermouth site of pre-European Maori settlement; Huriawa Peninsula - Te Pa a Te Wera, Reserve, and archeological sites
Kept in the Topkapı Palace Museum, [24] the map is the remaining western third of a world map drawn on gazelle-skin parchment approximately 87 cm × 63 cm. [e] The surviving portion shows the Atlantic Ocean with the coasts of Europe, Africa, and South America. [25] The map is a portolan chart with compass roses from which lines of bearing ...