Human activity, Communication, Transport and Trade

Aapravasi Ghat
The Aapravasi Ghat or Immigration Depot in Mauritius is a complex of buildings in Port Louis, which contains remains of the island's first facility to receive indentured labourers from India.
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Canal du Midi
The Canal du Midi is a 240 km long canal in the south of France that connects the Garonne River to the Étang de Thau on the Mediterranean.
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Station
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) is a historic railway station of the Mumbai suburban railway, as well as for some long-distance trains.
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La Lonja de la Seda
The Lonja de la Seda (Silk Exchange) in Valencia was founded in 1469 as a market for oil. The design was derived from a similar structure in Palma de Mallorca; the architects were Pedro Compte, Juan Yvarra, and Johan Corbera.
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Mountain Railways of India
The WHS includes the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (already inscribed in 1999) and the Nilgiri Mountain Railway.
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Negev
The four Nabatean towns of Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat and Shivta in the Negev Desert are spread along routes linking them to the Mediterranean end of the Incense and Spice route.
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Rideau Canal
The 19th century Rideau Canal runs for 202 km from Ottawa, Canada’s capital, to Kingston on Lake Ontario.
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Semmering Railway
The Semmering-Railway has uncontested a very important status under the world's mountain railways: It is the first one which crossed a high-mountains area and counts therefore as the prototype of railway lines rich of bridges and tunnel as well as a symbol of taming the nature.
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The Four Lifts
The four hydraulic boat-lifts on this short stretch of the historic Canal du Centre are industrial monuments of the highest quality.
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The Land of Frankincense
The Frankincense Trail is a site in Oman on the Incense Road. The site includes frankincense trees and the remains of a caravan oasis, which were crucial to the medieval incense trade.
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Upper Middle Rhine Valley
The Middle Rhine Valley stretches between Koblenz and Mainz, in central Germany. This area is full off medieval castles, historic towns and vineyards.
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Varberg Radio Station
The Varberg Radio Station marks a phase in the development of telecommunications: that of wireless transatlantic communication.
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