World Heritage Site newsletter #12
Januari 2007
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Let’s start 2007 with a roundup.
Which sites are rumoured to be the new WHS for 2007? Which WHS are in the news?
Rumours:
From June 23 – July 2, the World
Heritage Committee will be meeting in
Experiences over the last years
have learned that it’s very hard to predict what will be included, but some
rumours are already about on the internet:
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Year |
Country |
Site |
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2007 |
India |
Red Fort |
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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070101/asp/atleisure/story_7206805.asp |
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2007 |
Canada |
Rideau Canal |
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2007 |
UK |
Darwin's house at Downe |
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2008 |
Saudi Arabia |
Madaen Saleh |
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2008 |
China |
Sanqing
Mountain National Geopark |
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http://english.people.com.cn/200611/10/eng20061110_320110.html |
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2008 |
UK |
Antonine Wall |
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http://www.24dash.com/content/news/viewNews.php?navID=58&newsID=11386 |
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2008 |
Iran |
Tataous
known as " Qara Kelisa"( The Black Church), Stepanous and Zorzor
churches |
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http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-235/0609213200002248.htm |
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2008 |
Australia |
Australian Convict sites |
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21048420-5007133,00.html |
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2008 |
Canada |
Joggins fossil cliffs |
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http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/554927.html |
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2009 |
UK |
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct |
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http://www.24dash.com/content/news/viewNews.php?navID=58&newsID=11386 |
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2010 |
UK |
The
twin Anglo-Saxon monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6036607.stm |
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unknown |
India |
urban and architectural works of Le Corbusier in |
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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070101/asp/atleisure/story_7206805.asp |
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unknown |
Iran |
Historic City of Maybod |
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unknown |
Vietnam |
Binh
Dinh’s Cham towers |
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unknown |
Iran |
Great Wall of Gorgan |
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unknown |
Malaysia |
Melaka And Penang |
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unknown |
Turkey |
Birgi |
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http://www.observercyprus.com/observer/NewsDetails.aspx?id=1103 |
WHS in the news
Recent news stories
about WHS include:
·
El Tajin,
·
Dorset
and
·
·
Hoi An
·
Visitor reviews
679 of the 830 WHS
have been covered now by visitors of the website. Still blank are accessible sites like
First
reviews were made of:
Sewell
Mining Town (Chile), “….The site itself is truely
remarkable, a complete early XX cent. town (with
church, casino, cinema, hospital and residential houses) located on slopes of
rocky mountain - some
Sacri
Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Italy), “….I liked very much the Sacro
Monte because of its originality and of the monumentality and decorations of
buildings that normally have much smaller dimensions (the chapels as isolated
buildings). It is worth of visit if you are in Lombardy and justifies its inscription
on the WHS, but I think that with the nine Italian Sacri Monti could be
inscribed also the two in southern Switzerland (of Locarno and Brissago).”
Ksar
of Aït-Ben-Haddou (Morocco), “…The front parts of the village are well
restored, as this has been the setting of many films, from Lawrence of Arabia
through to Gladiator. It has also been a testing ground for UNESCO and ICOMOS
in preservation techniques. Therefore the first part of the town looks very
impressive almost new, the higher up the hill you climb however the less
restoration you see and this gives a good feel for what the site would be like
with out the investment. It is quiet a nice climb up to the top (picture) but
be prepared for a fair bit of rough ground, there is defiantly no paving here.”
Belovezhskaya
Pushcha / Bialowieza Forest, “Bialowieza is a place for total relaxation,
hiking, bird-watching or whatever you feel like being close to Mother Nature.
Getting to this remote corner of
New visited sites
My personal score has reached 226 after
a visit to
Most impressive of course was the visit to