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Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes
Located in southeastern Senegal, the site includes three geographical regions: the Bassari-Salemata region, the Bedik-Bandafassi region and the Foura-Dinde Felo region, each with its specific morphological characteristics. The Bassari, Foura and Bedik peoples settled here from the 11th to the 19th century and developed specific cultures and habitats that lived in symbiosis with the surrounding natural environment. The Bassari landscape is characterized by terraces and rice fields, with villages, hamlets and archaeological sites scattered among them. The Bedik villages consist of dense clusters of huts with thatched roofs. The cultural expressions of its inhabitants are characterized by primitive features of agro-pastoral, social, ritual and spiritual practices, representing an original response to environmental constraints and human pressures. The site is a well-preserved multicultural landscape with an original and still vibrant local culture.
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is located at an altitude of 2,430 meters, in a beautiful tropical mountain forest. It is probably the most amazing urban building of the heyday of the Inca Empire; its huge walls, terraces and slopes seem to have been naturally carved out of the continuous rock cliffs. The natural environment is located on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains, including the upper Amazon River basin, and is rich in flora and fauna.
Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
The Ascension Church was built in 1532 on the Kolomenskoye Royal Estate near Moscow to celebrate the birth of the prince who later became Tsar Ivan IV (“the Terrible”). It is one of the earliest examples of the traditional wooden tent church with a stone and brick roof, which had a great influence on the development of Russian church architecture.
Shenquanxia Scenic Area
Shenquanxia Scenic Area is located 1 km west of Tanchang Village, Miaofengshan Town, Mentougou District, Beijing, covering an area of about 15 square kilometers and about 45 kilometers from downtown Beijing. With the theme of landscape and rural scenery, it integrates picking, mountaineering, picnicking and leisure.