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Þingvellir National Park
Thingvellir National Park is a national park and the site of the Icelandic Parliament (Althing), an open-air parliament representing the entire Icelandic people, which was established in 930 and lasted until 1798. For two weeks each year, the Parliament made laws (which were seen as contracts between free men) and resolved disputes. The Parliament has a deep historical and symbolic meaning for the Icelandic people. The heritage site includes the remains of Thingvellir National Park and the Parliament itself: fragments of about 50 stalls built of turf and stone. Remains from the 10th century are believed to be buried in the ground. The site also includes remains of agricultural use from the 18th and 19th centuries. The park shows how the land was cultivated for over 1,000 years.
Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
The monastery and its magnificent entrance, the famous "Tor Hall", are rare architectural remains from the Carolingian period. Sculptures and paintings from this period are still well preserved.
Archaeological Site of Volubilis
Founded in the 3rd century BC, the capital of Mauritania became an important outpost of the Roman Empire and features many fine buildings. The archaeological site is located in a fertile agricultural area, where a large number of architectural remains still exist. Later, Volubilis briefly became the capital of Idrisid dynasty founder Idris I, who is buried in nearby Moulay Idriss.
Ancient Villages of Northern Syria
The approximately 40 villages scattered across eight parks in northwestern Syria provide powerful evidence of rural life in the late ancient and Byzantine periods. Built between the 1st and 7th centuries and abandoned between the 8th and 10th centuries, the villages feature well-preserved landscapes and architectural remains of dwellings, pagan temples, churches, cisterns, baths, etc. The cultural landscape of the villages also serves as an important example of the transition from the ancient pagan world of the Roman Empire to Byzantine Christianity. The remains of hydraulic technology, protective walls, and Roman agricultural plot planning further demonstrate the mastery of agricultural production by the local population.
SGang Gwaay
The village of Nans Dins is located on an island off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii). The remains of houses and carved burial and memorial posts illustrate the art and way of life of the Haida people. The site commemorates the living culture of the Haida people and their relationship to the land and sea, and provides a key to the visual representation of their oral tradition.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (Atomic Bomb Dome) is the only surviving building from the site of the first atomic bomb explosion on August 6, 1945. Through the efforts of many people, including the citizens of Hiroshima, the building has been preserved exactly as it was after the bomb went off. Not only is it a stark and powerful symbol of the most destructive force ever created by humankind, it also expresses hope for world peace and the eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons.
Paphos
Paphos has been inhabited since the Neolithic period. It was the centre of the worship of Aphrodite and the pre-Greek fertility gods. Legend has it that Aphrodite was born on this island and her temple was built here by the Mycenaeans in the 12th century BC. The remains of villas, palaces, theatres, fortresses and mausoleums mean that the site is of extraordinary architectural and historical value. The mosaics of Nea Paphos are among the most beautiful in the world.
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
The Loire Valley is a region of great beauty and cultural richness, with historic towns and villages, great architectural monuments (castles) and cultivated land shaped by centuries of interaction between the human population and the natural environment (mainly the Loire River itself).
Remains of the road in the southern section of the central axis
The central road in the southern section of Beijing's central axis is an important link that connects the carefully arranged urban buildings and public spaces. It was the only way for national ceremonial activities in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The remains of the southern section of the central axis road have been discovered. The site shows the location, direction, engineering structure and continuous inheritance of the southern section of the central road since the Ming Dynasty with material evidence, and witnesses the national ceremonial culture of Beijing's central axis that has continued to this day. The remains of the southern section of the central axis road are several central road remains distributed from Zhengyangmen to Yongdingmen. As of the end of 2022, it consists of three sites from south to north. Among them, the remains of the stone slab road on the north side of Yongdingmen are located about 100 meters north of Yongdingmen. The stone slab road is distributed on both sides of the center of the road, showing the paving method and shape of the imperial road in the Qing Dynasty; the remains of the central axis historical road inside Yongdingmen are located about 400 meters north of Yongdingmen, showing the use of the central road in different historical stages from Ming Dynasty to modern times; the remains of the drainage ditch on the south central axis road of Zhushikou are located about 5 meters south of the Zhushikou Church, showing the location and shape of the brick-built ditches on both sides of the central road in the Qing Dynasty. The remains of the stone slab road on the north side of Yongdingmen are two sections of granite strips paved with stone slabs. The stone slabs on the east and west sides are of the same shape. They are paved with granite strips or their broken blocks. They are material evidence of the stone road pavement in the Qing Dynasty. The remains of the central axis historical road inside Yongdingmen present the remains of seven roads (L1-L7) pressed in sequence. The hierarchical relationship of Lu pressure fully shows the construction and use history of the central road of Beijing's central axis. Its construction period can be roughly divided into: before the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729) (L7), from the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729) to the Republic of China (L6), the Republic of China (L5) and modern times (L1-L4). The drainage ditch ruins of the Zhushikou South Central Axis Road are brick-built, the bottom of the ditch is paved with blue bricks, covered with stone slabs, and the bottom of the ditch is full of ground nails, showing the engineering construction method of drainage facilities on one side of the central road in the Qing Dynasty. The central road of the southern section of the Beijing Central Axis was the only way for ancient emperors to worship from the palace to the southern suburbs. The remains of the southern section of the road that have been discovered show that the central road of the southern section of the Beijing Central Axis has been in use since the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It has been maintained and repaired at different stages of history. It is a tangible carrier of the sacrificial routes and ritual activities of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420), there was a central road between Zhengyangmen and the Temple of Heaven and Earth (Temple of Heaven) and the Temple of Mountains and Rivers (Temple of Agriculture), which was a dirt road. In the seventh year of Yongzheng's reign (1729), the section from Tianqiao to Yongdingmen was changed to stone. In the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign (1791), two zhang wide earth roads were opened on both sides of the imperial road, and the slab ditches on both sides of the stone road were gradually replaced with brick ditches. Six ditches were also opened on both sides of the stone road in front of the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Agriculture, which brought about a significant change in the landscape of the section from Tianqiao to Yongdingmen. In the eighteenth year of Jiaqing's reign (1813), the ditch was filled. In the early 20th century, the road was changed to asphalt concrete, and the original Qing Dynasty stone strips were buried underground until they were rediscovered in 2004. In 2022, archaeological excavations further discovered the remains of the historical central axis road inside Yongdingmen and the drainage ditch site of the central axis road south of Zhushikou.