24 New Location of UNESCO World Heritage Site

Selection of a historic place is not only famous among tourists

Ephesus, Turkey

Thus the decision of the Committee of UNESCO World Heritage Site of the latest places were added to the UN list of world heritage sites.

Every year through in-depth research by the Committee may decide places of interest and historical, they do not always base decisions based on consideration of the tourists, even you will wonder about the latest places chosen by the Committee.


Virgin Mary, Ephesus

New places that may not have been known by the world travelers, it will become a new attraction for tourism, for example, several sites in certain countries, such as Denmark, France, Iran, and Turkey is a country that has two places added to in the list of results.

Here's a list of 24 historic locations UN version.

1. The Forth Bridge, Scotland
2. Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars, France
3. Ephesus, Turkey
4. Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalu and Monreale, Italy
5. Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", Jordan

6. The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy, France
7. Christiansfeld, Moravian churches, Denmark
8. The Par Force Hunting Landscape in North Zealand, Denmark
9. Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site, Norway
10. Speicherstadt and Chilehaus with Kontorhaus District, Germany

11. Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape, Turkey
12. Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
13. San Antonio Missions, United States
14. Necropolis of Beth She'arim, Israel
15. Blue and John Crow Mountains, Jamaica

16. Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque Hydraulic System, Mexico
17. Fray Bentos Cultural-Industrial Landscape, Uruguay
18. Site of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, Japan
19. Susa, Iran
20. The historic environment Maymand, Iran

21. Tusi, China
22. Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore
23. Baekje Historic Area, South Korea
24. Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain, Mongolia

See the list above, you may not be surprised, because many locations above apparently not too well known by the tourists, but new places will make the region into a new world tourist destination.

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(Source CA Setyanti - CNN Indonesia, UNESCO /Images W Sjahran, PT Hadi )