Alpine pasture season is the seasonal migration of cattle herds from mountain valleys to high pastures each summer, a practice shaping Alpine landscapes and communities across six European nations for centuries.
Togo has no UNESCO sites. Nearest: Royal Palaces of Abomey in Benin (140 km east, inscribed 1985) — seat of the Kingdom of Dahomey for 2+ centuries; and the W-Arly-Pendjari wildlife complex (2019).
Côte d’Ivoire has 4 UNESCO sites accessible from Yamoussoukro: Comoé NP (500 km NE), Taï NP with West African chimpanzees (450 km SW), and colonial Grand-Bassam (250 km SE).
Cape Verde’s only UNESCO site — Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande (2009) — is 15 km from Praia and holds the oldest European colonial church in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Pelourinho slave trade monument.
Seychelles has 2 UNESCO sites accessible from Victoria: the Vallée de Mai on Praslin (coco de mer palms, 45 km) and Aldabra Atoll (100,000 giant tortoises, 1,150 km southwest).
Comoros has no UNESCO sites. The nearest is Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles (1,200 km southeast) — the world’s second largest atoll, home to 100,000 giant tortoises, accessible only by special permit.
Nauru has no UNESCO sites. The Topside phosphate plateau — where 90 years of extraction left a landscape of coral limestone pinnacles — is the island’s most distinctive heritage feature, 15 min from Yaren.
Tuvalu has no UNESCO sites. Funafuti’s Funafuti Conservation Area protects 33 km² of lagoon reef; the atoll, less than 2 metres above sea level, has become a symbol of climate heritage under threat.
Kiribati’s only UNESCO site — the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (408,000 km² of pristine Pacific ocean, inscribed 2010) — lies 1,800 km from capital South Tarawa; the Tarawa WWII battlefield is on the capital island.
The Marshall Islands’ only UNESCO site — Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site (2010) — lies 850 km from Majuro; 23 nuclear tests were conducted here between 1946 and 1958, including the first hydrogen bomb.
