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UNESCO Sites Near Bulguksa & Seokguram: What to See
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995, stand on the slopes of Mount Tohamsan 16 kilometres southeast…
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UNESCO Sites Near Gyeongju: What to See
Gyeongju served as the capital of the Silla Kingdom for nearly one thousand years and holds two separate UNESCO World Heritage inscriptions covering six…
October 2026
Heritage
UNESCO Sites Near Nikko: What to See
The Shrines and Temples of Nikkō — inscribed by UNESCO in 1999 — is a 103-building mountain complex built in 1634–1636 as the mausoleum…
October 2026
Heritage
UNESCO Sites Near Kyoto: What to See
Kinkaku-ji — the Temple of the Golden Pavilion — is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto whose gold-covered pavilion was built in 1397 as…
October 2026
Heritage
UNESCO Sites Near Nara: What to See
Tōdai-ji's Great Buddha Hall in Nara is the world's largest wooden building, housing a 15-metre bronze Daibutsu whose casting between 743 and 752 CE…
October 2026
Heritage
UNESCO Sites Near Hiroshima Peace Memorial: What to See
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial — the Genbaku Dome — is the preserved ruin of the only structure that remained standing near the hypocenter of…
October 2026
Heritage
UNESCO Sites Near Shirakawa-go: What to See
The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama in central Japan were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 for their 114 surviving…
October 2026
Heritage
UNESCO Sites Near Yakushima: What to See
Yakushima is an island of 500 km² in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage in 1993 — the first natural UNESCO listing…
October 2026
Archaeology
Four Wind Sensors on Delos: Building a Conservation Monitor
Delos has no power grid, no residents and nothing that may be drilled. The ARGUS project built a wind monitor for exactly that island:…
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