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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Sukhothai, Thailand
Sukhothai (inscribed 1991) was the first Thai kingdom (1238–1438 CE): King Ramkhamhaeng created (or codified) the Thai alphabet in 1283 CE. The park has…
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Prambanan, Indonesia
Prambanan (inscribed 1991) is the largest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia: 47m Shiva shikhara tower with 432 Ramayana relief panels carved in sequence around…
August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Anuradhapura (inscribed 1982) was the Sinhalese capital for 1,300 years (380 BCE–993 CE) and contains the oldest documented living tree in the world: the…
August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Quedlinburg, Germany
Quedlinburg (inscribed 1994) is where the German nation began: the crypt of St. Servatius Collegiate Church (1021–1129 CE) holds the tombs of Henry I…
August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Colonia del Sacramento
Colonia del Sacramento (inscribed 1995) is a tiny Portuguese colonial town (0.2 km²) on the Río de la Plata, 45 minutes by ferry from…
August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Trogir, Croatia
Trogir (inscribed 1997) is the most complete Romanesque-Gothic city in the Adriatic: a 600×300m island city on the Dalmatian coast, founded by Greeks in…
August 2026
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UNESCO Sites Near Hué: My Son and Hoi An
My Son (85 km) and Hoi An (95 km) are the nearest World Heritage sites to Hué. How the Nguyen capital was planned, and…
August 2026
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Great Zimbabwe World Heritage Site Zimbabwe
Great Zimbabwe (inscribed 1986) is the largest ancient stone structure in Africa south of Egypt: the Great Enclosure's elliptical wall (250m circumference, 11m high,…
August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Lamu, Kenya
Old Town of Lamu (inscribed 2001) is the best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa: coral stone houses, 23 mosques, 2,000 working donkeys (no cars…
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