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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 2026Cultural Heritage Online
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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…
August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Gondar, Ethiopia
Fasil Ghebbi (inscribed 1979) is the "Camelot of Africa": Emperor Fasilides's five-palace walled enclosure (c. 1635–1667 CE), a synthesis of Ethiopian, Portuguese, and Mughal…
August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Aksum, Ethiopia
Aksum (inscribed 1980) was one of the four great empires of the ancient world — its stelae field has obelisks up to 33m (the…
August 2026
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Two Venices Painted by Women: Ciardi & Brandeis
Two painters, a generation apart, gave Venice two different faces: Emma Ciardi's worldly, luminous lagoon and Antonietta Brandeis's more intimate, detailed views.
August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena de Indias (inscribed 1984) is the most fortified Spanish colonial port in the Americas: the Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas (1536–1657), 11…
August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
Erbil Citadel (inscribed 2014, In Danger) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the world: a 26-metre-high artificial mound (tell) of 8,000+…
August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Trujillo, Peru
Chan Chan (inscribed 1986, In Danger 1986) is the largest pre-Columbian city in South America: 10 royal Chimu adobe ciudadela compounds covering 20 km²…
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