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Q: what do these have in common ( Answered,   0 Comments )
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Subject: what do these have in common
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: robertl-ga
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Posted: 26 Dec 2002 09:40 PST
Expires: 25 Jan 2003 09:40 PST
Question ID: 133530
old havana                            the royal chitwan national park, in nepal
the rock-hewn churches of ethiopia    the wieliczka salt mines in poland
the centre of edinburgh
amiens cathedral
the statue of liberty
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Subject: Re: what do these have in common
Answered By: tehuti-ga on 26 Dec 2002 09:54 PST
 
These places all feature in the World Heritage List of 730 locations
(563 cultural, 144 natural and 23 mixed in 125 states) which have been
selected by the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO as worthy of
special protection and conservation efforts.
http://whc.unesco.org/heritage.htm or
http://whc.unesco.org/nwhc/pages/doc/mainf3.htm

"To be included on the World Heritage List, a site must satisfy the
selection criteria adopted by the Committee. A cultural monument
could, for example, be a masterpiece of creative genius, or have
exerted great architectural influence, or be associated with ideas or
beliefs of universal significance, or it may be an outstanding example
of a traditional way of life that represents a certain culture. A
natural site may exemplify major stages of the earth's history, or
represent ongoing ecological and biological processes, or contain the
natural habitats of endangered animals, or it may be a scene of
exceptional beauty."
http://whc.unesco.org/nwhc/pages/doc/mainf3.htm (select "WH
objectives")

Search strategy:  I searched on Google for "Royal Chitwan" and found
it was a World Heritage site.  I then searched for "world heritage
sites" to obtain the full list as cited above.
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