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  2. Norskedalen - Wikipedia

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    Norskedalen. Coordinates: 43°44′15.42″N 90°59′20.12″W. Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and sharing the Coulee Region 's natural environment and cultural heritage. [1] It is near Coon Valley, in La Crosse, and Vernon counties, Wisconsin, United States.

  3. List of World Heritage Sites in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Based on the size, it was likely a regional center of the Four Corners area. The great kiva at Chetro Ketl is pictured. The World Heritage Site also includes the ruins at the Aztec Ruins National Monument and some smaller sites. [25] Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: Hawaii: 1987 409; viii (natural)

  4. List of World Heritage Sites in Albania - Wikipedia

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    World Heritage Sites ; Site Image Location () Year listed UNESCO data Description Butrint: Vlorë: 1992 570; iii (cultural) Butrint (Latin: Buthrōtum) was an ancient Greek city, then a Roman one and the seat of a late Roman bishopric After a period of abandonment it was occupied by the Byzantines the Angevins and the Venetians.

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Mexico accepted the convention on 23 February 1984, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list.

  6. Natural heritage - Wikipedia

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    Natural heritage refers to natural features, geological and physiographical formations and delineated areas that constitute the habitat of threatened species of animals and plants and natural sites of value from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty. Heritage is that which is inherited from past generations, maintained in ...

  7. World Heritage Convention - Wikipedia

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    Article 1 on plaque. The World Heritage Convention, formally the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, is an international treaty signed on 23 November 1972, which created the World Heritage Sites, with the primary goals of nature conservation and the preservation and security of cultural properties.

  8. World Heritage Site - Wikipedia

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    The World Heritage emblem, used to identify properties protected by the World Heritage Convention [ 1 ] World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...

  9. Cultural heritage - Wikipedia

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    Significant was the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage that was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1972. As of 2011, there are 936 World Heritage Sites: 725 cultural, 183 natural, and 28 mixed properties, in 153 countries. Each of these sites is considered important to the international ...