Work is underway to submit to the list of the following natural objects: Delta Volga, Delta Lena, Green belt Fennoscandia, Kurile Islands, Valdai is a great watershed, Western Sayan, Beringia and Solovetsky Islands.
Natural Objects included in the World Heritage List |
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| Area | condition | |
| Virgin forests Komi. | 3,279 million hectares | Included in the World Heritage List (1995) Criteria - N II, III |
| 1. State biosphere reserve "Pechoro-Ilychsky" | 721 322 | |
| 2. National Park "Yugyd Va" | 1 891 701 | |
| 3. Safety Zone Reserve | 666 000 | |
| Lake Baikal | 8.8 million hectares | Included in List (1996) Criteria - N I, II, III, IV |
| 1. State biosphere reserve "Baikal" | 165 724 | |
| 2. State Biosphere Reserve "Barguzinsky" | 374 322 | |
| 3. State natural Reserve "Baikal Lensky" | 660 000 | |
| 4. National Park "Pribaikalsky" | 418 000 | |
| 5. National Park "Zabaykalsky" | 246 000 | |
| 6. Reserve "Frolichinsky" | 910 200 | |
| 7. Reserve "Kaban" | 18 000 | |
| 8. National Park "Tunksky" (partially) | ||
| Volcanoes Kamchatka | 3.996 million hectares | Included in the list (1996). Extended in 2001 Criteria - N I, II, III, IV |
| 1. State biosphere reserve "Kronotsky" | 1 147 619,37 | |
| 2. Natural Park "Bystrinsky" | 1 368 592 | |
| 3. Natural Park "Nalychevsky" | 286 025 | |
| 4. Natural Park "Yuzhno-Kamchatsky" | 500 511 | |
| 5. Request of the federal value "Yuzhno-Kamchatsky" | 322 000 | |
| 6. Natural Park "Klyuchevskaya" | 371 022 | |
| Golden mountains Altai | 1.509 million hectares | Included in List (1998) Criterion - N iv |
| 1. State biosphere reserve "Altai" | 881 238 | |
| 2. State Biosphere Reserve "Katun" | 150 079 | |
| 3. Natural Park "Mount Belukha" | 131 337 | |
| 4. Natural Park "Ukok" | 252 904 | |
| 5. Buffer Zone "Teletsk Lake" | 93 753 | |
| Western Caucasus | 0.301 million ga | Included in List (1999) Criteria - N II, IV |
| 1. State Biosphere Reserve "Caucasian" with a buffer zone | 288 200 | |
| 2. Natural Park "Big Thach" | 3 700 | |
| 3. Monument of Nature "The upper shovel of the Pzhah and Pshashha rivers" | 5 776 | |
| 4. Monument of Nature "The Worthy River Citz" | 1 913 | |
| 5. Monument of Nature "Range Range" | 1 480 | |
| Curonian Cos (together with Lithuania) | 0.031 million hectares | Included in the list (2000) Criterion - C V |
| 1. National Park "Curonian Spit" (Russia) | 6 600 | |
| 2. National Park "Kursiu Nerijos" (Lithuania) | 24 600 | |
| 1,567 million hectares | Included in the list (2001). Expanded in 2018 Criterion - N iv |
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| 1. State Biosphere Reserve "Sikhote-Alinsky" | 401 600 | |
| 2. Bikin National Park | 1 160 469 | |
| 3. Reserve "Malloy" | 4 749 | |
| UBSUNARSKAYA KOTLOVNA (together with Mongolia) | 0.883 million hectares | Included in the list (2003) Criteria - N II, IV |
| 1. State Biosphere Reserve "UBSUNUR KOTLOP" (Russia) | 73 529 | |
| 2. Biosphere Reserve "UVS NUUR" (Mongolia) | 810 233,5 | |
| Wrangel Island | 2,226 million hectares | Included in the list (2004) Criteria - N II, IV |
| State Natural Reserve "" Wrangel Island "" | ||
| Plateau Puratorna | 1.887 million HA | Included in the list (2010) Criteria - VII, IX |
| State Natural Reserve "Pooorator" | ||
| Lena pillars | 1.387 million GA | Included in the list (2012) Criteria - VIII |
| Natural Park of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) "Lensky Pillars" | ||
| Landscapes of Dauria (together with Mongolia) | 0.913 million hectares | Included in the list (2017) Criteria - (IX), (x) |
| 1. State Natural Biosphere Reserve "Daursky" | 49 765 | |
| 2. The security zone of the State Natural biosphere Reserve "Daurgy" | 117 690 | |
| 3. Request of the federal value "Dzerena Valley" | 111 568 | |
| Total area B. Russian Federation: | 279 023 | |
| 4. Strictly protected area "Mongol Daguur" | 110 377 | |
| 5. Buffer area of \u200b\u200bstrictly protected territory "Mongol Daguur" | 477 064 | |
| 6. Natural Reserve "UGTM" | 46 160 | |
| Total area in Mongolia: | 633 601 | |
Natural objects included in the preview |
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| Objects and part territories | Area | condition |
| Valaam archipelago | 0.026 million hectares | Included in the preliminary list of the Russian Federation 15.05.1996 |
| Natural Park "Valaam Archipelago" | ||
| Magadan Reserve | 0.884 million hectares | The nomination is prepared |
| State Natural Reserve "Magadan" | ||
| Commander Islands | 3.649 million hectares | Included in the preliminary list of the Russian Federation 07.02.2005 The nomination is prepared |
| State Nature Reserve "Commander" | ||
| Large Vasyugan swamp | 0.4 million hectares | |
| State Complex Reserve of the Tyumen Region "Vasyugansky" | ||
| Krasnoyarsk pillars | 0.047 million hectares | Included in the preliminary list of the Russian Federation 06.03.2007 |
| State Nature Reserve "Pillars" | ||
| Ilmenie Mountains | 0.034 million g |
Included in the preliminary list of the Russian Federation 11.08.2008 The nomination is prepared |
| State Natural Reserve RAS "Ilmensky" | ||
| Bashkir Ural | 0.045 million hectares | Included in the preliminary list of the Russian Federation on January 30, 2012 |
Natural objects that are promising to include in a preliminary list |
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| Objects and part territories | Area | condition |
| Berinium | 2.911 million hectares | Recommended msop to enable |
| 1. National Park "Beringia" (RF) | 1 819 154 hectares | |
| 2. National Reserve Bering Land Bridge (USA) | 1 091 595 hectares | |
| Delta Volga | 0.068 million hectares | Criteria N iv. The nomination is prepared |
| State Natural Biosphere Reserve "Astrakhan" | ||
| Delta Lena | 1,433 million g | The IUCN is recommended for inclusion in the list in accordance with the criterion N iv. The nomination is prepared |
| State Nature Reserve "Ust-Lensky" | ||
| Kurile Islands | 0.295 million hectares | The nomination is prepared |
| 1. State Nature Reserve "Kurilsky" and its buffer zone | 65 365 and 41 475 | |
| 2. Biological reserve "Small Kuriles" | 45 000 | |
| 3. Reserve of the regional value "Isrup Island" | 143 000 | |
| Green belt Fennoscandia (together with Finland and Norway) | 0.541 million hectares | The Russian part of the nomination has been prepared |
| 1. State Biosphere Reserve "Lapland" | 278 436 | |
| 2. State Natural Reserve "Kostomukshsky" | 47 457 | |
| 3. State Natural Reserve "Pasavik" | 14 727 | |
| 4. National Park "Paanairvi" | 104 354 | |
| 5. National Park "Kalevalsky" | 95 886 | |
| Valdai - Great Watershed | 0.183 million hectares | The nomination is prepared |
| 1. National Park "Valdai" | 158 500 | |
| 2. State Natural Biosphere Reserve "Central-Forest" | 24 447 | |
Natural objects not included in the list |
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| Objects and part territories | Area | condition |
| Vodozero National Park | 0.58 million hectares | |
| 1. National Park "Vodlorosorsky" | 404 700 | |
| 2. Reserve "Kozhozersky" | 178 600 | |
| Bashkir Ural | 0.2 million hectares | Not included in the list (1998) |
| 1. State Biosphere Reserve "Schulgan-Tash" | 22 531 | |
| 2. State Natural Reserve "Bashkir" | 49 609 | |
| 3. National Park "Bashkiria" (strictly protected area) | 32 740 | |
| 4. Reserve "Altyn Stalk" | 93 580 | |
| Teberdinsky Reserve (Expansion of the Object "Western Caucasus") | 0.085 million hectares | Not included in the list (2004) |
| State Biosphere Reserve "Teberdinsky" | ||
Russia is definitely rich in unique and, which is very important not affected by economic activities by natural complexes. According to the approximate estimates of scientists, in our country there are about 20 territories worthy of the status of the World Object natural Heritage. The list of the most promising territories was determined during the Joint UNESCO project and the International Union of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) on Boreal Forests.
Russia is a unique country. By territorial area, it ranks first in the world in the number of population - ninth. As of 2012, there are 25 specialized facilities in Russia. Fifteen of them possess the status of cultural attractions, the remaining ten are natural. Six out of fifteen UNESCO cultural facilities in Russia are equipped with the labeling "I", that is, belong to the masterpieces of human civilization. Four of the ten natural objects have the highest aesthetic criterion "VII".
The country's nature is distinguished by a variety of plant and animal forms: northern mosses and lichens are adjacent to it with southern palm trees and magnolias, taiga coniferous forests make up a striking contrast with steppe seeds of wheat and sunflower.
Climatic, natural and cultural diversity led to interest in it both by their own and foreign citizens. Natural and anthropogenic sights river cruises and rail travel, Beach and wellness, sports and extreme tourism make the country attractive for all categories of vacationers.
The main attractions of Russia are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Everyone who wants to discover the Great Country may begin with acquainted with twenty-five natural and anthropogenic objects with a cultural and historical or environmental degree of global importance. And it is compiled in order to preserve and show the modern person the depth of our common civilization heritage.
UNESCO facilities in Russia - Photo
The Northern Capital of Russia fell into the UNESCO list of 36 monuments, located not only in St. Petersburg itself, but also adjacent to him - Pushkin and Shlisselburg. Palace and park ensembles of the villages Gatchina and Strelna, Koltivskaya and Yukkovskaya Hills, Lindulovsky Grove and the Komarovskaya village cemetery - all this constitutes one huge cultural and natural education, geographically and historically connected with the Northern capital of Russia. Itself is presented in the UNESCO list of the Historical Center and the old part of the city, the Pulkovo Observatory and the Palace-Park Ensembles of Peterhof, Shuvalovsky Park and the estate of Vyazemsky, local fairway and numerous city highways.
Built in the XVIII-XIX centuries, two wooden churches and the bell tower fell into the UNESCO list in 1990. The cultural heritage of Karelia is known to the whole world on the Preobrazhenskiy Church, erected, according to legend, without a single nail. From the middle of the 20th century, the State Historical and Architectural Museum "Kizhi" is functioning on the basis of Kizhi. Along with ancient original buildings, the brought objects of wooden religious architecture and elevated in close proximity - for example, an eight-cycle windmill, built in 1928, are included in it. Wooden fence of the Kizhsky Possision ensemble was reconstructed in 1959 in accordance with the principles of the organization of traditional graveyard fences.
Symbols of a whole country and era - the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square - refer to the most significant cultural attractions of Russia and the whole world. It seems that there is no man on Earth, who would not know how they look. Most of the foreigners, when visiting Russia, first of all go to the Red Square. Moscow Kremlin is one of the oldest architectural monuments of Russia. His majestic walls and numerous towers, its Orthodox cathedrals and palace buildings, its square and gardens, the Armory and the Kremlin Palace of Congresses reflect the centuries-old history of the country. The Red Square adjacent to the northeastern wall of the Kremlin is known not only by the mausoleum and eternal flame, but also by numerous events organized on it lately. Victory parades, concerts on the independence of Russia, New Year's skating rinks - all this can afford one of the largest pedestrian platforms of Moscow.
Veliky Novgorod and surroundings adjacent to it entered the UNESCO list with more than ten cultural objects that are mainly religious. Znamensky, Zvorin, Antoniyev and, Church of the Nativity of Christ on the Red Field, Savior in Neretric, John of Moshamovy and Annunciation on the Mother and Many Orthodox Buildings belong to the ancient periods of Russian history and are unique architectural complexes. Novgorod Keynets (that is, the Kremlin) and the part of the city belonging to it is interesting from the point of view of historical and architectural heritage.
Savior-Preobrazhensky Solovetsky Monastery was built in the 20-30s of the XV century. He spread on the four islands of the Solovetsky archipelago. The cultural and historical ensemble "Solovetsky Islands" includes the main monastery, Voznesensky and Savvatievsky Skit, Isaakovskaya, Makariyevskaya and Filippovskaya deserts on the big Solovetsky island, Sergiev Skece on the island of Large Muksalma, Trinity and Calval-Colley Skit and Eleazarov Desert on Anzera and Andreevskaya deserts and stone labyrinths on a large hare island. IN soviet time The monastery territory operated the largest correctional labor Solovetsky camp of special purpose in the monastery territory. Monastic life has become possible here only at the end of 1990.
Eight architectural monuments of the Old Russian architecture, preferably wearing a white-chain character, entered the UNESCO list in 1992. All of them are located in the territory of the Vladimir region and belong to the Orthodox culture of Russia. In Vladimir, there are three protected UNESCO of the object: erected in the XII century and Dmitrievsky Cathedral, as well as the Golden Gate. In Suzdal, the Kremlin of the XII century with the Christmas Cathedral and the Savior-Efimyev monastery built in the XVI-XVII centuries. The village of Bogolyubovo is known to Orthodox pilgrims by the Palace of Andrei Bogolyubsky and magnificent. The Church of Boris and Gleb in the village of Kideksha is the first white-stone building of Northeast Russia.
The church built in the XVI century the Church of the Ascension of the Lord is the first stone Orthodox church, using instead of the classic dome of the tent. According to legend, she was erected on the occasion of the birth of Ivan the Terrible. The place for the temple was chosen on the right bank of the Moscow River, famous for his miraculous key. The Church of the Ascension of the Lord has the form of a centric church-tower, towering over the ground at a height of 62 meters. In the architectural design of the Church, traits of early rebirth are traced. In a circle, the temple is turned by a two-tier Gulbell Gallery.
Holy Trinity Sergiev Lava was founded by Rev. Sergey Radonezh in 1337. Currently, it is the largest Orthodox male monastery in Russia. The Trinity-Sergiyev Lavra is located in the center of Sergiev Posad - cities in the Moscow region. The designation of "Laurel" indicates a crowded, multi-depth monastery. The architectural ensemble of the monastery consists of fifty buildings of various functional purposes. There are among them and Orthodox cathedrals, and numerous bell tower, and royal draws. In Trinity-Sergiye Lavra, found the last shelter Boris Godunov and members of his family.
Virgin forests Komi are known as the greatest pristine forests growing in Europe. They occupy an area of \u200b\u200b32.600 square kilometers in the north Ural Mountains, within the Pecherso Ilych Reserve and the National Park "Yugyd Va". In terms of its composition, Komi belongs to the taiga ecosystem. Coniform breeds of trees are dominated in them. The western part of the forests falls on the Browse District, East - on the mountains themselves. Forest array of Komi is distinguished by variety not only flora, but also fauna. More than two hundred bird species live here, rare fish species are found. Many forest plants belong to the number of protected.
For the whole world, Baikal - Lake, for residents of Russia, loved in a unique natural object, Baikal - Sea! Located in Eastern Siberia it is the most deep lake Planets and, at the same time, the largest natural storage fresh water. The form of Baikal has the appearance of the crescent. The maximum depth of the lake is 1642 meters at a medium depth in 744. In Baikal, there are 19 percent of the entire fresh water of the planet. The nutrition of the lake is carried out by more three hundred rivers and streams. Baikal water is characterized by a high oxygen content. Its temperature rarely exceeds plus 8-9 degrees Celsius even in summer in the surface area. The water of the lake is so clean and transparent, which allows you to see to the depth to the distance to the forty meters.
Camchatka volcanoes are part of the Pacific Volcanic Fiery Ring - a large chain of the main operating volcanoes of the planet. Unique natural objects UNESCO's list in 1996 were included with the territories adjacent to them characterized by picturesque views and biological diversity. The exact number of peninsula volcanoes is unknown. Scientists speak of several hundreds and even thousands of objects. About thirty of them belong to the category of valid. The most famous kamchatsky volcano is the keypoint - the most high volcano Eurasia and most active on the peninsula. Camchatka volcanoes have a different volcanic origin and are divided into two, superimposed belts, - the middle and East Kamchatka.
A large biosphere reserve in Primorsky Krai was originally created to preserve the population of a sable. Currently he is the most comfortable spot Observation of the life of the Amur Tiger. In the territory of the Sikhote-Alinsky reserve a huge number of plants grows. Over a thousand top species, more than a hundred - moss, about four hundred - lichens, more than six hundred species of algae and more than five hundred - mushrooms. Local fauna is represented by a large number of birds, marine invertebrates and insects. Many plants, birds, animals and insects relate to the number of protected objects. Lemongrass Chinese and Edelweiss Palibin, spotted deer and the Himalayan Bear, Black Korean and Japanese Skzorets, Sakhalin Axistracy and the Makhaon Butterfly - they all found shelter in the Sikhote-Alinsky Reserve.
The three most significant sites of the Altai Mountains - the Altai and Katun Reserve and the Ukok Plateau - were made in 1998 to the UNESCO list called "Altai Golden Mountains". The protected geographic objects also hit the Belukha mountain and Lake Teletskoy. The Natural Criterion "X" Altai Mountains received for the most fully represented picture of alpine vegetation. In this area with each other, alternately, follow five belts: steppe, forest-steppe, mixed, subalpine and alpine. On the territory of the Golden Altai Mountains, rare animal species are inhabited - snow leopard, Siberian mountain goats and others.
Located in the Republic of Tyva, the pool of Lake UBSU-Nur belongs to both the territories of Russia and Mongolia. On the part of the Russian Federation, it is represented by the Biosphere Natural Reserve "UBSUNUCK COLLOD", which includes both the water of the lake itself and the land-adjacent land. The latter was located unique and, in many respects, a variety of edge ecosystem - the glaciers can be found here, and the most northern in Eurasia desert. On the territory of the Ubuchunskaya basin there are taiga zones, forest and classic steppes, alpine tundra and meadows. The area of \u200b\u200bthe reserve is replete with several tens of thousands of non-excavated Kursians ancient nomadic tribes.
Located in the West Caucasus, a natural biosphere reserve refers to the category of government. It is a major natural education related to two climatic belts - moderate and subtropical. More than 900 species of vascular plants and 700 species of mushrooms grows on the territory of the reserve. Initially Caucasian Reserve It was called bison. Nowadays, this definition was decided to refuse, since, in addition to the bison, there are a large number of other mammals in the West Caucasus, each of which needs state protection. Today, on the territory of the reserve, you can meet boars and roasters, a Western Caucasian tour and a brown bear, a Caucasian mink and a bison.
Not only the Moscow and Novgorod Kremlin entered the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Kazan Kremlin also got into the number of cultural significant objects of world importance. His historical and architectural complex, consisting of a white-changing Kremlin, temples and other buildings, is a monument to three historic periods: XII-XIII, XIV-XV and XV-XVI centuries. The Kremlin Territory of Kazan has the shape of an irregular polygon, which coincides over the outlines with the hill, on which the ancient settlement is located. Initially, the Kazan Kremlin was the Bulgar fortress. He then moved to the power of Kazan Khanate. After taking Kazan, the first Orthodox churches appeared in the Kremlin territory. In 2005, in honor of the Millennium Kazan, the main mosque of the Republic of Tatarstan was built within the Kazan Kremlin - Kul Sharif.
Currently, the monastery is currently among the inactive. The Ferrapontovsky branch of the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve and the Unique Museum of Frescoes Dionysius became a stumbling block between the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the ROC. In 2000, Ferapontov, the monastery was listed on UNESCO, which finally gave him the status not so much religious, how much cultural heritage of mankind. The architectural ensemble of the monastery is represented by the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, painted by the famous Moscow icon painter of the XV-XVI century - Dionisia, the monumental church of the Annunciation, the Outstanding Chamber and official buildings.
Curonian Spit - Long, narrow strip of sandy land, separating the Curonian bay from Baltic Sea. In its geographical status, this natural object is sometimes relating to the peninsulas. The length of the Curonian Spit is 98 kilometers, the width is from 400 to 4 kilometers. The saberoid strip of earth is half belonging to Russia, half Lithuania. On Russian Territory, the Curonian Spit contains the same name of the National Park. The UNESCO World Heritage List The original peninsula was made due to its biological diversity. Numerous landscapes, starting with the desert and ending with tundra, a large number of flora and fauna, as well as the ancient migration path of birds, makes the Kurisk braid to a unique natural complex in need of protection.
The most southern city of Russia, located in the Republic of Dagestan, - Derbent - applies to the number ancient cities World. The first settlements on its territory arose at the end of the 4th millennium to our era. Modern view of the city acquired in 438. In those distant times, Derbent was a Persian fortress consisting of the Citadel of the Naryn-Cala and Double Walls descending to the Caspian Sea. The ancient fortress, the old city and the fortress structures of Derbent were included in the UNESCO list in 2003. Until our days, Naryn Cala reached the ruins, ancient Temple Fireplongs, mosques located on its territory baths and water tanks.
Located in the Arctic Ocean, Wrangel Island was opened in 1849. In 1926, the first polar station was created on it, in 1948 - the island was settled with homemade reindeers, in 1975 - shebians. The last event led to the fact that the authorities of the Magadan Region decided to establish a reserve on the island of Wrangel, which also included the neighboring island Herald. At the end of the XX century, the Water Territories adjacent to it joined the "Island of Wrangel Island". Flora Islands consists mainly of ancient species of plants. The fauna of the terrain is developed weakly: most often, there are feathers and walruses here, who organized their main Russian fantasies on the island of Wrangel.
The Novodevichy The Mother of God-Smolensky Monastery was founded in the 1524th year in honor of the Smolensk icon of the Mother of God "Odigitria". The location of the female Orthodox monastery is a maiden field of Moscow. The center of the monastery is a five-key Smolensky Cathedral, from which the creation of the entire architectural ensemble of the religious monument of the Russian capital began. In the XVII century, the temple of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, the Temple of the Savior of Transfiguration, the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bell Tower, the Meadow, Lopukhin, Mariinsky and Blowing Chambers was built around it.
Historical Center Yaroslavl, consisting of a chopped city (local Kremlin) and an earth farm, was noted by UNESCO in 2005 as an outstanding architectural sample of urban planning reform implemented in Catherine II. The development of the times of classicism was underway near the parish church of Ilya of the Prophet, in front of which the semicircular area was located. The streets rays were held to her, each of which ended in earlier construction time. architectural monument - Assumption Cathedral on the arrow, Znamenskaya and the Uglich Tower, the Church of Simeon St Capinet.
A network of 265 support geodesic items, created in the first half of the XIX century to study earthly parameters, currently detects itself in many cities of Europe. In the Russian territory, it is represented by two points - "point of mealkiyllylus" and "point Z" located on the island of Gogland. Of the more than two hundred objects of the Struve arc to this day, only 34 points came, which served as the basis for the inclusion of a unique scientific monument of mankind into a list of particularly valuable cultural facilities of modernity.
Like many Natural Objects of Russia, which included UNESCO's list, Putaran Plateau was listed in it because of a unique combination of different environmental systems. Located within the isolated mountain range, the Poohoral State Natural Reserve combines the subarctic and arctic belt, Taiga, Festourca and the Arctic desert within its territory. On the territory of the reserve resides a Poultharanism subspecies of a snow leopard, entered in the Red Book of Russia. Wintering on the plateau and the world's largest population of the wild reindeer.
Lena pillars located on the territory of the Republic of Sakha are the most recent Russian object included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012. Geological formation, located on the shore of Lena, is a multi-kilometer complex stretched vertical rocks. The unique natural monument is based on Cambrian limestone. The beginning of the formation of Lensky Pillars. Scientists belong to early Cambria - time removed from our 560 million years. The embossed form of Lena pillars was formed much later - only 400 thousand years ago. Next to the Lensky pillars, the same natural park is functioning. Waving sands and parking of an ancient person are located on its territory. Mammoth fossil remains are found here.
World Heritage sites included in the UNESCO specialist are tremendous for the entire population of the planet. Unique natural and cultural facilities make it possible to preserve those unique corners of nature and man-made monuments that demonstrate the richness of nature and the possibility of human mind.
As of July 6, 2012, in the World Heritage List - 962 facilities (including 745 cultural, 188 - natural and 29 - mixed), located in 148 countries of the world. Among the objects there are separate architectural structures and ensembles, for example - Acropolis, Cathedrals in Amiens and Chartres, historical centers of cities - Warsaw and St. Petersburg, Moscow Kremlin and Red Square; And the whole cities are found - Brazilia, Venice along with the lagoon and others. There are also archaeological reserves - for example, Delphi; National Parks - Big Barrier Reef Maritime Park, Yellowstone (USA) and others. States in whose territory are located world heritage sites are committed to preserving them.
In this photo specification you will see 29 objects from different parts of our planet, which are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
1) Tourists inspect Buddhist sculptures of the Grotto Longmen ("Dragons Gate") near the city of Luoyang in the Chinese province Henan. In this place there are more than 2,300 caves; 110,000 Buddhist images, more than 80 Dagobes (Buddhist Mausoleums), containing Buddha relics, as well as 2,800 climb inscriptions near the Ishui River with a length of a kilometer. For the first time, Buddhism in China was presented in these places during the Board of the Eastern Han Dynasty. CHINA Photos / Getty Images)
2) The Bayon Temple in Cambodia is famous for its numerous giant stone faces. In the Angkor region there are more than 1,000 temples, which range from the inexless piles of bricks and rubble scattered among rice fields, to the magnificent Angkor Wat, which is considered the world's largest uniform religious monument. Many of the temples in Angkore were restored. Every year they are visited by more than a million tourist tourists. (Voishmel / AFP - Getty Images)
3) One of the parts of the archaeological object Al-Hijr is also known as Madain Salih. This complex located in the northern regions Saudi Arabia UNESCO World Heritage List was added on July 6, 2008. The complex includes 111 rocky burials (I century BC. e. - I century AD), as well as a system of hydraulic structures, dedicated to the ancient Nabatoy city of Khomp, which was the center of caravan trade. There are also about 50 labels in the rocks belonging to the Donya period. (Hassan Ammar / AFP - Getty Images)
4) Waterfalls "Garganta Del Diablo" ("Devil's Throat" are located on the territory National Park Iguazu in the Argentine Province of Misones. Depending on the water level in the River Iguazu, the park has from 160 to 260 waterfalls, as well as over 2000 plant varieties and 400 species of birds. Iguazu National Park was included in the World Heritage List in 1984. CHRISTIAN RIZZI / AFP - GETTY IMAGES)
5) Mysterious Stonehenge stone megalithic structureconsisting of 150 huge stones, and located in the Salisbury Plain in English County Wiltshire. This ancient monument is believed to be built in 3000 BC. Stonehenge was included by UNESCO in the world heritage list in 1986. MATT CARDY / GETTY IMAGES)
6) Tourists walk away from Bafang Pavilion in the summer palace, the famous classic Imperial Garden in Beijing. Summer PalaceBuilt in 1750 was destroyed in 1860 and restored in 1886. It was included in the World Heritage List in 1998. CHINA Photos / Getty Images)
7) Statue of Liberty at sunset in New York. "Lady Liberty", which France presented, is at the entrance to New York Harbor. She was listed in the World Heritage List in 1984. (Seth Wenig / AP)
8) Solitario George (Lone George), the last live giant turtle of this species, born on the island of Pint, lives in Galapagos National Park in Ecuador. She is now approximately 60-90 years old. Galapagos Islands It was originally included in the World Heritage List in 1978, but in 2007 were noted as threatened year. Rodrigo Buendia / AFP - Getty Images)
9) People skate on the ice of the canals in the Kinderdike Melnitz Area, entered into the UNESCO World Heritage Site, and located near Rotterdam. The Kinderdike contains the largest collection of historical mills in the Netherlands, in addition, this region is one of the main attractions in South Holland. Registration of the balls of holidays passing here, some flashes this place. (Peter Dejong / AP)
10) View of the Perito-Moreno Glacier located in Los Glasaire National Park, in the south-east of the Argentine Province of Santa Cruz. This place was listed in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site in 1981. The glacier is one of the most interesting tourist objects in the Argentine part of the Patagonia and the 3rd largest glacier in the world after Antarctica and Greenland. (Daniel Garcia / AFP - Getty Images)
11) Terraced gardens in the Northern Israeli city of Haifa surround the chip-sawmill of Baba, the founder of the Baha'i faith. There is a World Administrative and Spiritual Center for the religion of Bahai, the number of people professing worldwide is less than six million. This place was announced by the UNESCO World Heritage Site on July 8, 2008. (David Silverman / Getty Images)
12) Aerial photography of St. Peter's Square. According to the World Heritage Website, within this small state there is a unique collection of artistic and architectural masterpieces. The Vatican was included in the World Heritage List in 1984. (Giulio Napolitano / AFP - Getty Images)
13) Colorful underwater scenes of a large barrier reef in Australia. In this prosperous ecosystem, the world's largest collection of coral reefs, including 400 types of corals and 1500 species of fish. Big Barrier Reef was included in the World Heritage List in 1981. (AFP - Getty Images)
14) Camels rest in the ancient city of Peter before the main monument of Jordan, Al-Hazne or the Treasury, presumably representing the Tomb of the Nabatoy king, carved from sandstone. This city located between the Red and Dead Seas.is at the intersection of paths from Arabia, Egypt, and Phenicia. Peter is included in the World Heritage List in 1985. (Thomas COEX / AFP - Getty Images)
15) The Sydney Opera House is one of the most famous and easily recognizable buildings of the world, which is a symbol of Sydney and one of the main attractions of Australia. Sydney Opera House entered the World Heritage Program in 2007. (Torsten Blackwood / AFP - Getty Images)
16) rock paintings made by people of the San tribe in the Dragon Mountains located in the east of South Africa. People of the San tribe live in the Drainsberg area of \u200b\u200bthousands of years, until they were destroyed during the clashes with Zulusi and White settlers. They left behind incredible cave drawings In the Dragon Mountains, which were introduced by UNESCO to the World Heritage Program in 2000. ALEXANDER JOE / AFP - GETTY IMAGES)
17) General view of the city of Shibam, located in the East in the province of Hadramaut. Shibam is famous for nothing with any comparable architecture, which is included in UNESCO World Heritage Program. All houses are built from clay bricks, approximately 500 houses can be considered a multi-storey, as they have 5-11 floors. Shibam is often called the "oldest city of skyscrapers in the world" or "deserted Manhattan", it is also ancient example of urban planning based on the principle of vertical construction. Khaled FAZAA / AFP - Getty Images)
18) Gondolas at the shore of the Big Channel in Venice. Against the backdrop of San George Maggiore's church. Island Venice - seaside resort, International tourism center of world importance, venue of international film festivals, artistic and architectural exhibitions. Venice introduced UNESCO to the World Heritage Program in 1987. (AP)
19) Some of the 390 abandoned huge statues from the compressed volcanic ash (MOAI in the language of Rapa Nui) at the foot of the volcano early raracca on Easter Island, 3700 km from Chile's coast. Rapa National Park is included in UNESCO World Heritage Program since 1995. Martin Bernetti / AFP - Getty Images)
20) Visitors go along the Great Chinese wall In the Simatai area, northeast of Beijing. This largest architectural monument was built as one of the four major strategic reference points for defense from the invasion of tribes from the north. The Great Wall with a length of 8851.8 km is one of the largest ever completed construction projects. It was included in the World Heritage List in 1987. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP - Getty Images)
21) Temple in Hampi, near the South Indian city of Hospital, north of Bangalore. Hampi is located in the midst of the ruins of Vijayanagara - the former capital of the Vijayanagar Empire. Hampi and her monuments were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP - GETTY IMAGES)
22) Tibetan pilgrim rotates prayer mills on the territory of the palace Potala in the capital of Tibet Lhasa. Palace Potala is the royal palace and the Buddhist temple complex, which was the main residence of the Dalai Lama. Today, Potala Palace is a museum, actively visited by tourists, remaining the place of pilgrimage of Buddhists and continuing to be used in Buddhist rituals. Due to the enormous cultural, religious, artistic and historical significance, was submitted in 1994 to the UNESCO World Heritage List. (GOH Chai Hin / AFP - Getty Images)
23) Incas-Picchu Inca-Picchu citadel in the Peruvian city of Cusco. Machu-Picchu, especially after the World Heritage Status of UNESCO in 1983, became the center of mass tourism. On the day, the city is visited by 2000 tourists; In order to preserve the UNESCO monument, it requires to reduce the number of tourists a day to 800. (Eitan Abramovich / AFP - Getty Images)
24) Buddhist Pagoda Temperato on Koy's Mountain, in Wakakaya Province, Japan. Mount Koya, located east of Osaka, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. In 819, the Buddhist Monk Kukai, the founder of the Singon School, the branch of Japanese Buddhism, was first settled. EVERETT KENNEDY BROWN / EPA)
25) Tibetan women walk around Bodhnath Stupa in Kathmandu - one of the most ancient and revered Buddhist shrines. On the edges of the crowd of his tower depicted "Buddha's eyes", inlaid by ivory. Valley Kathmandu height about 1300 m - mountain valley and the historical region of Nepal. There is a lot of Buddhist and Hindu temples from Stupa Bodnath to tiny street altars in the walls of houses. Locals say that 10 million gods live in the Valley of Kathmandu. Valley Kathmandu was included in the World Heritage List in 1979. PAULA BRONSTEIN / GETTY IMAGES)
26) Bird flies over the Taj Mahal - Mausoleum-Mosque, located in the Indian city of Agra. It was built by order of the emperor of the Great Mogolov Shah-Jahan in memory of the wife of Mumtaz-Mahal, deceased during childbirth. Taj Mahal was introduced by UNESCO to the World Heritage List in 1983. The architectural miracle was also called one of the "new seven wonders of the world" in 2007. (TAUSEEF Mustafa / AFP - Getty Images)
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27) Located in the northeastern part of Wales, the 18-kilometer Aqueduct Panthasillte is a feat of civil construction of the industrial revolution, the construction of which was completed in the first years of the 19th century. After more than 200 years after its discovery, it is still used and is one of the most loaded areas of the UK channel network, skipping about 15,000 boats per year. In 2009, the Aqueduct Pantuxilte was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site as "Milestone in the History of Civil Engineering of the Industrial Revolutionary Epoch". This aqueduct is one of the unusual monuments to plumbers and water supply (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)
28) The flose of the moose grazing the meadows of the Yellowstone National Park. Against the background of Mount Holmes, on the left, and the Mount Dome. In the Yellowstone National Park, which occupies almost 900 thousand hectares, there are more than 10 thousand geysers and thermal sources. The park was included in the World Heritage Program in 1978. (KEVORK DJANSEZIAN / AP)
29) Cubans go on an old car on the embankment "Malecon" in Havana. UNESCO made an old Havana and its fortification on the World Heritage List in 1982. Although Havana has expanded, and its population is more than 2 million people, its old center retains an interesting mixture of monuments in the style of baroque and neoclassicism and homogeneous ensembles of private houses with arcades, balconies, wrought iron gates and inner courtyards. (Javier Galeano / AP)
Currently, 26 World Heritage sites are located on the territory of the Russian Federation:
16 Cultural Objects (have the letter designation with the Cultural) and 10 natural objects (denoted by the letter N - Natural) heritage in the World Heritage List.
Three of them are transboundary, i.e. Located on the territory of several states: Curonian Spit (Lithuania, Russian Federation), UBSUNRAKI (Mongolia, Russian Federation), Geodesic arc Struve (Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, Estonia)
First objects - "Historical Center St. Petersburg And associated with him groups of monuments "," Kizhi gravel "," Moscow Kremlin and Red Square "- are included in the World Heritage Site at the 14th session of the World Heritage Committee held in 1990 in the Canadian city of Banff.
14th Session of the World Heritage Committee - 1990 (Bangff, Canada)
No.S540 - Historical Center St. Petersburg and associated groups of monuments
Criteria (I) (II) (IV) (VI)
"Northern Venice", with its multiple channels and more than 400 bridges, is the result of the greatest town planning project, started in 1703 in Peter Great. The city was closely connected with the October Revolution of 1917, and in 1924-1991. He wore the name of Leningrad. In his architectural heritage, such various styles are combined as baroque and classicism, which can be seen by the example of admiralty, Winter Palace, Marble Palace and Hermitage.
Object information:
№ С544 - KIZH
Criteria: (i) (IV) (V)
Kizhi graveyard is located on one of the numerous islands of Onega Lake, in Karelia. Here you can see two wooden churches of the XVIII century, as well as an eight-marched bell tower built from a tree in 1862. These unusual buildings, which are the vertex of carpentry skill, are a sample of an ancient church arrival and harmoniously combined with the surrounding natural landscape.
Object information:
on the site of the Museum-Reserve "Kizhi"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
No. 145 - Moscow Kremlin and Red Square
Criteria: (I) (II) (IV) (VI)
This place is inextricably linked with the most important historical and political events in Russia's life. Starting from the XIII century. Moscow Kremlin, created in the period from the XIV century. By the XVII century. Outstanding Russian and foreign architects, he was great, and then a tsarist residence, as well as a religious center. On the Red Square, spread from the walls of the Kremlin, the Cathedral of Basil Blessed is towers - the authentic masterpiece of the Russian Orthodox architecture.
Object information:
on the website of the Museums of the Moscow Kremlin
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
16th Session of the World Heritage Committee - 1992 (Santa Fe, USA)
№с604 - historical monuments of Veliky Novgorod and the surrounding area
Criteria: (II) (IV) (VI)
Novgorod, favorably located in an ancient trading path between Central Asia and Northern Europe, was in the IX century. The first capital of Russia, the center of Orthodox spirituality and Russian architecture. Its medieval monuments, churches and monasteries, as well as the frescoes of Feofan Greek (teachers of Andrei Rublev), dating from the XIV century, clearly illustrate the outstanding level of architectural and artistic creativity.
Object information:
on the website of the Department of Culture and Tourismanovgorod region
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
No. 132 - Historical and cultural complex Solovetsky Islands
Criterion: (IV)
Solovetsky archipelago located in the western part White Sea, consists of 6 islands with a total area of \u200b\u200bmore than 300 square meters. km. They were settled in V c. BC, however, the very first testimonies of the person here are referring to the 3-2th millenniums BC. Islands, starting with the XV century, have become the place of creation and active development of the largest in the Russian north of the monastery. There are also several churches of the XVI-XIX centuries.
Object information:
on the website of FGBUK "Solovetsky State Historical and Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve"
on the site "Museums of Russia"
№с633 - Whiten Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
Criteria: (I) (II) (IV)
These two ancient cultural centers of Central Russia occupy an important place in the history of the formation of the country's architecture. Here is a number of majestic cult and public buildings of the XII-XIII centuries, among which the Uspensky and Dmitrievsky Cathedrals are allocated (Vladimir).
Object information:
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
17th Session of the World Heritage Committee -1993 (Cartagena, Colombia)
No.S657 - Architectural ensemble Trinity-Sergieva Lavra in Sergiev Posad
Criteria: (II) (IV)
This is a vivid example of a valid Orthodox monastery, which has the features of the fortress, which completely corresponded to the spirit of its formation - the XV-XVIII centuries. In the main church of the Lavra - the Assumption Cathedral, created in the image and likeness of the Moscow Kremlin's Cathedral of the same name, is the Tomb of Boris Godunov. Among the treasures of the Lavra, the famous icon "Trinity" of the work of Andrei Rublev.
Object information:
on thethe website of the Ministry of Culture of the Moscow Region
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
18th Session of the World Heritage Committee - 1994 (Phuket, Thailand)
№С 634.rev. - Church of Ascension in Kolomensky (Moscow)
Criterion: (II)
This church was built in 1532 in the royal estate Kolomna near Moscow to commemorate the appearance of the heir - the future king of Ivan IV of Grozny. The Church of the Ascension, which is one of the earliest examples of the traditional stone for the wooden architecture of tent completion, had a great influence on further development Russian church architecture.
Object information:
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
19th World Heritage Committee Session - 1995 (Berlin, Germany)
N.719 - Komi virgin forests
Criteria: (VII) (IX)
The structure of the heritage covering the territory of 3.28 million hectares is included with the plain tundra, the mountain tundras of the Urals, as well as one of the largest arrays of the primary boreal forests survived in Europe. An extensive area with swamps, rivers and lakes where coniferous breeds, birch and aspen grow, is studied and guarded for more than 50 years. Here you can trace the course of natural natural processes that determine the biodiversity of the taiga ecosystem.
Object information:
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
20th Session of the World Heritage Committee - 1996 (Merida, Mexico)
№ N.754 - Lake Baikal
Criteria: (VII) (VIII) (IX) (x)
Located in the south-east of Siberia and the area of \u200b\u200b3.15 million hectares, Baikal is recognized as the most ancient (25 million years) and the deepest (about 1700 m) of the planet lake. The reservoir stores approximately 20% of all world stocks of fresh water. In the lake, which is known as the "Galapagos of Russia", thanks to the ancient age and the insulation, a unique ecosystem was formed for the world standards, the study of which has a continuous importance for understanding the evolution of life on Earth.
Object information:
on the website of the Foundation "Protection of Natural Heritage"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
22nd Session of the World Heritage Committee - 1998 (Kyoto, Japan)
№ N.768Rev - "Altai Gold Mountains"
Criteria: (x)
Altai Mountains, which are the main mining area in the south Western Siberia., form the origins of the largest rivers of this region - Ob and Irtysh. Heritage object includes three separate areas: Altai Reserve with a water protection zone of Teletsky Lake, Katun Reserve Plus Beluha Natural Park, Plateau Ukok. The total area is 1.64 million hectares. The area demonstrates the widest belt spectrum within central Siberia: from steppes, forest-steppe and mixed forests to subalpine and alpine meadows and glaciers. The territory is habitating disappearing animals, such as a snow leopard.
Object information:
on the website of the Foundation "Protection of Natural Heritage"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
23rd World Heritage Committee session - 1999 (Marrakesh, Morocco)
№
N.900
- Western Caucasus
Criteria: (IX) (X)
This is one of the few major high-altitude arrays in Europe, where nature has not yet been substantial anthropogenic influence. The area of \u200b\u200bthe facility is about 300 thousand hectares, it is located in the west of the Grand Caucasus, 50 km north-east of the Black Sea coast. Only wild animals graze on the local Alpine and subalpian meadows, and extensive untouched mountain forests extending from the lowland zone to subalpics are also unique to Europe. The area is characterized by a large variety of ecosystems, high-nendemic flora and fauna, and is a district where once died, and later was recycled, the mountain subspecies of the European bison.
Object information:
on the website of the Foundation "Protection of Natural Heritage"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
24th Session of World Heritage Committee - 2000 (Cairns, Australia)
№С980 - The historical and architectural complex of the Kazan Kremlin
Criteria: (II) (III) (IV)
The territory arising from very long time, the Kazan Kremlin leads its history from the Muslim period in the history of the Golden Horde and Kazan Khanate. He was conquered in 1552 by Ivan Grozny and became the stronghold of Orthodoxy in the Volga region. The Kremlin, in many respects preserved the planning of the ancient Tatar fortress and became an important center of pilgrimage, includes outstanding historical buildings of the XVI-XIX centuries, built on the ruins of earlier structures of the X-XVI centuries.
Object information:
on the website of the State Historical and Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve "Kazan Kremlin"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
№С982 - Ensemble Feraphantov Monastery
Criteria: (i) (IV)
The monastery is located in the Vologda region, in the north of the European part of Russia. This is an exceptionally well-preserved Orthodox monastery complex of the XV-XVII centuries., I.e. The period that had great importance for the formation of a centralized Russian state and the development of its culture. The architecture of the monastery is unique and intertwined. In the interior of the christmas temple of the Virgin, the magnificent wall frescoes of Dionysius - the greatest Russian artist of the end of the XV century were preserved.
Object information:
on the website of the FGBU "Kirillo-Belozersky Historical and Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve"
on the site of the Museum of Fresok Dionysia
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
№с994 - Curonian Spit
Transboundary object: Lithuania, Russian Federation
Criterion: (V)
The development of this narrow sandy peninsula, having a length of 98 km and a width of 400 m to 4 km, began in prehistoric times. Spit also underwent the impact of natural forces - wind and sea waves. The preservation of this unique cultural landscape to this day has become possible only thanks to the incessant struggle of a person with the processes of erosion (fixing the dunes, forest stocks).
Object information:
on the website of the National Park "Curonian Spit" (Russia)
on the website of the National Park "Curonian Spit" (Lithuania)
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
25th Session of the World Heritage Committee - 2001 (Helsinki, Finland)
№
N.766Rev - Central Sikhote-Alin
Criterion: (X)
In the mountains of Sikhote-Alin, Far Eastern coniferous-deciduous forests grow, which are recognized as one of the richest and original on the species composition among all forests of a moderate belt of the Earth. In this transition zone, which is at the junction of taiga and subtropics, there is an unusual mixing of the southern (tiger, the Himalayan Bear) and the northern animal species (brown bear, lynx). Territory extends from the most high vertices Sikhote-Alin to the coast of the Japanese Sea, and serves as a refuge for many disappearing species, including the Amur Tiger.
Object information:
on the Sikhote-Alinsky Reserve website
on the website of the Foundation "Protection of Natural Heritage"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
27th Session of the World Heritage Committee - 2003 (Paris, France)
№
N.769 Rev- Ubuvunur Bowl
Transboundary Object: Mongolia, Russian Federation
Criteria: (IX) (X)
The object of heritage (with an area of \u200b\u200b1069 thousand hectares) is within the boundaries of the northern of all the nearest Kotlovin of Central Asia. Its name comes from the name of the extensive shallow and very saline lake UBSUNR, in the area of \u200b\u200bwhich the mass of migratory, waterfowl and chain birds accumulates. The object consists of 12 fragmented areas (including seven sections in Russia, with an area of \u200b\u200b258.6 thousand hectares), which represent all major types of landscapes characteristic of Eastern Eurasia. The steppes marked a wide variety of feathered, and rare species of small mammals live on deserted sections. In the alpine part, such animals are marked, rare on a global scale, like a snow leopard and mountain barn argali, as well as Siberian Capricorn.
Object information:
on the website of the Tuvinian Republican branch of the Russian Geographical Society
on the website of the Foundation "Protection of Natural Heritage"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
№с1070 - Citadel, Old Town and Derbent Fortress
Criteria: (III) (IV)
Ancient Derbent was located on northern Rubbers Sassanid Persia, Storing out in those days to the East and West from the Caspian Sea. Vintage fortifications built out of stone include two fortress walls that go parallel to each other from the seashore to the mountains. The city of Derbent has developed between these two walls and kept its medieval character so far. He continued to be important in a strategic attitude of the place until the XIX century.
Object information:
on the website of the GBU "Derbent State Historical and Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
28th Session of the World Heritage Committee - 2004 (Suzhou, China)
№с1097 - Ensemble Novodevichy Monastery (Moscow)
Criteria: (i) (IV) (VI)
The Novodevichy Monastery, located in the south-west of Moscow, was created during the XVI-XVII centuries and was one of the links in the chain of monastic ensembles united in the defense system of the city. The monastery was closely connected with the political, cultural and religious life of Russia, as well as with the Moscow Kremlin. Here were tonsured in the nuns and were buried by representatives of the royal family, noble boyars and noble childbirth. The ensemble of the Novodevichy Monastery is one of the masterpieces of Russian architecture (the style "Moscow Baroque"), and its interiors where valuable collections of painting and works of decorative and applied art are stored, differ in rich inner decoration.
Object information:
on the website of the Virgin-Smolensk Novodevichy Monastery
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
№ N.1023rev - Natural Reserve Reserve Island Wrangel
Criteria: (IX) (X)
The heritage object located behind the polar circle includes the mountainous island of Wrangel (7.6 thousand square meters. Km) and Herald Island (11 square meters) together with the surrounding waters of the Chukotka and East Siberian seas. Since this area was not covered by a powerful quaternary glaciation, there is very high biodiversity. Wrangel Island is known thanks to the huge frying fools (one of the largest in the Arctic), as well as the most worldwide density of the generic Berler's Bear. This area is important as a place of head of gray whales migrating here by California, and as a nesting site for more than 50 species of birds, many of which are attributed to rare and disappearing. More than 400 species and varieties of vascular plants were recorded on the island, that is, more than any other Arctic island. Some of living organisms found here are special island forms of those plants and animals that are widespread on the continent. About 40 species and subspecies of plants, insects, birds and animals are defined as endemic.
Object information:
on the site of the State Natural Reserve "Wrangel Island"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
29th Session of the World Heritage Committee - 2005 (Durban, South Africa)
№С1187 - Geodesic arc Struve
Transboundary Object: Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, Estonia
Criteria: (II) (III) (VI)
"Arc Struve" is a chain of triangulation items, stretching at 2820 km through the territory of ten European countries from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea. These observation points were laid in the period 1816-1855. Astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve (he is - Vasily Yakovlevich Struve), which thus produced the first reliable measurement of the large segment of the arc of the earth meridian. This made it possible to accurately establish the size and shape of our planet, which became an important step in the development of earth and topographic mapping sciences. It was an exceptional example of cooperation in the scientific sphere between scientists different countries And between the ruling monarchs. Initially, the "arc" consisted of 258 geodetic "triangles" (polygons) with 265 main triangulation points. The World Heritage object included 34 such items (the most well-known to date), which are labeled on the ground in a largest way, like that: walled in the rocks of deepening, iron crosses, stones pyramids or special obelski.
Object information:
online St. Petersburg Geodesy and Cartography Societies
on the website of the Estonian Department of the Ministry of Environment
on the Finnish Cartography website
on the site "World Heritage of Norway"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
№С1170 - Historical center of Yaroslavl
Criteria: (II) (IV)
The historic city of Yaroslavl, located approximately 250 km north-east of Moscow when the river has shifted in the Volga, was founded in the XI century. and subsequently evolved into a major shopping center. It is known for its numerous churches of the XVII century, and as an outstanding sample of the implementation of the reform of the urban planning, conducted by decree of Empress Catherine Great in 1763 throughout Russia. Although the city has retained a number of wonderful historical buildings, in the future it was reconstructed in the style of classicism based on the radial master plan. It also preserved related to XVI. The facilities of the Spassky Monastery - one of the oldest in the Uppervolzh region, which arose at the end of the XII century. On the spot of the pagan temple, but with the time of the rebuilt.
Object information:
on the site of the official portal of the city of Yaroslavl
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
34th Session of the World Heritage Committee - 2010 (Brazilia, Brazil)
№ N.1234rev - Puratorna Plateau
Criteria: (VII) (IX)
This object coincides with its borders with a Poohoral State Natural Reserve, located in the northern part of Central Siberia, 100 km in the Polar Circle. In terms of this plateau, included in the World Heritage List, a complete set of subarctic and arctic ecosystems preserved in an isolated mountain range, including - untouched Taiga, Forestandra, Tundra and the Arctic desert systems, as well as the pristine lake with cold water and river Systems. Through the object runs the main path of deer migration, which is an exceptional, majestic and increasingly rarely found phenomenon of nature.
Object information:
on the website of the FSBI "United Directorate of Taimyr Reserves"
on the website of the Foundation "Protection of Natural Heritage"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
36th Session of the World Heritage Committee - 2012 (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
№ N.1299 - Natural Park "Lensky Poles"
Criteria: (VIII)
The Lensky Poles Natural Park form a rare beauty rock formations that reach a height of about 100 meters and are located along the shore of the Lena River in the central part of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). They arose in a sharply continental climate with a difference at an annual temperature of up to 100 degrees Celsius (from -60 ° C in winter to + 40 ° C in summer). Poles are separated from each other deep and steep ravines, partially filled with injected rugs of rocks. The penetration of water from the surface accelerated the process of freezing and promoted frosty weathering. It led to the deepening of ravines between the pillars and their dispersal. The proximity of the river and its current are dangerous factors for pillars. On the territory of the object there are remains of many diverse species of the Cambrian period.
Object information:
on the website of GBU of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Natural Park "Lensky Pillars"
on the website of the Foundation "Protection of Natural Heritage"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
38th World Heritage Committee session - 2014 (Doha, Qatar)
№С981rev. - Bulgarian historical archaological componence
Criteria: (II) (VI)
The object is located on the banks of the Volga River south of the sign of the Kama River and south of the capital of Tatarstan of Kazan. It contains evidence of the existence of the medieval city of Bulgaria, an ancient settlement of the people of Volga Bulgar, which existed in the period from VII to the XV centuries. And was in the XIII century. The first capital of the Golden Horde. Bulgarian demonstrates historical and cultural relationships and transformations to Eurasia for several centuries, which played a decisive role in the formation of civilizations, customs and cultural traditions. The object is an important evidence of historical continuity and diversity of cultures. He is a symbolic reminder of the adoption in 922 by the Volga Bulgarians Islam and remains the sacred place of pilgrimage of Tatars - Muslims.
Object information:
on the website of the Bulgarian State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve "Great Bulgarian"
on the website of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO
on the World Heritage Center website
37- SessionWorld Heritage Committee - 2013 (Phnom Penh, Siemreap, Cambodia)
№C1411 - the ancient city of Chersonese Tavrichesky and his choir
Criteria: (II) (V)
The object is the ruins of an ancient city founded by the Greeks-Dorians in the V century BC. e. On the north coast of the Black Sea. The object includes six elements, among them the ruins of city and agricultural land, divided into several hundred rectangular sections of the same size that served to grow grapes; The products of vineyards were intended for export and ensured the prosperity of Chersonese up to the XV century. There are several complexes of public buildings, residential neighborhoods and monuments of early Christianity. Here are also the ruins of the settlements of the stone and bronze ages, Roman and medieval tower strengthening and water supply systems, as well as exceptionally well-preserved vineyards and separation walls. In the third century n. e. Chersonese was known as the most successful center of winemaking on the Black Sea and served as a link between Greece, the Roman Empire, Byzantia and the peoples northern coast Black Sea. Chersonese is an outstanding example of a democratic organization of agriculture in the vicinity of an ancient city, reflecting the urban social structure.
Object information:
41- Session of the World Heritage Committee - 2017 (Krakow, Poland)
№N1448REV - Dauria Landscapes
Criteria: (IX) (X)
Located on the territory of Mongolia and the Russian Federation, this object is a unique example of the Ecosystem of the Daurus steppe, which begins in the east of Mongolia and extends through Russian Siberia to the northeastern border of China. The cyclical climate with alternating characteristic wet and dry periods contributed to the emergence of a wide variety of species and ecosystems, important for the whole world. The various types of steppes presented here, such as wet meadows, forest and lake areas, serve as a habitat of such rare species of fauna, as a Daurgy crane and drought, as well as millions of rare and vulnerable migratory birds endangered. The park is also an important site on the Mongolian Dresden Migration Path.
Object information:
№C1525 - Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of Island-Grand Sviyazhsk
Criteria: (II) (IV)
Assumption Cathedral is located on the island-Grad Sviyazisk and is part of the monastery of the same name. Located on the confluence of the Volga rivers, Sviyagi and Pikes, at the crossroads of the flock path and the Volga River, Sviyazhsk was founded by Ivan Grozny in 1551. It was from this outpost Ivan the Terrible began to conquer the city of Kazan. The location and architecture of the monastery of Assumption demonstrates the existence of a political and missionary program developed by the King of Ivan IV in order to expand the territory of the Moscow state. The frescoes of the Cathedral are among the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox wall painting.
Object information:
Planet Earth is a bottomless treasury, who gave the person with indispensable wealth and allowed to take advantage of its benefits to create comfortable living conditions. Therefore, the formation of society and its evolution always occurred in cooperation with nature. Visual confirmation of this cultural and historical and natural memos listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Madain Salich complex, Saudi Arabia
In the northern part of Saudi Arabia there is a unique complex Madain Salich. It includes more than 100 burials dating from the 1st century to our and 1 century of our era, amazing hydraulic structures, previously served by the residents of the Hearing - ancient city, which became the center of caravan trade.
The cliffs of the complex discovered more than 50 inscriptions, the appearance of which belongs to the Donya period. In 2008, the amazing complex Madain Salih replenished the Treasury of UNESCO.
Grota Longmen, China
Dragons of the Gate or Grotto Longmen are located in one of the picturesque Chinese provinces, near Loyang. An amazing ensemble consisting of beautiful temples and ancient caves, until 494 was the residence of the rulers of China, which represented the Wei Dynasty.
After the transfer of the residence to the new city, Buddhist monks settled among the caves and temples. Relief drawings and all sorts of sculptures adorning the stone ensemble is the work of artisans who lived in the vicinity of the grotto.
2300 amazing caves, about 80 mausoleums, more than 100,000 Buddhist paintings, a huge statue of the majestic Buddha, guarding the entrance to Fenxyanse cave, more than 2,500 inscriptions that decorate the rocks along the Izsui River - these precious memos of the ancient Chinese culture, which constitute a single complex, were made On the Heritage List of UNESCO. 
Temple Bayon, Cambodia
Among the picturesque nature of Nature, Angor Tom preserved an amazing temple complex Bayon, erected in the 7th century of our era in honor of Jayavarman. Ancient architectural design includes three levels of stone structures surrounded by three monumental walls.
The temple complex is decorated with huge stone faces and drawings, reflecting the life and life of Khmer.
In addition to the Church of Bayon, in the territory of the region Angkor is located more than a thousand unique templesrepresenting different era and levels of development of civilization. Every year, millions of inquisitive tourists come here to first see unique memos of an ancient religious architecture.
Many of them lived to this day in a dilapidated condition, some were restored, and some remained the pile of stones, silently resting among endless fields in the middle of rice.
Stonehend, United Kingdom
The overall stone design - Stonehend is located among the luxurious nature of the Salisbury Plain, on the territory of Wilsher's County in the UK. 150 stones placed in a certain sequence are of great interest for scientists and ordinary tourists coming here to look at the amazing creation of a person created in 3000 BC.
Under the influence of time and natural phenomena, the unique monument of antiquity began to collapse, so now it is protected with special care. If another half a century ago, tourists could even climb huge structures, then since 1977 they can only look at them. To touch the stones, a special permit is required during the year based on a personal request.
The Heritage List of UNESCO Stonehend hit in 1986.
Lonely George, Ecuador
The only giant turtle representing this type of mammals lives in the territory of the National Park located in Ecuador. The unique animal was found in 1927 on the island of Pinta, located in the northern part of the archipelago, and is named after the famous actor George Gobel.
The most famous bachelor is in the very prime of his forces, according to the calculations of scientists for about 90 years. It's time to start offspring. George had already found a female having a genetic similarity with the pharietic "Groom", so there is every reason to believe that the genus of giant turtles will continue.
Summer Palace, China
Among fabulously beautiful landscapes The Imperial Garden in Beijing In 1750, a magnificent summer palace was built, which still keeps the memory of the royal qualities inhabited in his walls.
In 1860, a unique architectural masterpiece was destroyed, and more than 20 years later - restored.
In 1998, the Summer Palace added a list of UNESO World Treasury
Statue of Liberty, America
The symbol of the United States of America, the Statue of Liberty, is located in one of the largest megalopolises of the country and the world - New York. This is a symbolic gift, presented by the French, in honor of the century of the anniversary of the American revolution.
"Lady Liberty" personifies the celebration of democracy, the freedom of spirit and is a kind of reminder of the difficult period of the struggle of Americans for their rights.
1984 "Lady Liberty" replenished the Heritage List of UNESCO.
Iguazu National Park, Argentina
On the territory of the picturesque province of Misones, the majestic monument of the Argentinean nature is located - Iguazu National Park, which in 1984 was recognized as a unique heritage of UNESCO.
In addition to the species manifold of birds and luxury of excellent exotic vegetation, the park is notable for the incredible amount of waterfalls focused by the Iguazu River. The number of drop-down flows (from 150 to 250 waterfalls) depends on the water level in the river from which they originate.
The territory of the park is an oasis in the center of civilization, which preserved a huge number of disappearing representatives of flora and fauna. The paradise corner of the earth filled with color flavors of flowers, crystal ringing of water and the fun singing of the birds, annually attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world, thirsting to see the wealth of the Argentine region.
Kinderdike, Netherlands
On the colorful banks of the channels located near the Rotterdam, the strings of huge windmills worked out for several decades ago.
Over thousands of historical structures called in Kinderdike, in honor of the village, in which they are located, replenished the bottomless treasury of UNESCO.
Glacier Perito-Moreno, Argentina
Decoration of embossed landscapes Nationally Los Glasaires Park, located in the picturesque province of Santa Cruz, is a huge glacier with the milled name of Perito Moreno. In size, he is inferior only to the glaciers of Antarctica and Greenland.
An amazing masterpiece created by nature has become not only an ornament argentine PatagoniaHe replenished the UNESCO World Treasury. A talented creator gave the glacier an amazing architectural form, parts of which are modified under the influence of water flows.
The fact is that from time to time the glacier reaches Lake Argentino and shifts on the opposite coast, thereby forming a massive dam and sharing the water surface into two parts. This leads to a significant increase in water level in the southern part of the lake.
Cubometer of ice fluid pressure on the walls of the glacier, breaking the birching barrier. A similar action is a fascinating spectacle and sometimes occurs once a year, and sometimes once every ten years.
Bahaji Terraced Gardens, Israel
In the north of Israel is located scenic cityok Haifa, the territory of which is reliced \u200b\u200bby unique terraced gardens created many years ago.
In the luxury of amazing vegetation, the beautiful tomb of Boba is drowning - the founder of the popular religious direction of Bahai.
The majestic symbol of the interaction of nature and man in 2008 was on the list of UNESCO's unique heritages.
Vatican
Vatican - a tiny state located on the territory of Rome is world Center Christianity. Here is the papal throne and many unique architectural monuments, the main of which is the majestic Square of St. Peter, built in 1667 on the project of Architect Bernini.
Two monumental symmetric hemispheres are connected near the Basilica of St. Peter, forming a large-scale area where believers are collected to hear and see the base.
Residents of a small state carefully keep historical and cultural heritage previous generations, part of which became unique architecture Countries, and valuable works of art, saving behind the walls of the sacred basilica.
In 1984, the Vatican fell into the UNESCO lists.
Peter, Israel
The ancient city of Peter is located in Canyon Sik, leading to the Arava Valley. Residential residential neighboring residential neighborings rise at an altitude of about 900 meters above sea level and are small caves connected by narrow paths.
Here, in the territory of modern Jordan, where Petra is located, ancient crypts are preserved, amazing temples, erected many centuries ago.
The amazing city of Peter is rightly listed as a heritage of UNESCO, a coma of that, since 2007 he was called another "miracle of the world."
Big Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Australia
A large barrier reef is a unique system consisting of 3,000 separately arranged coral reefs and more than 900 picturesque islands. It runs in the waters of the Coral Sea and annually attracts millions of divers, thirsting to see an amazing masterpiece created by tiny microorganisms.
Over 2,500 kilometers of fabulous flora and amazing underwater fauna are the largest coral reef on the planet, which can be seen even from space.
In 1981, a large barrier reef replenished the treasury of UNESCO, and earlier he was assigned the status of a "miracle of the world."
Belovezhskaya Forest, Belarus
Belovezhskaya Pushcha is one of the most famous Europe's reserves and the largest National Park of Belarus. In 1993, he received the status of a biosphere reserve, and a year earlier entered the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A picturesque environmental object is located on the territory of the Brest and Grodno regions, the Polish-Belarusian border passes through it.
In the picturesque landscapes of amazing terrain created excellent conditions For the habitat of many species of animals, among which and listed in the "Red Book" of Belarus.
In dense thickets of relict forests, once covered the whole territory of Europe, you can meet their powerful owner - bison, look at tourists from different parts of the globe go.
Frame drawings in Altea, Norway
Another cultural and historical heritage of UNESCO - rock paintings found in the north of Norway in the city of Alta. Thanks to this find, it became known about the settlements of the ancient people here during the iron and stone centuries. Skatal painting displays the life structure living in coastal zones and on the mainland of the people, their beliefs, traditions and rituals.
More than 5,000 unique images are dating 4,200 to 500 to our era and prove that the northern sections of the Earth were previously populated.
For the first time about amazing drawings, they spoke in 1960, it was then the first petroglyphs were found. In the course of further excavations, one of the largest archaeological sites of Yemmylehuhuhuhu, in whose territory the Alti Museum was substantiated, open to visiting tourists.
Wooden Church of Urnes, Norway
Among the greatness of the silent mountains, on a picturesque Sognefjord, the outlines of the Wooden Church of the Urnes, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. An amazing wooden architecture masterpiece was built three times in the same place. The church reached this day, erected in 1150 for one of the revered and very influential families.
The masters worked on the construction of the temple were able to transmit the magnificence of the architecture of that time and restore the decorative details present at the previously destroyed church.
Durable wood prepared for the construction of the temple in 1130, was able to resist the effects of time and the impact of elements. Therefore, the unique church of Urnes and today admires everyone who, who, at least once, was lucky enough to visit the Royal Sognefjord.
Arc Struve
A unique geodetic structure, called a strengthen arc, is a network with reference points, marked on the ground through stone cubes, iron crosses made in the rocks of recesses.
Arc Struve was used to establish the size of the Earth and determining its form. For 40 years of existence, the amazing geodesic design has undergone changes, and today it passes through the territory of Belarus, Norway, Lithuania, Moldova, Latvia, Ukraine, Finland, Russia, Sweden. The total length of the network on which triangulation items are located is 2820 kilometers.
34 reference points of the arc, named after one of its creators of Vasily Yakovlevich Struve, is now brought to the UNESCO World Treasury.
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra - the Great Christian shrine located on the right bank of the powerful Dnieper. Based in the 9th century, the monastery for all the time of its existence has undergone a lot of changes. Today, the unique memo of ancient architecture reverenely admires the true believers, and ordinary tourists coming down from all over the earth to admire the gold-headed temple.
The "Pecherskaya" laurel received its name thanks to the caves located on its territory, in which the first monks of the recluses lived.
From the day of its foundation, the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra became the spiritual and cultural stronghold of Kievan Rus, and the glory thundered to her far beyond the state.
Basilica of the Nativity of Christ and Palomnikov trails, Palestine
A few kilometers from Jerusalem is built in 339 of our era of the church of the Nativity of Christ. The place for the base of the Basilica was not randomly chosen, it is believed that Jesus Christ appeared on the world.
In the 6th century of our era, the church survived a fire, after which it was restored. Only mosaic floors remained from the initial structure.
In 2012, the Basilica of the Nativity of Christ, along with pilgrim trails, bell tower, magnificent terraced gardens was introduced into the list of UNESCO heritage facilities.
Cockada National Park, Australia
Cockada National Park is a unique combination of luxurious plains and picturesque plateaus, swampy terrain, covered by emerald thickets of exotic plants, and disseminating the expanses of the park of rivers filled with life.
On the territory of the park you can see hundreds of rare species of plants and on the verge of animal extinction. Astonishing natural complex Located in the north of Australia, where the tribes of ancient settlers lived 40 thousand years ago. This is evidenced by rock painting found during the archaeological excavation. Figures reflect the lifeguard of prehistoric society, whose members have been manufactured by hunting and engaged in collecting.
Today, the Kakada Park is an archaeological and natural reserve, in 1981 introduced into the list of UNESCO objects.
Rain Forests of the Eastern Coast of Australia
In the eastern part of Australia, along the dizzying cliffs of a large waterproof ridge, the mysterious rain forests spread out, in 1994, which became one of UNESCO World Heritage sites.
This is a unique zone that includes several luxurious parks and amazing reservations, has a tremendous value for modern science. After all, there are geological important objects on its territory, such as craters of extinct volcanoes, and thick thickets of rain forests have become a house for endemic species representing local fauna.
Wet tropics Queensland, Australia
450 kilometers of wet rainforests run along the northeastern shore of Australia. Thick, often impassable, thickets became the habitat of funny sowing animals, exotic patriot birds and the rarest representatives of the richest Australian flora and no less diverse fauna.
In 1988, wet tropical forests replenished the treasury of the UNESCO World Organization.
Fraser Island
Fraser Island, the length of which is more than 120 kilometers, is the largest sandy island on the planet. Its embossed surface is covered with wet high forests, and the golden bends of the dunes are cut by blue-eyed with "hanging" lakes filled with fresh water.
In 1992, this amazing natural complex was introduced to the UNESCO Treasury.
Shark Bay, Western Australia
Shark Bay and the island adjacent to him - fabulously beautiful place, known thanks to phenomenal gifts, presented by nature itself. First, in the waters of the coast, over 10 thousand parties dongona live (the largest population of these animals in the world).
Secondly, in coastal waters you can see the huge algae plantations, weave more than 480 thousand kilometers of the seabed.
Thirdly, the surroundings of the bay decorate rounded limestones - stromatolites. By their appearance, they are obliged to the colonies of algae, leading active livelihoods under water.
Fourth, several types of rare mammals live on the territory of the bay. In the aggregate, all factors stopped the bay into a natural treasury, in 1991, replenished Lists of UNESCO.
Macquari Island
In the endless subnutrctic waters, between the two continents of Antarctic and Australia, the tiny island of McKori was lost. The picturesque block of the earth with a length of only 34 kilometers appeared after the collision of the Pacific lithospheric slab with Indo-Avstroalian.
As a result of a strong collision on the embossed surface, unique basalt rocks were papal, stored at a depth of over 6 kilometers in the land mantle. In 1997, McKorory Island replenished the rich Treasury of UNESCO.
Sydney Opera House, Australia
Over the azure waters of the Sydney Gulf rise the snow-white design, resembling a sailboat filled with winds, ready to go to swimming - this is the Sydney Opera House. In the "sinks located on a solid base" is a superbly decorated room and a wonderful restaurant.
The building erected in 1973 took its place among UNESCO sites (in 2007) and became the most grandiose architectural building of modernity.
Over the realization of an amazing project worked a talented architect Yorn Uton. By changing the traditions of urban development by the traditions of urban planning, he created a unique sculptural masterpiece, harmoniously complementing the picturesque landscapes of the Pacific coast.
Cutting settlements, Australia
Of the thousands of camps created by the British Empire in Austria (18-19 centuries), eleven, located on the island of Norfolk, Tasmania, around Sydney, in 2010 were added to the lists of UNESCO objects.
Prisons were intended for the content of hundreds of thousands of convicts by British justice. These were both men, women, and even children.
Each correctional institution had its own specifics and a methodology for re-education of criminals.
This unique object is valuable as a reminder of the largest expansion of European states implemented by deportation and placement on the territory of the colonies of convicted criminals.
Leon Cathedral, Nicaragua
The Lensky Cathedral, erected at the beginning of the 19th century, personifies the transitional period in the architecture, when more progressive neoclassical trends came to replace the traditions of Baroque. The design of the exterior and interior clearly viewed the features of eclecticism, with characteristic style with a sophisticated luxury and abundance of decorative details, harmoniously connecting into a single ensemble.
Gorgeous stained glass windows, rich ornaments, the use of works of picturesque art (paintings by Antonio Sarria, on whom the hard way is depicted on Calvary) - All this gives the Cathedral of a special color, transmitting the atmosphere of a difficult era.
The monumental design of the temple was created by the project developed by the Guatemalan architect of Diego José de Presz Eskivel.
Since 2011, the Leon Cathedral is part of the UNESCO Treasury.
City Island Mozambique
The colorful town of Mozambique, founded in the 16th century, is located on the territory of the same name, once played an important role in the development of Portugal trade relations with India.
A tiny town, surrounded by an endless stroke of emerald water, framed by the edge of the magnificent sandy shore, is immersed in the luxury of exotic plants, many of which are of particular value for science.
But not only the picturesque landscapes of the island are noteworthy, the local architecture is of particular interest for tourists and researchers. Despicated structures in the Unified Style are erected from the Makuta stone and decorated with construction traditions laid down in the 16th century.
In 1991, the amazing city-Mazambic island was added to the list of UNESCO objects.
Dobypanian city of Teotiuacan
Theotiuskan is a sacred city (previously considered the birthplace of the gods), was founded in the 1stoletology of our era, and it was completed only by the end of the 7th century. The location (50 kilometers from Mexico City) and a high level of cultural development made it one of the most influential cities of Central America.
Remarkable architecture of Teotiusukan, especially large-scale monuments, temples and unique pyramids of the moon and the sun designed taking into account the principles of geometry.
Since 1987, the Dovespansky City of Teotiusan decorates the UNESCO treasury.
Xian Kaan Biosphere Reserve
The east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula is decorated with a picturesque biosphere reserve with the symbolic name Sian-Kaan. This is an amazing natural complex created from rainforest, mangrove thickets, impassable marshes and coral reefs that have become a house for residents of a nearby water area.
The local flora is amazing and diverse and the fauna of the reserve is not less rich. More than 300 species of richer birds enliven their singing thick thickets of forests, and hydrogeological conditions contribute to the predominance of ground vertebrates typical of such a region.
The picturesque biosphere reserve Sian-Kaan in 1987 replenished the UNESCO treasury.
The historic city of Meknes, Morocco
Founded in the 9th century, our era, a military settlement over time, bloomed and turned into a picturesque city of Macnes. When the Board of Sultan, Mulai-Ismail Mennes became the capital of the Moroccan state, and the architecture of the city acquired a clearly pronounced Spanish-Moorish flavor.
Majestic towers, powerful walls, a huge gate remained to this day, carefully keeps the memory of the forces of the prosperity of Meknes.
Since 1996, the historic city has been submitted to the list of UNESCO memos.
Atoll Bikini
Until 1946, the Bikini Atoll could be bolded to call the paradise on Earth. Beautiful nature, good-natured population, crystal clear waters of the Pacific Ocean. But the beginning of the "Cold War" laid an end to the adopted existence of local residents. In 1946 they were moved from their native island, and the picturesque landscapes and the water area became a test landfill for American nuclear weapons.
For 12 years, over 60 nuclear explosions thundered at the atoll, here the first hydrogen bomb was tested, thereby inflicting irreparable damage of geology and nature of the island. The level of radiation in this place is such that nothing alive will endure such irradiation.
Silent witnesses of regrettable events were sunken during the tests of ships, as well as a huge crater left after the explosion of a nuclear bomb.
Bikini Atoll, as a terrifying symbol of the nuclear age, in 2010 entered into the UNESCO Heritage List.
Malawi Lake National Park
The south side of the picturesque lake Malawi turned into a unique national park, in whose waters there are a lot of interesting representatives of underwater fauna.
A deep-water lake with purest water sheltered dozens of types of endemic fish, and his ichthyofaun is of great interest in scientists studying evolutionary processes on Earth.
A unique lake in 1984 replenished the UNESCO treasury.
Vintage Quarters and Strengthening of the city of Luxembourg
Luxembourg is a fortress city, in different periods, which was part of the Roman Empire, Prussia, Spain, France. Turning to possession of one state to another, the city has become more and more strengthened, with time turning into the most protected fortress in Europe.
So it was until 1867, after strengthening destroyed. Today, the former relics of the Architecture of the Military Epoch resemble the dilapidated residues of the fortress and stone buildings.
An old city with its quarters and fortifications in 1994 is included in the lists of UNESCO objects.
Curonian Cos
Curonian Spit is a sandy peninsula with a length of 98 kilometers. The width of the unique strip on different sites is from 400 meters to 4 kilometers.
The picturesque landscapes of the peninsula are actively mastered by a person since ancient times. Today there is a struggle for the preservation of a unique natural masterpiece exposed to winds and the sea. To reduce the negative impact of natural factors, work is underway to strengthen forest stocks and sand dunes.
In 2000, the Curonian Spit replenished the Heritage List of UNESCO.
Los Catios National Park, Colombia
At 72 thousand hectares of the picturesque Columbian land spread the National Park of Los Katios, in 1994, which replenished the Treasury of UNESCO.
Relief landscapes of colorful land are covered with dense forests, wet plains, from time to time passing in low holly.
The territory of the park has become a house for a huge number of amazing animals, including rare representatives of local fauna.
System of lakes in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya
Shallow Lake Lakes rift Valley (Nakuru, Elementitis and Bogodi) is a unique nature reserve, in which the incredible variety of feathered inhabit, among them over 12 extinct species. Survive birds can only be within the safe rift valley safe for them.
The emerald smooth lakes surround the luxurious landscapes covered with emerald thickets of forests that have become a house for a huge number of animals (black rhino, funny giraff of Rothschild, a powerful lion, a population of wild dogs and leopards).
Rift valley - a place where the chicks of pelicans appear on the light and the colorful flocks of beautiful flamingos are walking in shallow water. This fascinating spectacle every year attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists who thirs of their own eyes to see the amazing beauty of the Great Rift Valley and the Lakes Systems, in 2011, entered into the list of UNESCO objects.
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