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kp777 · 7 months

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Sept. 19, 2023

A network of Native American ceremonial and burial mounds in southern Ohio have been added to the list of world heritage sites of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). The move places what the organization describes as “part cathedral, part cemetery and part astronomical observatory” on the same cultural plane as the Acropolis, Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge and the Great Wall of China.

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richs-pics · 5 months

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Saltaire by night

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conformi · 23 days

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Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, 1980 VS Franco Albini, Palazzo Bianco, Genova, Italy, 1949-1950

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il-predestinato · 1 year

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I atribute this to their love tree

I think their Baku love tree germinated today and produced a new baby cypress tree. 🥺

#charles leclerc #max verstappen #lestappen #NEVER FORGET THEIR BAKU LOVE TREE (2021-)#that tree is thriving #world heritage site #f1 #elle.ask #anon #azerbaijan gp 2023 #azerbaijan gp 2021

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scotianostra · 2 months

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4th March 1890 saw the opening of the Forth Rail Bridge or to give it the correct title The Forth Bridge.

Before 1890 the only direct route between Queensferry and North Queensferry in the east of Scotland was the ferry across the Firth of Forth. The crossing was slow and often dangerous and the four ferries, Queen Margaret, Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots and Sir William Wallace, were sometimes prevented from sailing by the weather.

When the railways arrived a ferry further downstream, from Granton to Burntisland, was used to transport goods from Edinburgh to Fife. But a more efficient means of crossing was required and so Thomas Bouch designed a suspension bridge.

Work started on the first pier at Inchgarvie but it was abandoned after another structure by Bouch of a similar design, the Tay Bridge, collapsed in 1879. A new design by John Fowler and Benjamin Baker, incorporating three double cantilevers, was commissioned and work commenced in 1883.

Over the course of the next seven years almost 51,000 Tons of steel was used in the construction of the Forth Bridge (or Forth Rail Bridge as it is often known). On 4 March 1890 the bridge was officially opened by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) who drove in the last of the 6,500,000 rivets. The total cost of the project was £3,200,000 and at least 57 lives.

Three 100m tall towers support the 2.5km structure and the two track railway is carried at a height of 48.2m above the Firth of Forth. With main spans of 521m, the Forth Bridge was, at the time of its construction, the world’s largest cantilever bridge. To this day it still ranks second.

Last year the bridge became the sixth Scottish landmark to be awarded Unesco World Heritage Site status.Scotland's other World Heritage Sites are New Lanark, St Kilda, the Old and New Towns in Edinburgh, Neolithic Orkney and the Antonine Wall.

The award puts it alongside the Pyramids of Egypt, the great Wall of China and the Sydney Opera House in terms of cultural significance.

#Scotland #scottish #firth of forth #traffic infrastructure #bridge #world heritage site

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nemfrog · 1 year

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Great Sphinx. Our wonder world. 1914.

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#great sphinx #ancient egypt #nemfrog #geography #world heritage site #1914 #1910s

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kyotodreamtrips · 2 months

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The Bell Tower with a view of the East Pagoda.

#Fujiwara-kyō #Hossō Buddhism #Japan #Nara #World Heritage Site #Yakushi-ji Temple #薬師寺

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noticiasarquelogicasjaponesas · 3 months

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Sean bienvenidos, japonistasarqueologicos, al segundo capítulo del japón prehistórico y seguir recorriendo sus lugares mitológicos y mágicos una vez dicho esto póngase comandos que empezamos. - Para continuar nuestro viaje, más vale tarde que nunca pero despacio y con buena letra. Nos trasladamos a Kuromatayama una montaña con forma de pirámide, que se localiza en la meseta de Nakadori en el distrito Towada Oyu de la ciudad de Kazuno , prefectura de Akita. - En la década de 1992,se realizó una encuesta académica y como resultado, aunque esta montaña actualmente está cubierta de tierra, se descubrió que era una estructura artificial de unos 7 a 10 niveles que llegaban desde la base hasta la cima. Además, se halló una cavidad a 10 metros por debajo de la cumbre, y es muy probable que alguien esté enterrado allí. - Espero que os haya gustado y nos vemos en próximas publicaciones mis amantes del mundo japonés, que pasen una buena semana. - 考古学者の日本主義者の皆さん、先史時代の日本の第 2 章へようこそ。神話と魔法の場所を旅し続けてください。そう言われたら、コマンドを入力して始めましょう。 - 旅を続けるには、遅刻しないよりはマシですが、ゆっくりと良い字で書きましょう。秋田県鹿角市十和田大湯地区の中通高原にあるピラミッド型の山「黒俣山」へ移動します。 - 1992年代に学術調査が行われ��結果、この山は現在は土で覆われているものの、麓から頂上まで7～10層程度の人工構造物であることが判明した。また、山頂から10メートルほど下には空洞が発見されており、人が埋葬されている可能性が高い。 - 日本の世界を愛する皆さん、良い一週間をお過ごしください。 - Welcome, archaeological Japanists, to the second chapter of prehistoric Japan and continue touring its mythological and magical places. Once that has been said, put in commands and let's begin. - To continue our journey, better late than never but slowly and with good handwriting. We move to Kuromatayama, a pyramid-shaped mountain, located on the Nakadori Plateau in the Towada Oyu district of the city of Kazuno, Akita Prefecture. - In the 1992s, an academic survey was conducted and as a result, although this mountain is currently covered with earth, it was found to be an artificial structure of about 7 to 10 levels reaching from the base to the top. Additionally, a cavity was found 10 meters below the summit, and it is very likely that someone is buried there. - I hope you liked it and see you in future posts my lovers of the Japanese world, have a good week.

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ancientorigins · 7 months

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UNESCO's World Heritage list grows! From mystical Korean burial grounds to America's Hopewell Earthworks, 42 sites have made the cut, and will inspire generations to come.

#UNESCO #World Heritage #World Heritage site #ancient #history #ancient origins

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medievalistsnet · 7 months

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#unesco #world heritage site #history #middle ages

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manoelt-finisterrae · 1 year

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A Coruña. A nai da luz

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#finisterrae #atlantic ocean #minimalism #torre de hércules #world heritage site #galician photographers #3173

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clove-pinks · 7 months

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I have been obsessed with Fort Meigs recently and the Ohio campaigns of the War of 1812, so this news article hit differently. The Ohio History Connection (the same organisation behind the Fort Meigs historic site) is trying to preserve a historic and culturally significant Indigenous earthworks from the golf course that has used it since 1910. The fact that this callous use of an ancient astronomy and ritual calendar site has been allowed to go on also reflects the violent removal of the Shawnee people who by all rights should have been there protecting and using the site. Imagine if they made Stonehenge a golf course!

This is all related to the War of 1812 and campaigns against the Shawnee, Potawatomi and Miami Nations. I have been thinking a lot about this since Indigenous Peoples' Day is Monday, and I have been thinking of writing up something with a predictable War of 1812 focus (there is a lot of material). It just goes to show how much the issues of the War of 1812 continue to affect the present day.

#war of 1812 #indigenous #shawnee #ohio #us history #hopewell ceremonial earthworks #world heritage site #settler colonialism

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vox-anglosphere · 1 year

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Even in winter, Bath's power to sooth the soul remains undimmed

#Bath #Somerset #English cities #Robert Adam #Roman ruins #Pulteney Bridge #River Avon #Georgian #World Heritage Site

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conformi · 8 months

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Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #565, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy, 1985 VS Villa Poppaea, Oplontis | Torre Annunziata, Italy, 50 BC - 54 AD ph. Valter Scelsi

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 1 month

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"THE GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS ARE OF OUTSTANDING SCENIC INTEREST..."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Gueltade Tikoubaouine, Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria, North Africa, a UNESCO World Heritage site. 📸: “Extraanis,” c. 2015 (via Wikimedia).

MINI-OVERVIEW: “Located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art in the world. More than 15,000 drawings and engravings record the climatic changes, the animal migrations and the evolution of human life on the edge of the Sahara from 6000 BC to the first centuries of the present era. The geological formations are of outstanding scenic interest, with eroded sandstones forming "forests of rock.”

– UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION

Source: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canyon_de_Tikoubaouine.JPG (3x).

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uwmspeccoll · 2 years

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Milestone Monday

COLOGNE CATHEDRAL

On this day, August 15 in 1248, the foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, was laid. Construction continued through the Middle Ages and Renaissance but was halted around 1560 and left unfinished. Construction was revived again in the early 19th century and the cathedral was finally completed according to its original plan in 1880.

Today, Cologne Cathedral is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day. At 515 ft., the cathedral is the tallest twin-spired church in the world, the second tallest church in Europe after Ulm Minster, and the third tallest church of any kind in the world. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996.

The images shown here are from our 1938 copy of Der Dom zu Köln by the noted German architectural historian Paul Clemen, and published in Dusseldorf by Verlag Schwann.

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#Milestone Monday #Cologne Cathedral #cathedrals #German cathedrals #gothic architecture #milestones #Der Dom zu Köln #Paul Clemen #World Heritage Site

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