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Explore Lorentz National Park, Indonesia (UNESCO site)
Lorentz National Park is located in the Indonesian province of Papua, formerly known as Irian Jaya (western New Guinea). With an area of 25,056 km² (9,674 mi²), it is the largest national park in South-East Asia. In 1999 Lorentz was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. An outstanding example of the biodiversity of New Guinea, Lorentz is one of the most ... -
Explore Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina (UNESCO site)
Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (The Glaciers) is a national park in the Santa Cruz Province, in Argentine Patagonia. It comprises an area of 4459 km². In 1981 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The national park, created in 1937, is the second largest in Argentina. Its name refers to the giant ice cap in the Andes range that feeds 47 large glaciers, ... -
Explore Los Katíos National Park, Colombia (UNESCO site)
Los Katíos National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de Los Katíos) is a national park located in northwest Colombia. It is a part of the Darién Gap, shared by Panama and Colombia and is contiguous to Darién National Park in Panama. The Pan-American Highway when completed as proposed will pass near or through Los Katíos National Park. ... -
Explore Lower Valley of the Awash, Ethiopia (UNESCO site)
The Awash valley contains one of the most important groupings of palaeontological sites on the African continent.TheAwash Valleyhas been registered as a World Heritage Site for the fossils discovered there, dating 5.8 million to 100,000 years old. The oldest hominid remains found there thus far were in a desolate middle course of the Awash Valley. Some of the remains ... -
See Lower Valley of the Omo, Ethiopia (UNESCO site)
The Omo River is an important river of southern Ethiopia. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia, and empties into Lake Turkana on the border with Kenya. It is the principal stream of an endorheic drainage basin; the part that the Omo drains includes part of the western Oromia Region and the middle of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, an... -
Visit Luang Prabang, Laos (UNESCO site)
Luang Prabang, or Louangphrabang is a city located in north central Laos, where the Nam Khan river meets the Mekong River about 425 kilometers (264 mi) north of Vientiane. The city was formerly the capital of a kingdom of the same name. Until the communist takeover in 1975, it was the royal capital and seat of government of the Kingdom of Laos. The city is also n... -
Visit Lübeck, Germany (UNESCO site)
The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League ("Queen of the Hanse") and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. In 2005 it had a population of 21... -
Visit Lugo, Spain (UNESCO site)
Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Lugo is the only city in the world to be surrounded by completely intact Roman walls, which reach a height of 10 to 15 metres along a 2117 m circuit ringed with 71 towers. The walk along the top is continuous round the circuit, and features ten gates. These 3rd century walls are protected by... -
Visit Lugo Cathedral, Spain (UNESCO site)
Saint Mary's Cathedral (Catedral de Santa María), better known as Lugo Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral and basilica in Lugo, Galicia, north-western Spain, built starting from the early 12th century. Begun in Romanesque style, during its construction it received Gothic, Baroque and Neoclassicist elements. It was inscribed to the UNESCO List of World Her... -
See Luis Barragán House and Studio, Mexico (UNESCO site)
The Luis Barragán House and Studio, located in the Tacubaya suburb of Mexico City, was the residence of architect Luis Barragán in the years following the Second World War. Built in 1947, the 1162 square meter three-story concrete house and garden reflect Barragán's design style during this period. Today the house functions as a museum, though vis... -
Visit Lumbini, Nepal (UNESCO site)
Lumbinī ("the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who as the Buddha Gautama founded the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha lived between roughly 563 and 483 BCE. Lumbini is one of four magnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of the Budd... -
Visit Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada (UNESCO site)
Lunenburg is a Canadian port town in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. Situated on the province's South Shore, Lunenburg is located on a peninsula at the western side of Mahone Bay. The town is approximately 90 kilometres southwest of the county boundary with the Halifax Regional Municipality. The historic town was designated a United Nations Educational, Scientific... -
Visit Lüscherz-Dorfstation, Switzerland (UNESCO site)
Lüscherz is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Lüscherz is home to the Lüscherz-Dorfstation archeological site. Lüscherz-Dorfstation is a prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlement that is part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site. The lake s... -
Explore Lushan National Park, China (UNESCO site)
Mount Lu, also known as "Kuanglu" in ancient times, is situated in the northern part of Jiangxi province in southeastern China, and is one of the top ten famous mountains in the country. The oval-shaped mountains are about 25 km long and 10 km wide, and neighbors Jiujiang city and Yangtze River to the north, Nanchang city to the south, and Poyang Lake to the east. Its... -
Explore Lut Desert (Dasht-e Lut), Baluchistan Province, Iran (UNESCO Site)
Dasht-e Loot known as the Loot Desert, is a large salt desert in Kerman and Sistan and Baluchistan Province, Iran and is the world's 25th largest desert. The surface of the sand there has been measured at temperatures as high as 70 °C (159 °F), and it is one of the world's driest and hottest places. It was inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list on J...
