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Visit Old City (Baku), Azerbaijan (UNESCO sites)
Old City or Inner City is the historical core of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, which is surrounded by walls which were easily defended. In 2007, the Old City had a population of about 3000 people. In December 2000, the Old City of Baku, including the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and Maiden Tower, became the first locatio... -
Visit Old City of Jerusalem, (UNESCO site)
Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel, is a holy city to the 3 primary religions that have the prophet Abraham at their roots; Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The city has been at the center of conflicts throughout its rich history having been completely destroyed twice. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, inhabited for over 5,000 years. As a result, many of... -
Visit Old Goa, India (UNESCO site)
Old Goa or Velha Goa (Velha means "old" in Portuguese) is a historical city in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. The city was constructed by the Bijapur Sultanate in the 15th century, and served as capital of Portuguese India from the 16th century until its abandonment in the 18th century due to plague. The remains of the city are a UNESCO World Heritage... -
Visit Old Havana, Cuba (UNESCO site)
Old Havanacontains the core of the original city of Havana. The positions of the original Havana city walls are the modern boundaries of Old Havana. Old Havana is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the name also refers to one of the municipalities of the city of Havana, Cuba, with the latter's boundaries extending to the south and west beyond the original city. The mai... -
See Old Macau City Walls, Macau (UNESCO site)
The Old Macau City Walls Sections are the remains of a wall that surrounded the Portuguese city of Macau in the 16th and 17th Centuries. Construction began as early as 1569, and the wall was used as a defensive measure against attacks by the Chinese and other invaders. After a failed attempt by the Dutch to invade the city, it was fortified and greatly improved by the... -
Visit Old Protestant Cemetery, Macau (UNESCO site)
The Old Protestant Cemetery, located close to the Casa Garden, was established by the British East India Company in 1821 in Macau in response to a lack of burial sites for Protestants in the Roman Catholic Portuguese colony. It is the last resting place of the artist George Chinnery, missionaries Robert Morrison and Samuel Dyer (his wife Maria is buried at the Old Pro... -
Visit Old Québec, Canada (UNESCO Site)
Old Québec is a historic neighbourhood of Quebec City, the capital of the province of Quebec in Canada. Comprising the Upper Town (French:Haute-Ville) and Lower Town (French:Basse-Ville), the area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Administratively, Old Quebec is part of the Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire district in the boro... -
Visit Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (UNESCO Site)
Old San Juan (Spanish: Viejo San Juan) is the oldest settlement within Puerto Rico and it is the historic colonial section of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Old San Juan is located on a small and narrow island which lies in the north coast, about 35 miles (56 km) from the east end of Puerto Rico, and is united to themainland of Puerto Rico by the three bridges. It is bou... -
Visit Old Town of Kuldīga, Latvia (UNESCO site)
Located in the western part of Latvia, the town of Kuldīga is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional urban settlement, which developed from a small medieval hamlet into an important administrative centre of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia between the 16th and 18th centuries. The town structure of Kuldīga has largely retained the street layout of... -
Visit Old Town of Rhodes, Greece (UNESCO site)
Rhodes is the principal city and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, Greece. Rhodes has been famous since antiquity as the site of Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The citadel of Rhodes, built by the Hospitalliers, is one of the best preserved medieval towns in Europe which in 1988 was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Th... -
Visit Oloron Cathedral, France (UNESCO site)
Oloron Cathedral (Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Oloron-Sainte-Marie), now St. Mary's Church (French:Eglise Sainte-Marie), is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral located in the town of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiquesdépartementof France Construction was started in the 12th century by Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn.... -
Visit Olympia, Greece (UNESCO site)
Olympia, a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Both games were held every Olympiad (i.e. every four years), the Olympic Games dating back possibly further than 776 BC. In 394 AD, (after exactly 1170 years) emperor Theodosius I ... -
Explore Olympic National Park, Washington (UNESCO site)
Olympic National Park is located on the Olympic Peninsula in the state of Washington. The park can be divided into three basic regions: the Pacific coastline, the Olympic Mountains, and the temperate rainforest. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt originally created Mount Olympus National Monument in 1909 and after Congress voted to authorize a re-designation to Nationa... -
Visit Ombilin Coal Mine, West Sumatra, Indonesia (UNESCO Site)
The Ombilin Coal Mine (formerly PT Tambang Batubara Ombilin (TBO)) is a coal mine near Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located located in a narrow valley along the Bukit Barisan mountains, among the Polan, Pari and Mato hills, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of Padang. Coal was discovered in the mid-19th century by Ir. de Greve, and mining was... -
Explore Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Spain (UNESCO Site)
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park is a National Park situated in the Pyrenees of Huesca province, Aragon, Spain. There has been a National Park in the Ordesa Valley since 1918. Its protected area was enlarged in 1982 to cover the whole region amounting to 156.08 km². It has been included since 1997 by UNESCO in the Biosphere Reserve of Ordesa-Viñamala. ...
