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Visit Sevilla (Seville), Spain (UNESCO sites)
Seville is the cultural and financial center of southern Spain as well as the capital of the Andalucía region. Andalucía has a rich Moorish heritage which is displayed in the architecture and customs of the region. The city of Seville straddles the banks of the Guadalquivir River, dividing the city into two parts. The river has had significant influence ... -
See Seville Cathedral, Spain (UNESCO site)
The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See (Catedral de Santa María de la Sede), better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville (Andalusia, Spain). It is the largest Gothiccathedral and the third-largest church in the world. After its completion in the early 16th century, Seville Cathedral supplanted Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedra... -
Visit Sewell, Chile (UNESCO site)
Sewell is an uninhabited Chilean mining town located in the commune of Machalí in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region, on the slopes of the Andes, at an altitude between 2,000 and 2,250 metres. The town was founded in 1904 by the Braden Copper Co. to extract the copper in the El Teniente mine, and, in 1915, it was named after the company's first president, Mr.... -
See Shah Mosque (Masjed-e Shah), Isfahan, Iran (UNESCO site)
The Shah Mosque or Masjed-e Shah, recently known as Imam Mosque is a mosque in Isfahan, Iran standing in south side of Naghsh-i Jahan Square. Built during the Safavid period, it is an excellent example of Islamic architecture of Iran, and regarded as one of the masterpieces of Persian Architecture. The Shah Mosque of Esfahan is one of the everlasting masterpieces... -
Visit Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran (UNESCO Site)
Shahr-e Sūkhté , [The] Burnt City", also spelled as Shahr-e Sukhteh and Shahr-i Shōkhta, is an archaeological site of a sizable Bronze Age urban settlement, associated with the Jiroft culture. It is located in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, the southeastern part of Iran, on the bank of the Helmand River, near the Zahedan-Zabol road. In June 2014, the Shahr-e ... -
Visit Shakhrisyabz, Uzbekistan (UNESCO site)
Shakhrisabz is a city in Uzbekistan located approximately 80 km south of Samarkand. Once a major city of Central Asia, it is primarily known today as the birthplace of 14th century Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur. Its name means "green city" in Persian. Several remaining impressive monuments from the Timurid Dynasty have enabled the old part of the city to be inscribed o... -
Visit Shaki (Sheki), Azerbaijan (UNESCO site)
Shaki is a city in northwestern Azerbaijan, in the rayon of the same name. Shaki is in northern Azerbaijan on the southern part of the Greater Caucasus mountain range, 325 km (202 mi) from Baku. The population is 63,000. According to the Azerbaijani historians, the name of the town goes back to the ethnonym of the Sakas, who reached the territory of modern-day Azerbai... -
See Shalamar (Shalimar) Gardens in Lahore, Pakistan (UNESCO site)
The Shalimar Gardens, sometimes written Shalamar Gardens, is a Persian garden and it was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Lahore, modern day Pakistan. Construction began in 1641 CE (1051 AH) and was completed the following year. The project management was carried out under the superintendence of Khalilullah Khan, a noble of Shah Jahan's court, in cooperation ... -
Visit Shangdu (Xanadu), China (UNESCO site)
Xanadu or Shangdu was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty in China, before he decided to move the seat of his dynasty to the Jin Dynasty capital of Zhōngdū, which he renamed Dàdū, the present-day Beijing. Xanadu was described by the Venetian traveler Marco Polo, and in 1797 inspired a famous poem, Kubla Khan, by one of the leading English poets of ... -
Explore Shark Bay, Western Australia (UNESCO site)
Shark Bay is a World Heritage Site that lies 800 kilometres north of Perth, on the westernmost point of Australia. The bay itself covers an area of 10,000 km2, with an average depth of 10 metres. It is divided by shallow banks and has many peninsulas and islands. The coastline is over 1,500 km long. It is located in the transition zone between three major climati... -
Visit Shazdeh Garden, Kerman, Iran (UNESCO Site)
Shazdeh Garden meaning Prince’s Garden is a historical Persian garden located near (6km away from) Mahan in Kerman province, Iran. The garden is 5.5 hectares with a rectangular shape and a wall around it. It consists of an entrance structure and gate at the lower end and a two-floor residential structure at the upper end. The distance between these two is orname... -
Explore Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, India (UNESCO site)
Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, part of Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, is one of the richest areas of bio-diversity in Western Ghats. The biotic richness and distinct biographic features of this forest area makes it an ideal gene pool reserve. The park is part of the UNESCO Western GhatsWorld Heritage Site adding in 2012. The Western Ghatsand is one of the eight... -
Visit Shibam, Yemen (UNESCO site)
Shibam (often referred to as Shibam Hadhramaut) is a town in Yemen. The first known inscription about the city dates from the 3rd century AD. It was the capital of the Hadramawt Kingdom. Shibam owes its fame to its distinct architecture, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The houses of Shibam are all made out of mud brick but about 500 of them are tower houses... -
Explore Shilin Karst (Stone Forest), China (UNESCO site)
The South China Karst, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since June 2007, spans China's southern provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan. The region of south China is particularly noted for its karst features and landscapes as well as rich biodiversity. The site comprises three clusters: Libo Karst, Shilin Karst and Wulong Karst. UNESCO describes the South China Karst as... -
Visit Shimogamo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan (UNESCO Site)
Shimogamo Shrine in Japanese, is the common name of an important Shinto sanctuary in the Shimogamo district of Kyoto city's Sakyō ward. Its formal name is Kamo-mioya-jinja. It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which have been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The term Kamo-jinjain ...
