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See Ming Dynasty Tombs near Beijing, China (UNESCO site)
The Ming Dynasty Tombs (Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty) are located some 50 kilometers due north of urban Beijing, in the People's Republic of China at a specially selected site. The site was chosen by the third Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle (1402–1424), who moved the capital of China from Nanjing to the present location of Beijing. He is credited with en... -
See Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun, Sweden (UNESCO site)
The Great Copper Mountain (Swedish: Stora Kopparberget) was a mine in Falun, Sweden, that operated for a millennium from the 10th century to 1992. It produced as much as two thirds of Europe's copper needs and helped fund many of Sweden's wars in the 17th century. Technological developments at the mine had a profound influence on mining globally for two centuries. Sin... -
Visit Minoan Palatial Centres, Crete, Greece (UNESCO Sites)
This serial property comprises six archaeological sites on Crete dating from 1900 to 1100 BCE. These sites represent the Minoan civilization, a major prehistoric Mediterranean culture. The palatial centres served as administrative, economic, and religious hubs, featuring advanced architecture, urban planning, and vibrant frescoes. They reveal early writing systems, ma... -
Visit Mireuksa, Baekje, South Korea (UNESCO Site)
Mireuksa was the largest Buddhist temple in the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje. The temple was established in 602, by King Mu. This place depends nowadays from Iksan City (Iksan-si, Chollabuk-do, South Korea). The site was excavated in 1980, disclosing many hitherto unknown facts about Baekje architecture. The stone pagoda at Mireuksa is one of two extant Baekje pag... -
Visit Mirisawetiya Vihara, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
The Mirisaweti Stupa is situated in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. King Dutugamunu (161 BC to 137 BC) built the Mirisaveti Stupa after defeating King Elara. After placing the Buddha relics in the sceptre, he had gone to Tissa Wewa for a bath leaving the sceptre. After the bath he returned to the place where the sceptre was placed, and it is said that it ... -
Visit Mir-Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum, Navoiy, Uzbekistan
Mir-Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum (Uzbek: Mir Said Bahrom) is a 10th-11th century mausoleum in the city of Karmana near Navoiy, Uzbekistan. Mir-Sayid Bakhrom has features similar to the Samanid Mausoleum in Bukhara, Arab-Ata Mausoleum in the Samarkand Region, and to the mausoleum of Oq Ostona Bobo in the Surxondaryo Region. This structure is the smallest mausoleum in Uzbeki... -
See Mirsky Castle, Belarus (UNESCO site)
The Mirsky Castle Complex, is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Belarus located in the town of Mir 29 km to the north-west from another World Heritage site, Nesvizh Castle. The construction of the castle began at the end of the 15th century, in the Gothic architecture style. Building of the castle was completed by Duke Ilinich in the early 16th century near village Mir ... -
Visit Mission Concepción, San Antonio, Texas (UNESCO site)
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña (also Mission Concepcion) was established in 1716 as Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais in East Texas. It was originally meant to be a base for converting the Hasinai. The mission was moved in 1731 to San Antonio. After its relocation most of... -
Visit Mission San Francisco de la Espada, San Antonio, Texas (UNESCO site)
Mission San Francisco de la Espada (also Mission Espada) was a Roman Catholic mission established by Spain near San Antonio de Bexar in northern New Spain in 1731 to convert local Native Americans to Christianity and solidify Spanish territorial claims in the New World against encroachment from France. Today, the structure is one of four missions that comprise San Ant... -
Visit Mission San José, San Antonio, Texas (UNESCO site)
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo is a historic Catholic mission in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The mission was named in part for the Marquis de San Miguel de Aguayo, José de Azlor y Virto de Vera. Many buildings on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, borrow architectural elements from those found at Mission San José. It was ... -
Visit Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Antonio, Texas (UNESCO site)
Mission San Juan Capistrano (originally christened in 1716 as La Misión San José de los Nazonisand located in East Texas) was founded in 1731 by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order, on the eastern banks of the San Antonio River in present-day Bexar County, Texas. The new settlement (part of a chain of Spanish missions) was named for a 15th-century ... -
Explore Mistaken Point, Newfoundland and Labrador (UNESCO Site)
Mistaken Point is a small Canadian headland on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the site of the Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, which contains one of the most diverse and well-preserved collections of Precambrian fossils known. The site was first discovered in 1967 by S.B. Misra, a graduate student of Memorial... -
Explore Mkuze Game Reserve, South Africa (UNESCO site)
Mkhuze Game Reserve is a game reserve inSouth Africa. The reserve has a diversity of natural habitats which include acacia savannah, mixed woodland, sand forest, riverine forest, rivers and pans, grassland, cliffs and rocky ridges. It was proclaimed a protected area on 15 February 1912. -
Visit Mnajdra Temple, Malta (UNESCO site)
Mnajdra is a megalithic temple complex found on the southern coast of the Mediterranean island of Malta. Mnajdra is approximately 500 metres from the Ħaġar Qim megalithic complex. Mnajdra was built around the fourth millennium BCE; the Megalithic Temples of Malta are amongst the most ancient religious sites on Earth, described by the World Heritage Sites committee as ... -
See Moais at Puna Pau Quarry, Easter Island (UNESCO site)
Puna Pau is a quarry in a small crater or cinder cone on the outskirts of Hanga Roa in the south west of Easter Island (a Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean). Puna Pau also gives its name to one of the seven regions of the Rapa Nui National Park. Puna Pau was the sole source of the red scoria that the Rapanui used to carve the pukao (topknots) that they put on the he...
