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Explore Penrhyn Quarry, North Wales (UNESCO Site)
The Penrhyn quarry is a slate quarry located near Bethesda, North Wales. At the end of the nineteenth century it was the world's largest slate quarry; the main pit is nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) long and 1,200 feet (370 metres) deep, and it was worked by nearly 3,000 quarrymen. It has since been superseded in size by slate quarries in China, Spain and the USA. Penrhyn is s... -
Explore Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, India (UNESCO site)
The Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary constitutes the catchments of the Peppara Dam on the Karamana River near Thiruvananthapuram, India. The park is part of the UNESCO Western Ghats World Heritage Site adding in 2012. The Western Ghats and is one of the eight hottest hotspots of biological diversity in the world. Western Ghats represents geomorphic features of immense impor... -
Explore Percé Geopark, Quebec, Canada
The UNESCO World Geopark of Percé (Géoparc de Percé) is located in Percé, a coastal village in the far east of the Gaspésie region, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The territory consists of 555 km2, which is 432 km2 of terrestrial area and 123 km2 of marine area. Its coastal landscape is dominated by coastal cliffs, including Bon... -
Visit Périgueux Cathedral, France (UNESCO site)
Périgueux Cathedral may refer either to the present Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Périgueux, France, dedicated to Saint Front (Cathédrale Saint-Front de Périgueux), which has been the cathedral since 1669, or to its predecessor, still in operation as a church, dedicated to Saint Stephen (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne-de-l... -
See or Hike on Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina (UNESCO site)
The Perito Moreno Glacier is a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in the south west of Santa Cruz province, Argentina. It is one of the most important tourist attractions in the Argentine Patagonia. The 250 km2 (97 sq mi) ice formation, and 30 km (19 mi) in length, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field located in the Andes syst... -
Explore Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (Tiger Reserver), India (UNESCO site)
Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (PNP) is a protected area in the districts of Idukki and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, south India. It is notable as an elephant reserve and a tiger reserve. The protected area covers an area of 925 km2 (357 sq mi). 350 km2 (140 sq mi) of the core zone was declared as the Periyar National Park in 1982. The park is part of the U... -
Visit Persepolis, Iran (UNESCO site)
Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-330 BCE). Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid (Throne of Jamshid) and Parseh. The earliest remains of Persepolis date from around 515 BCE. To the ancient Persians, the... -
Explore Persian Caravanserai Sites, Iran (UNESCO Sites)
A caravanserai was a roadside inn where travelers (caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia, North Africa and Southeast Europe, most notably the Silk Road. Although many were located along rural roads in the countryside, urban version... -
Visit all the Persian Gardens
The tradition and style in the design of Persian Gardens, known as Iranian gardens in Iran has influenced the design of gardens from Andalusia to India and beyond. The gardens of the Alhambra show the influence of Persian Garden philosophy and style in a Moorish Palace scale, from the era of Al-Andalus in Spain. The Humayun's Tomb and Taj Mahal is one of the largest P... -
See Petäjävesi Old Church, Finland (UNESCO site)
The Petäjävesi Old Church is a wooden church located in Petäjävesi, Finland. It was inscribed in 1994 on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It was built between 1763 and 1765. The clock tower that has been built in 1821 is connected to it. UNESCO considered it to be a representative Lutheran church of the Scandinavian tradition, mixing Renaissance wit... -
Visit Petergof, St. Petersburg
Petergof (Russian: Петерго́ф) or Peterhof (German for "Peter's Court"), known as Petrodvorets (Петродворец) from 1944 to 1997, is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. The town hosts one of two campuses of Saint Petersburg State University and the Petrodvorets Watch Fact... -
Visit Petite Mosquée de Kong, Côte d’Ivoire (UNESCO Site)
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Visit Petra, Jordan (UNESCO site)
Petra, Jordan is a city that is literally carved from rock. Known as the “Rose-Red City”, Petra takes its nickname from the hue of the rock of which its famous buildings and monuments were crafted by the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people that inhabited this part of Jordan more than 2,000 years ago. Entry to Petra is through the Siq, a narrow gorge ove... -
Visit Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea, Russia (UNESCO Site)
The site contains 4,500 petroglyphs carved in the rocks during the Neolithic period dated 6 to 7 thousand years ago and located in the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Federation. It is one of the largest such sites in Europe with petroglyphs that document Neolithic culture in Fennoscandia. The serial property encompasses 33 sites in two component parts 300km apart:... -
See Petroglyphs of Tamgaly, Kazakhstan (UNESCO site)
Tamgaly is a UNESCO petroglyph site in the Semirechye, Kazakhstan located 120 km to northwest of Almaty. The majority of the 5000 petroglyphs are in the lower part of the main canyon, but there are a number in the many side canyons. Most carvings depict deer and hunting scenes, but there is also a famous Buddha (or Shiva) drawing dated about 8th c. AD. The petro...
