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Visit Salamanca, Spain (UNESCO site)
Salamanca is a town in western central Spain. The city lies by the Tormes river on a plateau and is considered to be one of the most spectacular Renaissance cities in Europe. The buildings are constructed of sandstone mined from the nearby Villamayor quarry, and, as the sun begins to set, they glow gold, orange and pink. It is this radiant quality of the stones that h... -
Explore Salina Island, Italy (UNESCO site)
Salina is the second largest island in the archipelago. Salina is divided between three comuni: Santa Marina on the eastern coast, Malfa to the north, and Leni to the south-west. From Leni down towards the sea are the villages of Valdichiesa and Rinella. The other smaller villages are Capo Faro, Pollara and Lingua. The following sites are on the idland: The salt lake... -
Explore Salonga National Park, DRC (UNESCO site)
Salonga National Park is a national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in the Congo River basin. It is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve covering about 36,000 km². Animals in the park include bonobos, Salonga monkeys, Tshuapa red colobus, Zaire peacocks, forest elephants, and African slender-snouted crocodiles. It was inscribed as a U... -
Explore Saloum Delta, Senegal (UNESCO Site)
Saloum Delta or Sine-Saloum Delta is a river delta in Senegal at the mouth of the Saloum River where it flows into the North Atlantic Ocean. The delta covers 180,000 hectares. It extends 72.5 kilometers along the coastline and 35 kilometers inland. In 2011, a 145,811-hectare portion of the delta was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. The site contains "brackish ... -
Explore Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark, Finland
Salpausselkä (Finnish: [ˈsɑlpɑu̯sˌselkæ]; "Bar Ridge") is an extensive ridge system left by the ice age in Southern Finland. It is a large terminal moraine formation that formed in front of the Baltic ice lake during the Younger Dryas period about 12,250–10,400 years ago. All together the formation is close to 500 km (310 mi) from end to end, and the ... -
Visit Saltaire, England (UNESCO site)
Saltaire is a Victorian model village within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. UNESCO has designated the village as a World Heritage Site, and it is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. In December 2001, Saltaire was designated a World Heritage Site by UNES... -
Visit Salzburg, Austria (UNESCO site)
Salzburg may be best known as the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the revered 18th century composer. Although Mozart is honored in many places throughout the city, Salzburg has its own identity as a city that displays examples of great Baroque architectural jewels and a base for forays into the surrounding alpine region. Salzburg is the capital of the Austrian ... -
Explore Salzkammergut, Austria (UNESCO sites)
The Salzkammergut is a resort area located in Austria. It stretches from City of Salzburg to the Dachstein mountain range. The main river of the region is the Traun, a tributary of the Danube. The name Salzkammergut means "Estate of the Salt Chamber" and derives from the Imperial Salt Chamber, the authority charged with running the precious salt mines in the Habsburg ... -
Visit Samarkand, Uzbekistan (UNESCO site)
Samarkand is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. The city is most noted for its central position on the Silk Road between China and the West, and for being an Islamic centre for scholarly study. In the 14th century it became the capital of the empire of Timur (Tamerlane) and is the site of his mausoleum (the Gur-e Amir). The Bi... -
Visit Samarra, Iraq (UNESCO site)
Sāmarrā is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah ad-Din Governorate, 125 kilometers (78 mi) north of Baghdad. Medieval Islamic writers believed that the name “Samarra” is derived from the Arabic phrase “Sarr man ra’a”, which translates to “A joy for all who see”. In 2007, UNESCO named Samarra on... -
Explore Sambor Prei Kuk, Kampong Thom Province (UNESCO Site)
Sambor Prei Kuk is an archaeological site in Cambodia located in Kampong Thom Province, 30 km (19 mi) north of Kampong Thom, the provincial capital, 176 km (109 mi) east of Angkor and 206 km (128 mi) north of Phnom Penh. The now ruined complex dates back to the Pre-Angkorian Chenla Kingdom (late 6th to 9th century), established by king Isanavarman I as central royal s... -
See Sammallahdenmäki Burial Site, Finland (UNESCO site)
Sammallahdenmäki is a Bronze age burial site in Finland in Lappi municipality. It was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1999, and includes 36 granite burial cairns dating back more than 3,000 years, to 1,500 to 500 BC. It is located on a hill in a remote area off the road between Tampere and Rauma. Originally, it was near the coast of the Gulf of B... -
Visit Sana'a, Yemen (UNESCO site)
Sana'a (Sanaa) is the capital of Yemen and the centre of San‘a’ Governorate. Sana'a is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. At an altitude of 2,300 metres (7,500 ft), it is also one of the highest capital cities in the world. The old city of Sana'a has a distinctive visual character due its unique architectural characteristics, mos... -
See San Agustín Archaeological Park, Colombia (UNESCO site)
San Agustín is a town and municipality in the southern Colombian Department of Huila. The town is located 227 km away from the capital of the Department, Neiva. Population is around 30,000. The village was originally founded in 1752 by Alejo Astudillo but attacks by indigenous people destroyed it. The present village was founded in 1790 by Lucas de Herazo y Men... -
See San Agustin Church, Manila, Philippines (UNESCO site)
San Agustin Church is a Roman Catholic church under the auspices of The Order of St. Augustine, located inside the historic walled city of Intramuros in Manila. In 1993, San Agustin Church was one of four Philippine churches constructed during the Spanish colonial period to be designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, under the collective title Baroque Churches o...
