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Explore Andringitra National Park, Madagascar (UNESCO site)
Andringitra National Park is National Park in the Haute Matsiatra Region of Madagascar, 47 km (29 mi) south of Ambalavao. Approximately 140 km (87 mi) of the Tropic of Capricorn crosses the park. The park was established in 1999 and is managed by the Madagascar National Parks Association. It is known for its rough terrain, which includes the mountain peak Imarivolanit... -
See Angkor Wat, Cambodia (UNESCO site)
The temples of Angkor, Cambodia were built by the Khmer civilization between the 9th and the 15th centuries. The remaining structures display one of man’s most astonishing and enduring architectural achievements. The Khmer Kings ruled over a vast domain that reached from Vietnam to China then to the Bay of Bengal from Angkor. The more than 100 stone structures o... -
Visit Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores, Portugal (UNESCO site)
Angra do Heroísmo, locally referred to as Angra, is a municipality and city on the island of Terceira, within the Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. Angra do Heroísmo is the historical capital of the Azores; it is also the archipelago's oldest city, dating back to 1450, classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1983. Some claim that Angra... -
Visit Ani, Turkey (UNESCO Site)
Ani is a ruined medieval Armenian city-site situated in the Turkish province of Kars, near the border with Armenia. Between 961 and 1045 it was the capital of the Bagratid (Bagratuni) Armenian Kingdom that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey. The city is located on a triangular site, visually dramatic and naturally defensive, protected on its easter... -
Visit Ani Citadel, Ani, Turkey
At the southern end of Ani is a flat-topped hill once known as Midjnaberd (the Inner Fortress). It has its own defensive walls that date back to the period when the Kamsarakan dynasty ruled Ani (7th century AD). Nicholas Marr excavated the citadel hill in 1908 and 1909. He uncovered the extensive ruins of the palace of the Bagratid kings of Ani tha... -
Visit Ani City Walls, Ani, Turkey
A line of walls that encircled the entire city defended Ani. The most powerful defences were along the northern side of the city, the only part of the site not protected by rivers or ravines. Here the city was protected by a double line of walls, the much taller inner wall studded by numerous large and closely spaced semicircular towers. Contemporary chroniclers wrote... -
Visit Anjar, Lebanon (UNESCO site)
Anjar, also known as Haoush Mousa, is a town of Lebanon located in the Bekaa Valley. Formerly known asGerrha, a stronghold built by Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid ibn Abdel Malek in the 8th century and later abandoned, leaving a number of well-preserved ruins. It was once a commercial center on the caravan route as well as summer and hunting resort for the Umayyad dynasty. T... -
Cross Anping Bridge, Fujian Province (UNESCO Site)
Anping Bridge (simplified Chinese: 安平桥; traditional Chinese: 安平橋; pinyin:Ānpíng Qiáo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī:An-pêng Kiô) is a Song dynasty stone beam bridge in Fujian province. It is 2,070 metres (1.29 mi) long. The bridge is also known as the Wuli Bridge (simplified Chinese: 五里桥; traditional Chinese: 五里橋; pinyin:Wǔ Lǐ Qiáo, literallyFive Li Brid... -
Explore Anticosti National Park, Quebec, Canada
Anticosti National Park is a provincial park of Quebec, located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It consists of 3 non-contiguous areas totalling 572 square kilometres (221 sq mi) of land in the centre of Anticosti Island. Portions of the park are within Anticosti World Heritage Site, established by UNESCO in 2023. It is organized into 6 tourist sectors and 1 central zone:... -
Visit Antigua, Guatemala (UNESCO Site)
Antigua (meaning “old”), Guatemala was founded as a capital city in 1543 by Spanish Conquistadores to replace the then capital which had been destroyed by a mud flow from a volcano. In turn, Antigua was demolished by an earthquake in 1717, relocated to a new location only to be leveled again by another quake in 1773. The capital was then moved to Guatemala... -
Visit Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites, Antigua (UNESCO Site)
Nelson's Dockyard is a cultural heritage site and marina in English Harbour, Antigua. It is part of Nelson's Dockyard National Park, which also contains Clarence House and Shirley Heights. Named after Admiral Horatio Nelson, who lived in the Dockyard from 1784 through 1787, Nelson's Dockyard is home to some of Antigua's sailing and yachting events such as Antigua Sail... -
Visit Antipodes Islands, New Zealand Outlying Islands
The Antipodes Islands (Māori: Moutere Mahue, lit. 'Abandoned Island') are inhospitable and uninhabited volcanic islands in subantarctic waters to the south of – and territorially part of – New Zealand. The 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) archipelago lies 860 km (530 mi) to the southeast of Stewart Island / Rakiura, and 730 km (450 mi) to the northeast of Campbel... -
See Antoniev (St. Anthony) Monastery, Velikiy Novgorod, Novgorod, Russia (UNESCO site)
The Antoniev Monastery ("St Anthony's Monastery") rivalled Yuriev Monastery as the most important monastery of medieval Novgorod the Great. It stands along the right bank of the Volkhov River north of the city centre and forms part of the Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings, a World Heritage Site. -
Visit Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (UNESCO site)
Anuradhapura is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization. The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic Malvathu Oya. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world ... -
Explore Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand (UNESCO site)
Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park is in the South Island of New Zealand near the town of Twizel. Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain and Aoraki/Mount Cook village lie within the park. The area was gazetted as a national park in October 1953 and consists of reserves that were established as early as 1887 to protect the area's significant vegetation and land...
