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Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)
The Kernavi Archaeological Site, located approximately 35 km northwest of Vilnius in eastern Lithuania, bears valuable witness to about 10,000 years of human settlement in the region. Located in the Neris River Valley, the site is a complex group of archaeological sites that includes the town of Kernavi, a fortress, some unfortified settlements, burial sites, and other archaeological, historical, and cultural monuments from the Upper Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. The site covers an area of 194.4 hectares and preserves traces of ancient land use, as well as the remains of five impressive hill forts that were part of a vast defense system. Kernavi was an important feudal town in the Middle Ages. The town was destroyed by the Teutonic Knights at the end of the 14th century, but the site has been used until modern times.
Hill Forts of Rajasthan
Located in Rajasthan, this series of sites includes six magnificent forts at Chittorgarh, Gumbalgarh, Sawai Madhopur, Jhalawar, Jaipur and Jaisalmer. The forts vary in architectural style, some measuring up to 20 km in circumference, and bear witness to the power of the Rajput princely states that flourished in the region from the 8th to the 18th centuries. Within the defensive walls were major urban centres, palaces, trade centres and other buildings, including temples, which often predated the fortifications, within which a sophisticated courtly culture that supported learning, music and the arts developed. Some of the urban centres within the fortifications have survived, as have many of the site’s temples and other sacred buildings. The forts took advantage of the natural defences offered by the terrain: hills, deserts, rivers and dense forests. They also had extensive water-harvesting structures, most of which are still in use today.