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Dresden Elbe Valley
The 18th-19th century cultural landscape of the Dresden Elbe Valley stretches along the river for about 18 kilometers, from the Übigau Palace and the Ostrach Fields in the northwest to Pillnitz Palace and the Elbe Island in the southeast. The area is characterized by low meadows, topped by Pillnitz Palace and the center of Dresden, where there are numerous monuments and parks from the 16th to 20th centuries. The area also has suburban villas and gardens from the 19th and 20th centuries and precious natural landscapes. Some of the terraced slopes along the river are still used for growing grapes, and some old villages have preserved historical buildings and elements from the Industrial Revolution, especially the 147-meter-long Blue Wonder Steel Bridge (1891-93), the monorail suspension cable car (1898-1901) and the cable car (1894-95). Passenger steamships (the oldest one, built in 1879) and shipyards (around 1900) are still in use.
Kathmandu Valley
The cultural heritage of Kathmandu Valley consists of seven groups of monuments and buildings that showcase all the historical and artistic achievements for which Kathmandu Valley is famous. These seven groups of monuments and buildings include Hanuman Dhoka Palace (Kathmandu), Patan Palace and Bhaktapur Palace, Swayambhu and Badanath Stupa and Pashupatinath and Changu Narayan Hindu Temples.
Tiya
Tiya is the most important of about 160 archaeological sites discovered so far in the Sodo region south of Addis Ababa. The site contains 36 monuments, including 32 stone tablets with symbols, most of which are difficult to decipher. They are relics of an ancient Ethiopian culture whose age is still uncertain.
Anti-Japanese War Sculpture Park
The Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Memorial Sculpture Park was built to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The park has the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Memorial with the name of the monument inscribed by former President Jiang Zemin, a sculpture group area with the theme of "National Anthem" reflecting the eight-year bloody history of the Chinese people, as well as the sunken central square, Wanping City Wall, green forest and other major landscapes.
Stone Circles of Senegambia
The site consists of four large groups of stone circles, representing a concentration of more than 1,000 monuments in a 100-kilometre-wide belt that stretches for about 350 kilometres along the Gambia River. The four groups, Sine Ngayène, Wanar, Wassu and Kerbatch, include 93 stone circles and numerous tumuli, some of which have been excavated and reveal remains dating from the 3rd century BC to the 16th century AD. Together, the laterite pillars and their associated tumuli form a vast sacred landscape that was formed over a period of more than 1,500 years. It reflects a thriving, highly organised and enduring society.
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
Ravenna was the capital of the Roman Empire in the 5th century, and then of Byzantine Italy until the 8th century. It has unique early Christian mosaics and monuments. All eight buildings - the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, the Baptistery of Nyonia, the New Basilica of Sant'Apollinare, the Baptistery of Arias, the Archbishop's Church, the Mausoleum of Theoderic, the Church of San Vitale and the New Basilica of Sant'Apollinare - were built in the 5th and 6th centuries. They show great artistic skills, combining Greco-Roman traditions, Christian iconography, and Eastern and Western styles.
Convent of Christ in Tomar
The Templar Monastery of Tomar (transferred to the Order of Christ in 1344) was originally designed as a monument to the Reconquista, but during the Manueline period it came to symbolize exactly the opposite idea – the opening of Portugal to other civilizations.
Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri (City of Victory) was founded by Emperor Akbar in the second half of the 16th century and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire for only about 10 years. The city contains numerous monuments and temples, all in a uniform architectural style, including the Jama Masjid, one of the largest mosques in India.
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha
The famous Lumbini Gardens, where Gautama Buddha was born in 623 BC, soon became a site of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected a memorial pillar there. The site is currently being developed as a Buddhist pilgrimage centre, featuring archaeological remains related to Gautama Buddha's birth.
SGang Gwaay
The village of Nans Dins is located on an island off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii). The remains of houses and carved burial and memorial posts illustrate the art and way of life of the Haida people. The site commemorates the living culture of the Haida people and their relationship to the land and sea, and provides a key to the visual representation of their oral tradition.
Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
The Liangzhu archaeological site (c. 3,300-2,300 BC), located in the Yangtze River basin on the southeastern coast of China, reveals an early regional state in China's Late Neolithic period, with a belief system based on rice cultivation. The site consists of four areas - the Yaoshan Site Area, the Gukou High Dam Area, the Plain Low Dam Area, and the Urban Site Area. The sites are outstanding examples of early urban civilization, as reflected in earthen monuments, urban planning, water conservation systems, and social hierarchies, as well as differentiated burials in the site's cemeteries.
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna was expanded and embellished by Septimius Severus, who was born here and later became Roman emperor. It was one of the most beautiful cities in the Roman Empire, with magnificent public monuments, ports, markets, warehouses, shops and residential areas.
Khami Ruins National Monument
Khami was developed after the Great Zimbabwe capital was abandoned in the mid-16th century and is of great archaeological interest. Finds of artifacts from Europe and China suggest that Khami was an important trading center for a long time.
Great Zimbabwe National Monument
The ruins of Great Zimbabwe - according to ancient legend, the capital of the Queen of Sheba - are unique testimony to the Shona Bantu civilization from the 11th to the 15th century. The city covers an area of nearly 80 hectares and was an important trading centre, renowned since the Middle Ages.
Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity
Over the centuries, the town of Banská Štiavnica has hosted many outstanding engineers and scientists who have contributed to the town's fame. The old medieval mining center developed into a town with a Renaissance palace, a 16th-century church, an elegant square and a castle. The city center blends into the surrounding landscape and contains important relics of past mining and metallurgical activities.
Tangshan Earthquake Memorial
Tangshan Earthquake Memorial is located in the Memorial Square south of Xinhua Road in the city center (between Jianshe Road and Wenhua Road). The square is 320 meters long from east to west and 170 meters wide from north to south, covering an area of 5.44 hectares. The Earthquake Memorial is located in the east of the square; the Earthquake Memorial Hall is located in the west. The two main buildings are located on the same east-west axis. There is a large pool between the monument and the memorial hall, and the two buildings are connected by a red tiled floor.
Memorial Hall of the Work-Study Movement in France
The main building of the memorial hall is a typical quadrangle with brick and wood structure in the late Qing Dynasty. The main gate (the original gate of Baoding Yude Middle School) faces east and sits west. On the lintel hangs a brown plaque with golden characters, which reads the handwritten inscription of Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee: "Memorial Hall of the Work-Study Movement in France". Step onto the stone steps, pass through the gatehouse, and enter the quadrangle with blue bricks. The three-room hall in the middle of the courtyard divides the quadrangle into two parts, front and back, and the two sides of the hall are connected to the front and back yards.
The Eighth Route Army 129th Division Headquarters Memorial Hall
The Memorial Hall of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army is located in Chi'an Village, Henandian Town, She County, at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, southwest of Hebei Province, and at the junction of Hebei, Shanxi and Henan Provinces. It consists of the former headquarters site, Jiangjunling, exhibition hall, Chishui Bay and related red industrial parks. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit, a national advanced patriotism education demonstration base, a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, a national red tourism classic scenic spot, a national national defense education demonstration base, and a national second-level museum.
Cao Yu Memorial Hall
Cao Yu's former residence is located on the east side of Minzhu Road, Hebei District, Tianjin. It faces east and west, and is a two-story brick-and-wood structure, built in the late Qing Dynasty. It is bounded by the courtyard wall of No. 21 Minzhu Road in the east, the courtyard wall of No. 27 Minzhu Road in the west, and the courtyard wall of No. 23 Minzhu Road in the north and south.
Without the Communist Party, there would be no New China Memorial Hall
In October 1943, during the anti-Japanese war in Pingxi, Comrade Cao Huoxing created this song of truth in Tangshang Village, Xiayunling Township. In 2001, the Xiayunling Township Government and Tangshang Village invested millions of yuan to renovate the site where the lyrics and music of "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" were created, and the exhibition hall of the site where the lyrics and music of "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" were created was established. A memorial sculpture with the theme of "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" was built in the courtyard. In March 2002, the site was rated as a municipal patriotic education base by the Beijing Patriotism Education Leading Group. On June 26, 2006, the "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" Memorial Hall was newly built. The main building of the memorial hall is 1,800 square meters, the singing stage is 4,000 square meters, the parking lot is 2,200 square meters, the road construction is 850 meters, and the large theme exhibition is 1,100 square meters. The memorial hall adopts a single-story connected construction method based on the terrain, reflecting the style of Pingxi mountain dwellings, and is divided into three areas: A, B, and C. The large-scale theme exhibition is divided into three parts. In the exhibition art expression, it comprehensively uses traditional and modern artistic means such as text, photography, painting, relief, wax figure, and phantom imaging. The entire exhibition displays 800 photos, 1 oil painting, 1 large relief, 1 wax figure, and 1 phantom imaging. The memorial hall can accommodate 500 people at the same time.
Ma Benzhai Memorial Hall
The National Hero Ma Benzhai Martyr Memorial Hall is located in the north of Benzhai Village, Xian County, Hebei Province. It is 60 meters wide from east to west, 100 meters long from north to south, and covers an area of 6,000 square meters. The Ma Benzhai Memorial Hall consists of exhibition halls, statues, flag-raising platforms, low walls, gates, etc. The main part of the memorial hall adopts Islamic style. There is a tall dome at the entrance of the memorial hall, typical Islamic windows on the wall, and flame arch colonnades on both sides of the entrance dome. Entering the hall and climbing up the stairs, people feel that they are moving towards nobility step by step.
Ranzhuang Tunnel Ruins
Ranzhuang Village, Qingyuan County, Hebei Province, is located on the Jizhong Plain 30 kilometers southwest of Baoding City, between Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang and Cangzhou. The famous tunnel warfare in the history of Chinese and foreign wars took place here. After the "July 7 Incident" in 1937, the Japanese army invaded the south on a large scale, adopted the tactics of "iron wall encirclement" and "vertical and horizontal combing", carried out the genocidal "big sweep", and implemented the "burn all, kill all, rob all" policy. With their intelligence and creativity, the people of Ranzhuang cleverly designed various fortifications and tunnel entrances, deployed different combat methods, and created extraordinary achievements in an ordinary village, and was hailed as a model village for tunnel warfare. Marshal Nie Rongzhen once wrote an inscription for this: "The elusive and surprising tunnel warfare was a great initiative of the North China people to defend their country, launch guerrilla warfare, and defeat stubborn enemies in the plains. In August 1959, the Ranzhuang Tunnel War Memorial was completed. Marshal Nie Rongzhen wrote the name of the museum, and General Yang Chengwu wrote the plaque "Ji Zhong Ranzhuang Tunnel War Exhibition Hall" for the exhibition hall. The exhibition hall of the Ranzhuang Tunnel War Memorial covers an area of 980 square meters. There are a large number of precious cultural relics in the hall, mainly pickaxes, shovels, windlasses and lighting lamps used for digging tunnels; gongs, bugles and ox horns used by militias to assemble and fight; earthen guns, earthen cannons, Retrieved bullets and used tools; relics, poems, materials, photos, award flags and anti-Japanese support equipment of martyrs. On March 4, 1961, the Ranzhuang Tunnel War Site was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council. In 1995, it was designated as the "Hebei Province Patriotism Education Base".
Panjiayu Massacre Memorial Hall Red Tourism Scenic Area
Panjiayu is located deep in the Yanshan Mountains at the junction of Fengrun, Luanxian and Qianxi counties. It is a mountainous area. On January 25, 1941, Jiro Sasaki, a Japanese consultant to Fengrun, gathered more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers from 16 strongholds and more than 2,000 puppet troops to create a brutal massacre in Panjiayu. 1,230 men, women, old and young in the village were brutally killed, 33 families were killed, 96 people were injured, and more than 1,300 houses were burned down. This is the Panjiayu Massacre that shocked China and the world.
Dong Cunrui Memorial Hall
To commemorate the heroic deeds of the martyr Dong Cunrui, two Dong Cunrui Martyrs Memorial Halls were built in Huailai County, Hebei Province, the hero's hometown, and Longhua County, where he died. The Dong Cunrui Martyrs Memorial Hall in Huailai County is usually called the old hall, with a construction area of 8,800 square meters. Next to the Dong Cunrui Martyrs Cemetery in Longhua County, the rebuilt Dong Cunrui Martyrs Memorial Hall is divided into four parts: reception area, memorial square for paying tribute to martyrs, exhibition area and stele forest area, with a total investment of 5 million yuan.
Langfang Natural Park
There are two fountains in front of the park, and children's play areas are set up on both sides of the main road, equipped with bumper cars, karts, forest drifting, pirate ships and other recreational facilities. In the middle of the park is an artificial lake covering an area of 100 acres. With the artificial lake as the center, a new cultural stele forest is built on the earthen hill in the west of the lake. There is an animal viewing area in the north. On the east side of the lake, there are 8 white marble elephant sculptures of different sizes on the lawn, which are lifelike. There is a rock garden in the northeast, and a "Beijing Style" club with the layout of a Qing Dynasty quadrangle is built on the south side. It is luxurious, elegant and antique. The park has also opened up many memorial forests such as the Youth Forest, the Women's Forest, the Bayi Forest, the Parent-Child Forest, the Public Servant Forest, and the Citizen Forest. The natural park attracts visitors from all directions with its wild and charming landscape, and has become a good place for people to relax and cultivate their sentiments on holidays.
Langya Mountain
Langya Mountain is located in the southwest of Yi County, Hebei Province. It consists of five 36 peaks. The main peak, Lotus Petal, is 1,105 meters above sea level. The mountain is steep and upright, like a giant wolf's tooth of uneven length, so it is named "Langya Mountain". The main peak, Lotus Petal, is 1,105 meters above sea level. The northwest two sides are steep cliffs, and the southeast two sides are slightly lower. There is a narrow path leading to the main peak. "Yanwang Nose" and "Little Devil Face" and other dangerous places still need to pass by the wall. Climbing up and looking far away, the peaks stand in a row, rugged and steep, like wolf's teeth, and the fog in the stream is ethereal and mysterious. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army swept Langya Mountain. In order to cover the retreat of the main force, the Eighth Route Army soldiers Ma Baoyu, Ge Zhenlin, Song Xueyi and other five people fought for 5 hours, fired the last bullet, and bravely jumped off the cliff. In 1942, in order to commemorate the heroic deeds of the five warriors, a memorial tower for the five warriors was built on the main peak of Langya Mountain, Qipantuo. It was rebuilt in 1958, and Marshal Nie Rongzhen personally wrote "Memorial Tower of the Five Warriors of Langya Mountain". "Langya Jingxiu" is one of the ancient landscapes of ancient Yandu, known as the "Little Huangshan Mountain in the North". The main landscapes include the Red Agate Cave and Qipantuo. Langya Mountain is a national patriotism education base, a national forest park, and one of the 100 classic red tourist attractions in China.