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Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
The Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System is remembered as a masterpiece of creative genius and dates back to Darius the Great in the 5th century BC. It involved the construction of two main aqueducts on the Karun River, one of which is the Galgal Canal, which is still in use today. It supplies water to the mills and the city of Shushtar through a series of tunnels. It forms a spectacular cliff over which the water cascades down into a basin downstream. It then enters the plains south of the city, where 40,000 hectares of orchards and farms are cultivated, known as Mianâb (Paradise). The site features a range of striking attractions, including the Salâsel Castle, the centre of the operation of the entire hydraulic system, towers for measuring water levels, dams, bridges, basins and mills. It bears witness to the skills of the Elamites and Mesopotamians as well as the more recent skills of the Nabataeans and the influence of Roman architecture.
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
The Champasak Cultural Landscape, including the Wat Phu complex, is a well-preserved planned landscape that is more than 1,000 years old. Its shape reflects the Hindu view of the relationship between nature and humans, using an axis from the top of the mountain to the river bank to arrange the geometric patterns of temples, shrines and water conservancy facilities, stretching for about 10 kilometers. Two planned cities on the banks of the Mekong River and Phou Kao Mountain are also part of the site. The whole represents development from the 5th to the 15th century, mainly related to the Khmer Empire.
Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana
The Serra de Tramuntana Cultural Landscape is located in a steep mountain range that runs parallel to the northwest coast of Mallorca. Thousands of years of agriculture in a resource-poor environment have transformed the topography and revealed a tightly connected network of facilities for water management organized around agricultural units from the feudal period. The landscape features agricultural terraces and interconnected hydraulic structures, including water mills, as well as dry stone buildings and farms.
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.