Town of Bamberg (Germany)

From the 10th century onwards, this town became an important link with the Slav peoples, especially those of Poland and Pomerania. 

During its period of greatest prosperity, from the 12th century onwards, the architecture of Bamberg strongly influenced northern Germany and Hungary. 

In the late 18th century it was the centre of the Enlightenment in southern Germany, with eminent philosophers and writers such as Hegel and Hoffmann living there.

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Cherry

The cherry is a small spherical fruit that usually contains a pit.

Technically it is a stone fruit.

The cricket is a variant, this is a sweet cherry.

All cherries are by definition cherries, but not all cherries are also crickets.

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Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt (France)

The initial property, inscribed in 1988 on the World Heritage List, was formed by the Grande-Île, the historic centre of Strasbourg, structured around the cathedral. 

The extension concerns the Neustadt, new town, designed and built under the German administration (1871-1918). 

The Neustadt draws the inspiration for its urban layout from the Haussmannian model, while adopting a Germanic architectural idiom for its edifices. 

This dual influence has enabled the creation of an urban space that is specific to Strasbourg, where the perspectives created around the cathedral open to a unified landscape around the rivers and canals.

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (England)

This historic landscape garden features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of gardens from the 18th to the 20th centuries. 

The gardens house botanic collections (conserved plants, living plants and documents) that have been considerably enriched through the centuries. 

Since their creation in 1759, the gardens have made a significant and uninterrupted contribution to the study of plant diversity and economic botany.

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Mount Emei, and Leshan Giant Buddha (China)

The first Buddhist temple in China was built here in Sichuan Province in the 1st century A.D. in the beautiful surroundings of the summit Mount Emei. 

The addition of other temples turned the site into one of Buddhism's holiest sites. 

Over the centuries, the cultural treasures grew in number. 

The most remarkable is the Giant Buddha of Leshan, carved out of a hillside in the 8th century and looking down on the confluence of three rivers. 

At 71 m high, it is the largest Buddha in the world. 

Mount Emei is also notable for its exceptionally diverse vegetation, ranging from subtropical to subalpine pine forests. 

Some of the trees there are more than 1,000 years old.

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Joggins Fossil Cliffs (Canada)

The Joggins Fossil Cliffs, a 689 ha palaeontological site along the coast of Nova Scotia (eastern Canada), have been described as the “coal age Galápagos” due to their wealth of fossils from the Carboniferous period (354 to 290 million years ago). 

The rocks of this site are considered to be iconic for this period of the history of Earth and are the world’s thickest and most comprehensive record of the Pennsylvanian strata (dating back 318 to 303 million years) with the most complete known fossil record of terrestrial life from that time. 

These include the remains and tracks of very early animals and the rainforest in which they lived, left in situ, intact and undisturbed. 

With its 14.7 km of sea cliffs, low bluffs, rock platforms and beach, the site groups remains of three ecosystems: estuarine bay, floodplain rainforest and fire prone forested alluvial plain with freshwater pools. 

It offers the richest assemblage known of the fossil life in these three ecosystems with 96 genera and 148 species of fossils and 20 footprint groups. 

The site is listed as containing outstanding examples representing major stages in the history of Earth.

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Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás (Brazil)

Goiás testifies to the occupation and colonization of the lands of central Brazil in the 18th and 19th centuries. 

The urban layout is an example of the organic development of a mining town, adapted to the conditions of the site. 

Although modest, both public and private architecture form a harmonious whole, thanks to the coherent use of local materials and vernacular techniques.

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Statue of Liberty (United States)

Made in Paris by the French sculptor Bartholdi, in collaboration with Gustave Eiffel (who was responsible for the steel framework), this towering monument to liberty was a gift from France on the centenary of American independence. 

Inaugurated in 1886, the sculpture stands at the entrance to New York Harbour and has welcomed millions of immigrants to the United States ever since.

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Ephesus (Turkey)

Located within what was once the estuary of the River Kaystros, Ephesus comprises successive Hellenistic and Roman settlements founded on new locations, which followed the coastline as it retreated westward. 

Excavations have revealed grand monuments of the Roman Imperial period including the Library of Celsus and the Great Theatre. 

Little remains of the famous Temple of Artemis, one of the “Seven Wonders of the World,” which drew pilgrims from all around the Mediterranean. 

Since the 5th century, the House of the Virgin Mary, a domed cruciform chapel seven kilometres from Ephesus, became a major place of Christian pilgrimage. 

The Ancient City of Ephesus is an outstanding example of a Roman port city, with sea channel and harbour basin.

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Old Town of Cáceres (Spain)

The city's history of battles between Moors and Christians is reflected in its architecture, which is a blend of Roman, Islamic, Northern Gothic and Italian Renaissance styles. 

Of the 30 or so towers from the Muslim period, the Torre del Bujaco is the most famous. 

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