Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua - Congo

This property is an excellent example, at an exceptionally large-scale, of the process of post-glacial forest recolonization of savanna ecosystems. 

It is therefore ecologically significant as a convergence point of multiple ecosystem types (Congolese Forest, Lower Guinean Forest and Savanna). 

The broad range of age classifications across the forest succession spectrum contributes to the park’s highly distinct ecology, incorporating a broad range of remarkable ecological processes. 

It is one of the most important strongholds for forest elephants in Central Africa, and is recognized as the park with the richest primate diversity in the region.

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Hamburg

The city is not part of a federal state, but forms one itself. 

Within its official borders, which encompass approximately 755 km², live 1,904,444 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2020). 

Another 750,000 live in adjacent urban areas. 

In the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, five million people live on more than 26,000 km².

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Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines - Italy

This serial property is an unusually well-preserved and extensive epigenic gypsum karst terrain. 

It includes a very high density of caves: over 900 caves in a relatively small area, with over 100 km of caves in total. 

It is the first and the best studied evaporitic karst in the world, with academic work beginning in the 16th century. 

It also includes some of the deepest gypsum caves in existence, reaching 265 meters below the surface. 

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The Shard

The Shard is a skyscraper in Southwark, London. The tower is 310 metres high and has 72 usable floors, plus 15 floors with heating facilities. 

When it opened on 5 July 2012, The Shard was the tallest building in Europe and the 44th tallest building in the world.

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ESMA Museum and Site of Memory – Former Clandestine Centre of Detention, Torture and Extermination - Argentina

This property is located within the complex of the Former Navy School of Mechanics in Buenos Aires, in the former Officers’ Quarters. 

This was the Argentine Navy’s principal secret detention centre during the civil-military dictatorship of 1976-1983. 

As part of a national strategy to destroy armed and nonviolent opposition to the military regime, the Officers' Quarters building at ESMA (Escuela Superior de Mecánica de la Armada) was used for holding captive opponents who had been abducted in Buenos Aires and interrogating, torturing and eventually killing them.

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Sapodilla

The fruits are round or oval, depending on the variety, and 4-10 cm in diameter. 

The skin of the fruit is thin, firm, rough and dull brown. 

The flesh is ripe, glassy yellow-brown and has a grainy texture due to small stone cells (comparable to a ripe pear). 

The fruit contains up to twelve seeds, but can also be seedless. This fruit contains vitamins A and D.

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Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker - Netherlands

Built between 1774 and 1781, this property is a moving mechanical scale model of the solar system as it was known at the time. 

Conceived and built by an ordinary citizen – the wool manufacturer Eise Eisinga – the model is built into the ceiling and south wall of the former living room/bedroom of its creator. 

Powered by one single pendulum clock, it provides a realistic image of the positions of the Sun, the Moon, the Earth and five other planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn). 

The planets revolve around the Sun in real time and the distance between the planets is at scale. 

The model fills the entire ceiling of the room, making it one of the earliest predecessors of the ceiling and projection planetariums of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Haute-Vienne

Haute-Vienne is a French department, located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. 

The department was part of the Limousin region until it was dissolved on 1 January 2016.

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Djerba: Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory - Tunesia

This serial property is a testimony to a settlement pattern that developed on the island of Djerba around the 9th century CE amidst the semi-dry and water-scarce environment. 

Low‑density was its key characteristic: it involved the division of the island into neighbourhoods, clustered together, that were economically self-sustainable, connected to each other and to the religious and trading places of the island, through a complex network of roads. 

Resulting from a mixture of environmental, socio-cultural and economic factors, the distinctive human settlement of Djerba demonstrates the way local people adapted their lifestyle to the conditions.

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Forget-me-not

The genus Forget-me-not has several dozen species. 

The name Myosotis comes from the Greek and means mouse ear. 

Forget-me-nots are found in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. 

The following species are found in the Netherlands and Belgium: Field Forget-me-not and Multicoloured Forget-me-not.

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