Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (India)

The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka are in the foothills of the Vindhyan Mountains on the southern edge of the central Indian plateau. 

Within massive sandstone outcrops, above comparatively dense forest, are five clusters of natural rock shelters, displaying paintings that appear to date from the Mesolithic Period right through to the historical period. 

The cultural traditions of the inhabitants of the twenty-one villages adjacent to the site bear a strong resemblance to those represented in the rock paintings.

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Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (Germany)

The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz is an exceptional example of landscape design and planning of the Age of the Enlightenment, the 18th century. 

Its diverse components - outstanding buildings, landscaped parks and gardens in the English style, and subtly modified expanses of agricultural land - serve aesthetic, educational, and economic purposes in an exemplary manner.

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Bell pepper or Paprika

Bell Pepper is the plant Capsicum annuum and the fruit of certain cultivated forms thereof.

The fruits of other cultivated forms of this plant, such as cayenne pepper, can look very different.

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Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (France)

Santiago de Compostela was the supreme goal for countless thousands of pious pilgrims who converged there from all over Europe throughout the Middle Ages. 

To reach Spain pilgrims had to pass through France, and the group of important historical monuments included in this inscription marks out the four routes by which they did so.

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Longmen Grottoes (China)

The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). 

These works, entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion, represent the high point of Chinese stone carving.

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Poverty Point (United States)

Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point owes its name to a 19th-century plantation close to the site, which is in the Lower Mississippi Valley on a slightly elevated and narrow landform. 

The complex comprises five mounds, six concentric semi-elliptical ridges separated by shallow depressions and a central plaza. 

It was created and used for residential and ceremonial purposes by a society of hunter fisher-gatherers between 3700 and 3100 BP. 

It is a remarkable achievement in earthen construction in North America that was unsurpassed for at least 2,000 years.

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La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (Spain)

Built between 1482 and 1533, this group of buildings was originally used for trading in silk (hence its name, the Silk Exchange) and it has always been a centre for commerce. 

It is a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture. 

The grandiose Sala de Contratación (Contract or Trading Hall), in particular, illustrates the power and wealth of a major Mediterranean mercantile city in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl (Russia)

Situated at the confluence of the Volga and Kotorosl Rivers some 250 km north-east of Moscow, the historic city of Yaroslavl developed into a major commercial centre from the 11th century. 

It is renowned for its numerous 17th-century churches and is an outstanding example of the urban planning reform Empress Catherine the Great ordered for the whole of Russia in 1763. 

While keeping some of its significant historic structures, the town was renovated in the neoclassical style on a radial urban master plan. 

It has also kept elements from the 16th century in the Spassky Monastery, one of the oldest in the Upper Volga region, built on the site of a pagan temple in the late 12th century but reconstructed over time.

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Waitomo Glowworm Caves (New Zealand)

The Waitomo Glowworm Caves attraction is a cave at Waitomo on the North Island of New Zealand. 

It is known for its population of Arachnocampa luminosa, a glowworm species found exclusively in New Zealand. 

This cave is part of the Waitomo Caves system that includes the Ruakuri Cave and the Aranui Cave.

The attraction has a modern visitor centre at the entrance, largely designed in wood. 

There are organized tours that include a boat ride under the glowworms.

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Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena (Italy)

The magnificent 12th-century cathedral at Modena, the work of two great artists (Lanfranco and Wiligelmus), is a supreme example of early Romanesque art. 

With its piazza and soaring tower, it testifies to the faith of its builders and the power of the Canossa dynasty who commissioned it.

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