Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites

The site consists of a group of Georgian-style naval buildings and structures, set within a walled enclosure. 

The natural environment of this side of the island of Antigua, with its deep, narrow bays surrounded by highlands, offered shelter from hurricanes and was ideal for repairing ships. 

The construction of the Dockyard by the British navy would not have been possible without the labour of generations of enslaved Africans since the end of the 18th century. 

Its aim was to protect the interests of sugar cane planters at a time when European powers were competing for control of the Eastern Caribbean.

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Ribe Amt

Ribe Amt is a former county in Denmark. 

The area of ​​Ribe was 3131.66 km² in 2005. 

The county had 224,454 inhabitants of which 112,522 men and 111,932 women. 

During the municipal reorganization in 1970, the old Ribe Amt remained virtually unchanged.

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Antequera Dolmens Site - Spain

Located at the heart of Andalusia in southern Spain, the site comprises three megalithic monuments: the Menga and Viera dolmens and the Tholos of El Romeral, and two natural monuments: La Peña de los Enamorados and El Torcal mountainous formations, which are landmarks within the property. 

Built during the Neolithic and Bronze Age out of large stone blocks, these monuments form chambers with lintelled roofs or false cupolas. 

These three tombs, buried beneath their original earth tumuli, are one of the most remarkable architectural works of European prehistory and one of the most important examples of European Megalithism.

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Madrid Cathedral

Santa María la Real de La Almudena is the Catholic cathedral of Madrid, Spain. 

Although plans for a cathedral in the Spanish capital date back to the 16th century, construction of the church did not begin until 1883. 

The cathedral was consecrated by Pope John Paul II on June 15, 1993.

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Tusi Sites - China

Located in the mountainous areas of south-west China, this property encompasses remains of several tribal domains whose chiefs were appointed by the central government as ‘Tusi’, hereditary rulers from the 13th to the early 20thcentury. 

The Tusi system arose from the ethnic minorities’ dynastic systems of government dating back to the 3rd century BCE. 

Its purpose was to unify national administration, while allowing ethnic minorities to retain their customs and way of life. 

The sites of Laosicheng, Tangya and Hailongtun Fortress that make up the site bear exceptional testimony to this form of governance, which derived from the Chinese civilization of the Yuan and Ming periods.

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Šibenik-Knin County

Šibenik-Knin County is a county in the central-northern part of Croatian Dalmatia. 

The administrative center is Šibenik; other important places are Knin, Drniš and Skradin. 

The county covers an area of ​​1860 km.

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The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand - Denmark

Located about 30 km northeast of Copenhagen, this cultural landscape encompasses the two hunting forests of Store Dyrehave and Gribskov, as well as the hunting park of Jægersborg Hegn/Jægersborg Dyrehave. 

This is a designed landscape where Danish kings and their court practiced par force hunting, or hunting with hounds, which reached its peak between the 17th and the late 18th centuries, when the absloute monarchs transformed it into a landscape of power. 

With hunting lanes laid out in a star system, combined with an orthogonal grid pattern, numbered stone posts, fences and a hunting lodge, the site demonstrates the application of Baroque landscaping principles to forested areas.

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Beijing

Chinese city-counties that have the same status as a Chinese province. 

Beijing city-county is completely surrounded by Hebei province, except in the southeast, where Beijing borders Tianjin city-county.

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The Forth Bridge - UK

This railway bridge, crossing the Forth estuary in Scotland, had the world’s longest spans (541 m) when it opened in 1890. 

It remains one of the greatest cantilever trussed bridges and continues to carry passengers and freight. 

Its distinctive industrial aesthetic is the result of a forthright and unadorned display of its structural components. 

Innovative in style, materials and scale, the Forth Bridge marks an important milestone in bridge design and construction during the period when railways came to dominate long-distance land travel.

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Los Rios

Los Ríos is one of the sixteen regions of Chile, with its capital Valdivia. 

The region has 384,837 inhabitants and borders Araucanía (IX), Argentina, Los Lagos (X) and the Pacific Ocean. 

The region was created in October 2007; Previously it was a province of Los Lagos under the name Valdivia.

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