Red Fort Complex - India

The Red Fort Complex was built as the palace fort of Shahjahanabad – the new capital of the fifth Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan. 

Named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone, it is adjacent to an older fort, the Salimgarh, built by Islam Shah Suri in 1546, with which it forms the Red Fort Complex. 

The private apartments consist of a row of pavilions connected by a continuous water channel, known as the Nahr-i-Behisht (Stream of Paradise). 

The Red Fort is considered to represent the zenith of Mughal creativity which, under the Shah Jahan, was brought to a new level of refinement. 

The planning of the palace is based on Islamic prototypes, but each pavilion reveals architectural elements typical of Mughal building, reflecting a fusion of Persian, Timurid and Hindu traditions The Red Fort’s innovative planning and architectural style, including the garden design, strongly influenced later buildings and gardens in Rajasthan, Delhi, Agra and further afield.

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Varaždin

Varaždin is a county in northern Croatia near the border with Slovenia and Hungary. 

Varaždin is named after the capital of the province, Varaždin.

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Rainforests of the Atsinanana - Madagascar

The Rainforests of the Atsinanana comprise six national parks distributed along the eastern part of the island. 

These relict forests are critically important for maintaining ongoing ecological processes necessary for the survival of Madagascar’s unique biodiversity, which reflects the island’s geological history. 

Having completed its separation from all other land masses more than 60 million years ago, Madagascar’s plant and animal life evolved in isolation. 

The rainforests are inscribed for their importance to both ecological and biological processes as well as their biodiversity and the threatened species they support. 

Many species are rare and threatened especially primates and lemurs.

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Hong-Kong

Hong Kong is a city and special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. 

The official name of the area is Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. 

The area consists of 236 islands with a total area of 1,104 km² and borders the South China Sea.

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Parthian Fortresses of Nisa - Turkmenistan

The Parthian Fortresses of Nisa consist of two tells of Old and New Nisa, indicating the site of one of the earliest and most important cities of the Parthian Empire, a major power from the mid 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD. 

They conserve the unexcavated remains of an ancient civilization which skilfully combined its own traditional cultural elements with those of the Hellenistic and Roman west. Archaeological excavations in two parts of the site have revealed richly decorated architecture, illustrative of domestic, state and religious functions. 

Situated at the crossroads of important commercial and strategic axes, this powerful empire formed a barrier to Roman expansion while serving as an important communication and trading centre between east and west, north and south.

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Aysen

Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, or Aysén for short, is one of the sixteen regions of Chile and is also called the eleventh region, with its capital in Coyhaique.

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Old Town of Corfu - Greece

The Old Town of Corfu, on the Island of Corfu off the western coasts of Albania and Greece, is located in a strategic position at the entrance of the Adriatic Sea, and has its roots in the 8th century BC. 

The three forts of the town, designed by renowned Venetian engineers, were used for four centuries to defend the maritime trading interests of the Republic of Venice against the Ottoman Empire. 

In the course of time, the forts were repaired and partly rebuilt several times, more recently under British rule in the 19th century. 

The mainly neoclassical housing stock of the Old Town is partly from the Venetian period, partly of later construction, notably the 19th century. 

As a fortified Mediterranean port, Corfu’s urban and port ensemble is notable for its high level of integrity and authenticity.

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