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.
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Saturday, July 27, 2024
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.
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.
Friday, July 26, 2024
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.
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.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
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.
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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