Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System (Ecuador)

This site is an extensive Inca communication, trade and defence network of roads covering 30,000 km. 

Constructed by the Incas over several centuries and partly based on pre-Inca infrastructure, this extraordinary network through one of the world’s most extreme geographical terrains linked the snow-capped peaks of the Andes – at an altitude of more than 6,000 m – to the coast, running through hot rainforests, fertile valleys and absolute deserts. 

It reached its maximum expansion in the 15th century, when it spread across the length and breadth of the Andes. 

The Qhapac Ñan, Andean Road System includes 273 component sites spread over more than 6,000 km that were selected to highlight the social, political, architectural and engineering achievements of the network, along with its associated infrastructure for trade, accommodation and storage, as well as sites of religious significance.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of Qhapaq Ñan in Ecuador.

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Ilulissat Icefjord (Greenland - Denmark)

Located on the west coast of Greenland, 250 km north of the Arctic Circle, Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord (40,240 ha) is the sea mouth of Sermeq Kujalleq, one of the few glaciers through which the Greenland ice cap reaches the sea. 

Sermeq Kujalleq is one of the fastest (19 m per day) and most active glaciers in the world. 

It annually calves over 35 km3 of ice, i.e. 10% of the production of all Greenland calf ice and more than any other glacier outside Antarctica. 

Studied for over 250 years, it has helped to develop our understanding of climate change and icecap glaciology. 

The combination of a huge ice-sheet and the dramatic sounds of a fast-moving glacial ice-stream calving into a fjord covered by icebergs makes for a dramatic and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of Ilulissat in Greenland.

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Stari Grad Plain (Hvar - Croatia)

Stari Grad Plain on the Adriatic island of Hvar is a cultural landscape that has remained practically intact since it was first colonized by Ionian Greeks from Paros in the 4th century BC. 

The original agricultural activity of this fertile plain, mainly centring on grapes and olives, has been maintained since Greek times to the present. 

The site is also a natural reserve. 

The landscape features ancient stone walls and trims, or small stone shelters, and bears testimony to the ancient geometrical system of land division used by the ancient Greeks, the chora which has remained virtually intact over 24 centuries.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of the Stari Grad Plain, Croatia.

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Mount Taishan (China)

The sacred Mount Tai ('shan' means 'mountain') was the object of an imperial cult for nearly 2,000 years, and the artistic masterpieces found there are in perfect harmony with the natural landscape. 

It has always been a source of inspiration for Chinese artists and scholars and symbolizes ancient Chinese civilizations and beliefs.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of Mount Taishan in China.

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Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works (Chile)

Humberstone and Santa Laura works contain over 200 former saltpeter works where workers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia lived in company towns and forged a distinctive communal pampinos culture. 

That culture is manifest in their rich language, creativity, and solidarity, and, above all, in their pioneering struggle for social justice, which had a profound impact on social history. 

Situated in the remote Pampas, one of the driest deserts on Earth, thousands of pampinos lived and worked in this hostile environment for over 60 years, from 1880, to process the largest deposit of saltpeter in the world, producing the fertilizer sodium nitrate that was to transform agricultural lands in North and South America, and in Europe, and produce great wealth for Chile. 

Because of the vulnerability of the structures and the impact of a recent earthquake, the site was also placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger to help mobilize resources for its conservation.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of the Saltpeter Works in Chile.

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Dinosaur Provincial Park (Alberta - Canada)

In addition to its particularly beautiful scenery, Dinosaur Provincial Park – located at the heart of the province of Alberta's badlands – contains some of the most important fossil discoveries ever made from the 'Age of Reptiles', in particular about 35 species of dinosaur, dating back some 75 million years.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of Dinosaur Provincial Park in Canada.

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Royal Palace, Phnom Penh (Phnom Penh - Cambodia)

The Royal Palace, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is a complex of buildings which serves as the royal residence of the king of Cambodia. 

Its full name in the Khmer language is Preah Barum Reachea Veang Chaktomuk Serei Mongkol. 

The Kings of Cambodia have occupied it since it was built in 1860s, with a period of absence when the country came into turmoil during and after the reign of the Khmer Rouge.

The palace was constructed after King Norodom relocated the royal capital from Oudong to Phnom Penh in the mid-19th century. 

It was built atop an old citadel called Banteay Kev. 

It faces towards the East and is situated at the Western bank of the cross division of the Tonle Sap River and the Mekong River called Chaktomuk (an allusion to Brahma).

The five most beautiful wallpapers and photo's of the Royal Palace in Cambodia.

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