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This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites. A World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having special cultural or physical significance.
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List of football league clubs in the top four tiers of English football (i.e. the Premier League and the English Football League), as of the 2023–24 season, by year formed. To provide a consistent methodology, the year used is that published by the clubs themselves.
English United States: Service ran from May 2005 to August 2015. Acquired by Maker Studios in August 2013. Google Video: English United States: Service ran from January 2005 to August 2012. The website has been repurposed to serve as Google's video search engine. HD share: English United States: Service ran from July 2008 to 2011. Focused on HD ...
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. [ 1][ 2] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands. [ 3] The 24th session in 2000 inscribed the most with 61 entries, while the 13th session in 1989 only ...
A prehistoric artificial chalk mound which is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site. At 39.3 metres (129 ft) high, it is the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe and one of the largest in the world; similar in size to some of the smaller Egyptian pyramids. Stonehenge.
Site No. 1, the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, had its boundaries extended in 2001 and 2003, and was included on the danger list from 2007 to 2010. A site may be added to the List of World Heritage in Danger if conditions threaten the characteristics for which the landmark or area was inscribed on the ...
The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.