The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world (140,000 ha), lies on the delta of the ...
Situated in the suburbs of Bagerhat, at the meeting-point of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, this ancient city, formerly known as ...
In the heart of Assam, this park is one of the last areas in eastern India undisturbed by a human presence. ...
On a hill overlooking the plain and about 40 km from Bhopal, the site of Sanchi comprises a group of Buddhist ...
The first Buddhist cave monuments at Ajanta date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. During the Gupta period (5th and ...
These 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, were dug side by side in the wall of a ...
Pattadakal, in Karnataka, represents the high point of an eclectic art which, in the 7th and 8th centuries under the Chalukya ...
The churches and convents of Goa, the former capital of the Portuguese Indies – particularly the Church of Bom Jesus, which ...
The austere, grandiose site of Hampi was the last capital of the last great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar. Its fabulously rich ...
This group of sanctuaries, founded by the Pallava kings, was carved out of rock along the Coromandel coast in the 7th ...
This site includes three railways. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was the first, and is still the most outstanding, example of a ...
The Great Living Chola Temples were built by kings of the Chola Empire, which stretched over all of south India and ...
The use of a local limestone shaped the construction of the old town of Hebron/Al-Khalil during the Mamluk period between 1250 ...
The Rideau Canal, a monumental early 19th-century construction covering 202 km of the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers from Ottawa south to ...
Québec was founded by the French explorer Champlain in the early 17th century. It is the only North American city to ...
The Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, built to the design of the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, between 1940 and 1960, is an ...
Canaima National Park is spread over 3 million ha in south-eastern Venezuela along the border between Guyana and Brazil. Roughly 65% ...
With its earthen constructions unique to the Caribbean, Coro is the only surviving example of a rich fusion of local traditions ...
Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. A society of Polynesian origin that ...
Redwood National Park comprises a region of coastal mountains bordering the Pacific Ocean north of San Francisco. It is covered with ...
This site contains two of the most active volcanoes in the world, Mauna Loa (4,170 m high) and Kilauea (1,250 m ...
Located in the north-west of Washington State, Olympic National Park is renowned for the diversity of its ecosystems. Glacier-clad peaks interspersed ...