The catacombs of Malta are designated as a World Heritage Site for their role in Paleochristian history.
The population increase is also expected to damage Lamu's status as a world heritage site.
Aleppo, in northern Syrian near Turkey, is the country's commercial capital and a World Heritage site.
Nine were destroyed, seven in a part of the town designated as a World Heritage Site.
The Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin has been designated a World Heritage site by the U.N.
On the strength of its halqa performances, Unesco has named Djemaa el-Fna a World Heritage site for culture.
The tombs, a 15th century shrine to Muslim saints, are part of a World Heritage site in Timbuktu.
In 2008 UNESCO listed the temple as a World Heritage site, to the delight of Cambodia's tourist industry.
About 40 minutes away is Himeji Castle, a World Heritage Site built from the 14th to 17th centuries.
The Bath Preservation Trust said the gasometer was not one of the reasons Bath was a World Heritage Site.
Hampi had been designated a world heritage site by UNESCO, the UN agency concerned with preservation of historic sites.
Read more about the process of becoming a World Heritage Site here.
The Giant's Causeway was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1986.
The Serengeti National Park is listed as a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
UNESCO, which has designated Butrint a World Heritage site, turned the sparsely inhabited land around it into a national park.
The way to promote Macau was changed when Unesco recognized the historic center as a World Heritage site in 2005.
Once inscribed as a World Heritage Site, the site must then be preserved, maintained and presented in accordance with a management plan.
Ethiopia has some of the word's oldest churches, including rock-hewn churches, which are a World Heritage Site, in Lalibella in northern Ethiopia.
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Maritime Greenwich was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997 and is recognised for its cultural heritage and scientific accomplishments.
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The Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland's top tourist attraction with 750, 000 visitors a year, was declared a World Heritage site by Unesco in 1986.
The World Heritage in Danger list is thus another way in which a World Heritage Site may be protected and preserved for future generations.
This month, the U.N. approved Cambodia's application to have the temple listed as a World Heritage Site -- places that have outstanding cultural value.
The Virunga National Park, a World Heritage site has eight volcanoes that spread across the Virunga mountain range, but only two are currently active.
The Blue Mountains national park is a World Heritage site and covers a million hectares, with huge cliffs, deep rainforest gulleys, sandstone canyons and waterfalls.
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Being recognised as a World Heritage site is a fitting accolade for this bridge which has played such an important part in the lives of Scots for 125 years.
Visiting Bagan for the first time on 8 August 2012, the Director-General encouraged authorities to resubmit the nomination for the architectural complex as a World Heritage Site.
The park also allows helicopter tours, one factor which motivated Unesco to consider removing Iguazu's status as a World Heritage site since helicopters disturb the park's wildlife.
The Dzanga-Ndoki Park, a World Heritage Site, is located in the south-western corner of the Central African Republic (CAR), where it borders Cameroon and the Republic of Congo.
This month, the United Nations approved Cambodia's application to have the temple listed as a World Heritage Site -- a place the U.N. says has outstanding universal value.
Earlier this month, the United Nations approved Cambodia's application to have the temple listed as a World Heritage Site -- places the U.N. says have outstanding universal value.
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