Lishui City, new town of Songyang County Shanfucun, 2014 was included in the third batch of China traditional villages list.

丽水市松阳县新兴镇山甫村，2014年被列入第三批中国传统村落名录。

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Zhu Shan village, new town, Songyang County, Lishui City, was listed in the third batch of Chinese traditional villages in 2014.

丽水市松阳县新兴镇朱山村，2014年被列入第三批中国传统村落名录。

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Songyang city Lishui County village Hengkeng village leaves, 2014 was included in the third batch of China traditional villages list.

丽水市松阳县叶村乡横坑村，2014年被列入第三批中国传统村落名录。

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But more than 2, 000km north of the big city, near the Bolivian border, the traditional villages located high up in the Andean altiplano have not fared as well.

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The southern mountains are dotted with tiny traditional villages, fantastic spots to buy hearty local olive oil and thyme honey, though Azogires has a freshwater lagoon where the itinerant nereids - those beguiling sea-nymphs of ancient Greek myth - can allegedly steal a man's soul on one sacred night each year.

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For travellers seeking a local excursion, a 30-minute drive northward on paved roads leads to the Zagorohoria, a region of developed traditional mountain villages overlooking the awe-inspiring Vikos Gorge, said to be the world's deepest.

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