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National World Heritage Sites in Alberta
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Producer: TravelAlbertaLive
Discover Alberta's most spectacular parks. See more at www.travelalbertalive.com/tv
location: Canada / Alberta
views: 10 / rank: 5565 / uploaded: 08/07/2008
duration: 2 Mins. 15 Sec.

The First Nations World Heritage sites in Alberta
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Producer: TravelAlbertaLive
The First Nations World Heritage sites in Alberta. See more at www.TravelAlbertaLive.com/TV
location: Canada / Alberta
views: 4 / rank: 1675 / uploaded: 08/07/2008
duration: 1 Mins. 55 Sec.

Badlands - Dinosaur Provincial Park
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Producer: TravelAlbertaLive
75 million years into Alberta's past. See the UNESCO World Heritage Site - Dinosaur Provincial Park in Southern Alberta.
location: Canada / Alberta
views: 10 / rank: 3012 / uploaded: 07/30/2008
duration: 1 Mins. 46 Sec.

Amazing New Year ‘s Eve 2008 Musical Fire Work Display @ Ayutthaya World Heritage By www.ozonetv.net
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Producer: ozonetvonnet
“ Ayutthaya Historical Site “provides a unique background unmatched anywhere in the world to a spectacular display of fireworks rising from the Wat Rama Temple one of the Ayutthaya World Heritage . A UNESCO Heritage Site, it is rightfully considered one of Thailand greatest historical sites.With the sounds of music for maximum dramatic interpretation, the audience can closeup view newly designed fireworks and the showcasing of ancient market, OTOP shops, traditional culture shows and much more. All show provided all free of charge.
location: Thailand / Ayutthaya
views: 63 / rank: 3484 / uploaded: 01/03/2008
duration: 13 Mins. 44 Sec.

CRETE GREECE : THE SUPERB ANCIENT PALACES
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Producer: rocioto
Crete island is the largest of Greece and is located in the south of the Aegean Sea, in the East Mediterranean. Crete is 260 km (160 miles) long and 56 km (35 miles) at it's widest point. The island has everything to offer: mountainous landscapes, a coast with many beautiful beaches . Crete was the centre of Europe's most ancient civilization, the Minoan, often referred to as the 'cradle' of European civilization.The superb palaces, houses, roads, paintings and sculptures that do remain, are the content of this film.Though early Cretan history is surrounded by legends (such as those of King Minos; Theseus and the Minotaur; and Daedalus and Icarus) that have been passed to us via Greek historians/poets (such as Homer) !
location: Greece
views: 164 / rank: 689 / uploaded: 11/16/2007
duration: 5 Mins. 26 Sec.

METEORA - GREECE
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Producer: rocioto
The Metéora"suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above") is one of the largest and most important complex of monasteries in Greece. The monasteries are built on spectacular natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Peneios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The Metéora is home to six monasteries and is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
location: Greece
views: 125 / rank: 5758 / uploaded: 11/12/2007
duration: 5 Mins. 44 Sec.

PYRAMIDS GIZA EGYPT
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Producer: rocioto
The greatest masterpiece of the pyramid builders were the Pyramids of Giza, built near the capital city of Memphis for the fourth dynasty kings Cheops, Chefren and Mykernos who reign through 2589-2504 BCE.
location: Egypt / Gizeh
views: 1350 / rank: 474 / uploaded: 11/06/2007
duration: 3 Mins. 25 Sec.

RODHES
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Producer: rocioto
Rhodes (or Rodos in Greece) has 330 days of sun to the year, transparent sea, crime absent, classic antiquity , uncontaminated nature, this is the island of the butterflies. In the period of the riders (XIV century - XVI century) and particularly to the time of Pierre of Aubusson,Rhodes became wealthy of splendid buildings in Gothic slow style, and was declared, in 1984 from the UNESCO, world patrimony .
location: Greece / Ródos
views: 1131 / rank: 6276 / uploaded: 06/27/2007
duration: 7 Mins. 32 Sec.

PRAGUE
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Producer: rocioto
Prague is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful and traditional cultural center of Europe and belongs to the most visited cities on the continent. Since 1992, the historic centre of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites .Visited annually approximately by 3.000.000 persons. There are very many old houses, many with splendid walls . It contains one of the most variegate collections of architecture of the world, from the art nouveau to the baroque, cubism, gotic, and ultramodern neoclassic.
location: Czech Republic / Prague
views: 460 / rank: 6314 / uploaded: 06/23/2007
duration: 7 Mins. 48 Sec.

How to be an Artist in Johannesburg
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Interview with Marcus Neusetter. The Premises Gallery. How to be an artist in Johannesburg.
views: 106 / rank: 5005 / uploaded: 05/10/2007
duration: 5 Mins. 17 Sec.

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Blog posts tagged with 'unesco'

Restoring the Buddhas of Bamiyan

The NY Times ran a fascinating piece this week on the fate of the former site of the giant Buddha statues of Bamiyan, Afghanistan.

Location: Afghanistan / Bāmīyān

RAD Blog in Montenegro

The RAD Blog’s Jon Rawlinson is back with new videos after an absence of a month or more. Take a gander at his trip to Kotor, Montenegro.

Weekend Travel Section Roundup

The travel pages kept it real this weekend, with stories on stunt trips and secret destinations, tips on how to find and avoid political hotspots, and news about how growing numbers of people are changing some beloved destinations.

Location: Mexico / Baja California

Weekend Travel Section Roundup

Travel headlines for the weekend of 11/05/06.

Location: Israel / Tel Aviv-Yafo

360º of World Heritage

Non-profit World Heritage Tours has undertaken a massive project – documenting all sites listed with the UNESCO World Heritage program in 360º-you-are-there “panographies?.

Location: India / Āgra