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UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Identify where these UNESCO world heritage sites are located.

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The archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley which include two niches housing statues of the Buddha that were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.Afghanistan
Kasbah of Algiers, contains the remains of a citadel, old mosques, and Ottoman style palaces.Algeria
Capital of the former Kingdom of KongoAngola
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin. Byzantine architecture. They were important centers of learning in the Caucases.Armenia
This country is home ot the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, and the Tasmanian Wilderness.Australia
Palace and Gardens of SchonbrunnAustria (Residence of the Habsburg emperors)
Walled city of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and the Maiden TowerAzerbaijan
Mir Castle Complex, 15th century Gothic style of fortress.Belarus (Mir was the old Russian space station)
Historic Centre of Brugge, and Major Mining Sites of Wallonia.Belgium (major divisions of Belgium are Wallons and Flemish)
Historic city of SucreBolivia
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of MostarBosnia and Herzegovina
Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea.Brazil
Angkor Warr and the Templr Preah Vihear.Cambodia
Dinosaur Provincial Park and the Hisotric Distric of Old Quebec.Canada
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Home of the Terracota Warriors.China (Xian in central China)
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace.China (Lhasa, Tibet)
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang, as well as the Great WallChina
Site of XanaduChina
Xinjian TianshanChina (Western China)
Historical Comples of Split with the Palace of Diocletian, also the Old City of DubrovnikCroatia
Historic Monuments and Sites of Kaesong. These are tombs with wall paintings from the Koguryo Kingdom.North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK)
Garamba, and Salonga National Park, Okapi Wildlife ReserveDemocratic Republic of Congo
City of Quito and the Galapagos IslandsEcuador
Memphis and its Necropolis: The Pryramid Fields from Giza to DahshurEgypt
Historic Centre of TallinEstonia (One of the Baltic States across the Baltic Sea from Finland)
AksumEthiopia
Chartres and Amiens Cathedrals, the Palace and Park of Fontainebleau.France
Aachen Cathedral (Charlemagine's capital)Germany
Cologne CathedralGermany
Hanseatic City of LubeckGermany
Classical WeimarGermany (The government of Germany between 1919-1933 is referred to as the Weimar Republic because its constitution was written in this city)
Acropolis of AthensGreece
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle quarter and Andrassy AvenueHungary (Budapest is the capital and was once two cities Buda and Pest)
Agra Fort, the Red Fort Complex, and the Hill Forts of RajasthanIndia
The Taj MahalIndia (Built by Shah Jahan for his deceased wife. Many newlyweds in India get married there)
The Ancient city of Persepolis (Seat of Achamenid Empire)Iran
The Samara Archaeological City and Erbil CitadelIraq
The Fortress of MasadaIsrael
The Plains of MegiddoIsrael
Baha'i Holy Places in Haifa and Western GalileeIsrael
Piazza del Duomo, PisaItaly
Venice and its LagoonItaly
Historic Centres of Naples and SienaItaly
Cearly Christian Monuments of RavennaItaly
The Dolomites Mountain RangeItay
Mount EtnaItaly (the island of Sicily)
Historic Monuments of Ancient KyotoJapan
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)Japan (ground zero for the atomic bomb)
FujisanJapan
The stone city of PetraJordan
Historic Centre of RigaLatvia (one of the Baltic States)
Ouadi Qadisha (The Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of GodLebanon (The cedar tree is on the country's flag)
Vilnius Historic CentreLithuania (one of the Baltic States)
The Old Towns of Djenne and TimbuktuMali
City of VallettaMalta
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere ReserveMexico
Medinas of Fez and Marrakesh, and the historic city of Rabat.Morocco
Lubini, The Birthplace of the BuddhaNepal
Church of the NativityPalestine
Machu Picchu, seat of the Inca Empire.Peru
Auschwitz Birkenau (Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp)Poland (Also the camps Treblinka and Sobibor were located in Poland as well)
Volcanoes of Kamchatka and the Golden Mountains of AltaiRussia
Historic Centre of Saint PetersburgRussia
Lake BaikalRussia
Island of GoreeSenegal
Medieval Monuments of KosovoSerbia
Robben IslandSouth Africa (Site of a political prison where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned)
Alhambra MosqueSpain (Granada)
Historic Centre of CordobaSpain
Historic City of ToledoSpain
Old City of BerneSwitzerland
Site of Palmyra (Ancient City)Syria
Ancient Cities of Aleppo and DamascusSyria
Archaeological Site of CarthageTunisia
Saint-sophia Cathedral, KievUkraine
StonehengeUnited Kingdom
City of BathUnited Kingdom
Old and New Towns of EdinburghUnited Kingdom (Capital of Scotland)
New Lanark (Ideal Community established by Robert Owen)United Kingdom
Serengeti National ParkTanzania
Historic Centre of BukharaUzbekistan
SamarkandUzbekistan
Imperial Citadel of Thang LongVietnam (Hanoi)
Old City of SanaYemen
Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria FallsZambia and Zimbabwe
Khami Ruins National MonumentZimbabwe
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at PaharpurBangladesh
Central Amazon Conservation ComplexBrazil
Historic Quarter of the Seaport of ValparaisoChile
Mount HuangshanChina


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