World heritage of UNESCO added five sites to its list
Now in one range with the pyramids of Giza and the Sydney Opera House five new cultural assets will be preserved for future generations, as Buro 24/7 reports.
Ephesus, Turkey
It was the main port city, which used to prosper in a timeperiod of Hellenistic and Roman settlements. This place played significant role in the birth of Christianity. Ephesus may boast of the brightest examples of religious architecture of Seljuks period.
Rock painting in province Ha’il, Saudi Arabia
The walls of these rocks are painted with various pictures of human and animalistic bodies evolving ten-thousand-year history.
Botanic garden in Singapore
The garden takes 74 hectares of the space and includes unique national park of orchids. Nowadays the botanic garden works as world-class academic institution.
Susa, Iran
It is one of the most ancient cities in the world and the centre of those cultural traditions the majority of which has already disappeared. It used to by the winter residence of great Persian kings.
Forth-Bridge, Scotland
Being built in 1890, this bridge is considered as one of the longest (2529 meters) multispan cantilever bridge in the world. The design, construction and leading engineering methods of building make this architectural structure rather unique and valuable.
