World Heritage Sites

By Cameron Anderson

Where – the Sydney Opera House is on the edge of the harbour in Sydney, Australia. When – the Sydney Opera House was put in the world heritage list on the 28th of June 2007.Criteria – Criteria * 1 (Made By Human Skill) because the Sydney Opera House was in construction for many years and was designed by Mr Jørn Utzon.Type - Cultural

Sydney Opera House

Where – The Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. When – 27th of November to the 2nd of December 2000Type – NaturalCriteria - ix (Outstanding examples of on-going ecological and biological) and X (containing the most important and significant natural habitats.) because it is one of the remaining areas from before English people came.Aboriginal Inhabitants – the Gundugurra People.

Greater Blue Mountains Area

Where – Northern Territory, Near Yulara, Australia.When - 1987Criteria – V (to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement) VI (to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions) VII (to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance) IX (to be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history)Type - Mixed

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Where – JordanWhen – 1985Criteria – I ( Made by human skill) III (to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared) IV (to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history)Type – Cultural

Petra

Al Khazneh or The Treasury at Petra

Where – Agra, IndiaWhen – 1983Criteria – I (made by human skill)Type – Cultural

Taj Mahal

Where – Liberty Island, New York, USA, America.When – 1984Criteria – I (made by human skill) and VI (to be associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance)Type – Cultural

Statue of Liberty

Where – Giza, EgyptWhen – 1979Criteria – I (made by human skill), III (to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared) and VI (to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions)Type - Cultural

Pyramids of Giza & Sphinx

Where – United Kingdom, Europe When – 1986Criteria – I (made by human skill), II (to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time) III (to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared).Type - Cultural

Stonehenge

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