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Read moreTaputapuātea
Brief description Taputapuātea is a cultural landscape and seascape on Raiatea Island. Raiatea is at the centre of the “Polynesian Triangle,” a vast section of […]
Posted on 22/03/2018
Read moreThe Climats of Burgundy
Brief description The Climats of Burgundy cover an area of 60 km long, from Dijon to Maranges, extending over the départments (counties) of Cote-d’Or and […]
Posted on 09/07/2015
Read moreChampagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars
Brief description In north-east France, on cool, chalky land, frequently devastated by wars, the Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars form a very specific agro-industrial landscape, […]
Posted on 09/07/2015
Read morePrehistoric sites and decorated caves of the Vézère valley
Summary The Vézère valley contains important prehistoric remains with more than 150 sites dating back to the Paleolithic and about 30 decorated caves. They are […]
Posted on 30/04/2013
Read moreJurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
Summary The Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion is a wine-growing district north-east of Bordeaux (Gironde, France) covering an area of 7,847 hectares and eight communes. Its current […]
Posted on 29/04/2013
Read moreThe Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-cultural landscape
Summary The landscape of the high terraces of the Causses has been shaped by agro-pastoralism over a period of three thousand years. During the Middle […]
Posted on 24/04/2013
Read moreVal de Loire between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Summary The Loire basin covers a vast region in the centre and west of France, from the south of the Massif Central to the Atlantic […]
Posted on 23/04/2013
Read moreNord-Pas de Calais mining basin
Summary The Nord-Pas de Calais coalfield is the French part of the coal-mining region of north-west Europe. Located on an open plain, it extends approximately […]
Posted on 07/03/2013
Events
First meeting of Associations of World Heritage Properties in Europe
Strasbourg - Du 15 au 16 october 2015