Going to Europe soon? You might want to include these UNESCO-inscribed sites on your itinerary.
Last June, the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee held their annual meeting in the majestic walled city of Baku, Azerbaijan where they meticulously selected extraordinary places all over the globe to be added to the famous World Heritage List.
UNESCO has been evaluating and adding sites to the list since 1978, strictly adhering to their 10 selection criteria. There are currently 1,121 recognised heritage sites that represent a masterpiece of human creative genius, exhibit an important interchange of human values, bear a unique cultural tradition, displays exceptional natural beauty, among other natural and cultural standards of the committee.
Definitely, getting in this well-known list is not a walk in the park. Out of 37 nominees, 29 new sites bagged the much-coveted title for the year 2019. Twelve among these wonders can be found in the second smallest yet culturally-rich continent of the world–Europe.
Planning a trip to Europe? Make sure you visit and witness the magnificence of at least one of these UNESCO-inscribed sites:
1. Italy: Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano a Valdobbiadene
An outstanding example of Italian culture and wine, the property encompasses a part of the Prosecco wine production landscape characterised by ciglioni or small plots of vines on narrow grassy terraces in forests, small villages and farmland formed and adapted by man. The use of ciglioni in the ‘hogback’ hills of north-eastern Italy began in the 17th century which created a beautiful chequerboard landscape over time.
