What are World Heritage Sites? |
| The 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention is an
international agreement based on the understanding that certain
natural and cultural places on Earth are of outstanding, universal
value and as such, should form part of the common heritage of
humankind. | |
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The splendour of these sites enriches our lives and
illustrates the diversity of the planet and its inhabitants. They
are ours share, to cherish and respect, and their disappearance
would be an irreparable loss to humanity.
The World Heritage List contains over 800 sites including places
as unique and diverse as The Great Wall of China, The Pyramids of
Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and closer to home,
Stonehenge, Hadrian's Wall, the Cities of Bath and Edinburgh, and
of course, the Ironbridge Gorge which was inscribed on the World
Heritage List in
1986. | |
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The Ironbridge Gorge was included on the World Heritage
Site List because of its unique role in the birth of the industrial
Revolution which originated in Britain in the eighteenth century
and later spread across the world.
Further
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