Historical Places

[Wise_Guy 44]

Belfries of Belgium and France,

France. 

Twenty-three belfries in the north of France and the belfry of Gembloux in Belgium were inscribed as a group, an extension to the 32 Belgian belfries inscribed in 1999 as Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia. Built between the 11th and 17th centuries, they showcase the Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles of architecture. They are highly significant tokens of the winning of civil liberties. While Italian, German and English towns mainly opted to build town halls, in part of north-western Europe, greater emphasis was placed on building belfries. Compared with the keep (symbol of the seigneurs) and the bell-tower (symbol of the Church), the belfry, the third tower in the urban landscape, symbolizes the power of the aldermen. Over the centuries, they came to represent the influence and wealth of the towns.

[Ramz 8]

Very Gudddddddd ..lagta h aaj kal t.henry k mulk mai hO =p

[Wise_Guy 44]

Very Gudddddddd ..lagta h aaj kal t.henry k mulk mai hO =p

Hahaha yup but just in dreamz. maybe some time i go there. Thanx 4 Appreciating  

[Ramz 8]

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[kamal 82]

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[Wise_Guy 44]

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Thanx Bro

[Wise_Guy 44]

Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems,

France.

This serial site comprises six marine clusters that represent the main diversity of coral reefs and associated ecosystems in the French Pacific Ocean archipelago of New Caledonia and one of the three most extensive reef systems in the world. These Lagoons are of exceptional natural beauty. They feature an exceptional diversity of coral and fish species and a continuum of habitats from mangroves to seagrasses with the world’s most diverse concentration of reef structures. The Lagoons of New Caledonia display intact ecosystems, with healthy populations of large predators, and a great number and diversity of big fish. They provide habitat to a number of emblematic or threatened marine species such as turtles, whales or dugongs whose population here is the third largest in the world.

[Wise_Guy 44]

Fortifications of Vauban,

France.

Fortifications of Vauban consists of 12 groups of fortified buildings and sites along the western, northern and eastern borders of France. They represent the finest examples of the work of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), a military engineer of King Louis XIV. The serial property includes towns built from scratch by Vauban, citadels, urban bastion walls and bastion towers. There are also mountain forts, sea forts, a mountain battery and two mountain communication structures. This property is inscribed as bearing witness to the peak of classic fortifications, typical of western military architecture. Vauban also played a major role in the history of fortification in Europe and on other continents until the mid-19th century.

[Wise_Guy 44]

Bordeaux, Port of the Moon,

France.

The Port of the Moon, port city of Bordeaux in south-west France, is inscribed as an inhabited historic city, an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble, created in the age of the Enlightenment, whose values continued up to the first half of the 20th century, with more protected buildings than any other French city except Paris. It is also recognized for its historic role as a place of exchange of cultural values over more than 2,000 years, particularly since the 12th century due to commercial links with Britain and the Low Lands. Urban plans and architectural ensembles of the early 18th century onwards place the city as an outstanding example of innovative classical and neoclassical trends and give it an exceptional urban and architectural unity and coherence. Its urban form represents the success of philosophers who wanted to make towns into melting pots of humanism, universality and culture.

[Wise_Guy 44]

Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret,

France.

The city of Le Havre, on the English Channel in Normandy, was severely bombed during the Second World War. The destroyed area was rebuilt according to the plan of a team headed by Auguste Perret, from 1945 to 1964. The site forms the administrative, commercial and cultural centre of Le Havre. Le Havre is exceptional among many reconstructed cities for its unity and integrity. It combines a reflection of the earlier pattern of the town and its extant historic structures with the new ideas of town planning and construction technology. It is an outstanding post-war example of urban planning and architecture based on the unity of methodology and the use of prefabrication, the systematic utilization of a modular grid, and the innovative exploitation of the potential of concrete.

[Wise_Guy 44]

Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs,

France.

The fortified medieval town of Provins is situated in the former territory of the powerful Counts of Champagne. It bears witness to early developments in the organization of international trading fairs and the wool industry. The urban structure of Provins, which was built specifically to host the fairs and related activities, has been well preserved.

[Wise_Guy 44]

Struve Geodetic Arc ,

Finland.

The Struve Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through 10 countries and over 2,820 km. These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816 and 1855 by the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, which represented the first accurate measuring of a long segment of a meridian. This helped to establish the exact size and shape of the planet and marked an important step in the development of earth sciences and topographic mapping. It is an extraordinary example of scientific collaboration among scientists from different countries, and of collaboration between monarchs for a scientific cause. The original arc consisted of 258 main triangles with 265 main station points. The listed site includes 34 of the original station points, with different markings, i.e. a drilled hole in rock, iron cross, cairns, or built obelisks.

[Wise_Guy 44]

High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago,

Finland.

The Kvarken Archipelago (Finland) and the High Coast (Sweden) are situated in the Gulf of Bothnia, a northern extension of the Baltic Sea. The 5,600 islands of the Kvarken Archipelago feature unusual ridged washboard moraines, ‘De Geer moraines’, formed by the melting of the continental ice sheet, 10,000 to 24,000 years ago. The Archipelago is continuously rising from the sea in a process of rapid glacio-isostatic uplift, whereby the land, previously weighed down under the weight of a glacier, lifts at rates that are among the highest in the world. As a consequence islands appear and unite, peninsulas expand, and lakes evolve from bays and develop into marshes and peat fens. The High Coast has also been largely shaped by the combined processes of glaciation, glacial retreat and the emergence of new land from the sea. Since the last retreat of the ice from the High Coast 9,600 years ago, the uplift has been in the order of 285 m which is the highest known ''rebound''. The site affords outstanding opportunities for the understanding of the important processes that formed the glaciated and land uplift areas of the Earth''s surface.

[Wise_Guy 44]

Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki,

Finland.

This Bronze Age burial site features more than 30 granite burial cairns, providing a unique insight into the funerary practices and social and religious structures of northern Europe more than three millennia ago.

[Emaad 56]

yar kuch pakistan ke historical share ker doo

[naveedmkhan 1]

NICE Wise_Guy BRO.YAAR KUCH HAMARY PAKISTAN KI PICS BHI DAAL DO TO KYA BAAT HOGI...

[Wise_Guy 44]

Bhai Loogaap Pakistan ki historical places page # 16 par daikh saktay hain.aur plz yeh baat bhi yaad rakhiay ga k mainsirf un places k baaray mein post karta hoon jo according 2 UN List.

[Rainbow 333]

Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki,

Finland.

This Bronze Age burial site features more than 30 granite burial cairns, providing a unique insight into the funerary practices and social and religious structures of northern Europe more than three millennia ago.

keep it up wise wasiay yeh 2 images kuch kuch Pak k northern areas jaisay nae lagtay .........mujhay tu lagtay hain ...........muree ki pictures daalain na i miss mureee aik wohi tu achi tarah dekha hua hai me nay ya phr isbd :p

very gud sharing

[Wise_Guy 44]

Thanx Laali.

here we go . just watch muree pics Enjoy.

[Wise_Guy 44]

Murree Hills

Murree Hills is the headquarter of Murree tahsil of Rawalpindi District where all the amenities of life are Bazaars, Collages, Schools, Hospitals, Hotels, Rest Houses, Telephones, Tele Graphs Offices & Internet Services etc.But now a days there are One shopping mall and other shopping centre are builds, where some business men came in the seasons for their goods business. The ideal season for the tourists resorts is from June to August and during this period it has hot of hustle and bustle and meal people come from all the different part of the country & also from abroad.

During snow season many people come from all over the country to enjoy the snow fall.Handi crafts and ice sticks are the special items purchased by the tourists. Kashmir Point & Pindi Point are important places, from where one can enjoy the Kashmir and Islamabad/Rawalpindi cites respectively.Kuldana, Burban, Upper & Lower Topaz are such places in the surrounding of Murree Hills, where one can go for recreation.

Chair lift is installed at Bansra Gali, Patriata and Ayubia which like a sky-lift, Takes you up to the some of the nearby range for a panoramic view of forested hill.Bansra Gali is 5km ,Patriata 30km & Ayubia is 26km from Murree Hills.

[Wise_Guy 44]

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[Rainbow 333]

well muree ki jagah cross cross aa rae hain

[ahmad82pkn 0]

goood, loving it :flower4u:

[sarakhan28 0]

Historical places touches the heart.

[noreen 59]