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World Heritage Sites in Danger

  • DubrovnikIn the 7th century, a group of refugees from Epidaurum fled to a rocky island called Lausa. They founded a settlement that would become Dubrovnik.
  • ViennaIn the 1st century, Roman soldiers established a military camp called Vindobona on the site of today's Vienna city centre.
  • Lahore FortThe first historical reference to a fort at the site of Lahore dates back to the 11th century during the rule of Mahmud of Ghazni.
  • Shalamar Gardens, LahoreConstruction of the Shalamar Gardens began on 3 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1051AH, which corresponds to the 6th of June 1641. Emperor Shah Jahan ordered the project…
  • PalmyraArchaeological finds at Tell ez-Zor date back to the Prepottery Neolithic A period, with a three-unit architectural complex from the Prepottery Neolithic B…
  • Buddhas of BamiyanThe Bamiyan Valley sits at an elevation of 1,800 meters in the Hindu Kush mountains. Here, two monumental Buddhist reliefs were carved possibly around the…