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1972 CHINA - Imperial Concubine Consort Hua in "Empresses in the Palace"
Empresses in the Palace, also known as The Legend of Zhen Huan, is a Chinese television series based on the Internet novel of the same name, first aired in China on 17 November 2011. The drama has been...
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1973 ITALY (Sicily) - La Vucciria
One of the legacies of Palermo’s past as a commercial center and port that continues to manifest itself in the present day is the Palermo market culture. In particular, Palermo’s muslim history has...
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1974 TAJIKISTAN - The map of the country
Tajikistan is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China. Pakistan lies to the south separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Its...
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1976 NETHERLANDS (Sint Maarten) - Pointe Blanche
Pointe Blanche is located at the Southeastern tip of Sint Maarten, next to Philipsburg and Great Bay. There is a tiny beach there, and some Pointe Blanche residents go there for a walk, for collecting...
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1977 GREECE (Crete) - Arkadi Monastery
The Arkadi Monastery is an Eastern Orthodoxmonastery built like a fortress, situated on a fertile plateau 23km to the southeast of Rethymno. The exact date of its founding is not precisely known, but...
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1978 ROMANIA (Prahova) - Cheia
1978 Cheia: 1. Cheia Motel; 2. The town; 3. The Red Mountain; 4. Cheia MonasteryLocated at 60km north of Ploieşti, in the Teleajen Valley, Cheia is a mountain resort, surrounded by Ciucaş Mountains and...
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1979 FRANCE - Chou-Chou, Lolo, Simone and Genevieve at the Lucette's baptism,...
Since the invention of photography, people have wanted to immortalize the events more or less important of their lives, either to relive them later, or to share them with their loved ones. For the...
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1980 CANADA (New Brunswick) - Miguasha National Park (UNESCO WHS)
Located on the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec, near Carleton-sur-Mer, Miguasha National Park is a palaeontological site, considered to be the world's most outstanding illustration of the Devonian Period...
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1981 JAPAN (Kyūshū) - Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
1981 Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum - A replica of the Urakami Cathedral side wall after the atomic bombing.As it is widely known, during WWII, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made...
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1982 FRANCE (Saint Martin) - Traveller's tree
Ravenala madagascariensis, commonly known as traveller's tree or traveller's palm, is a species of plant from Madagascar. Actually it isn't a true palm (family Arecaceae) but a member of the...
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1983 BURKINA FASO - A Fula woman
The Fula people (or Fulani or Fulɓe), numbering approximately 20 million people, are one of the most widely dispersed and culturally diverse of the peoples of Africa. They are spread, in larger or...
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1984, 1985 JAPAN (Kyūshū) - Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki (UNESCO...
1984 Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki - Ōura ChurchChristianity was introduced in Japan by Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier in 1549 and spread rapidly in the western part of the nation. The...
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1986 FRANCE (Languedoc-Roussillon) - Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in...
Rennes-le-Château, a small commune located in southern France, is known internationally as the center of various conspiracy theories, but also as the location of an alleged buried treasure discovered...
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1987 MACEDONIA - The Church of St. Panteleimon in Gorno Nerezi
Located near Skopje, at an altitude of 771m, on the wooded slopes of Mt. Vodno, Gorno Nerezi is known for the Church of St. Panteleimon, dedicated to the protector of health. The church was constructed...
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1988 CHINA - A Small Southern Town
The concepts of northern and southern China originate from differences in climate, geography, culture, and physical traits; as well as several periods of actual political division in history. For a...
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1989 BRUNEI - Zapin Dance
Like neighbouring countries, Brunei is a Malay-dominated country. Many cultural and linguistic differences make Brunei Malays distinct from the larger Malay populations in nearby Malaysia and...
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1990 AUSTRIA (Lower Austria) - The life size reproduction of Venus von...
The Venus of Willendorf, now known in academia as the Woman of Willendorf, is a 11.1cm high statuette of a female figure estimated to have been made between about 28,000 and 25,000 BCE (in Old Stone...
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1991 CZECH REPUBLIC - The gray wolf
The gray wolf (Canis lupus) is a canid native to the wilderness and remote areas of North America and Eurasia, which is distinguished from other Canis species by its larger size. Its winter fur is long...
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1992 UNITED STATES (Kentucky) - Kentucky map
Bordered by West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, Kentucky is situated in the Upland South. Its northern border is formed by the Ohio River and its western border...
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1993 FRANCE (Rhône-Alpes) - Funiculaire de Saint-Hilaire du Touvet
Saint-Hilaire du Touvet is a commune situated on the Plateau des Petites Roches, a natural balcony above the valley of the Isère River, on the east side of the Massif de la Chartreuse and overlooked by...
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