Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

The contiguous national parks of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, as well as the Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber provincial parks, studded with mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, form a striking mountain landscape. The Burgess Shale fossil site, well known for its fossil remains of soft-bodied marine animals, is also found there.

 Canada

Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta

N51 25 29 W116 28 47

Date of Inscription: 1984

Extension: 1990

Criteria: (vii)(viii)

Property : 2,299,104 ha

Ref: 304bis

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Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia

Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia

As the first capital of Brazil, from 1549 to 1763, Salvador de Bahia witnessed the blending of European, African and Amerindian cultures. It was also, from 1558, the first slave market in the New World, with slaves arriving to work on the sugar plantations. The city has managed to preserve many outstanding Renaissance buildings. A special feature of the old town are the brightly coloured houses, often decorated with fine stucco-work.

 Brazil

Bahia State, north-east region of Brazil

S12 58 0 W38 30 0

Date of Inscription: 1985

Criteria: (iv)(vi)

Ref: 309

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