World Heritage Site
place of significance listed by UNESCO
6 dated entries naming World Heritage Site, drawn from 6 separate years between 1255 CE and 2021 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
JSONWikipedia articleWikidata Q9259
13th century
- 1255The Gothic cathedral at Bourges in central France, is completed (it will become a UNESCO World Heritage Site).source
- 1259The famous frescoes of the Boyana Church in Bulgaria are completed (the church and its murals are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site).source
- 1260October 24 – The Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France (the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site).source
21st century
- 2010March 16 – The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire.source
- 2019October 31 – A fire destroys much of the 500-year-old Japanese Shuri Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.source
- 2021August 5 – Tigray War: The Tigray Defense Forces seize the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lalibela.source
Named in the same entries
- UNESCO (3)
- France in the Middle Ages (1)
- Bourges (1)
- Gothic architecture (1)
- Louis IX of France (1)
- Second Bulgarian Empire (1)
- Uganda (1)