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  1. World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and conflict.

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  2. Discover the UNESCO Heritage Sites in Seville The timeless, historic landmarks of the city recognized by the entire world : these should be your first few stops. Housing thousands of years of history, architecture, and beauty; this is what Seville is known for.

  3. Seville Heritage Park represents one of the most comprehensive plantation landscapes in the region. Offering insight into the expansion of the New World, the transatlantic slave trade and the booming sugar industry in the 16th and 17th centuries, Seville wholly embodies events of universal cultural heritage. UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SevilleSeville - Wikipedia

    Its old town, with an area of 4 square kilometres (2 sq mi), contains a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising three buildings: the Alcázar palace complex, the Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies. The Seville harbour, located about 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean, is the only river port in Spain.

  5. Seville Cathedral. The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See ( Spanish: Catedral de Santa María de la Sede ), better known as Seville Cathedral ( Catedral de Sevilla ), is a Catholic cathedral and former mosque in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. [1] It was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along with the adjoining Alcázar palace ...

  6. The Alcázar of Seville, officially called Royal Alcázar of Seville ( Spanish: Real Alcázar de Sevilla or Reales Alcázares de Sevilla ), [1] is a historic royal palace in Seville, Spain. It was formerly the site of the Islamic-era citadel of the city, begun in the 10th century and then developed into a larger palace complex by the Abbadid ...

  7. The Cathedral of Seville is the largest Gothic building in Europe. Its Giralda Tower was constructed as a minaret by the Almohads during the 12th century, when a large mosque stood at this site. The Alcazar was used as a palace both by Muslim and Christian rulers of Andalusia. Community Perspective: The three buildings lie right next to each ...

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