UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Africa
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Jemaa El-Fna
Large historic square featuring vibrant traditional markets, street performances, and a rich cultural atmosphere. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Medina of Marrakesh
This cramped and lively ancient town centre is where you get the real taste of Moroccan culture and the way of living.
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Luxor Temple
Built roughly 1400 BC, this large temple complex is now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Karnak Temple Complex
This large complex is organised around the Great Temple of Amun and includes various pylons, temple ruins and walls with inscriptions.
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Memphis and its Necropolis
Located roughly 19 km from the city of Cairo, this area is full of remains of what once used to be the capital of the Old Kingdom and a…
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Volubilis
Volubilis is a partly-excavated Berber-Roman city in Morocco situated near the city of Meknes that may have been the capital of the Kingdom…
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Medina of Tétouan
Tétouan, also known as Tettawen, is a city in northern Morocco. It lies along the Martil Valley and is one of the two major ports of Morocco…
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Amphitheatre of El Jem
The Amphitheatre of El Jem is an oval amphitheatre in the modern-day city of El Djem, Tunisia, formerly Thysdrus in the Roman province of…
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Nubian Museum
The Nubian Museum is an archaeological museum located in Aswan, Upper Egypt.
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Portuguese City of Mazagan
El Jadida is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, located 96 kilometres south of the city of Casablanca, in the province of…
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Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
The eleven Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela are monolithic churches located in the western Ethiopian Highlands near the town of Lalibela,…
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Aapravasi Ghat
The Immigration Depot is a building complex located in Port Louis on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, the first British colony to…
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Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
Wādī al-Ḥītān is a paleontological site in the Faiyum Governorate of Egypt, some 150 kilometres south-west of Cairo.
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Fort Jesus
Fort Jesus is a fort located on Mombasa Island. Designed by Italian Giovanni Battista Cairati, it was built between 1593 and 1596 by order…
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Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
Kerkouane or Kerkuane is the site of an ancient Punic city in north-eastern Tunisia, near Cape Bon.
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Devil's Cataract
Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, which provides habitat for several unique species of plants and…
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Eastern Cataract
Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, which provides habitat for several unique species of plants and…
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Rainbow Falls
Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, which provides habitat for several unique species of plants and…
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Roman Ruins of Tipaza
Tipasa, sometimes distinguished as Tipasa in Mauretania, was a colonia in the Roman province Mauretania Caesariensis, nowadays called…
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Saint George’s Castle
Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as Castelo de São Jorge da Mina, also known as Castelo da Mina or simply Mina, in…
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Cape Coast Castle
Cape Coast Castle is one of about forty "slave castles", or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of West Africa by European…
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