National Geographic Traveller UK 10.2019

IN NUMBERS

VATNAJÖKULL NATIONAL

PARK, ICELAND

14%

The approximate amount of

Iceland’s territory covered

by the national park,

Europe’s second-largest.

3,127sq

miles

The area of the Vatnajökull

glacier, which has an average

thickness of 1,640t.

10

The number of central

volcanoes in the national park;

a central volcano is one that

has a single, central cone.

The latest additions bring the total amount

of cultural World Heritage Sites to 869 , the

number of natural sites to 213 and the number

of mixed sites — those with both natural and

cultural signiicance — to 39.

COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES

UNESCO NEW WORLD HERITAGE SITES

UNESCO HAS ADDED NEW LANDMARKS TO ITS WORLD HERITAGE LIST FOR 2019.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM? WORDS: NICOLA TRUP

THE INFO

TAKE THREE

Architectural wonders

The number of new

UNESCO World

Heritage Sites

inscribed this year

— the largest

number added to

the list since 2001

— bringing the

total to 1,121.

29

32

The total UNESCO World

Heritage Sites in the UK ater

Jodrell Bank was added this

year. Founded in 1945, the

Cheshire observatory is the

world’s earliest surviving

radio astronomy building.

CHURCHES OF THE PSKOV SCHOOL

OF ARCHITECTURE

In the northwest Russian

city of Pskov, 10 churches,

cathedrals and monasteries

dating from the 12th to 18th

centuries have been selected

for their vast inluence

on architecture across

the country.

SEOWON, KOREAN NEO-

CONFUCIAN ACADEMIES

This new South Korean listing

comprises nine seowons

(traditional private educational

institutions). Founded between

the 15th and 19th centuries, the

academies were designed to

teach respect for learning, as

well as for the environment.

20TH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE

OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

In the US, eight buildings,

including New York’s

Guggenheim Museum, have

been selected to represent

Wright’s style of ‘organic

architecture’, with open plans

and a blurring of interior and

exterior spaces.

SOURCES: UNESCO

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IRAN USA JAPAN

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