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Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
Located on the northern coast of Sicily, Arab-Norman Palermo includes a series of nine civil and religious buildings dating from the Norman Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1194): two palaces, three churches, a cathedral, a bridge and the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale. Collectively, they are an example of the socio-cultural fusion of Western, Islamic and Byzantine cultures on the island, which gave rise to new spatial, structural and decorative concepts. They also bear witness to the fruitful coexistence of peoples of different origins and religions (Muslim, Byzantine, Latin, Jewish, Lombard and French).
Stone Town of Zanzibar
Stone Town in Zanzibar is an example of a Swahili coastal trading town in East Africa. It has preserved its urban structure and townscape almost intact, with many fine buildings reflecting its unique culture, which has blended and homogenized different cultural elements from Africa, the Arab region, India and Europe for more than a thousand years.
Kulangsu, a Historic International Settlement
Gulangyu is a small island at the mouth of the Jiulong River, across from the city of Xiamen. With Xiamen opened as a port in 1843 and the establishment of an international concession in 1903, this island off the southern coast of the Chinese Empire became an important window for Sino-foreign exchanges overnight. Gulangyu is a prime example of the cultural fusion that resulted from these exchanges, which is still clearly visible in its urban structure. The architectural styles here are diverse, including traditional southern Fujian style, Western classical revival style, and balcony colonial style. The best example of this fusion of styles is a new architectural movement, the Xiamen Deco style, which is a synthesis of modernist style and art deco in the early 20th century.
Town of Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang is an outstanding example of the fusion of traditional Laotian architecture and urban structure with that built by European colonial authorities in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its unique, well-preserved townscape embodies a key stage in the fusion of these two very different cultural traditions.
Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
Salvador was the first capital of Brazil from 1549 to 1763 and witnessed a fusion of European, African and Amerindian cultures. From 1558, it was also the first slave market in the New World, where slaves came to work on the sugar plantations. The city has preserved many outstanding Renaissance buildings. A feature of the old town are the brightly colored houses, often decorated with elaborate stucco.
The Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
The Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor is the throat of the Silk Road in Central Asia, connecting other corridors from all directions. It is 866 kilometers long, with rugged mountains, fertile river valleys and uninhabited deserts along the way. It first extends from east to west along the Zarafshan River, then turns southwest and crosses the Karakum Desert along the ancient caravan route to the Merv Oasis. From the 2nd century BC to the 16th century AD, the corridor became the main channel for communication between the East and the West and the trade of large quantities of goods on the Silk Road. It witnessed human travel, settlement, conquest, and defeat, and thus developed into a melting pot of ethnicities, cultures, religions, and technologies.