Do you Know the places in Portugal that are World Heritage?
The University of Coimbra reinforces the restricted batch of World Heritage in Portugal , which include , among others , four centers historical monuments and five still some natural areas in the country .
The University of Coimbra came today for the restricted batch Portugal World Heritage of the United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) and joined the historic centers of Angra do Heroismo , Évora , Porto and Guimarães .
Besides these four historical centers , Portugal still has World Heritage Batalha Monastery , the Monastery of Alcobaça , the Jeronimos Monastery and Belem Tower and the Convent of Christ in Tomar.
Portugal also counts with Natural Landscape of Sintra , the sites of prehistoric rock art in the Coa River Valley and Siega Verde, Madeira Laurel Forest , the Alto Douro Wine Region , the Cultural Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard and the world's largest fortification bastion in Elvas , as UNESCO world heritage site .
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The history of the Portuguese presence in the restricted list of the UNESCO world heritage site began in December 1983, in Florence, Italy, when the committee gave the titles to the Historic Centre of Angra do Heroismo in the Azores, the Monastery of Batalha, the Monastery of Jeronimos and Tower of Belém in Lisbon, and the Convent of Christ in Tomar.
Three years later, in 1986, UNESCO awarded the title to the Historic Centre of Évora, which is, according to the criteria of the organization, a "witness to a considerable exchange of influences during a given period or a particular cultural area ', and as Angra do Heroismo, a "prime example of a type of building or architectural or technological ensemble or landscape, illustrating one or more significant periods in the history of humanity."
BY :"TSF"