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Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale

Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of nine Norman-era buildings in Sicily, inscribed in 2015.

Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle is a Norman castle in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, begun c. 1067–1070 by William FitzOsbern and held by the Berkeley family since 1153; site of Edward II's 1327 murder, Grade I listed with Grade II registered park.

Church of St Mary (near Oxford, 1047587)

Church of St Mary, Waterperry (NHLE 1047587): Grade I listed Anglican parish church near Oxford, Saxon, early C13 and early C14 fabric, restored 1840, with 1632 reading desk, 1677 pulpit, Curson monuments, register from 1538.

Fortuna Muliebris, T.

Fortuna Muliebris, the Roman "Fortune of women," was a goddess protecting married women, whose Via Latina temple tradition says matrons founded in 487 BC after Coriolanus lifted his siege.

Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture

Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture (Ibiza, biodiversidad y cultura) is a serial mixed UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed 4 December 1999, combining Dalt Vila's Renaissance walls, the Phoenician sites Sa Caleta and Puig des Molins, and Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica meadows.

Mountain Railways of India

Mountain Railways of India is a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site (1999, 2005, 2008) uniting the Darjeeling Himalayan, Nilgiri Mountain, and Kalka Shimla railways, three operational 19th-century hill railways recognized under criteria (ii) and (iv).

Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies

Seowon (서원) were private Neo-Confucian academies of Joseon Korea combining learning, scholar veneration, and nature; nine, from Sosuseowon (1543) to Donam-seowon, were UNESCO-inscribed in 2019.

Struve Geodetic Arc

The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey points from Norway to the Black Sea, measured 1816 to 1855 under Friedrich Struve and listed by UNESCO in 2005.