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Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan

Historic Monuments Zone of Tlacotalpan: UNESCO World Heritage Site (1998, criteria ii and iv) covering the Spanish colonial river port of Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, with its 75 ha checkerboard grid, colonnaded colorful houses, and the annual Fiestas de la Candelaria.

Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat

Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat (Khalifatabad), a UNESCO World Heritage site in Khulna Division, Bangladesh, founded in the 15th century by Ulugh Khan Jahan; 360 brick mosques including the Sixty Dome Mosque, inscribed 1985 under criterion (iv).

Historic preservation

Historic preservation protects buildings, sites, and landscapes valued for their past. In the U.S. it centers on the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register, Section 106 review, the Secretary of the Interior's Standards, and the Historic Tax Credit.

Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento

The Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento (Barrio Histórico) is the Portuguese-founded 1680 walled town in Uruguay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995.

Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso

The Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed in 2003, covering the coastal plain and lower hillsides of Valparaíso, Chile.

Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu

Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (Santuario Histórico de Machu Picchu), Peru's mixed UNESCO World Heritage property inscribed in 1983, protecting the 15th-century Inca citadel at 2,430 m plus 32,592 hectares of Andean forest, with daily visitor caps of 4,500 to 5,600.

Historic Site of Lyon

Historic Site of Lyon (Site historique de Lyon), UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed 1998 (criteria ii, iv; 427 ha) covering Vieux-Lyon, Fourvière, Croix-Rousse, and the Presqu'île at the Saône-Rhône confluence, founded as Roman Lugdunum in 43 BC.

Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity

UNESCO World Heritage site (1993, criteria iv and v) in central Slovakia: the medieval silver and gold mining town of Banská Štiavnica, its 1762 Mining Academy, and the tajchy reservoir water system, on 20,632 ha with a 62,128 ha buffer zone.

Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines

The Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines is a UNESCO World Heritage site in central Mexico, inscribed in 1988 for its colonial silver-mining city.

Historic Town of Ouro Preto

Historic Town of Ouro Preto (Vila Rica), Minas Gerais, Brazil: 18th-century colonial gold-mining town, state capital 1720-1897, Brazil's first UNESCO World Heritage Site (1980), noted for Baroque architecture and Aleijadinho.

Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda

Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda: UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed 2000 under criterion (iv); serial property of 22 parts, the 1612 town plus 21 forts, 257.5 ha, the only World Heritage property in Bermuda.

Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns

Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns (Sukhothai, Si Satchanalai, Kamphaeng Phet), a serial UNESCO World Heritage property in Thailand inscribed 1991, covering 11,852 ha of the first Kingdom of Siam's capital, spiritual center, and frontier garrison.

Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong

Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong, a serial UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 2010 under criteria (iii) and (iv), comprises two Joseon-era clan villages in Andong and Gyeongju, 90 km apart, still inhabited by founding clans.

Historic Walled Town of Cuenca

The Historic Walled Town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Spain, a medieval fortified town known for its casas colgadas, or hanging houses.

Historical and Cultural Complex "Zaporozhian Sich"

Історико-культурний комплекс «Запорозька Січ» (Zaporozhian Sich Historical and Cultural Complex): open-air museum on Khortytsia island, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine; ~3 ha, opened 14 October 2009; generalized reconstruction of the 16th-18th-century Cossack sich with 20 buildings, part of Khortytsia National Reserve.

Historical buildings and structures of Grand Teton National Park

The historical buildings and structures of Grand Teton National Park are the homestead cabins, dude ranches, lodges, and Menor's Ferry works of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, preserved by the National Park Service.

Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa

Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa (Centro histórico de la ciudad de Arequipa), UNESCO World Heritage site in Peru since 2000, criteria (i)(iv); 166.52 ha of sillar volcanic-stone colonial architecture, 49 original Spanish-layout blocks, founded 1540.

Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl

The Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005, is the oldest part of Yaroslavl, Russia, at the confluence of the Volga and Kotorosl Rivers.

Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian

Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian: UNESCO World Heritage site in Split, Croatia, inscribed 1979 (criteria ii, iii, iv), 20.8 ha, covering the late 3rd- to early 4th-century palace ruins and the medieval city built within them.

Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta

Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta (Makli Necropolis), a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981 in Sindh, Pakistan: about 500,000 tombs over 10 km², 14th–18th centuries, Samma to Mughal dynasties.

Historical Monuments of Mtskheta

Historical Monuments of Mtskheta, UNESCO World Heritage serial property (inscribed 1994) in Georgia: Jvari Monastery, Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, and Samtavro Monastery in Georgia's ancient capital, where Christianity became the state religion in 337.

Historical Park

Historical Park (Исторически парк) is a private open-air attraction in Neofit Rilski, Varna Province, Bulgaria, opened 2019 by Ivelin Mihaylov, reconstructing six eras of Bulgarian history from the Neolithic to the Second Bulgarian Kingdom, amid Ponzi-scheme and SANS fraud allegations.

Historical–Memorial Complex "Graves of Bykivnia"

Graves of Bykivnia (Биківнянські могили) is a national memorial reserve on Kyiv's outskirts, the largest Ukrainian burial site of NKVD repression victims, 1937–1941, long misattributed to Nazi occupiers and recognized only in 1989.

History of the National Park Service

History of the National Park Service, the U.S. Interior Department agency created by the 1916 Organic Act; traces Yellowstone (1872), the 1933 reorganization, the CCC, and growth to 400+ park units.

History of the National Register of Historic Places

History of the National Register of Historic Places, the U.S. federal heritage list created by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (P.L. 89-665). Covers origins, Section 106, 1980 amendments, state administration, growth to 100,000+ listings by 2025, and criticism.

Histria tumular necropolis

Histria tumular necropolis (necropola tumulară de la Histria): about 1,000 burial mounds northwest of the Greek city of Histria, Dobruja, Romania, used from the 6th century BC, chiefly for cremation, with indigenous and Greek burials.

Hl0015 اسواق سعد

Hl0015 اسواق سعد (Saad Markets) is a place in Babil Governorate, Iraq, tagged as a casino in OpenStreetMap data, 270 metres east of super market ALshammary near قرية سنجار and the Babylon ruins; distinct from unrelated supermarkets of the same name.

Hlawga National Park

Hlawga National Park, an open zoo and nature park 22 miles north of Yangon in Mingaladon Township, Myanmar; 1,540 acres with safari park, mini zoo, and buffer zone; opened 1989; popular for birdwatching, SUP, and camping.

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Lăng Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh, Lăng Bác) in Hanoi's Ba Dinh Square holds the embalmed body of Vietnam's founding president. Built 1973–1975 with Soviet help, it opens five mornings weekly, free, with a strict dress code.

Hoby

Hoby, Lolland, Denmark: Early Roman Iron Age chieftain's grave (Lübsow type) found 1920 with Roman silver cups showing Iliad scenes, plus a large contemporary settlement excavated since 2001.