8 Unknown UNESCO Sites #2

Central Asia is one of the most underrated regions in terms of tourism, although there are so many natural beauties in it! By the way, even UNESCO underestimates it: for example, in Kyrgyzstan, out of only three objects, only one is natural. Although the object is very large—scale - the great Tien Shan.

The Heritage site is shared by three countries at once: the already mentioned Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Tien Shan is also located in China, the eastern and western parts were "divided" and listed as different sites. The name of this ridge comes from the Chinese language, in which Tien Shan means "Heavenly Mountains". Indeed, the mountains are very high:

For some reason, I safely forgot about Europe in the last article. Therefore, there will be a lot of objects from Europe today.

The small but charming Hungarian village of Hollókő is an open-air museum. The villagers preserve the traditions of their ancestors and are engaged in crafts: embroidery, wood carving, pottery.

Holloko is quite a successful tourist attraction, but it has not received international fame. Which, I think, is even for the best.

This amazing building is located in Ukraine, a country that is currently in turmoil, so this object is in great danger. The residence of the Metropolitans of Bukovina and Dalmatia was created thanks to the efforts of Bishop Eugene, who obtained permission for the construction from the Kaiser of Austria and laid the cathedral, and the Czech architect Josef Glavka, who created the project of the residence. People liked the residence so much that it was celebrated at the Expo in Paris! Indeed, the residence is impossible not to admire:

By the way, this same Bishop Eugene became the first Orthodox Metropolitan of Bukovina, so he made it for himself (a cunning bishop!:). And now it is Chernivtsi University and the main attraction of Chernivtsi. I hope that when peace comes in Ukraine and Donbas, everyone will be able to come and see this and other masterpieces again!

Sri Lanka, despite its compactness, is very colorful and diverse, so there is something to see in it. The Central Highlands of Sri Lanka consist of three points: Horton Plains Reserve, Peak Wilderness Sanctuary and Knuckles Conservation Forest (ahahah). And of course, they are very amazing:

Nature reserves are distinguished by a variety of life. Leopards, zambaras, lari, birds of various colors and sizes, monkeys, mongooses consider the highlands of Sri Lanka their native home.

From the first century BC to the seventh century AD, there was a powerful Goguryeo state in East Asia, the largest of the Three Korean States. She had her own Goguryeo language, and the culture of this country influenced the culture of East Asia as a whole. But now this state has sunk into oblivion, and these tombs have become one of the reminders of it.

In total, more than 10,000 such temples were found, but only 90 had murals, and 63 were included in the UNESCO list at all. But the murals in these 63 tombs are very good:

Perhaps they could have become a popular attraction, but they are in a country where, according to US,  eat children and shoot 103038520935 people a day, or rather, it is very, very difficult to get into - North Korea. Therefore, the tombs will not become an attraction, at least in the near future.

There is a very strange house in Utrecht, even by modern standards. It gets even stranger from the fact that it was built almost 100 years ago! The name of this building is Schröder House.

Briefly about the history. The house was ordered by thirty five years old widow Mrs. Truss Schröder from the creative abstract art association "De Stijl". And the house turned out to be very unusual and even one of a kind. From the outside, its facade of colored lines on planes of different shades of gray looks entertaining and impressive, but the design inside is even more interesting.

Every door in the house was opened by some lever or button. And since Mrs. Schröder did not want to go to the first floor to the stove for food, food brings to the second floor an elevator! And these are just a couple of the many interesting solutions of Rietveld (the architect of this house).

But the main feature of the house was the lack of rooms on the second floor. At the request of Mrs. Schröder, the "attic" (as it was called according to the documents) was one large room divided by retractable partitions.

Mrs. Schroeder's house turned out to be very bold and unusual, and its interesting, albeit not the most rational ideas are very surprising. And the most important thing is that the Schroeder House became one of the first Art Nouveau buildings. Who knows, perhaps without him there would not have been many religious buildings and even that Brasilia from first part itself.

The great, majestic lake in my country has the status of a legendary landmark.The deepest lake in the world, one of the seven wonders of Russia, is incredibly beautiful

There are many islands scattered in the lake, thousands of species of animals live, many rivers flow into it, but only the mighty Angara comes out.

Despite the size of Lake Baikal, ice shackles it in winter. Then he becomes even more beautiful:

I think the lake is familiar to many, but very few people planned to visit it. I hope someday it will become popular with foreigners, and the government will make a high-quality service to Lake Baikal (for some reason it works like this for us).

many endemic creatures fly and crawl through the forest, thanks to which the Valle de Mai has become a Heritage site. Not to show them does not allow my love for them:

So, Valle de Mai will be interesting for tourists, naturalists, and researchers

In today's blog, I limited myself mainly to Eurasia, but I hope this did not affect the interest in heritage sites. I still can't definitively answer the question: is the tourist popularity of the object good? On the one hand, popularity makes it easier for us to get acquainted with the object and encourages the government and the population to develop tourism, on the other hand, it destroys the atmosphere and beauty of the attraction, leaving instead crowds of tourists (remember the Louvre with its swarm of photographers). Perhaps paradise remains paradise only if it is lost.