cultural heritage site
Protected historic place
A cultural heritage site is a place officially recognized for its historical, artistic, or cultural significance to humanity or a particular people.
UNESCO designates World Heritage Sites, but countries and organizations maintain their own lists.
The term emphasizes preservation and protection: The ancient temple was declared a cultural heritage site.
Such sites may be buildings, monuments, archaeological ruins, or landscapes bearing evidence of human activity.
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- ancientVery old indeed
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- UNESCOCultural arm of UN
landmark · ancient ruins · temple · historic · archaeology · sacred · tourism · tour guide · restoration · museum · living history · artifact · civilization · old world · time capsule · tradition · protected · national treasure
- public landsnational park, public lands, public land, national forest, state park
cultural heritage sitestrip mall
Row of adjacent storefronts
parking lot · commercial development · warehouse · big-box store · factory
culture, cultural, cultures, cultured, culturing, cultivate, cultivated, cultivation, cultivator