Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City is a former UNESCO designated World Heritage Site in Liverpool, England, that comprised six locations in the city centre including the Pier Head, Albert Dock and William Brown Street, and many of the city's most famous landmarks.
Liverpool Pier Head
Liverpool Pier Head, with the Royal Liver Building, Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building
A panoramic view of the Albert Dock.
Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the UNESCO. World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or other forms of significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity".
UNESCO World Heritage plaque at Doñana National Park in Andalucía, Spain
UNESCO World Heritage plaque at Þingvellir in Iceland
UNESCO World Heritage plaque at Takht-e Soleymān in Iran
Site No. 252: Taj Mahal in India, an example of a cultural heritage site