Are the Medieval Monuments in Kosovo and the Ruins of São Miguel das Missões both World Heritage sites?
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Medieval Monuments in Kosovo The Medieval Monuments in Kosovo are a World Heritage Site consisting of four Serbian Orthodox Christian churches and monasteries which represent the fusion of the eastern Orthodox Byzantine and the western Romanesque ecclesiastical architecture to form the Palaiologian Renaissance style. The construction was founded by members of Nemanjić dynasty, the most important dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages. The sites are located in the disputed territory of Kosovo.
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Ruins of São Miguel das Missões The Ruins of São Miguel das Missões (] ; Portuguese for St. Michael of the Missions, also known as São Miguel Arcanjo, and by its former Spanish name San Miguel) is a Unesco World Heritage site located in the municipality of São Miguel das Missões, in the northwestern region of Rio Grande do Sul state, in southern Brazil.
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St. Mark's Church, Vau i Dejës The ruined St. Mark's Church is a Cultural Monument of Albania, located in Vau i Dejës Castle, Vau i Dejës.
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Istok Istok or Istog (Albanian: "Istog, Istogu" , Serbian: Исток , "Istok") is a town and municipality located in the Peć District of eastern Kosovo According to the 2011 census, the town of Istok has 5,115 inhabitants, while the municipality has 39,289 inhabitants.
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San Miguel de Velasco San Miguel de Velasco or simply San Miguel is a town in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. It is the capital of San Miguel Municipality, the second municipal section of José Miguel de Velasco Province. It is known as part of the "Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos", which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1990, as a former Jesuit Reduction. The wood and adobe church has an elaborate interior.
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Castle of Santa Maria da Feira The Castle of Santa Maria da Feira is a Portuguese castle in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, district of Aveiro. Emblematic of Portuguese medieval military architecture, the Castle of Santa Maria da Feira is one of the monuments that best reflects the diversity of defenses used during the Middle Ages, having been instrumental in the process of Reconquista and autonomy of the County of Portugal. It has been listed as a National monument since 1910.
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Poreč Poreč/Parenzo (Latin: "Parens" or "Parentium"; Italian: "Parenzo"; Ancient Greek: Πάρενθος "Pàrenthos") is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, which in 1997 was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Lisbon Cathedral The Lisbon Cathedral (Portuguese: "Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa" or "Sé de Lisboa "; "Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Mary Major"), often called simply the Sé, is a Roman Catholic church located in Lisbon, Portugal. The oldest church in the city is the see of the Archdiocese of Lisbon. Since the beginning of the construction of the cathedral, in the year 1147, the building has been modified several times and survived many earthquakes. It is nowadays a mix of different architectural styles. It has been classified as a National Monument since 1910.
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Ħaġar Qim Ħaġar Qim (] ; "Standing/Worshipping Stones") is a megalithic temple complex found on the Mediterranean island of Malta, dating from the Ġgantija phase (3600-3200 BC). The Megalithic Temples of Malta are among the most ancient religious sites on Earth, described by the World Heritage Sites committee as "unique architectural masterpieces." In 1992 UNESCO recognized Ħaġar Qim and four other Maltese megalithic structures as World Heritage Sites. V. Gordon Childe, Professor of Prehistoric European Archeology and director of the Institute of Archaeology in the University of London from 1946-1957 visited Ħaġar Qim. He wrote, "I have been visiting the prehistoric ruins all round the Mediterranean, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, Greece and Switzerland, but I have nowhere seen a place as old as this one."
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National Museum of Medieval Art (Albania) The National Museum of Medieval Art (Albanian: "Muzeu Kombëtar i Artit Mesjetar" ) is a Albanian national museum dedicated to medieval art and history in Korçë, Albania. The museum is located on Fan Noli Boulevard in the south-east of the city of Korça. It was established on April 24, 1980 and the building was reconstructed on October 04, 2016 with the cooperation of the city municipality and the Greek Government found.
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Fort of São João (São Mateus da Calheta) Fort of São João (Portuguese: "Forte de São João" ), also known as Fort of Biscoitinho (for the lava rock formations along its coastal frontier), is a medieval fort, in the civil parish of São Mateus da Calheta, in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
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List of World Heritage Sites in Southern Europe The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 168 World Heritage Sites in all of the 17 sovereign countries (also called "state parties") of Southern Europe: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, and Vatican City as well as one site in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
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Bužim Fort Bužim Castle (Bosnian: "Tvrđava Bužim", "Stari grad Bužim" , "Old City of Bužim") is a castle in the Bužim municipality in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The castle was built during the 12th century, and is located at 325 m above sea level. It was the second-biggest medieval castle in Cazinska krajina, after Bihać. The castle is an example of renaissance architecture, and served as both a military hill fort and a residence for the nobility. Bužim Castle and a nearby old mosque are protected as national monuments in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Trevões Trevões is a village and (with the neighbouring village of Espinhosa, 4Km to the WNW) a civil parish ("freguesia") in the municipality of São João da Pesqueira in the Viseu of Portugal. It is located approximately 8Km SSW of the town of São João da Pesqueira. Although small in size (the area of the parish is 21.55 km² and there were 540 inhabitants in 2011), the village possesses a church with some notable frescoes, and two museums, one devoted to artefacts of the village and surrounding countryside, and the other to religious art; there are also many ancient houses in its historic centre. The philosopher José Maria da Cunha Seixas was born in the village.
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Sredska, Kosovo Sredska (, ) is a village in the municipality of Prizren, Kosovo. It was the seat of medieval Sredačka Župa.
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Zllash Zllash (Serbian: Злаш, "Zlaš" ) is a mountain in eastern Kosovo , just east of the capital city of Pristina. It stands at 1210 m high and is part of the Goljak mountains. There is also a village with the same name.
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Little Castle Little Castle (Slovene: "Mali grad" ) in Kamnik, Slovenia, once formed part of a castle constructed in the 11th or early 12th century at the strategic site above the narrow passage near an important trail. The Romanesque chapel of St. Eligius is one of the most important Slovene medieval monuments, despite later alterations, and is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe. The chapel features a wooden ceiling and exquisite fresco paintings. Kamnik's Medieval Days festival takes place at the foot of the castle every June.
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Kovilj monastery The Kovilj Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Ковиљ / Manastir Kovilj ) is a 13th-century Serb Orthodox monastery in the Bačka region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. According to the legend, the monastery was founded by the first Serb archbishop, Saint Sava in the 13th century. The monastery, often cited as one of the most beautiful, has been nicknamed the "Jewel of Bačka". Considered "one of the most monumental cultural-historical objects in Bačka", it is protected by the state since 4 August 1949 as the cultural monument.
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Castle of Alcantarilha The Castle of Alcantarilha is a medieval fortress and its remnant walls in Portugal, in the civil parish of Alcantarilha, municipality of Silves, in the Portuguese Algarve region of southwestern Iberia. It is a little-known monument, now in ruins, used for the protection of the people of the village and surrounding area from attacks by north African pirates.
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Kaljaja (Teneš Do) Kaljaja is an archaeological site, which is located in Teneš Do on the hill Kaljaja (Pristina municipality). Remains of fortress walls and buildings were uncovered at the site. Remains of bricks were also found. Based on the traces found on the slope hill Kaljaj it is assumed that the village was burnt. Fragments of ceramics were discovered. Slag heap led to a conclusion that the ore was processed on the site. The site is rated as a cultural heritage since 1 March 1986, and is under protection of Republic of Serbia.
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Šišatovac monastery The Šišatovac Monastery (Serbian: "Манастир Шишатовац / Manastir Šišatovac") is a Serb Orthodox monastery situated on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. The foundation of the monastery is ascribed to the refugee monks from the Serbian monastery of Žiča. The first reliable facts illustrating the life of the monastery date back to the mid 16th century.
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Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe islands were a colony of the Portuguese Empire from its discovery in 1470 until 1975, when independence was granted by Portugal.