As a Canadian with zero ties to my heritage and around average knowledge of history, it is strange to me that we have more sites than Greece of all places
Edit: ahhh natural sites, everything makes a lot more sense now
BlueBucket0 on
While some counties obviously do have an abundance of sites suitable for UNESCO, I think some are also just very slow about pushing their sites forward for consideration.
tilohvasya on
no way russia has more than Turkey or Greece. Calling the bs
the_spolator on
Canada has more than Turkey? Canada?
gcreptile on
I think the list is actually -mostly- fine. I kind of think my own country -germany- is slightly overrepresented, but then, we do take care of our monuments. It’s not just about having had history, but also how you deal with it. And Europe had the most natural modernization whereas in, say, China, lots of old stuff has been bulldozed down for progress. Also, you have to want the heritage site, which is why, say, the Empire State Building isn’t one.
IamMefisto-theDevil on
Hmm…
Romania has 17 sites.
There are some problems with this graph!
Beyllionaire on
You need to lobby to get the recognition anyway. So this is just a list of which countries lobbied the hardest.
Jazzlike_Note1159 on
Turkey would have more heritage sites if we knew how to promote them better and UNESCO wasnt such a west-centric organisation! Like Iran and Turkey has combined less than France?
Nolenag on
The United States and Japan having the same amount is laughably stupid.
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As a Canadian with zero ties to my heritage and around average knowledge of history, it is strange to me that we have more sites than Greece of all places
Edit: ahhh natural sites, everything makes a lot more sense now
While some counties obviously do have an abundance of sites suitable for UNESCO, I think some are also just very slow about pushing their sites forward for consideration.
no way russia has more than Turkey or Greece. Calling the bs
Canada has more than Turkey? Canada?
I think the list is actually -mostly- fine. I kind of think my own country -germany- is slightly overrepresented, but then, we do take care of our monuments. It’s not just about having had history, but also how you deal with it. And Europe had the most natural modernization whereas in, say, China, lots of old stuff has been bulldozed down for progress. Also, you have to want the heritage site, which is why, say, the Empire State Building isn’t one.
Hmm…
Romania has 17 sites.
There are some problems with this graph!
You need to lobby to get the recognition anyway. So this is just a list of which countries lobbied the hardest.
Turkey would have more heritage sites if we knew how to promote them better and UNESCO wasnt such a west-centric organisation! Like Iran and Turkey has combined less than France?
The United States and Japan having the same amount is laughably stupid.