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Santa Cruz. 37°00′38″N 122°02′38″W. / 37.0106°N 122.044°W / 37.0106; -122.044 ( California Powder Works Bridge) Santa Cruz. A 1872 covered bridge that is one of the best-preserved national examples of the Smith truss design.
Properties on the World Heritage List. A series of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps. transboundary property, shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, 11 of the total 111 sites are in France. An outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty, containing historic towns and villages ...
There are 25 World Heritage Sites in the United States, with a further 18 on the tentative list. The first sites in the United States added to the list were Mesa Verde National Park and Yellowstone National Park, both at the second session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Washington, D.C., in 1978.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded, nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that works in the field of historic preservation in the United States. The member-supported organization was founded in 1949 by congressional charter to support the preservation of America’s diverse historic buildings ...
National Heritage Area. In the United States, a National Heritage Area ( NHA) is a site designated by Act of Congress, intended to encourage historic preservation of the area and an appreciation of the history and heritage of the site. There are currently 62 NHAs, some of which use variations of the title, such as National Heritage Corridor.
The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or The Royal Fortress of Saint Francis) is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area . It had been a fortified location since September 17 ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map.
Charleville Castle. / 53.2604; -7.5279. Charleville Castle is a Gothic -style castle located in County Offaly, Ireland, bordering the town of Tullamore, near the River Clodiagh. It is considered one of the finest of its type in the country.