UNESCO has announced the addition of 26 sites to its World Heritage List, bringing the total to 1,007 sites around the world.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Additions 2014
![Chang'an-Tianshan corridor of the Silk Road is a 5,000 kilometre stretches from Chang’an/Luoyang, the central capital of China during the Han and Tang Dynasties, to the Zhetysu region of Central Asia. (UNESCO)](https://gdb.voanews.com/65e7f475-0ffc-47b0-b304-9fdee07b13bd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Chang'an-Tianshan corridor of the Silk Road is a 5,000 kilometre stretches from Chang’an/Luoyang, the central capital of China during the Han and Tang Dynasties, to the Zhetysu region of Central Asia. (UNESCO)
![Trang An, in Vietnam, is a spectacular landscape of limestone karst peaks permeated with valleys, some of which are submerged, and surrounded by steep, almost vertical cliffs. (UNESCO)](https://gdb.voanews.com/729232b0-685c-4754-9ce6-d414c115caae_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Trang An, in Vietnam, is a spectacular landscape of limestone karst peaks permeated with valleys, some of which are submerged, and surrounded by steep, almost vertical cliffs. (UNESCO)
![The Tomioka silk mill and related sites in Japan is an historic sericulture and silk mill complex established in 1872 in the Gunma Prefecture northwest of Tokyo. (UNESCO)](https://gdb.voanews.com/55f23c26-dee4-4b38-9bda-beaee713b911_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Tomioka silk mill and related sites in Japan is an historic sericulture and silk mill complex established in 1872 in the Gunma Prefecture northwest of Tokyo. (UNESCO)
![Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) in Gujarat, India, is located on the banks of the Saraswati River and was initially built as a memorial to a king in the 11th century AD. (UNESCO)](https://gdb.voanews.com/841e1cd9-b98d-4250-bc7a-2e749d1c0925_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) in Gujarat, India, is located on the banks of the Saraswati River and was initially built as a memorial to a king in the 11th century AD. (UNESCO)