The 2006 World Heritage Map: A New UNESCO World Heritage Center, National Geographic, And Hewlett Packard Partnership

Friday, January 20, 2006. "The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to announce the publication of the 2006 World Heritage map, the first to be produced in collaboration with National Geographic and Hewlett Packard.

The partnership, signed in 2005 for an initial period of three years, combines National Geographic's famous cartography with Hewlett Packard's quality print technology to beautifully illustrate the location of World Heritage sites across the globe.

The map features the 812 World Heritage properties and brief explanations of the World Heritage Convention and World Heritage conservation programmes, as well as superb photos of World Heritage sites with explanatory captions. The dimensions of the map are 78 cm by 50 cm (31 by 20 in.), and it can be downloaded free of charge from this website. It is available in English, French, and Spanish versions. A free printed map can be requested by sending an e-mail to wh-info@unesco.org."

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Renaissance Fara Poznanska. Poznan, Poland. Near the birthplace of Nobel laureate poet Wislawa Szymborska. (See post below.)