UNESCO world heritage sites

40 photos of Lithuania including the Curonian Spit, Klaipeda and the Hill of Crosses

18 photos of Suomenlinna, a sea fortress built on six islands south of Helsinki

85 photos of the Komodo national park in Indonesia's Nusa Tenggara province

23 photos of the fortified traditional village of Aït Ben Haddou, located south of the high Atlas

70 photos of Paphos, a coastal city in western Cyprus with a major archaeological site

70 photos of the Oman interior: Rustaq, Nizwa, Bahla, Misfat, Al Mudayrib

18 photos of the UNESCO-listed historic core of Baku

24 photos of Mestia, the main settlement of the Upper Svaneti region

39 photos of Ushguli, the highest permanently inhabited settlement in Europe

16 photos of the Jvari monastery, where Christianity was introduced to Georgia in 337

46 photos of Mtskheta, the main religious site in Georgia

28 photos of the Gelati monastery, a significant religious centre in Georgie and a UNESCO world heritage site

48 photos of the Qobustan national park, a UNESCO world heritage site with petroglyphs

46 photos of Baalbek, a city in the Bekaa valley with a Roman temple complex

40 photos of Byblos, a picturesque coastal city in Lebanon with 7000 years of history

35 photos of Anjar in the Bekaa valley, with its impressive Umayyad era ruins