In pictures: Unesco World Heritage sites 2015
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The United Nations cultural agency, Unesco, has been adding to its list of world heritage sites worthy of special protection. Here are pictures of some of the places that made it on to the list this year.
The world's largest historic warehouse complex, the Speicherstadt in Hamburg, is famed for its bridges, canals and tall, red-brick buildings
The fortress island of Gunkanjima, off Nagasaki in southern Japan, marks the country's industrial revolution in the 19th Century
The Champagne vineyards of eastern France, recognised for producing the drink that bears the region's name
The Necropolis of Beth She'arim in Israel, a series of catacombs dating to the 2nd Century BC, has been used as a Jewish burial place
The Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens of eastern Turkey date back to Roman times
The ancient city of Susa in Iran is one of the world's largest archaeological sites
The Forth bridge in Scotland was completed in 1890 - and still carries trains over the Forth river
The Great Khaldun Mountain of Mongolia is said to be the site of Genghis Khan's birth and burial
- Published5 July 2015
