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Hadrian’s Wall

[/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#EF781D” divider_weight=”4px” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” width=”50%” module_alignment=”center”][/et_pb_divider][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://www.whyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/world-heritage-youth-ambassadors-hadrians-wall-6.jpg” alt=”World Heritage Youth Ambassadors Hadrians Wall” title_text=”World Heritage Youth Ambassadors Hadrians Wall” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” transform_rotate=”0deg|0deg|355deg” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||40px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.56)”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”]The Roman Empire, in its territorial extent, was one of the greatest empires history has known. Enclosing the Mediterranean world and surrounding areas, it was protected by a network of frontiers stretching from the Atlantic Coast in the west to the Black Sea in the east, from central Scotland in the north to the northern fringes of the Sahara Desert in the south. It was largely constructed in the 2nd century AD when the Empire reached its greatest extent. This frontier could be an artificial or natural barrier, protecting spaces or a whole military zone. Its remains encompass both visible and buried archaeology on, behind and beyond the frontier.

The property consists of three sections of the frontier: Hadrian’s Wall, the Upper German- Raetian Limes and the Antonine Wall, located in the northwestern part of the Empire, constituting the artificial boundaries of the former Roman provinces Britannia, Germania Superior and Raetia: Running 130 km from the mouth of the River Tyne in the east to the Solway Firth, Hadrian’s Wall was built on the orders of the Emperor Hadrian in AD 122 as a continuous linear barrier at the then northernmost limits of the Roman province of Britannia. The frontier extended a further 36km down the Solway coast as a series of intervisible military installations. It constituted the main element in a controlled military zone across northern Britain. The Wall was supplemented by the ditch and banks of the vallum, supporting forts, marching camps and other features in a wide area to the north and south, linked by an extensive road network. It illustrates an ambitious and coherent system of defensive constructions perfected by engineers over the course of several generations and is outstanding for its construction in dressed stone and its excellent use of the spectacular upland terrain through which it passed.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”45px||45px||true|”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”]The Upper German-Raetian Limes covers a length of 550 km and runs between Rheinbrohl on the Rhine and Eining on the Danube, built in stages during the 2nd century. With its forts, fortlets, physical barriers, linked infrastructure and civilian architecture it exhibits an important interchange of human values through the development of Roman military architecture in previously largely undeveloped areas thereby giving an authentic insight into the world of antiquity of the late 1st to the mid-3rd century AD. It was not solely a military bulwark, but also defined economic and cultural limits. Although cultural influences extended across the frontier, it did represent a cultural divide between the Romanised world and the non-Romanised Germanic peoples. In large parts it was an arbitrary straight line, which did not take account of the topographical circumstances. Therefore, it is an excellent demonstration of the Roman precision in surveying.

The Antonine Wall was built under the Emperor Antoninus Pius in the 140’s AD as an attempt to conquer parts of northern Britain and extends for some 60 km across central Scotland from the River Forth to the River Clyde. Through its military and civil constructions, it demonstrates cultural interchange through the extension of Roman technical skills, organisation and knowledge to the furthest reaches of the Empire. It embodies a high degree of expertise in the technical mastery of stone and turf defensive constructions. As it was in use for only a single generation, it provides a snapshot of the frontier at a particular point in time and offers a specific insight into how the frontier was designed and built. Together, the remains of the frontiers, consisting of vestiges of walls, ditches, earthworks, fortlets, forts, fortresses, watchtowers, roads and civilian settlements, form a social and historical unit that illustrates an ambitious and coherent system of defensive constructions perfected by engineers over the course of several generations.

Each section of the property constitutes an exceptional example of a linear frontier, encompassing an extensive relict landscape which reflects the way resources were deployed in the northwestern part of the Empire and which displays the unifying character of the Roman Empire, through its common culture, but also its distinctive responses to local geography and climate, as well as political, social and economic conditions.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://www.whyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/world-heritage-youth-ambassadors-hadrians-wall-2.jpg” alt=”World Heritage Youth Ambassadors Hadrians Wall” title_text=”World Heritage Youth Ambassadors Hadrians Wall” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” transform_rotate=”0deg|0deg|4deg” width=”80%” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”40px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.56)”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”http://www.whyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/world-heritage-youth-ambassadors-grunge-bottom-white.png” title_text=”world-heritage-youth-ambassadors-grunge-bottom-white” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” z_index=”500″][/et_pb_fullwidth_image][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”http://www.whyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/world-heritage-youth-ambassadors-hadrians-wall-7.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_css_main_element=”margin-top: -30px!important;”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”175px||175px||true|false”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”RGBA(0,0,0,0)”][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”http://www.whyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/world-heritage-youth-ambassadors-grunge-top-orange.png” title_text=”world-heritage-youth-ambassadors-grunge-top-orange” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”RGBA(0,0,0,0)” z_index=”500″ custom_css_main_element=”margin-top: -20px!important;||||background: transparent!important;”][/et_pb_fullwidth_image][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#EF781D” global_module=”3139″ saved_tabs=”all”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_5,3_5,1_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_font_size=”40px” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”||16px|||”]

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Blaenavon

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. UNESCO recognised that “The area around Blaenavon bears eloquent and exceptional testimony to the pre-eminence of South Wales as the World’s major producer of iron and coal in the nineteenth century.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”http://www.whyam.org/about-us/world-heritage/blaenavon/” button_text=”Find out more about Blaenavon” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_layout=”dark”][/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”http://www.whyam.org/get-involved/find-a-site/#blaenavon” button_text=”Find out more about Blaenavon YAMS” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_layout=”dark”][/et_pb_button][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_divider color=”#FFFFFF” divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” width=”60%” module_alignment=”center”][/et_pb_divider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font_size=”26px” background_layout=”dark”]

Bath

UNESCO added The City of Bath as a ‘cultural site’ to its World Heritage List in 1987. Bath is included because of its Roman Remains, 18th Century Architecture, 18th Century Town Planning, Social Setting, Hot Springs and Landscape Setting.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”http://www.whyam.org/about-us/world-heritage/bath/” button_text=”Find out more about Bath” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_layout=”dark”][/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”http://www.whyam.org/get-involved/find-a-site/#bath” button_text=”Find out more about Bath YAMS” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_layout=”dark”][/et_pb_button][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://www.whyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/world-heritage-youth-ambassadors-bath-button.jpg” alt=”World Heritage Youth Ambassadors Bath” title_text=”World Heritage Youth Ambassadors Bath” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” transform_rotate=”0deg|0deg|5deg” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”40px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.48)”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_divider color=”#FFFFFF” divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” width=”60%” module_alignment=”center”][/et_pb_divider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://www.whyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/world-heritage-youth-ambassadors-pontcysyllte-button.jpg” alt=”World Heritage Youth Ambassadors Pontcysyllte” title_text=”World Heritage Youth Ambassadors Pontcysyllte” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” transform_rotate=”0deg|0deg|356deg” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||40px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.48)”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font_size=”26px” background_layout=”dark”]

Pontcysyllte

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and canal consists of a continuous group of civil engineering features from the heroic phase of transport improvements during the British Industrial Revolution. The canal brought water borne transport from the English lowlands into the rugged terrain of the Welsh uplands, using innovative techniques to cross two major river valleys and the ridge between them.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”http://www.whyam.org/about-us/world-heritage/pontcysyllte/” button_text=”Find out more about Pontcysyllte” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_layout=”dark”][/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”http://www.whyam.org/get-involved/find-a-site/#pontcysyllte” button_text=”Find out more about Pontcysyllte YAMS” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_layout=”dark”][/et_pb_button][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_divider color=”#FFFFFF” divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” width=”60%” module_alignment=”center”][/et_pb_divider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font_size=”26px” background_layout=”dark”]

Giants Causeway

The Giants Causeway and Coastline is a spectacular area of global geological importance on the sea coast at the edge of the Antrim plateau in Northern Ireland. The most characteristic and unique feature of the site is the exposure of some 40,000 large, regularly shaped polygonal columns of basalt in perfect horizontal sections, forming a pavement.[/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”http://www.whyam.org/about-us/world-heritage/giants-causeway/” button_text=”Find out more about Giants Causeway” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_layout=”dark”][/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”http://www.whyam.org/get-involved/find-a-site/#giants-causeway” button_text=”Find out more about Giants Causeway YAMS” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_layout=”dark”][/et_pb_button][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://www.whyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/world-heritage-youth-ambassadors-giants-causeway-button.jpg” alt=”World Heritage Youth Ambassadors Giants Causeway” title_text=”World Heritage Youth Ambassadors Giants Causeway” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default” transform_rotate=”0deg|0deg|5deg” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”40px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.48)”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_divider color=”#FFFFFF” divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” width=”60%” module_alignment=”center”][/et_pb_divider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://www.whyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/world-heritage-youth-ambassadors-hadrians-wall-5.jpg” alt=”World Heritage Youth Ambassadors Hadrians Wall” title_text=”World Heritage Youth Ambassadors Hadrians Wall” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” transform_rotate=”0deg|0deg|356deg” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||40px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.48)”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.9.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font_size=”26px” background_layout=”dark”]

Hadrian’s Wall

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