trivia

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History
The Galapagos Islands in Ecuador was the first site inscribed in 1978. This was followed by the City of Quito, also in Ecuador, Aachen Cathedral in Germany, and L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site in Canada.
Source: Cultural Heritage List by year

Person
Leonardo da Vinci, whose work ‘The Last Supper’ is in the Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Antoni Gaudí ( all his works) and Victor Horta ( Major Town Houses in Brussels) are three artists/architects whose names appear on the World Heritage List.

Film
Rapa Nui (1994): Directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring Jason Scott Lee, Esai Morales and Sandrine Holt. Plot outline: Tenuously based on the legends of Easter Island, Chile, this story details a civil war between the two tribes on the island: the Long Ears and the Short Ears.
Source: IMDb
Rapa Nui National Park

Numbers
By September 2005 the World Heritage List included 812 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value. These included 628 cultural, 160 natural and 24 mixed properties in 137 States Parties.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/

Song
Mozambique by Bob Dylan
See lyrics
Island of Mozambique

Recipe
Snickerdoodles/heritage
See recipe

Wordplay
Stonehenge and Avebury in Wiltshire is an anagram of When in England, base your visit there.
Rome was not built in a day is an anagram of Any labour I do wants time.
The Leaning Tower Of Pisa is an anagram of Listing feet, or now a heap? and I warn thee of giant slope! and A steep roof angle within? and A new hope for easing tilt.
The Great Wall of China is an anagram of A right tall fence? Whoa!
Source: Anagram Genius

Quotes
Heritage is Scriptures . . . which have become absorbed into our blood. (Sholem Asch)
Thou best philosopher, who yet dost keep/ Thy heritage, thou eye among the blind. (William Wordsworth)
When kids don't learn about their own heritage in school, they just don't care about school . . . But you won't see it in the history books unless we get the power to write our own history and tell our story ourselves. (Miles Davis)
Source: Creative Quotations

Record
Most Heritage List Sites in One Country: Italy is the country with most sites inscribed – 40. Then follows Spain with 38 and Germany and China, both with 31.

Proverbs
Every day of your life is a page of your history. (Arabian)
You can be cautious about the future but not the past. (Chinese)
The past is the future of the present. (Japanese)
Regretting the past is like chasing after the wind. (Russian)
Learn about the future by looking at the past. (Tamil)
Source: Creative Proverbs