UNESCO

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Iguazú National Park, Acropolis of Athens

Botet de Lacaze, Salerno, González del Solar y Gómez Luna

Iguazú National Park

Province of Misiones

Northeastern tip of Argentina

Location:

25°37′S 54°20′W

Puerto Iguazú

Description:

• It is considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
• It has an area of 677 km.
• The Iguazú National Park integrates the Atlantic Forest.
• The fauna of the park includes several rare and threatened species.

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History

Iguazú National Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1984 but has a long conservation history dating back to the early 20th Century. It was declared a national park in 1934, illustrating the longstanding recognition of its quality.

The area of the park was inhabited 10,000 years ago by the hunter-gatherers of the Eldoradense culture.Today, the parks are mostly surrounded by a landscape that has been strongly altered due to heavy logging, the intensification and expansion industrial and small-scale agriculture, plantation forestry for pulp and paper and rural settlements.

Upper trail

In the Iguazu National Park there are two main paths

Lower trail

Attractions:

Mercury

Venus

Mars

Jupiter

Definition of Concepts

Despite being red, Mars is actually a cold place

Venus has a beautiful name, but it’s hot

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun

It’s the biggest planet in the Solar System

The Devil’s Throat

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It’s the highest and most famous of all the waterfalls in Iguazú.

Jet boats leave from the Lower Trail or Puerto Macuco, taking tourists through the rapids toward the cascades of water and directly into the San Martín waterfall.

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Take a cruise by the falls

Because we found its landscape and history interesting.

We chose the "Iguazú National Park"

In addition, we realized that the Iguazú National Park is one of the New 7 Natural Wonders of the World.

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We chose this place because it is in our country, it is rich in biodiversity and it gives us peace.

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The Acropolis of Athens

Big numbers catch your audience’s attention

📍Greece, Athens.

It is situated on the peak of a hill (Hill of the Muses) which rises 156 meters above sea level.

Location

Description

The parthenon

The temple of Nike

The Erechtheion

Description:

• It’s the center of the city
• It's the most extraordinary architectural and artistic ensemble passed on by the ancient greek to the entire world
• It has a unique structure that evoke the ideals of the Classical 5th century and represent the apex of ancient Greek monumental complex still extending in the present.

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The Parthenon

It’s the oldest monumental located in the acropolis, built by the architects Ictino and Calícrates, between others.

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It’s dedicated to Athena Parthenos, the protector of Athens.

Why has UNESCO chosen it?

• Most complete and iconic ancient Greek monumental complex
• Democracy, Philosophy, Theatre and Freedom of Expression and Speech were born here.
• Wonderful and highly important architecture.

Why have we chosen it?

• We’ve been interested in Greek history since we learned about it in first year.

• We loved Athens above all the other cities of the country

Thanks!

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