加载中…梅萨维德国家公园保存人类的早期建筑
(2012-01-09 15:13:48)
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梅萨维德国家公园位于科罗拉多州，是美国第一座专门保护人类早期建筑的国家公园。
1906年，西奥多·罗斯福（Theodore
Roosevelt）总统建立梅萨维德国家公园（Mesa Verde National
Park），它当时是美国第一座专门保护人类早期建筑的国家公园。
梅萨维德（西班牙语，意为“绿台”）国家公园位于科罗拉多州，占地 81.4平方英里
（约合211平方公里），其特点是有600多个建造在悬崖上的建筑，由古代的普韦布洛（Pueblo）印第安人在公元550年至1300年间建造。其中最为壮观的建筑之一是"悬崖宫殿"（如图所示），这可能是北美洲同类建筑中最大的一个。
1978 年，梅萨维德国家公园成为最早被联合国教科文组织
（UNESCO）列为世界自然文化遗址的美国国家公园之一。联合国教科文组织编制世界自然文化遗址目录，协助保护在人类共同遗产中具有特别重要的文化或自然意义的遗址。截至2011，全世界共有936个遗址被列入保护名单，其中有21个在美国。
美国国务院国际信息局 http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/iipdigital-mgck/index.html
Mesa Verde National Park Preserves Mankind’s Early Works
Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado is preserving ancient man-made structures.
When President Theodore Roosevelt established the Mesa Verde National Park in 1906, it was the first U.S. national park designated to preserve the works of early mankind.
Located in Colorado, Mesa Verde (“green table” in Spanish) occupies 81.4 square miles (211 square kilometers) and features more than 600 cliff dwellings built by ancient Pueblo peoples between A.D. 550 and 1300. One of the most spectacular structures is the “cliff palace” (shown here), which may be the largest of its kind in North America.
In 1978, Mesa Verde became one of the first U.S. national parks to be accepted as a World Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The UNESCO World Heritage site program catalogues and helps preserve sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity. As of 2011, 936 sites were listed worldwide, with 21 located in the United States.
(This is a product of the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/iipdigital-en/index.html)
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