13 Most Famous World Heritage Sites
| November 23, 2018
Easter Island – Chile
Famous for its surviving 887 Moai statues (enormous stone figures), Easter Island is located in the southeast Pacific, just over 3,500 kilometers to the west of Chile. It’s considered one of the most remote inhabited islands on the planet and it’s believed that its inhabitants arrived there between 700-1100 CE.
The Rapa Nui People were a thriving community for many years, and built the big human figures to honor their ancestors. Overpopulation and the introduction of the Polynesian rat eventually brought the civilization to its demise. It became a World Heritage Site in 1995 and receives around 100,000 visitors every year.
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