Calanques de Piana

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Calanques de Piana
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Calanques de Piana
Location	Corsica, France
Part of	Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
Criteria	Natural: (vii), (viii), (x)
Reference	258
Inscription	1983 (7th Session)
Coordinates	42°15′09″N 8°39′26″E / 42.25250°N 8.65722°E / 42.25250; 8.65722
Location of Calanques de Piana in Corsica Show map of Corsica Calanques de Piana (France) Show map of France

Calanques de Piana (Corsican: calanchi di Piana or calanche di Piana) are Corsican calanques located in Piana, between Ajaccio and Calvi, in the Gulf of Porto. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site that includes other sites in the Gulf of Porto, due to its beauty, rich marine biodiversity, and unique maquis shrubland.^[1] The jagged cliffs are made of red ochre.

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^ "Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

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Official site
UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve

v t e World Heritage Sites in France
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Parisian basin	Amiens Cathedral Belfries of Belgium and France¹ Bourges Cathedral Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars Chartres Cathedral Climats and terroirs of Burgundy Reims: Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi, Palace of Tau Abbey of Fontenay Le Havre Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay Vézelay Church and hill
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East	Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans Nancy: Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance Strasbourg: Grande Île, Neustadt Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps³
West	Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe
South West	Episcopal city, Albi Port of the Moon, Bordeaux Prehistoric sites and decorated caves of the Vézère valley Pyrénées – Mont Perdu² Saint-Émilion
Centre East	Chaîne des Puys Chauvet Cave Lyon
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¹Shared locally with other region/s and with Belgium ²Shared with Spain ³Shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland ⁴Shared with Belgium ⁵Shared with Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine

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