ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Former UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Hey kiddo! Have you ever heard of UNESCO World Heritage Sites? They are very special places around the world that have been chosen by a group of smart people as being important and unique.

Now, some of these special places were once considered UNESCO World Heritage Sites, but they aren't anymore. That's what we call former UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

It's like when you used to love playing with a toy, but then you got older and you didn't want to play with it anymore. These special places aren't toys, but they were once considered very important to the world, and now they aren't.

There are a few things that can happen to make a place lose its UNESCO World Heritage Site status. Maybe the place is not being taken care of very well or maybe it was destroyed by an earthquake, flood, or other natural disaster.

It's kind of sad when a place loses its UNESCO World Heritage Site status, but it doesn't mean that it's not important or special anymore. It just means that it's not being recognized by the smart people at UNESCO as being one of the most important places in the world.