World Heritage: Archaeological Sites and Urban CentresFirst volume of three that Skira and UNESCO are launching to illustrate and describe world heritage places. This volume, devoted specifically to archaeological areas and urban centres, focuses on forty-six emblematic instances of diverse geographic, cultural, and historic sites, distant in time and space, but presented together in a single, clear, and fascinating collection. With this instrument for learning and understanding, and through a particularly rich array of images, places of all sorts, distant in time and space, can be found together in a single, clear, and fascinating collection devoted to the complex paths of human history and culture: a true heritage of every nation and every individual. |
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... Algiers TUNISIA Leptis Magna ALGERIA Cairo LIBYA EGYPT Thebes MAURITANIA MALI CHAD BURKINA FASO SUDAN NIGERIA GAMBIA GUINEA SIERRA LEONE LIBERIA GHANA TOGO BENIN EQUATORIAL GUINEA SÃO TOME 。 AND PRINCIPE CENTRAL AFRICA REP HIBUTI ...
... Algiers TUNISIA Leptis Magna ALGERIA Cairo LIBYA EGYPT Thebes MAURITANIA MALI CHAD BURKINA FASO SUDAN NIGERIA GAMBIA GUINEA SIERRA LEONE LIBERIA GHANA TOGO BENIN EQUATORIAL GUINEA SÃO TOME 。 AND PRINCIPE CENTRAL AFRICA REP HIBUTI ...
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... Algiers . Detail of the modern minaret of the casbah , visible from every point in the Old City . Aerial view of the casbah with the port of Algiers. 250 Africa.
... Algiers . Detail of the modern minaret of the casbah , visible from every point in the Old City . Aerial view of the casbah with the port of Algiers. 250 Africa.
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... Algiers in the background . MIGUEL DE CERVANTES : ILLUSTRIOUS PRISONER OF THE CASBAH OF ALGIERS As early as 1568 Cervantes ( born Alcali de Henares 1547 died Madrid 1616 ) , a personal and sharp - eyed interpreter of the problems of ...
... Algiers in the background . MIGUEL DE CERVANTES : ILLUSTRIOUS PRISONER OF THE CASBAH OF ALGIERS As early as 1568 Cervantes ( born Alcali de Henares 1547 died Madrid 1616 ) , a personal and sharp - eyed interpreter of the problems of ...
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Contents Vatican City 90 | 2 |
Germany | 26 |
Bamberg Cracow | 32 |
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adorned Aerial view ancient Angkor archaeological arches architect architecture artistic Baalbek Baroque basilica buildings built Bukhara Campo dei Miracoli capital carved cathedral century B.C. Church city's columns complex construction Convention Copán courtyard cultural and natural Cuzco date back decorated dedicated depicting developed dome dynasty Emperor Empire enclosure walls façade Fatimid fifteenth fortified Forum founded frescoes Galla Placidia Gothic Greek Heian period Historic Centre houses Imperial Forums important Inca interior Islamic kilometres King layout Leptis Magna masterpieces medieval metres monasteries monumental Mosque Museum Nabataean natural heritage Old City Omayyad outstanding paintings Palace Palazzo period plaza portico preserved protection Pyramid religious Renaissance River Roman Romanesque Rome ruins sacred Saint San'a sculpture Septimius Severus settlement side sixteenth century sixth century square statues stone structure style Suzdal Temple tenth century tion tombs towers town tradition Trajan tury twelfth century urban Vatican World Heritage World Heritage Site