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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... Bukhara in Uzbekistan , versions each original and excep- tional in the variety of solutions adopted of the forma urbis in the various acceptations of Islamic culture . Missing from the narrow array of sites se- lected are such ...
... Bukhara in Uzbekistan , versions each original and excep- tional in the variety of solutions adopted of the forma urbis in the various acceptations of Islamic culture . Missing from the narrow array of sites se- lected are such ...
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... its sculptural and chromatic effects , the Churrigueras made a deep mark on the history of Spanish art under the patronage of Philip V. E Hierapolis TURKEY GROENLANDIA , KAZAKSTAN Bukhara TAGIKISTAN PAKISTAN ALASKA 8. 163 Salamanca.
... its sculptural and chromatic effects , the Churrigueras made a deep mark on the history of Spanish art under the patronage of Philip V. E Hierapolis TURKEY GROENLANDIA , KAZAKSTAN Bukhara TAGIKISTAN PAKISTAN ALASKA 8. 163 Salamanca.
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... , the Apostle buried in Hierapolis . Opposite page Detail of the city baths with the niche of the caldarium which still bears traces of the pictorial decoration . Bukhara , the Historic Centre View of the skyline of. 230 Asia.
... , the Apostle buried in Hierapolis . Opposite page Detail of the city baths with the niche of the caldarium which still bears traces of the pictorial decoration . Bukhara , the Historic Centre View of the skyline of. 230 Asia.
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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