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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... GREEK IN THE CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION The most important series of frescoes in Novgorod is unquestionably the one that the Byzantine master Theophanes the Greek executed before 1378 in the Church of the Transfiguration , the temple ...
... GREEK IN THE CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION The most important series of frescoes in Novgorod is unquestionably the one that the Byzantine master Theophanes the Greek executed before 1378 in the Church of the Transfiguration , the temple ...
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... Greek architecture - date from the fourth cen- tury . The vast site is a tribute to the healing cults of Greek and Roman times , with temples and hospital buildings devoted to its gods . Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns The ...
... Greek architecture - date from the fourth cen- tury . The vast site is a tribute to the healing cults of Greek and Roman times , with temples and hospital buildings devoted to its gods . Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns The ...
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... Greek Orthodox learning continuously since that time . The fine monastic complex dominates the island , and the old settlement of Chorá associated with it , which con- tains many religious and secular buildings . Medieval City of Rhodes ...
... Greek Orthodox learning continuously since that time . The fine monastic complex dominates the island , and the old settlement of Chorá associated with it , which con- tains many religious and secular buildings . Medieval City of Rhodes ...
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Contents Vatican City 90 | 2 |
Germany | 26 |
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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