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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... Leptis Magna Silvia Colombari Morocco 274 Marrakesh Pietro Allegretti Brazil 280 Brasilia Pietro Allegretti Cuba 284 Havana , the Old City Silvia Colombari Honduras 292 Copán Alessandra Montini Mexico 300 Chichén Itzá Alessandra Montini ...
... Leptis Magna Silvia Colombari Morocco 274 Marrakesh Pietro Allegretti Brazil 280 Brasilia Pietro Allegretti Cuba 284 Havana , the Old City Silvia Colombari Honduras 292 Copán Alessandra Montini Mexico 300 Chichén Itzá Alessandra Montini ...
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... Leptis Magna first re - emerged from the desert , in the seventeenth century , the French consul Lemaire probably could not believe his eyes : he packed up a good number of columns , which are still in the Parisian Church of Saint ...
... Leptis Magna first re - emerged from the desert , in the seventeenth century , the French consul Lemaire probably could not believe his eyes : he packed up a good number of columns , which are still in the Parisian Church of Saint ...
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... the Corinthian capitals . 1. Theatre 2. Quarter of the market 3. Cardo 4. Old Forum 5. New Forum 6. Baths 7. Arch of Septimius Severus 8. Basilica Remains of the buildings facing the main street . Opposite. 271 Leptis Magna.
... the Corinthian capitals . 1. Theatre 2. Quarter of the market 3. Cardo 4. Old Forum 5. New Forum 6. Baths 7. Arch of Septimius Severus 8. Basilica Remains of the buildings facing the main street . Opposite. 271 Leptis Magna.
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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