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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... is a fountain . 8 USA CANADA UNITED STATES MEXICO Teotihuacan Chichén Itzá Hapana. Detail of the rich polychrome decoration for the main façade of a madrasa . Aerial view of the archaeological site of Copán . 277 Marrakesh.
... is a fountain . 8 USA CANADA UNITED STATES MEXICO Teotihuacan Chichén Itzá Hapana. Detail of the rich polychrome decoration for the main façade of a madrasa . Aerial view of the archaeological site of Copán . 277 Marrakesh.
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... Mexico and , today , one of the largest archaeological sites on the American continent , it has no name . A UN- ESCO World Heritage Site since 1987 , Teoti- huacán was the name given it by the Aztecs when they occupied it towards the ...
... Mexico and , today , one of the largest archaeological sites on the American continent , it has no name . A UN- ESCO World Heritage Site since 1987 , Teoti- huacán was the name given it by the Aztecs when they occupied it towards the ...
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... MEXICO Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco Xochicalco is an exceptionally well - preserved ex- ample of a fortified political , religious , and com- mercial centre from the troubled period of A.D. 650-900 that followed the ...
... MEXICO Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco Xochicalco is an exceptionally well - preserved ex- ample of a fortified political , religious , and com- mercial centre from the troubled period of A.D. 650-900 that followed the ...
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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