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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Page 26
... river Regnitz , has maintained its historic centre practically intact ; in the foreground is the roof of the Baroque structure of the Altes Rathaus , the old City Hall . F BE L 刃口 00 went so far as to. Aerial view of Bamberg . Opposite ...
... river Regnitz , has maintained its historic centre practically intact ; in the foreground is the roof of the Baroque structure of the Altes Rathaus , the old City Hall . F BE L 刃口 00 went so far as to. Aerial view of Bamberg . Opposite ...
Page 52
... River Po , which was then filled in , on the left bank of which ran the Via Grande , mirrored in the river , with its storehouses , trading emporiums , port facili- ties and shops . Even today the Via delle Volte remains unaltered ...
... River Po , which was then filled in , on the left bank of which ran the Via Grande , mirrored in the river , with its storehouses , trading emporiums , port facili- ties and shops . Even today the Via delle Volte remains unaltered ...
Page 144
... River Klyazmia . Opposite page Detail of the tip of the wooden Church of the Transfiguration . T o the east of Moscow , between the rivers Moskva and Volga , there stretch- es a region that for its age - old wealth is known as the ...
... River Klyazmia . Opposite page Detail of the tip of the wooden Church of the Transfiguration . T o the east of Moscow , between the rivers Moskva and Volga , there stretch- es a region that for its age - old wealth is known as the ...
Contents
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