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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... beginning of the seventh century B.C. as a trading base in the Tyrrhenian Sea , accessible overland from the mother colony on the Ionian Sea , without ha- ving to circumnavigate Calabria ; it was built not far from the Silaris , or Sele ...
... beginning of the seventh century B.C. as a trading base in the Tyrrhenian Sea , accessible overland from the mother colony on the Ionian Sea , without ha- ving to circumnavigate Calabria ; it was built not far from the Silaris , or Sele ...
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... Beginning in the twelfth century , Prague could already boast a number of exemplary works of civil engineering . The millers banded together and widened the bed of the Moldau , adding locks to make its flow more powerful , so that it ...
... Beginning in the twelfth century , Prague could already boast a number of exemplary works of civil engineering . The millers banded together and widened the bed of the Moldau , adding locks to make its flow more powerful , so that it ...
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... beginning with its founda- tion in 788 , it was one of the largest temple com- plexes on earth , and many founders of Buddhist sects were educated here . A bloody civil war marked the conclusion , in 1185 , of the Heian period and the ...
... beginning with its founda- tion in 788 , it was one of the largest temple com- plexes on earth , and many founders of Buddhist sects were educated here . A bloody civil war marked the conclusion , in 1185 , of the Heian period and 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