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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... an indicator of that continent's cultural wealth , but it also under- mines the ' world ' relevance of the list , its in- tercultural nature , and its utility for the de- fence of cultural and natural heritages in re- gions of.
... an indicator of that continent's cultural wealth , but it also under- mines the ' world ' relevance of the list , its in- tercultural nature , and its utility for the de- fence of cultural and natural heritages in re- gions of.
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... natural heritage ' : - natural features consisting of physical and bio- logical formations or groups of such ... cultural and natural heritage Article 4 Each State Party to this Convention recognizes that the duty of ensuring the ...
... natural heritage ' : - natural features consisting of physical and bio- logical formations or groups of such ... cultural and natural heritage Article 4 Each State Party to this Convention recognizes that the duty of ensuring the ...
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... Cultural Property ( Rome Centre ) , a represen- tative of the International ... Cultural Organization , representatives of other intergovernmental or non ... natural heritage . Article 10 1. The World Heritage Committee shall adopt ...
... Cultural Property ( Rome Centre ) , a represen- tative of the International ... Cultural Organization , representatives of other intergovernmental or non ... natural heritage . Article 10 1. The World Heritage Committee shall adopt ...
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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