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 90
... early Christian architecture , the basil- ica plan of the earliest Roman churches and the central plan exemplified by classical models , conventionally utilized in baptisteries and mau- soleums and , more rarely , for churches . These ...
... early Christian architecture , the basil- ica plan of the earliest Roman churches and the central plan exemplified by classical models , conventionally utilized in baptisteries and mau- soleums and , more rarely , for churches . These ...
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... earliest known settlements date back to the upper Palaeolithic , even though a true urban centre did not take form until the tenth century . An early documentation can be found in the chronicle of a journey made by the mer- chant ...
... earliest known settlements date back to the upper Palaeolithic , even though a true urban centre did not take form until the tenth century . An early documentation can be found in the chronicle of a journey made by the mer- chant ...
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... early seventh century . View of one of the pavilions of the Kiyomizu -. Opposite page Detail of the mouth of a fountain in the form of a dragon . Pagoda of the Kiyomizu- dera , early Heian period ,. K yoto , capital of Japan for over ...
... early seventh century . View of one of the pavilions of the Kiyomizu -. Opposite page Detail of the mouth of a fountain in the form of a dragon . Pagoda of the Kiyomizu- dera , early Heian period ,. K yoto , capital of Japan for over ...
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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