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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... feet ) on each side , whose wood- en roof was supported by four colossal columns each 20 metres ( 66 feet ) tall . Their base features a phy- tomorphic , or plant - like , decoration , while the corolla capital supports a double ...
... feet ) on each side , whose wood- en roof was supported by four colossal columns each 20 metres ( 66 feet ) tall . Their base features a phy- tomorphic , or plant - like , decoration , while the corolla capital supports a double ...
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... feet ) long on each side , and it is now only 19.4 metres ( about 64 feet ) tall . It is rather difficult to say exactly how many platforms it comprised , though the most recent research suggests six or seven . All four sides of the ...
... feet ) long on each side , and it is now only 19.4 metres ( about 64 feet ) tall . It is rather difficult to say exactly how many platforms it comprised , though the most recent research suggests six or seven . All four sides of the ...
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... feet ) high , tapering from 2.75 metres ( 8 feet ) in diameter at its peak to 14.32 metres ( 46 feet ) at its base , and alternating angular and rounded flutings . The surrounding archaeolog- ical area contains funerary buildings ...
... feet ) high , tapering from 2.75 metres ( 8 feet ) in diameter at its peak to 14.32 metres ( 46 feet ) at its base , and alternating angular and rounded flutings . The surrounding archaeolog- ical area contains funerary buildings ...
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Germany | 26 |
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