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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... later eras and is linked to the presence of the Veneti people , who later joined forces with the Romans and built in the city , which had become a Roman municipium under the name of Vicetia , both temples and civil build- ings , a large ...
... later eras and is linked to the presence of the Veneti people , who later joined forces with the Romans and built in the city , which had become a Roman municipium under the name of Vicetia , both temples and civil build- ings , a large ...
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... later , in 1872 , the Turks reconquered the Yemeni highlands , only to withdraw again in 1912. Just six years later , San'a became the capital of the Inde- pendent Islamic Kingdom of Yemen , ruled by an imam . In 1962 the imam was ...
... later , in 1872 , the Turks reconquered the Yemeni highlands , only to withdraw again in 1912. Just six years later , San'a became the capital of the Inde- pendent Islamic Kingdom of Yemen , ruled by an imam . In 1962 the imam was ...
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... later Middle Ages , flourished as an administrative , religious , and com- mercial centre for several centuries . It has preserved virtually intact its medieval urban topography , and , in particular , evidence of the separate ethnic ...
... later Middle Ages , flourished as an administrative , religious , and com- mercial centre for several centuries . It has preserved virtually intact its medieval urban topography , and , in particular , evidence of the separate ethnic ...
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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