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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... monumental peripteral temple dating from the end of the sixth century B.C. , with eight columns on the front , a cella with a single aisle with an entry portico and an adyton , a room opening behind the statue of the deity , arranged in ...
... monumental peripteral temple dating from the end of the sixth century B.C. , with eight columns on the front , a cella with a single aisle with an entry portico and an adyton , a room opening behind the statue of the deity , arranged in ...
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... monumental complexes built in medieval Italy : the unusual nature of its exquisite indi- vidual buildings and the harmonious space in which they are set as a group have contributed to their great renown over the centuries . The current ...
... monumental complexes built in medieval Italy : the unusual nature of its exquisite indi- vidual buildings and the harmonious space in which they are set as a group have contributed to their great renown over the centuries . The current ...
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... monumental granite Statue of Justice adorns the façade of the Ministry of Justice . OSCAR NIEMEYER Oscar Niemeyer was born on 5 December 1907. T This modern Brazilian capital was built at the prompting of President Juselino Kubitschek ...
... monumental granite Statue of Justice adorns the façade of the Ministry of Justice . OSCAR NIEMEYER Oscar Niemeyer was born on 5 December 1907. T This modern Brazilian capital was built at the prompting of President Juselino Kubitschek ...
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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