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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 47
Page 166
... present - day site of Angkor , a variant form of the Sanskrit term Nagara , which means ' royal city , capital ' , inaugurating a tradition that was to last for the next five centuries . Many of his descendants imitated him so that ...
... present - day site of Angkor , a variant form of the Sanskrit term Nagara , which means ' royal city , capital ' , inaugurating a tradition that was to last for the next five centuries . Many of his descendants imitated him so that ...
Page 256
... present day . The exceedingly re- fined present - day appearance of the complex , with its Persian - arch porticoes , its decorated gates , the immense prayer hall ( iwan ) punctu- ated by nine aisles of columns , the principal mihrab ...
... present day . The exceedingly re- fined present - day appearance of the complex , with its Persian - arch porticoes , its decorated gates , the immense prayer hall ( iwan ) punctu- ated by nine aisles of columns , the principal mihrab ...
Page 328
... present are uti- lized to decorate ceramics and fabrics : we find the motif of the killer whale , the shark , and the spider all emblems linked to the water cult and the fertility cult , already present in the earlier cultures of ...
... present are uti- lized to decorate ceramics and fabrics : we find the motif of the killer whale , the shark , and the spider all emblems linked to the water cult and the fertility cult , already present in the earlier cultures of ...
Contents
Contents Vatican City 90 | 2 |
Germany | 26 |
Bamberg Cracow | 32 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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