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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... sacred place , where reli- gious faith , collective memory , and natural grandeur find an absolute unity , as was ... sacred areas of the Maya cities of Copán and Chichén Itzá , also in Mexico . The vertical element of the pyramid or the ...
... sacred place , where reli- gious faith , collective memory , and natural grandeur find an absolute unity , as was ... sacred areas of the Maya cities of Copán and Chichén Itzá , also in Mexico . The vertical element of the pyramid or the ...
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... sacred complex of Ajanta : in a rocky river valley , the semi - circu- lar flank of a hill is dotted with some thirty caves , dug out of the cliff face and arranged on several levels . The dating of this important Buddhist settlement is ...
... sacred complex of Ajanta : in a rocky river valley , the semi - circu- lar flank of a hill is dotted with some thirty caves , dug out of the cliff face and arranged on several levels . The dating of this important Buddhist settlement is ...
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... sacred zone with the temples of Luxor overlooking the Nile . Tomb of Queen Tiyi , bride of Amenophis III ;. the pharaohs ; the sacred lake flanked by store- houses for offerings and a cage for acquatic birds ; other buildings for the ...
... sacred zone with the temples of Luxor overlooking the Nile . Tomb of Queen Tiyi , bride of Amenophis III ;. the pharaohs ; the sacred lake flanked by store- houses for offerings and a cage for acquatic birds ; other buildings for the ...
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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