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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... sixteenth century . + Opposite page The market square , one of the. Novgorod Aerial view of the Kremlin of Novgorod . N ovgorod , which stands on the banks of the River Volkhov in the prosperous region known as the Golden Ring is one of ...
... sixteenth century . + Opposite page The market square , one of the. Novgorod Aerial view of the Kremlin of Novgorod . N ovgorod , which stands on the banks of the River Volkhov in the prosperous region known as the Golden Ring is one of ...
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... sixteenth centuries an intellectual and spiritual capital and a centre for the expansion of Islam throughout Africa . Its three great mosques , the Djingareyber , Sankore and Sidi Yahia , speak of Timbuktu's Golden Age . Although ...
... sixteenth centuries an intellectual and spiritual capital and a centre for the expansion of Islam throughout Africa . Its three great mosques , the Djingareyber , Sankore and Sidi Yahia , speak of Timbuktu's Golden Age . Although ...
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... sixteenth century , this area was regarded as the world's largest industrial com- plex . The extraction of silver ore relied on a series of hydraulic mills . The site consists of the industrial monuments of the Cerro Rico , where water ...
... sixteenth century , this area was regarded as the world's largest industrial com- plex . The extraction of silver ore relied on a series of hydraulic mills . The site consists of the industrial monuments of the Cerro Rico , where water ...
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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