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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... symbol of the city and one of the finest examples of German Gothic architecture , which reached its culmination in the decora- tion of the portals at the base of the towers , dating back to 1235 , where one may admire statues of the ...
... symbol of the city and one of the finest examples of German Gothic architecture , which reached its culmination in the decora- tion of the portals at the base of the towers , dating back to 1235 , where one may admire statues of the ...
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... symbol of the Middle East that had stimulated the West- ern imagination since ancient times . It was an allure built on buildings such as the ruins of the casbah of Abu Bakr , of the Mosque of Ibn Tachfin , and the Palace of Ali Ibn ...
... symbol of the Middle East that had stimulated the West- ern imagination since ancient times . It was an allure built on buildings such as the ruins of the casbah of Abu Bakr , of the Mosque of Ibn Tachfin , and the Palace of Ali Ibn ...
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... symbol of the Industrial Revolution , all the elements of progress developed in an eighteenth - century indus- trial region can be found , from the mines them- selves to the railway lines . Nearby , the blast fur- nace of Coalbrookdale ...
... symbol of the Industrial Revolution , all the elements of progress developed in an eighteenth - century indus- trial region can be found , from the mines them- selves to the railway lines . Nearby , the blast fur- nace of Coalbrookdale ...
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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