World Heritage: Archaeological Sites and Urban CentresEstablished in 1972, the World Heritage Committee is devoted to protecting the world's cultural and natural heritage and now includes a list of 730 sites which have been given the status of World Heritage Site. This large volume is part of a collaborative project between UNESCO and Skira Editore to publish information on these sites and begins with a selection of 46 archaeological sites or areas from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Descriptions and historical information are placed alongside stunning colour photographs of areas such as the Vatican City, Stonehenge, Angkor, Cracow, Petra, Damascus, Thebes, Copan, Machu Picchu and Nasca. A list of all the archaeological sites and urban areas protected by UNESCO are listed at the back. The next two volumes will focus on individual monumental complexes and environmental areas under threat. |
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... architect Karl Friederick Schinkel , built , at the behest of Frederick William III , the Rotunda of the Altes Museum : a Neo - classical version of the Pantheon of Rome ( beginning in 1824 ) . 2000000cobeadedooooo3600000306099 $ 900006 ...
... architect Karl Friederick Schinkel , built , at the behest of Frederick William III , the Rotunda of the Altes Museum : a Neo - classical version of the Pantheon of Rome ( beginning in 1824 ) . 2000000cobeadedooooo3600000306099 $ 900006 ...
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... architect Fritz Wolff , who built the first nucleus of the museum between 1899 and 1901 , at the same time as the construction of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum . Work on the Pergamonmuseum was be- gun by the architect Alfred Messel in ...
... architect Fritz Wolff , who built the first nucleus of the museum between 1899 and 1901 , at the same time as the construction of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum . Work on the Pergamonmuseum was be- gun by the architect Alfred Messel in ...
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... architect had to take into account in the initial design stage the final use of the building , the requirements of the clients , to whom he had become a trusted professional , and the morphological characteristics of the place where he ...
... architect had to take into account in the initial design stage the final use of the building , the requirements of the clients , to whom he had become a trusted professional , and the morphological characteristics of the place where he ...
Contents
Contents Vatican City 90 | 2 |
Germany 122 | 26 |
Bamberg Cracow | 32 |
Copyright | |
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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