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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... Basilica Aerial view of the Vatican City . Opposite page The dome of the Basilica of Saint Peter's ; it was designed by Michelangelo Buonarroti ( from 1546 on ) . The Vatican City extends along the right T bank of the Tiber , between ...
... Basilica Aerial view of the Vatican City . Opposite page The dome of the Basilica of Saint Peter's ; it was designed by Michelangelo Buonarroti ( from 1546 on ) . The Vatican City extends along the right T bank of the Tiber , between ...
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... Basilica Saint Peter's was founded in the early Christ- ian era as a longitudinal basilica with five aisles , with a transept , apse , and large atrium with quadriporticus . The edifice , built at the be- hest of Constantine , was begun ...
... Basilica Saint Peter's was founded in the early Christ- ian era as a longitudinal basilica with five aisles , with a transept , apse , and large atrium with quadriporticus . The edifice , built at the be- hest of Constantine , was begun ...
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... basilica . Michelangelo built only the tambour whose high horizontal fascia , punctuated by the twinned columns and the windows with pediments that are alterna- tively curved and rectilinear , serves as a transi- tion between the huge ...
... basilica . Michelangelo built only the tambour whose high horizontal fascia , punctuated by the twinned columns and the windows with pediments that are alterna- tively curved and rectilinear , serves as a transi- tion between the huge ...
Contents
Contents Vatican City 90 | 2 |
Germany 122 | 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