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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... outstanding example of an old Nordic city constructed in wood . Although ravaged by fire in the late seventeenth century , it has preserved its ancient vernacular ar- chitectural heritage . FRANCE Cathedral of Notre - Dame , Former ...
... outstanding example of an old Nordic city constructed in wood . Although ravaged by fire in the late seventeenth century , it has preserved its ancient vernacular ar- chitectural heritage . FRANCE Cathedral of Notre - Dame , Former ...
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... outstanding example of the early manifestation of human artistic creation in this form anywhere in the world . ROMANIA Churches of Moldavia With their painted exterior walls , decorated with fifteenth - and sixteenth - century frescoes ...
... outstanding example of the early manifestation of human artistic creation in this form anywhere in the world . ROMANIA Churches of Moldavia With their painted exterior walls , decorated with fifteenth - and sixteenth - century frescoes ...
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... outstanding universal value from the aesthetic or scientific point of view ; - geological and physiographical formations and precisely delineated areas which constitute the habitat of threatened species of animals and plants of outstanding ...
... outstanding universal value from the aesthetic or scientific point of view ; - geological and physiographical formations and precisely delineated areas which constitute the habitat of threatened species of animals and plants of outstanding ...
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