The World's Heritage: A Complete Guide to the Most Extraordinary PlacesA guide to 878 UNESCO World Heritage sites, this publication is illustrated with over 650 full-color photographs. Location maps for every site are also included.--Publisher's description. |
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... EUROPE Black Sea The waters of the Danube , which flow into the Black Sea , form the largest and best preserved of Europe's deltas . The reserve is vast in European terms with numerous freshwater lakes interconnected by narrow channels ...
... EUROPE Black Sea The waters of the Danube , which flow into the Black Sea , form the largest and best preserved of Europe's deltas . The reserve is vast in European terms with numerous freshwater lakes interconnected by narrow channels ...
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... Europe was outstanding , as was its formative influence in the evolution of towns . The city's political status attracted from all over Europe architects and artists who contributed to its wealth of treasures . Since the reign of ...
... Europe was outstanding , as was its formative influence in the evolution of towns . The city's political status attracted from all over Europe architects and artists who contributed to its wealth of treasures . Since the reign of ...
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... Europe . Its medieval pattern of villages and field systems is still clearly visible , a very rare occurrence in northern Europe . The prosperity of the island , due in no small measure to its situation on the main trading route through ...
... Europe . Its medieval pattern of villages and field systems is still clearly visible , a very rare occurrence in northern Europe . The prosperity of the island , due in no small measure to its situation on the main trading route through ...
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Adriatic Sea ancient archaeological architecture associated with events Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean AFRICA Baltic Sea Baroque biological processes Black Sea buildings built Caribbean Sea castle cathedral caves Church complex Criteria Interchange Criteria Significance Cultural Landscape cultural tradition decorated Earth's history ecological and biological ensemble EUROPE Mediterranean Sea events of universal forest fortified habitat for biodiversity Heritage associated Historic Centre houses Human creative genius human history important Indian Ocean Interchange of values island kmĀ² Major stages medieval Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea AFRICA Monastery monuments Mosque mountain National Park Natural phenomena North Sea Ocean NORTH AMERICA outstanding example Pacific Ocean Palace phenomena or beauty preserved region river Roman Sea ASIA Significance in human Significant ecological Significant natural habitat sixteenth century SOUTH AMERICA species stages of Earth's stone temples Testimony to cultural tombs towers Traditional human settlement universal significance urban valley walls World Heritage World Heritage site