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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Page 117
... Cathedral France Criteria - Human creative genius , Interchange of values EUROPE Atlantic Ocean Amiens Cathedral , in the heart of Picardy , is one of the largest classic thirteenth - century Gothic churches . It is notable for the ...
... Cathedral France Criteria - Human creative genius , Interchange of values EUROPE Atlantic Ocean Amiens Cathedral , in the heart of Picardy , is one of the largest classic thirteenth - century Gothic churches . It is notable for the ...
Page 266
... cathedral reflects a chequered history in its complex structure . The capitals of several columns in one area date from the time of the Visigoths ; these represent the last vestiges of the original cathedral which Seville's Arab ...
... cathedral reflects a chequered history in its complex structure . The capitals of several columns in one area date from the time of the Visigoths ; these represent the last vestiges of the original cathedral which Seville's Arab ...
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... cathedral bears witness to an exchange of architectural influence between the Île de France , the Rhineland and Normandy in the short period at the start of the twelfth century that preceded the flowering of Gothic architecture . Cathedral ...
... cathedral bears witness to an exchange of architectural influence between the Île de France , the Rhineland and Normandy in the short period at the start of the twelfth century that preceded the flowering of Gothic architecture . Cathedral ...
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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 km² 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