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 293
... houses were rebuilt in the traditional style : half - timbered houses on a stone base with roughcast white- washed walls , enhanced by high wooden pillared galleries with balconies on the street side protected by overhanging porch roofs ...
... houses were rebuilt in the traditional style : half - timbered houses on a stone base with roughcast white- washed walls , enhanced by high wooden pillared galleries with balconies on the street side protected by overhanging porch roofs ...
Page 358
... houses were built , some as high as 50 m , of which fourteen have survived . Its walls and fortified houses form an unforgettable skyline , in the heart of the Etruscan landscape . The historic centre of San Gimignano contains a series ...
... houses were built , some as high as 50 m , of which fourteen have survived . Its walls and fortified houses form an unforgettable skyline , in the heart of the Etruscan landscape . The historic centre of San Gimignano contains a series ...
Page 465
... houses , constructed within a rectangular grid of roads in three lines , are on the opposite side . CRESPI D'ADDA 465 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987. Crespi d'Adda Italy — Criteria Significance in human history ...
... houses , constructed within a rectangular grid of roads in three lines , are on the opposite side . CRESPI D'ADDA 465 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987. Crespi d'Adda Italy — Criteria Significance in human history ...
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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