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 312
... Tower is a complex of fortifications , courtyards and buildings extending over 73,000 m2 . There are many towers in the ensemble and the impressive White Tower , begun around 1078 and completed around nine years later , is the ...
... Tower is a complex of fortifications , courtyards and buildings extending over 73,000 m2 . There are many towers in the ensemble and the impressive White Tower , begun around 1078 and completed around nine years later , is the ...
Page 725
... towers . Although no longer in regular use , the equipment has been maintained in operating condition . The 1.1 km2 site comprises buildings housing the original Alexanderson transmitter , including the towers with their antennae ...
... towers . Although no longer in regular use , the equipment has been maintained in operating condition . The 1.1 km2 site comprises buildings housing the original Alexanderson transmitter , including the towers with their antennae ...
Page 774
... towers was a local tradition in the Kaiping area since Ming times . The conspicuous wealth of the returning Chinese émigrés contributed to the spread of banditry in the area and the ' diaolou❜were an extreme response to the threat ...
... towers was a local tradition in the Kaiping area since Ming times . The conspicuous wealth of the returning Chinese émigrés contributed to the spread of banditry in the area and the ' diaolou❜were an extreme response to the threat ...
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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