view gallery |  Saint Catherine Area - Egypt
in World Heritage Sites Area around the monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai posted by: Arne1 location: Egypt date approved: 11/6/2010 last visited: 5/16/2012 |
view gallery |  Plitvice Lakes National Park - Croatia
in World Heritage Sites The waters flowing over the limestone and chalk have, over thousands of years, deposited travertine barriers, creating natural dams which in turn have created a series of beautiful lakes, caves and waterfalls. These geological processes cont. today. posted by: Arne1 location: Croatia date approved: 11/4/2010 last visited: 4/8/2013 |
view gallery |  Medina Sousse - Tunisia
in World Heritage Sites Sousse was an important commercial and military port during the Aghlabid period (800–909) and is a typical example of a town dating from the first centuries of Islam. posted by: Arne1 location: Tunisia date approved: 11/4/2010 last visited: 10/6/2012 |
view gallery |  Amphitheatre El Jam, Tunisia
in World Heritage Sites The impressive ruins of the largest colosseum in North Africa posted by: Arne1 location: Tunisia date approved: 11/3/2010 last visited: 10/10/2012 |
view gallery |  Meteora, Greece
in World Heritage Sites In a region of almost inaccessible sandstone peaks, monks settled on these 'columns of the sky' from the 11th century onwards. Twenty-four of these monasteries were built. posted by: Arne1 location: Greece date approved: 11/3/2010 last visited: 9/8/2008 |
view gallery |  Historic Centre of Oporto
in World Heritage Sites The city of Oporto, built along the hillsides overlooking the mouth of the Douro river, is an outstanding urban landscape with a 2,000-year history. posted by: MightyReek location: Porto, Portugal date approved: 10/24/2010 last visited: 12/30/2012 |
view gallery |  Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau - Dessau
in World Heritage Sites The Bauhaus occupies a place of its own in the history of 20th century culture, architecture, design, art and new media. "The building is the ultimate goal of all fine art,” the Bauhaus manifesto proclaimed back in 1919. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany date approved: 10/11/2010 last visited: 9/23/2011 |
view gallery |  Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar - Wismar
in World Heritage Sites Wismar (German pronunciation: ['v?sma?]) is a small port and Hanseatic League town in northern Germany on the Baltic Sea and is representative of Hanseatic League city brick construction as well as the German brick churches. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany date approved: 10/11/2010 last visited: 9/22/2012 |
view gallery |  Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar - Stralsund
in World Heritage Sites The Brick Gothic historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany date approved: 10/10/2010 last visited: 8/27/2010 |
view gallery |  Route of Santiago de Compostella
in World Heritage Sites Autonomous Communities of Aragon, Navarre, la Rioja, Castile-Leon and Galicia posted by: sassainfl location: Aragón, Spain date approved: 9/24/2010 last visited: 9/5/2009 |
view gallery |  Villa d' Este, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy
in World Heritage Sites The Villa d'Este is a villa situated at Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. Listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, it is a fine example of Renaissance architecture and the Italian Renaissance garden. posted by: sassainfl location: Lazio, Italy date approved: 9/24/2010 last visited: 6/14/2005 |
view gallery |  Gunung Mulu National Park - Malaysia
in World Heritage Sites Gunung Mulu National Park is Malaysia's "crown jewel" in its system of national parks. posted by: entogeek location: Malaysia date approved: 8/24/2010 last visited: 11/4/2012 |
view gallery |  Agra Fort
in World Heritage Sites 16th-century Mughal monument known as the Red Fort of Agra. posted by: Papiolencs location: India date approved: 8/23/2010 last visited: 5/8/2009 |
view gallery |  Jantar Mantar
in World Heritage Sites Astronomical observation site built in the early 18th century. posted by: Papiolencs location: India date approved: 8/23/2010 last visited: 9/24/2011 |
view gallery |  Derinkuyu Underground City
in World Heritage Sites Dwellings, troglodyte villages and underground towns – the remains of a traditional human habitat dating back to the 4th century posted by: MightyReek location: Turkey date approved: 8/17/2010 last visited: 12/14/2012 |
view gallery |  Kaymakli Underground City
in World Heritage Sites Dwellings, troglodyte villages and underground towns – the remains of a traditional human habitat dating back to the 4th century posted by: MightyReek location: Turkey date approved: 8/17/2010 last visited: 3/24/2012 |
view gallery |  Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
in World Heritage Sites [FR] Ville inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'humanité en raison de l'« exploitation novatrice du potentiel du béton ». [EN] Le Havre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: France date approved: 7/17/2010 last visited: 3/26/2012 |
view gallery |  Historic Centre of São Salvador da Bahia - Brasil
in World Heritage Sites As the first capital of Brazil, from 1549 to 1763, Salvador de Bahia witnessed the blending of European, African and Amerindian cultures. posted by: god_herodes location: Bahia, Brazil date approved: 5/29/2010 last visited: 3/18/2007 |
view gallery |  Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli - Via Garibaldi - Genoa, Italy
in World Heritage Sites The Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli, in Genoa's historic centre (late 16th and early 17th centuries) represent the first example in Europe of an urban development project with a unitary framework. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Liguria, Italy date approved: 4/24/2010 last visited: 4/7/2012 |
view gallery |  Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli - Palazzo Spinola - Genoa, Italy
in World Heritage Sites The edifice was constructed in 1593 as per the will of Francesco Grimaldi on the pre-existent Medieval foundations. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Liguria, Italy date approved: 4/24/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Historic Centre of the City of Pienza, Toscana - Italy
in World Heritage Sites Historic Centre of the City of Pienza in Val d'Orcia, Toscana is one of the first Renaissance towns. posted by: ArktiS location: Toscana, Italy date approved: 4/23/2010 last visited: 4/14/2010 |
view gallery |  Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli - Palazzo Reale - Genoa, Italy
in World Heritage Sites Noble class residence, “reggia sabauda”, with the splendid Museo Nazionale in the centre of the manumental Via Balbi (sec. XVII). Evocative garden and terrace. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Liguria, Italy date approved: 4/18/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Residences of the Royal House of Savoy - Palazzo Madama - Turin, Italy
in World Heritage Sites Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja is a palace in Turin, northern Italy. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 4/5/2010 last visited: 8/19/2008 |
view gallery |  Residences of the Royal House of Savoy - Palazzo Reale - Turin, Italy
in World Heritage Sites Royal Palace of Turin or Palazzo Reale, is a palace in Turin, northern Italy. It was the royal palace of the House of Savoy. It was modernised greatly by the French born Madama Reale Christine Marie of France (1606-1663) in the seventeenth century. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 4/5/2010 last visited: 12/15/2009 |
view gallery |  Ta’ Hagrat Temple, Mgarr, Malta
in World Heritage Sites The Ta’ Hagrat Temple at Mgarr is one of the earliest temple sites on Malta, dated to the Ggantija phase, 3600-3000 BC. posted by: arby101ca location: Malta date approved: 3/30/2010 last visited: 5/5/2008 |
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