The towers of San Gimignano were not just displays of wealth, they also represented the power of the families who built them. The taller the tower, the more ...
The long history of Lyon, which was founded by the Romans in the 1st century B.C. as the capital of the Three Gauls and has continued to play a major role in ...
Deep down under the surface from 10 to 40 metres, the cellars form a multi-level cellar system. – © Viktor Kiss. Swabians—who settled here in the 18th century ...
This site may not function properly in your current browser. ... formally recognize and conserve heritage of value and importance not just to one community, but to ...
A scaled-down version of the programme was also developed in South Asia, with support from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).
Kassel impresses with a world-class wealth of art and culture, both high culture and ... The park extends from the imposing Hercules monument down past the 350 ... has an identity-forming significance like no other monument in Northern Hesse. ... Church Wing (Kirchflügel) - and finally the corps de logis, the central section.
The city of Douai, known as the city of giants, has much to show you, with no less ... They wear their finest attire to walk, dance and swirl down the streets during ...
Even though you are just visiting and not paying the utility bill, disposing of ... Slow Down: You can get to that five-star site and be back at your hotel for dinner.
It is working to break down the prejudice that archaeology an elitist sector. ... Many first time visitors are not aware of Drottningholm's World Heritage status, since ...
But not to worry—the engineers are constantly monitoring and securing the pits, ensuring the safety of workers and tourists. Along the tour, you'll hear Polish kings, ...
The underground journey at Wieliczka starts at the Daniłowicz Shaft, which was ... The tour takes you down 380 stairs of the 17th century shaft to a depth of 64 ... Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available.
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site ... in ensuring the protection and conservation of listed monuments, and certain functions are delegated down to them.
The medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany, were major trading centres of the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th ...
Blenheim Palace a World Heritage Site with over 300 years of History and home to the 12th Duke of Marlborough and his Family. A Historic House and Gardens ...
Escape to a spiral staircase down into a deep well. Discover ... But, it's not necessary to ever go into the palace to appreciate the artful gardens. Just follow the ...
Ultimately, a journey through Ancient Europe is not just a trip back in time. ... Looking down, there are colourful scenes from the Old Testament, cultural ...
Lois Lammerhuber / NÖ Werbung ... The Upper Middle Rhine Valley stretches for 67 kilometres, down a gentle winding stretch of the river. Starting at Bingen ...
But Banská Štiavnica stands out not just for the valuable metals unearthed here for ... The journey down into the Rammelsberg Mine starts in an old, enclosed ...
Byblos is also directly associated with the history and diffusion of the Phoenician ... not only within the site but also throughout the whole region of Byblos.
Each State Party to this Convention undertakes not to take any deliberate ... so safeguarded, in observance of the conditions laid down by the agreement.
Use Up and Down arrows to view available values, Enter to select. ... The Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. ... Its importance is not only in the context of the East Atlantic Flyway but also in the ... Wadden Sea, extending from the Netherlands to Germany to Denmark.
The pristine volcanic island of Surtsey is no mere scenario or model, but an actual, natural laboratory ... Quotation marks and italics set off the IUCN text from this report. ... volcano is described in Chapter 2b. ... Themira dampfi Becker, 1915.
Adopts the retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value, as presented in the Annex of Document WHC-13/37.COM/8E, for the following World ...
The site of the Dolomites comprises a mountain range in the northern Italian ... its own individual management plan, providing not only for the protection and ...
Decision : CONF 003 X.28 ... (a) that the World Heritage Emblem should not be used for any commercial purposes unless the Committee has given its ...
The site of Djémila is located 50 km north-east of the town of Sétif. Known under its antique ... Conservation of the site is not threatened by tourism. However, it is ...
Urges the States Parties concerned that have not yet done so, to fully collaborate providing technical and financial support to implement the required actions to ...
They managed to create an unparalleled cultural identity where the institutional aspect related to the CCLC does not equal any other coffee growing site in the ...
According to legend, purple dye was invented in Tyre. ... the aqueduct and some areas of the ancient necropolis, not cleared and still buried, located outside the ...
An Orthodox spiritual centre since 1054, Mount Athos has enjoyed an ... codified by the school of painting at Mount Athos and laid down in minute detail in the ... the centuries, and the evolution of monastic life should not harm the environment.
Use Up and Down arrows to view available values, Enter to select. ... The black bear, the serow and 87 species of birds can be found in this forest. ... no other protected area in Japan containing a large unmodified beech forest like that found in the ... shared between these agencies and the two prefectures, Aomori and Akita.
There is no official buffer zone for the property, but its island location within the urban setting provides equivalent protection. The property, which is the whole of ...
No less than eight medieval emperors and kings of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation from Konrad II to Albrecht of Habsburg in 1309 were laid to rest ...
1 Jul 2018 ... Naumburg Cathedral, located in the south of the State of ... The structural elements of the 13th century are intact and do not suffer from adverse ...
Use Up and Down arrows to view available values, Enter to select. ... The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are universal symbols of the ... It is situated on a hill of average height (156m) that rises in the basin of ... Criterion (ii): The monuments of the Athenian Acropolis have exerted an exceptional influence, not only in ...
An oasis in the Syrian desert, north-east of Damascus, Palmyra contains the ... A buffer zone was established in 2007 but has not yet been submitted to the ...
Forts were built at strategic locations where roads or railroads cut through the defence line (accesses). They were carefully situated at intervals of no more than ...
exchange of goods and communications among civilizations, not only between ... E-mail: [email protected] ... The nominated property is located in Ohda City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. ... until it was closed down in the early 20 th.
The property has benefited from the status of National Park since 1925. Its management authority is the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) the ...
16 Apr 2009 ... The Letter of Intent was signed by Mrs Nicole Pot, Director of INRAP and Mr Jean-Paul Jacob, President of the Institute, was also in attendance.
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve occupies about one-fifth of the Ituri forest in the ... 18,000 ha development area that comprises a narrow band on each side of the No.
These are the Ring of Brodgar, Stones of Stenness, Maeshowe and Skara Brae. ... However, the boundaries are tightly drawn and do not encompass the wider ...
Urban plans and architectural ensembles of the early 18th century onwards place ... which has not undergone any stylistic rupture over more than two centuries.
- Cultural Heritage Law (Official Gazette No.19 of 2009) and subdelegated legislation. This law regulates the research, studying, protection and promotion of the ...
Viticulture was introduced to this fertile region of Aquitaine by the Romans, and ... It was granted the special status of a 'jurisdiction' during the period of English ...
