Situated in the Peruvian Andes, Cuzco developed, under the Inca ruler Pachacutec, into a complex urban centre with distinct religious and ...
The historic churches of Mtskheta, former capital of Georgia, are outstanding examples of medieval religious architecture in the Caucasus. They show ...
These eight churches are outstanding examples of a range of architectural solutions from different periods and areas. They show the variety ...
A landscaped park of 559.9 ha astride the Neisse River and the border between Poland and Germany, it was created by ...
The park shares with Iguazú National Park in Argentina one of the world’s largest and most impressive waterfalls, extending over some ...
The semicircular waterfall at the heart of this site is some 80 m high and 2,700 m in diameter and is ...
The site consists of an exceptional urban setting encompassing the key natural elements that have shaped and inspired the development of ...
The colonial town of Cienfuegos was founded in 1819 in the Spanish territory but was initially settled by immigrants of French ...
Founded in the early 16th century in honour of the Holy Trinity, the city was a bridgehead for the conquest of ...
Havana was founded in 1519 by the Spanish. By the 17th century, it had become one of the Caribbean's main centres ...
The construction of Bagrati Cathedral, named after Bagrat III, the first king of united Georgia, started at the end of the ...
Preserved by its long isolation, the Upper Svaneti region of the Caucasus is an exceptional example of mountain scenery with medieval-type ...
The cultural landscape of the Hortobágy Puszta consists of a vast area of plains and wetlands in eastern Hungary. Traditional forms ...
The cultural landscape of Tokaj graphically demonstrates the long tradition of wine production in this region of low hills and river ...
Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between ...
Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It ...