The city of L''viv, founded in the late Middle Ages, was a flourishing administrative, religious and commercial centre for several centuries. ...
These Transylvanian villages with their fortified churches provide a vivid picture of the cultural landscape of southern Transylvania. The seven villages ...
Founded by German craftsmen and merchants known as the Saxons of Transylvania, Sighişoara is a fine example of a small, fortified ...
Troy, with its 4,000 years of history, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. The first excavations ...
This site rises high above the Bakirçay Plain in Turkey’s Aegean region. The acropolis of Pergamon was the capital of the ...
Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) ...
Located in southwestern Turkey, in the upper valley of the Morsynus River, the site consists of two components: the archaeological site ...
Located within what was once the estuary of the River Kaystros, Ephesus comprises successive Hellenistic and Roman settlements founded on new ...
This site, which was the capital of Lycia, illustrates the blending of Lycian traditions and Hellenic influence, especially in its funerary ...
Two hills form the 37 ha site on the Southern Anatolian Plateau. The taller eastern mound contains eighteen levels of Neolithic occupation ...
In a spectacular landscape, entirely sculpted by erosion, the Göreme valley and its surroundings contain rock-hewn sanctuaries that provide unique evidence ...
Under the Almohads and the Hafsids, from the 12th to the 16th century, Tunis was considered one of the greatest and ...
Carthage was founded in the 9th century B.C. on the Gulf of Tunis. From the 6th century onwards, it developed into ...
This Phoenician city was probably abandoned during the First Punic War (c. 250 B.C.) and as a result was not rebuilt ...
Sousse was an important commercial and military port during the Aghlabid period (800–909) and is a typical example of a town ...
Founded in 670, Kairouan flourished under the Aghlabid dynasty in the 9th century. Despite the transfer of the political capital to ...
The impressive ruins of the largest colosseum in North Africa, a huge amphitheatre which could hold up to 35,000 spectators, are ...
The Ichkeul lake and wetland are a major stopover point for hundreds of thousands of migrating birds, such as ducks, geese, ...
Before the Roman annexation of Numidia, the town of Thugga, built on an elevated site overlooking a fertile plain, was the ...
This museum-city, whose roots go back to Roman times, reached its golden age in the 15th century, when it became the ...
The site, extensively fortified from the 17th to 19th centuries, represents the largest bulwarked dry-ditch system in the world. Within its ...
The city's history of battles between Moors and Christians is reflected in its architecture, which is a blend of Roman, Islamic, ...
The monastery is an outstanding repository of four centuries of Spanish religious architecture. It symbolizes two significant events in world history ...