The variety of formations and the fact that they are concentrated in a restricted area means that the 712 caves currently ...
The water management system of the city of Augsburg has evolved in successive phases from the 14th century to the present ...
Miraculously preserved in the beautiful setting of an Alpine valley, the Church of Wies (1745–54), the work of architect Dominikus Zimmermann, ...
The Convent of St Gall, a perfect example of a great Carolingian monastery, was, from the 8th century to its secularization ...
The island of Reichenau on Lake Constance preserves the traces of the Benedictine monastery, founded in 724, which exercised remarkable spiritual, ...
Situated in the Střední Polabí area of the Elbe plain, the site consists of flat, sandy soils and includes fields, fenced ...
Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří (Ore Mountains) spans a region in south-eastern Germany (Saxony) and north-western Czechia, which contains a wealth of several metals exploited ...
Founded in 1147, the Cistercian Maulbronn Monastery is considered the most complete and best-preserved medieval monastic complex north of the Alps. ...
Speyer Cathedral, a basilica with four towers and two domes, was founded by Conrad II in 1030 and remodelled at the ...
Nancy, the temporary residence of a king without a kingdom – Stanislas Leszczynski, later to become Duke of Lorraine – is ...
The ironworks, which cover some 6 ha, dominate the city of Völklingen. Although they have recently gone out of production, they ...
The Mauritanian capital, founded in the 3rd century B.C., became an important outpost of the Roman Empire and was graced with ...
Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became a capital under Sultan Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727), ...
Located on the Atlantic coast in the north-west of Morocco, the site is the product of a fertile exchange between the ...
Founded in the 9th century and home to the oldest university in the world, Fez reached its height in the 13th–14th ...
Tétouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period, from the 8th century onwards, since it served as the main point ...
The Mijikenda Kaya Forests consist of 11 separate forest sites spread over some 200 km along the coast containing the remains ...
The Fort, built by the Portuguese in 1593-1596 to the designs of Giovanni Battista Cairati to protect the port of Mombasa, ...
Lamu Old Town is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa, retaining its traditional functions. Built in coral stone ...
Large numbers of elephants, black rhinoceroses, cheetahs, giraffes, hippopotamuses and crocodiles live in this immense sanctuary, which measures 50,000 km2 and ...
The remains of two great East African ports admired by early European explorers are situated on two small islands near the ...
On the eastern slopes of the Masai escarpment bordering the Great Rift Valley are natural rock shelters, overhanging slabs of sedimentary ...
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area spans vast expanses of highland plains, savanna, savanna woodlands and forests. Established in 1959 as a multiple ...