The historic churches of Mtskheta, former capital of Georgia, are outstanding examples of medieval religious architecture in the Caucasus. They show ...
The Summer Palace in Beijing – first built in 1750, largely destroyed in the war of 1860 and restored on its ...
The Temple of Heaven, founded in the first half of the 15th century, is a dignified complex of fine cult buildings ...
In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system ...
Itchan Kala is the inner town (protected by brick walls some 10 m high) of the old Khiva oasis, which was ...
Founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese, the town’s history is linked to the sugar-cane industry. Rebuilt after being looted ...
The historic town of Guimarães is associated with the emergence of the Portuguese national identity in the 12th century. An exceptionally ...
The city of Oporto, built along the hillsides overlooking the mouth of the Douro river, is an outstanding urban landscape with ...
In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a ...
Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2004, the property is located at the south-western extremity of South Africa. It is ...
Vredefort Dome, approximately 120 km south-west of Johannesburg, is a representative part of a larger meteorite impact structure, or astrobleme. Dating ...
The cultural landscape of Bali consists of five rice terraces and their water temples that cover 19,500 ha. The temples are the ...