On the banks of the Tarn river in south-west France, the old city of Albi reflects the culmination of a medieval ...
Situated in the Rhone valley, the ancient theatre of Orange, with its 103-m-long facade, is one of the best preserved of ...
In the 14th century, this city in the South of France was the seat of the papacy. The Palais des Papes, ...
The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes (which is almost 50 ...
Arles is a good example of the adaptation of an ancient city to medieval European civilization. It has some impressive Roman ...
This 302,319 ha property, in the southern part of central France, is a mountain landscape interspersed by deep valleys that is ...
The Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. The site covers the ...
Schokland was a peninsula that by the 15th century had become an island. Occupied and then abandoned as the sea encroached, ...
The Wouda Pumping Station at Lemmer in the province of Friesland opened in 1920. It is the largest steam-pumping station ever ...
The Beemster Polder, dating from the early 17th century, is is an exceptional example of reclaimed land in the Netherlands. It ...
Extending 135 km around the city of Amsterdam, this defence line (built between 1883 and 1920) is the only example of ...
The historic urban ensemble of the canal district of Amsterdam was a project for a new ‘port city’ built at the ...