The Kasbah is a unique kind of medina, or Islamic city. It stands in one of the finest coastal sites on ...
On the shores of the Mediterranean, Tipasa was an ancient Punic trading-post conquered by Rome and turned into a strategic base ...
Timgad lies on the northern slopes of the Aurès mountains and was created ex nihilo as a military colony by the ...
Discovered in 1570 by Diego García de Palacio, the ruins of Copán, one of the most important sites of the Mayan ...
Inhabited since the 2nd century A.D., Quirigua had become during the reign of Cauac Sky (723–84) the capital of an autonomous ...
Antigua, the capital of the Captaincy-General of Guatemala, was founded in the early 16th century. Built 1,500 m above sea-level, in ...
In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by lush vegetation, lies one of the major sites of Mayan civilization, inhabited from ...
The coastal area of Belize is an outstanding natural system consisting of the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, offshore ...
In the language of the Mayan peoples who once inhabited this region, Sian Ka'an means 'Origin of the Sky'. Located on ...
The Laurisilva of Madeira is an outstanding relict of a previously widespread laurel forest type. It is the largest surviving area ...
Messel Pit is the richest site in the world for understanding the living environment of the Eocene, between 57 million and ...
Nancy, the temporary residence of a king without a kingdom – Stanislas Leszczynski, later to become Duke of Lorraine – is ...