The archaeological sites of Mycenae and Tiryns are the imposing ruins of the two greatest cities of the Mycenaean civilization, which ...
In a small valley in the Peloponnesus, the shrine of Asklepios, the god of medicine, developed out of a much earlier ...
In a region of almost inaccessible sandstone peaks, monks settled on these 'columns of the sky' from the 11th century onwards. ...
The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural ...
This memorial column, erected in the early years of the 18th century, is the most outstanding example of a type of ...
The historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as ...
Standing at the entrance to Lisbon harbour, the Monastery of the Hieronymites – construction of which began in 1502 – exemplifies ...
The Laurisilva of Madeira is an outstanding relict of a previously widespread laurel forest type. It is the largest surviving area ...
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 ...
Westminster Palace, rebuilt from the year 1840 on the site of important medieval remains, is a fine example of neo-Gothic architecture. ...
This historic landscape garden features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of gardens from the 18th to the 20th ...