The massive White Tower is a typical example of Norman military architecture, whose influence was felt throughout the kingdom. It was ...
The historic urban ensemble of the canal district of Amsterdam was a project for a new ‘port city’ built at the ...
Situated on the island of Tenerife, Teide National Park features the Teide-Pico Viejo stratovolcano that, at 3,718 m, is the highest ...
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, in the Canary Islands, has two nuclei: the original, unplanned Upper Town; and the Lower Town, ...
This famous pilgrimage site in north-west Spain became a symbol in the Spanish Christians' struggle against Islam. Destroyed by the Muslims ...
La Grand-Place in Brussels is a remarkably homogeneous body of public and private buildings, dating mainly from the late 17th century. ...
The deposit of rock salt in Wieliczka and Bochnia has been mined since the 13th century. This major industrial undertaking has royal ...
The historic centre of Cracow, the former capital of Poland, is situated at the foot of the Royal Wawel Castle. The ...
This 13th-century fortified monastery belonging to the Teutonic Order was substantially enlarged and embellished after 1309, when the seat of the ...
Zamosc was founded in the 16th century by the chancellor Jan Zamoysky on the trade route linking western and northern Europe ...
The fortified walls, barbed wire, platforms, barracks, gallows, gas chambers and cremation ovens show the conditions within which the Nazi genocide ...
During the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944, more than 85% of Warsaw's historic centre was destroyed by Nazi troops. After the ...