Zamosc was founded in the 16th century by the chancellor Jan Zamoysky on the trade route linking western and northern Europe ...
The eight towns in south-eastern Sicily: Caltagirone, Militello Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo, Ragusa and Scicli, were all rebuilt ...
The site consists of two separate elements, containing outstanding vestiges dating back to Greek and Roman times: The Necropolis of Pantalica ...
Founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century B.C., Agrigento became one of the leading cities in the Mediterranean world. ...
Roman exploitation of the countryside is symbolized by the Villa Romana del Casale (in Sicily), the centre of the large estate ...
The Aeolian Islands provide an outstanding record of volcanic island-building and destruction, and ongoing volcanic phenomena. Studied since at least the ...
Mount Etna is an iconic site encompassing 19,237 uninhabited hectares on the highest part of Mount Etna, on the eastern coast of ...
This historic landscape garden features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of gardens from the 18th to the 20th ...
Westminster Palace, rebuilt from the year 1840 on the site of important medieval remains, is a fine example of neo-Gothic architecture. ...
This railway bridge, spanning the estuary of the Forth River in Scotland, was the world’s earliest great multispan cantilever bridge, and ...
Edinburgh has been the Scottish capital since the 15th century. It has two distinct areas: the Old Town, dominated by a ...
Built between 1482 and 1533, this group of buildings was originally used for trading in silk (hence its name, the Silk ...