The square Mosque with its single great dome and four slender minarets, dominates the skyline of the former Ottoman capital of ...
This outstanding archaeological area contains such magnificent monuments as the Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of ...
Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. ...
Tucked away amid the modern urban area of Cairo lies one of the world's oldest Islamic cities, with its famous mosques, ...
The capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt has some extraordinary funerary monuments, including rock tombs, ornate mastabas, temples and pyramids. ...
Political centre of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 13th to the end of the 18th century, Vilnius has had ...
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference is linked to the copper mines, established in the 17th century and exploited for 333 ...
The rock carvings in Tanum, in the north of Bohuslän, are a unique artistic achievement not only for their rich and ...
Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town’s importance as part of the Hanseatic League’s trading empire ...
Situated in south-western Norway, north-east of Bergen, Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord, set 120 km from one another, are part of the west ...
The wooden church of Urnes (the stavkirke) stands in the natural setting of Sogn og Fjordane. It was built in the ...
From the 18th century to 1918, Schönbrunn was the residence of the Habsburg emperors. It was designed by the architects Johann ...