Human habitation of this elongated sand dune peninsula, 98 km long and 0.4-4 km wide, dates back to prehistoric times. Throughout ...
The museum as a social phenomenon owes its origins to the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century. The five museums ...
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates. The property consists of six housing estates that testify to innovative housing policies from 1910 to 1933, ...
The Amalfi coast is an area of great physical beauty and natural diversity. It has been intensively settled by human communities ...
When Vesuvius erupted on 24 August AD 79, it engulfed the two flourishing Roman towns of Pompei and Herculaneum, as well ...
From the Neapolis founded by Greek settlers in 470 B.C. to the city of today, Naples has retained the imprint of ...
From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evolution ...
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 on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under ...
Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Its inhabitants pursued their rivalry with Florence right into the area of urban ...
Standing in a large green expanse, Piazza del Duomo houses a group of monuments known the world over. These four masterpieces ...