Seat of supreme power for over five centuries (1416-1911), the Forbidden City in Beijing, with its landscaped gardens and many buildings ...
In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system ...
Under the Almohads and the Hafsids, from the 12th to the 16th century, Tunis was considered one of the greatest and ...
Before the Roman annexation of Numidia, the town of Thugga, built on an elevated site overlooking a fertile plain, was the ...
This breathtaking national park was formed by glaciers and is traversed by rivers and underground streams. Along the Tara river canyon, ...
The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik (1431-1535), on the Dalmatian coast, bears witness to the considerable exchanges in the field ...
Trogir is a remarkable example of urban continuity. The orthogonal street plan of this island settlement dates back to the Hellenistic ...
The ruins of Diocletian's Palace, built between the late 3rd and the early 4th centuries A.D., can be found throughout the ...
The 'Pearl of the Adriatic', situated on the Dalmatian coast, became an important Mediterranean sea power from the 13th century onwards. ...
The waters flowing over the limestone and chalk have, over thousands of years, deposited travertine barriers, creating natural dams which in ...
The site features the remains of a city founded by Dorian Greeks in the 5th century BC on the northern shores ...
Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kiev's Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the 'new Constantinople', capital of the Christian principality of Kiev, ...