view gallery |  Historic Centre of Oporto
in World Heritage Sites The city of Oporto, built along the hillsides overlooking the mouth of the Douro river, is an outstanding urban landscape with a 2,000-year history. posted by: MightyReek location: Porto, Portugal date approved: 10/24/2010 last visited: 1/30/2015 |
view gallery |  Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau - Dessau
in World Heritage Sites The Bauhaus occupies a place of its own in the history of 20th century culture, architecture, design, art and new media. "The building is the ultimate goal of all fine art,” the Bauhaus manifesto proclaimed back in 1919. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany date approved: 10/11/2010 last visited: 7/15/2014 |
view gallery |  Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar - Wismar
in World Heritage Sites Wismar (German pronunciation: ['v?sma?]) is a small port and Hanseatic League town in northern Germany on the Baltic Sea and is representative of Hanseatic League city brick construction as well as the German brick churches. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany date approved: 10/11/2010 last visited: 12/13/2014 |
view gallery |  Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar - Stralsund
in World Heritage Sites The Brick Gothic historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany date approved: 10/10/2010 last visited: 4/14/2014 |
view gallery |  Route of Santiago de Compostella
in World Heritage Sites Autonomous Communities of Aragon, Navarre, la Rioja, Castile-Leon and Galicia posted by: sassainfl location: Aragón, Spain date approved: 9/24/2010 last visited: 9/5/2009 |
view gallery |  Villa d' Este, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy
in World Heritage Sites The Villa d'Este is a villa situated at Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. Listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, it is a fine example of Renaissance architecture and the Italian Renaissance garden. posted by: sassainfl location: Lazio, Italy date approved: 9/24/2010 last visited: 6/14/2005 |
view gallery |  Gunung Mulu National Park - Malaysia
in World Heritage Sites Gunung Mulu National Park is Malaysia's "crown jewel" in its system of national parks. posted by: entogeek location: Malaysia date approved: 8/24/2010 last visited: 11/4/2012 |
view gallery |  Agra Fort
in World Heritage Sites 16th-century Mughal monument known as the Red Fort of Agra. posted by: Papiolencs location: India date approved: 8/23/2010 last visited: 3/12/2014 |
view gallery |  Jantar Mantar
in World Heritage Sites Astronomical observation site built in the early 18th century. posted by: Papiolencs location: India date approved: 8/23/2010 last visited: 1/8/1992 |
view gallery |  Derinkuyu Underground City
in World Heritage Sites Dwellings, troglodyte villages and underground towns – the remains of a traditional human habitat dating back to the 4th century posted by: MightyReek location: Turkey date approved: 8/17/2010 last visited: 10/27/2013 |
view gallery |  Kaymakli Underground City
in World Heritage Sites Dwellings, troglodyte villages and underground towns – the remains of a traditional human habitat dating back to the 4th century posted by: MightyReek location: Turkey date approved: 8/17/2010 last visited: 9/27/2013 |
view gallery |  Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
in World Heritage Sites [FR] Ville inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'humanité en raison de l'« exploitation novatrice du potentiel du béton ». [EN] Le Havre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: France date approved: 7/17/2010 last visited: 3/4/2015 |
view gallery |  Historic Centre of São Salvador da Bahia - Brasil
in World Heritage Sites As the first capital of Brazil, from 1549 to 1763, Salvador de Bahia witnessed the blending of European, African and Amerindian cultures. posted by: god_herodes location: Bahia, Brazil date approved: 5/29/2010 last visited: 4/8/2015 |
view gallery |  Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli - Via Garibaldi - Genoa, Italy
in World Heritage Sites The Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli, in Genoa's historic centre (late 16th and early 17th centuries) represent the first example in Europe of an urban development project with a unitary framework. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Liguria, Italy date approved: 4/24/2010 last visited: 4/7/2012 |
view gallery |  Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli - Palazzo Spinola - Genoa, Italy
in World Heritage Sites The edifice was constructed in 1593 as per the will of Francesco Grimaldi on the pre-existent Medieval foundations. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Liguria, Italy date approved: 4/24/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Historic Centre of the City of Pienza, Toscana - Italy
in World Heritage Sites Historic Centre of the City of Pienza in Val d'Orcia, Toscana is one of the first Renaissance towns. posted by: ArktiS location: Toscana, Italy date approved: 4/23/2010 last visited: 4/14/2010 |
view gallery |  Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli - Palazzo Reale - Genoa, Italy
in World Heritage Sites Noble class residence, “reggia sabauda”, with the splendid Museo Nazionale in the centre of the manumental Via Balbi (sec. XVII). Evocative garden and terrace. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Liguria, Italy date approved: 4/18/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Residences of the Royal House of Savoy - Palazzo Madama - Turin, Italy
in World Heritage Sites Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja is a palace in Turin, northern Italy. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 4/5/2010 last visited: 8/19/2008 |
view gallery |  Residences of the Royal House of Savoy - Palazzo Reale - Turin, Italy
in World Heritage Sites Royal Palace of Turin or Palazzo Reale, is a palace in Turin, northern Italy. It was the royal palace of the House of Savoy. It was modernised greatly by the French born Madama Reale Christine Marie of France (1606-1663) in the seventeenth century. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 4/5/2010 last visited: 2/2/2014 |
view gallery |  Ta’ Hagrat Temple, Mgarr, Malta
in World Heritage Sites The Ta’ Hagrat Temple at Mgarr is one of the earliest temple sites on Malta, dated to the Ggantija phase, 3600-3000 BC. posted by: arby101ca location: Malta date approved: 3/30/2010 last visited: 3/5/2015 |
view gallery |  Fortifications of Vauban: Fort de la Hogue (Normandy, France)
in World Heritage Sites From a far visible tower of Fort de la Hogue - a landmark of Saint-Vaast-La-Hougue area - is one of 12 fortified objects designed by genial French military engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, which were added to UNESCO WH List in 2008. posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Normandie, France date approved: 2/24/2010 last visited: 12/15/2014 |
view gallery |  Melaka
in World Heritage Sites A former Portuguese, Dutch, then British colony, Melaka (Malay spelling) is a beautiful, historic city. posted by: Riblit location: Malaysia date approved: 2/23/2010 last visited: 2/1/2012 |
view gallery |  Imperial Tombs of the Ming Dynasty - Sacred Way (Beijing province, China)
in World Heritage Sites The Ming Tombs, UNESCO World Heritage Site located about 30 miles NW of Beijing near Shisanlingzhen at the foot of the Tianshou Mountains, are one of touristic highlights of Beijing City area... posted by: Dorcadion Team location: China date approved: 2/15/2010 last visited: 9/16/2012 |
view gallery |  Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, Parish of Saint Thomas, St Kitts
in World Heritage Sites An outstanding British fortress, built by slave labor to exact standards during a peak period of European colonial expansion in the Caribbean. It is an exceptional and well preserved example of 17th and 18th century British military architecture. posted by: PersonsMD location: none listed yet date approved: 2/1/2010 last visited: 1/24/2015 |
view gallery |  Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci - Milan, Italy
in World Heritage Sites Leonardo's Last Supper is located inside this Convent in Milan's northwestern sector. posted by: Metro2 location: Lombardia, Italy date approved: 1/24/2010 last visited: 9/23/2014 |
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