terça-feira, 3 de novembro de 2020
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture | Portugal
terça-feira, 20 de outubro de 2020
West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou | China
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof, including the Palace and Park ) | Russia
*sent from Belarus |
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (The Palace and Park Ensembles of the Town of Pushkin (Tzarskoe Selo)) | Russia
quarta-feira, 7 de outubro de 2020
The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (Frederick C. Robie House) | USA
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal | UK
terça-feira, 6 de outubro de 2020
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | UK
Year of Inscription: 2003
domingo, 4 de outubro de 2020
Blaenavon Industrial Landscape | UK
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias (La Foncalada) | Spain
In the 9th century the flame of Christianity was kept alive in the Iberian peninsula in the tiny Kingdom of the Asturias. Here an innovative pre-Romanesque architectural style was created that was to play a significant role in the development of the religious architecture of the peninsula. Its highest achievements can be seen in the churches of Santa María del Naranco, San Miguel de Lillo, Santa Cristina de Lena, the Cámara Santa and San Julián de los Prados, in and around the ancient capital city of Oviedo. Associated with them is the remarkable contemporary hydraulic engineering structure known as La Foncalada.
Year of Inscription: 1985
quarta-feira, 30 de setembro de 2020
Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area (Ruská Bystrá) | Slovakia
quinta-feira, 24 de setembro de 2020
Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija | Slovenia
The property includes the mining sites of Almadén (Spain), where mercury (quicksilver) has been extracted since antiquity, and Idrija (Slovenia), where mercury was first found in AD1490. The Spanish property includes buildings relating to its mining history, including Retamar Castle, religious buildings and traditional dwellings. The site in Idrija notably features mercury stores and infrastructure, as well as miners’ living quarters, and a miners’ theatre. The sites bear testimony to the intercontinental trade in mercury which generated important exchanges between Europe and America over the centuries. Together they represent the two largest mercury mines in the world, operational until recent times.
Year of inscription: 2012
segunda-feira, 21 de setembro de 2020
Old Havana and its Fortification System | Cuba
*sent from Norway |
Havana was founded in 1519 by the Spanish. By the 17th century, it had become one of the Caribbean's main centres for ship-building. Although it is today a sprawling metropolis of 2 million inhabitants, its old centre retains an interesting mix of Baroque and neoclassical monuments, and a homogeneous ensemble of private houses with arcades, balconies, wrought-iron gates and internal courtyards.
Historic Centre of Évora | Portugal
sábado, 12 de setembro de 2020
Landscapes of Dauria | Russia
Shared between Mongolia and the Russian Federation, this site is an outstanding example of the Daurian Steppe eco-region, which extends from eastern Mongolia into Russian Siberia and northeastern China. Cyclical climate changes, with distinct dry and wet periods lead to a wide diversity of species and ecosystems of global significance. The different types of steppe ecosystems represented, such as grassland and forest, as well as lakes and wetlands serve as habitats for rare species of fauna, such as the White-naped crane, Great Bustard, Relict Gull and Swan goose, as well as millions of vulnerable, endangered or threatened migratory birds. It is also a critical site on the transboundary migration path for the Mongolian gazelle.
Year of Inscription: 2017
terça-feira, 5 de maio de 2020
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs | France
* sent from Portugal |
domingo, 19 de abril de 2020
Ancient City of Ping Yao | China
Ping Yao is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional Han Chinese city, founded in the 14th century. Its urban fabric shows the evolution of architectural styles and town planning in Imperial China over five centuries. Of special interest are the imposing buildings associated with banking, for which Ping Yao was the major centre for the whole of China in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
segunda-feira, 2 de março de 2020
Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada) | Portugal
Located 30 km northwest of Lisbon, the property was conceived by King João V in 1711 as a tangible representation of his conception of the monarchy and the State. This imposing quadrangular building houses the king’s and queen's palaces, the royal chapel, shaped like a Roman baroque basilica, a Franciscan monastery and a library containing 36,000 volumes. The complex is completed by the Cerco garden, with its geometric layout, and the royal hunting park (Tapada). The Royal Mafra Building is one of the most remarkable works undertaken by King João V, which illustrates the power and reach of the Portuguese Empire. João V adopted Roman and Italian baroque architectural and artistic models and commissioned works of art that make Mafra an exceptional example of Italian Baroque.
domingo, 1 de março de 2020
Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro | Pakistan
Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba | Togo
Historic City of Ahmadabad | India
Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå | Sweden
Struve Geodetic Arc | Moldova
Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah | Saudi Arabia
-
This historic landscape garden features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of gardens from the 18th to the 20th centuri...
-
The monumental complex at Caserta, created by the Bourbon king Charles III in the mid-18th century to rival Versailles and the Royal P...
-
Situated at 2,000 m in the Andes, 60 km to the east of Rancagua, in an environment marked by extremes of climate, Sewell Mining Town was ...
Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian | Croatia
*sent from Montenegro The ruins of Diocletian's Palace, built between the late 3rd and the early 4th centuries A.D., can be foun...