Arles is a good example of the adaptation of an ancient city to medieval European civilization. It has some impressive Roman ...
Situated in the Rhone valley, the ancient theatre of Orange, with its 103-m-long facade, is one of the best preserved of ...
In the 14th century, this city in the South of France was the seat of the papacy. The Palais des Papes, ...
The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes (which is almost 50 ...
The long history of Lyons, which was founded by the Romans in the 1st century B.C. as the capital of the ...
When Emmanuel-Philibert, Duke of Savoy, moved his capital to Turin in 1562, he began a vast series of building projects (continued ...
The historic city of Verona was founded in the 1st century B.C. It particularly flourished under the rule of the Scaliger ...
Located in a vast mountainous area in the centre of Gran Canaria, Risco Caído comprises cliffs, ravines and volcanic formations in ...
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, in the Canary Islands, has two nuclei: the original, unplanned Upper Town; and the Lower Town, ...
Situated on the island of Tenerife, Teide National Park features the Teide-Pico Viejo stratovolcano that, at 3,718 m, is the highest ...
Laurel forest covers some 70% of this park, situated in the middle of the island of La Gomera in the Canary ...
The remains of the 19th-century coffee plantations in the foothills of the Sierra Maestra are unique evidence of a pioneer form ...
Carved out by the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon (nearly 1,500 m deep) is the most spectacular gorge in the world. ...
Yosemite National Park lies in the heart of California. With its 'hanging' valleys, many waterfalls, cirque lakes, polished domes, moraines and ...
Røros Mining Town and the Circumference is linked to the copper mines, established in the 17th century and exploited for 333 ...