Kunya-Urgench is situated in north-western Turkmenistan, on the left bank of the Amu Daria River. Urgench was the capital of the ...
The Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana located on a sheer-sided mountain range parallel to the north-western coast of the ...
The Parthian Fortresses of Nisa consist of two tells of Old and New Nisa, indicating the site of one of the ...
Itchan Kala is the inner town (protected by brick walls some 10 m high) of the old Khiva oasis, which was ...
Founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese, Galle reached the height of its development in the 18th century, before the ...
This sacred Buddhist site, popularly known as the city of Senkadagalapura, was the last capital of the Sinhala kings whose patronage ...
Sri Lanka's highlands are situated in the south-central part of the island. The property comprises the Peak Wilderness Protected Area, the ...
The ruins of the capital built by the parricidal King Kassapa I (477–95) lie on the steep slopes and at the ...
Polonnaruwa was the second capital of Sri Lanka after the destruction of Anuradhapura in 993. It comprises, besides the Brahmanic monuments ...
A sacred pilgrimage site for 22 centuries, this cave monastery, with its five sanctuaries, is the largest, best-preserved cave-temple complex in ...
This sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the ...
Qal’at al-Bahrain is a typical tell – an artificial mound created by many successive layers of human occupation. The strata of ...
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 ...
At 5,895 m, Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa. This volcanic massif stands in splendid isolation above the surrounding plains, ...
Merv is the oldest and best-preserved of the oasis-cities along the Silk Route in Central Asia. The remains in this vast ...
Sarazm, which means “where the land begins”, is an archaeological site bearing testimony to the development of human settlements in Central ...
The historic town of Samarkand is a crossroad and melting pot of the world's cultures. Founded in the 7th century B.C. ...
The historic centre of Shakhrisyabz contains a collection of exceptional monuments and ancient quarters which bear witness to the city's secular ...
Bukhara, which is situated on the Silk Route, is more than 2,000 years old. It is the most complete example of ...
The monumental complex at Caserta, created by the Bourbon king Charles III in the mid-18th century to rival Versailles and the ...
Acre is a historic walled port-city with continuous settlement from the Phoenician period. The present city is characteristic of a fortified ...
The Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee are inscribed for their profound spiritual meaning and the testimony they bear ...
Situated on the western slopes of the Mount Carmel range, the site includes the caves of Tabun, Jamal, el-Wad and Skhul. ...