| Description |
380 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm |
| Series |
World heritage |
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World heritage.
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| Contents |
Apostolic Palaces, Vatican Museums, Saint Peter's Square and Basilica / Mauro Bonetti -- Dubrovnik / Cecilia Gibellini -- Bamberg / Massimo Zanella -- Berlin, Die Museumsinsel (The Island of Museums) / Massimo Zanella -- Stonehenge / Camilla Palestra -- Athens, Acropolis / Silvia Colombari -- Ferrara / Alessandra Chiappini -- Paestum / Alessandra Montini -- Pienza / Roberta D'Adda -- Pisa, Campo dei Miracoli (The Field of Miracles) / Roberta D'Adda -- Pompeii / Camilla Palestra -- Ravenna, the Early Christian Buildings / Roberta D'Adda -- Rome, the Imperial Forums / Camilla Palestra -- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas / Camilla Palestra -- Cracow / Pietro Allegretti -- Prague / Pietro Allegretti -- Novgorod / Cecilia Gibellini -- Suzdal and Vladimir / Cecilia Gibellini -- Cordoba / Camilla Palestra -- Salamanca / Pietro Allegretti -- Angkor / Silvia Colombari -- Xi'an / Sergio Basso -- Kyoto / Cecilia Gibellini -- Petra / Silvia Colombari -- The Caves of Ajanta / Roberta D'Adda -- Persepolis / Alessandra Montini -- Baalbek / Silvia Colombari -- Damascus / Silvia Colombari -- Palmyra / Silvia Colombari -- Kandy / Alessandra Montini -- Hierapolis / Alessandra Montini -- Bukhara, the Historic Centre / Roberta D'Adda -- San'a / Cecilia Gibellini -- Algiers, the Casbah / Camilla Palestra -- Muslim Cairo / Cecilia Gibellini -- Thebes and the Royal Tombs / Cecilia Gibellini -- Leptis Magna / Silvia Colombari -- Marrakesh / Pietro Allegretti -- Brasilia / Pietro Allegretti -- Havana, the Old City / Silvia Colombari -- Copan / Alessandra Montini -- Chichen Itza / Alessandra Montini -- Teotihuacan / Alessandra Montini -- Cuzco / Alessandra Montini -- Machu Picchu / Alessandra Montini -- Nazca / Alessandra Montini -- World Heritage Sites -- Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage |
| Notes |
First of three volumes illustrating sites in need of protection that UNESCO has declared invaluable for the common cultural heritage of humanity. Published in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and the declaration by the U.N. General Assembly of the year 2002 as the Internationl Year of World Heritage |
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"This book was first published exclusively for IntescaBci"--T.p. verso |
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Includes full text of the World Heritage Convention, 1972 (p. 374-380) |
| Subject |
Cultural property -- Protection.
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration.
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| Author |
Unesco.
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IntesaBci.
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| LC no. |
2003469080 |
| ISBN |
9231038699 UNESCO |
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8884913934 Skira |
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