Situated in a mountain valley at an altitude of 2,200 m, Sana’a has been inhabited for more than 2,500 years. In the 7th [...]

Surrounded by a fortified wall, the 16th-century city of Shibam is one of the oldest and best examples of urban planning based on [...]

Located in the north-west of Washington State, is renowned for the diversity of its ecosystems. Glacier-clad peaks interspersed with extensive alpine meadows are [...]

Edinburgh has been the Scottish capital since the 15th century. It has two distinct areas: the Old Town, dominated by a medieval fortress; [...]

Founded in the 12th century on a hill site surrounded by the Aare River, Berne developed over the centuries in line with a [...]

Founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese, Galle reached the height of its development in the 18th century, before the arrival of [...]

This ancient university town north-west of Madrid was first conquered by the Carthaginians in the 3rd century B.C. It then became a Roman [...]

The city’s history of battles between Moors and Christians is reflected in its architecture, which is a blend of Roman, Islamic, Northern Gothic [...]

The Roman aqueduct of Segovia, probably built c. A.D. 50, is remarkably well preserved. This impressive construction, with its two tiers of arches, [...]

Founded in the 11th century to protect the Spanish territories from the Moors, this ‘City of Saints and Stones’, the birthplace of St [...]

Zamosc was founded in the 16th century by the chancellor Jan Zamoysky on the trade route linking western and northern Europe with the [...]

The dense forest of the Osun Sacred Grove, on the outskirts of the city of Osogbo, is one of the last remnants of [...]

The 121,967-ha encompasses an extensive area of pastureland on both banks of the Orkhon River and includes numerous archaeological remains dating back to [...]

Inhabited since 250 B.C., Djenné became a market centre and an important link in the trans-Saharan gold trade. In the 15th and 16th [...]

Ghadamès, known as ‘the pearl of the desert’, stands in an oasis. It is one of the oldest pre-Saharan cities and an outstanding [...]

The Qadisha valley is one of the most important early Christian monastic settlements in the world. Its monasteries, many of which are of [...]

As a holy city for Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Jerusalem has always been of great symbolic importance. Among its 220 historic monuments, the [...]

The property numbers more than 30 islands clustered in three groups and covers surface area of 7,939 hectares. The islands offer a variety [...]

Acre is a historic walled port-city with continuous settlement from the Phoenician period. The present city is characteristic of a fortified town dating [...]

Built for the extraction, processing and transport of high-quality coal in an inaccessible region of Sumatra, this industrial site was developed by the [...]