Contrada Life: The Historic Centre of Siena
Siena in Tuscany in central Italy was a rich medieval city state with a thriving finance industry. It is known for its main…
Underground Towns: Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
The landscape of Cappadocia in central Turkey has been sculpted by centuries of erosion. Christians began to build Churches here as early as…
The Mystery of the Octagon: Aachen Cathedral
Aachen is in Western Germany, near the border with the Netherlands and Belgium. Charles the Great, King of the Franks, began the construction…
Castles Along the Rhine: The Upper Middle Rhine Valley
The Rhine flows south to north through the middle of Germany. It is over 1300 kilometers long; 65 kilometer of the Upper Middle…
The Holy Land: The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
The Old City was given World Heritage Status in 1981 and placed on the World Heritage in Danger List the following year. The…
The Restoration of the The Last Supper: The Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria Delle Grazie
The Convent of Santa Maria Delle Grazie in Milan in Northern Italy is known the world over for one painting. “The Last Supper”…
Religious Destination: Santiago de Compostela
The pilgrimage route with World Heritage status starts in France, and stretches for more than 800 kilometers in Spain.
Pravda vítězí, Truth Prevails: Historic Centre of Prague
Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic. The people of the city see its castle as not a monument of the past…
A Thousand Years of Mining: The Mines of Rammelsberg and The Historic Town of Goslar
Goslar began as a sleepy town located on the northwestern slopes of the mountains in central Germany. It began to develop as a…
Cultural Identity of Bulgaria: Rila Monastery
1000 metre-high mountains stretch across southwestern Bulgaria. Deep in the woods of these mountains is the Rila Monastery. It looks like a fortress.…
The Maze City: the Fez Medina
Fez in Morocco has fortified by walls 8 kilometres long.
The Pearl of the Adriatic: The Old City of Dubrovnik
Croatia’s southernmost city, Dubrovnik – with its red-roofed and white-walled houses – was hailed as The Pearl of Adriatic. In its heyday, it…
The Songs of the Gondolas: Venice and its Lagoon
The beauty of Venice is unrivalled. Cruising along the canals, the passing buildings reveal stories of the past.
Ethiopian Pilgrimage: The Rock Churches of Lalibela
The Christian monarch had a dream. God spoke to him: Build churches of rock this will be a New Jerusalem.
The White Fortress: Himeji-jo
A UNESCO World Heritage Site
Multicultural City: The Historic Centre of Cordoba
Cordoba lies in Andalusia, in southern Spain. It is a city rich in history, and dates back to Roman times. There is a…
Pride and Hope: Reviving Bam and its Cultural Landscape
Bam, a city in southeastern Iran was hit by a disastrous earthquake in December 2003. The symbol of the city, Arg-e-Bam was left…