World heritage : archaeological sites and urban centres

Unesco (Added Author). IntesaBci. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9231038699 (UNESCO)
ISBN: 8884913934 (Skira)
Physical Description: print
383 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 29 cm.
Publisher: Paris : Unesco ; Milan : Skira ; New York : Distributed in North America and Latin America by Rizzoli International Publications through St. Martin's Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:

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.

"This book was first published exclusively for IntescaBci"--T.p. verso.

Includes full text of the World Heritage Convention, 1972 (p. 374-380).

Formatted Contents Note:

Europe. Vactican City -- Apostolic palaces, Vatican museums, Saint Peterαs Square and Basilica / Mauro Bonetti -- Croatia -- Dubrovnik / Cecilia Gibellini -- Germany -- Bamberg -- Berlin, Die Museumsinsel (The Island of Museums) / Massimo Zanella -- Great Britain -- Stonehenge / Camilla Palestra -- Greece -- Athens, Acropolis / Silvia Colombari -- Italy -- Ferrara / Alessandra Chiappini -- Paestum / Allesandra Montini -- Pienza / Roberta DαAdda -- Pisa, Campo dei Miracoli (The Field of Miracles) / Roberta DαAdda -- Pompeii / Camilla Palestra -- Ravenna, the early Christian buildings / Roberta DαAdda -- Rome, the imperial forums / Camilla Palestra -- Vicenza and the Palladian villas / Camilla Palestra -- Poland -- Cracow / Pietro Allegretti -- Czech Republic -- Prague / Pietro Allegretti -- Russia -- Novgorod / Cecilia Gibellini -- Suzdal and Vladimir / Cecilia Gibellini -- Spain -- Cordoba / Camilla Palestra -- Salamanca / Pietro Allegretti --