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Au Ier siecle, les autorites de l'Empire romain ont commence a exploiter les gisements auriferes de cette region du nord-ouest de l'Espagne en utilisant une technique basee sur la puissance hydraulique. Apres deux siecles d'exploitation des depots residuels, les Romains se sont retires, laissant derriere eux un paysage devaste. Etant donne l'absence d'activites ...

Fondée en 1612, la ville de St George est un exemple exceptionnel des établissements urbains anglais les plus anciens du Nouveau Monde. Les fortifications associées témoignent du développement de l'ingénierie militaire anglaise du XVIIe au XXe siècle et de son adaptation, au fil du temps, à l'évolution de ...

Peru was the seat of the viceroyalty created by the Spanish Crown in 1542, at first its territory included almost all of South America, although the creation of the viceroyalties of New Granada in 1717 and the viceroyalty of La Plata in 1776 reduced its territory, until before independence it was the main possession of the Spanish Monarchy in South America and the main ...

Au IXe siecle, la flamme de la chretiente a ete entretenue dans la peninsule Iberique, dans le petit royaume des Asturies ou est apparu un style novateur d'architecture preromane qui a joue un role important dans l'evolution de l'architecture religieuse de la peninsule. Les eglises de Santa Maria del Naranco, San Miguel de Lillo, Santa Cristina de Lena, la Cámara Santa et ...

This selection of "Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes. From the Mediterranean to the Black Sea" includes some of the most significant examples, chosen from a dense network of maritime and mercantile settlements distributed around the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. In their physical form and variety, these settlements share recognisable urban and ...

Category: Cultural property; cultural landscape, organically evolved and continuing. An architectural and landscape ensemble, listed by IPHAN as a heritage site in 1977, comprising its urban layout, monumental buildings, rows of houses, iron markets and urban furniture, squares and docks for boats. Its spatial configuration was established and consolidated between the 17th ...

Part of transnational serial nomination - Viking Monuments and Sites GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SERIES AS A WHOLE The Viking serial nomination comprises land-, sea- and townscapes stretching from the North Atlantic to the Baltic Sea. Among the thousands of Viking sites from the eighth to the twelfth centuries AD, these nine nominated properties from six nations are ...

The dynamic, active and changing deltaic landscape and cultural activities The southwestern or lower part of Bangladesh (and West Bengal, India) is characterized by the unique, continuously metamorphosing, and comparatively unstable part of the active Ganges Delta (a delta is a landform created by the sediments deposited by the rivers, and water flows often in an area ...

Mahasthan (literally meaning maha = great and sthan = place in Bengali) is in Shibganj Upazila of Bogura district, under the Rajshahi division of Bangladesh. Mahasthan is located on the west of the Bogura-Rangpur highway and is about 12km north of the Bogura district headquarter and to the western bank of the currently seasonally active channel of the Karatoya River. These ...

Giant’s Tomb of Coddu Ecchju - Arzachena: 41°3'0.84"N; 9°21'21.04"E Nuraghe Maiori - Tempio: 40°55'10.07"N; 9°5'48.44"E Well Temple of Predio Canopoli - Perfugas: 40°49’43.23’’N – 8°53’10.20’’E Nuraghe Palmavera - Alghero: 40°35'42.06"N - 8°14'34.06"E Sanctuary of Romanzesu - Bitti: 40°31'48.78"N - 9°19'29.93"E Nuraghe Santu Antine -Torralba: 40°29’11.61’’N – ...

Cheimarros Tower, Naxos: Region of South Aegean, Regional Unit of Naxos 25.519974E, 36.995901N Tower of Agios Petros, Andros: Region of South Aegean, Regional Unit of Andros 24.759528E, 37.894729N Tower of Agia Triada, Arkesini, Amorgos: Region of South Aegean, Regional Unit of Naxos 25.801391E ,36.792445N White Tower, Siphnos: Region of South Aegean, Regional Unit of ...

Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord, Nécessité de fournir des informations sur la gestion (problème résolu)  Projet de musée de site (problème résolu) Risques d'effondrement de Silbury Hill (problème résolu)  Absence de gestion de l'accueil des visiteurs (problème résolu) Projet relatif à l'amélioration de l'autoroute A303 Pression d’aménagement ...

Le bien proposé pour inscription constitue le cœur de l’agglomération messine. Il comporte les deux pôles majeurs de la ville historique que sont, d'une part, le noyau ancien avec la cathédrale Saint-Étienne, les ensembles monumentaux de Jacques-François Blondel, la place de la Comédie, les quais de la Moselle, la place Saint-Jacques, les rues de la Paix, du Palais et du ...

The El Gigante rockshelter is located on the southwestern part of Central Honduras over the Estanzuela River valley floor at a height of 1,300 MASL, allowing for a panoramic view of its surroundings. It is a completely enclosed site with a restricted entrance, given that the lower rim of the shelter is some 3-4 m. above the slope leading to it. Since the vault protects the ...

Le « limes romain » represente la ligne frontiere de l’Empire romain a son apogee au IIe siecle apr. J.-C. Le limes s’etendait sur 5 000 km depuis la cote atlantique au nord de la Grande-Bretagne, traversant l’Europe jusqu’a la mer Noire et, de la, jusqu’a la mer Rouge et l’Afrique du Nord, pour revenir a la cote atlantique. Il s’agit de vestiges de murs batis, de fosses, ...

The exact historical itineraries of the Silk Roads on the territory of modern Kazakhstan and Central Asian countries were never static. Certain cities, towns, caravanserais and trade stations were gaining and losing importance in the different periods of time due to different internal and external reasons. However, today we can identify several main sections of the most ...

D'une superficie totale de environ 300 km2 , les six iles de l'archipel Solovetsky se trouvent dans la partie occidentale de la mer Blanche. Elles furent peuplees des le Ve millenaire av. J.-C. et conservent d'importants vestiges d'une occupation humaine remontant au IIIe millenaire. A partir du XVe siecle, l'archipel a connu une activite monastique intense et il conserve ...

Assise, ville medievale edifiee sur une colline, est le lieu de naissance de Saint Francois et elle est etroitement associee au travail de l'Ordre des franciscains. Ses chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art medieval - basilique Saint-Francois et peintures de Cimabue, Pietro Lorenzetti, Simone Martini et Giotto - ont fait d'Assise une reference fondamentale du developpement artistique et ...

Kebun Raya Bogor or Bogor Botanic Gardens (BBG) is an ex situ conservation area located in the administrative area of Bogor City, West Java Province, Indonesia. Area of BBG was 75.4 ha. Bogor Botanical Garden is at N 6º35‟32.78” S 6º36‟13.28” W 106º47‟36.72” E 106º48‟17.6”In general, the topography of BBG is relatively flat and slightly bumpy. Located at 260 m above sea ...

The Tiburtino territory, characterized by a richness of its waters and a particular geomorphological conformation of the valley crossed by the Aniene River, was frequented already in very ancient times, as shown by the numerous remains of the first civilization that settled there during the Upper Paleolithic. In the caves near Ponte Lucano, along the travertine embankments ...

Historic town of Kemaliye (or Eğin) is located in the northwest of the Eastern Anatolian Region, and to the southwest of the Erzincan province which lies in the Upper Euphrates. The east, west, north and south of the Kemaliye settlement are surrounded by mountains. The Karasu tributary of the Euphrates, which is the longest river of the Southwest Asia, flows through the ...

The Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscapes is a series of monuments and landscapes that belong to the three provinces of Quang Ninh, Bac Giang and Hai Duong, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. These monuments and landscapes are all located on a river-mountain system of the so-called Dong Trieu bow-shaped mountain range, the highest peak of which being Yen Tu mountain ...

Latitude and Longitude, or coordinates UTM:  Cape La Chira                                                                        -16.537653 N  -72.933638 E Cape Lomitas                                                                         -14.724829 N  -75.864580 E Cape San Juan                                                                      -15.378633 N  ...