عنوان

World heritage: archaeological sites and urban centres

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

World heritage: archaeological sites and urban centres

UNESCO is an international organization, founded in 1945, dedicated to the identification and safeguarding of all sites - historic, artistic, landscape or natural - identifiable as part of the shared heritage of humanity and threatened with destruction or radical transformation. Since 1972, the year of the creation of the World Heritage Foundation, UNESCO has identified and declared as the inalienable heritage of humanity some 600 places, ranging from natural sanctuaries and man-made landscapes to whole urban centres, archaeological areas and individual monuments. This is the first volume in a three-volume series jointly published by Skira with UNESCO. The aim of the series is to illustrate and describe these valuable sites and to establish them as a shared and universal heritage of contemporary society. This rich volume presents 46 emblematic archaeological areas and urban centres, including places of worship, urban settlements, and historic and architectural complexes, which, in their entirety, constitute an ideal tour of the history, cultures and manifold creative expressions of humanity. Each site is documented with an array of colour reproductions and a rich explanatory text. The volume is completed by the charter map of the World Heritage Foundation and includes a complete list, with justification for inclusion, of the archaeological sites and urban centres identified by the international organization. With this instrument for learning and understanding, and through a particularly rich selection of images, places of all sorts, distant in time and space, can be found together in a singular and fascinating collection devoted to the complex paths of human history and culture: a true heritage of every nation and every individual. Two more volumes in the series will follow: Great Monuments )2004( and Sanctuaries of Nature )2005(.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Paris

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Unesco

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Skira

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Distributed in North America and Latin America by Rizzoli International Publications through St. Martin's

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2002

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

383 p.: ill. )col.(, maps; 29 cm.

Text of 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

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

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at head of title: Treasury of world culture: archaeological sites and urban centres: Unesco world heritage

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

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ISBN: 8884913934

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Entry Element

، Cultural property -- Protection

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، Excavations )Archaeology(

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، Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration

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TI

CO Unesco

CO IntesaBci

TI Treasury of world culture: archaeological sites and urban centres: Unesco world heritage