The Villa Adriana (at Tivoli, near Rome) is an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the 2nd century A.D. by the Roman emperor Hadrian. It combines the best elements of the architectural heritage of ...
2.ナミビア:トゥウェイフルフォンテーン(Republic of Namibia:Twyfelfontein) [自然遺産として2007年に登録]
Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes has one of the largest concentrations of petroglyphs, i.e. rock engravings in Africa. Most of these well-preserved engravings represent rhinoceros, . The site also includes six ...
3.チェコ:プラハの歴史地区(Czech Republic:Historic Centre of Prague) [文化遺産として1992年に登録/2012年に範囲変更]
Built between the 11th and 18th centuries, the Old Town, the Lesser Town and the New Town speak of the great architectural and cultural influence enjoyed by this city since the Middle Ages. The many magnificent ...
4.インド:ファテープル・シークリー(Republic of India:Fatehpur Sikri) [文化遺産として1986年に登録]
Built during the second half of the 16th century by the Emperor Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri (the City of Victory) was the capital of the Mughal Empire for only some 10 years. The complex of monuments and temples, all in a ...
5.トルコ:イスタンブール歴史地区(Republic of Turkey:Historic Areas of Istanbul) [文化遺産として1985年に登録]
With its strategic location on the Bosphorus peninsula between the Balkans and Anatolia, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, Istanbul has been associated with major political, religious and artistic events for more ...
6.エジプト:メンフィスのピラミッド地帯(Arab Republic of Egypt:Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur) [文化遺産として1979年に登録]
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
The capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt has some extraordinary funerary monuments, including rock tombs, ornate mastabas, temples and pyramids. In ancient times, the site was considered one of the Seven Wonders of ...
7.中国:万里の長城(People’s Republic of China:The Great Wall) [文化遺産として1987年に登録]
In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system against invasions from the north. Construction continued up to the Ming dynasty ...
8.カンボジア:アンコールの遺跡群(Kingdom of Cambodia:Angkor) [文化遺産として1992年に登録]
Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2, including forested area, Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different ...
9.イタリア:ローマ歴史地区と教皇領、サン・パオロ・フオーリ・レ・ムーラ大聖堂(Repubblica Italiana:Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura) [文化遺産として1980年に登録/1990年に範囲拡大および2015年に範囲変更]
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
Founded, according to legend, by Romulus and Remus in 753 BC, Rome was first the centre of the Roman Republic, then of the Roman Empire, and it became the capital of the Christian world in the 4th century. The World ...
10.フランス:パリのセーヌ河岸(French Republic:Paris, Banks of the Seine) [文化遺産として1991年に登録]
From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evolution of Paris and its history can be seen from the River Seine. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame and the Sainte ...
11.アメリカ:自由の女神(United States of America:Statue of Liberty) [文化遺産として1984年に登録]
Made in Paris by the French sculptor Bartholdi, in collaboration with Gustave Eiffel (who was responsible for the steel framework), this towering monument to liberty was a gift from France on the centenary of ...
12.インド:アーグラ城(Republic of India:Agra Fort) [文化遺産として1983年に登録]
Near the gardens of the Taj Mahal stands the important 16th-century Mughal monument known as the Red Fort of Agra. This powerful fortress of red sandstone encompasses, within its 2.5-km-long enclosure walls, the ...
13.インド:タージ・マハル(Republic of India:Taj Mahal) [文化遺産として1983年に登録]
An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the ...