World Heritage

Everybody says that the world is becoming smaller. But there are more sites declared World Heritage by UNESCO each year. The more we know, the smaller seems to be our knowledgment... I invite you to share your experiences at these woderful places. I propose you some images I´ve taken in some of them.

Sunday, January 15, 2006

Route of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

June, 2005

Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin (Germany)

December, 2004

Dresden Elbe Valley (Germany)

December, 2004

Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (Austria)

August, 2005

Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzone (Switzerland)

September, 2005

Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn (Switzerland)

August, 2005

Old City of Berne (Switzerland)

August, 2005

City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (Italy)

August, 2005

Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (Italy)

August, 2005

Škocjan Caves (Slovenia)

August, 2005

Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the Historic Centre of Poreč (Croatia)

August, 2005

The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik (Croatia)

August, 2005

Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia)

August, 2005

Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian (Croatia)

August, 2005

Historic City of Trogir (Croatia)

August, 2005

Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

August, 2005

St. Blaise (Sv. Vlaha) and the Cathedral (back) from the City Wall
St. Blaise is the patron of the city, and this 18th century church built by venetian Marino Gropeli over the ruins of the former romanesque church is a prominent gathering point. The Cathedral lies at the same place of other former chusrches, from the 7th century. The actual one is from 1713, after the Great Earthquake, and was planned by Buffalini from Urbino. The City Wall encloses the Old City, sometime in the past the powerful independent republic of Ragusa, rival of Venice about mediterranean primacy.
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Verla Groundwood and Board Mill (Finland)

August, 2004

Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki (Finland)

August, 2004

Fortress of Suomenlinna (Finland)

August, 2004

Petäjävesi Old Church (Finland)

August, 2004

Old Rauma (Finland)

August, 2004
Satellite image
Agosto 2004

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Naval Port of Karlskrona (Sweden)

August, 2004
Satellite image
Agosto, 2004

Jarramas school ship, at Naval Museum in Karlskrona
This 3-masted steel ship, made in 1900 at Karlskrona shipyard, is one of the preserved at the splendid Naval Museum. You can get inside and realize the hard living of sea people. It is also an oppurtunity to feel the key position of Karlskrona, born and rationally planned around the naval facilities, mainly because of the absence of ice in winter and the will of Sweden to control its Danish territories.
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Curonian Spit (Lithuania)

August, 2004
Satellite image
Agosto, 2004

Vilnius Historic Centre (Lithuania)

August, 2004

Historic Centre of Riga (Latvia)

August, 2004

Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn (Estonia)

August, 2004