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  • Castel Del Monte. Puglia. Italy. Rear view of the massive octagonal Castel Del Monte, which is a Unesco World Heritage Site. Built by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in 1240 AD, the castle has two floors with had eight rooms each and is blend of architectural styles including, a Classical entrance portal, Romanesque windows and eight Gothic towers which rise to 24 metres. The castle crowns an isolated peak dominating the Murge landscape in the southern Italian region of Puglia. It is a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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  • View of a marble base inscribed in Ancient Greek in the Sanctuary of Zeus. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • View of a marble base inscribed in Ancient Greek in the Sanctuary of Zeus. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_072.tif
  • Upper Barrakka Gardens. Valletta. Malta. This image was captured at Valletta, the historical grand capital of Malta which is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Malta_Valletta_019.jpg
  • Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. Part View of the elaborate Fountain of Rometta designed by Pirro Ligorio and executed by Curzio Maccarone between 1567 and 1570 to represent ancient Rome. This semicircular theatre has numerous fountains and sculptures, including, representations of the Seven Hills of Rome, an boat with an obelisk as a mast, symbol of the Isola Tiberina, a seated statue of Rome Victorious, the wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus and arches and aqueducts. Villa d’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site.
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_106.tif
  • Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of Fontana Della Madre Natura with a statue of Diana of Ephesus, the great nature goddess.  Sculpted by Gillis van den Vliete in 1568, the statue was originally part of the Fountain of the Organ, but was relocated in the 17th century as it was felt to be overly pagan in appearance.  Villa d’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site.
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_081.tif
  • Villa d Este. Tivoli. Italy. View over the level gardens and fishponds of the spectacular and cascading fountain of Neptune with its jets of water spurting up to 14 metres high. Above it on the terrace is the monumental fountain of the Organ. Villa d’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_076.tif
  • Bust sculpture flanking the cascades of the Fountain of Venus and Adonis at the Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta, Italy. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_175.tif
  • Caserta. Campania. Italy. View from behind the fountain of Ceres along the promenade that extends for 3 kilometres across the park in a straight line from the great waterfall to the Royal Palace. Designed so as to rival to rival and even overshadow Versailles, the avenue is lined by narrow lawns and punctuated by cascades, ponds, groups of statues and fountains with mythological themes. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_171.tif
  • Caserta. Campania. Italy.  View from behind the fountain of Venus and Adonis along the promenade that extends for 3 kilometres across the park in a straight line to the Royal Palace. Designed so as to rival to rival and even overshadow Versailles, the avenue is lined by narrow lawns and punctuated by cascades, ponds, groups of statues and fountains with mythological themes. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_170.tif
  • View of the fountain of Diana and Actaeon at the Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta, Italy. The great cascade, a waterfall some 75 metres high plunges into the fountain.  The sculpture group in picture is of the goddess Diana, the patron of chastity who is bathing and is surrounded by nymphs. . The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_165.tif
  • The Margherita or Basket fountain with the rear of the Royal Palace of Caserta in the background. Caserta. Campania. Italy.  This fountain is the first of six fountains that adorn the central boulevard that stretches for 3 kilometres. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_089.tif
  • Caserta. Campania. Italy. Part view of the Fountain of Aeolus which consists of 29 zephyrs and wind gods, symbolically represented by winged statues spurting water their mouths.  The fountain features along the promenade that extends for 3 kilometres from the Royal Palace to the great waterfall some 75 metres high. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_003.tif
  • Castel Del Monte. Puglia. Italy. View of the massive octagonal Castel Del Monte, which is a Unesco World Heritage Site. Built by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in 1240 AD, the castle has two floors with had eight rooms each and is blend of architectural styles including, a Classical entrance portal, Romanesque windows and eight Gothic towers which rise to 24 metres. The castle crowns an isolated peak dominating the Murge landscape in the southern Italian region of Puglia.
    Castel_del_Monte_Puglia_Italy_009.tif
  • Castel Del Monte. Puglia. Italy. View of the massive octagonal Castel Del Monte, which is a Unesco World Heritage Site. Built by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in 1240 AD, the castle has two floors with had eight rooms each and is blend of architectural styles including, a Classical entrance portal, Romanesque windows and eight Gothic towers which rise to 24 metres. The castle crowns an isolated peak dominating the Murge landscape in the southern Italian region of Puglia.
    Castel_del_Monte_Puglia_Italy_008.tif
  • View of the Exedra of the Hellanodikai, on the south embankment of the Olympic stadium. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The Hellanodikai is a stone enclosure where the judges sat close to the track in the middle of the south embankment. The Olympic Stadium is the third and final version in a series and is dated from the 5th century BC. The stadium had a seating capacity of 40,000 in which spectators, men only, sat on the ground of the artificial banks. The stadium track between the starting and finishing lines is 600 Olympic feet apart – 192.27 metres. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_062.tif
  • Samos. Greece. Colourful flowers in a purple pot plant sitting within an arch window in the seaside town of Pythagorio. The town is a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site and is named after the great philosopher Pythaogaras who was born here in 580 BC.
    Greece_Samos_Pythagorion_024.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. Ornate gothic arches line the stunning internal courtyard of the gothic Knights hospital in the Old Town. The hospital is now is the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes. Completed in 1484, the hospital was used in times of war to nurse the sick and injured from all over Christian Europe. The old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe. The 4km defensive walls were built by the Knights of St John during the 13th to 15th century to defend Western Europe against the expanding Ottoman Empire. Within the walls are a medieval warren of small alleyways and magnificent historical buildings. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Rhodes_Town_106.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. Marine Gate with its twin towers which form part of the old walled medieval town of Rhodes. The old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe. The 4km defensive walls were built by the Knights of St John during the 13th to 15th century to defend Western Europe against the expanding Ottoman Empire. Within the walls are a medieval warren of small alleyways and magnificent historical buildings.
    Greece_Rhodes_Rhodes_Town_091.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. Medieval knights armour inside the old walled town of Rhodes.  Rhodes old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe. The 4km defensive walls were built by the Knights of St John during the 13th to 15th century to defend Western Europe against the expanding Ottoman Empire. Within the walls are a medieval warren of small alleyways and magnificent historical buildings. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
    Greece_Rhodes_Rhodes_Town_042.tif
  • Grand Harbour. Valletta. Malta. This image was captured at Valletta, the historical grand capital of Malta which is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Malta_Valletta_015.jpg
  • Paphos Cyprus. House of Theseus Roman Floor Mosaic of the first bath of Achilles. This image was captured at the vast ancient archaeological park at Paphos (Kato Pafos), which has extensive remains from Hellenistic through to the Middle Ages and is famous for its exquisite Roman Villa mosaics. The city of Paphos is located on the south west coast of Cyprus.  It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Sanctuary of Aphrodite Palaepaphos Cyprus. This image was captured at Palaepaphos or Palaipaphos (Old Paphos), which was perhaps the most celebrated pilgrimage centre and sanctuary of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite throughout the ancient World. It is located within the limits of the modern village of Kouklia, 16 kilometres east of the modern town of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus. It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus-Palaepaphos-037.jpg
  • Sanctuary of Aphrodite Palaepaphos Cyprus. This image was captured at Palaepaphos or Palaipaphos (Old Paphos), which was perhaps the most celebrated pilgrimage centre and sanctuary of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite throughout the ancient World. It is located within the limits of the modern village of Kouklia, 16 kilometres east of the modern town of Paphos on the south west coast of Cyprus. It is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Cyprus-Palaepaphos-007.jpg
  • Xanthos. Turkey. A water channel on an ancient paved road at the late agora and Hellenistic and Roman residential area of the city. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_065.jpg
  • View of a relief on the Harpy Tomb. The relief is a cast of the original, which is now in the British museum. The Harpy Tomb monument stands at 8.87 metres high and dates from around the 5th century BC. Xanthos, the once great ancient centre of the Lycian Federation is located in the Antalya Province in the south Aegean region of Turkey. Xanthos together with the nearby cult centre of Letoon are designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Xanthos_020.jpg
  • Letoon. Turkey. The large well preserved ancient Hellenistic theatre. Letoon, the ancient Lycian pilgrimage and sacred cult centre dedicated to the Goddess Leto and her twin children the God Apollo and Goddess Artemis. Letoon together with the nearby Xanthos are designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Letoon_083.jpg
  • Letoon. Turkey. An elegant Ionic order capital with column drum. Letoon, the ancient Lycian pilgrimage and sacred cult centre dedicated to the Goddess Leto and her twin children the God Apollo and Goddess Artemis. Letoon together with the nearby Xanthos are designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Turkey_Letoon_055.jpg
  • Delos . Greece.  Panoramic view of the North side of the island of Delos as seen from the summit of Mount Kynthos. Sacred Delos is the birthplace of the Greek God Apollo and his twin sister the Greek Goddess Artemis and one of most important ancient sites in the Mediterranean. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Cyclades_Delos_222.jpg
  • Delos. Greece. View of a headless marble sculpture of a female figure and the restored Temple of Isis at the Sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods. The temple with two Doric columns in antis dates from the 2nd century BC. Sacred Delos is the birthplace of the Greek God Apollo and his twin sister the Greek Goddess Artemis and one of most important ancient sites in the Mediterranean. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Cyclades_Delos_133.jpg
  • Delos . Greece.  Pillar supporting an oversized phallus, symbol of Dionysus worship. This is found at the small temple dedicated to Dionysus, the Stoivadeion, which is a rectangular exedra. Adorning the front is the phallic bird, symbol of the body's immortality and relief scenes from the Dionysian circle are found on the side.  Sacred Delos is the birthplace of the Greek God Apollo and his twin sister the Greek Goddess Artemis and one of most important ancient sites in the Mediterranean. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Cyclades_Delos_011.jpg
  • View on the first terrace or Vialone of the spectacular Gran Loggia which takes the form of triumphal arch. Villa D Este. Tivoli. Italy. The terrace extends over 200 metres in length and is the largest space in the garden. During summer evenings, the Cardinals Este (1550) staged parties that included fireworks, court jesters and acrobatic spectacles. Villa D’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site.
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_122.tif
  • Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. Part View of the elaborate Fountain of Rometta designed by Pirro Ligorio and executed by Curzio Maccarone between 1567 and 1570 to represent ancient Rome. This semicircular theatre has numerous fountains and sculptures, including, representations of the Seven Hills of Rome, an boat with an obelisk as a mast, symbol of the Isola Tiberina, a seated statue of Rome Victorious, the wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus and arches and aqueducts. Villa d’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site.
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_104.tif
  • Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. Part View of the elaborate Fountain of Rometta designed by Pirro Ligorio and executed by Curzio Maccarone between 1567 and 1570 to represent ancient Rome. On this section of the semicircular theatre there is a stucco statue of the river God Aniene on the Tiburtine mountain summit – who holds in his right hand the circular Temple of Sybil. Below half-hidden in a grotto, Appenines holds the mountain from which is born the river whose water merges with the Tiber. Villa d’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site.
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_103.tif
  • Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of the magnificent landscaped and lush level gardens and fishponds at the Villa d Este in Tivoli.  Villa d’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site.
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_060.tif
  • Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy.  View of the basin and elaborate niche of the 16th century Fountain of Venus in the entrance courtyard. The basin is a Roman labrum in white marble, with two lion heads – 2nd century AD. The niche is an amazing decorative work of art that focuses on varying themes including the labours of Hercules. . Villa D’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site.
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_027.tif
  • Villa d Este. Tivoli. Italy. View of the colourful ceramic sign beside the entrance door. Villa d’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site.
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_020.tif
  • Villa d’Este. Tivoli. Italy. Part view of the grounds of the villa and the hill town of Tivoli, a place of natural beauty and an ideal retreat from Rome, 40 kilometres away. Villa d’Este, renowned for its spectacular use of water, represents the quintessence of the Italian garden of the High Renaissance. It is a designated UNESCO world heritage site.
    Villa_d_Este_Tivoli_Italy_012.tif
  • Bust sculpture flanking the cascades of the Fountain of Venus and Adonis at the Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta, Italy. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_176.tif
  • View of the Fountain of Venus and Adonis at the Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta, Italy. This fountain group of sculptures represents the kneeling goddess asking her lover to take care during the hunt as she fears for his safety, as the jealous god Mars has taken on the appearance of a wild boar with the aim of killing him. Cherubs and nymphs surround the figures standing on the travertine reef. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_152.tif
  • View of the fountain of Ceres at the Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta, Italy. The fountain of Ceres consists of statues of Ceres, sea nymphs, tritons, dolphins playing the buccina horn and Anapo and Simeto the river-gods. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_142.tif
  • View of the fountain of Ceres at the Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta, Italy. The fountain of Ceres consists of statues of Ceres, sea nymphs, tritons, dolphins playing the buccina horn and Anapo and Simeto the river-gods. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_131.tif
  • Caserta. Campania. Italy. View of the seven stepped cascades of the fountain of Ceres. The fountain features along the promenade that extends for 3 kilometres from the Royal Palace to the great waterfall some 75 metres high. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_124.tif
  • Caserta. Campania. Italy. View of a winged sculpture that adorns the Fountain of Aeolus. The fountain features along the promenade that extends for 3 kilometres from the Royal Palace to the great waterfall some 75 metres high. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_122.tif
  • View of the Fountain of Aeolus at the Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta, Italy. The fountain consists of 29 zephyrs and wind gods, symbolically represented by winged statues spurting water their mouths. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_104.tif
  • Caserta. Campania. Italy. Part view of the Fountain of Aeolus which consists of 29 zephyrs and wind gods, symbolically represented by winged statues spurting water their mouths.  The fountain features along the promenade that extends for 3 kilometres from the Royal Palace to the great waterfall some 75 metres high. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_106.tif
  • Caserta. Campania. Italy. Part view of the Fountain of Aeolus which consists of 29 zephyrs and wind gods, symbolically represented by winged statues spurting water their mouths.  The fountain features along the promenade that extends for 3 kilometres from the Royal Palace to the great waterfall some 75 metres high. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_105.tif
  • Caserta. Campania. Italy. Part view of the Fountain of Aeolus which consists of 29 zephyrs and wind gods, symbolically represented by winged statues spurting water their mouths.  The fountain features along the promenade that extends for 3 kilometres from the Royal Palace to the great waterfall some 75 metres high. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_102.tif
  • The Margherita or Basket fountain with the rear of the Royal Palace of Caserta in the background. Caserta. Campania. Italy.  This fountain is the first of six fountains that adorn the central boulevard that stretches for 3 kilometres. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_082.tif
  • View of the fountain of Diana and Actaeon at the Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta, Italy. The great cascade, a waterfall some 75 metres high plunges into the fountain.  The fountain statue group consists of, the goddess Diana (on the right), the patron of chastity is bathing and is surrounded by nymphs. She takes offence when Actaeon the hunter (on the left) notices her and thus transforms him into a stag, he then defends himself against dogs that are tearing him apart. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_023.tif
  • Caserta. Campania. Italy. View of the impressive fountain of Diana and Actaeon in which the great cascade, a waterfall some 75 metres high plunges.  The fountain statue group consist of, the goddess Diana (on the right), the patron of chastity is bathing and is surrounded by nymphs. She takes offence when Actaeon the hunter (on the left) notices her and thus transforms him into a stag, he then defends himself against dogs that are tearing him apart. The 18th century Royal Palace or Reggia di Caserta is Italy’s most magnificent Palace and its immense park is one of the most dazzling and grandiose in Europe. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Caserta_Italy_005.tif
  • Pienza. Tuscany. Italy. View of the entrance to the Palazzo Comunale (town Hall) in the Piazza Pio II, the grand central square of the town.  The charming Renaissance and medieval hilltop town of Pienza in southern Tuscany is a maze of delightful small lanes that feeds off the main street, Corso Rossellino, named after the architect who was commissioned by Pope Pius II in the 15th century to transform the town into a model for Renaissance town planning. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Pienza_Italy_024.tif
  • Pienza. Tuscany. Italy. View of the entrance to the Palazzo Comunale (town Hall) in the Piazza Pio II, the grand central square of the town.  The charming Renaissance and medieval hilltop town of Pienza in southern Tuscany is a maze of delightful small lanes that feeds off the main street, Corso Rossellino, named after the architect who was commissioned by Pope Pius II in the 15th century to transform the town into a model for Renaissance town planning. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Pienza_Italy_025.tif
  • Pienza. Tuscany. Italy. View along a quiet narrow lane in the charming Renaissance and medieval hilltop town of Pienza in southern Tuscany. The town is a maze of delightful small lanes that feeds off the main street, Corso Rossellino, named after the architect who was commissioned by Pope Pius II in the 15th century to transform the town into a model for Renaissance town planning. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Pienza_Italy_010.tif
  • Castel Del Monte. Puglia. Italy. View of a spiral staircase inside the Castel Del Monte, which is a Unesco World Heritage Site. Built by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in 1240 AD, the castle has two floors with had eight rooms each and is blend of architectural styles including, a Classical entrance portal, Romanesque windows and eight Gothic towers which rise to 24 metres. The castle crowns an isolated peak dominating the Murge landscape in the southern Italian region of Puglia
    Castel_del_Monte_Puglia_Italy_028.tif
  • Castel Del Monte. Puglia. Italy. View of the massive octagonal Castel Del Monte, which is a Unesco World Heritage Site. Built by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in 1240 AD, the castle has two floors with had eight rooms each and is blend of architectural styles including, a Classical entrance portal, Romanesque windows and eight Gothic towers which rise to 24 metres. The castle crowns an isolated peak dominating the Murge landscape in the southern Italian region of Puglia.
    Castel_del_Monte_Puglia_Italy_002.tif
  • Agrigento. Sicily. Italy.  Panoramic view of the landscape that surrounds the magnificent ruins of the Valley of the Temples. Akragas, modern day Agrigento is home to UNESCO World Heritage listed site ‘Valley of the Temples’ which had the largest known assemblage of colonnaded temples in the Greek world.
    Agrigento_Sicily_Italy_081.tif
  • Part view of the ruins of the colonnade of the 4th century BC South Portico. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The Portico formed the southern boundary of the Sanctuary with the façade facing towards the river Alpheios. It consisted of an interior Doric colonnade and an outer Corinthian one. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_107.tif
  • Toppled ruins and the lone standing Doric column of the 5th century BC Temple of Zeus. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The Temple’s massive columns lay toppled in the ground, unmoved since being destroyed by massive earthquake in the 6th century AD. The Temple of Zeus once housed the 12 metre high golden statue of Zeus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Toppled ruins and the lone standing Doric column of the 5th century BC Temple of Zeus. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The Temple’s massive columns lay toppled in the ground, unmoved since being destroyed by massive earthquake in the 6th century AD. The Temple of Zeus once housed the 12 metre high golden statue of Zeus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_078.tif
  • The marble base pedestal of Paeonios Victory (Nike). Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The base supported the 5th century BC statue of the winged Nike. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The 9 metre tall triangular marble pedestal is in front of the southeast corner of the Temple of Zeus. The statue of Nike, by the sculptor Paionios of Mende, is a masterpiece of Greek Art is housed in the museum. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_074.tif
  • Ruins of the Echo Stoa or Portico and votive statue bases dating from the 4th century BC. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The building was famous for its acoustics where the sound was repeated seven times. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_071.tif
  • Ruins of the Echo Stoa or Portico and votive statue bases dating from the 4th century BC. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The building was famous for its acoustics where the sound was repeated seven times. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_070.tif
  • Stone bases of the Zanes leading to the Olympic stadium entrance. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The Zanes were bronze statues of Zeus erected and financed by the proceeds of the fines levied on athletes who broke the code of the ancient Olympic Games. The name of the offending athlete was inscribed on the base. The Zanes were placed in a visible place at the entrance to the stadium as an example to those competing in the Games. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Decorative circular temple entablature from the Nymphaeum or Exedra of Herodes Atticus, Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The monumental two storey decorated fountain – aqueduct was donated by Herodes Atticus and his wife Regilla to the Sanctuary around the 2nd century AD. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • The 4th century BC circular Philippeion, a votive monument dedicated to Zeus. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The building was named and begun by King Philip of Macedon after his victory at Chaironeia in 338 BC and completed by his son Alexander the Great. Part of the stylobate and three columns of the structure have been restored, originally it had 18 Ionic exterior columns and 9 engaged columns with Corinthian capitals in the cella. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Ruins or foundations of buildings beside the Royal Palace colonnaded court. Tiryns. Peloponnese. Greece. Possibly the port of Mycenae, Tiryns is one the greatest cities of the ancient Mycenaean civilization and is considered a masterpiece of ancient military architecture. Tiryns is a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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  • General view from west of the Royal Palace colonnaded court, Tiryns, Peloponnese, Greece. Possibly the port of Mycenae, Tiryns is one the greatest cities of the ancient Mycenaean civilization and is considered a masterpiece of ancient military architecture. Tiryns is a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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  • A section of the western side of the Mycenaean cyclopean walls of Tiryns. Peloponnese. Greece. Possibly the port of Mycenae, Tiryns is one the greatest cities of the ancient Mycenaean civilization and is considered a masterpiece of ancient military architecture. Tiryns is a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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  • Acropolis. Athens. Greece. View of an olive tree and the elegant North porch Ionic columned portico of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis summit. Built between 420 and 406 BC, the elegant and unusually shaped Temple was designed to incorporate a number of ancient sanctuaries and cults including that of Athena and her olive tree and Poseidon-Erechtheus. The Erechtheion Temple was part of the monumental rebuilding and transformation of the Acropolis buildings during the time of Perikles. The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Acropolis. Athens. Greece. Part view of the famous Caryatid porch on the south side of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis summit. The porch or balcony has six sculptured graceful figures of maidens supporting the entablature. These figures are copies, five of the original six maidens are displayed in the new Acropolis museum and the sixth looted by Lord Elgin is on display in the British Museum. Built between 420 and 406 BC, the elegant and unusually shaped Erechtheion Temple was designed to incorporate a number of ancient sanctuaries and cults including that of Athena and her olive tree and Poseidon-Erechtheus. The Erechtheion was part of the monumental rebuilding and transformation of the Acropolis buildings during the time of Perikles. The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Acropolis. Athens. Greece. Close up view of the entablature of the north east corner of the world famous icon and landmark of Athens the Parthenon Temple which crowns the Acropolis summit. Freshly cut blocks of Pentelic marble contrast starkly with the aged honey colour of the original. The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena (Athena Parthenos), was constructed and decorated between 447 and 432 BC. The Parthenon is a Doric style peristyle temple with 17 fluted columns along each side and eight at the ends, which lean slightly inward and bulge out in the centre to cunningly offset the natural optical distortion. The entire Temple, apart from the roof,  were of white Pentelic marble with the sculptures that once decorated the pediments, friezes and metopes all being painted in vivid colours. The Parthenon was the centrepiece and jewel of the monumental rebuilding and transformation of the Acropolis during the time of Perikles. The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Acropolis. Athens. Greece. View of the famous Caryatid porch on the south side of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis summit. The porch or balcony has six sculptured graceful figures of maidens supporting the entablature. These figures are copies, five of the original six maidens are displayed in the new Acropolis museum and the sixth looted by Lord Elgin is on display in the British Museum. Built between 420 and 406 BC, the elegant and unusually shaped Erechtheion Temple was designed to incorporate a number of ancient sanctuaries and cults including that of Athena and her olive tree and Poseidon-Erechtheus. The Erechtheion was part of the monumental rebuilding and transformation of the Acropolis buildings during the time of Perikles. The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Acropolis. Athens. Greece. View of the south west corner of the icon, landmark and world famous Parthenon Temple which crowns the Acropolis summit. The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena (Athena Parthenos), was constructed and decorated between 447 and 432 BC. The Parthenon is a Doric style peristyle temple with 17 fluted columns along each side and eight at the ends, which lean slightly inward and bulge out in the centre to cunningly offset the natural optical distortion. The entire Temple, apart from the roof,  were of white Pentelic marble with the sculptures that once decorated the pediments, friezes and metopes all being painted in vivid colours. The Parthenon was the centrepiece and jewel of the monumental rebuilding and transformation of the Acropolis during the time of Perikles. The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Samos. Greece. The Church of Metamorfosis cemetery and the Byzantine castle Kastro at the town of Pythagoreio. The Byzantine castle was reinforced with new buildings in order to serve the Struggle for independence. It is named after Lykourgos Logothetis, the local chieftain who organised a decisive naval victory over the Turks on August 6 1824. The town’s cemetery is beside the Kastro as is the church of Metamorfosis, built to celebrate the victory. Also in the Kastro grounds are ruins of two opulent villas of the Hellenistic period (2nd BC), Roman galleries and the remains of a 5th century Christian Basilica.  Pythagorio is a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site and is named after the great philosopher Pythaogaras who was born here in 580 BC.
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  • Rhodes. Greece. The dry Moat that surrounds the walls of the medieval Old Town. Originally built as a formidable barrier to attack by the Knights, the moat is delightful place to wander with many giant old stone mortar balls littering the grounds. The old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe. The 4km defensive walls were built by the Knights of St John during the 13th to 15th century to defend Western Europe against the expanding Ottoman Empire. Within the walls are a medieval warren of small alleyways and magnificent historical buildings. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
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  • Rhodes. Greece. The dry Moat that surrounds the walls of the medieval Old Town. Originally built as a formidable barrier to attack by the Knights, the moat is delightful place to wander with many giant old stone mortar balls littering the grounds. The old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe. The 4km defensive walls were built by the Knights of St John during the 13th to 15th century to defend Western Europe against the expanding Ottoman Empire. Within the walls are a medieval warren of small alleyways and magnificent historical buildings. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
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  • Rhodes. Greece. The dry Moat that surrounds the walls of the medieval Old Town. Originally built as a formidable barrier to attack by the Knights, the moat is delightful place to wander with many giant old stone mortar balls littering the grounds. The old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe. The 4km defensive walls were built by the Knights of St John during the 13th to 15th century to defend Western Europe against the expanding Ottoman Empire. Within the walls are a medieval warren of small alleyways and magnificent historical buildings. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
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  • Rhodes. Greece. Internal courtyard of the gothic Knights hospital in the Old Town; now the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes. Completed in 1484; the hospital was used in times of war to nurse the sick and injured from all over Christian Europe. The old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved; oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe. The 4km defensive walls were built by the Knights of St John during the 13th to 15th century to defend Western Europe against the expanding Ottoman Empire. Within the walls are a medieval warren of small alleyways and magnificent historical buildings. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
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  • Rhodes. Greece. Marine Gate with its twin towers which form part of the old walled medieval town of Rhodes. The old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe. The 4km defensive walls were built by the Knights of St John during the 13th to 15th century to defend Western Europe against the expanding Ottoman Empire. Within the walls are a medieval warren of small alleyways and magnificent historical buildings.
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  • Rhodes. Greece. The 1457 Gate of St John Koskinou with the coat of arms of the Grand Masters at Rhodes town. The gate is situated on the south side of the old walled medieval town of Rhodes. The old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe.
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  • Rhodes. Greece. Doorway of the 18th century Muslim library of Hafiz Ahmet Aga Knights at the old medieval town of Rhodes.  The old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe. The 4km defensive walls were built by the Knights of St John during the 13th to 15th century to defend Western Europe against the expanding Ottoman Empire. Within the walls are a medieval warren of small alleyways and magnificent historical buildings. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
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  • Rhodes. Greece. A shopkeeper sitting front of his souvenir shop on a stony alleyway inside the old walled medieval town of Rhodes. The old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe. The 4km defensive walls were built by the Knights of St John during the 13th to 15th century to defend Western Europe against the expanding Ottoman Empire. Within the walls are a medieval warren of small alleyways and magnificent historical buildings. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group and one of the most popular Greek Islands.
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  • Rhodes. Greece. Arched pebbly private garden with colourful flowers green plants inside the old walled medieval town of Rhodes. The old town is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe.
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  • Rhodes. Greece. Towers turrets of the Palace of the Grand Masters. The old walled town of Rhodes is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved, oldest and largest living medieval city in Europe.
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  • Rhodes. Greece. The imposing 16th century d’Amboise gate in the Walls of the Knights. The old walled town of Rhodes is a UNESCO world heritage listed site and the best preserved and largest living medieval city in Europe. The 4km defensive walls were built by the Knights of St John during the 13th to 15th century to defend Western Europe against the expanding Ottoman Empire. Within the walls are a medieval warren of small alleyways and magnificent historical buildings. The island of Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Island group.
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  • Valletta. Malta. This image was captured at Valletta, the historical grand capital of Malta which is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Pjazza San Gorg. Valletta. Malta. This image was captured at Valletta, the historical grand capital of Malta which is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Fountain. Valletta. Malta. This image was captured at Valletta, the historical grand capital of Malta which is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Valletta. Malta. This image was captured at Valletta, the historical grand capital of Malta which is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Valletta. Malta. This image was captured at Valletta, the historical grand capital of Malta which is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Valletta. Malta. This image was captured at Valletta, the historical grand capital of Malta which is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Valletta. Malta. This image was captured at Valletta, the historical grand capital of Malta which is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Valletta. Malta. This image was captured at Valletta, the historical grand capital of Malta which is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. View at the sculpture museum of a Sphinx on top of a column with Ionic capital. Dating from the Archaic period - (650 BC-480 BC), the Sphinx is one of the most important monuments found at Cyrene. A similar copy of the statue is also found in Delphi Museum, Greece. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Thera –Santorini- around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
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  • Cyrene. Libya. Image of the front and North side of the Temple of Zeus which like most Greek Temples always faced east. The Temple dates originally from the 5th century BC and is comparable in size to the Parthenon in Athens Greece.  Constructed in an archaic Doric style using local yellow limestone, the temple was destroyed in the AD 115 during the Jewish revolt and then rebuilt in AD120 by the Roman Emperor Hadrian. The 365 AD earthquake reduced it to rubble and it has been painstakingly restored by archaeologists. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Santorini around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
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  • Cyrene. Libya.  Steps to the main Entrance to the 2nd century BC Hellenistic Gymnasium that was converted in the 1st century AD by the Romans into a forum or caesareum – Forum of the Caesars.  During the Greek era the gymnasium was the scene of races and other sporting contests.  In the times of the Romans , it was converted it to a Forum and it became a meeting place for political meetings. Cyrene which was founded by Greek immigrants from the little Greek island of Thera –Santorini- around 631 BC is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is North Africa’s most complete ancient Greek city.
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  • Giza. Cairo. Egypt.  View of the Solar Boat found near the south face of the Cheops Pyramid in 1954 which was thought to have been built to transport the Pharaoh Cheops (Khufu) to the next life. Dating from around 2500 BC, the 43 metre long boat is made of cedar wood from Lebanon and is now stored at the Solar Boat Museum at Giza. Memphis and its Necropolis and the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur are together a designated Unesco World Heritage Site.
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  • Giza. Cairo. Egypt. View of the North and West faces of the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) at Giza which is the oldest and largest of the all Pyramids and was built as the mortuary temple for the 4th-Dynasty king Khufu (2589-66 BC). The Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur and Memphis and its Necropolis are together a designated Unesco World Heritage Site.
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  • Giza. Cairo. Egypt. View of the North and West faces of the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) at Giza which is the oldest and largest of the all Pyramids and was built as the mortuary temple for the 4th-Dynasty king Khufu (2589-66 BC). The Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur and Memphis and its Necropolis are together a designated Unesco World Heritage Site.
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