Urban landscape, Post-medieval European
Bordeaux
The historic centre of Bordeaux is inscribed as an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble, created in the age of Enlightenment, whose values continued up to the first half of the 20th century.
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Budapest
The Budapest World Heritage Site consists of three parts:
1. Buda Castle Quarter
This holds the city's medieval sites, with Buda Castle.
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City of Luxembourg
The City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications is
one of Europe's greatest fortified sites.
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Classical Weimar
The ensemble "Classical Weimar" reflects a period in history when this East German town was the cultural heart of Europe.
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Dubrovnik
The Old City of Dubrovnik is known for its monumental centre. Dubrovnik became an important Mediterranean sea power from the 13th century onwards.
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Florence
Florence was founded by Etruscan settlers from nearby Fiesole. In the first century the Romans came and conquered the town, and named it Florentia.
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Grand Place, Brussels
Grand Place, Brussels "..illustrates in an exceptional way the evolution and achievements of a highly successful mercantile city of northern Europe at the height of its prosperity.
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Guimarăes
The historic town of Guimarăes is associated with the creation of the Portuguese national identity in the twelfth century.
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Holaovice
Holaovice is a small historic village located in the south of the Czech Republic. The village was deserted after the Second World War, allowing its medieval plan and vernacular buildings in the South Bohemian Folk or Rural Baroque style to remain intact.
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Hollókö
The Old Village of Hollókö and its surroundings is a living example of rural life before the agricultural revolution of the 20th century.
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Ibiza
Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture, is a mixed heritage site due to its shoreline, marine life, 16th century fortifications, Phoenician ruins and
fortified Upper Town.
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Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora developed as a result of the exploitation of silver mines and in the 14th century became a royal city endowed with monuments that symbolized its prosperity.
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La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
"La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, watchmaking town planning" refers to the twin towns that are the center of the Swiss watchmaking industry.
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Mostar
Mostar is situated on the Neretva river and is the fifth-largest city in the country. Mostar was named after its Old Bridge (Stari most) and the towers on its sides, "the bridge keepers" (natively: mostari).
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Nancy
The Place Stanislas named after the Polish king and duke of Lorraine Stanislaw Leszczynski, Place de la Carričre, and Place d'Alliance were added on the World Heritage Sites list by the UNESCO in 1983.
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Old City of Berne
Berne was founded in 1191 by Berchthold V, Duke of Zähringen. After a fire in 1405, which almost completely destroyed the wooden-built town, the houses where rebuilt of sandstone.
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Old Rauma
Rauma is an outstanding example of an old Nordic city constructed in wood, a veritable conservatory of traditional settlements in this part of Europe.
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Paris, Banks of the Seine
Paris on the banks of the Seine stretches from Saint-Chapelle and the Notre Dame in the east to the Eiffel Tower in the west.
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Riga
The Historic Centre of Riga boasts the largest collection of Art Nouveau buildings in Europe. Between 1896 and 1913, the city expanded and a housing boom followed.
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Rřros
Rřros Mining Town developed in the 17th century and still holds many authentic wooden buildings. The town was burned to the ground in 1678 and 1679 by the Swedish Army during the Scanian War.
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San Marino and Mount Titano
San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano are inscribed as a testimony to the continuity of a independent city-state since the 13th century.
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St. Petersburg
"The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments" is the full name for this entry.
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Trebíc
The Jewish Quarter and St. Procopius Basilica of Trebic bear witness to the coexistence of and interchange of values between the Jewish and Christian cultures from the Middle Ages until the Second World War.
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Ubeda and Baeza
The Andalusian towns Úbeda and Baeza hold the best-preserved examples of Italian Renaissance architecture in Spain.
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Urbino
The Historic Centre of Urbino is remarkable for its legacy of Renaissance culture. It developed under the patronage of its duke, Federico da Montefeltro (1444-1482).
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Val di Noto
The Noto Valley, located in south-eastern Sicily, owes its place on the World Heritage List to a tragic event in its history.
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Valetta
The Maltese capital Valetta was founded by the Knights Order of St. John of Jerusalem, in 1568. They ruled from here for 2,5 centuries and created a late Renaissance city (within city walls to withstand the Turks).
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Vicenza
In Vicenza and the Veneto the wealth and stability of the Venetian empire helped create the Palladian style in architecture, which became influential all over Europe and the United States.
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Vienna
Vienna's inner city still is a living tribute to Habsburg times. This dynasty ruled most of Central Europe between 1273 and 1918.
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Vilnius
The Lithuanian capital Vilnius is a historic trading town with medieval origins. It is situated right on the boundary between Catholicism and Russian Orthodoxy.
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Vlkolinec
Vlkolinéc is a village containing a group of 50 vernacular Slovak timber-built constructions. These buildings have stone footings with log walls on top.
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Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl (250 km northeast of Moscow is said to have been founded in 1010. It lies at the intersection of major highways, railroads and waterways.
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Zamosc
Zamosc is a perfectly preserved example of a late-16th-century planned Renaissance town. It was founded in 1580 by the chancellor Jan Zamoysky on the trade route linking western and northern Europe with the Black Sea.
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