Neusiedl Lake / Fertő-Hanság – Steppe Lake on the Central European Border
On the flat plain where the Alps end and the Pannonian steppe begins, a body of water 36 kilometres long and up to 15 kilometres wide spreads beneath an…
Choirokoitia (Khirokitia) – Neolithic Settlement, Cyprus
On a natural hill above the Maroni River valley in southern Cyprus, the site of Choirokoitia (known internationally as Khirokitia) preserves one of the most…
Mount Athos – Autonomous Monastic Community, Greece – Virtual Tour 360°
At the tip of the easternmost of the three peninsulas of Chalkidiki in northern Greece, the Athos peninsula rises to a pyramidal peak of 2,033 metres — Mount…
Melka Kunture & Balchit – Prehistoric Sites of the Awash Valley, Ethiopia
In the upper Awash Valley, 50 kilometres south of Addis Ababa, the volcanic sediments of the Ethiopian Rift Valley preserve one of the most complete records…
Dja Faunal Reserve – Congo Basin Rainforest, Cameroon
In the humid south of Cameroon, the Dja River describes a vast meander that almost completely encircles a 5,260 km² block of undisturbed equatorial…
Mazagan – Portuguese City of El Jadida, Morocco
On a promontory overlooking the Atlantic at El Jadida, the fortified city of Mazagan stands as the best-preserved Portuguese colonial settlement on the coast…
Maymand – Ancient Troglodyte Village, Kerman Province, Iran
In the valley of a seasonal river in the semi-arid highlands of Kerman Province, the village of Maymand presents one of the most ancient continuously…
Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz – City of Tamerlane, Uzbekistan
Shahrisabz — “Green City” in Persian — lies 80 kilometres south of Samarkand, separated from it by the Zarafshan mountain range. It was the birthplace of…
Jongmyo Shrine – Royal Ancestral Shrine of the Joseon Dynasty, Seoul – Virtual Tour 360°
In the heart of Seoul, enclosed by ancient walls and shaded by 600-year-old trees, stands Jongmyo — the Royal Ancestral Shrine of the Joseon dynasty. Its…
Mount Wutai – Sacred Buddhist Mountain of Five Peaks, Shanxi
Mount Wutai — “Five Terrace Mountain” — rises to 3,061 metres in the Shanxi highlands of northern China, its defining feature the five flat-topped summits…