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Villas, Lakes and the Invention of Romantic Journeys
Villa del Balbianello, on the Dosso Lavedo promontory at Lenno, Lake Como. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. The villas in this piece are the ones…
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Shop Lettering in Santarcangelo di Romagna
Painted on render, cut into travertine, cast in metal script, enamelled by the state monopoly: in two hundred metres Santarcangelo di Romagna shows four…
September 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Gonbad-e Qabus, Iran
Gonbad-e Qabus is a 72-metre funerary tower built in 1006/1007 CE by the Ziyarid prince Qabus ibn Wushmgir in what is now Gorgan, northeastern…
September 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Tadrart Acacus, Libya
The Tadrart Acacus in southwestern Libya's Fezzan desert holds thousands of rock paintings spanning approximately 14,000 years, documenting four successive cultural periods from the…
September 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Rani-ki-Vav, Gujarat
Rani-ki-Vav at Patan, Gujarat, is a 65-metre, seven-level subterranean stepwell built around 1063 CE by Queen Udayamati to commemorate her husband, King Bhimadeva I…
September 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Bassari Country, Senegal
Bassari Country in southeastern Senegal — inscribed by UNESCO in 2012 as a Cultural Landscape — is home to three distinct peoples: the animist…
September 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Djoudj Bird Sanctuary
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary in northwestern Senegal covers 16,000 hectares of Senegal River delta wetland at the Sahara-Sahel boundary, hosting 1.5 to 3 million…
September 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Vredefort Dome, South Africa
The Vredefort Dome in South Africa's North West Province is the Earth's largest and oldest confirmed meteorite impact structure, formed 2,023 million years ago…
September 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Island of Saint-Louis
The Island of Saint-Louis — two kilometres long, four hundred metres wide, at the mouth of the Senegal River — was the first permanent…
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