Diamantina, a colonial village set like a jewel in a necklace of inhospitable rocky mountains, recalls the exploits o...

Macao, a lucrative port of strategic importance in the development of international trade, was under Portuguese admin...

Trogir is a remarkable example of urban continuity. The orthogonal street plan of this island settlement dates back t...

The first capital of Cote d`Ivoire, the Historic Town of Grand-Bassam, is an example of a late 19th- and early 20th-c...

Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an Inca city and stands at an altitude...

Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca is set in a valley surrounded by the Andean mountains in the south of Ecuador. This i...

Founded at the end of the 17th century, Ouro Preto (Black Gold) was the focal point of the gold rush and Brazil`s gol...

Founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese, the town`s history is linked to the sugar-cane industry. Rebuilt after...

Goias testifies to the occupation and colonization of the lands of central Brazil in the 18th and 19th centuries. The...

Political centre of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 13th to the end of the 18th century, Vilnius has had a prof...

The ancient city of Ashur is located on the Tigris River in northern Mesopotamia in a specific geo-ecological zone, a...

Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 and developed as a metropolitan city under the British Mandate in Palestine. The White C...

The city of Oporto, built along the hillsides overlooking the mouth of the Douro river, is an outstanding urban lands...

The historic town of Guimaraes is associated with the emergence of the Portuguese national identity in the 12th centu...

Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding example of British colonial architecture consisting of a well-pr...

Founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese, Galle reached the height of its development in the 18th century, befor...