The City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg bear witness to an exemplary model of the living heritage of a central European urban complex influenced by the secular presence of the Habsburgs and the cultural and artistic role played by the main aristocratic families. They are a harmonious blend of the architectural styles [...]
A landscaped park of 559.9 ha astride the Neisse River and the border between Poland and Germany, it was created by Prince Hermann von Puckler-Muskau from 1815 to 1844. Blending seamlessly with the surrounding farmed landscape, the park pioneered new approaches to landscape design and influenced the event of landscape architecture in Europe and America. [...]
Topkapi Palace was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire for 400 years. It is the palace complex’s oldest and largest (700,000 square meters.) Worldwide. Therefore, it is probably most important historical sites in Istanbul are open to visitors. It is one of the most visited museums in Europe and certainly the most visited in [...]
In a spectacular landscape, guided only by erosion, the Göreme valley and its surroundings contain rock-hewn sanctuaries that provide unique evidence of Byzantine art in the post-iconoclast. Homes, troglodyte villages and underground towns – the remains of a traditional human settlement dating from the fourth century – can also be seen. Cappadocia cave protected to [...]
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