Tag: World Heritage Sites

The Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Italy

.Reading time 6 minutes.

Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987, the Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square) in Pisa, Italy is home to iconic monuments recognized worldwide. These masterpieces of medieval architecture – the cathedral, the baptistery, the bell tower (the ‘Leaning Tower’) and the cemetery – were erected between the 11th and 14th centuries within close proximity […]

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Stari Most and the Old City of Mostar

.Reading time 5 minutes.

In July 2005 the Old Bridge and Old City section of the historic town of Mostar were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.  Mostar, a city of more than 110,000 people located in southern Bosnia and Herzogovina, was first developed during the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town.  The town is named after its […]

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