Schlossbrücke (Castle Bridge) over the Schwerin Lake in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany)

The Schwerin Residence Ensemble is an architectural and landscape ensemble, which fits very precisely within the context of the emergence and development of the historicist style in Europe. The buildings form an exceptional architectural ensemble, ranging from Neo­-Classical to Neo-Baroque and Neo-Renaissance and even includes in certain cases references to the more regional Neo-Renaissance "Johann-Albrecht" style, with influences from the Italian Renaissance.

Schwerin Residence Ensemble as

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Bridge over the moat of the castle in Carcassonne, Aude (France)

The city of Carcassonne is an excellent example of a fortified medieval city whose enormous defensive system was built on ramparts dating from late antiquity.

Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne,

as UNESCO World Heritage Site

Franjo Tudjman Bridge over the Ombla River in Dubrovnik (Croatia)

The 'Pearl of the Adriatic', situated on the Dalmatian coast, became an important Mediterranean sea power from the 13th century onwards. Although severely damaged by an earthquake in 1667, Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains.

Old City of Dubrovnik

UNESCO World Heritage site

Painting of the Yudai Bridge over the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang (China)

The West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou, comprising the West Lake and the hills surrounding its three sides, has inspired famous poets, scholars and artists since the 9th century. It comprises numerous temples, pagodas, pavilions, gardens and ornamental trees, as well as causeways and artificial islands. These additions have been made to improve the landscape west of the city of Hangzhou to the south of the Yangtze river.

West Lake Cultural Landspace of Hangzhou

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Les Ferreres Aqueduct in Tarragona (Spain)

The Roman remains of Tarraco are of exceptional importance in the development of Roman urban planning and design and served as the model for provincial capitals elsewhere in the Roman world. Tarraco provides eloquent and unparalleled testimony to a significant stage in the history of the Mediterranean lands in antiquity.

Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco as

  UNESCO World Heritage Site

Chains Bridge spanning the river Danube in Budapest (Hungary)

As a centre for receiving and disseminating cultural influences, Budapest is an outstanding example of urban development in Central Europe, characterised by periods of devastation and revitalisation. Budapest has retained the separate structural characteristics of the former cities of Pest, Buda and Óbuda.

Budapest as UNESCO World Heritage Site

Geumcheon Bridge in the Changdeokgung Palace of Seoul (South Korea)

Changdeokgung is an outstanding example of East Asian palace architecture and garden design, exceptional for the way in which the buildings are integrated into and harmonized with the natural setting, adapting to the topography and retaining indigenous tree cover.

Changdeokgung Palace Complex

as UNESCO World Heritage Site

Bridge over the Pond of Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu (China)

Classical Chinese garden design, which seeks to recreate natural landscapes in miniature, is nowhere better illustrated than in the nine gardens in the historic city of Suzhou. They are generally acknowledged to be masterpieces of the genre. Dating from the 11th-19th century, the gardens reflect the profound metaphysical importance of natural beauty in Chinese culture in their meticulous design.

Classical Gardens of Suzhou

UNESCO Word Heritage Site

Vinh Loi Bridge over a canal in old Hué (Vietnam)

The authenticity of the Complex of Hue Monuments may be understood through the unique layout of the design of the site, which became the imperial capital of the Vietnam Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The basic architectural and landscape features of the site have been maintained intact since their original construction in the early 19th century CE.

Complex of Hué Monuments as

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Drawing of the Wenheng Bridge over the Grand Canal in Changzhou, Jiangsu (China)

 The Grand Canal represents the greatest masterpiece of hydraulic engineering in the history of mankind, because of its very ancient origins and its vast scale, along with its continuous development and its adaptation to circumstances down the ages. It provides tangible proof of human wisdom, determination and courage. It is an outstanding example of human creativity, demonstrating technical capabilities and a mastery of hydrology in a vast agricultural empire that stems directly from Ancient China.

The Grand Canal

UNESCO World Heritage

Adolphe Bridge over the Petrusse River in Luxembourg

The Old City of Luxembourg is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers, on a very steep rocky outcrop which is somewhat of a natural fortification that only needed to be completed on the west side. Due to its exceptional strategic position, the City of Luxembourg was one of the largest fortresses of modern Europe which was constantly strengthened and reinforced as it passed successively into the hands of the great European power.

City of Luxembourg as

UNESCO World Heritage Site

LONGEST MASONRY BRIDGE IN THE WORLD FROM 1904 TO 1905

Bridge in the entrance to Bialowieza National Park, Podlachia (Poland)

Bialowieza Forest is an irreplaceable area for biodiversity conservation, due in particular to its size, protection status, and substantially undisturbed nature. The property is home to the largest free-roaming population of European Bison, which is the iconic species of this property.

Bialowieza Forest as

UNESCO World Heritage Site 

Ponte Santi crossing the Rio Mandracchio in Burano, Veneto (Italy)

The whole city is an extraordinary architectural masterpiece in which even the smallest building contains works by some of the world's greatest artists such as Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and others... When a group of tiny islands were consolidated and organized in a unique urban system, nothing remained of the primitive topography but what became canals, such as the Giudecca Canal, St Mark's Canal and the Great Canal, and a network of small rii that are the veritable arteries of a city on water.

Venice and its Lagoon

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Palace Bridge crossing the Neva River in Saint Petersburg (Russia)

 
"Saint Petersburg represents a unique artistic achievement in the ambition of the program, the coherency of the plan and the speed of execution. From 1703 to 1725, Peter the Great lifted from a landscape of marshes, peat bogs and rocks, architectural styles in stone and marble for a capital, Saint Petersburg, which he wished to be the most beautiful city in all of Europe."

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg

as UNESCO World Heritage Site

Bridges over the Vltava River in Prague (Czech Republic)

Built between the 11th and 18th centuries, the Old Town, the Lesser Town and the New Town speak of the great architectural and cultural influence enjoyed by this city since the Middle Ages. The many magnificent monuments, such as Hradcany Castle, St Vitus Cathedral, Charles Bridge and numerous churches and palaces, built mostly in the 14th century under the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV.

Historic Centre of Prague

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Roman Bridge crossing the Moselle in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)

"There is no place north of the Alps where so many important Roman buildings and such a concentration of traces of Roman settlement have been preserved as in Trier, the “Rome of the North. While the structures built during the first and second centuries (the Moselle Bridge, the Barbara Baths, the Porta Nigra and the lgel Column) illustrate the richness of the commercial city..."

Roman monuments of Trier described as

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Wellington Viaduct in the Nilgiri Mountain Railway Lane near Ooty, Tamil Nadu (India)

The Mountain Railways of India are outstanding examples of hill railways. Opened between 1881 and 1908 they applied bold and ingenious engineering solutions to the problem of establishing an effective rail link across a mountainous terrain of great beauty. They are still fully operational as living examples of the engineering enterprise of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Mountain Railways of India as UNESCO World Heritage Site

Dom Luis I Bridge over the Douro River between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal)

"The city of Oporto, built along the hillsides overlooking the mouth of the Douro river, is an outstanding urban landscape with a 2,000-year history. Its continuous growth, linked to the sea (the Romans gave it the name Portus, or port), can be seen in the many and varied monuments, from the cathedral with its Romanesque choir, to the neoclassical Stock Exchange and the typically Portuguese Manueline-style Church of Santa Clara."

Historic Centre of Oporto 

as UNESCO World Heritage Site

Bridge in one of the canals of Xitang Ancient Town, Zhejiang (China)

The long-standing South China waterfront landscapes are the rich natural landscape resources of Xitang, which has been boasting of numerous bridges, narrow lanes and canopy corridors since the ancient time. Covering an area of 24 hectares, there are continuous patches of traditional architecture clusters in the ancient town

Xitang as part of The Ancient Waterfront Towns
 in the South of Yangtze River

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Pont du Gard over the Gardon River near Nimes, Gard (France)

The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes (which is almost 50 km long) to cross the Gard river. The Roman architects and hydraulic engineers who designed this bridge, which stands almost 50 m high and is on three levels – the longest measuring 275 m – created a technical as well as an artistic masterpiece.

The Pont du Gard as 

UNESCO World Heritage Site