Then head down toMexico’s Yucatan Peninsulaand check out the ancient Mayan city ofChichén Itzá. Meaning “at the mouth of the well of Itzá,” Chichén Itzá was one of the most important city-states in pre-Hispanic America. Today, it is one ofMexico’smost visited archaeological sites....
MEXICO City (Mexico)WORLD Heritage SitesHISTORIC sitesENERGY consumptionHISTORIC buildingsTHERMAL comfortCONSERVATION & restorationHUMAN comfortOn 26 April 2017, Mexico formally adopted the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda to link the national government to local governments, the private...
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Next year marks a papal Jubilee, and Rome is readying for its close-up. If you visit in the next few months, expect to encounter ramped-up chaos and more than a few famous monuments hiding behind walls of scaffolding. But build sites have been thick on the ground for some time: the ...
those few cities in North America that has a bit of Old European charm to it. Hence, this fortified section of Old Quebec is a popular tourist attraction because of the historic charm to it. The city’s historic district also earns the distinction as the only walled city north ofMexico. ...
Its public buildings and churches are some of the most important legacies of the city’s 17th to 20th-century era. There is a beautiful blend of Spanish colonial, Antillean, and French styles in the cultural sites that dominate the area. ...
Tutankhamun’s 3,000-year-old tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. The 2,000-year-old ruins of Pompeii in Italy; the Aztec canals of Xochimilco in Mexico.Sites like these are important facets of history. Maintaining such landmarks poses challenges around preservation, upkeep, and the risi...
The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, located in St. Louis, Illinois, is a UNESCO World Heritage site that preserves the remains of the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. This ancient city, known as Cahokia, was once a thriving urban center and a significant cultural and polit...
Read on and discover El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, a living museum in the oldest district of the city that's home to Olvera Street and other landmark cultural attractions.
Early maps show that there was a gate opening to this flow of water that would allow the vital force to flow into the cemetery and reach the necessary graves and prayer sites. One site that lies right where the gate opens to the water flow is labeled as Chinese Row in the cemetery hist...