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Sunday, July 9, 2017

Van Nellefabriek (Rotterdam - Netherlands)

Van Nellefabriek was designed and built in the 1920s on the banks of a canal in the Spaanse Polder industrial zone north-west of Rotterdam.

The site is one of the icons of 20th-century industrial architecture, comprising a complex of factories, with façades consisting essentially of steel and glass, making large-scale use of the curtain wall principle.

It was conceived as an ‘ideal factory’, open to the outside world, whose interior working spaces evolved according to need, and in which daylight was used to provide pleasant working conditions.

It embodies the new kind of factory that became a symbol of the modernist and functionalist culture of the inter-war period and bears witness to the long commercial and industrial history of the Netherlands in the field of importation and processing of food products from tropical countries, and their industrial processing for marketing in Europe.

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Saturday, July 8, 2017

Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (Japan)

Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments.

The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social structure over much of that period, while the sacred sites provide mute testimony to the rare survival of an ancient form of religion into the modern age.

The wide- ranging economic and cultural contacts of the Ryukyu Islands over that period gave rise to a unique culture.

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Thursday, July 6, 2017

Crespi d'Adda (Italy)

Crespi d'Adda in Capriate San Gervasio in Lombardy is an outstanding example of the 19th- and early 20th-century 'company towns' built in Europe and North America by enlightened industrialists to meet the workers' needs.

The site is still remarkably intact and is partly used for industrial purposes, although changing economic and social conditions now threaten its survival.

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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Fatehpur Sikri (India)

Built during the second half of the 16th century by the Emperor Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri (the City of Victory) was the capital of the Mughal Empire for only some 10 years.

The complex of monuments and temples, all in a uniform architectural style, includes one of the largest mosques in India, the Jama Masjid.

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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Archaeological Site of Olympia (Greece)

The site of Olympia, in a valley in the Peloponnesus, has been inhabited since prehistoric times.

In the 10th century B.C., Olympia became a centre for the worship of Zeus.

The Altis – the sanctuary to the gods – has one of the highest concentrations of masterpieces from the ancient Greek world.

In addition to temples, there are the remains of all the sports structures erected for the Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia every four years beginning in 776 B.C.

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Monday, July 3, 2017

Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Germany)

With 500 ha of parks and 150 buildings constructed between 1730 and 1916, Potsdam's complex of palaces and parks forms an artistic whole, whose eclectic nature reinforces its sense of uniqueness.

It extends into the district of Berlin-Zehlendorf, with the palaces and parks lining the banks of the River Havel and Lake Glienicke.

Voltaire stayed at the Sans-Souci Palace, built under Frederick II between 1745 and 1747.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures.