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Monday, August 7, 2017

Historic Centre of Guimarães (Portugal)

The historic town of Guimarães is associated with the emergence of the Portuguese national identity in the 12th century.

An exceptionally well-preserved and authentic example of the evolution of a medieval settlement into a modern town, its rich building typology exemplifies the specific development of Portuguese architecture from the 15th to 19th century through the consistent use of traditional building materials and techniques.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of Guimarães

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Sunday, August 6, 2017

Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski (Poland)

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 development of landscape architecture in Europe and America.

Designed as a ‘painting with plants’, it did not seek to evoke classical landscapes, paradise, or some lost perfection, instead using local plants to enhance the inherent qualities of the existing landscape.

This integrated landscape extends into the town of Muskau with green passages that formed urban parks framing areas for development.

The town thus became a design component in a utopian landscape.

The site also features a reconstructed castle, bridges and an arboretum.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures.

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Saturday, August 5, 2017

Sacred City of Caral-Supe (Peru)

The 5000-year-old 626-hectare archaeological site of The Sacred City of Caral-Supe is situated on a dry desert terrace overlooking the green valley of the Supe river.

It dates back to the Late Archaic Period of the Central Andes and is the oldest centre of civilization in the Americas.

Exceptionally well-preserved, the site is impressive in terms of its design and the complexity of its architectural, especially its monumental stone and earthen platform mounts and sunken circular courts.

One of 18 urban settlements situated in the same area, Caral features complex and monumental architecture, including six large pyramidal structures.

A quipu (the knot system used in Andean civilizations to record information) found on the site testifies to the development and complexity of Caral society.

The city’s plan and some of its components, including pyramidal structures and residence of the elite, show clear evidence of ceremonial functions, signifying a powerful religious ideology.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of Caral-Supe.

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Friday, August 4, 2017

Dunedin (New Zealand)

Dunedin is the second city in the number of inhabitants after Christchurch on the south island of New Zealand with approximately 113,600 inhabitants and an area of 3315 km².

Dunedin was founded in 1848 by the Free Church of Scotland.

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (Japan)

Set in the dense forests of the Kii Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, three sacred sites – Yoshino and Omine, Kumano Sanzan, Koyasan – linked by pilgrimage routes to the ancient capital cities of Nara and Kyoto, reflect the fusion of Shinto, rooted in the ancient tradition of nature worship in Japan, and Buddhism, which was introduced from China and the Korean Peninsula.

The sites (495.3 ha) and their surrounding forest landscape reflect a persistent and extraordinarily well-documented tradition of sacred mountains over 1,200 years.

The area, with its abundance of streams, rivers and waterfalls, is still part of the living culture of Japan and is much visited for ritual purposes and hiking, with up to 15 million visitors annually.

Each of the three sites contains shrines, some of which were founded as early as the 9th century.

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Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta (Italy)

Ferrara, which grew up around a ford over the River Po, became an intellectual and artistic centre that attracted the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Here, Piero della Francesca, Jacopo Bellini and Andrea Mantegna decorated the palaces of the House of Este.

The humanist concept of the 'ideal city' came to life here in the neighbourhoods built from 1492 onwards by Biagio Rossetti according to the new principles of perspective.

The completion of this project marked the birth of modern town planning and influenced its subsequent development.

The five most beautiful wallpapers and pictures of Ferrara.