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Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
The historic city of Mostar, straddling a deep valley in the Neretva River, developed as an Ottoman frontier town in the 15th and 16th centuries and under the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the 19th and 20th centuries. Mostar has long been known for its old Turkish houses and the Old Bridge, Stari Most, after which it was named. However, during the conflict of the 1990s, large parts of the historic city and the Old Bridge, designed by the famous architect Sinan, were destroyed. The Old Bridge was recently rebuilt with the help of an international scientific committee set up by UNESCO, and many buildings in the Old Town have been restored or rebuilt. The Old Bridge area features pre-Ottoman, East Ottoman, Mediterranean and Western European architectural features and is an outstanding example of a multicultural urban settlement. The rebuilt Old Bridge and Old Town Mostar are symbols of reconciliation, international cooperation and the coexistence of different cultural, ethnic and religious communities.
Historic Centre of Vienna
Vienna grew from an early Celtic and Roman settlement into a medieval and Baroque city and the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. From the glory days of Viennese Classicism until the early 20th century, it was Europe's leading music centre. Vienna's historic centre features a rich architectural ensemble, including Baroque castles and gardens, and the late 19th-century Ringstrasse, lined with magnificent buildings, monuments and parks.
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
The historic city of Mostar, straddling a deep valley in the Neretva River, developed as an Ottoman frontier town in the 15th and 16th centuries and under the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the 19th and 20th centuries. Mostar has long been known for its old Turkish houses and the Old Bridge, Stari Most, after which it was named. However, during the conflict of the 1990s, large parts of the historic city and the Old Bridge, designed by the famous architect Sinan, were destroyed. The Old Bridge was recently rebuilt with the help of an international scientific committee set up by UNESCO, and many buildings in the Old Town have been restored or rebuilt. The Old Bridge area features pre-Ottoman, East Ottoman, Mediterranean and Western European architectural features and is an outstanding example of a multicultural urban settlement. The rebuilt Old Bridge and Old Town Mostar are symbols of reconciliation, international cooperation and the coexistence of different cultural, ethnic and religious communities.
Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra
Berat and Gjirokastra are listed as rare examples of typical architectural styles from the Ottoman period. Berat, located in central Albania, has witnessed the coexistence of various religious and cultural communities over the centuries. There is a castle, known locally as Kara, most of which was built in the 13th century, but its origins date back to the 4th century BC. The castle area has many Byzantine churches, mainly built in the 13th century, and several mosques from the Ottoman period, which began in 1417. Gjirokastra, located in the Drinos River Valley in southern Albania, has a series of fine two-story houses built in the 17th century. The town also preserves a bazaar, an 18th-century mosque and two churches from the same period.
Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
The square mosque, with a large dome and four slender minarets, is the focal point of the skyline of Edirne, the former Ottoman capital. Sinan, the most famous Ottoman architect of the 16th century, considered the complex his finest work, which includes a madrasah, covered market, clock tower, outer courtyard and library. The interior decoration used Iznik tiles at the height of their powers, proving that the art form remains unrivalled today with this material. The complex is considered the most harmonious expression of the Ottoman külliye, a group of buildings built around a mosque and administered as a single institution.
Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
Tabriz has been a place of cultural exchange since ancient times, and its historical bazaar complex was one of the most important commercial centers on the Silk Road. The Tabriz Historical Bazaar complex consists of a series of interconnected, covered brick structures, buildings, and enclosed spaces used for different functions. Tabriz and its bazaar were already prosperous and famous in the 13th century, when this town in the East Azerbaijan Province became the capital of the Safavid Kingdom. The city lost its status as capital in the 16th century, but it remained an important commercial center until the end of the 18th century as the Ottoman Empire expanded its power. It is one of the most complete examples of Iran's traditional commercial and cultural system.
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad
The Mehmed Pasha Sokolović Bridge spans the Drina River in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina and was built by the court architect Mimar Koca Sinan at the end of the 16th century on the orders of Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha Sokolović. The bridge is a symbol of the heyday of the Ottoman Empire. The bridge is a landmark of architecture and civil engineering with 11 masonry arches spanning 11 to 15 meters and an entrance ramp at right angles to the four arches on the left bank of the river. The bridge is 179.5 meters long and is a masterpiece of Sinan, one of the greatest architects and engineers of the classical Ottoman period and a contemporary of the Italian Renaissance, whose works can be compared to those of the latter. The unique elegance of proportions and the grandeur of the entire site bear witness to the great architecture of this style.
Old City of Acre
Acre is a historic port city that has been inhabited since the Phoenician period. The present city is an Ottoman fortified town built in the 18th and 19th centuries, with typical urban components such as a castle, mosque, khan and baths. The remains of the Crusader City, built between 1104 and 1291, are almost intact, and both above and below today's streets, show the layout and structure of the medieval capital of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
During the Mamluk period from 1250 to 1517, the use of local limestone influenced the construction of the old city of Hebron/Al-Khalil. The centerpiece of the town's attractions is the Ibrahim Mosque/Tomb of the Patriarchs, whose buildings are located within a courtyard built in the 1st century AD to protect the tombs of Patriarch Abraham/Ibrahim and his family. The site became a place of pilgrimage for the three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The town was located at the crossroads of trade routes that caravans traveled between southern Palestine, Sinai, eastern Jordan, and northern Arabia. Although the subsequent Ottoman period (1517-1917) marked the expansion of the town into the surrounding areas and brought a large number of architectural additions, especially raising the roof heights of houses to create more superstructures, the overall Mamluk form of the town still retained its regional hierarchy, neighborhoods based on ethnic, religious or occupational groups, and houses with room groups arranged according to a tree-like system.
Old Town of Corfu
Located on the island of Corfu off the western coast of Albania and Greece, in a strategic location at the entrance to the Adriatic Sea, the Old Town of Corfu dates back to the 8th century BC. The city's three fortresses were designed by famous Venetian engineers and were used to protect the maritime trade interests of the Republic of Venice from the Ottoman Empire for four centuries. Over time, the forts have been repaired and partially rebuilt several times, most recently under British rule in the 19th century. The main neoclassical housing in the old town dates partly from the Venetian period and partly from later construction, especially in the 19th century. As a fortified Mediterranean port, the city and port of Corfu as a whole are known for their high degree of integrity and authenticity.
As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality
The city of As Salt is located on three densely packed hills in the Barka Highlands in west-central Jordan and is an important trade link between the eastern desert and the west. During the last 60 years of Ottoman rule, the area prospered due to the arrival and settlement of merchants from Nablus, Syria and Lebanon, who made their fortunes through trade, banking and agriculture. This prosperity attracted skilled craftsmen from different parts of the region, who worked to transform this humble rural settlement into a thriving town with a unique layout and an architectural style characterized by large public buildings and family homes built from local yellow limestone. The urban core of the site includes approximately 650 important historic buildings, which blend European Art Nouveau and neo-colonial styles with local traditions. The city's non-segregated development reflects tolerance between Muslims and Christians, who developed a tradition of hospitality, which is reflected in the Madafas (guesthouses, called Dawaween) and the social welfare system Takaful Ijtimai'. These tangible and intangible aspects emerged through the fusion of rural traditions with the practices of bourgeois merchants and artisans during the golden age of Sarthe's development, from the 1860s to the 1920s.
Erbil Citadel
Erbil Citadel is a fortification located on top of an imposing ovoid mound (a hill formed by generations of people living and rebuilding on the same site) in the Kurdistan region of Erbil Governorate. A continuous high 19th-century wall still gives the visual impression of an impregnable fortress overlooking the city of Erbil. The citadel features a peculiar fan-shaped pattern that dates back to the late Ottoman period in Erbil. Written and pictorial historical records attest to the antiquity of the site's settlement - Erbil corresponds to ancient Arbela, an important Assyrian political and religious centre - while archaeological discoveries and investigations have shown that the mound conceals layers and remains of previous settlements.
Paris, Banks of the Seine
From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evolution and history of Paris can be seen from the Seine. Notre Dame and Sainte-Chapelle are architectural masterpieces, while Haussmann's wide squares and boulevards influenced town planning around the world in the late 19th and 20th centuries.