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Unesco: Russian Federation: Historical Centre of the City of Yaroslavl
Situated at the confluence of the Volga and Kotorosl Rivers some 250 km north-east of Moscow, the historic city of Yaroslavl developed into a major commercial centre from the 11th century. It is renowned for its numerous 17th-century...
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Unesco: Mexico: San Miguel and Sanctuary of Jesus Nazareno De Atotonilco
The fortified town, first established in the 16th century to protect the Royal Route inland, reached its apogee in the 18th century when many of its outstanding religious and civic buildings were built in the style of the Mexican...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Tyndale
William Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tindall or Tyndall; (c. 1494 - 1536) was a 16th-century Protestant reformer and scholar who translated the Bible into the Early Modern English of his day. While a number of partial and complete Old...
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Unesco: Korea: Jongmyo Shrine
Jongmyo is the oldest and most authentic of the Confucian royal shrines to have been preserved. Dedicated to the forefathers of the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), the shrine has existed in its present form since the 16th century and houses...
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Unesco: Czech Republic: Litomysl Castle
Litomysl Catle wa originally a Renaiance arcade-catle of the type firt developed in Italy and then adopted and greatly developed in central Europe in the 16th century. It deign and decoration are particularly fine, including the later...
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Unesco: Gambia: Stone Circles of Senegambia
The site consists of four large groups of stone circles that represent an extraordinary concentration of over 1,000 monuments in a band 100 km wide along some 350 km of the River Gambia. The four groups, Sine Ngayene, Wanar, Wassu and...
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Unesco: Spain: Old Town of Segovia and Its Aqueduct
The Roman aqueduct of Segovia, probably built c. A.D. 50, is remarkably well preserved. This impressive construction, with its two tiers of arches, forms part of the setting of the magnificent historic city of Segovia. Other important...
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Unesco: Spain: San Millan Yuso and Suso Monasteries
The monastic community founded by St Millan in the mid-6th century became a place of pilgrimage. A fine Romanesque church built in honour of the holy man still stands at the site of Suso. It was here that the first literature was...
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Unesco: Sri Lanka: Old Town of Galle and Its Fortifications
Founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese, Galle reached the height of its development in the 18th century, before the arrival of the British. It is the best example of a fortified city built by Europeans in South and South-East...
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Unesco: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
The historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and during the Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries. Mostar has long been...
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Unesco: Mexico: Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
Founded by the Spanish in the early 16th century, Guanajuato became the world's leading silver-extraction centre in the 18th century. This past can be seen in its 'subterranean streets' and the 'Boca del Inferno', a mineshaft that...
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Unesco: Germany: Mines of Rammelsberg, Goslar & Upper Harz Water Mgmt System
The Upper Harz mining water management system, which lies south of the Rammelsberg mines and the town of Goslar, has been developed over a period of some 800 years to assist in the process of extracting ore for the production of...
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Eternal Egypt: Steel Helmet
This steel helmet is traced to the Mamluk era, 10th century AH (16th century AD).
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Italy, 1600
Map of Italy at the end of the 16th Century showing the territorial boundaries and claims on the peninsula, islands, and northern regions, important cities of the time, rivers, and coastal features. This map is color-coded to show the...
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Unesco: Norway: Bryggen
Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town’s importance as part of the Hanseatic League’s trading empire from the 14th to the mid-16th century. Many fires, the last in 1955, have ravaged the characteristic wooden houses...
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Unesco: India: Fatehpur Sikri
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...
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Unesco: Chile: Rapa Nui National Park
Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. A society of Polynesian origin that settled there c. A.D. 300 established a powerful, imaginative and original tradition of monumental...
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Unesco: Netherlands: Defence Line of Amsterdam
Extending 135 km around the city of Amsterdam, this defence line (built between 1883 and 1920) is the only example of a fortification based on the principle of controlling the waters. Since the 16th century, the people of the Netherlands...
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Unesco: Mexico: Historic Centre of Morelia
Built in the 16th century, Morelia is an outstanding example of urban planning which combines the ideas of the Spanish Renaissance with the Mesoamerican experience. Well-adapted to the slopes of the hill site, its streets still follow...
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Unesco: Turkey: Selimiye Mosque and Its Social Complex
The square Mosque with its single great dome and four slender minarets, dominates the skyline of the former Ottoman capital of Edirne. Sinan, the most famous of Ottoman architects in the 16th century, considered the complex, which...
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Unesco: Romania: Villages With Fortified Churches in Transylvania
These Transylvanian villages with their fortified churches provide a vivid picture of the cultural landscape of southern Transylvania. The seven villages inscribed, founded by the Transylvanian Saxons, are characterized by a specific...
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Unesco: Tanzania: Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
The remains of two great East African ports admired by early European explorers are situated on two small islands near the coast. From the 13th to the 16th century, the merchants of Kilwa dealt in gold, silver, pearls, perfumes, Arabian...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Arkansas: Parkin Indian Mound
A Late Mississippian and protohistoric palisaded village with one mound; may be the town of Casqui mentioned by 16th century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Hawaii: Piilanihale Heiau
Ancient temple in Polynesia; constructed from lava blocks; dates from the 16th century.
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