Urban Heritage Atlas

The UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas has just been launched.  
The Atlas currently features 10 World Heritage cities

• Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata, Mauritania;
• Asmara: A Modernist African City, Eritrea;
• Historic Centre of Cordoba, Spain;
• Historic City of Ahmedabad, India;
• Medina of Tunis, Tunisia;
• Monuments Zone of Queretaro, Mexico;
• New and Old Towns of Edinburgh, United Kingdom;
• Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures, Uzbekistan;
• Old Towns of Djenne, Mali;
• Stone Town of Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania.

It provides interactive maps, histories of the construction , architectural features and cultural historical importance of each of the cities.