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.
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