1001 historic sites you must see before you die / general editor, Richard Cavendish ; preface by Koichiro Matsuura; [editors, Becky Gee ... [et al.].

A Quintessence Book

In collaboration with Unesco--Jacket.

Provides a compendium of of the world's most important historical locations. Contains heritage sites that preserve wonders of the ancient world such as the Great Wall of China and the pyramids of Egypt, to memorials that commemorates significant moments in the twentieth century.The variety and scope of the site presented by the book is immense and stretches over millenia , encompassing the Sterkfontein Caves, near Johannesburg in South Africa - the " cradle of the human race " - and Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie, iconic symbol of Cold War. Also within the pages of the book are great engineering works of the past and present - viaducts, bridges, ships, together with places of worship, such as Jerusalem's Wailing Wall and Italy's Orvieto Cathedral, key seats of power from Versailles to the White House, and the world's major battlefileds from Gettysburg to the Somme. World-famous locations sit alongside forgotten corners of the globe that still bear the imprint of historical events.