Year: 2009

Fresco of John Hawkwood

Discover Fresco of John Hawkwood in Florence, Italy: In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

Casa Saldarini

Discover Casa Saldarini in Piombino, Italy: An unusual house built using an iso-elastic membrane.

Montecristo

Discover Montecristo in Italy: The forbidden island of the Tuscan Archipelago may still contain buried treasure.

Bologna Zoological Museum

Discover Bologna Zoological Museum in Bologna, Italy: This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.

The Devil’s Column

Discover The Devil's Column in Milan, Italy: The mark of the Devil's horns on a marble column in Milan.

Ötzi the Iceman

Discover Ötzi the Iceman in Bolzano, Italy: Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno

Discover Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno in Genoa, Italy: A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

Santa Maria presso San Satiro

Discover Santa Maria presso San Satiro in Milan, Italy: Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

The 15th Century Unwanted Baby Drop-off

Discover Ospedale degli Innocenti (Hospital of the Innocents) in Florence, Italy: Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Milan’s Duomo “Dinosaur”

Discover Milan's Duomo "Dinosaur" in Milan, Italy: Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

Grotta Gigante

Discover Grotta Gigante in Borgo Grotta Gigante, Italy: One of the largest caves in the world open to the public.

Quartiere Coppedè

Discover Quartiere Coppedè in Rome, Italy: Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts

Discover Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts in Rome, Italy: The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises.".

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 261 ii
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. 480 iii
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. 514 iv
To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history. 642 ix
To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 137 v
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. 172 vi
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria). 256 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 151 viii
To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features. 98 x
To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 168

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