The Byzantine Bath of the Upper Town in Thesaloniki is the only Byzantine bath that has survived from the middle Byzantine period in Greece. The baths date to the late 13th/early 14th century, and functioned continuously until 1940. The original architecture follows the

Lubenice is an ancient fort city on the island of Cres, Croatia that was founded approximately four thousand years ago on top of a 380 m high ridge that overlooks the Adriatic Sea. It is a small local center that comprises forty buildings and seven permanent inhabitants. Buildings in

Grande Île, the historic centre of Strasbourg, France, is an island in the Ill River. Literally "Grand Island", Grand Île was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. At the time, the International Council on Monuments and Sites noted that Grand Île is "an old quarter that exemplifies medieval cities". Aside from the Strasbourg Cathedral—the world's fourth-tallest church and an ornate example of 15th-century Gothic architecture—Grand Île is home to four other centuries-old churches: St. Thomas, St. Pierre-le-Vieux, St. Pierre-le-Jeune, and St. Étienne. To mark Grand Île's status as a World Heritage Site, 22 brass plates were placed on the bridges giving access to the island.

Aire-sur-la-Lys is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Sights: Collegiate Church of Saint-Pierre. Le Bailliage. Town hall. The Bell-tower, classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2005. Rebuilt in 1923 at the same time as the

Citadelle de Blaye

El Torcal de Antequera is a nature reserve known for its unusual landforms, and is regarded as one of the most impressive karst landscapes in Europe. The area is designated as an Unesco World Heritage Site. The Jurassic age limestone is about 150 million years old and

The Domica cave is a karst cave situated on the south-western border of the Silicka planina Plateau in southern Slovakia. In combination with the Baradla cave, it makes up the most significant section of the Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst cross-border cave network that

Hollókő is a Palóc ethnographic village in Hungary and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The natural environment is protected. In the middle of the 13th century, in the aftermath of the Mongol invasion, construction of Hollókő castle first began as a means to protect the

Telč is a town in southern Moravia, near Jihlava, in the Czech Republic. The town was founded in 13th century as a royal water fort on the crossroads of busy merchant routes between Bohemia, Moravia and Austria. Besides the monumental 17th century Renaissance chateau with

Litomyšl, its town center and chateau complex is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The eastern Bohemian town of Litomyšl emerged in the 13th century on the site of an older fortified settlement on the Trstenice path - an important trading route linking Bohemia and