AII the wonders of the world in 1001 photos... This is the aim of the pages within, dedicated to sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. These treasures are of universal significance and belong to everyone. They include wonders of nature, whose physical and biological diversity demands preservation, but also a significant number of artistic and intellectual glories, the fruit of human creative genius on every continent—traces of long-lost civilizations; landmark cities and fabulous monuments; crossroads of civilization; cultural landscapes fashioned by the labor of centuries... Wonders of the World reveals the enormous variety of this heritage, so precious from the perspectives of history, art, and science that we have no choice but to safeguard it as best we can for future generations.