At the top the payoff is the Unesco-heritage designated basilica with its painting of St. Mary, allegedly by Luke the Evangelist and, said by some to have been brought to Bologna from the Middle East in the 12th century.
Stabiae is part of the collective Torre Annunziata World Heritage site, designated by UNESCO in 1997.
Saint-Louis, originally the capital of French West Africa and noted for its colonial heritage, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2000.
As part of its "Dream in Color" campaign, Target has announced its sponsorship of five Congressionally designated heritage months at the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies: Hispanic Heritage (Sept. 15-Oct. 15), American Indian Heritage (November), Black History (February), Women's History (March) and Asian Pacific American Heritage (May).
Jungfrau-Aletsch, for instance, located on a Unesco World Heritage-designated glacier's edge, can be accessed by rail, bus, bike or foot.
While in Vietnam, I also tried a banh mi in Hoi An, a Unesco World Heritage-designated city on the central coast.
San Antonio's World Heritage-designated missions could become the jewels in the crown of a congressionally designated National Heritage Area, which would be a first for Texas.
Barcelona, the stylish and elegant capital of Catalonia, is celebrating its Modernist heritage, with 2002 designated the Gaudí Year.
Others drive north to the former royal capital of Hue, another designated heritage site, where a preserved citadel offers glimpses into a former feudal empire.
