Porto has a historic center that dates back to 300 BC, a Unesco World Heritage colorful riverside quarter and dramatic 12th-Century Romanesque cathedral churches and chapels.
Another small town with a gentle, relaxed feel, Colonia is distinguished by its Unesco world heritage-rated old quarter.
Following the decline of industrial activities in the region, Wigan Pier's collection of warehouses and wharfs became a local heritage centre and cultural quarter.
Fully one-quarter of her heritage traces to this region.
The 1.58m-hectare Tasmanian wilderness world heritage area takes up a quarter of the state and contains forests, lakes, mountains and rivers that are largely free from development.
This study aimed to examine the effects of urbanization on the microclimate of Malacca by quantifying the ratio of built-up areas in two prominent areas of the city, namely, old (heritage site) and new city quarter (contemporary urban environment).
At the height of her dotage, Castaing was viewed as part of the quarter's cultural heritage, a living monument whom you acknowledged with a small bow as you turned sideways on the sidewalk to let her pass.
The festival, which runs through December 30, is a celebration of the Empty Quarter's traditional heritage and way of life a far cry from the contemporary turbo-Gulf culture seen nearby in Dubai or Abu Dhabi.
"It is unclear how much longer Yemen's remaining hospitals have before the lights go out". Aside from the human toll, the strikes on Sana have also raised fears of inflicting irreparable damage on the historic old city quarter, a UNESCO heritage site.
Nearly three-quarters of the surrounding population are of Pakistani, Bangladeshi or Indian heritage, compared with just over a quarter in the city as a whole, according to the 2011 census.
