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In the seventeenth century, the Jewish community of Hania acquired a vacant Venetian church, the fifteenth-century Church of St. Catherine, and converted the structure into the Kal Kadosh Etz Hayim.

In the eighth century, a Breton monk named Emilion fled to southern France to escape persecution by the Benedictine order and adopted an eremitic existence, living in a cave.

A comprehensive restoration project protected the physical fabric of Emperor Diocletian’s palace, preserving an important example of Roman architecture that shows the breadth of the former empire.

Easter Island, one of the world’s most remote inhabited places, 3,700 kilometers off the coast of South America, is home to an extraordinary archaeological heritage that spans over a thousand years.

Easter Island, a special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, is most famous for the hundreds moai statues scattered throughout its coastline.

A Polynesian volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian triangle, Easter Island is a special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888.

Restoration of Valparaíso’s historic funiculars jump-started several other conservation projects in the historic seaport.

At least 150 wooden churches once stood on the Chiloé archipelago, a group of islands off the coast of central Chile.

Namseling Manor is among the rarest and most revealing examples of Tibetan vernacular architecture.

The meandering course of the Indus River in Pakistan brought an end to the life of a richly populated area that centuries ago thrived on maritime trade.