令人震惊的50个世界上最非凡的目的地是从世界文化遗产基金会全球遗产的最重要的网站上选出。在她50周年的纪念活动里,世界文化遗产基金会委托了一些当今最重要的作家表达在世界各地组织在过去的50年的工作。由国际摄影中心策展，这本书呈现了来自著名的摄影师显著的图片，有爱德华·伯仃斯基，Tiina Itkonen，埃里希·莱辛，吉迪恩·孟德尔和塞巴斯蒂昂·萨尔加多。

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从本质上讲,这是一个受过教育的旅行者的遗愿清单——足不出户的或者其他。从威尼斯和佩特拉到新奥尔良和吴哥，从复活岛和波兰克拉科夫犹太圣殿会堂到印度阿格拉莫卧儿花园，法国巴黎Chancellerie d’Orléans，世界文化遗产展出世界上最引人注目的50个目的地和文化遗址以及必看被保存下来的重要建筑作品。

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A stunning tour of 50 of the world’s most extraordinary destinations selected from the World Monuments Fund’s most important sites of global heritage. In commemoration of its 50th anniversary, the World Monuments Fund has commissioned some of today’s most important writers to give voice to the organization’s work around the world over the past 50 years. Curated by the International Center of Photography, the book features striking images from renowned photographers, including Edward Burtynsky, Tiina Itkonen, Erich Lessing, Gideon Mendel, and Sebastião Salgado.

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In essence, this is a bucket list for the educated traveler—armchair or otherwise. From Venice and Petra to New Orleans and Angkor, Easter Island to the Tempel Synagogue in Kraków, Poland, to the Mughal Gardens of Agra, India, to the Chancellerie d’Orléans in Paris, World Monuments presents 50 of the world’s most compelling destinations, cultural heritage sites, and significant architectural works that must be seen and preserved.

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