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...World Heritage Site (among other nearby architectural wonders, including the Eiffel Tower). It is one of the most well known and frequently visited sites in the world, attracting 12 million tourists every year (Figure 3). Owing to its fame, it has become a symbol of Paris and has inspired artists and writers for many generations. [This is a colour photograph of Notre-Dame...

...World? (given below in three parts), to which you will be referred later in this course. The essays are provided as links below the video clips. Click play to view the video (Part 1, 11 minutes) Ian Donnochie New Lanark. At its height this village was home to 2000 mill workers. At the beginning of the 19th century it was one of the biggest and most successful cotton mills...

...World Heritage site. So one image was on public display, and may commemorate a real athlete, the other is from a private house, and a really wealthy one at that. So it would have been used to impress lots of visitors. But of course, it may be a fantasy image. And although both images are ancient, they're a thousand years apart and from two different ancient cultures. This...

...heritage sites. This album explores how different values and perceptions of heritage affect how the past is safeguarded, examining the British preoccupation with the built environment. Heritage can impart a sense of national identity and preserve memories and associations, but for whom? This material forms part of The Open University course A180 Heritage, whose...