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Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev
The four Nabataean towns of Haruza, Mahmshit, Avdat and Shifta, and their associated fortresses and agricultural landscapes in the Negev Desert, lie along the route that connects them to the Mediterranean end of the spices and spice routes. Together, they reflect the spread of a lucrative trade in frankincense and myrrh from southern Arabia to the Mediterranean, which flourished from the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD. With their complex irrigation systems, urban buildings, fortresses and remains of caravanserais, they bear witness to the fact that the harsh desert was settled for the purposes of trade and agriculture.
Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
Located on Mathildenheuvel, the highest point in the city of Darmstadt in west-central Germany, the Artists' Colony Darmstadt was founded in 1897 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse as a center for emerging reform movements in architecture, art, and crafts. The buildings of the Artists' Colony were designed by its artist members as early modernist experimental living and working environments. The Artists' Colony was expanded during successive international exhibitions in 1901, 1904, 1908, and 1914. Today, the Artists' Colony bears witness to early modern architecture, urban planning, and landscape design, all of which were influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and the Vienna Secession. The two-part collection includes 23 elements, such as the Wedding Tower (1908), the Exhibition Pavilion (1908), the Plane Grove (1833, 1904-14), the Russian Church of St. Mary Magdalene (1897-99), the Lily Basin, the Monument to Gottfried Schwab (1905), the Pavilion and Gardens (1914), the "Swan Temple" Garden Pavilion (1914), the Ernst Ludwig Fountain, and 13 houses and artists' studios built for the Darmstadt Artists' Colony and the International Exhibition. Three house complexes built for the 1904 Exhibition are an additional component.