World Heritage: Monumental SitesThis second volume, dedicated specifically to monumental sites, focuses on forty-seven emblematic instances of diverse geographic, cultural, and historic sites, providing each with a clear, well-documented explanatory text, enriched with in-depth boxes and a beautiful selection of pictures with detailed captions. This volume is a fabulous guide through wonderful sites such as the Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn, the Palace and Gardens of Versailles, Mount Athos, The Kremlin of Moscow, the Great Wall of China, the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the Forbidden City in Beijing, The Taj Mahal, the Royal Palaces of Abomey, the Pueblo of Taos and the Statue of Liberty in New York among many others. |
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... Chapel , and the Jewel Tower ) was newly rebuilt dur- ing the Victorian period , in keeping with the neo - Gothic taste then so popular . The abbey , which preserves intact its splendid thirteenth- century structures , is also well ...
... Chapel , and the Jewel Tower ) was newly rebuilt dur- ing the Victorian period , in keeping with the neo - Gothic taste then so popular . The abbey , which preserves intact its splendid thirteenth- century structures , is also well ...
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... Chapel of Henry VII . The ceilings. THE CHAPEL OF HENRY VII A substantial modification to the thirteenth - century plan of Westminster was made in 1503 , when the Lady Chapel ( built at the behest of Henry III and placed at the centre of ...
... Chapel of Henry VII . The ceilings. THE CHAPEL OF HENRY VII A substantial modification to the thirteenth - century plan of Westminster was made in 1503 , when the Lady Chapel ( built at the behest of Henry III and placed at the centre of ...
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Monumental Sites Unesco. Vault of the Chapel of Henry VII . The ceilings of the chapel , finely filigreed , represent the culmination of the English tradition of the fan vault , in which an intricate array of ribbings run out from a ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. Vault of the Chapel of Henry VII . The ceilings of the chapel , finely filigreed , represent the culmination of the English tradition of the fan vault , in which an intricate array of ribbings run out from a ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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