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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Monumental Sites Unesco. Detail with the Nativity in the southern portal . Detail of the figures that adorn the splay of the Royal Portal . On page 41 Stained glass window known as the ' Notre Dame de la Belle Verriere ' . SD 良 ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. Detail with the Nativity in the southern portal . Detail of the figures that adorn the splay of the Royal Portal . On page 41 Stained glass window known as the ' Notre Dame de la Belle Verriere ' . SD 良 ...
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Monumental Sites Unesco. Detail of the bronze column with The Dance of Salome , preserved in the Cathedral of Saint Mary . Detail of the doors built at the behest of Bishop Bernward , dating back to 1008-15 , with The Three Magi . On the ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. Detail of the bronze column with The Dance of Salome , preserved in the Cathedral of Saint Mary . Detail of the doors built at the behest of Bishop Bernward , dating back to 1008-15 , with The Three Magi . On the ...
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... detail ; it is a stone much beloved by sculptors when they wish to portray lovingly every de- tail of the jewellery of a deity , or the deity's physical and facial features , but it is incredibly heavy to lift . We are helped in this ...
... detail ; it is a stone much beloved by sculptors when they wish to portray lovingly every de- tail of the jewellery of a deity , or the deity's physical and facial features , but it is incredibly heavy to lift . We are helped in this ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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