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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... France ' , and it was opened to the public in 1837. Nowadays , therefore , the palace houses in several of its rooms the Musée d'Histoire de France ( Museum of French History ) , which was established by commissioning the most respected ...
... France ' , and it was opened to the public in 1837. Nowadays , therefore , the palace houses in several of its rooms the Musée d'Histoire de France ( Museum of French History ) , which was established by commissioning the most respected ...
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... France by the long civil rebellion known as the Fronde , which sorely tested the survival of monarchic power from 1648 to 1653. Upon the death of the cardinal , in 1661 , Louis XIV took the governance of France into his own hands ...
... France by the long civil rebellion known as the Fronde , which sorely tested the survival of monarchic power from 1648 to 1653. Upon the death of the cardinal , in 1661 , Louis XIV took the governance of France into his own hands ...
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... France who , with the assistance of Pope Clement IV , had them condemned as immoral heretics . With a Papal Bull in 1312 , the Pope declared the suppression of the order ; in France , many of the members , denying their guilt , were ...
... France who , with the assistance of Pope Clement IV , had them condemned as immoral heretics . With a Papal Bull in 1312 , the Pope declared the suppression of the order ; in France , many of the members , denying their guilt , were ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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