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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... India and the recognized symbol of the entire nation , is certain- ly one of the best known and admired monu- ments on earth . It was built at the behest of Shah Jahan , emperor from 1628 to 1658 , who belonged to the Islamic house of ...
... India and the recognized symbol of the entire nation , is certain- ly one of the best known and admired monu- ments on earth . It was built at the behest of Shah Jahan , emperor from 1628 to 1658 , who belonged to the Islamic house of ...
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... Indian stonemasons were famous throughout the East for their remarkable skills ; when , in the fourteenth century , Tamerlane decided to embellish his capital , Samarkhand , he sum- moned from India the finest marble workers who became ...
... Indian stonemasons were famous throughout the East for their remarkable skills ; when , in the fourteenth century , Tamerlane decided to embellish his capital , Samarkhand , he sum- moned from India the finest marble workers who became ...
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... INDIA Brihadisvara Temple , Thanjavur The great Temple of Tanjore ( Thanjavur ) was built between 1003 and 1010 in the reign of the great King Rajaraja , founder of the Chola Empire which stretched over all of South India and the neigh ...
... INDIA Brihadisvara Temple , Thanjavur The great Temple of Tanjore ( Thanjavur ) was built between 1003 and 1010 in the reign of the great King Rajaraja , founder of the Chola Empire which stretched over all of South India and the neigh ...
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Denmark | 28 |
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