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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... Italy Pages II - III The Temple of the Sun at Koṇārak , India Page VII Pages X - XI The Cathedral of Chartres ... Italy in 2003 by Skira Editore S.p.A. Palazzo Casati Stampa via Torino 61 20123 Milano Italy 2003 Skira for the texts 2003 ...
... Italy Pages II - III The Temple of the Sun at Koṇārak , India Page VII Pages X - XI The Cathedral of Chartres ... Italy in 2003 by Skira Editore S.p.A. Palazzo Casati Stampa via Torino 61 20123 Milano Italy 2003 Skira for the texts 2003 ...
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... Italy , destined to great popularity especially in the Franciscan foundations . Because of these structural ... Italian painting , ex- ecuted by the great artistic schools of the thir- teenth and fourteenth centuries : from Cimabue to ...
... Italy , destined to great popularity especially in the Franciscan foundations . Because of these structural ... Italian painting , ex- ecuted by the great artistic schools of the thir- teenth and fourteenth centuries : from Cimabue to ...
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Monumental Sites Unesco. ITALIAN ARTISTS AT THE ESCORIAL The intensive participation of Italian artists in the decoration of the Escorial reflects the tastes of Philip Il who was the most enlightened patron of Titian , with whom the king ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. ITALIAN ARTISTS AT THE ESCORIAL The intensive participation of Italian artists in the decoration of the Escorial reflects the tastes of Philip Il who was the most enlightened patron of Titian , with whom the king ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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