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. The Kremlin of Moscow The Kremlin of Moscow , seen from the Moscova River in a print from the nineteenth century . Crown of the Empress Anna , preserved in the Armoury of the Kremlin . czars . 3000 род iour , the ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. The Kremlin of Moscow The Kremlin of Moscow , seen from the Moscova River in a print from the nineteenth century . Crown of the Empress Anna , preserved in the Armoury of the Kremlin . czars . 3000 род iour , the ...
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Monumental Sites Unesco. iour , the principal entrance to the Kremlin - and , in 1485 , the central gate , known as the ' secret gate ' , from which an underground cor- ridor led to the river . The south - central section of the Kremlin ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. iour , the principal entrance to the Kremlin - and , in 1485 , the central gate , known as the ' secret gate ' , from which an underground cor- ridor led to the river . The south - central section of the Kremlin ...
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... Kremlin of Moscow is an imposing fortified citadel , surrounded by monumental walls that are as thick in some places as 6 metres . 803 心味 129 向鼠 the ecclesiastic council of. tury but restored in 1668 by Simon Ushakov . The Golden ...
... Kremlin of Moscow is an imposing fortified citadel , surrounded by monumental walls that are as thick in some places as 6 metres . 803 心味 129 向鼠 the ecclesiastic council of. tury but restored in 1668 by Simon Ushakov . The Golden ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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