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. Mount Athos On the facing page Surrounded by massive walls , the monasteries of Mount Athos are still closed to women , and still respect laws and customs that have been preserved unchanged for 1,000 years . FEE ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. Mount Athos On the facing page Surrounded by massive walls , the monasteries of Mount Athos are still closed to women , and still respect laws and customs that have been preserved unchanged for 1,000 years . FEE ...
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... than 2,000 metres tall , has attracted the curiosity of mariners since ancient times , both because of its shape and because of its position looming sheer over the sea . TP оги TIP 0 MIO BEOC KGAON EK TÁCHCOHEN HON. 127 Mount Athos.
... than 2,000 metres tall , has attracted the curiosity of mariners since ancient times , both because of its shape and because of its position looming sheer over the sea . TP оги TIP 0 MIO BEOC KGAON EK TÁCHCOHEN HON. 127 Mount Athos.
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... Mount Athos contain a great number of frescoes , executed between the thirteenth and the eighteenth centuries by artists who , faithful to a tradition that developed over several hundred years , perpetuated a fixed scheme for the ...
... Mount Athos contain a great number of frescoes , executed between the thirteenth and the eighteenth centuries by artists who , faithful to a tradition that developed over several hundred years , perpetuated a fixed scheme for the ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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