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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... city of Kroměříž , whose strategic function was bound up with its proximity to the River Morava and the intersection of the ancient Salt Road , running from Austria to Moravia in the north , and the Amber Road , which linked the Baltic ...
... city of Kroměříž , whose strategic function was bound up with its proximity to the River Morava and the intersection of the ancient Salt Road , running from Austria to Moravia in the north , and the Amber Road , which linked the Baltic ...
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... old capital . To the west of the palace , two man - made lakes came into ex- istence , along with an imperial park ... City , seen from overhead . On the facing page The Hall of Supreme Harmony , the point from which all imperial power ...
... old capital . To the west of the palace , two man - made lakes came into ex- istence , along with an imperial park ... City , seen from overhead . On the facing page The Hall of Supreme Harmony , the point from which all imperial power ...
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... Old Kingdom , speak of the transformation of the dead king into the Sun : the Horus - king was therefore associated with Ra , whose principal cult was in the city that the Greeks called - and it was no coincidence - Heliopolis . The ...
... Old Kingdom , speak of the transformation of the dead king into the Sun : the Horus - king was therefore associated with Ra , whose principal cult was in the city that the Greeks called - and it was no coincidence - Heliopolis . The ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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