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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... Renaissance and underwent substantial renovations in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , taking on the appearance of a sumptuous late Baroque palace , crowned by slender towers . 山川 From the courtyard you can reach , in the. The ...
... Renaissance and underwent substantial renovations in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries , taking on the appearance of a sumptuous late Baroque palace , crowned by slender towers . 山川 From the courtyard you can reach , in the. The ...
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... Renaissance , which François I greatly admired . The refined deco- ration of the interiors constitutes the earliest and an exceptional document of the spread of Mannerism in northern Europe . This led to the creation of the current of ...
... Renaissance , which François I greatly admired . The refined deco- ration of the interiors constitutes the earliest and an exceptional document of the spread of Mannerism in northern Europe . This led to the creation of the current of ...
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... RENAISSANCE The term Carolingian Renaissance is used to describe the artistic flowering that took place in central Europe between the middle of the eighth century and the end of the tenth century . Its basic presupposition was political ...
... RENAISSANCE The term Carolingian Renaissance is used to describe the artistic flowering that took place in central Europe between the middle of the eighth century and the end of the tenth century . Its basic presupposition was political ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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