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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... Shah Jahan , emperor from 1628 to 1658 , who belonged to the Islamic house of the Moghuls ; this dynasty descended from the Mongol tribes that in the previous centuries had spread terror throughout Asia and Europe . In 1526 their great ...
... Shah Jahan , emperor from 1628 to 1658 , who belonged to the Islamic house of the Moghuls ; this dynasty descended from the Mongol tribes that in the previous centuries had spread terror throughout Asia and Europe . In 1526 their great ...
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... Shah Jahan , placed here upon his death in 1666. Both the tombs , now empty because the bodies of the sovereigns ... Shah Jahan's family , but never used . Because of their acoustics , which have proven to be perfect , these rooms are ...
... Shah Jahan , placed here upon his death in 1666. Both the tombs , now empty because the bodies of the sovereigns ... Shah Jahan's family , but never used . Because of their acoustics , which have proven to be perfect , these rooms are ...
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... Shah Jahan to slaughter the Portuguese who had settled at Hooghly ( on the site of present - day Calcutta ) . According to some scholars , the most like- ly architect of the Taj Mahal is the Persian Ustad Ahmad Lahori , who had already ...
... Shah Jahan to slaughter the Portuguese who had settled at Hooghly ( on the site of present - day Calcutta ) . According to some scholars , the most like- ly architect of the Taj Mahal is the Persian Ustad Ahmad Lahori , who had already ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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