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 Taj Mahal stands in the interior of a great garden with a square plan , the favourite form of Islamic architecture and a symbol of divine perfection . L EE The sarcophagi of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. On the ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. The Taj Mahal stands in the interior of a great garden with a square plan , the favourite form of Islamic architecture and a symbol of divine perfection . L EE The sarcophagi of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. On the ...
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Monumental Sites Unesco. Panoramic view of the Taj Mahal from the terrace of the monumental portal . The Red Fort , standing at the edge of the enclosure of the Taj Mahal . On the facing page The brick structure of the mausoleum is ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. Panoramic view of the Taj Mahal from the terrace of the monumental portal . The Red Fort , standing at the edge of the enclosure of the Taj Mahal . On the facing page The brick structure of the mausoleum is ...
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... Taj Mahal was built on the interior of a vast garden , entirely surrounded by a wall with a square - plan perimeter ( the plans of many parts of the complex are based on either the square a ... Mahal has a plan with. 283 The Taj Mahal in ...
... Taj Mahal was built on the interior of a vast garden , entirely surrounded by a wall with a square - plan perimeter ( the plans of many parts of the complex are based on either the square a ... Mahal has a plan with. 283 The Taj Mahal in ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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