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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... UNESCO added the site to the World Heritage List in 1994 . INDIA Brihadisvara Temple , Thanjavur The great Temple of Tanjore ( Thanjavur ) was built between 1003 and 1010 in the reign of the great King Rajaraja , founder of the Chola ...
... UNESCO added the site to the World Heritage List in 1994 . INDIA Brihadisvara Temple , Thanjavur The great Temple of Tanjore ( Thanjavur ) was built between 1003 and 1010 in the reign of the great King Rajaraja , founder of the Chola ...
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Monumental Sites Unesco. clear overview of the development of European religious architecture . UNESCO added the site to the World Heritage List in 1995 . FINLAND Fortress of Suomenlinna Built in the second half of the eighteenth century ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. clear overview of the development of European religious architecture . UNESCO added the site to the World Heritage List in 1995 . FINLAND Fortress of Suomenlinna Built in the second half of the eighteenth century ...
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... UNESCO added the site to the World Her- itage List in 1997 . Villa Adriana , Tivoli Villa Adriana , an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the second century A.D. by the Roman Emperor Hadrian , reproduces the best ...
... UNESCO added the site to the World Her- itage List in 1997 . Villa Adriana , Tivoli Villa Adriana , an exceptional complex of classical buildings created in the second century A.D. by the Roman Emperor Hadrian , reproduces the best ...
Contents
The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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| Title | World Heritage: Monumental Sites Treasury of World Culture UNESCO World Heritage Volume 2 of World heritage |
| Author | Unesco |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Skira, 2003 |
| ISBN | 9231039199, 9789231039195 |
| Length | 383 pages |
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