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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... arches linked by a small arch , and they were entirely separate from the roofs of the secondary aisles . This innovation , besides becoming a formal element that was capable of enlivening the external mass of the building , made it ...
... arches linked by a small arch , and they were entirely separate from the roofs of the secondary aisles . This innovation , besides becoming a formal element that was capable of enlivening the external mass of the building , made it ...
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... arches . On the facing page Canaletto , Westminster Abbey with the Procession of the Knights of the Order of the Bath ( detail ) , 1749. London , Westminster Abbey . € 99 مه e 1 1 A : D : MDXC. twin lights and a rose window , forming a ...
... arches . On the facing page Canaletto , Westminster Abbey with the Procession of the Knights of the Order of the Bath ( detail ) , 1749. London , Westminster Abbey . € 99 مه e 1 1 A : D : MDXC. twin lights and a rose window , forming a ...
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... arches , arranged transversely along the aisle , run at right angles to the large longitudinal arches , which cut into the upper section of the perimeter walls , framing the windows . The lower section of the walls , on the other hand ...
... arches , arranged transversely along the aisle , run at right angles to the large longitudinal arches , which cut into the upper section of the perimeter walls , framing the windows . The lower section of the walls , on the other hand ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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