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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Page 44
... base for the upper window , in keeping with a device that is entirely alien to the rigour of Italian classicism . The construction is completed by steep pitched roofs and , like all of the façades of the palace , it is devoid of ...
... base for the upper window , in keeping with a device that is entirely alien to the rigour of Italian classicism . The construction is completed by steep pitched roofs and , like all of the façades of the palace , it is devoid of ...
Page 86
... base of the hill a great foun- tain was installed , with sculptures of Venus and Mercury by Jean - Baptiste Pigalle which were donated by Louis XV of France himself to Frederick II . The single - storey façade is surmounted by an ...
... base of the hill a great foun- tain was installed , with sculptures of Venus and Mercury by Jean - Baptiste Pigalle which were donated by Louis XV of France himself to Frederick II . The single - storey façade is surmounted by an ...
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... base of the dome , surrounded by verses from the Koran . Construction , which began in 1631 , con- tinued uninterrupted for seventeen years and required the labour of 20,000 workers . In or- der to house those workers , a small city ...
... base of the dome , surrounded by verses from the Koran . Construction , which began in 1631 , con- tinued uninterrupted for seventeen years and required the labour of 20,000 workers . In or- der to house those workers , a small city ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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