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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... complex , in which architecture and painting merge har- moniously . Aside from this , it has been for centuries the seat of the development , preser- vation , and diffusion of Slavic religious culture in all its various manifestations ...
... complex , in which architecture and painting merge har- moniously . Aside from this , it has been for centuries the seat of the development , preser- vation , and diffusion of Slavic religious culture in all its various manifestations ...
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... complex , with the three semi - circular apses of the church , dating back to the higher Middle Ages , and the massive structure of the tower - house , built in the fifteenth century for the abbess of the convent . Müstair , in the ...
... complex , with the three semi - circular apses of the church , dating back to the higher Middle Ages , and the massive structure of the tower - house , built in the fifteenth century for the abbess of the convent . Müstair , in the ...
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... complex , with wonderful mosaics and wall paintings . The cathe- dral and monastery represent the flowering of me ... Complex at Bodh Gaya The Mahabodhi Temple Complex is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Lord Buddha ...
... complex , with wonderful mosaics and wall paintings . The cathe- dral and monastery represent the flowering of me ... Complex at Bodh Gaya The Mahabodhi Temple Complex is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Lord Buddha ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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