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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... Conservation Institute launched a campaign for the restoration of the bas - reliefs that decorated the palaces . In ... conservation programme . The authorities in Benin have collected more funds to carry on the conservation programme by ...
... Conservation Institute launched a campaign for the restoration of the bas - reliefs that decorated the palaces . In ... conservation programme . The authorities in Benin have collected more funds to carry on the conservation programme by ...
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... conservation and are good examples of the architectural style adopt- ed by the first missionaries - Franciscans , Do- minicans and Augustinians who converted the in- digenous populations to Christianity in the early sixteenth century ...
... conservation and are good examples of the architectural style adopt- ed by the first missionaries - Franciscans , Do- minicans and Augustinians who converted the in- digenous populations to Christianity in the early sixteenth century ...
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... conservation techniques now accepted as standard were evolved . Following se- vere damage in World War II , it was once again re- stored , using the detailed documentation prepared by the earlier conservators . UNESCO added the site to ...
... conservation techniques now accepted as standard were evolved . Following se- vere damage in World War II , it was once again re- stored , using the detailed documentation prepared by the earlier conservators . UNESCO added the site to ...
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Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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