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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... an image known as Our Lady Underground , the first of a series of Black Madonnas venerated on the site . The only traces that remain of the sacred buildings that stood on that site before the construction of the cathedral are found ...
... an image known as Our Lady Underground , the first of a series of Black Madonnas venerated on the site . The only traces that remain of the sacred buildings that stood on that site before the construction of the cathedral are found ...
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The construction of the royal palace began during the reign of François I , who in 1528 ordered an ambitious campaign of demoli- tion and expansion of the old royal residence . Further modifications undertaken by his suc- cessors and ...
The construction of the royal palace began during the reign of François I , who in 1528 ordered an ambitious campaign of demoli- tion and expansion of the old royal residence . Further modifications undertaken by his suc- cessors and ...
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At the time an effort was even made to calculate the cost of construction : imagining that ingots could be cast in gold with the exact weight - little surprise - of the king himself , 1,000 ingots would be needed to finance the ...
At the time an effort was even made to calculate the cost of construction : imagining that ingots could be cast in gold with the exact weight - little surprise - of the king himself , 1,000 ingots would be needed to finance the ...
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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 |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism |
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