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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... dates back to the late seventh century , but its architectural history is entirely lost up until the moment , around 1042 , when Edward the Confessor decided to rebuild it and dedicate it to Saint Peter , placing his own palace nearby ...
... dates back to the late seventh century , but its architectural history is entirely lost up until the moment , around 1042 , when Edward the Confessor decided to rebuild it and dedicate it to Saint Peter , placing his own palace nearby ...
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... dates back roughly to 1130-80 ; the earliest constructions of the Hlau- uma ( House of the North ) and the Hlauk- wima ( House of the South ) , religious in na- ture , date back to this period , when a calamity of unknown origins ...
... dates back roughly to 1130-80 ; the earliest constructions of the Hlau- uma ( House of the North ) and the Hlauk- wima ( House of the South ) , religious in na- ture , date back to this period , when a calamity of unknown origins ...
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... dates from the fifth or sixth centuries . It is one of the earliest Bud- dhist temples built entirely in brick still standing in India from the late Gupta period . UNESCO added the site to the World Heritage List in 2002 . INDONESIA ...
... dates from the fifth or sixth centuries . It is one of the earliest Bud- dhist temples built entirely in brick still standing in India from the late Gupta period . UNESCO added the site to the World Heritage List in 2002 . INDONESIA ...
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