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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... designed in 1910 ) and the Palais des Beaux - Arts ( Palace of Fine Arts , designed in 1914 ) , show a sharp retreat from Art Nouveau ( which he himself had helped to found ) towards more traditional and academic forms . On the facing ...
... designed in 1910 ) and the Palais des Beaux - Arts ( Palace of Fine Arts , designed in 1914 ) , show a sharp retreat from Art Nouveau ( which he himself had helped to found ) towards more traditional and academic forms . On the facing ...
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... designed by Jacques - Ange Gabriel and it seated over 700 guests . The opera house is surrounded by two orders of boxes , surmounted by a high loggia whose vertical extension is enhanced by the cunning use of mirrors ; the overall ...
... designed by Jacques - Ange Gabriel and it seated over 700 guests . The opera house is surrounded by two orders of boxes , surmounted by a high loggia whose vertical extension is enhanced by the cunning use of mirrors ; the overall ...
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... designed the immense park behind the palace , built after his death . by his son Carlo , according to Vanvitelli's sketches and landscape descriptions , laying out broad and sweeping views and perspecti- val vanishing points designed in ...
... designed the immense park behind the palace , built after his death . by his son Carlo , according to Vanvitelli's sketches and landscape descriptions , laying out broad and sweeping views and perspecti- val vanishing points designed in ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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