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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... elements ( columns , brackets , cornices , and architraves ) arranged on a symmetrical plan , Horta created in the façade a plastic continuum enlivened by contrasts and tensions and embellished by the juxtaposition of stone ( in two ...
... elements ( columns , brackets , cornices , and architraves ) arranged on a symmetrical plan , Horta created in the façade a plastic continuum enlivened by contrasts and tensions and embellished by the juxtaposition of stone ( in two ...
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... elements . Mosques and churches have very different kinds of music , directed towards diametrically opposed objectives : the Christian basilica has a path that moves the faithful towards the altar ; the mosque , instead , is intended to ...
... elements . Mosques and churches have very different kinds of music , directed towards diametrically opposed objectives : the Christian basilica has a path that moves the faithful towards the altar ; the mosque , instead , is intended to ...
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... elements which gave rise to over 200 different languages . The hunter tribes of the plains and the prairies between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains , such as the Comanche , the Arapaho , the Cheyenne , the Blackfeet , and the ...
... elements which gave rise to over 200 different languages . The hunter tribes of the plains and the prairies between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains , such as the Comanche , the Arapaho , the Cheyenne , the Blackfeet , and the ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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