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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... walls around London ; from here it was possible to defend the city from any ... enclosure wall of the Tower was extended beyond the Roman ring and endowed ... walls . This construction , placed so as to survey the gate that allowed access ...
... walls around London ; from here it was possible to defend the city from any ... enclosure wall of the Tower was extended beyond the Roman ring and endowed ... walls . This construction , placed so as to survey the gate that allowed access ...
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... walls . The breathtaking turquoise blue of the clear sky was taken into consideration by the Chinese architect as one hue in the palette with which he was able to play . Through the city of Zijin and its enclosure walls - one and a half ...
... walls . The breathtaking turquoise blue of the clear sky was taken into consideration by the Chinese architect as one hue in the palette with which he was able to play . Through the city of Zijin and its enclosure walls - one and a half ...
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Monumental Sites Unesco. One of the entrances in the enclosure walls that surround the funerary structures of the Tomb of Djoser , over which looms the bulk of the step pyramid . Panoramic view of the temples of the Courtyard of the. The ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. One of the entrances in the enclosure walls that surround the funerary structures of the Tomb of Djoser , over which looms the bulk of the step pyramid . Panoramic view of the temples of the Courtyard of the. The ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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