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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... entrance of the palace , with. The Palace and Park of Fontainebleau T he Royal Palace of Fontainebleau , lo- cated inside the forest of the same . name and first built at the turn of the twelfth century as a hunting lodge , was from the ...
... entrance of the palace , with. The Palace and Park of Fontainebleau T he Royal Palace of Fontainebleau , lo- cated inside the forest of the same . name and first built at the turn of the twelfth century as a hunting lodge , was from the ...
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... entrance , a long corridor full of shops leads to a courtyard where we find the inner portal , the genuine entrance to the Taj Mahal proper . The portal is a three - storey building faced with red sandstone , with a colossal arcade in ...
... entrance , a long corridor full of shops leads to a courtyard where we find the inner portal , the genuine entrance to the Taj Mahal proper . The portal is a three - storey building faced with red sandstone , with a colossal arcade in ...
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... entrance is located in the middle of the north side , just above the base . In the interior , the narrow pas ... entrances are flanked by a pair of sphinxes and by lions , and are decorated along the exterior by a string of hieroglyphics ...
... entrance is located in the middle of the north side , just above the base . In the interior , the narrow pas ... entrances are flanked by a pair of sphinxes and by lions , and are decorated along the exterior by a string of hieroglyphics ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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