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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... kings and of the government , becoming for more than a centu- ry the ideal model for every royal palace in Europe . Originally a hunting lodge , the castle was enlarged in two successive phases , both undertaken at the behest of the Sun ...
... kings and of the government , becoming for more than a centu- ry the ideal model for every royal palace in Europe . Originally a hunting lodge , the castle was enlarged in two successive phases , both undertaken at the behest of the Sun ...
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... king's youth were marked in France by the long civil rebellion known as the Fronde , which sorely tested the survival of monarchic power from 1648 to 1653. Upon the death of the cardinal , in 1661 , Louis XIV took the governance of ...
... king's youth were marked in France by the long civil rebellion known as the Fronde , which sorely tested the survival of monarchic power from 1648 to 1653. Upon the death of the cardinal , in 1661 , Louis XIV took the governance of ...
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... King ' , where the royal sarcophagus was housed . Higher up , six cavities have been identified , clearly intended to lighten the enormous weight bearing up on it . Smaller , but equally perfect , are the other two pyramids : ' Great is ...
... King ' , where the royal sarcophagus was housed . Higher up , six cavities have been identified , clearly intended to lighten the enormous weight bearing up on it . Smaller , but equally perfect , are the other two pyramids : ' Great is ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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