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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VICTOR HORTA First trained in Ghent , his native city , Victor Horta ( 1861-1947 ) studied first at the Conservatory and later at the Academy , focusing his interests upon architecture . He moved in 1878 to Paris and worked in the ...
VICTOR HORTA First trained in Ghent , his native city , Victor Horta ( 1861-1947 ) studied first at the Conservatory and later at the Academy , focusing his interests upon architecture . He moved in 1878 to Paris and worked in the ...
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Francesco Primaticcio , detail of the decoration of the room of the Duchess d'Etampes ( 1541-44 ) , later transformed into the vestibule of a staircase . THE SCHOOL OF FONTAINEBLEAU The phrase ' School of Fontainebleau ' originated in ...
Francesco Primaticcio , detail of the decoration of the room of the Duchess d'Etampes ( 1541-44 ) , later transformed into the vestibule of a staircase . THE SCHOOL OF FONTAINEBLEAU The phrase ' School of Fontainebleau ' originated in ...
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Some three centuries later , however , the court decided to move a little further away from the Great Wall , and it fell easy prey to the irre- sistible invasion of the Manchu . The definitive transfer to the new northern court finally ...
Some three centuries later , however , the court decided to move a little further away from the Great Wall , and it fell easy prey to the irre- sistible invasion of the Manchu . The definitive transfer to the new northern court finally ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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| Title | World Heritage: Monumental Sites Treasury of World Culture UNESCO World Heritage Volume 2 of World heritage |
| Author | Unesco |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Skira, 2003 |
| ISBN | 9231039199, 9789231039195 |
| Length | 383 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism |
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