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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Monumental Sites Unesco. From the courtyard you can reach , in the southern wing , the Renaissance chapel of the ... monumental Hall of the Knights ( Riddersal ) measures 62 metres in length by 11 metres in width and has a ceiling made of ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. From the courtyard you can reach , in the southern wing , the Renaissance chapel of the ... monumental Hall of the Knights ( Riddersal ) measures 62 metres in length by 11 metres in width and has a ceiling made of ...
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Monumental Sites Unesco. before , with the isolation of the monumental sections , the church and the convent , from the constructions that had grown up around them over the course of the centuries . In the years 1934-37 , Piero ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. before , with the isolation of the monumental sections , the church and the convent , from the constructions that had grown up around them over the course of the centuries . In the years 1934-37 , Piero ...
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Monumental Sites Unesco. The Temple of the Sun at Konarak Panoramic view of the temple complex . On the facing page Detail of the frieze depicting the monumental Carriage of the Sun. U his return from a series of es- pon pecially ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. The Temple of the Sun at Konarak Panoramic view of the temple complex . On the facing page Detail of the frieze depicting the monumental Carriage of the Sun. U his return from a series of es- pon pecially ...
Contents
The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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