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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... Park of Fontainebleau Roberta D'Adda 56 The Palace and Park of Versailles Roberta D'Adda 70 The Church of Sainte Madeleine at Vézelay Cecilia Gibellini Germany 76 The Cathedral of Aachen Cecilia Gibellini 82 The Cathedral of Saint Mary ...
... Park of Fontainebleau Roberta D'Adda 56 The Palace and Park of Versailles Roberta D'Adda 70 The Church of Sainte Madeleine at Vézelay Cecilia Gibellini Germany 76 The Cathedral of Aachen Cecilia Gibellini 82 The Cathedral of Saint Mary ...
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... park , designed by Peter Joseph Lenné , Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Ludwig Persius , upon which was built the Schloss Charlottenhof . Designed and constructed by Schinkel in 1826 , the castle has the form of a Roman villa from the ...
... park , designed by Peter Joseph Lenné , Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Ludwig Persius , upon which was built the Schloss Charlottenhof . Designed and constructed by Schinkel in 1826 , the castle has the form of a Roman villa from the ...
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... park reflects an elaborate assembly of allegorical and philosophical elements , which can be read on different levels , and entirely in keeping with the cultural climate of Italian Mannerism . View of the park of Villa d'Este ; detail ...
... park reflects an elaborate assembly of allegorical and philosophical elements , which can be read on different levels , and entirely in keeping with the cultural climate of Italian Mannerism . View of the park of Villa d'Este ; detail ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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