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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... pyramid of the mountain , which rises in an almost sheer wall 2,033 metres above the sea . Its shape and its location attracted the attention of sailors from the earliest times , giving rise to numerous legends . According to Greek ...
... pyramid of the mountain , which rises in an almost sheer wall 2,033 metres above the sea . Its shape and its location attracted the attention of sailors from the earliest times , giving rise to numerous legends . According to Greek ...
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... pyramid rep- resented the cenotaph of the Kingdom of Up- per Egypt . The best preserved valley temple from the necropolis of Dashur is the one linked to the Rhomboid Pyramid . The plan is rec- tangular and the entrance is on the south ...
... pyramid rep- resented the cenotaph of the Kingdom of Up- per Egypt . The best preserved valley temple from the necropolis of Dashur is the one linked to the Rhomboid Pyramid . The plan is rec- tangular and the entrance is on the south ...
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... pyramid where the Pharaoh Djoser would observe celebrations held in his honour during his reign . ESCO IS PLHO T 2 Larve An historical and sacred. Detail of the crowning frieze on the chapel , decorated with cobras , symbols of Lower ...
... pyramid where the Pharaoh Djoser would observe celebrations held in his honour during his reign . ESCO IS PLHO T 2 Larve An historical and sacred. Detail of the crowning frieze on the chapel , decorated with cobras , symbols of Lower ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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