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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... residence of the religious and political authority of the Dalai Lama ; and again from the Kremlin in Moscow , where from the fifteenth century , the fusion of imperial palaces , administrative offices and Orthodox cathedrals resulted in ...
... residence of the religious and political authority of the Dalai Lama ; and again from the Kremlin in Moscow , where from the fifteenth century , the fusion of imperial palaces , administrative offices and Orthodox cathedrals resulted in ...
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... residence . Further modifications undertaken by his suc- cessors and carried on with varying degrees of intensity until the nineteenth century gave shape to the present - day complex , comprising clusters that vary by period and style ...
... residence . Further modifications undertaken by his suc- cessors and carried on with varying degrees of intensity until the nineteenth century gave shape to the present - day complex , comprising clusters that vary by period and style ...
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... residence of the Pope Saint John Lateran , which the legendary donation of Constantine defined as the palace of the emperor , handed over by him to the pontiff as a symbol of the sovereign authority of the Pope over the city of Rome ...
... residence of the Pope Saint John Lateran , which the legendary donation of Constantine defined as the palace of the emperor , handed over by him to the pontiff as a symbol of the sovereign authority of the Pope over the city of Rome ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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