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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Page 44
The second storey of the courtyard presents an order of Corinthian pillars and is surmounted by a high roof with dormer windows topped by triangular pediments ; the colonnade that surrounds much of the ground floor was added later ...
The second storey of the courtyard presents an order of Corinthian pillars and is surmounted by a high roof with dormer windows topped by triangular pediments ; the colonnade that surrounds much of the ground floor was added later ...
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... all convex terracotta tiles of the golden yellow of the memories of foreign domination that roofs topping the myriad ... thanks to the translucent glaze ' southern capital Nanking ( Nanjing , in Chithat covers all the roof tiles .
... all convex terracotta tiles of the golden yellow of the memories of foreign domination that roofs topping the myriad ... thanks to the translucent glaze ' southern capital Nanking ( Nanjing , in Chithat covers all the roof tiles .
Page 291
The deul presents a hypertrophic vertical development , a sort of turreted roof , called the sikhara . The jagamohan , on the other hand , has a pidha roof , with low platforms , like so many theatrical stages .
The deul presents a hypertrophic vertical development , a sort of turreted roof , called the sikhara . The jagamohan , on the other hand , has a pidha roof , with low platforms , like so many theatrical stages .
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The Palace and Gardens | 4 |
Bulgaria | 24 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 36 |
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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 |
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