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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... sides , with the same dimen- sions as the nave and the side aisles , opened on the western side by a large apse above the crypt furnished with a Gothic altar and a wooden choir around which runs a deambulatory , and on the eastern side ...
... sides , with the same dimen- sions as the nave and the side aisles , opened on the western side by a large apse above the crypt furnished with a Gothic altar and a wooden choir around which runs a deambulatory , and on the eastern side ...
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... side aisles , side chapels and a cross vault set on pointed arches ; the exterior is conceived as a shell dominated by the two tones of the terracotta and the white plaster . On 29 March of 1492 , at the express behest of Lodovico the ...
... side aisles , side chapels and a cross vault set on pointed arches ; the exterior is conceived as a shell dominated by the two tones of the terracotta and the white plaster . On 29 March of 1492 , at the express behest of Lodovico the ...
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... side walls , while in the far wall two hypostyle rooms have been carved out , one of which possesses two further ... side . On the far wall , there is an internal staircase that leads to the funerary chamber . On either side and at the ...
... side walls , while in the far wall two hypostyle rooms have been carved out , one of which possesses two further ... side . On the far wall , there is an internal staircase that leads to the funerary chamber . On either side and at the ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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adorned aisles ancient apse arches architect architecture artists Avalokitesvara Baroque basilica Borobudur Buddha building built carved Castel del Monte castle Cathedral ceiling central centre century Chapel Chinese Christ church colours columns complex construction court courtyard crowned culture decorated depicting designed dome Dynasty emperor entrance Escorial façade floor Forbidden City fortress fountains Frederick French frescoes gallery garden Giotto Gothic hall Hôtel Tassel imperial interior Italian king Kremlin Kroměříž layout located loggia Luigi Vanvitelli Mahal marble metres tall monastery monumental mosque motifs Mount Athos nave octagonal original painted palace park pillars Pirro Ligorio portal Potala punctuated pyramid Ramesses II residence Rococo Roman roof rooms royal Saint sanctuary sculptures Shah Jahan side square staircase stands statues stone storeys structure stucco style surrounded symbol Taj Mahal temple terrace tion tomb Tower transept tury UNESCO added upper vault walls wooden World Heritage List