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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Monumental Sites Unesco. The Temple of the Sun at Konarak Panoramic view of the temple complex . On the facing page Detail of the frieze depicting the monumental Carriage of the Sun. U his return from a series of es- pon pecially ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. The Temple of the Sun at Konarak Panoramic view of the temple complex . On the facing page Detail of the frieze depicting the monumental Carriage of the Sun. U his return from a series of es- pon pecially ...
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... Temple of Konarak , the one regarding the biography of the sovereign Nrsimhadeva . Nrsimhadeva appears repeatedly in the immense frieze of the temple : below , one of the metopes that immortalize him . On the facing page Statues in the ...
... Temple of Konarak , the one regarding the biography of the sovereign Nrsimhadeva . Nrsimhadeva appears repeatedly in the immense frieze of the temple : below , one of the metopes that immortalize him . On the facing page Statues in the ...
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... Temple , Thanjavur The great Temple of Tanjore ( Thanjavur ) was built between 1003 and 1010 in the reign of the great King Rajaraja , founder of the Chola Empire which stretched over all of South India and the neigh- bouring islands ...
... Temple , Thanjavur The great Temple of Tanjore ( Thanjavur ) was built between 1003 and 1010 in the reign of the great King Rajaraja , founder of the Chola Empire which stretched over all of South India and the neigh- bouring islands ...
Contents
The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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