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. Vault of the Chapel of Henry VII . The ceilings of the chapel , finely filigreed , represent the culmination of the English tradition of the fan vault , in which an intricate array of ribbings run out from a ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. Vault of the Chapel of Henry VII . The ceilings of the chapel , finely filigreed , represent the culmination of the English tradition of the fan vault , in which an intricate array of ribbings run out from a ...
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... vault , and , in the two lateral triangles , with two pointed - arch half - barrel vaults . The ribbing served a purely decorative function , underscored by the presence of a figurative keystone in the vault , different in each room ...
... vault , and , in the two lateral triangles , with two pointed - arch half - barrel vaults . The ribbing served a purely decorative function , underscored by the presence of a figurative keystone in the vault , different in each room ...
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... vault run up from slender bundled columns surmounted by plant - motif capitals . Along the walls run a marble bench and a floor - marking cornice at the base of the vaults . It is customary to imagine that Freder- ick must have met with ...
... vault run up from slender bundled columns surmounted by plant - motif capitals . Along the walls run a marble bench and a floor - marking cornice at the base of the vaults . It is customary to imagine that Freder- ick must have met with ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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