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 Forbidden City in Beijing In each of the four corners of the enclosure walls of the Forbidden City , there stands a watch - tower with a six - pitched roof . On the facing page Bronze crane , on the terrace ...
Monumental Sites Unesco. The Forbidden City in Beijing In each of the four corners of the enclosure walls of the Forbidden City , there stands a watch - tower with a six - pitched roof . On the facing page Bronze crane , on the terrace ...
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... Forbidden City to the ancillary and lateral palaces . On the facing page Bronze lion set to guard the Hall of Supreme Harmony . that was meant to be very precise and to per-. 症 above the city of Beijing , we would be able to see that the ...
... Forbidden City to the ancillary and lateral palaces . On the facing page Bronze lion set to guard the Hall of Supreme Harmony . that was meant to be very precise and to per-. 症 above the city of Beijing , we would be able to see that the ...
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... Forbidden City : the Hall. its interior , you must climb up a series of stairs that represent a sacred mountain , but the building itself stands on a high base , which makes it necessary , in order to enter , to ... Forbidden City in Beijing.
... Forbidden City : the Hall. its interior , you must climb up a series of stairs that represent a sacred mountain , but the building itself stands on a high base , which makes it necessary , in order to enter , to ... Forbidden City in Beijing.
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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