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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... republic , isolated from the world and run according to its own regulations , be- ginning with a law that strictly prohibits women from entering ; women are not even allowed to land in the port of Daphne . This prohibition dates back to ...
... republic , isolated from the world and run according to its own regulations , be- ginning with a law that strictly prohibits women from entering ; women are not even allowed to land in the port of Daphne . This prohibition dates back to ...
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... Republic ; the art gallery , which houses mas- terpieces of German , Flemish , and especially sixteenth - century Venetian painting , is presently the second - most important gallery in the country , after the National Gallery in Prague ...
... Republic ; the art gallery , which houses mas- terpieces of German , Flemish , and especially sixteenth - century Venetian painting , is presently the second - most important gallery in the country , after the National Gallery in Prague ...
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... republic with the name of Sri Lanka . On the facing page Details of the wall paintings depicting musicians in a ceremonial procession . One of the 157 statues of the Buddha : in this case , we see the canonical iconography of the Buddha ...
... republic with the name of Sri Lanka . On the facing page Details of the wall paintings depicting musicians in a ceremonial procession . One of the 157 statues of the Buddha : in this case , we see the canonical iconography of the Buddha ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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