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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... architecture , the text ranges on to that master- piece of both ancient and modern architecture that is the Palatine Chapel of Aachen , built by Charlemagne as a symbol of his newly won imperial power . But the great eras of Ro ...
... architecture , the text ranges on to that master- piece of both ancient and modern architecture that is the Palatine Chapel of Aachen , built by Charlemagne as a symbol of his newly won imperial power . But the great eras of Ro ...
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... architecture , with the solidity and ' murality ' of Romanesque architecture , useful in the execution of the vast series of frescoes . - chitecture did not culminate - as they did in. These flying buttresses , set very low , have a very ...
... architecture , with the solidity and ' murality ' of Romanesque architecture , useful in the execution of the vast series of frescoes . - chitecture did not culminate - as they did in. These flying buttresses , set very low , have a very ...
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... architecture and decoration , which represent the culmination of an architectural and artistic tradition in this region . Its impact is height- ened by its dramatic setting , a deep river valley between towering mountains in the heart ...
... architecture and decoration , which represent the culmination of an architectural and artistic tradition in this region . Its impact is height- ened by its dramatic setting , a deep river valley between towering mountains in the heart ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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