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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Page 135
... decisions , the two basilicas were able to house a singularly extensive complex of frescoes of capital im- portance to the history of Italian painting , ex- ecuted by the great artistic schools of the thir- teenth and fourteenth ...
... decisions , the two basilicas were able to house a singularly extensive complex of frescoes of capital im- portance to the history of Italian painting , ex- ecuted by the great artistic schools of the thir- teenth and fourteenth ...
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... decision - making room , the administrative heart of the Middle Kingdom ; the Zhonghedian , the room in which the emperor rested before the Taihe- dian , where the ambassadors were received ; and the Baohedian , where the annual banquet ...
... decision - making room , the administrative heart of the Middle Kingdom ; the Zhonghedian , the room in which the emperor rested before the Taihe- dian , where the ambassadors were received ; and the Baohedian , where the annual banquet ...
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... decision - making roles within the clan , on the other hand , were often assigned to the priests . The religion venerated the Sun as the supreme being , accompanied by the principal deities of the Earth and the Moon . In the kivas ...
... decision - making roles within the clan , on the other hand , were often assigned to the priests . The religion venerated the Sun as the supreme being , accompanied by the principal deities of the Earth and the Moon . In the kivas ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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