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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... Monastery of Kyminas in Bithynia , where he had made friends with the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas . To avoid succeeding as the father superior of the monastery , Athanasius withdrew into anonymity , under the name of Barnabas , on ...
... Monastery of Kyminas in Bithynia , where he had made friends with the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas . To avoid succeeding as the father superior of the monastery , Athanasius withdrew into anonymity , under the name of Barnabas , on ...
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... Monastery of San Lorenzo at El Escorial Panoramic view of the Convento de San Lorenzo el Real de Escorial . B uilt at the end of the sixteenth century in the period of the Spanish monar- chy's greatest splendour , the Convento de San ...
... Monastery of San Lorenzo at El Escorial Panoramic view of the Convento de San Lorenzo el Real de Escorial . B uilt at the end of the sixteenth century in the period of the Spanish monar- chy's greatest splendour , the Convento de San ...
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... Monastery of Alcobaça The Monastery of Santa Maria d'Alcobaça , north of Lisbon , was founded in the twenth century by King Alfonso I. Its size , the clarity of its architec- tural style , the beauty of the materials used and the care ...
... Monastery of Alcobaça The Monastery of Santa Maria d'Alcobaça , north of Lisbon , was founded in the twenth century by King Alfonso I. Its size , the clarity of its architec- tural style , the beauty of the materials used and the care ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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