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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... Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage - an international convention and a fundamental tool for the ... protected from the hos- tility of the outside world , the sense of belong- ing of entire communities was particularly ...
... Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage - an international convention and a fundamental tool for the ... protected from the hos- tility of the outside world , the sense of belong- ing of entire communities was particularly ...
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... protection of Charles V , when he executed for the imperial family a series of portraits in which there prevailed a tone of celebratory magnificence and styles inspired by ancient bronze - work and the examples of Cellini and Sansovino ...
... protection of Charles V , when he executed for the imperial family a series of portraits in which there prevailed a tone of celebratory magnificence and styles inspired by ancient bronze - work and the examples of Cellini and Sansovino ...
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... protection of abandoned minors . All the same , work did not begin until 1801 , with the su- pervision of Bishop Don Juan Cruz Ruiz de Cabañas y Crespo , who was actively engaged with continual requests for a home with work- shops where ...
... protection of abandoned minors . All the same , work did not begin until 1801 , with the su- pervision of Bishop Don Juan Cruz Ruiz de Cabañas y Crespo , who was actively engaged with continual requests for a home with work- shops where ...
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Westminster Abbey in London | 4 |
Denmark | 28 |
The Kronborg Castle Cecilia Gibellini | 154 |
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