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It was the splendor--and the scandal--of the age, the defining event of the high Renaissance. In 1506, the ferociously ambitious Renaissance Pope Julius II tore down the most sacred shrine in Europe--the millennium-old St. Peter's Basilica built by the Emperor Constantine over the apostle's grave--to build a better basilica. Construction of the new St. Peter's spanned two centuries, embroiled 27 popes, and consumed the genius of the greatest artists...
3) Capital
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40 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 x 29 cm
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Provides a history of Washington, D.C., focusing on the National Mall, its monuments and surrounding buildings.
9) Remnants of the gods: a visual tour of alien influence in Egypt, Spain, France, Turkey, and Italy
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220 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm
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11) Parthenon
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24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
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16) The Taj Mahal
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"Engaging images accompany information about the Taj Mahal. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--Provided by publisher"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustration ; 34 cm
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"If you could stand still for 750 years, what could you learn about the world? It's time to find out. Focusing on one single building in Paris, beginning in the 13th century and making its way towards today, this historically stunning story is the eagerly anticipated debut from Vincent Mahé."-- pages 4 of cover.
18) The White House
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Traces the history of the White House, the home of the president of the United States, tells the story of how it got its name, and discusses its importance as a symbol of America.
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227 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Sun-baked adobe and weathered portales. Plastered walls glowing beneath dark vigas. What makes the famous Santa Fe Style a language all its own - and how was it developed, evolved, and in some cases deliberately rejected? Longtime Santa Fe New Mexican architecture and real estate writer Paul Weideman's exhaustive study of the City Different's history and buildings includes 160 photographs of a wide sampling of structures. It's an immersive journey...
20) Taj Mahal
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24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
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Provides an overview of the Taj Mahal, discussing topics such as its history, architects and designers, structural aspects, and similar structures around the world.
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