Havana - Montalvo Maria Luisa Lobo
History and Architecture of a Romantic City
KORTE INHOUD
Havana, the legendary capital of Cuba, bears the traces of every stage of the island's rich history, from its indigenous traditions to the introduction of European culture in the late fifteenth century to the development of the unique amalgam of these influences that is unmistakably Cuban. In this exquisite volume, author María Luisa Lobo Montalvo presents the architecture and history of Havana-part of which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site-in an accessible and engaging text and specially commissioned color photographs.
Among the structures featured are the famed great forts such as Castillo del Morro and Castillo de la Punta, the city's oldest extant structures; an array of houses, from all periods of Havana's history and in all styles, simultaneously offering architectural and cultural history; and the great churches, including the Church of La Merced and the great baroque Havana Cathedral, and institutional structures, such as the magnificent Palace of the Captains General, showing the public ...
Among the structures featured are the famed great forts such as Castillo del Morro and Castillo de la Punta, the city's oldest extant structures; an array of houses, from all periods of Havana's history and in all styles, simultaneously offering architectural and cultural history; and the great churches, including the Church of La Merced and the great baroque Havana Cathedral, and institutional structures, such as the magnificent Palace of the Captains General, showing the public ...
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2009Uitgever: The Monacelli Press320 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 158093238XISBN-13: 9781580932387Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original blue voards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illusrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, 4to.; First free endpaper slightly damaged at bottom. [Auteur: Montalvo, Maria Luisa Lobo & Hugh Thomas (prologue)] [Pagina's: 320] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: New York : Monacalli Press] [Jaar: 2009] [Titel: Havana: History and Architecture of a Romantic City]
