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This wondrous guide for the curious and the intrepid takes readers on a lushly photographed and lyrically written tour of eighteen of the world’s most captivating architectural mysteries. Delve into both the secretive places themselves and the eccentric and obsessive minds that created them. Visit a chamber of skulls high in the Swiss Alps, a Japanese temple full of traps, a Parisian apartment locked and untouched since World War II, a Prohibition-era speakeasy in Washington, DC, and a spooky “initiation” well in Portugal built by a secret society. How far down can you climb before losing your nerve?
This wondrous guide for the curious and the intrepid takes readers on a lushly photographed and lyrically written tour of eighteen of the world’s most captivating architectural mysteries. Delve into both the secretive places themselves and the eccentric and obsessive minds that created them. Visit a chamber of skulls high in the Swiss Alps, a Japanese temple full of traps, a Parisian apartment locked and untouched since World War II, a Prohibition-era speakeasy in Washington, DC, and a spooky “initiation” well in Portugal built by a secret society. How far down can you climb before losing your nerve?
1: The Sunken Manor
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE • ENGLAND
2: The Book Thief of Mont Sainte-Odile
BARR • ALSACE • FRANCE
3: A Room Like Warm Honey
TSARSKOYE SELO • RUSSIA
4: A City on an Anthill
PUEBLA • MEXICO
5: The Oddly Built Temple
KANAZAWA • JAPAN
6: Doll’s Eye View
AMSTERDAM • NETHERLANDS
7: Alchemy, Frankenstein, and “Evil Scientist” Laboratories
VARIOUS
8: The Winchester Mystery House
SAN JOSE • CALIFORNIA
9: The Initiation Well, the Knights Templar,
& the Freemasons
SINTRA • PORTUGAL
10: The Gateway to Hell
PARIS, FRANCE
11: The Labyrinth
VARIOUS
12: Marie-Antoinette’s Secret Escape
VERSAILLES • FRANCE
13: The Krazy Kat Klub Speakeasy
WASHINGTON • DC • USA
14: The Shocking Things in Cupboard 55
LONDON • ENGLAND
15: The Bone Chamber
LEUK • SWITZERLAND
16: Saints Below
THE VATICAN • ITALY
17: The Sleeping Beauty Apartment
PARIS • FRANCE
18: King Tut’s Tomb, Treasure Hunts, and the Need to Dig
VALLEY OF THE KINGS • EGYPT
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
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Genre: | Importe |
Produktart: | Bildbände |
Region: | Welt gesamt, Pole |
Rubrik: | Sachliteratur |
Medium: | Buch |
Reihe: | Workman Adult |
Inhalt: | Gebunden |
ISBN-13: | 9781523516988 |
ISBN-10: | 1523516984 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 955904 |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: |
Bachmann, Stefan
Tucholke, April Genevieve |
Hersteller: | Workman Publishing |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com |
Abbildungen: | Photos throughout |
Maße: | 234 x 157 x 25 mm |
Von/Mit: | Stefan Bachmann (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 13.02.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,698 kg |