Tombs of the great leaders : a contemporary guide /

A visit to Ankara, Turkey, would include a trip to Anitkabir, the burial site of Turkey's founder and first president, Ataturk. The massive stone building houses numerous sculptures and a large ceremonial plaza and is surrounded by an elaborate park. Ataturk is far from the only former leader t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leick, Gwendolyn, 1951-2022 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, 2013.
Temas:
Tombs > History.
Mausoleums > History.
Heads of state > Tombs > History.
Heads of state > Monuments > History.
Kings and rulers > Mythology.
Mausolées > Histoire.
Chefs d'État > Tombeaux > Histoire.
Chefs d'État > Monuments > Histoire.
Rois et souverains > Mythologie.
Tombeaux > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Artists, Architects, Photographers.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Religious.
Kings and rulers > Mythology
Mausoleums
Tombs
Architektur
Ausstattung
Grabmal
Herrschergrab
Mausoleum
Architecture and Planning.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Enduring signification : mounds, monuments and mausolea
  • Safeguarding the immortality of revolutionary leaders : mausolea in communist countries
  • Fantasy and reality : the burial places of fascist leaders
  • New nations, new monuments : mausolea for fathers of the nation
  • Not the final resting place : temporary mausolea
  • Appropriated traditions
  • Political mausolea in Africa
  • References
  • Chronological list of tombs and mausolea
  • Bibliographies
  • Acknowledgements
  • Illustration Acknowledgements
  • Index.

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