The book "50 Wonders of the World" — Thomson Hugh50 Wonders of the World. 50 наиболее захватывающих сооружений на планете: потрясающие архитектурные достижения, которые люди создали на протяжении веков. История о необыкновенных народах и цивилизациях, которые создали эти здания, ключевых ролях, которые они играли как центры религии, культуры и торговли.
Arranged in order of longitude, this spectacular guide to the 50 most breathtaking constructions on the planet reveals the awesome architectural achievements that people have created over the centuries. This is also the story of the extraordinary peoples and civilizations that created these buildings and the key roles they played as centers of religion, culture, or trade. Most selections are from previous centuries, reminders that whatever the achievement of our own technologically advanced civilization, previous cultures were capable of extraordinary monuments. | 
