Palenque, known as the queen of Maya cities, fell into ruin when Mayan civilization suffered a mysterious collapse over a millennium ago. Here, father-&-son team George & David Stuart lead the reader on a journey with pioneer artists & archaeologists from the 18th century on as they rediscovered Palenque & attempted to document the city`s graceful & ornate palaces, temples, bas-reliefs & hieroglyphic inscriptions. The Stuarts portray a lost world of palace intrigue, of war & peace, of brilliant architects & sculptors, of patron gods & revered ancestors, & of a city teeming with craftsmen, traders & farmers. Today Palenque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a place of new reverence & relevance for millions of modern Maya, archaeologists & all those fascinated by the history of the Maya. ...

Palermo in a series of street plans of Italian cities from Touring Club Italiano, with exceptionally clear & beautiful cartography. The plan is printed on very light, waterproof & rear-resistant plastic paper &

Includes:: a detailed road map of the city

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Palermo in a series of street plans of Italian cities from Touring Club Italiano, with exceptionally clear & beautiful cartography. The plan is printed on very light, waterproof & rear-resistant plastic paper &

Includes:: a detailed road map of the city

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The siren-like qualities of the Sicilian capital are woven layer upon layer, each one revealing a stratum of the city`s character. In Palermo, Robert Alajmo lays out a compelling series of reflections on the city`s apparently endless facets. Disguised as a tourist`s handbook but written from the view of a lifelong resident
- with all the experience, affection, inside knowledge & frustrations that entails
- Alajmo offers more than the ordinary recommendations for travellers. Palermo has been at history`s crossroads since recorded time began; an archive of hidden cultural, architectural & culinary jewels. Its people, their politics & their secrets, are subtly revealed, as is the ineffable presence of the mafia in the cycles of daily life. Ultimately what is described is the essence of the city & its beauty.

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Palermo at 1:10, 000 on indexed street plan from Litografia Artistica Cartografica in their Globalmap imprint, with a detailed enlargement of the city’s historic centre at 1:6, 000. 94 monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the main plan. On the reverse an inset at 1:14, 000 covers Mondello, Pallavicino, Partanna & San Lorenzo. Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) are Italy’s leading publishers of street plans with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, one way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. ...

This is the savvy city breakers' pocket guide to seeing & doing more in Palermo
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Palermo Province in a series of handy size road maps from Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) with more minor local roads & tracks than can be found on most regional maps. The series is gradually being changed to a new style of digitally derived cartography, so presentation of adjoining titles may vary. All the maps have hill shading to represent the general relief with spot heights for selected peaks, & show a few more local roads & rough tracks than the other road map series. Intermediate road distances are indicated. Regional, provincial & communal borders are marked, & railways, funiculars, airports, sea ferry links & campsites are shown. The legend is in Italian only. The new, digitally produced editions are indexed & have enhanced, more finely drawn cartography: the hill-shading is less bold, motorway service areas are marked, natural parks are highlighted & an expanded range of symbols indicates various landmarks & sites, e.g. antiquities, churches, etc. Two styles of the new cartography are produced, differing only in the colour of the predominant background shading: grey or yellow/green. Some of the new editions include geographical coordinates for the map corners. The index of localities is on the reverse. This title is still produced in the traditional cartographic style. ...

Palermo in a series of street plans of Italian cities from Touring Club Italiano, with exceptionally clear & beautiful cartography. The plan is printed on very light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper &

Includes:: a detailed road map of the city’s environs at 1:100, 000. The plan covers Palermo with the outer suburbs. Main traffic arteries across the city are highlighted & car parks around the city’s historic centre are marked. Metro stations are shown with their names. Churches & other important historic or municipal buildings are prominently marked & named. Unusually for street plans, in the outer suburbs there are contour lines at 50m intervals. Street index is on the reverse &

Includes:: lists of metro stations, car parks, car rental firms, ferry services, tourist information offices & other useful information. Map legend & all the text include English.



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Palermo in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Palermo in the Wallpaper* City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper* magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper* City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...