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Chartres Cathedral
Partially begun in 1145 and rebuilt over 26 years after a fire in 1194, Chartres Cathedral is the pinnacle of French Gothic art. Its spacious nave, true to the apex style, its porches decorated with exquisite sculptures from the mid-12th century, and its magnificent stained-glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries, make it a masterpiece.
Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco
Tarraco (modern Tarragona) was the main administrative and commercial city in Roman Spain and the imperial cult centre for all the Iberian provinces. It is home to many fine buildings, parts of which have been uncovered in a series of exceptional excavations. Although most of the remains are fragmentary and many have been preserved under newer buildings, they provide a vivid picture of the grandeur of this Roman provincial capital.
Yaoshan Wang Family Manor
The Wang's Manor in Yaoshan, Baoding, was built in the early Qing Dynasty. It is located in Yaoshan, Baoding, Hebei. It was built by Wang Xigun, the ancestor of the Wang family. It has a history of nearly 400 years. It is the largest and most complete mansion of a general in the Qing Dynasty and a wealthy merchant in China. It is now a national key cultural relic protection unit. The manor architecture of the Wang's Manor in Yaoshan is different from the palace and the government office, and is different from ordinary residential buildings. It is the best of the residential architecture in northern my country. Therefore, there is a saying that "the royal architecture can be seen in the Forbidden City, and the folk architecture can be seen in Yaoshan (Wang's)". The manor covers an area of 279 acres, and originally had more than 50 houses and more than 500 houses. The main buildings of the manor are arranged in a square shape, facing north and south and arranged in a straight line. The whole building is mainly gray, simple and generous, giving people a solemn and elegant feeling. One of the most important features of the architecture of the Wang's Manor in Yaoshan is its exquisite carvings. These carvings include brick carvings, stone carvings and wood carvings. The contents are all based on the theme of "blessing, fortune and longevity", and the auspicious blessings are composed through the homophony of the carved objects. After investigation, relevant experts believe that Wang's Manor belongs to the category of northern courtyard houses and was built in imitation of the prince's mansion in Beijing. It is different from the Qiao Family Courtyard in Shanxi and the Hakka folk houses in Guangdong. The architectural skills of Wang's Manor are also superb. For example, the use of grinding bricks and seams. In those days, grinding bricks required the outside to be large and the inside to be small, the inside to be plastered, and the outside to be tightly seamed. In order to make the adhesion firm, egg white and glutinous rice juice were mixed into the white lime paste. The large screen wall opposite the main entrance of Renhe Hall is all made of grinding bricks and seams. It is about 9 meters long. Such a large screen wall is very rare in folk houses in northern China. It is not only a precious material for studying the folk customs of the Qing Dynasty, but also a good place for tourism. In recent years, it has also become a filming location for film and television. Many scenes in the movies "Storm Beginning" and "The Decisive Battle" and the TV series "Hot Land", "Song of Youth" and "The World's Granary" were shot here.