Sentence examples for a monumental complex of from inspiring English sources

In October of 1860, the British diplomat James Bruce, the 8th Earl of Elgin, ordered the complete destruction of the Yuan Ming Yuan (Old Summer Palace) a monumental complex of gardens and palaces northwest of Beijing.

As a result, many architects are intellectually unprepared to think about how to create a captivating, monumental complex of buildings that will also create successful urban spaces.

Smederevo Fortress is a monumental complex built in the Byzantine tradition and modeled after Constantinople fortress.

Her massive building schemes would have transformed western Paris, as seen from the river, into a monumental complex.

The present investigation is designed to shed light on this issue, taking the Monumental Complex of the Alhambra and Generalife (MCAG) as the parent brand for analysis.

The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board described it as the "most monumental complex of Shingle-style Queen Anne structures ever constructed in the Los Angeles area".

Whichever candidate does win, however will find themselves with a monumental, and complex set of issues to deal with.

At Heliopolis the Roman emperors, particularly the Severans, constructed a monumental temple complex, the most spectacular elements of which were the Temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus and the Temple of Bacchus.

A monumental museum complex on the east side of the square is the National Museum of China, created in 2003 by combining into one institution the former Museum of the Chinese Revolution (opened 1950; dedicated to Chinese history since about 1840) and National Museum of Chinese History (established 1912; dedicated to Chinese history from its earliest beginnings until the Chinese Revolution).

The second takes a monumental and complex subject which is woven into every part of our lives and makes it both gripping and accessible.

Archaeologists believe the two circles, which originally stood inland in boggy freshwater but are now being eroded gradually by the tides, were part of the same monumental complex connected with rites to honour the dead.