x, 338 p. : 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-322) and index

Introduction: the architect's dream -- The Parthenon, Athens: in which a virgin is ruined -- The Basilica of San Marco, Venice: in which a prince steals four horses and an empire -- Ayasofya, Istanbul: in which a sultan casts a spell and moves the center of the world -- The Santa Casa of Loreto: the wondrous flitting of the Holy House -- Gloucester Cathedral: in which a dead body brings a building to life -- The Alhambra, Granada: in which two cousins marry one another -- The Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini: in which a scholar translates a temple -- Sans Souci, Potsdam : in which nothing happens at all -- Notre Dame de Paris: in which the temple of reason is restored -- The Hulme Crescents, Manchester: in which the prophecies of the future are fulfilled -- The Berlin Wall: in which history comes to an end --The Venetian, Las Vegas: in which history is so, like, over -- The Western Wall, Jerusalem: in which nothing, and everything, has changed

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