Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa is a former Italian saving bank and charity organization, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The bank was spin off into a banking foundation and a Società per Azioni in 1992. The S.p.A. was acquired by Banca Popolare di Lodi, which was completely absorbed into its subsidiary the saving bank of Lucca in 2006. While the banking foundation, Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa and then Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa , still operates as a non-profit organization. The foundation also inherited the arts collection of the former bank.
Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna S.p.A. known as Carisbo, was an Italian savings bank based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. The bank was part of Intesa Sanpaolo Group since 2007. The former owner of the bank, Fondazione Carisbo, still held 2.023% shares of Intesa Sanpaolo as of 31 December 2013.
Cassa di Risparmio di Prato S.p.A. or known as Cariprato or C.R. Prato, is a former Italian saving bank based in Prato, Tuscany. It was acquired by Banca Popolare di Vicenza in 2003. In 2010 it was completely absorbed by the parent company as its own branded branches.The former owner of the bank, Fondazione Cariprato, as of 31 December 2013, still owned 0.5% shares of BPVi. However, in January 2015 the foundation also announced that they would diversify their investments by decrease the shares holding on one company.
Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi
The Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi is a villa in Porta Pinciana, Rome, Italy. Measuring 2.200 square meters, it is all that remains of a country retreat, best known as Villa Ludovisi, established in the 16th century by Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte. The Cardinal was a diplomat, intellectual, art connoisseur, collector, and protector and patron of such very different figures as Galileo and Caravaggio. The Casino is often referred to as the Villa Aurora, after the important fresco by Guercino, located in the Villa's main reception room, depicting the goddess Aurora. One of the smaller rooms of the casino boasts the only painting ever executed by Caravaggio on a ceiling, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto, which reflects, in symbolic imagery derived from Classical mythology, another of the cardinal's interests, alchemy. Del Monte sold the Villa Ludovisi and its extensive grounds to Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi in 1621. Due to the Ludovisi's family financial duress, the whole park was sold off in the 1880s and built up with hotels and expensive houses, including palazzi for members of the family. The facade of the main casino or Casino Grande is now hidden behind the 19th-century Palazzo Margherita. This building was acquired by the Italian State and became the residence of Queen Mother Margherita. It now houses the U.S. embassy. The only part not sold was the Villa Aurora, which remains in the possession of the Ludovisi family, encircled by high walls and open to the public on written request. Apart from the works by Caravaggio and Guercino, it contains important works of art by Pomarancio, Michelangelo, and a collection of Roman and Greek artefacts.
The Caserne d'Artois or the Quartier d'Artois is a military installation in the city of Versailles, France. Some of its façades are listed as Historical Monuments.
Palazzo Zuccari is a 16th-century palace in Florence built by Federico Zuccari.
La Casa Verdi, también conocida como Casa di Riposo per Musicisti , es un residencia para cantantes de ópera y músicos retirados en Milán, norte de Italia, fundada por el compositor italiano Giuseppe Verdi en 1896. El edificio fue diseñado en estilo neogótico por el arquitecto italiano Camillo Boito. Tanto Verdi como su esposa, Giuseppina Strepponi están enterrados allí. El director de cine suizo Daniel Schmid rodó una película documental sobre la vida en la Casa di Riposo, Il Bacio di Tosca, en 1984.[1]
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Córdoba)
La iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen de la ciudad de Córdoba, , es un templo católico que cuenta con el rango de parroquia y que formó parte del desaparecido convento del Carmen Calzado de Córdoba, que fue desamortizado en el siglo XIX.[1]
Carmarthenshire County Museum is a museum in the old county town of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire in Wales.
List of museums in Carinthia (state)
This list of museums in the state of Carinthia, Austria contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries.
La Capilla Sixtina es una capilla del Palacio Apostólico de la Ciudad del Vaticano, la residencia oficial del papa. Se trata de la estancia más conocida del conjunto palaciego. Originalmente servía como capilla de la fortaleza vaticana. Conocida anteriormente como Cappella Magna, toma su nombre del papa Sixto IV, quien ordenó su restauración entre 1477 y 1480. Desde entonces la capilla ha servido para celebrar diversos actos y ceremonias papales. Actualmente es la sede del cónclave, la reunión en la que los cardenales electores del Colegio Cardenalicio eligen a un nuevo papa. La fama de la Capilla Sixtina se debe principalmente a su decoración al fresco, y especialmente a la bóveda y el testero, con El Juicio Final, ambas obras de Miguel Ángel. Durante el pontificado de Sixto IV, un grupo de pintores renacentistas que incluía a Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli y Luca Signorelli realizó dos series de paneles al fresco sobre la vida de Moisés y la de Jesucristo , acompañadas por retratos de los papas que habían gobernado la Iglesia hasta entonces en la zona superior y por cortinas pintadas con trampantojo en la zona inferior. Las pinturas fueron concluidas en 1482, y el 15 de agosto de 1483, con motivo de la festividad de la Asunción, Sixto IV celebró la primera misa en la capilla y la consagró a la Virgen María.[1][2] Entre 1508 y 1512, por encargo del papa Julio II, Miguel Ángel decoró la bóveda, creando una obra de arte sin precedentes que cambiaría el curso del arte occidental.[3][4] Años después, tras el Saco de Roma, pintó también El Juicio Final en la pared del altar entre 1536 y 1541 para los papas Clemente VII y Paulo III.[5] Más de cinco siglos después, los frescos de Miguel Ángel siguen atrayendo a multitud de visitantes a la capilla, y son considerados una de las obras cumbre de la historia de la pintura.
The Canadian War Museum is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military history, in addition to serving as a place of remembrance. The 440,000 square metres museum building is situated south of the Ottawa River in LeBreton Flats. The museum houses a number of exhibitions and memorials, in addition to a theatre, curatorial and conservation spaces, storage space, and a cafeteria. The building also houses the Military History Research Centre, the museum's library and archives. The Canadian War Museum was formally established in 1942, although portions of the museum's collections originates from a military museum that operated from 1880 to 1896. The museum was operated by the Public Archives of Canada until 1967, when the National Museums of Canada Corporation was formed to manage several national institutions, including the war museum. In the same year, the war museum was relocated from its original building to the former Public Archives of Canada building. Management of the museum was later assumed by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation in 1990. Plans to expand the museum during the mid-1990s resulted in the construction of a new building at LeBreton Flats. Designed by Moriyama & Teshima Architects and Griffiths Rankin Cook Architects, the new Canadian War Museum building was opened to the public in 2005. The museum's collection contains over 500,000 pieces of materials related to military history, including over 13,000 pieces of military art. In addition to its permanent exhibition, the museum has hosted and organized a number of travelling exhibitions relating to Canadian military history.
Cambridge University Press es una editorial que recibió su Royal Charter de la mano de Enrique VIII en 1534, y es considerada una de las dos editoriales privilegiadas de Inglaterra . Publicó su primer libro en 1584, llegando a publicar un libro anualmente desde entonces, lo que la convierte en la editorial más antigua del mundo. Tiene por igual un corte académico y educacional, se trata de una factoría de libros, siendo además la que imprime los documentos oficiales de la Universidad de Cambridge. Entre los autores que han publicado en Cambridge se incluyen: John Milton, William Harvey, Isaac Newton, Brian J. Ford y Stephen Hawking. La CUP ha sido de las primeras instituciones exentas de impuestos en Inglaterra desde el 1976.[1] En la actualidad es una organización global con un estilo de operar muy regional, tiene oficinas en América, Reino Unido, Europa, Oriente Medio y África, así como en Asia y el Pacífico. Tiene sus oficinas centrales en Cambridge, y centros de almacenaje en Cambridge, Nueva York, Melbourne, Madrid, Ciudad del Cabo, São Paulo y Singapur, con oficinas y agencias en otros países.
La Cambridge Union Society, generalmente referido a como "el Cambridge Union" o "la Unión", es una sociedad de debate en Cambridge, Inglaterra, y la sociedad más grande en la Universidad de Cambridge. Fundada en 1815, la Unión es la sociedad más vieja operando en el mundo.[1] Además, la Cambridge Union ha servido como modelo para la fundación de sociedades similares en varias otras universidades prominentes, incluyendo el Oxford Union, Studentafton y el Yale Political Union. La Unión es una sociedad privada con la afiliación abre a todos los estudiantes de la Universidad de Cambridge o Anglia Ruskin, y es completamente separada de la Unión oficial de estudiantes. La Unión es una caridad registrada en mayo 2010 con una colaboración de 3 años con proveedores de servicio profesional Deloitte desde noviembre de 2013.[2][3]
The Cambridge Public Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts is part of the Minuteman Library Network. It consists of a main library and six branches, located throughout the city. In fiscal year 2014, the city of Cambridge spent 1.63% of its budget on the library, $66 per person.
Callendar House is a mansion set within the grounds of Callendar Park in Falkirk, central Scotland. During the 19th century, it was redesigned and extended in the style of a French Renaissance château fused with elements of Scottish baronial architecture. However, the core of the building is a 14th-century tower house.During its 600-year history, Callendar House has played host to many prominent historical figures, including Mary, Queen of Scots, Oliver Cromwell, Bonnie Prince Charlie and Queen Victoria. The current building is by far the most substantial historical building in the area, with a 300 ft frontage. It is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.
California State Railroad Museum
The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the state park system of California, United States, interpreting the role of the "iron horse" in connecting California to the rest of the nation. It is located in Old Sacramento at 111 I Street.As of August 4, 2020, the museum remains closed indefinitely, due to the Corona Virus pandemic. No projected date of re-opening has been released. The museum features 21 restored locomotives and railroad cars, some dating back to 1862. The "Sierra Scene" shows a large scale mockup of a construction scene high in the Sierra Nevada representing Donner Pass circa 1867, featuring the locomotive Gov. Stanford. Other exhibits show how the influence of railroads changed American society, influencing travel, commerce and daily life, as well as the lives of railroaders and the diversity of people who work on railroads. Changing exhibits featuring photography, ephemera, and artifacts from the museum's collection, add depth and incidental information to the overall story of railroad history. The Museum has an extensive educational program for elementary students from across the region to help them learn about railroad history using re-enactments, costumed docents, and including train and handcar rides. The roundhouse area of the museum features a rotating display of locomotives and equipment belonging to the museum. When not on display, these items are stored and worked on at the nearby Sacramento Railyards in the remaining buildings that were part of the original Southern Pacific Shop complex. A large 3-rail O-gauge model train layout is also located in the museum. Adjacent to the main museum building is a reconstruction of the 1870s-era Central Pacific Railroad passenger station and freight depot on Front Street, which houses historic and contemporary railroad equipment. In early 2011, the interior remained closed to public use, but is occasionally open for special events. Between April and October, the Sacramento Southern Railroad, operated by the museum, takes passengers on a 40-minute, 6-mile roundtrip route along the Sacramento River on a portion of the Walnut Grove branch of the former Southern Pacific Railroad. The Sacramento Southern Railroad owns the Walnut Grove Branch right-of-way that extends south from Sacramento along the eastern bank of the Sacramento River. A few miles of track were rebuilt along the levee near Freeport, California as part of a US Army Corps of Engineers project. The CSRRM hopes to one day have a longer excursion line, perhaps as far as Hood, California. At that location the railroad passengers could disembark the train and take a tourist steamboat back up the Sacramento River to Old Sacramento.
El Museo "Legion de Honor" ? es un museo de bellas artes de la ciudad de San Francisco . Junto con el museo M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, conforma el conjunto de Fine Art Museums de la ciudad. El Museo De Young expone arte precolombino, mientras que el Legion of Honor exhibe arte europeo, tanto pintura como escultura, grabados y libros ilustrados, artes decorativas... El Legion tiene como sede un monumental edificio, construido a principios del siglo XX en recuerdo de los numerosos soldados estadounidenses que murieron en la Primera Guerra Mundial como miembros de la Legión de Honor francesa. El edificio se halla en un alto que domina el paisaje del famoso puente del Golden Gate. La colección de pinturas incluye ejemplos de Fra Angelico , El Greco , Rubens , Rembrandt , Watteau , Giambattista Tiepolo , Jacques-Louis David , Claude Monet ... De enorme importancia son las colecciones de grabados y libros ilustrados. La primera se custodia bajo el nombre de Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts e incluye numerosísimas estampas de Durero, Rembrandt, Lucas van Leyden, Hendrick Goltzius, Goya, Delacroix y un larguísimo etcétera.
