Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. Its early history is unclear, but may have been founded in the 11th century on the site of a Roman fort overlooking a crossing of the River Lune. In 1164, the Honour of Lancaster, including the castle, came under royal control. In 1322 and 1389 the Scots invaded England, progressing as far as Lancaster and damaging the castle. It was not to see military action again until the English Civil War. The castle was first used as a prison in 1196 although this aspect became more important during the English Civil War. The castle buildings are owned by the British sovereign as Duke of Lancaster, which leases part of the structure to Lancashire County Council who operate a Crown Court in part of the building. Until 2011, the majority of the buildings were leased to the Ministry of Justice as Her Majesty's Prison Lancaster. The Castle was returned to the Duchy's ownership by the Ministry of Justice in 2011. The Castle is now open to the public seven days a week and is undergoing a large-scale refurbishment to allow access to more areas.
Royal Liverpool University Hospital
The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is a major teaching and research hospital located in the city of Liverpool, England. It is the largest and busiest hospital in Merseyside and Cheshire, and has the largest emergency department of its kind in the UK.A major redevelopment of the hospital began in 2013 and was scheduled for completion in 2017, but construction problems and the 2018 collapse of main contractor Carillion have pushed the estimated completion date back to 2022. Alongside Broadgreen Hospital and Liverpool University Dental Hospital, the hospital is managed by the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is associated with the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
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La Universidad Abierta es una de las mejores universidades públicas británicas. Para el curso académico de 2009/10, según datos de la agencia estatal que mide los datos estadísticos acerca de la educación superior, la OU tenía matriculado 209 705 alumnos.[3] En 2005, en la primera encuesta nacional entre universitarios, realizada en Inglaterra, País de Gales e Irlanda del Norte , Open University ocupó el primer lugar en satisfacción global, y compartió el primer puesto, con Birkbeck College y University College Plymouth St Mark & St John, en la valoración de la calidad de la enseñanza.[4] En 2006, repitió el primer puesto, este año incluyendo universidades en Escocia.[5] En 2008, ocupó el puesto 43 en el ranking de 132 universidades realizado por el Times Higher Education.[6] En 2000, The Open University entregó un doctorado honorífico a Tim Berners-Lee, conocido como "el padre de la web".[7] En 2013, con motivo del Jubileo de diamante de la reina Isabel II, la catedrática de ciencias de la educación Eileen Scanlon fue uno de doce galardonados con el Regius Professorship. En 2019, la universidad celebró su 50 aniversario desde su fundación.[8] En 2019, a 50 años de la creación de la Open University, la revista IRRODL dedicó un número especial para analizar el estado actual de otras universidades abiertas en el mundo.[9]
Telfair Museums, in the historic district of Savannah, Georgia, was the first public art museum in the Southern United States. Founded through the bequest of Mary Telfair , a prominent local citizen, and operated by the Georgia Historical Society until 1920, the museum opened in 1886 in the Telfair family’s renovated Regency style mansion, known as the Telfair Academy. The museum currently contains a collection of over 4,500 American and European paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, housed in three buildings: the 1818 Telfair Academy ; the 1816 Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, which are both National Historic Landmarks designed by British architect William Jay in the early nineteenth century; and the contemporary Jepson Center for the Arts, designed by Moshe Safdie and completed in 2006.
Tamworth Castle, a Grade I listed building, is a Norman castle overlooking the mouth of the River Anker into the Tame in the town of Tamworth in Staffordshire, England. Before boundary changes in 1889, however, the castle was within the edge of Warwickshire while most of the town belonged to Staffordshire.The site served as a residence of the Mercian kings in Anglo Saxon times, but fell into disuse during the Viking invasions. Refortified by the Normans and later enlarged, the building is today one of the best preserved motte-and-bailey castles in England.
Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation ), headquartered in Berlin, Germany, was established in 1957 by German Federal law with the mission to acquire and preserve the cultural legacy of the former State of Prussia. Its purview encompasses over 27 institutions, including all of Berlin's State-run Museums, the Berlin State Library, the Prussian Privy State Archives and a variety of institutes and research centers. As such it has become one of largest cultural organizations in the world. As of 2020, it is also the largest cultural employer in Germany with around 2,000 employees and a 2020 budget of 336 million euros.The Federal Government and the German States are jointly responsible for the Foundation, both legally and financially. Its operations include preservation and care of the collections, their structure and development, and the continuation of academic and scientific research with a mission to encourage learning and understanding between different peoples.
Sprengel Museum is a museum of modern art in Hanover, Lower Saxony, holding one of the most significant collections of modern art in Germany. It is located in a building designed by Peter and Ursula Trint and Dieter Quast , adjacent to the Maschsee. The museum opened in 1979, and the building was extended in 1992. Bernhard Sprengel donated his extensive collection of modern art to the city of Hanover in 1969, as well as financially supporting the construction of the museum. The city of Hanover and the state of Lower Saxony agreed to jointly operate the museum. In addition to the works donated by Sprengel, the museum also houses 20th century artworks owned by Lower Saxony and Hanover.
The Scottish Police College is based at Tulliallan Castle, in Kincardine. Since 1 April 2013, the college has been under the control of the Police Service of Scotland. In addition to probationer training, the college provides training in various specialist areas, such as Road Policing, Criminal Investigation, and training for newly promoted officers. The motto of the college is, BI GLIC - BI GLIC, which is the cry of the Oystercatcher which translates from Gaelic as ' Be Wise, Be Circumspect '. Oystercatchers can be found throughout the grounds of the college. The College Crest depicts two Oystercatchers surrounding the crest of the Scottish Police Service which is in itself surrounded by two books to signify learning.
Iglesia de Santa Maria Formosa
Santa María Formosa es una iglesia de Venecia . Fue erigida en 1492 con diseño del arquitecto renacentista Mauro Codussi. Queda en el lugar de una iglesia anterior que databa del siglo VII que, según la tradición, fue una de las ocho fundadas por San Magno, obispo de Oderzo. El nombre formosa se refiere a la aparición de la Virgen disfraza de mujer a la moda.
Iglesia de Sant'Andrea (Pistoia)
Sant'Andrea es una iglesia en Pistoya, Toscana, centro de Italia que servía como un pieve o lugar que las congregaciones de las iglesias de los pueblos que lo rodean usan para el baptismo. Está dedicado al apóstol San Andrés, e incluye el famoso púlpito de Sant'Andrea por Giovanni Pisano. La iglesia probablemente date de principios del siglo VIII, aunque en un tamaño menor. En el siglo XII se amplió a lo largo. La fachada muestra la típica decoración en mármol a dos colores del estilo románico de Pistoya, ejecutada a mediados del siglo XII por Gruamonte y su hermano Adeodatus, quien fue también responsable para las esculturas y para el arquitrabe del portal. Esta última presenta el «Viaje de los Reyes Magos», un tema raro cuyo uso aquí deriva del hecho de que la iglesia se ubicaba en la Via Francigena, a través de la cual, en la Edad Media, los peregrinos alcanzaban Roma desde Francia. Los capiteles decorativos son obra del Maestro Enrique, mientras que la pequeña estatua de San Andrés en la luneta sobre el portal recuerda el estilo de Giovanni Pisano. A finales del siglo XV la fachada superior estaba acabada y la nave central cubierta de bóveda. Los frescos en el ábside datan de 1506, ejecutados por Bernardino del Signoraccio. Hoy solo sobrevive la parte central, con el Padre apoyado por cuatro ángeles. Los altares en las naves laterales se añadieron en el siglo XVII, con pinturas de artistas como Cristofano Allori, Alessio Gimignani, y Girolamo Scaglia.
El Museo Real de Ontario ?, comúnmente conocido como ROM, es un museo de historia natural de Canadá localizado en la ciudad de Toronto , cerca del extremo norte de Queens Park y de la Universidad de Toronto, con la entrada principal por Bloor Street. El Museo Real de Ontario fue fundado en 1912 y fue parte de la universidad hasta 1968; hoy en día, el museo y la universidad trabajan juntos en muchos proyectos. Es el museo de cultura mundial e historia natural más grande de Canadá.[2] El ROM es el quinto museo más grande de América del Norte, y contiene unos seis millones de elementos y más de 40 galerías. Tiene una colección importante de dinosaurios, arte africano y de Oriente Próximo, arte de Asia oriental, historia europea e historia de Canadá, también minerales y meteoritos. Posee la colección de fósiles del esquisto de Burgess más grande del mundo, con más de 150 000 especímenes. Debido al crecimiento de la colección, el Real Museo de Ontario ha tenido que ser ampliado en tres ocasiones. La primera vez en 1933, la segunda en 1978 y la tercera en 2005. Esta última fue realizada por el arquitecto Daniel Libeskind, de EE. UU. nacido en 1946.
Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the main professional organisation of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom, and is responsible for representing psychiatrists, for psychiatric research and for providing public information about mental health problems. The college provides advice to those responsible for training and certifying psychiatrists in the UK. In addition to publishing many books and producing several journals, the College produces, for the public, information about mental health problems. Its offices are located at 21 Prescot Street in London, near Aldgate. The College was formerly located in Belgrave Square.
The Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, or LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, is a museum in Bonn, Germany, run by the Rhineland Landscape Association. It is one of the oldest museums in the country. In 2003 it completed an extensive renovation. The museum has a number of notable ancient busts and figures dating back to Roman times.
Regent's Park College is a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford, situated in central Oxford, just off St Giles'. Founded in 1810, the college moved to its present site in 1927, and became a licensed hall of the university in 1957. The college now admits both undergraduate and graduate students to take Oxford degrees in a variety of arts, humanities and social science subjects. It is one of the few academic institutions within the University of Oxford to have accepted women as well as men since before the mid-twentieth century, with women attending the college since the 1920s. The college also trains men and women for ordained ministry among Baptist churches in Great Britain and overseas.
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is an area of HM Naval Base Portsmouth which is open to the public; it contains several historic buildings and ships. It is managed by the National Museum of the Royal Navy as an umbrella organisation representing five charities: the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust, the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, the Mary Rose Trust, the Warrior Preservation Trust Ltd and the HMS Victory Preservation Company. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Ltd was created to promote and manage the tourism element of the Royal Navy Dockyard, with the relevant trusts maintaining and interpreting their own attractions. It also promotes other nearby navy-related tourist attractions.
Portsmouth Museum is a local museum in Museum Road in the city of Portsmouth, southern England. It is one of six museums run by Portsmouth Museums, part of Portsmouth City Council. The museum is housed in a Grade II listed building.
Piazza della Santissima Annunziata
Piazza della Santissima Annunziata is a square in the city of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. The Piazza is named after the church of the Annunziata at the head of the square. In the center of the piazza is the bronze Equestrian statue of Ferdinando I and two Mannerist fountains with fantastical figures, all works completed by the late-Renaissance sculptor Pietro Tacca.
El Museo de Arte Philbrook es un museo de arte con jardines formales en la ciudad de Tulsa, Oklahoma. El museo está localizado en lo que fuera la "Villa Philbrook" en los años 1920s, la casa del pionero petrolero de Oklahoma Waite Phillips y su esposa Genevieve. El museo exhibe colecciones de arte de en todo el mundo, abarcando varios medios de comunicación artísticos y estilos, aunque enfocándose en arte Americano Nativo, cestería, cerámica, pinturas y joyas.
