Tyntesfield is a Victorian Gothic Revival house and estate near Wraxall, North Somerset, England. The house is a Grade I listed building named after the Tynte baronets, who had owned estates in the area since about 1500. The location was formerly that of a 16th-century hunting lodge, which was used as a farmhouse until the early 19th century. In the 1830s a Georgian mansion was built on the site, which was bought by English businessman William Gibbs, whose huge fortune came from guano used as fertilizer. In the 1860s Gibbs had the house significantly expanded and remodelled; a chapel was added in the 1870s. The Gibbs family owned the house until the death of Richard Gibbs in 2001.
Tyntesfield was purchased by the National Trust in June 2002, after a fundraising campaign to prevent it being sold to private interests and ensure it would be open to the public. The house was opened to visitors for the first time just 10 weeks after the acquisition, and as more rooms are restored they are added to the tour.
The mansion was visited by 301,765 people in 2018.
Le musée Torlonia était un musée d'art et d'archéologie privé qui abritait les sculptures antiques de la Collection Torlonia. Ouvert à Rome en 1893, il a fermé en 1976.
The Royal Victoria Infirmary is a 673-bed tertiary referral centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
The hospital is part of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is a teaching hospital for the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
The Royal Military School of Music trains musicians for the British Army's twenty-two bands, as part of the Corps of Army Music. It is based at Kneller Hall, in Twickenham, west London; however, the Ministry of Defence has recently indicated that the site will be sold, and the school moved elsewhere.
Le Royal Conservatoire of Scotland est un conservatoire situé à Glasgow en Écosse.
Il a été fondé en 1845. Selon le classement 2008/2009 du journal The Guardian, il s'agirait de la meilleure Académie de musique du Royaume-Uni.
Elle fait partie de l'Association des conservatoires royaux de musique.
Ashton Court is a mansion house and estate to the west of Bristol in England. Although the estate lies mainly in North Somerset, it is owned by the City of Bristol. The mansion and stables are a Grade I listed building. Other structures on the estate are also listed.
Ashton Court has been the site of a manor house since the 11th century, and has been developed by a series of owners since then. From the 16th to 20th centuries it was owned by the Smyth family with each generation changing the house. Designs by Humphry Repton were used for the landscaping in the early 19th century. It was used as a military hospital in the First World War. In 1936 it was used as the venue for the Royal Show and, during the Second World War as an army transit camp. In 1946 the last of the Smyth family died and the house fell into disrepair before its purchase in 1959 by Bristol City Council.
The estate developed from the original deer park and is Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. It is the venue for a variety of leisure activities, including the now-defunct Ashton Court Festival, Bristol International Kite Festival and the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. It is home to charity The Forest of Avon Trust.
John Creasey est un écrivain britannique de romans populaires. Il a utilisé au cours de sa carrière de nombreux pseudonymes dont les principaux sont Anthony Morton, Michael Halliday, Jeremy York, Normam Deane et J. J. Marric, pseudonyme sous lequel il remporte le Prix Edgar-Allan-Poe du meilleur roman en 1962.
Carlisle Citadel or The Citadel is a former medieval fortress on English Street in Carlisle, Cumbria. It comprises two towers, both of which are Grade I listed buildings: the Nisi Prius Courthouse and the former Crown Court.
Le teatro Olimpico est un théâtre situé à Vicence, dessiné en 1580 par l'architecte de la Renaissance Andrea Palladio. Il est généralement considéré comme le premier théâtre couvert permanent de l'époque moderne.
La réalisation du théâtre, à l'intérieur d'un complexe médiéval préexistant, fut confiée à Andrea Palladio par l'Académie olympique pour la représentation de comédies classiques. La construction a commencé en 1580, et l'inauguration eut lieu le 3 mars 1585, après la réalisation des fameux décors en perspective de Vincenzo Scamozzi. Ce décor en bois de style Renaissance est le seul qui soit parvenu jusqu'à nous, il est en parfait état d'entretien.
Le théâtre est encore aujourd'hui le lieu de représentations théâtrales et de concerts, notamment lors des Settimane musicali al Teatro olimpico en mai-juin. Il est inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, tout comme l'ensemble des constructions palladiennes de Vicence.
Le teatro all’Antica est un théâtre de Sabbioneta, en Lombardie. C’est le premier théâtre de plain-pied, construit à cet effet du monde moderne, et le deuxième plus ancien théâtre en salle dans le monde, après le teatro Olimpico de Vicence. C’est, avec ce dernier et le théâtre Farnèse à Parme, l’un des trois théâtres de la Renaissance encore en existence.
The Art Museum of Georgia , alternatively known as Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts, is one of the leading museums in the country of Georgia. Falling under the umbrella of the Georgian National Museum, AMG is located near Freedom Square, Tbilisi and possesses around 140,000 items of Georgian, Oriental, Russian, and other European art.
Sundby Church is a Church of Denmark parish church located on Amagerbrogade in Copenhagen, Denmark. Completed in 1870 to designs by Hans Jørgen Holm, it is the oldest church on the northern part of Amager.
Nikanor Onatsky Regional Art Museum in Sumy is a state museum in Sumy, Ukraine. Its collection is one of the best in Ukraine and contains works of native and from all over the world artists.
The Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters is a fine art museum in Zagreb, Croatia exhibiting the collection donated to the city by Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer in 1884. Located at 11 Nikola Šubić Zrinski Square, it forms part of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts .
The Strossmayer Gallery holding includes around 4,000 works, of which some 250 are on display, with the remainder in storage, or on display at other museums or gallery institutions in Croatia.
Stowe Nine Churches is a civil parish incorporating the settlements of Church Stowe and Upper Stowe in the English county of Northamptonshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 259.
La Storkyrkan , ou église Saint Nicolas , également la Cathédrale de Stockholm, est la seconde plus vieille église de Stockholm en Suède. Elle se situe dans la vieille ville, près du palais royal.
Stockwood Discovery Centre, formerly known as Stockwood Craft Museum, is one of two free admission museums situated in Luton . The museums in Luton are a part of a charitable trust, Luton Culture.
The discovery centre displays collections of local social history, archaeology, geology and rural crafts. It also houses the biggest collection of horse-drawn carriages in Europe, the Mossman Collection.
The external part of the Discovery Centre features extensive gardens. The Period Gardens, ranging from the Elizabethan Knot Garden to the Dig for Victory Garden, were created by Luton Council from the mid-1980s onwards. Redevelopment work in 2007 included the building of the Sensory Garden, World Garden and Medicinal Garden. It is one of the few places in the country where the work of acclaimed artist Ian Hamilton Finlay can be seen on permanent display. Improvement Garden is a classical garden in which Ian Hamilton Finlay sculptures are an integral part of the landscape.
