La cathédrale de Bamberg , classée au patrimoine mondial de l'humanité par l'UNESCO, est un édifice religieux situé à Bamberg. Elle a été achevée au cours du XIIIe siècle. La cathédrale est sous l'administration de l'église catholique romaine et est le siège de l'archevêché de Bamberg.
La cathédrale est de style roman tardif avec quatre tours. Elle fut fondée en 1004 par l'empereur Henri II, achevée en 1012 et consacrée le 6 mai 1012. Elle fut par la suite partiellement détruite par un incendie en 1081. La nouvelle cathédrale, construite par l’évêque Othon de Bamberg, fut consacrée en 1111, et reçut au cours du XIIIe siècle sa forme romane tardive actuelle.
La cathédrale mesure 94 m de long, 28 m de large, 26 m de haut, et les quatre tours atteignent chacune 81 m de haut. Parmi tous les ouvrages de la cathédrale une tombe de marbre, taillée entre 1499 et 1513, où reposent son fondateur, Henri II, et sa femme, l'impératrice sainte Cunégonde : elle a été faite par le sculpteur Tilman Riemenschneider. Un autre des trésors de la cathédrale est la statue équestre connue sous le nom du Cavalier de Bamberg . Cette statue pourrait représenter le roi Étienne Ier de Hongrie et daterait de l'an 1200 environ.
The Catalyst Science Discovery Centre is a science and technology museum in Widnes, Halton, North-West England. The centre has interactive exhibits, reconstructed historical scenes, an observatory, a live-science theatre and family workshops. It is next to Spike Island, a public park, located between the River Mersey and the Sankey Canal that has woodlands, wetlands, footpaths and industrial archaeological history.
The centre is housed in Tower Building, constructed around 1860 by John Hutchinson as the administrative centre for his chemical business. The centre holds a collection of archives relating to the chemical industry, these include documents, photographs and the entire research archive of the ICI General Chemical Division.
Le Castle Ward est un château du XVIIIe siècle, propriété du National Trust, situé à proximité du village de Strangford dans le Comté de Down en Irlande du Nord. Il surplombe Strangford Lough et se situe à 11 kilomètres de Downpatrick et 2,4 kilomètres de Strangford.
Castle Ward est ouvert au public et comprend 332 hectares de jardins paysagers, une maison-tour fortifiée, blanchisserie victorienne, théâtre, restaurant, boutique, scierie et un moulin à maïs. Il dispose d'un rivage à Strangford Lough. De 1985 à 2010, il a également accueilli le Castleward Opera, un festival annuel d'opéra en été.
Banca Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze S.p.A. known as Banca CR Firenze, was an Italian savings bank. Once a listed company, the group now part of Intesa Sanpaolo since 2007.
Captain Cook Memorial Museum is a history museum in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. The museum building, Walker's House, belonged to Captain John Walker, to whom James Cook was apprenticed in 1746. Having lodged there as an apprentice, Cook returned to visit in the winter of 1771–72 after his first voyage.
The Canterbury Heritage Museum was a museum in Stour Street, Canterbury, South East England, telling the history of the city. It was housed in the 12th-century Poor Priests' Hospital next to the River Stour. The museum exhibited the Canterbury Cross and contained a gallery dedicated to Rupert the Bear, whose creator Mary Tourtel lived in Canterbury. It held regular events and exhibitions of local and national interest. The museum closed in 2018. It has since re-opened as The Marlowe Kit; an escape room, exhibition and creative space.
Le musée byzantin et chrétien d'Athènes est le principal musée athénien, et l'un des plus importants de Grèce, pour les collections d'art de l'Antiquité tardive et du Moyen Âge byzantin et post-byzantin. Il dépend directement du Directorat général des antiquités rattaché au ministère grec de la Culture. Organisé en deux ailes : l'une pour l'époque byzantine , l'autre pour l'époque post-byzantine , le musée possède plus de 25 000 objets : sculptures, icônes, fresques murales, céramiques, tissus, manuscrits et mosaïques, provenant de toutes les régions touchées par la culture grecque byzantine.
L'abbaye de Buckland est une propriété située à Buckland Monachorum dans le Devon. Abbaye cistercienne fondée en 1278, elle est fermée en 1539 et transformée en château. Elle a été la propriété de Richard Grenville puis de Francis Drake avant de devenir celle du National Trust.
The Brukenthal National Museum is a museum in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania, established in the late 18th century by Samuel von Brukenthal in his city palace. Baron Brukenthal, governor of the Grand Principality of Transylvania has established his first collections around 1790. The collections were officially opened to the public in 1817, making the museum the oldest institution of its kind on the territory of modern-day Romania.
Today, in its extended form, it is a complex comprising six museums, which, without being separate administrative entities, are situated in different locations around the city and have their own distinct cultural programmes.
Brooke Robinson was a British Conservative Party politician, who was MP for Dudley and held a number of public posts including that of County Coroner for Dudley. He also was an art collector and benefactor whose legacy was the Town Hall and a museum in the town of Dudley.
The Brunel Museum is a small museum situated at the Brunel Engine House, Rotherhithe, London Borough of Southwark. The Engine House was designed by Sir Marc Isambard Brunel as part of the infrastructure of the Thames Tunnel which opened in 1843 and was the first tunnel to be built under a navigable river anywhere in the world. It comprises the Engine House and the Tunnel Shaft, with rooftop garden. Isambard Kingdom Brunel worked with his father on the project from 1823 and was formally appointed Resident Engineer in January 1827 at the age of 20.
Brodsworth Hall, near Brodsworth, 5 miles north-west of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, is one of the most complete surviving examples of a Victorian country house in England. It is virtually unchanged since the 1860s. It was designed in the Italianate style by the obscure London architect, Philip Wilkinson, then 26 years old. He was commissioned by Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson, who inherited the estate in 1859, but the original estate was constructed in 1791 for merchant and slave owner Peter Thellusson. It is a Grade I listed building.
Upton Hall is the headquarters of the British Horological Institute in Upton, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England. It has been the headquarters since 1972. It also houses the Museum of Timekeeping consisting of a substantial collection of clocks, watches and also a library. The Museum is open to the public during seasonal summer opening hours, for special events and for pre-booked Group tours.
The Library at Willesden Green is a public library complex situated in Willesden Green, London, United Kingdom. The centre includes a public library which spans over 3 floors and even includes a library for kids. It includes over 10'000 books including computer and study spaces. The library is operated by Brent Council and houses governmental archives on Brent. Since 2006, the Brent Museum has been located in the building and since the 2015 redevelopment, a performing arts space, as well as an art exhibition gallery, was added to the building.
