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.
Il museo Torlonia era un museo di scultura esistente fino agli anni settanta del Novecento in via della Lungara a Roma, di proprietà della famiglia nobiliare dei Torlonia, paragonata in quantità e qualità delle opere esposte ai Musei Vaticani e ai Musei Capitolini.
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.
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland , formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, is a conservatoire of dance, drama, music, production and film in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is a member of the Federation of Drama Schools.Founded in 1847, it has become the busiest performing arts venue in Scotland with over 500 public performances each year.
The current Principal is American pianist and composer Jeffrey Sharkey, the President is Sir Cameron Mackintosh, and the Patron is Prince Charles.
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 è stato uno scrittore inglese di gialli e fantascienza.
Creasey ha scritto nel corso della sua carriera, iniziata a vent'anni, circa seicento libri, firmati con ventotto diversi pseudonimi. Ha inventato molti personaggi famosi che appaiono in tutta una serie di romanzi. Probabilmente il più famoso di questi è George Gideon di Scotland Yard, la base per la serie televisiva L'ispettore Gideon, ma anche altri del Dipartimento Z, il dottor Palfrey, l'ispettore Roger West e il Barone .
Nel 1962 vinse un Edgar Award per il miglior romanzo con Gideon's Fire, scritto con lo pseudonimo di J.J. Marric. Nel 1969 fu insignito del prestigioso premio alla carriera Grand Master Award della Mystery Writers of America .
Dopo aver pubblicato nel 1930 il romanzo poliziesco intitolato The Speacher, che vede per la prima volta come protagonista Patrich Dawlish e nel 1932 un crime-thriller è diventato uno scrittore di professione.
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.
Il Teatro Olimpico è un teatro progettato dall'architetto rinascimentale Andrea Palladio nel 1580 e situato a Vicenza. È il primo e più antico teatro stabile coperto dell'epoca moderna.La realizzazione del teatro, all'interno di un preesistente complesso medievale, venne commissionata a Palladio dall'Accademia Olimpica per la messa in scena di commedie classiche. La sua costruzione iniziò nel 1580 e venne inaugurato il 3 marzo 1585, dopo la realizzazione delle celebri scene fisse di Vincenzo Scamozzi. Tali strutture lignee sono le uniche d'epoca rinascimentale ad essere giunte fino a noi, peraltro in ottimo stato di conservazione.
Il teatro è tuttora sede di rappresentazioni e concerti ed è stato incluso nel 1994 nella lista dei Patrimoni dell'umanità dal C.E.H.R. come le altre opere palladiane a Vicenza.
Il cosiddetto Teatro all'Antica di Sabbioneta, o Teatro Olimpico, fu realizzato tra il 1588 e il 1590 su progetto dell'architetto vicentino Vincenzo Scamozzi . Committente dell'opera fu Vespasiano Gonzaga, duca della piccola e sontuosa cittadina padana, assai legato agli Asburgo di Spagna.
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.
La Galleria Strossmayer di Antichi Maestri è un museo d'arte di Zagabria, che porta il nome del suo fondatore, il vescovo Josip Juraj Strossmayer. Si trova nell'edificio dell'Accademia delle Scienze e delle Arti di Zagabria.
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 è il principale edificio di culto della capitale svedese, sede della Diocesi di Stoccolma.
Situata sull'isola di Gamla Stan e adiacente al Palazzo Reale, è un esempio di Gotico baltico ampiamente rimaneggiato in stile barocco intorno al 1740 da Johan Eberhard Carlberg.
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.
