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.
La Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, abbreviata in CARISBO, è stato un istituto di credito italiano.
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 si trova via Giusti 43 a Firenze. Il complesso incorpora anche la casa di Andrea del Sarto, con accesso da via Gino Capponi 22: i due edifici, sebbene uniti negli ambienti interni, sono solitamente trattati separatamente dalla letteratura, per la singolarità della facciata manierista del primo, che ne fa un unicuum nel panorama fiorentino.
Casa Verdi è una casa di riposo per cantanti e musicisti che abbiano compiuto 65 anni di età, fondata da Giuseppe Verdi il 16 dicembre 1899 e situata a Milano in piazza Buonarroti 29. La Casa è di proprietà della Casa di Riposo per Musicisti - Fondazione Giuseppe Verdi alla quale il Maestro ne fece dono prima della morte. "L’ammissione degli ospiti è deliberata dal Consiglio, avuto riguardo all’età, ai bisogni e ai meriti artistici". La struttura venne eretta in stile neogotico dall'architetto Camillo Boito, fratello del celebre musicista Arrigo, amico del Maestro Verdi. Nella cripta annessa alla Casa riposano lo stesso Verdi e la seconda moglie Giuseppina Strepponi. Dal 1998 la Fondazione, per realizzare l'integrazione tra musicisti di diverse generazioni, ha provveduto a estendere la sua ospitalità, oltre che ai musicisti più anziani, anche ai giovani studenti di musica che siano meritevoli e bisognosi e che frequentino scuole di musica riconosciute nella città di Milano. La Casa è visitabile, con ingresso libero e gratuito, grazie alla collaborazione dei volontari per Il Patrimonio Culturale del Touring Club Italiano.
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 Cappella Sistina , dedicata a Maria Assunta in Cielo, è la principale cappella del palazzo apostolico, nonché uno dei più famosi tesori culturali e artistici della Città del Vaticano, inserita nel percorso dei Musei Vaticani. Fu costruita tra il 1475 e il 1481 circa, all'epoca di papa Sisto IV della Rovere, da cui prese il nome. È conosciuta in tutto il mondo sia per essere il luogo nel quale si tengono il conclave e altre cerimonie ufficiali del papa , sia per essere decorata da opere d'arte tra più le più conosciute e celebrate della civiltà artistica occidentale, tra le quali spiccano i celeberrimi affreschi di Michelangelo, che ricoprono la volta e la parete di fondo sopra l'altare . È considerata forse la più completa e importante di quella «teologia visiva, che è stata chiamata Biblia pauperum». Le pareti sono decorate da una serie di affreschi di alcuni dei più grandi artisti italiani della seconda metà del Quattrocento . Esiste anche una "Cappella Sistina" nella basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore a Roma, edificata da Sisto V, e una nella cattedrale di Savona, fatta edificare da Sisto IV come mausoleo per i propri genitori.
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.
L'Università di Cambridge è la seconda università del Regno Unito per data di fondazione. Situata nell'omonima città dell'Anglia orientale, essa ospita quasi 20 000 studenti e più di 5 000 fra ricercatori e docenti. Secondo la leggenda venne fondata da alcuni studenti nel 1209, dopo essere fuggiti da Oxford in seguito ad una lite coi locali. Tradizionalmente fra le due istituzioni – collettivamente conosciute con l'espressione Oxbridge – esiste una forte rivalità accademica e non solo, come testimoniato dalla Regata Oxford-Cambridge.
The Cambridge Union Society, also known as the Cambridge Union, is a debating and free speech society in Cambridge, England and the largest society in the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1815, it is the oldest continuously running debating society in the world. Additionally, the Cambridge Union has served as a model for the foundation of similar societies at several other prominent universities, including the Oxford Union and the Yale Political Union. The Union is a private society with membership open to all students of Cambridge University, and more recently Anglia Ruskin University. The Cambridge Union is a registered charity and is completely separate from the Cambridge University Students' Union. The Cambridge Union has a long and extensive tradition of hosting prominent figures from all areas of public life in its chamber, both state- and international-based, including the Dalai Lama, President Ronald Reagan, Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking, Prime Ministers Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and John Major, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, and comedian Stephen Fry. Previous presidents of the Cambridge Union have included Arianna Huffington, and the economist John Maynard Keynes.
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.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
Il California Palace of the Legion of Honor è un museo di San Francisco, California, situato in un punto panoramico del Lincoln Park. Conserva oggi le collezioni di arte europea dall'antichità ai primi anni del XX secolo del Fine Arts Museums di San Francisco, dopo un riordino delle raccolte cittadine col M. H. de Young Memorial Museum . Tra i più importanti artisti ospitati spiccano El Greco, Le Brun, Rubens, Rembrandt, David, Courbet, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Manet, Pissarro, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Matisse, ecc.
