La Villa medicea di Poggio a Caiano, erroneamente chiamata anche Ambra , è una delle ville medicee più famose e si trova nel comune di Poggio a Caiano . Oggi è di proprietà statale e ospita due nuclei museali: uno degli appartamenti storici e il Museo della natura morta .
La villa è forse il migliore esempio di architettura commissionata da Lorenzo il Magnifico, in questo caso a Giuliano da Sangallo verso il 1480. Non a caso si tratta di un edificio privato, in cui sono presenti elementi che fecero poi da modello per gli sviluppi futuri della tipologia delle ville: compenetrazione tra interno ed esterno mediante filtri come le logge, distribuzione simmetrica degli ambienti attorno a una salone centrale , posizione dominante nel paesaggio, recupero consapevole di elementi architettonici classici .
Vestry House Museum is a history museum in Walthamstow, focusing on the heritage of the local area. The collection includes various artifacts dating from the Victorian Era to the 20th Century including numerous archived documents and photographs.Vestry House was originally built as a workhouse and was later used as a police station and also as private housing . The building became a museum in 1931.On permanent display in the museum is the Bremer Car, the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine, which was built by Frederick Bremer in a workshop at the back of his family home in Connaught Road, Walthamstow. The car first ran in 1892 and was donated to the museum by Bremer in 1933.
La University of Sussex è un'università pubblica inglese situata in prossimità del villaggio di Falmer e all'interno della regione denominata come "Brighton and Hove". È stata fondata nel 1960, ricevendo l'anno dopo il Regio decreto legge da parte del re che gli conferiva legittimamente i poteri.
L'Università dell'Essex è un'università di ricerca pubblica situata nella contea dell'Essex, in Inghilterra. È stata fondata nel 1963, ha accolto i suoi primi studenti nel 1964 e ha ricevuto la Royal Charter nel 1965.
Il campus più grande dell'Università è il Colchester Campus all'interno del Wivenhoe Park, a pochi chilometri da Wivenhoe e Colchester.
L'Università di Dundee è un'università situata nella città di Dundee, Scozia.
Nel 2008 viene ad essere proclamata dal giornale britannico Times "Scottish University of the Year" ovvero "Università scozzese dell'anno".
Nel 2011 si classifica prima nel Regno Unito per farmacologia e seconda per odontoiatria, subito dopo Oxford. L'Università di Dundee è la meta privilegiata per gli studi scientifici - medicina, odontoiatria, economia, ingegneria - mentre l'Università di St Andrews è, generalmente, la meta prediletta per gli studi umanistici.
Nel 2012 viene riconosciuta dal Times Higher Education come migliore esperienza universitaria in tutto il Regno Unito, scavalcando di buon grado le rivali Oxford e Cambridge. A partire dall'anno 2012 le tasse universitarie sono salite a 9.000 sterline annue, circa 11.000 Euro, in linea con le migliori università britanniche.Il rettore dell'università è stato dal 2010 al 2016 il famoso attore hollywoodiano Brian Cox. Il nuovo rettore è il trentatreenne recordman Mark Beaumont .
The Newark Public Library is a public library system in Newark, New Jersey. The library offers numerous programs and events to its diverse population. With eight different locations, the Newark Public Library serves as a Statewide Reference Center. The Newark Public Library is the public library system for the city of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Currently, the library boasts an enormous collection of both art and literature, art and history exhibits, a variety of programs for all ages, and much more.
Jesmond Dene, a public park in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, occupies the narrow steep-sided valley of a small river known as the Ouseburn, flowing south to join the River Tyne: in north-east England, such valleys are commonly known as denes: the name 'Jesmond' meaning 'mouth of the Ouseburn'.Lord Armstrong and his wife, of the now-demolished Jesmond Dean house nearby, first laid out the park during the 1860s. The design is intended to reflect a rural setting, with woodland, crags, waterfalls and pools. Lord Armstrong gave the park to the people of Newcastle, and it is now owned by Newcastle City Council. The current Jesmond Dene House adjoining the dene was the mansion of Armstrong's business partner Andrew Noble. It is now a luxury hotel.The iron-constructed Armstrong Bridge spans the south end of the Dene and hosts Jesmond Food Market every first and third Saturday of the month. The building of a replacement road and tunnel, the Cradlewell By-pass, was the subject of a road protest camp around 1993, due to the destruction of many 200-year-old trees.
Jesmond Dene contains a free-entry petting zoo known as "Pets' Corner", which has been a popular family attraction since the 1960s.Jesmond Dene is home to Newcastle's oldest religious building, St Mary's Chapel. The chapel, now in ruins, was once a site of much significance, attracting a great number of pilgrims.The park is supported by a group called 'Friends of Jesmond Dene' which provides funds for small projects to improve the park. There is also a group of Volunteer Rangers which carries out physical work tidying the paths, picking up litter, cutting back shrubs and other maintenance tasks.
The dawn chorus of Jesmond Dene has been professionally recorded and has been used in various workplace and hospital rehabilitation facilities.In 2011, the field area and pets corner were redeveloped. The redevelopment included a new road and a bridge over the Ouseburn river.In 2012, during excessively wet weather, a landslide occurred on the east side of the Dene, near the Old Mill. The landslide covered several footpaths running along the hillside. The paths are currently still closed as the cost of re-opening them would be excessive.
In July 2014, the Old Mill in the Dene was vandalised with graffiti tags, which has since been removed.On 1 April 2019, control and upkeep of Jesmond Dene, along with other Newcastle parks, was passed from Newcastle City Council to a newly created charitable trust, Urban Green Newcastle.
The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne is a historical library in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and the largest independent library outside London. The library is still available for both lending and as a free reference library.
The Congregational Memorial Hall in Farringdon Street, London was built to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Great Ejection of Black Bartholomew's Day, resulting from the 1662 Act of Uniformity which restored the Anglican church. The two thousand puritan ministers who refused to take the oath of conformity thereby established non-conformism.
The architect of the hall was John Tarring.
The hall was built upon the site of the Fleet Prison in Farringdon Street. It opened in 1875 and served as a meeting place and home for the Congregational Library. Other progressive organisations met there including the Labour Party which was founded at a meeting there on 27 February 1900 initially under the name of the Labour Representation Committee.
The hall was demolished in 1968 and Caroone House was built on the site — an office which was used by British Telecom for its international business and telephone tapping.In 1978 the Congregational Memorial Hall Trust was established to handle income from Caroone House and then from the capital raised from its sale. The income is used to maintain the Congregational Library and give grants to the three bodies represented on the trust, the United Reformed Church, the Congregational Federation and the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches.
The Terra Foundation for American Art is a privately operated nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of American art exhibitions, projects, academic research, and publications worldwide. Its goal is to promote a greater understanding and appreciation of the cultural and artistic heritage of the United States through the acquisition, study, and display of works of American art. The Foundation is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Il tempio malatestiano, usualmente indicato dai cittadini come il Duomo e dal 1809 divenuta cattedrale col titolo di Santa Colomba, è il principale luogo di culto cattolico di Rimini. Rinnovato completamente sotto la signoria di Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, con il contributo di artisti come Leon Battista Alberti, Matteo de' Pasti, Agostino di Duccio e Piero della Francesca, è, sebbene incompleto, l'opera chiave del Rinascimento riminese ed una delle architetture più significative del Quattrocento italiano in generale.
The Speed Art Museum, originally known as the J.B. Speed Memorial Museum, now colloquially referred to as the Speed by locals, is the oldest, largest, and foremost museum of art in Kentucky. It is located in Louisville, Kentucky on Third Street next to the University of Louisville Belknap campus and receives around 180,000 visits annually.The museum offers visitors a variety of "art experiences" outside its collection and international exhibitions, including the Speed Concert Series, the Art Sparks Interactive Family Gallery, and the popular late-night event, After Hours at the Speed.The Speed houses ancient, classical, and modern art from around the world. The focus of the collection is Western art, from antiquity to the present day. Holdings of paintings from the Netherlands, French and Italian works, and contemporary art are particularly strong, with sculpture prominent throughout.
The Iglesia de Santo Tomé is a church located in the historical center of the city of Toledo , and was founded after the reconquest of this city by King Alfonso VI of León. It appears quoted in the 12th century, as constructed on the site of an old mosque of the 11th century. This mosque, together with other mosques in the city, were used as Christian churches without major changes, since in the taking of the city there was no destruction of buildings.
However, at the beginning of the 14th century, being in a ruinous state the church was totally rebuilt in charge of Gonzalo Ruiz de Toledo, Lord of Orgaz, and the old minaret of the mosque was transformed into a bell tower in Mudéjar style. Its fame is mainly due to the fact that it contains the painting The Burial of the Count of Orgaz by El Greco, which can be seen by accessing the back of church.
La chiesa di Santo Spirito è una delle principali basiliche della città di Firenze. È situata nel quartiere dell'Oltrarno, la parte sud del centro storico, e con la sua semplice facciata domina la piazza omonima. Fu costruita sui resti del duecentesco convento agostiniano distrutto da un incendio nel 1371.
Ha la dignità di basilica minore.
La chiesa di Saint-Sulpice è un importante luogo di culto cattolico di Parigi, dedicato a san Sulpizio il Pio e situato in place Saint-Sulpice, nel VI arrondissement della capitale francese. È la seconda chiesa di Parigi per grandezza dopo Notre-Dame ed è la sede della Compagnia dei Sacerdoti di San Sulpizio.
La chiesa di San Rocco è un luogo di culto cattolico di Parigi, situato nel centro della città, al numero civico 284 di rue Saint-Honoré, nel I arrondissement, sede dell'omonima parrocchia facente parte dell'arcidiocesi di Parigi.La chiesa, costruita in stile barocco tra il 1653 e il 1722, è stata teatro di vari avvenimenti legati alla rivoluzione francese.
Tuttora in attività, la chiesa è nota come la "parrocchia degli artisti", in riferimento al numero di artisti le cui salme sono in essa inumate e dei quali si celebrano le memorie e per la ricca collezione di opere d'arte ivi conservate.La chiesa si trova nei pressi della stazione della metropolitana di Parigi Pyramides .
The Ruskin Library is a library of the University of Lancaster which houses the Whitehouse Collection of material relating to the English poet, author and artist John Ruskin and his circle. This collection was formed by John Howard Whitehouse, Liberal Member of Parliament.
