Королевская библиотека в Турине — библиотека в итальянском городе Турин , основанная в 1831 и открытая в 1839 году; расположена в здании, входящем в Список всемирного наследия ЮНЕСКО — в комплексе Королевского дворца; библиотекарь Доменико Промис задал вектор развития библиотеки: её коллекция специализируется на истории древних сардинских государств, а также — на военной тематике, геральдике и нумизматике.
Beckford's Tower, originally known as Lansdown Tower, is an architectural folly built in neo-classical style on Lansdown Hill, just outside Bath, Somerset, England. The tower and its attached railings are designated as a Grade I listed building. Along with the adjoining Lansdown Cemetery it is Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.The tower was built for William Thomas Beckford, a rich novelist, art collector and critic, to designs by Henry Goodridge, and was completed in 1827. Beckford used it as a library and a retreat, with the cupola at the top acting as a belvedere providing views over the surrounding countryside. The Italianate building at the base of the tower housed drawing rooms and a library. Extensive grounds between Beckford's house in Lansdown Crescent and the tower were landscaped and planted to create Beckford's Ride.
William Beckford’s ability to build, and to collect, was made possible by the wealth he inherited and continued to accumulate as an owner of plantations and enslaved people, and through the compensation he received from the government following the abolition of slavery. This aspect of his life is explored within the Beckford Tower Museum displays .
Following Beckford's death in 1844, the tower and lands were donated to Walcot parish and a burial ground created, with the Scarlet Drawing Room being converted into a chapel. In 1931 the house and tower were damaged by a fire and a public appeal was made for funds for its restoration. The cemetery closed in 1992 and the next year the site was bought by the Bath Preservation Trust who have carried out extensive renovation. It is now home to a museum displaying furniture originally made for the tower and paintings, prints and objects illustrating Beckford’s life as a writer, collector and patron of the arts.
The Grand Pump Room is a historic building in the Abbey Church Yard, Bath, Somerset, England. It is adjacent to the Roman Baths and is named for water that is pumped into the room from the baths' hot springs. Visitors can drink the water or have other refreshments while there.
It has been designated as a Grade I listed building since 1950. Along with the Lower Assembly Rooms, it formed a complex where social activity was centred, and where visitors to the city gathered.
Собо́р Сан-Джо́рджо-Маджо́ре — собор в Венеции, на острове Сан-Джорджо-Маджоре. Возведён между 1566 и 1610 годами. Архитектор — Андреа Палладио; после смерти мастера храм достраивал его ученик Винченцо Скамоцци.
Базилика Са́нта-Кро́че — базилика в центре Флоренции. Одна из самых популярных туристических достопримечательностей города. Самая крупная в мире францисканская церковь, знаменитая фресками Джотто и гробницами великих людей Италии.
The Autry Museum of the American West is a museum in Los Angeles, California, dedicated to exploring an inclusive history of the American West. Founded in 1988, the museum presents a wide range of exhibitions and public programs, including lectures, film, theater, festivals, family events, and music, and performs scholarship, research, and educational outreach. It has two sites and attracts about 150,000 visitors annually.In 2013, it extensively redesigned and renovated the Irene Helen Jones Parks Gallery of Art and the Gamble Firearms Gallery in its main building. In its related opening exhibit for the Parks Gallery, Art of the West, the new organization enabled material to be presented in relation to themes rather than chronology, and paintings were shown next to crafts, photography, video and other elements in new relationships.
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the principal public gallery in Auckland, New Zealand, and has the most extensive collection of national and international art in New Zealand. It frequently hosts travelling international exhibitions.
Set below the hilltop Albert Park in the central-city area of Auckland, the gallery was established in 1888 as the first permanent art gallery in New Zealand.
The building originally housed the Auckland Art Gallery as well as the Auckland public library opening with collections donated by benefactors Governor Sir George Grey and James Tannock Mackelvie. This was the second public art gallery in New Zealand opened three years after the Dunedin Public Art Gallery in 1884. Wellington's New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts opened in 1892 and a Wellington Public Library in 1893.
In 2009, it was announced that the museum received a donation from American businessman Julian Robertson, valued at over $100 million, the largest ever of its kind in the region. The works will be received from the owner's estate.
The Art Gallery of Western Australia is a public State art gallery that is part of the Perth Cultural Centre, in Perth. It is located near the Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia and is supported and managed by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries of the Government of Western Australia. The current gallery main building opened in 1979. It is linked to the old court house – The Centenary Galleries — which house the historical collection.
Художественная галерея Альберты ) — художественная галерея в городе Эдмонтон .
Расположена в центре города на площади Уинстона Черчилля. В собрании галереи более 6 тысяч картин, скульптур, фотографий, гравюр, рисунков и инсталляций оцениваемых примерно в 30 миллионов долларов.
Апо́стольский дворе́ц — официальная резиденция папы римского, расположенная в Ватикане. Официальное название — Дворец Сикста V .
В комплекс зданий Апостольского дворца входят Папские апартаменты, правительственные учреждения Римско-католической церкви, несколько часовен, ватиканские музеи и библиотека Ватикана. Залы для аудиенций располагаются на третьем этаже дворца, среди них Климентинский зал, Зал консисторий, Большой и Малый тронные залы, папская библиотека . На четвертом этаже находятся помещения папского секретариата. Во дворце более 1000 помещений, имеющих мировую известность благодаря находящимся в них величайшим произведениям искусства: Сикстинская капелла и её знаменитые фрески потолка, выполненные Микеланджело и Станцы Рафаэля.
До переноса столицы Италии в Рим в 1871 г. летней резиденцией папы служил Квиринальский дворец. Другая папская резиденция находится в Латеранском дворце, а в городке Кастель-Гандольфо располагается загородная летняя резиденция.
Ани́чков мост — арочный мост через реку Фонтанку в Центральном районе Санкт-Петербурга, соединяющий Спасский и Безымянный острова. Один из самых известных мостов Санкт-Петербурга. Мост знаменит скульптурными группами «Укрощение коня человеком», созданными скульптором П. К. Клодтом и ставшими одним из символов города. Несмотря на небольшие размеры, Аничков мост — одно из главных сооружений архитектурного ансамбля Невского проспекта. В 2001 году включён в список объектов культурного наследия России федерального значения, находится под охраной государства.
Первый деревянный мост построен в 1716 году. В течение XVIII века мост неоднократно перестраивался в дереве. В 1784—1785 годах сооружён трёхпролётный каменный мост с башнями по типовому проекту мостов через Фонтанку. В 1841 году по проекту инженеров И. Ф. Буттаца и А. Х. Редера построен существующий арочный трёхпролётный мост. Мост капитально ремонтировался в 1906—1908 и 2007—2008 годах.
Alloa Tower in Alloa, Clackmannanshire in central Scotland is an early 14th century tower house that served as the medieval residence of the Erskine family, later Earls of Mar. Retaining its original timber roof and battlements, the tower is one of the earliest, and largest, of Scottish tower houses, with immensely thick walls. It was designated as a scheduled monument in 1960 and is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.
Thomas Hopper Alderson GC was a British Air Raid Precautions warden in Bridlington, and the first person to be directly awarded the George Cross shortly after its creation in 1940.Alderson was fifth of six children. He went first to his local village school and then continued his schooling at Elwick Road senior boys' school, West Hartlepool, becoming Head Boy. During World War I he witnessed the bombardment of West Hartlepool by the German High Seas Fleet on 16 December 1914. After leaving school at 15 he first worked as an office boy and a draughtsman, and then undertook an engineering apprenticeship. He joined the Merchant Navy, becoming a first engineer. Following the birth of his daughter in 1935 he became an engineer for West Hartlepool council. He moved to Bridlington in 1938 as works supervisor for the Corporation. Local authorities were responsible for air raid precautions and trained their own workforces in rescue work. Alderson attended an anti-gas school at Easingwold, near York, and became an instructor in the subject.
He worked as part-time Air Raid Warden, leading a detachment of rescue and demolition parties in Bridlington. The coastal town was soon attacked by Luftwaffe bombers, and residential areas were hit. On three occasions in August 1940, Alderson led rescue teams and entered dangerous buildings to rescue trapped civilians. He was the first person to receive the newly-instituted George Cross from the King, and in a radio broadcast at the time insisted that his award was for all the rescue parties in Bridlington. This interview can be heard in full on The Blitz, an audiobook CD of wartime recordings.
In 1946, Alderson joined the East Riding of Yorkshire County Council workforce as an assistant highways surveyor. He then joined the new Civil Defence Corps, this time to protect the civilian population from nuclear warfare, rather than conventional bombs. On 28 October 1965 he died of lung cancer in Northfield Hospital at Driffield, Yorkshire. His George Cross is now on display at the Imperial War Museum alongside a medal from the RSPCA, awarded later in the war for rescuing two horses from a burning stable.
Художественный музей Экленда ― художественный музей и подразделение университета Северной Каролины в Чапел-Хилл. Был основан по завещанию американского юриста Уильяма Хейса Экленда , который передал свою коллекцию картин в дар университету Северной Каролины в Чапел-Хилл. Здание музея располагается по адресу С. Колумбия-стрит, дом 101, недалеко от пересечения с Франклин-стрит на северном краю университетского кампуса.
Поскольку музей является структурным подразделением университета, он также предлагает свои образовательные программы, причём как для взрослых, так и для детей.
Wimpole Estate is a large estate containing Wimpole Hall, a country house located within the Parish of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England, about 8 1⁄2 miles southwest of Cambridge. The house, begun in 1640, and its 3,000 acres of parkland and farmland are owned by the National Trust. The estate is regularly open to the public and received over 300,000 visitors in 2018. Wimpole is the largest house in Cambridgeshire.
