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The Doge's Palace is a gothic palace in Venice. In Italian it is called the Palazzo Ducale di Venezia. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice.
Its two most visible facades look towards the Venetian Lagoon and St Mark's Square, or rather the Piazzetta. The use of arcading in the lower stories produces an interesting "gravity-defying" effect. There is also effective use of colour contrasts (unfortunately, the patterns are not well shown in the illustrative photographs accompanying this article...from a distance the colours blur).
The current palace was largely constructed from 1309 to 1424, designed perhaps by Filippo Calendario. It replaced earlier fortified buildings of which relatively little is known. Giovanni and Bartolomeo Bon created the Porta della Carta in 1442, a monumental late-gothic gate on the Piazzetta side of the palace. This gate leads to a central courtyard.
The palace was badly damaged by fire in 1574. In the subsequent rebuilding work it was decided to respect the original gothic style, despite the submission of a neo-classical alternative design by Palladio. However, there are some classical features, for example since the sixteenth century the palace has been linked to the prison by the Bridge of Sighs.
As well as being the ducal residence, the palace housed political institutions of the Republic of Venice until the Napoleonic occupation of the city. Venice was ruled by an aristocratic elite, but there was a facility for citizens to submit written complaints at what was known as the Bussola chamber.
For more info - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge's_Palace
This is above the entrance to a church just outside Providence, RI, which is now a school.
The building is from the late 1800s or early 1900s.
September 2013.
Open House is the annual opportunity to explore hundreds of buildings in London for free and see the architecture. Many of the buildings are not normally open to the public.
The main Foreign Office building in King Charles Street was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt. George Gilbert Scott was responsible for the overall classical design of these offices, but Matthew Digby Wyatt, the India Office’s Surveyor, designed and built the interior of the India Office. It was built with rich decoration to impress foreign visitors.
The Locarno Suite consists of 3 rooms originally designed by Scott for diplomatic dinners, conferences and receptions.
The chest piece that he wears is called a cuirass. Note the children Romulus and Remus that are sucking the wolf.
Romulus and Remus are legendary twins who, after being abandoned, were suckled by a wolf and in adulthood founded the city of Rome. Thus the wolf and twins evokes the memory of (the founding of) Rome.
Altar of S. Ignazio by Andrea del Pozzo and others, with lapis lazuli and other decorative marbles. The principal church of the Jesuits in Rome, il Gesu was built between 1568 and 1575, to the designs of Vignola and Giacomo della Porta; and Baciccia, Antonio Raggi and Leonardo Retti (nave ceiling). The marble decoration of the nave interior is of a later date.
Trinity College, Dublin (TCD; Irish: Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath), corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university"[1], and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin. Trinity and the University of Dublin form Ireland's oldest and most prestigious university.
Trinity is located in the centre of Dublin, Ireland, on College Green opposite the former Irish Houses of Parliament (now a branch of the Bank of Ireland). The campus occupies 190,000m² (47 acres), with many buildings, both old and new, ranged around large courts (known as "squares") and two playing fields.
November 29, 2015. When Frank Gehry was questioned at a Toronto and East York Community Council meeting about a controversial development proposal that called for the demolition of four heritage properties, he said only two buildings in Toronto deserved heritage protection: Old City Hall and Osgoode Hall (National Post Nov 19, 2013).
Looking up through the Louvre Pyramid.
The central courtyard of the museum, on the axis of the Champs-Élysées, is occupied by the Louvre Pyramid, built in 1989, which serves as the main entrance to the museum.
The Louvre Pyramid is a glass pyramid commissioned by then French president François Mitterrand, designed by I. M. Pei and was inaugurated in 1989. This was the first renovation of the Grand Louvre Project. The Carre Gallery, where the Mona Lisa was exhibited, was also renovated. The pyramid covers the Louvre entresol and forms part of the new entrance into the museum.
For more info on the Louvre, click here
I have been in love with architecture ever since I had the good fortune of having a most wonderful university professor of "The History of Fine Art", at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. He would present a slide show of his travels around the world and I thought that one day I am going to see all these places. I am slowly realizing my dream, some 42 years later.
This is education outside the classroom - it's the best!
The St Louis Art Museum in Forest Park was constructed as the Palace of Fine Arts for the Lousiana Purchase Exposition. It was designed by Cass Gilbert and based upon the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. It was constructed out of concrete and limestone instead of staff (plaster of Paris and hemp fibers). It is one of two buildings left from the World's Fair, plus the Grand Lagoon.
This building is NOT on the National Register.
Santa Barbara Railway Station, 1902–1905, Francis W. Wilson, State Street, Santa Barbara, California
I was so taken with this lovely little church in Barbados and it's beautiful architecture, that I thought I'd create a set just for it ... little gems like this that I discover in my travels deserve to be noticed and recognized.
St. James Parish Church, is located in Holetown, Saint James, Barbados. It stands on one of the oldest parcels of consecrated land on the Island, often known in Barbados as "God's acre".
It dates back to 1626! More info here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James_Church,_Barbados
Some more scenes from Dublin, a trip we took with some very good friends in the fall of 2007. So, please bear with me as I finish the set. We visited some great sites including the fair city of Dublin.
I have a contact in Dublin, John of Dublin and whenever I need some help with names, locations, etc., John comes to my rescue. Thanks John!
The Mansion House. It's the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin City. It also hosts many city related receptions etc. The building is located on Dawson street just off St. Stephens Green. On the top of the building you can see the three blue castles which is the crest of Dublin.
Found from John of Dublin, thanks John, this building has been identified. It is Boston College - Ireland and here's the website - www.bc.edu/centers/irish/dublin/. I think, but am not sure, that due to the name of Boston, the American flag is flown.
It is located across from St. Stephen's Green, a wonderful parkland in the middle of the city - a must to visit!
The Bridge of Sighs (Italian: Ponte dei Sospiri) is one of many bridges in Venice. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone and has windows with stone bars. It passes over the Rio di Palazzo and connects the old prisons to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antoni Contino (whose uncle Antonio da Ponte had designed the Rialto Bridge), and built between 1600 and 1603.
The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge name, given by Lord Byron in the 19th century, comes from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice out the window before being taken down to their cells. In reality, the days of inquisitions and summary executions were over by the time the bridge was built, and the cells under the palace roof were occupied mostly by small-time criminals[1].
A local legend says that lovers will be assured eternal love if they kiss on a gondola at sunset under the bridge. This legend played a key part in the 1979 film A Little Romance.
The Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion is a terrace in neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque style situated on the Buda bank of the Danube, on the Castle hill in Budapest, around Matthias Church. It was designed and built between 1895 and 1902 on the plans of Frigyes Schulek. Between 1947–48, the son of Frigyes Schulek, János Schulek, conducted the other restoration project after its near destruction during World War II.
From the towers and the terrace a panoramic view exists of Danube, Margaret Island, Pest to the east and the Gellért Hill.
Its seven towers represent the seven Magyar tribes that settled in the Carpathian Basin in 896.
The Bastion takes its name from the guild of fishermen that was responsible for defending this stretch of the city walls in the Middle Ages. It is a viewing terrace, with many stairs and walking paths.
A bronze statue of Stephen I of Hungary mounted on a horse, erected in 1906, can be seen between the Bastion and the Matthias Church. The pedestal was made by Alajos Stróbl, based on the plans of Frigyes Schulek, in Neo-Romanesque style, with episodes illustrating the King's life.
It was featured as a Pit Stop on the sixth season of The Amazing Race.
For more info and photos - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman%27s_Bastion
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This image, also by Mr. H. Wallis in 1827, places The Coliseum in its original context next to the Cambridge Terrace, another fine example of classical form designed by John Nash. From this angle, the facets of the sixteen-sided polygon that is the main building of The Coliseum become more visible, stressing the immense size of the rotunda. The main part is 126 ft in diameter (externally), and the height of the dome is 112 feet, making the largest building of its kind at the time. Its status as fine entertainment is emphasized by its surroundings, adjoining Regent’s Park, playground of the beau monde. Take note of the phaeton in the lane, the trotting horses, as well as the well-dressed and bonneted women, each accompanied by a male escort. This is a signal of their status, as a highborn woman would never walk alone without at least a female companion, even in the relative safe haven of the park. By setting The Coliseum in Regent’s Park, it is able to borrow some of the exclusivity of the area, and it in itself achieves a much higher status. This is affirmed by The Coliseum’s presence in many of the guidebooks of the day (see references).
Wallis, H. "Cambridge Terrace and the Coliseum Regent's Park" Digital image. MOTCO Image Database. 2000. MOTCO. 20 Apr. 2009 . www.motco.com/index-london/
Nave of S. Andrea delle Fratte with pews oriented toward a the place where Mary, mother of Christ, appeared (January 20, 1842) to a Jewish young man, Maria Alphonse Ratisbonne, causing his conversion to Catholicism. To honor this, the pews are oriented to this altar. Tower and campanile by Boromini. Designed by Gaspare Guerra beginning in 1604, revamped by Boromini in 1653. The Renaissance-style facade was completed in 1826.