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Destinée à exalter la relation entre la France et le grand empire austro-hongrois du tout début du XXe siècle et à affirmer le rayonnement et la puissance de la République française qui venait d'accueillir l'Exposition Universelle, l'ambassade a été imaginée par l'architecte Georges Chedanne, célèbre pour avoir réalisé les Galeries Lafayette ou l'Élysée Palace. D'une surface totale de 6500 m², le bâtiment a été construit à partir de 1904. Chedanne s'entoura des meilleurs représentants de l'Art nouveau : Hippolyte Lefèbvre, Binet, Dubois, Vernon, Gasq, Sicard. Les plus grandes manufactures françaises de l'époque furent aussi sollicitées pour l'aménagement intérieur : tapisseries des Gobelins, glaces de Saint-Gobain, mobilier de Tony Selmersheim, cristaux de Gagneau et Daum, escalier de Majorelle. [Wikipedia]
The Palace of El Infantado (Spanish: Palacio del Infantado) is a palace located in Guadalajara, Spain. It was built during the 16th century and was the seat of the Dukes of the Infantado.
It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1914.It currently houses a museum.
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The Central City Library named after L. N. Tolstoy is one of the oldest libraries in the city and the south of Russia, opened on April 22, 1901, as a public library and was located at 37 Bolshaya Morskaya Street. In 1953, the library moved to a specially built building designed by architect M. Ushakova at 51 Lenin Street, where it is currently located. In the same year, the Central City Library was named after the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.
Центральная городская библиотека им. Л. Н. Толстого — одна из старейших библиотек города и юга России, открыта 22 апреля 1901 года, как общественная библиотека и располагалась по адресу: ул. Большая Морская, 37. В 1953 году библиотека переехала в специально выстроенное по проекту архитектора М. Ушаковой здание по ул. Ленина, 51, где и находится в настоящее время. В том же году Центральной городской библиотеке было присвоено имя великого русского писателя Льва Николаевича Толстого.
12ème / 13ème siècle
Classé Monument Historique (1982)
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The Benedictine Cloister at Monreale (Chiostro dei Benedettini) was completed c. 1200. It measures 47x47 metres and is located on the south side of the cathedral. Each side has 26 arches resting on columns. The splendid capitals include narrative cycles from the Old and New Testaments.
Construction: 1865. Il was the first hotel built in the city.
Engargements in 1876 and 1911 carried out by architects Duclos, Klein and Mizard.
Now a private residence
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The elegant Dulber Palace, built in the late 19th century for the Prince Pyotr Nikolayevich, an uncle of the last Russian Imperator Nicholas II, is one of the brightest architectural gems at the Southern Coast of Crimea.The story of this amazing palace with high-sounding name Dulber (Crimean Tatar for beautiful) started in 1893, when the Prince Pyotr Nikolayevich who adored Yalta bought a plot of land for his manor’s construction in the warmest place of the Southern Coast. The construction works began two years later. Majestic palace’s design was based on the sketches, made by the Grand Prince. Having poor health since childhood, he often traveled to the Middle East and the Maghreb on doctors’ advice and always brought back albums with own sketches of architectural monuments that had impressed him. The implementation of the project was assigned to Yalta’s main city architect, who had already had a rich experience in palaces’ construction on the Southern Coast of Crimea with its steep terrain.
After the revolution of 1917 and establishment of the Soviet authority in Crimea, all Romanovs, who lived on the peninsula, were in danger of physical violence. Then, it was decided to turn the elegant palace into fortified fortress with machinegun nests on the roof and guard of Sevastopol military garrison’s armed sailors. Palace’s thick walls literally saved the lives of royal family members.
Дворец Дюльбер был создан уроженцем Ялты архитектором Красновым Н.П., который спроектировал его в мавританском стиле, с арочными окнами и зубчатыми стенами. Во Дворце было около ста комнат, в египетском и сирийском стилях. Строили Дворец два года, начиная с 1895 года. Дворец «Дюльбер» был построен для яркого представителя известной династии Российской империи - Романова Петра Николаевича.
Дворец послужил своеобразной крепостью для всех членов семьи Романовых, которые находились на Крымском полуострове в период с 1917 по 1919 годы. Во дворце осуществлялась защита представителей Императорской семьи, под руководством Задорожного Ф.Л., так как было распоряжение Временного правительства об уничтожении всех Романовых. Зубчатые стены служили местом расположения пулеметных гнезд. Временному правительству так и не удалось взять штурмом дворец «Дюльбер» и в 1919 году всем членам семьи Романовых, находившихся во дворце, удалось эмигрировать. Практически два года Задорожный защищал Романовых от радикально настроенных активистов Большевиков, а в 1918 году когда Крым захватили немцы с УНР, Романовы оберегли Задорожного от расправы.
This dramatic rear view of the Art Deco tower at 851 Eddy Street in San Francisco reveals the elegance of mid-20th-century urban housing architecture from an angle often unseen. Rising above the leafy streets of the Tenderloin/Van Ness corridor, the building’s brilliant white façade glows under the sharp California sun, its form framed by geometric fire escapes, stacked windows, and intricately ornamented parapets.
Completed in the 1930s, this Art Deco residential high-rise is part of a small cluster of Deco structures in central San Francisco—a stylistic holdover from an era when modernist optimism met urban density. Unlike the decorative excesses of Victorian and Edwardian styles that surround it, Art Deco emphasized bold lines, repetition, and geometric precision, all of which are proudly on display in this structure.
From this vantage point, the eye is drawn upward along twin fire escape towers, both executed in delicate white-painted steel. These ladders and landings mirror the vertical thrust of the building’s fluted pilasters, creating a rhythmic choreography of line and light. Each story of the façade is punctuated by rectangular windows framed in subtle relief—many of them reflecting the blue sky or revealing quiet glimpses of residential life within.
The real artistry, however, lies at the top. Crowning the building is a stepped, scalloped parapet, intricately decorated with floral and geometric motifs. These flourishes transform the rooftop into a sculptural finish, giving the structure the appearance of a white crown or frozen wave cresting against the sky. The detailing, both elegant and assertive, reflects the Deco era’s fascination with machinery, symmetry, and progress.
This particular composition captures the structure’s corner cut, a formal device used by many Art Deco architects to emphasize verticality and enhance light penetration to adjacent units. The angle of the sun, the crisp shadows, and the building’s interplay with the deep blue sky all contribute to a sense of timelessness and urban grace.
As with many historic residential towers in the Tenderloin and Lower Polk, this building has seen waves of change. Once likely home to middle-class tenants during San Francisco’s early 20th-century expansion, it may now serve a range of uses, from market-rate housing to rent-controlled apartments. Regardless of its function, its form endures—speaking to a time when design ambition wasn’t reserved for luxury alone.
For photographers, architecture fans, or lovers of hidden gems in San Francisco’s built environment, the Art Deco gem at 851 Eddy Street offers endless inspiration. Its scale, detail, and placement are an enduring reminder of how beauty lives not only in grand monuments, but also in the city’s quiet, lived-in corners.
Bayeux Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux) is a Norman-Romanesque cathedral, located in the town of Bayeux. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bayeux. It was the original home of the Bayeux Tapestry and is a national monument of France.
The site is an ancient one and was once occupied by Roman sanctuaries. The present cathedral was consecrated on 14 July 1077 in the presence of William, Duke of Normandy and King of England. It was here that William forced Harold Godwinson to take the oath, the breaking of which led to the Norman conquest of England. [Wikipedia]
223-225, boulevard Georges Clemenceau, 63150 La Bourboule
Architect: Louis Jarrier
Mosaics: Gentil et Bourdet
Monument Historique since 2001
Pomposa Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the comune of Codigoro near Ferrara, Italy. It was one of the most important in northern Italy, famous for the Carolingian manuscripts preserved in its rich library, one of the wealthiest of Carolingian repositories, and for the Romanesque buildings.
The Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca (literally Synagogue of Saint Mary the White, originally known as the Ibn Shushan Synagogue, or commonly the Congregational Synagogue of Toledo) is a museum and former synagogue in Toledo, Spain. Erected in 1180, according to an inscription on a beam, it is disputably considered the oldest synagogue building in Europe still standing. It is now owned and preserved by the Catholic Church.
Its stylistic and cultural classification is unique among surviving buildings as it was constructed under the Christian Kingdom of Castile by Islamic architects for Jewish use. It is considered a symbol of the cooperation that existed among the three cultures that populated the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages.
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(EN) Ceiling chandelier in the main room of Casa Batlló designed by Antony Gaudí. Gracia District, Barcelona, Spain.
(ES) Lámpara de techo del salón principal de la Casa Batlló de Antonio Gaudí. Paseo de Gracia, Barcelona, España.
The Benedictine Cloister at Monreale (Chiostro dei Benedettini) was completed c. 1200. It measures 47x47 metres and is located on the south side of the cathedral. Each side has 26 arches resting on columns. The splendid capitals include narrative cycles from the Old and New Testaments.
Palazzo del Faro
Corner Via Palmieri and via Duchessa Jolanda in Torino
Construction: 1912
Architect: Giovanni Battis
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Church dedicated to St. Laurentus
Construction: 12th century
Renovation: 19th century
Protected Monument (Monument Historique) since 1925
Preah Khan translates to the Royal Sword or the Holy Sword and is a 12th century Buddhist temple. The temple was built by King Jayavarman VII to honour his father and was built on site of the victory over the invading Cham armies in 1191 AD.
The temple is one of the largest created during the Khmer empire and measures an area of 56 hectares. Один из крупнейших проектов Джаявармана VII. Преа Кхан был гораздо больше, чем храм- это был буддийский университет с более чем тысячей учителей и его окружал довольно большой город. Как и в Та Прохм, здесь была обнаружена стела с большой информацией о храме, его основании и его посвящении. На этом месте ранее стоял дворец Яшовармана II и Тибхуванадитьявармана, а упоминание "озера крови" означает, что Преа Кхан был построен на месте крупного сражения с Чамами, предотвратившего захват Ангкора. В этом сражении здесь был убит король Чамов. Король, прославившийся в этом сражении носил имя Джаясри, поэтому и город назвали "Нагара-Джаясри" (на санскрите нагара означает "город"), в то время как современное название Преа Кхан означает "Священный Меч", хотя по словам Кодеса, Джаясри означает то же самое.