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Palais de Chaillot, Georges Guyot 'Chevaux et chien' (Horses and Dog), Paris
The sculptures of Palais de Chaillot are also in Public Art set
Propileos[
Los propileos eran la gran entrada a la Acrópolis de Atenas. Fueron construidos a partir del año 437 a. C. por el arquitecto Mnesicles en un terreno accidentado y sobre las ruinas de los propileos arcaicos que fueron destruidos en el año 480 a. C. en el incendio ocasionado por los persas.28 Las seis columnas de la entrada son dóricas, igual las de la fachada delantera como las seis de la parte posterior. Está construido con mármol pentélico, consta de un vestíbulo de 24 x 18 metros. En el interior, un muro con cinco puertas lo divide en dos partes; la occidental, más grande, tiene dos hileras de tres columnas jónicas que forman tres naves.29
Es interesante la techumbre que se construyó con vigas de mármol de más de siete metros y armando los arquitrabes que sostenían estas vigas con una barra metálica.
En el ala norte estuvo situada la primera pinacoteca del mundo; entre las pinturas que se exponían destacaba la obra del pintor griego Polignoto (siglo V a. C.), conocido por las descripciones de su obras hechas por Pausanias y por Plinio.30
Kevin, one of my two traveling companions in Rome, in the Roman Forum, in front of the Arch of Septimus Severus.
I love that in Rome, particularly in and around the Forum, but elsewhere in the city too, when you take a picture, every building in the background is of great significance and note unto itself.
If anyone's interested in helping me identify buildings, I'd be most obliged.
Some Medieval atmosphere at the FIshermans' Bastion ... two falconers were charging money to people who wanted their photo taken holding a falcon on their arm.
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
The "Lackawanna " Hoboken Terminal – one of the oldest railroad terminal's in use today (built in 1907), and combines rail, ferry, tram, and pedestrian facilities. The exterior facade and interior waiting room are treasure troves of Beaux Arts-style architecture.
Photo by Michael Kardas, Kardas Photography
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Albert Pommier 'Hercule domptant un bison' (Hercules tames a bison), 1937, Palais de Chaillot, Paris
The sculptures of Palais de Chaillot are also in Public Art set