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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.
Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.
Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.
Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”
Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.
Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.
L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.
The Palazzo del Governatore ("Governor's Palace"), dating from the 13th century.
Located on the northern side of Piazza Garibaldi, the palace used to be the seat of the Capitano del Popolo and combines two buildings dating to 13th century. After undergoing several transformations, it was redesigned in 1760 by Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, a French architect working at the court of Philip of Bourbon. The baroque tower built in 1763 preserves in the belfry the original bell of the civic tower, collapsed in 1606, while a crowned Virgo situated in the bell tower niche was made by the French sculptor J. B. Boudard. Worth of notice, two sundials on the facade dating back to 1829. The Governor's palace, after many years of restoration works, has opened again in January 16 2010 with the Nove100 exhibition. The palace is an important venue of modern and comtemporary art, where besides the calendar of temporary exhibitions, there will be notable events such as workshops and meetings.
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world. Parma is divided into two parts by the little stream with the same name. Parma's Etruscan name was adapted by Romans to describe the round shield called Parma.The Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci (born in a hamlet in the countryside) wrote: "As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry". The district on the far side of the river is Oltretorrente.
Situato sul lato settentrionale di Piazza Garibaldi unisce, nel lungo prospetto di linee classicheggianti, due corpi di fabbrica di origini duecentesche.
Sede del Capitano del Popolo alla fine del XII secolo, il palazzo subì numerosi rifacimenti fino al 1760, anno in cui fu modificato nell'attuale aspetto ad opera di Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, architetto francese alla corte di Filippo di Borbone, cui si deve gran parte dell'urbanistica della città.
La torre barocca, risalente al 1763, conserva nella cella campanaria la campana dell'altissima torre civica crollata nel 1606. La Vergine incoronata nella nicchia del campanile è opera dello scultore francese J.B. Boudard. Degne di nota, infine, sono le due meridiane risalenti al 1829.
Il Palazzo del Governatore, dopo anni di restauro, ha riaperto al pubblico il 16 gennaio 2010 con la Mostra Nove100. Il palazzo è un prestigioso luogo d’arte moderna e contemporanea dove, oltre alla programmazione di mostre temporanee, si terranno importanti iniziative come laboratori, residenze d’artista e workshop.
Parma è un comune italiano di 186.000 abitanti, capoluogo dell'omonima provincia in Emilia-Romagna.Antica capitale del ducato di Parma e Piacenza (1545-1859), la città di Parma è sede dell'omonima università.Sul territorio comunale sono presenti numerosi parchi, giardini e aree verdi, alcuni di notevole pregio storico e architettonico. La percentuale di verde urbano sulla superficie comunale è pari all'1,8% (ossia circa 4,68 km²) mentre ammonta a 26,6 m² il verde urbano per ogni abitante.] Il verde fruibile pro-capite nell'area urbana è di 14,57 m² per abitante e la città si è posizionata al 5º posto in Italia ed al 1º in Emilia-Romagna nel rapporto Ecosistema Urbano 2009. A Parma sono censiti 100.000 alberi, 28 milioni di m² di manto erboso, oltre 80 aree gioco per i bimbi allestite e situate in contesti verdi e una quarantina di aree dedicate ai cani.Le aristocratiche tradizioni ed una certa raffinatezza della vita sociale caratterizzano ancor oggi l'anima cittadina che si evidenzia in particolare con la passione dei parmigiani nei confronti della musica e dell'Opera, da secoli molto seguite ed apprezzate da vari strati della popolazione.
Il primo letterato nativo di Parma di cui si abbia notizia fu Gaio Cassio Parmense (I secolo a.C.), appartenente ad una delle famiglie romane fondatrici della città e autore di tragedie ed elegie, ma la storia parmense si è col tempo arricchita del contributo intellettuale di numerosi artisti, poeti e pittori che ne hanno determinato l'intenso fervore nei confronti di multiformi interessi culturali, confermato dalla presenza in città di numerosi teatri, musei, manifestazioni e rassegne internazionali nel campo dell'arte e degli scambi commerciali. Benedetto Antelami, il Parmigianino, il Correggio, Ireneo Affò, Giovanni Battista Bodoni, Ferdinando Paër, Giuseppe Verdi, Arturo Toscanini, Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, Étienne Bonnot, abate di Condillac, Attilio Bertolucci, sono solo alcune delle personalità legate a Parma che hanno lasciato un'impronta importante nelle tradizioni artistiche e culturali cittadine.Parma fu magnificata da Stendhal che la visitò per la prima volta nel 1814 e la sognò nelle pagine della sua "Chartreuse" (La Certosa di Parma); successivamente fu desiderata da Marcel Proust nel suo Du côté de chez Swann (La strada di Swann).Nel XVIII secolo lo sviluppo dell'arte e delle istituzioni cittadine contribuirono a definire Parma "l'Atene d'Italia" mentre oggi, grazie al nuovo ruolo attribuitole all'interno dell'Unione Europea con l'assegnazione di un'importante agenzia comunitaria, la città sta preparando e progettando il proprio futuro in funzione di questa investitura destinata a produrre un processo di internazionalizzazione e crescita sociale e culturale, riaffermando l'antica tradizione di piccola capitale.
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Chi si diletti di trattare argomenti che riguardano l’Umbria, deve prima ricercare i motivi dell’impercettibile legame che uniscono luoghi e cose, persone e ambienti di vita. Sono molteplici i piaceri del vivere praticabili all’interno dei suoi confini geografici. Parlo di quei piaceri aggreganti e talvolta conviviali, perché anche un bar storico può identificare una città, e una trattoria riassumere l’essenza di un borgo. Oggi che i giovani pasteggiano a tartine e gin-and-tonic, a patatine fritte e Red Bull, a prosecchini e prosciutto e melone, le cose sono cambiate. Negli anni d’oro del Festival di Spoleto, alla fine di ogni spettacolo, ci si sedeva al Tric Trac o sotto la pergola di Pecchiarda, dove ti poteva capitare di condividere il tavolo con Romolo Valli, Walter Chiari, Placido Domingo, Vittorio Gassmann, Marcello Mastroianni e Valentina Cortese, rincorsi dalla reflex di De Furia. I luoghi, le cose, le persone e gli ambienti di vita, dicevamo. A Perugia gli elementi unificanti erano il baccalà della friggitoria Fedeli e le serate a “La Bocca Mia”, luogo d’incontro di docenti universitari (poco radical e molto chic), che animavano una città non ancora da buttare e che si sottoponevano ai menù di Lea e Donatella, con la speranza d’incontrare Carmelo Bene, Giorgio Albertazzi, Luca Ronconi e Gae Aulenti. Ma i perugini DOC preferivano le costate di Cesarino, recate in spalla dal padre di Palmiro, che dopo averle sdepezzate a furor d’ascia, te le serviva all’interno del bussolotto semiabusivo, ma accogliente, dove per accaparrarsi un posto a sedere bisognava fare la fila. Con i morsi di una fame post-concerto, ricordo di aver conteso, dopo la mezzanotte, una faraona a Miles Davis, mentre Carlo Pagnotta con un occhiolino sterzava sul tavolo di Bill Evans la mia carbonara. Mi porto ancora sulla pelle la sensazione giovanile - e decisamente provinciale - di essermi immolato per sfamare due dei jazzisti più importanti del mondo. Le cene folignati di Salvatore Denaro furono fantastiche e indimenticabili. Veronelli, Vissani, Sara Jenkins e Burton Anderson fuggivano le serate ufficiali per parteciparvi. Penso che abbiano visitato il Bacco Felice più stranieri di quanti ne siano saliti a Palazzo Trinci. Ricordo Robert Mondavi seduto con un clochard malinconico, scolarsi una bottiglia di Rémy Martin Louis XIII, cognac milionario già sul finir degli anni Ottanta. Il re di Napa Valley lo sorseggiava con fastidiosa eleganza, mentre il clochard lo trangugiava, fregandosene che con questo liquore Winston Churchill avesse brindato alla vittoria che nel 1951 lo portò a diventare primo ministro e il generale de Gaulle nel dicembre del 1944 celebrò il primo Natale nella Francia liberata dai nazisti. Hai voglia Salvatore a spiegare – con in mano quella preziosa bottiglia di cristallo Baccarat - che il cantiniere che lo aveva messo in botte non lo avrebbe mai assaggiato, perché quel liquore poteva avere dai cinquanta ai cento anni. Erano tempi meno preoccupati. Non so se i piatti che mangiavamo fossero migliori di quelli che mangiamo ora, ma l’ambiente che li circondava rappresentava veramente la multiforme totalità della vita e nulla di quello che portavamo in bocca si proponeva come un angosciante “memento mori”. Ricordo di aver cenato con Tognazzi in una taverna della Quintana. Ci fu servita una minestra di farro con petti di quaglie di Colfiorito (così c’era scritto sul menù), da una avvenente popolana, che l’attore aveva tentato di palpeggiare dicendole: «No, ma secondo lei questi sarebbero petti di quaglia di Colfiorito?>> mentre sollevava con una forchetta il petto di quaglia che aveva tutto l'aspetto di uno straccetto, lasciandolo poi ricadere nella densa salsa di cereali. <>. C’era un’altra disponibilità a scherzare, forse perché si era meno preoccupati delle trasformazioni del tempo. Nessuno sceglieva bottiglie consultando l’iPod, né sospettava ineluttabili tracolli delle borse. Gli umbri non si accorgevano dei processi di rottura dei legami sociali, del deteriorarsi dei circuiti dell’esistenza all’interno dello spazio pubblico e dei fenomeni di riconversione delle nuove arcadie (si fa per dire) in mano ai ragionieri e ai geometri arricchiti con il terremoto, che oggi hanno perso ogni intenzione umana, ma non quella di occuparsi di cultura. Nell’Italia anni Ottanta non v’è stata regione più grata all’uomo dell’Umbria: quella di Roberto Abbondanza, ma anche di D’Attoma, di Ginocchietti e di Servadio, per intenderci. Proprio perché il momento favorevole alla crescita di questa nostra comunità faceva leva non solo su un felice slogan (erroneamente considerato logoro dai nostri amministratori), ma su un orientamento olistico di eventi e situazioni, che abbracciavano e unificavano ciò che oggi si presenta come plurale, screziato, terribilmente disarmonico, spiegabile solo per parti. L’Umbria di quegli anni fu capace di generare e racchiudere la finezza della sua rappresentazione, il legame che univa i luoghi, le cose, le persone e gli ambienti di vita e, soprattutto, la politica. Fateci caso, neppure da Sandri il cappuccino e la brioche sono gli stessi. Mica perché hanno cambiato gli ingredienti, ma perché sono cambiati gli avventori. Beata umbritudine, umbra beatitudine.
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Belvedere
Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.
1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.
The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.
The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.
Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).
Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).
1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:
In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,
were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.
1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.
Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.
1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.
During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.
As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.
Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.
To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,
"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.
Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.
Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).
Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).
If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:
"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."
Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.
After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.
During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.
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Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.
Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.
After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.
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Belvedere
Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.
1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.
The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.
The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.
Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).
Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).
1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:
In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,
were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.
1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.
Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.
1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.
During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.
As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.
Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.
To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,
"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.
Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.
Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).
Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).
If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:
"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."
Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.
After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.
During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.
Excerpts from
Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler
Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH
The publishing service for museums, businesses and
public bodies
www.brandstaetter - verlag.at
Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.
Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.
After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.
aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk
14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria
Austrian Gallery Belvedere
The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle
provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper
Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.
Austrian Gallery Belvedere
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0
Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337
Upper Belvedere
Collections of the 19th and 20th century
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Lower Belvedere
Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art
Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna
Bangui (RCA), 20 mai 2022 : 165 Casques bleus camerounais de l'Unité de police constituée de la MINUSCA, en fin de mission, ont reçu la médaille des Nations Unies au cours d'une cérémonie. Ces Casques bleus ont été honorés pour leur contribution et efforts multiformes à la stabilisation et le retour de la paix en république centrafricaine.
Photo : MINUSCA / Leonel GROTHE
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Belvedere
Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.
1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.
The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.
The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.
Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).
Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).
1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:
In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,
were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.
1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.
Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.
1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.
During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.
As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.
Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.
To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,
"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.
Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.
Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).
Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).
If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:
"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."
Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.
After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.
During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.
Excerpts from
Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler
Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH
The publishing service for museums, businesses and
public bodies
www.brandstaetter - verlag.at
Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.
Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.
After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.
aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk
14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria
Austrian Gallery Belvedere
The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle
provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper
Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.
Austrian Gallery Belvedere
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0
Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337
Upper Belvedere
Collections of the 19th and 20th century
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Lower Belvedere
Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art
Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna
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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.
Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.
Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.
Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”
Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.
Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.
L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.
Tähtitalvikki is a high-quality, new cottage with an excellent private, sandy beach and clean lake. Here you have a lot of space of your own and you don’t see any neighbors from the cottage yard. www.rockandlake.com/en/booking/cottages-in-finland/26843
Cottage Tähtitalvikki is situated in the mid of the Leivonmäki National park with multiform Finnish Lakeland nature and good outdoor recreation opportunities.
Ref: 02619
Country: France
Model: L'étagère multiform
Material: chrome plated metal, glass
Year: 1935
Condition: original
Dimensions: h.: 105 cm x w.: 50 cm x d.: 50 cm
"Southwell Minster (/ˈsʌðəl, ˈsaʊθwɛl/) is a minster and cathedral, in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated six miles from Newark-on-Trent and thirteen miles from Mansfield. It is the seat of the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.
In 1884 Southwell Minster became a cathedral proper for Nottinghamshire and a part of Derbyshire including the city of Derby:126–127. The diocese was divided in 1927 and the Diocese of Derby was formed. The diocese's centenary was commemorated by a royal visit to distribute Maundy money. George Ridding, the first Bishop of Southwell, designed and paid for the grant of Arms now used as the diocesan coat of arms.
The nave, transepts, central tower and two western towers of the Norman church which replaced the Saxon minster remain as an outstanding achievement of severe Romanesque design. With the exception of fragments mentioned above, they are the oldest part of the existing church.
The Nave is of seven bays, plus a separated western bay. The columns of the arcade are short and circular, with small scalloped capitals. The triforium has a single large arch in each bay. The clerestory has small round-headed windows. The external window openings are circular. There is a tunnel-vaulted passage between the inside and outside window openings of the clerestory. The nave aisles are vaulted, the main roof of the nave is a trussed rafter roof, with tie-beams between each bay – a late C19 replacement.
By contrast with the nave arcade, the arches of the crossing are tall, rising to nearly the full height of the nave walls. The capitals of the east crossing piers depict scenes from the life of Jesus. Two stages of the inside of the central tower can be seen at the crossing, with cable and wave decoration on the lower order and zigzag on the upper. The transepts have three stories with semi-circular arches, like the nave, but without aisles.
The western facade has pyramidal spires on its towers – a unique feature today, though common in the C12. The existing spires date only from 1880, but they replace those destroyed by fire in 1711, which are documented in old illustrations. The large west window dates from the C15. The central tower's two ornamental stages place it high among England's surviving Norman towers. The lower order has intersecting arches, the upper order plain arches. The north porch has a tunnel vault, and is decorated with intersecting arches.
The choir is Early English in style, and was completed in 1241. It has transepts, thus separating the choir into a western and eastern arm. The choir is of two stories, with no gallery or triforium. The lower storey has clustered columns with multiform pointed arches, the upper storey has twin lancet arches in each bay. The rib vault of the choir springs from clustered shafts which rest on corbels. The vault has ridge ribs. The square east end of the choir has two stories each of four lancet windows.
Southwell (/ˈsaʊθwɛl, ˈsʌðəl/) is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, the site of Southwell Minster, the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. A population of under 7,000 rose to 7,297 at the 2011 Census. The origin of the name is unclear. It lies on the River Greet, about 14 miles (22 km) north-east of Nottingham. Other historic buildings include prebendal houses in Church Street and Westgate and the Methodist church, which has a right of way beneath it, so that the upper floor seats more than the lower. The workhouse (1824) was a prototype for many others. Owned by the National Trust, it shows its appearance in the 19th century. Behind the Minster is a partly ruined palace, once a residence of the Archbishop of York. It includes the recently restored State Chamber, Cardinal Wolsey's former dining room, and gardens among the ruins." - info from Wikipedia.
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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.
Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.
Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.
Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”
Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.
Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.
L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.
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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.
Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.
Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.
Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”
Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.
Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.
L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.
Ref: 02619
Country: France
Model: L'étagère multiform
Material: chrome plated metal, glass
Year: 1935
Condition: original
Dimensions: h.: 105 cm x w.: 50 cm x d.: 50 cm
(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)
Belvedere
Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.
1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.
The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.
The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.
Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).
Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).
1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:
In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,
were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.
1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.
Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.
1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.
During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.
As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.
Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.
To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,
"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.
Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.
Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).
Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).
If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:
"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."
Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.
After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.
During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.
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Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.
Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.
After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.
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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.
Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.
Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.
Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”
Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.
Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.
L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.
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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.
Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.
Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.
Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”
Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.
Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.
L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.
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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.
Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.
Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.
Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”
Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.
Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.
L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.
Exhibition at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
14–30 August 2009, Studio 2.
ANE GRAFF is a passionate draftswoman. She practises drawing as an extremely time-consuming, almost meditative process that centres on her contemplation of the poetry of scientific research and the nature of matter per se. Ane Graff’s fine drawings with meticulously realised details use graphite pencil to reveal the surfaces and structures of organic matter – birds’ feathers, divots of turf, a tree’s branches and twigs – or the coral-like ramifications of natural silver and different types of stones. The artist’s interest has been attracted by multiform layers of broken slate in particular. In her drawings, Graff likes to develop the similarity of structures from completely different fields of nature.
Older works by Graff echo still-life paintings by 17th century Dutch artists, in which the forest floor is depicted as the habitat of evil forces – often embodied by reptiles or insects –, combined with symbols of Christian redemption.
In her more recent works, Graff has advanced from capturing stones and other natural forms on paper, and also collects them outside and presents them in the form of sculptural ensembles. Thus, for example, she has laid out a huge number of fine and even finer slate fragments to create a large-format floor work – a futher development of the graphic idea that recalls, in this form, artworks of Land Art and yet, if one were to observe the installation from high above, it would re-adopt the aspect of a drawing.
"Southwell Minster (/ˈsʌðəl, ˈsaʊθwɛl/) is a minster and cathedral, in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated six miles from Newark-on-Trent and thirteen miles from Mansfield. It is the seat of the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.
In 1884 Southwell Minster became a cathedral proper for Nottinghamshire and a part of Derbyshire including the city of Derby:126–127. The diocese was divided in 1927 and the Diocese of Derby was formed. The diocese's centenary was commemorated by a royal visit to distribute Maundy money. George Ridding, the first Bishop of Southwell, designed and paid for the grant of Arms now used as the diocesan coat of arms.
The nave, transepts, central tower and two western towers of the Norman church which replaced the Saxon minster remain as an outstanding achievement of severe Romanesque design. With the exception of fragments mentioned above, they are the oldest part of the existing church.
The Nave is of seven bays, plus a separated western bay. The columns of the arcade are short and circular, with small scalloped capitals. The triforium has a single large arch in each bay. The clerestory has small round-headed windows. The external window openings are circular. There is a tunnel-vaulted passage between the inside and outside window openings of the clerestory. The nave aisles are vaulted, the main roof of the nave is a trussed rafter roof, with tie-beams between each bay – a late C19 replacement.
By contrast with the nave arcade, the arches of the crossing are tall, rising to nearly the full height of the nave walls. The capitals of the east crossing piers depict scenes from the life of Jesus. Two stages of the inside of the central tower can be seen at the crossing, with cable and wave decoration on the lower order and zigzag on the upper. The transepts have three stories with semi-circular arches, like the nave, but without aisles.
The western facade has pyramidal spires on its towers – a unique feature today, though common in the C12. The existing spires date only from 1880, but they replace those destroyed by fire in 1711, which are documented in old illustrations. The large west window dates from the C15. The central tower's two ornamental stages place it high among England's surviving Norman towers. The lower order has intersecting arches, the upper order plain arches. The north porch has a tunnel vault, and is decorated with intersecting arches.
The choir is Early English in style, and was completed in 1241. It has transepts, thus separating the choir into a western and eastern arm. The choir is of two stories, with no gallery or triforium. The lower storey has clustered columns with multiform pointed arches, the upper storey has twin lancet arches in each bay. The rib vault of the choir springs from clustered shafts which rest on corbels. The vault has ridge ribs. The square east end of the choir has two stories each of four lancet windows.
Southwell (/ˈsaʊθwɛl, ˈsʌðəl/) is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, the site of Southwell Minster, the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. A population of under 7,000 rose to 7,297 at the 2011 Census. The origin of the name is unclear. It lies on the River Greet, about 14 miles (22 km) north-east of Nottingham. Other historic buildings include prebendal houses in Church Street and Westgate and the Methodist church, which has a right of way beneath it, so that the upper floor seats more than the lower. The workhouse (1824) was a prototype for many others. Owned by the National Trust, it shows its appearance in the 19th century. Behind the Minster is a partly ruined palace, once a residence of the Archbishop of York. It includes the recently restored State Chamber, Cardinal Wolsey's former dining room, and gardens among the ruins." - info from Wikipedia.
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"Southwell Minster (/ˈsʌðəl, ˈsaʊθwɛl/) is a minster and cathedral, in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated six miles from Newark-on-Trent and thirteen miles from Mansfield. It is the seat of the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.
In 1884 Southwell Minster became a cathedral proper for Nottinghamshire and a part of Derbyshire including the city of Derby:126–127. The diocese was divided in 1927 and the Diocese of Derby was formed. The diocese's centenary was commemorated by a royal visit to distribute Maundy money. George Ridding, the first Bishop of Southwell, designed and paid for the grant of Arms now used as the diocesan coat of arms.
The nave, transepts, central tower and two western towers of the Norman church which replaced the Saxon minster remain as an outstanding achievement of severe Romanesque design. With the exception of fragments mentioned above, they are the oldest part of the existing church.
The Nave is of seven bays, plus a separated western bay. The columns of the arcade are short and circular, with small scalloped capitals. The triforium has a single large arch in each bay. The clerestory has small round-headed windows. The external window openings are circular. There is a tunnel-vaulted passage between the inside and outside window openings of the clerestory. The nave aisles are vaulted, the main roof of the nave is a trussed rafter roof, with tie-beams between each bay – a late C19 replacement.
By contrast with the nave arcade, the arches of the crossing are tall, rising to nearly the full height of the nave walls. The capitals of the east crossing piers depict scenes from the life of Jesus. Two stages of the inside of the central tower can be seen at the crossing, with cable and wave decoration on the lower order and zigzag on the upper. The transepts have three stories with semi-circular arches, like the nave, but without aisles.
The western facade has pyramidal spires on its towers – a unique feature today, though common in the C12. The existing spires date only from 1880, but they replace those destroyed by fire in 1711, which are documented in old illustrations. The large west window dates from the C15. The central tower's two ornamental stages place it high among England's surviving Norman towers. The lower order has intersecting arches, the upper order plain arches. The north porch has a tunnel vault, and is decorated with intersecting arches.
The choir is Early English in style, and was completed in 1241. It has transepts, thus separating the choir into a western and eastern arm. The choir is of two stories, with no gallery or triforium. The lower storey has clustered columns with multiform pointed arches, the upper storey has twin lancet arches in each bay. The rib vault of the choir springs from clustered shafts which rest on corbels. The vault has ridge ribs. The square east end of the choir has two stories each of four lancet windows.
Southwell (/ˈsaʊθwɛl, ˈsʌðəl/) is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, the site of Southwell Minster, the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. A population of under 7,000 rose to 7,297 at the 2011 Census. The origin of the name is unclear. It lies on the River Greet, about 14 miles (22 km) north-east of Nottingham. Other historic buildings include prebendal houses in Church Street and Westgate and the Methodist church, which has a right of way beneath it, so that the upper floor seats more than the lower. The workhouse (1824) was a prototype for many others. Owned by the National Trust, it shows its appearance in the 19th century. Behind the Minster is a partly ruined palace, once a residence of the Archbishop of York. It includes the recently restored State Chamber, Cardinal Wolsey's former dining room, and gardens among the ruins." - info from Wikipedia.
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Il Museo Lombardi è un museo di storia e d'arte presente nella città di Parma in via Garibaldi, in corrispondenza di piazzale della Pace.Il museo nacque dall'idea e dalla volontà di Glauco Lombardi, che dedicò la sua intera esistenza al recupero, allo studio e alla conservazione di quanto rimaneva sul mercato antiquario o nelle collezioni private dell’enorme patrimonio artistico e storico di Parma nei secoli XVIII e XIX, con particolare riguardo ai periodi borbonici (1748-1802, 1847-1859), di Maria Luisa d'Asburgo-Lorena, imperatrice di Francia come seconda moglie di Napoleone Bonaparte e Duchessa di Parma (1816-1847) dove assunse il nome di Maria Luigia, in gran parte disperso, durante il periodo dell'unificazione d'Italia, fra le molte residenze di Casa Savoia.Fra le vestigia conservate al Museo spiccano le testimonianze sia del periodo imperiale di Maria Luigia (ritratti, cristalli e ceramiche, la maestosa Corbeille Nuziale donata da Napoleone alla giovane moglie nel 1810, progettata dal celebre couturier parigino Louis-Hippolyte Le Roy, spade e lettere di Bonaparte, necéssaire da viaggio...) che del suo trentennio di Ducato a Parma, tra cui si alternano ritratti e oggetti riferibili all'ambito pubblico e privato(gioielli, acquerelli, lavori ad uncinetto, ricami, diari, vestiti di gala, strumenti musicali...), . Da sottolineare anche le opere di diversi artisti italiani e francesi attivi alla corte di Parma tra XVIII e XIX secolo, espressione della prestigiosa Accademia di Parma fondata dai Borbone; tra i tanti, si segnalano in particolare Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, Benigno Bossi, Giuseppe Naudin, Paolo Toschi.Dal 1915 al 1943 il nucleo originale del museo Lombardi fu ospitato nella Sala da Ballo e nelle stanze adiacenti nel Palazzo Ducale di Colorno; nel 1934 Lombardi stipula un accordo con il conte Giovanni Sanvitale, ultimo discendente della famiglia Sanvitale, per vendere al Museo i preziosi oggetti che appartennero alla duchessa Maria Luigia, bisnonna del conte Giovanni. I locali in cui vennero inseriti gli oggetti furono riadattati nel 1763 da un progetto dell'architetto francese Petitot.La Seconda Guerra Mondiale, gli anni duri del dopoguerra e le estenuanti difficoltà burocratiche finirono nel 1961 quando il museo fu riaperto nei nuovi locali, questa volta nel Palazzo di Riserva di Parma, con il nome di Museo Glauco Lombardi. Dal 1997 al 1999 il museo subì un completo e molto complesso restauro resosi necessario dopo l'acquisizione di nuovi ambienti che, pur mantenendo il criterio di disposizione progettato da Glauco Lombardi, hanno reso possibile una più moderna ed efficiente esposizione.Il Museo promuove durante tutto l'anno iniziative ed eventi che culminano nella ormai tradizionale "Settimana di Maria Luigia", che cade a metà dicembre per ricordare le date di nascita e di morte (12 dicembre 1791-17 dicembre 1847) della duchessa, ancora oggi amatissima dai parmigiani.
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world. Parma is divided into two parts by the little stream with the same name. Parma's Etruscan name was adapted by Romans to describe the round shield called Parma.The Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci (born in a hamlet in the countryside) wrote: "As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry". The district on the far side of the river is Oltretorrente.
Parma è un comune italiano di 186.000 abitanti, capoluogo dell'omonima provincia in Emilia-Romagna.Antica capitale del ducato di Parma e Piacenza (1545-1859), la città di Parma è sede dell'omonima università.Sul territorio comunale sono presenti numerosi parchi, giardini e aree verdi, alcuni di notevole pregio storico e architettonico. La percentuale di verde urbano sulla superficie comunale è pari all'1,8% (ossia circa 4,68 km²) mentre ammonta a 26,6 m² il verde urbano per ogni abitante.] Il verde fruibile pro-capite nell'area urbana è di 14,57 m² per abitante e la città si è posizionata al 5º posto in Italia ed al 1º in Emilia-Romagna nel rapporto Ecosistema Urbano 2009. A Parma sono censiti 100.000 alberi, 28 milioni di m² di manto erboso, oltre 80 aree gioco per i bimbi allestite e situate in contesti verdi e una quarantina di aree dedicate ai cani.Le aristocratiche tradizioni ed una certa raffinatezza della vita sociale caratterizzano ancor oggi l'anima cittadina che si evidenzia in particolare con la passione dei parmigiani nei confronti della musica e dell'Opera, da secoli molto seguite ed apprezzate da vari strati della popolazione.
Il primo letterato nativo di Parma di cui si abbia notizia fu Gaio Cassio Parmense (I secolo a.C.), appartenente ad una delle famiglie romane fondatrici della città e autore di tragedie ed elegie, ma la storia parmense si è col tempo arricchita del contributo intellettuale di numerosi artisti, poeti e pittori che ne hanno determinato l'intenso fervore nei confronti di multiformi interessi culturali, confermato dalla presenza in città di numerosi teatri, musei, manifestazioni e rassegne internazionali nel campo dell'arte e degli scambi commerciali. Benedetto Antelami, il Parmigianino, il Correggio, Ireneo Affò, Giovanni Battista Bodoni, Ferdinando Paër, Giuseppe Verdi, Arturo Toscanini, Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, Étienne Bonnot, abate di Condillac, Attilio Bertolucci, sono solo alcune delle personalità legate a Parma che hanno lasciato un'impronta importante nelle tradizioni artistiche e culturali cittadine.Parma fu magnificata da Stendhal che la visitò per la prima volta nel 1814 e la sognò nelle pagine della sua "Chartreuse" (La Certosa di Parma); successivamente fu desiderata da Marcel Proust nel suo Du côté de chez Swann (La strada di Swann).Nel XVIII secolo lo sviluppo dell'arte e delle istituzioni cittadine contribuirono a definire Parma "l'Atene d'Italia" mentre oggi, grazie al nuovo ruolo attribuitole all'interno dell'Unione Europea con l'assegnazione di un'importante agenzia comunitaria, la città sta preparando e progettando il proprio futuro in funzione di questa investitura destinata a produrre un processo di internazionalizzazione e crescita sociale e culturale, riaffermando l'antica tradizione di piccola capitale.
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Belvedere
Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.
1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.
The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.
The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.
Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).
Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).
1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:
In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,
were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.
1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.
Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.
1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.
During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.
As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.
Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.
To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,
"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.
Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.
Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).
Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).
If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:
"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."
Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.
After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.
During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.
Excerpts from
Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler
Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH
The publishing service for museums, businesses and
public bodies
www.brandstaetter - verlag.at
Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.
Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.
After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.
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Austrian Gallery Belvedere
The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle
provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper
Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.
Austrian Gallery Belvedere
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Phone 43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0
Fax 43 / (0) 1/79 84 337
Upper Belvedere
Collections of the 19th and 20th century
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Lower Belvedere
Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art
Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna
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Belvedere
Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.
1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.
The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.
The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.
Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).
Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).
1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:
In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,
were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.
1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.
Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.
1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.
During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.
As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.
Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.
To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,
"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.
Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.
Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).
Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).
If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:
"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."
Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.
After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.
During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.
Excerpts from
Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler
Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH
The publishing service for museums, businesses and
public bodies
www.brandstaetter - verlag.at
Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.
Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.
After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.
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14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria
Austrian Gallery Belvedere
The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle
provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper
Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.
Austrian Gallery Belvedere
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0
Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337
Upper Belvedere
Collections of the 19th and 20th century
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Lower Belvedere
Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art
Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna
Francavilla di Sicilia is a town and comune in the Province of Messina on the island of Sicily, Italy.It has a population of about 4,000 people and is situated in the southern part of the province, close to the northern slopes of Mount Etna. The distance to Messina is about 50 km, and the town is about 70 km away from Catania airport. It is located in the valley of the River Alcantara between Taormina and Randazzo. Taormina and the Mediterranean Sea are about 15 km to the south-east. Neighboring towns and villages include: Antillo, Castiglione di Sicilia, Fondachelli-Fantina, Malvagna, Montalbano Elicona, Motta Camastra, Novara di Sicilia and Tripi.
Francavilla di Sicilia è un comune italiano di 4.065 abitanti della provincia di Messina in Sicilia.È situata al centro della Valle dell'Alcantara, a nord dell'Etna, sulla riva sinistra del fiume Alcantara. Il suo territorio è solcato dal fiume San Paolo e dal torrente Zavianni, ambedue affluenti dell'Alcantara.L'antico abitato, ancora anonimo, si rivela importante e assai consistente e data anteriormente al VII secolo a.C., era in cui forte fu l'impronta dell'espansionismo ellenistico. Tuttavia una forte presenza di complessi megalitici legati ai culti della fertilità, e soprattutto a quelli della Dea Madre (culto fortemente rappresentato dai reperti archeologici del VI sec. in poi- nella vasta area Piano di Marco/Via don Nino Russotti- i cui legami con Demetra e Kore sono inequivocabili, secondo gli studiosi), e disposti secondo precisi allineamenti, multiformi nell'aspetto e dalle forti impronte antropozoomorfe (con molti riferimenti ai rettili e alle divinità ctonie, al corredo di animali propri della dea Afrodite, arieti in particolare), rivelano essere sentinelle di peculiari percorsi che tracciano le grandi vie di comunicazione, sacre in quanto tali, di un'antichità tanto lontana quanto ancora ignota, ma che riserva quasi quotidianamente scoperte che destano tanta meraviglia quanti sono gli interrogativi che pongono. Disposti secondo mappe celesti che, spesso, le stesse pietre riportano sotto forma di fori allineati secondo varie figure e cerchi, rivelano la presenza di una civiltà ignota ma sicuramente evoluta. Non è difficile- ecco una traccia a nostro favore- collegarli con simili complessi megalitici sparsi un po' in tutto il mondo, ma possiamo forse datarli ad un'era anteriore alla stessa Stonehenge e ai complessi megalitici del nord Europa, per via delle loro forme e le gigantesche dimensioni. L'argomento è oggetto di attenti studi. L' antico nome di età greca fu presumibilmente Camastra, da cui la denominazione di Motta col predicato Camastra già in età medievale. Riporta Vito Amico che fu distrutta da Camestrio, generale di Gelone di Siracusa, ma possiamo affiancare a questa interpretazione del nome Camastra una forte assonanza con la Dea Madre-Amastris (Demetra, Demether per i Greci) che fu la divinità principale anche per i Fenici (Astarte). Un legame, ancorché sottile, lega i culti della Dea Madre ad un toponimo di probabile derivazione fenicia, presente tuttora nel taorminese con una contrada, Mastrissa, che insiste in un territorio caratterizzato da forte attinenza con la dea Venere romana e con Santa Venera cristiana. Mentre a Francavilla, sul monte Cucco/Orgala, prospiciente l'abitato, una contrada viene ancor oggi denominata " "a Matraria", che assona con "Demetra" secondo la pronuncia dialettale, oltre alla contrada 'san Dimitri' (san Demetrio) nei pressi di Rocca Badia, altro sito ad alta intensità megalitica, per non parlare, inoltre, della contrada santa Venera, disseminata di allineamenti litici visibili e ben concentrati secondo precise convergenze dal fiume s. Paolo alla vetta del colle omonimo.Francavilla medievale sorge tra il 1000 ed 1100. I primi dati storici non sono legati alla figura di San Cremete, un eremita che, durante la dominazione araba, viveva sulla piattaforma rocciosa nella zona chiamata Placa (o "A Badiazza") e che si trova nei pressi del bivio Novara - Mojo, come certa storiografia dei secoli scorsi ha perpetuato, ma già dal IX sec. si accenna all'abitato retto in campo religioso da un protopapa di rito greco. Sull'Abbazia del san Salvatore della Placa troviamo notizie in una pergamena che fa del 1100, nella quale si accenna a Clemente abate e non ancora santo all'epoca.La memoria popolare riporta che quando il conte Ruggero d'Altavilla passò in questa zona con il suo seguito, Cremete, o Clemente, secondo la denominazione latina, gli chiese un aiuto per costruire un Monastero sulla rocca dove egli conduceva la sua vita solitaria. Il conte Ruggero acconsentì e tra il 1090 ed il 1100 fu restaurato il già all'epoca "antico" Monastero di S. Salvatore di Placa dove si stabilirono i monaci dell'ordine basiliano.Intorno ad esso si formeranno poi degli agglomerati di case. In un primo momento si trattava solo di insediamenti di gruppi di contadini che lavoravano per i monaci in quanto, si racconta che Ruggero avesse stabilito che fossero proprietà del Convento tutte le terre che si vedevano dall'altura su cui esso era posto. Vedi Privilegio di Ruggero del quale esistono due versioni ufficiali e una locale corrotta (certamente artatamente) nella traduzione latina.Il castello è coevo al restauro o alla ricostruzione dell'abbazia del San Salvatore della Placa e sorse qualche decennio più tardi perché esistente come possibile acropoli dell'ancora anonima importantissima città sicula che fu Francavilla e come kastron in epoca bizantina. Sorge ancora sotto forma di ruderi su una collina distante 3 km in linea d'aria dalla Placa ed è in posizione strategica. Costituisce il centro della Valle dell'Alcantara ed è protetto e difeso dai castelli di Castiglione di Sicilia, Motta (la Mocta di la Placa), il forte della Placa (cioè la stessa abbazia col suo presidio militare). Vero è che restauri ed interventi siano stati effettuati sotto Guglielmo I D'Altavilla "il Malo" (1120 - 1166); per altri invece esso venne edificato sotto il regno di Guglielmo II detto il "Buono" (1153 - 1189), figlio del precedente. Il castello, maestoso come doveva essere nella sua integrità ed imprendibile (forse difeso da una tripla cinta muraria), pur essendo stato nei secoli teatro della storia non solo locale ma dell'intera Sicilia non è citato tra i castelli di Sicilia. Due chiese ne presidiavano i versanti Est ed Ovest, la chiesa di San Teodoro e la chiesa di San Giorgio.Oggi l'antico Castello feudale è ridotto ad un cumulo di macerie. Le pietre sono saldate con calce malfitana molto usata dagli antichi e di cui esiste ancora una cava nel territorio di Francavilla di Sicilia. Dal lato Est, i ruderi sono rappresentati da grosse ed alte mura, che svettano monumentali sul ciglione sovrastante la ripida parete del colle. Resta inoltre la saldatura muraria tra la linea del ciglione e l'alta muratura. Tra i ruderi della divisione interna; in un cortile, si trovano gli avanzi di una grande cisterna che doveva essere di primaria utilità per i presidiatori del luogo.
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Belvedere
Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.
1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.
The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.
The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.
Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).
Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).
1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:
In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,
were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.
1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.
Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.
1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.
During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.
As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.
Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.
To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,
"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.
Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.
Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).
Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).
If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:
"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."
Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.
After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.
During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.
Excerpts from
Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler
Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH
The publishing service for museums, businesses and
public bodies
www.brandstaetter - verlag.at
Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.
Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.
After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.
aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk
14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria
Austrian Gallery Belvedere
The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle
provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper
Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.
Austrian Gallery Belvedere
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0
Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337
Upper Belvedere
Collections of the 19th and 20th century
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Lower Belvedere
Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art
Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna
(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)
Belvedere
Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.
1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.
The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.
The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.
Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).
Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).
1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:
In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,
were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.
1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.
Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.
1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.
During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.
As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.
Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.
To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,
"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.
Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.
Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).
Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).
If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:
"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."
Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.
After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.
During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.
Excerpts from
Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler
Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH
The publishing service for museums, businesses and
public bodies
www.brandstaetter - verlag.at
Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.
Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.
After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.
aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk
14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria
Austrian Gallery Belvedere
The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle
provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper
Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.
Austrian Gallery Belvedere
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0
Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337
Upper Belvedere
Collections of the 19th and 20th century
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Lower Belvedere
Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art
Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna
Austattungsbeschreibung:
Wenn möglich vom Prospekt, ansonsten eigene Messungen, Angaben:
Neupreis ab 23.2.1987: ATS 6290.- (= EUR 457), vgl. österr. Verbraucherpreisindex 1987 bis 2009 ca 160% !
Baujahr: 1987-1988
Schaltung:
Indizierte 12-Gangschaltung: Sachs Commander 2x6
Bremsen:
Sachs Bremsgriffe und Sachs Trommelbremsen
Vorderradnabe:
Alu-Hochflansch-Nabe: Sachs VT5000 mit Trommelbremse. Gestempelt UFM
Hinterradnabe:
Alu-Hochflansch-Nabe: Sachs Orbit mit 2Gang-Innenschaltung (kein Rücktritt), 6Gang-Aussenschaltung (Sachs Commander) und Trommelbremse.
Vollgemuffter Rahmen:
Columbus-Aelle Rohrsatz (hochwertig legierter Chrom-Mangan-Stahl)
"Treturi Aelle Carbonio Manganese Tubi Speciali In Acciaio"
Rahmengröße 58cm (Mitte - OK)
RH=57cm (Mitte-Mitte)
ORL=57,5cm (Mitte - Mitte)
Handvererlötete Ausfallenden
Mehrschicht-Einbrennlackierung, Farbe: anthrazit-hell
Fahrrad komplett wie am Bild gewogen: 16,3kg
Rahmen-Nr: E11xxx
Felgen:
Van Schothorst 18x622 für Bereifung '28 x 1 5/8' Stainless 18/10 roestfrij, Gestempelt '06 7'
Je LR 36 Stk. Edelstahl-Speichen
Reifen:
hinten: Semperit 37-622 (neu)
vorne: Continetal 35-622 (alt gehört bald ausgetauscht, auf den Fotos ist ein Nokia Rollgrip 28-622 drauf, bzw mit dem fuhr ich. Den brauche ich aber für ein anderes Rad)
Schläuche mit Rennrad-Ventil
Tretlager:
wartungsfreies FAG-Patronenlager mit 4Kant
Tretkurbel:
Links Alu Thun, geschmiedet 170mm. Rechts Stahl, verchromt 170mm (das war original so!)
Schutzbleche:
Inox (Edelstahl) mit Alu-Streben
Alu-Sattelstütze
Alu-Lenker
Alu-Lenkervorbau
Schloss: rostfreies Schwenkbügelschloss Trelock 180 mit SchlossNr 146890V (leider ohne Schlüssel)
Alu-Gepäcksträger:
Pletscher Modell 'C' mit Gegenlager
Lichtanlage:
Iku oder Iki Halogenscheinwerfer, (Sicherheits)Rücklicht und Dynomomarke nicht erkennbar.
Sonstiges Zubehör:
orig. KTM-'Renn'Pumpe, verchromt
kl Werkzeugtasche
geschlossener Kettenschutz
Seitenständer
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Rauhledersattel (nicht original, aber zeitgenössisch)
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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.
Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.
Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.
Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”
Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.
Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.
L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world. Parma is divided into two parts by the little stream with the same name. Parma's Etruscan name was adapted by Romans to describe the round shield called Parma.The Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci (born in a hamlet in the countryside) wrote: "As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry". The district on the far side of the river is Oltretorrente.
Parma è un comune italiano di 186.000 abitanti, capoluogo dell'omonima provincia in Emilia-Romagna.Antica capitale del ducato di Parma e Piacenza (1545-1859), la città di Parma è sede dell'omonima università.Sul territorio comunale sono presenti numerosi parchi, giardini e aree verdi, alcuni di notevole pregio storico e architettonico. La percentuale di verde urbano sulla superficie comunale è pari all'1,8% (ossia circa 4,68 km²) mentre ammonta a 26,6 m² il verde urbano per ogni abitante.] Il verde fruibile pro-capite nell'area urbana è di 14,57 m² per abitante e la città si è posizionata al 5º posto in Italia ed al 1º in Emilia-Romagna nel rapporto Ecosistema Urbano 2009. A Parma sono censiti 100.000 alberi, 28 milioni di m² di manto erboso, oltre 80 aree gioco per i bimbi allestite e situate in contesti verdi e una quarantina di aree dedicate ai cani.Le aristocratiche tradizioni ed una certa raffinatezza della vita sociale caratterizzano ancor oggi l'anima cittadina che si evidenzia in particolare con la passione dei parmigiani nei confronti della musica e dell'Opera, da secoli molto seguite ed apprezzate da vari strati della popolazione.Il primo letterato nativo di Parma di cui si abbia notizia fu Gaio Cassio Parmense (I secolo a.C.), appartenente ad una delle famiglie romane fondatrici della città e autore di tragedie ed elegie, ma la storia parmense si è col tempo arricchita del contributo intellettuale di numerosi artisti, poeti e pittori che ne hanno determinato l'intenso fervore nei confronti di multiformi interessi culturali, confermato dalla presenza in città di numerosi teatri, musei, manifestazioni e rassegne internazionali nel campo dell'arte e degli scambi commerciali. Benedetto Antelami, il Parmigianino, il Correggio, Ireneo Affò, Giovanni Battista Bodoni, Ferdinando Paër, Giuseppe Verdi, Arturo Toscanini, Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, Étienne Bonnot, abate di Condillac, Attilio Bertolucci, sono solo alcune delle personalità legate a Parma che hanno lasciato un'impronta importante nelle tradizioni artistiche e culturali cittadine.Parma fu magnificata da Stendhal che la visitò per la prima volta nel 1814 e la sognò nelle pagine della sua "Chartreuse" (La Certosa di Parma); successivamente fu desiderata da Marcel Proust nel suo Du côté de chez Swann (La strada di Swann).Nel XVIII secolo lo sviluppo dell'arte e delle istituzioni cittadine contribuirono a definire Parma "l'Atene d'Italia" mentre oggi, grazie al nuovo ruolo attribuitole all'interno dell'Unione Europea con l'assegnazione di un'importante agenzia comunitaria, la città sta preparando e progettando il proprio futuro in funzione di questa investitura destinata a produrre un processo di internazionalizzazione e crescita sociale e culturale, riaffermando l'antica tradizione di piccola capitale.
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world. Parma is divided into two parts by the little stream with the same name. Parma's Etruscan name was adapted by Romans to describe the round shield called Parma.The Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci (born in a hamlet in the countryside) wrote: "As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry". The district on the far side of the river is Oltretorrente.
Parma è un comune italiano di 186.000 abitanti, capoluogo dell'omonima provincia in Emilia-Romagna.Antica capitale del ducato di Parma e Piacenza (1545-1859), la città di Parma è sede dell'omonima università.Sul territorio comunale sono presenti numerosi parchi, giardini e aree verdi, alcuni di notevole pregio storico e architettonico. La percentuale di verde urbano sulla superficie comunale è pari all'1,8% (ossia circa 4,68 km²) mentre ammonta a 26,6 m² il verde urbano per ogni abitante.] Il verde fruibile pro-capite nell'area urbana è di 14,57 m² per abitante e la città si è posizionata al 5º posto in Italia ed al 1º in Emilia-Romagna nel rapporto Ecosistema Urbano 2009. A Parma sono censiti 100.000 alberi, 28 milioni di m² di manto erboso, oltre 80 aree gioco per i bimbi allestite e situate in contesti verdi e una quarantina di aree dedicate ai cani.Le aristocratiche tradizioni ed una certa raffinatezza della vita sociale caratterizzano ancor oggi l'anima cittadina che si evidenzia in particolare con la passione dei parmigiani nei confronti della musica e dell'Opera, da secoli molto seguite ed apprezzate da vari strati della popolazione.Il primo letterato nativo di Parma di cui si abbia notizia fu Gaio Cassio Parmense (I secolo a.C.), appartenente ad una delle famiglie romane fondatrici della città e autore di tragedie ed elegie, ma la storia parmense si è col tempo arricchita del contributo intellettuale di numerosi artisti, poeti e pittori che ne hanno determinato l'intenso fervore nei confronti di multiformi interessi culturali, confermato dalla presenza in città di numerosi teatri, musei, manifestazioni e rassegne internazionali nel campo dell'arte e degli scambi commerciali. Benedetto Antelami, il Parmigianino, il Correggio, Ireneo Affò, Giovanni Battista Bodoni, Ferdinando Paër, Giuseppe Verdi, Arturo Toscanini, Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, Étienne Bonnot, abate di Condillac, Attilio Bertolucci, sono solo alcune delle personalità legate a Parma che hanno lasciato un'impronta importante nelle tradizioni artistiche e culturali cittadine.Parma fu magnificata da Stendhal che la visitò per la prima volta nel 1814 e la sognò nelle pagine della sua "Chartreuse" (La Certosa di Parma); successivamente fu desiderata da Marcel Proust nel suo Du côté de chez Swann (La strada di Swann).Nel XVIII secolo lo sviluppo dell'arte e delle istituzioni cittadine contribuirono a definire Parma "l'Atene d'Italia" mentre oggi, grazie al nuovo ruolo attribuitole all'interno dell'Unione Europea con l'assegnazione di un'importante agenzia comunitaria, la città sta preparando e progettando il proprio futuro in funzione di questa investitura destinata a produrre un processo di internazionalizzazione e crescita sociale e culturale, riaffermando l'antica tradizione di piccola capitale.
Piazzale della Pace è una grande area verde delimitata a ovest dal Palazzo della Pilotta e a nord dal palazzo dell’Indipendenza. Ci sono ampi giardini progettati secondo il modello inglese, alte piante poste all’interno di una grande fontana.Lo spazio verde contiene al suo interno il Monumento al Partigiano e uno dedicato al musicista Giuseppe Verdi.Sul lato opposto al palazzo della Pilotta, nel Palazzo di Riserva di via Garibaldi 15, si trova il Museo Glauco Lombardi.
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world. Parma is divided into two parts by the little stream with the same name. Parma's Etruscan name was adapted by Romans to describe the round shield called Parma.The Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci (born in a hamlet in the countryside) wrote: "As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry". The district on the far side of the river is Oltretorrente.
Parma è un comune italiano di 186.000 abitanti, capoluogo dell'omonima provincia in Emilia-Romagna.Antica capitale del ducato di Parma e Piacenza (1545-1859), la città di Parma è sede dell'omonima università.Sul territorio comunale sono presenti numerosi parchi, giardini e aree verdi, alcuni di notevole pregio storico e architettonico. La percentuale di verde urbano sulla superficie comunale è pari all'1,8% (ossia circa 4,68 km²) mentre ammonta a 26,6 m² il verde urbano per ogni abitante.] Il verde fruibile pro-capite nell'area urbana è di 14,57 m² per abitante e la città si è posizionata al 5º posto in Italia ed al 1º in Emilia-Romagna nel rapporto Ecosistema Urbano 2009. A Parma sono censiti 100.000 alberi, 28 milioni di m² di manto erboso, oltre 80 aree gioco per i bimbi allestite e situate in contesti verdi e una quarantina di aree dedicate ai cani.Le aristocratiche tradizioni ed una certa raffinatezza della vita sociale caratterizzano ancor oggi l'anima cittadina che si evidenzia in particolare con la passione dei parmigiani nei confronti della musica e dell'Opera, da secoli molto seguite ed apprezzate da vari strati della popolazione.
Il primo letterato nativo di Parma di cui si abbia notizia fu Gaio Cassio Parmense (I secolo a.C.), appartenente ad una delle famiglie romane fondatrici della città e autore di tragedie ed elegie, ma la storia parmense si è col tempo arricchita del contributo intellettuale di numerosi artisti, poeti e pittori che ne hanno determinato l'intenso fervore nei confronti di multiformi interessi culturali, confermato dalla presenza in città di numerosi teatri, musei, manifestazioni e rassegne internazionali nel campo dell'arte e degli scambi commerciali. Benedetto Antelami, il Parmigianino, il Correggio, Ireneo Affò, Giovanni Battista Bodoni, Ferdinando Paër, Giuseppe Verdi, Arturo Toscanini, Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, Étienne Bonnot, abate di Condillac, Attilio Bertolucci, sono solo alcune delle personalità legate a Parma che hanno lasciato un'impronta importante nelle tradizioni artistiche e culturali cittadine.Parma fu magnificata da Stendhal che la visitò per la prima volta nel 1814 e la sognò nelle pagine della sua "Chartreuse" (La Certosa di Parma); successivamente fu desiderata da Marcel Proust nel suo Du côté de chez Swann (La strada di Swann).Nel XVIII secolo lo sviluppo dell'arte e delle istituzioni cittadine contribuirono a definire Parma "l'Atene d'Italia" mentre oggi, grazie al nuovo ruolo attribuitole all'interno dell'Unione Europea con l'assegnazione di un'importante agenzia comunitaria, la città sta preparando e progettando il proprio futuro in funzione di questa investitura destinata a produrre un processo di internazionalizzazione e crescita sociale e culturale, riaffermando l'antica tradizione di piccola capitale.
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Belvedere
Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.
1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.
The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.
The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.
Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).
Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).
1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:
In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,
were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.
1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.
Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.
1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.
During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.
As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.
Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.
To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,
"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.
Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.
Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).
Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).
If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:
"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."
Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.
After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.
During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.
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Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler
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Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.
Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.
After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.
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Austrian Gallery Belvedere
The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle
provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper
Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.
Austrian Gallery Belvedere
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Upper Belvedere
Collections of the 19th and 20th century
Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien
Lower Belvedere
Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art
Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna
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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.
Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.
Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.
Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”
Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.
Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.
L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.
Center area can be smaller or larger
Essentially the crease pattern is the multiform base, isolated in the middle area. The pattern can be larger or smaller and be arranged on the offset like this or on the vertical and horizontal. Resulting in two basic shapes that can progress to various variations...
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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.
Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.
Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.
Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”
Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.
Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.
L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.
Cortinarius allutus Fr. ss. Moser non J. Lange, syn.: Phlegmacium allutum (Fr.) M.M. Moser,
Cortinarius melliolens Schäffer ex Orton, Cortinarius multiformis ss. CFP, Ricken
DE: Bereifter Schleimkopf
Slo.: poprhnjena koprenka
Dat.: Oct. 6. 2017
Lat.: 46.36139 Long.: 13.69922
Code: Bot_1093/2017_DSC9358
Habitat: Mixed wood, Fagus sylvatica dominant, Picea abies scattered; slightly inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; calcareous, colluvial, shallow ground; relatively warm and dry place; partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-9 deg C, elevation 670 m (2.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.
Substratum: forest soil, leaf litter.
Place: Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soča; between villages Soča and Trenta; near the trail to settlement Na skalah, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.
Comments: Genus Cortinarius is huge - more than 1.000 species, subspecies, var. and f. have been described. No wonder, there is confusion in their names. Index Fungorum recognizes Cortinarius allutus as a current name, while other authorities consider it as a synonym of Cortinarius multiformis (this too is a current name according to IF). Recent (2014) DNA phylogenetic studies (Ref.8) revealed that much more complex situation exists in the group of species similar to this find. Ref.8 considers now the name Cortinarius allutus as a misapplied name. Anyway, I will keep with Index Fungorum and use the name Cortinarius allutus. Macroscopic traits and spores fit well to the most of the descriptions found in literature.
There grew 6 or 7 pilei in an area of about 3 x 3 m. Habitat was montane Fagus sylvatica forest with a few Picea abies intermixed. In a distance of 0.3 - 3 m from the pilei two young, about 1-1.5 m tall and in a distance of about 5 m a grown up Picea abies three were present. Cortinarius allutus is supposed to be in mycorrhizal relation to conifers. Fruitbody description: pilei diameter 6 - 9 cm, trama thin near the edge of pilei, in the midrange about 8 mm thick, gills up to 10 mm broad, hut dry (after a several days long dry period); however, leaves and other debris were firmly 'glued' to the hut surface (ixocutis); stipe 4.2 - 6.5 cm long and 8 - 20 mm in diameter; when old stipe partly hollow; quite abruptly bulbous (with a few fruitbodies almost marginate); bulb from 1.6 to 1.9 times the diameter of the stipe; smell mild, pleasant, mushroomy, on leather?; taste not tested; 5% KOH reactions: on trama yellow-brown, not violent; on hut brownish, deepens the color of the hut; trama in the bulb brownish; on gills dark brown, almost blackish; Lugol reactions: on trama instant gold-yellowish, on pilei slightly yellowish, almost none; pilei do not bruise when handled except gills - they darken slightly; SP abundant, almost the same color as the whole fruitbodies, buff-fox color, oac714.
Spores minutely and uniformly warty. Dimensions: (7.8) 8 - 8.8 (9.1) x (4.5) 4.7 - 5 (5.2) microns; Q = (1.6) 1.7 - 1.8 (1.9); N = 35; Me = 8.5 x 4.8 microns; Qe = 1.8. Olympus CH20 , NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil; in water, fresh material. AmScope MA500 digital camera.
Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJF
Ref.:
(1) R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 726.
(2) www.fichasmicologicas.com/?micos=1&alf=C&art=556 (accessed Oct.8. 2017)
www2.muse.it/bresadola/gallery.asp?code=87 (accessed Oct.8. 2017)
(3) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 182.
(4)
www.nahuby.sk/obrazok_detail.php?obrazok_id=512681&po... (accessed Oct.8. 2017)
(5) www.123pilze.de/DreamHC/Download/OrangeseidigerKlumpfuss.htm (accessed Oct.8. 2017)
(6) www.pilzflora-ehingen.de/pilzflora/arthtml/callutus.html (accessed Oct.8. 2017)
(7) J. Breitenbach, F. Kraenzlin, Eds., Fungi of Switzerland, Vol.5. Verlag Mykologia (2000), p 164.
(8) T. E. Brandrud et all. Cortinarius subgenus Phlegmacium section Multiformes in Europe, (2014) Journal des J.E.C., No. 16, p.162–199. available at karl.soop.org/JEC16B_multif.pdf
Francavilla di Sicilia is a town and comune in the Province of Messina on the island of Sicily, Italy.It has a population of about 4,000 people and is situated in the southern part of the province, close to the northern slopes of Mount Etna. The distance to Messina is about 50 km, and the town is about 70 km away from Catania airport. It is located in the valley of the River Alcantara between Taormina and Randazzo. Taormina and the Mediterranean Sea are about 15 km to the south-east. Neighboring towns and villages include: Antillo, Castiglione di Sicilia, Fondachelli-Fantina, Malvagna, Montalbano Elicona, Motta Camastra, Novara di Sicilia and Tripi.
Francavilla di Sicilia è un comune italiano di 4.065 abitanti della provincia di Messina in Sicilia.È situata al centro della Valle dell'Alcantara, a nord dell'Etna, sulla riva sinistra del fiume Alcantara. Il suo territorio è solcato dal fiume San Paolo e dal torrente Zavianni, ambedue affluenti dell'Alcantara.L'antico abitato, ancora anonimo, si rivela importante e assai consistente e data anteriormente al VII secolo a.C., era in cui forte fu l'impronta dell'espansionismo ellenistico. Tuttavia una forte presenza di complessi megalitici legati ai culti della fertilità, e soprattutto a quelli della Dea Madre (culto fortemente rappresentato dai reperti archeologici del VI sec. in poi- nella vasta area Piano di Marco/Via don Nino Russotti- i cui legami con Demetra e Kore sono inequivocabili, secondo gli studiosi), e disposti secondo precisi allineamenti, multiformi nell'aspetto e dalle forti impronte antropozoomorfe (con molti riferimenti ai rettili e alle divinità ctonie, al corredo di animali propri della dea Afrodite, arieti in particolare), rivelano essere sentinelle di peculiari percorsi che tracciano le grandi vie di comunicazione, sacre in quanto tali, di un'antichità tanto lontana quanto ancora ignota, ma che riserva quasi quotidianamente scoperte che destano tanta meraviglia quanti sono gli interrogativi che pongono. Disposti secondo mappe celesti che, spesso, le stesse pietre riportano sotto forma di fori allineati secondo varie figure e cerchi, rivelano la presenza di una civiltà ignota ma sicuramente evoluta. Non è difficile- ecco una traccia a nostro favore- collegarli con simili complessi megalitici sparsi un po' in tutto il mondo, ma possiamo forse datarli ad un'era anteriore alla stessa Stonehenge e ai complessi megalitici del nord Europa, per via delle loro forme e le gigantesche dimensioni. L'argomento è oggetto di attenti studi. L' antico nome di età greca fu presumibilmente Camastra, da cui la denominazione di Motta col predicato Camastra già in età medievale. Riporta Vito Amico che fu distrutta da Camestrio, generale di Gelone di Siracusa, ma possiamo affiancare a questa interpretazione del nome Camastra una forte assonanza con la Dea Madre-Amastris (Demetra, Demether per i Greci) che fu la divinità principale anche per i Fenici (Astarte). Un legame, ancorché sottile, lega i culti della Dea Madre ad un toponimo di probabile derivazione fenicia, presente tuttora nel taorminese con una contrada, Mastrissa, che insiste in un territorio caratterizzato da forte attinenza con la dea Venere romana e con Santa Venera cristiana. Mentre a Francavilla, sul monte Cucco/Orgala, prospiciente l'abitato, una contrada viene ancor oggi denominata " "a Matraria", che assona con "Demetra" secondo la pronuncia dialettale, oltre alla contrada 'san Dimitri' (san Demetrio) nei pressi di Rocca Badia, altro sito ad alta intensità megalitica, per non parlare, inoltre, della contrada santa Venera, disseminata di allineamenti litici visibili e ben concentrati secondo precise convergenze dal fiume s. Paolo alla vetta del colle omonimo.Francavilla medievale sorge tra il 1000 ed 1100. I primi dati storici non sono legati alla figura di San Cremete, un eremita che, durante la dominazione araba, viveva sulla piattaforma rocciosa nella zona chiamata Placa (o "A Badiazza") e che si trova nei pressi del bivio Novara - Mojo, come certa storiografia dei secoli scorsi ha perpetuato, ma già dal IX sec. si accenna all'abitato retto in campo religioso da un protopapa di rito greco. Sull'Abbazia del san Salvatore della Placa troviamo notizie in una pergamena che fa del 1100, nella quale si accenna a Clemente abate e non ancora santo all'epoca.La memoria popolare riporta che quando il conte Ruggero d'Altavilla passò in questa zona con il suo seguito, Cremete, o Clemente, secondo la denominazione latina, gli chiese un aiuto per costruire un Monastero sulla rocca dove egli conduceva la sua vita solitaria. Il conte Ruggero acconsentì e tra il 1090 ed il 1100 fu restaurato il già all'epoca "antico" Monastero di S. Salvatore di Placa dove si stabilirono i monaci dell'ordine basiliano.Intorno ad esso si formeranno poi degli agglomerati di case. In un primo momento si trattava solo di insediamenti di gruppi di contadini che lavoravano per i monaci in quanto, si racconta che Ruggero avesse stabilito che fossero proprietà del Convento tutte le terre che si vedevano dall'altura su cui esso era posto. Vedi Privilegio di Ruggero del quale esistono due versioni ufficiali e una locale corrotta (certamente artatamente) nella traduzione latina.Il castello è coevo al restauro o alla ricostruzione dell'abbazia del San Salvatore della Placa e sorse qualche decennio più tardi perché esistente come possibile acropoli dell'ancora anonima importantissima città sicula che fu Francavilla e come kastron in epoca bizantina. Sorge ancora sotto forma di ruderi su una collina distante 3 km in linea d'aria dalla Placa ed è in posizione strategica. Costituisce il centro della Valle dell'Alcantara ed è protetto e difeso dai castelli di Castiglione di Sicilia, Motta (la Mocta di la Placa), il forte della Placa (cioè la stessa abbazia col suo presidio militare). Vero è che restauri ed interventi siano stati effettuati sotto Guglielmo I D'Altavilla "il Malo" (1120 - 1166); per altri invece esso venne edificato sotto il regno di Guglielmo II detto il "Buono" (1153 - 1189), figlio del precedente. Il castello, maestoso come doveva essere nella sua integrità ed imprendibile (forse difeso da una tripla cinta muraria), pur essendo stato nei secoli teatro della storia non solo locale ma dell'intera Sicilia non è citato tra i castelli di Sicilia. Due chiese ne presidiavano i versanti Est ed Ovest, la chiesa di San Teodoro e la chiesa di San Giorgio.Oggi l'antico Castello feudale è ridotto ad un cumulo di macerie. Le pietre sono saldate con calce malfitana molto usata dagli antichi e di cui esiste ancora una cava nel territorio di Francavilla di Sicilia. Dal lato Est, i ruderi sono rappresentati da grosse ed alte mura, che svettano monumentali sul ciglione sovrastante la ripida parete del colle. Resta inoltre la saldatura muraria tra la linea del ciglione e l'alta muratura. Tra i ruderi della divisione interna; in un cortile, si trovano gli avanzi di una grande cisterna che doveva essere di primaria utilità per i presidiatori del luogo.
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Belvedere
Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.
1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.
The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.
The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.
Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).
Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).
1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:
In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,
were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.
1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.
Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.
1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.
During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.
As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.
Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.
To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,
"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.
Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.
Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).
Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).
If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:
"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."
Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.
After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.
During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.
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Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.
Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.
After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.
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Belvedere
Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.
Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.
1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.
The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.
The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.
Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).
Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).
1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:
In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,
were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.
1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.
Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.
1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.
During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.
As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.
Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.
To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,
"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.
Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.
Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).
Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).
If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:
"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."
Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.
After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.
During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.
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Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.
Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.
After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.
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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.
Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.
Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.
Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”
Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.
Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.
L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.
C’est sur les hauteurs des collines de Manosque dans les Alpes de Hautes Provence, que Keyvan grandit et s’imprègne des musiques orientales et méditerranéennes. Son père et maître, Djamchid Chemirani lui transmet le savoir traditionnel.
Keyvan joue du Zarb (ou Tombak) du Daf iranien - un tambour sur cadre muni de multiples anneaux métalliques, du udu, une cruche en terre utilisée en Orient et en Afrique - ainsi que du Bendir et du Riqq (deux percussions méditerranéennes).
Avec son père et maître Djamchid et son frère Bijane, ils forment le Trio Chemirani et se produisent partout dans le monde. Le trio dévoile à son auditoire les possibilités infinies des percussions persanes.
A la fois influencé par les musiques modales méditerranéennes (du bassin méditerranéen jusqu’à l’Inde) et par les grands interprètes de jazz, il essaye de trouver un langage commun entre ces différentes cultures musicales. Musicien prolifique et curieux, Keyvan Chemirani s’investit dans des collaborations fructueuses: l’Ensemble Kudsi Erguner (musique ottomane), l’Ensemble de Ross Daly (musique grecque et turque), le trio Erik Marchand avec Thierry Robin, avec Françoise Atlan (musique et chants judéo-espagnols), avec Juan Carmona (flamenco). De même avec des formations de jazz, de musique contemporaine ou improvisée. Il collabore depuis quelques années avec Renaud Garcia Fons et Sylvain Luc.
Première création de Keyvan Chemirani, Le Rythme de la parole , voit le jour en 2004. Un projet ambitieux qui permet à Keyvan Chemirani de rassembler autour de lui des invités venus d’horizons musicaux différents (Mali, Inde du Sud, Iran, Maroc, Provence, Bretagne, Judéo-arabo-andalou, Turquie, Pakistan). Ce premier opus est suivit en 2006 du Rythme de la parole II, met en scène Ali Reza Ghorbani, Nahawa Doumbia et Sudha Raghunathan, trois immenses chanteurs, porteur chacun d’une tradition vocale non moins immense.
Lors du Festival International des Musiques Nomades en 2005, Keyvan Chemirani rencontre le chanteur mauritanien Mohamed Salem Ould Meydah. « Coup de foudre » musical aboutira à la création « Tahawol », une rencontre inédite entre percussions persanes, danses et chants flamenco et mauritaniens.
A travers sa participation à Royaumont à des rencontres où s’articule la poésie orale du slam et l’expérience musicale - Slam et percussions (création 2005, avec Serge Teyssot Gay, Bijane Chemirani, Frederic Netcheverlian et Mike Ladd) et Slam et souffle (création 2006, avec Félix J., Nada et Abdel Haq Aït Saïd ) -, Keyvan Chemirani transfère dans le champ des musiques actuelles et urbaines la jonction qu’il a su opérer dans le Rythme de la parole entre structures prosodiques et musicales de plusieurs langues chantées.
L’année 2008 est marquée par la rencontre entre le zarb persan de Keyvan Chemirani et le tabla indien Pandit Anindo Chatterjee. Cette rencontre ce matérialise par le disque Battements au coeur de l'Orient . Penser les percussions iraniennes comme une syntaxe qui lui permette d’investir les musiques orales ou écrites du monde entier, et faire œuvre : voilà le chemin ardu et passionnant qu’emprunte Keyvan Chemirani, pour métamorphoser peu à peu en créations multiformes l’héritage musical persan reçu à travers son père Djamchid Chemirani. C’est pourquoi, à 39 ans, il peut à son tour enseigner le legs de la tradition orale, tout en gardant à l’esprit une visée contemporaine.
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Francavilla di Sicilia is a town and comune in the Province of Messina on the island of Sicily, Italy.It has a population of about 4,000 people and is situated in the southern part of the province, close to the northern slopes of Mount Etna. The distance to Messina is about 50 km, and the town is about 70 km away from Catania airport. It is located in the valley of the River Alcantara between Taormina and Randazzo. Taormina and the Mediterranean Sea are about 15 km to the south-east. Neighboring towns and villages include: Antillo, Castiglione di Sicilia, Fondachelli-Fantina, Malvagna, Montalbano Elicona, Motta Camastra, Novara di Sicilia and Tripi.
Francavilla di Sicilia è un comune italiano di 4.065 abitanti della provincia di Messina in Sicilia.È situata al centro della Valle dell'Alcantara, a nord dell'Etna, sulla riva sinistra del fiume Alcantara. Il suo territorio è solcato dal fiume San Paolo e dal torrente Zavianni, ambedue affluenti dell'Alcantara.L'antico abitato, ancora anonimo, si rivela importante e assai consistente e data anteriormente al VII secolo a.C., era in cui forte fu l'impronta dell'espansionismo ellenistico. Tuttavia una forte presenza di complessi megalitici legati ai culti della fertilità, e soprattutto a quelli della Dea Madre (culto fortemente rappresentato dai reperti archeologici del VI sec. in poi- nella vasta area Piano di Marco/Via don Nino Russotti- i cui legami con Demetra e Kore sono inequivocabili, secondo gli studiosi), e disposti secondo precisi allineamenti, multiformi nell'aspetto e dalle forti impronte antropozoomorfe (con molti riferimenti ai rettili e alle divinità ctonie, al corredo di animali propri della dea Afrodite, arieti in particolare), rivelano essere sentinelle di peculiari percorsi che tracciano le grandi vie di comunicazione, sacre in quanto tali, di un'antichità tanto lontana quanto ancora ignota, ma che riserva quasi quotidianamente scoperte che destano tanta meraviglia quanti sono gli interrogativi che pongono. Disposti secondo mappe celesti che, spesso, le stesse pietre riportano sotto forma di fori allineati secondo varie figure e cerchi, rivelano la presenza di una civiltà ignota ma sicuramente evoluta. Non è difficile- ecco una traccia a nostro favore- collegarli con simili complessi megalitici sparsi un po' in tutto il mondo, ma possiamo forse datarli ad un'era anteriore alla stessa Stonehenge e ai complessi megalitici del nord Europa, per via delle loro forme e le gigantesche dimensioni. L'argomento è oggetto di attenti studi. L' antico nome di età greca fu presumibilmente Camastra, da cui la denominazione di Motta col predicato Camastra già in età medievale. Riporta Vito Amico che fu distrutta da Camestrio, generale di Gelone di Siracusa, ma possiamo affiancare a questa interpretazione del nome Camastra una forte assonanza con la Dea Madre-Amastris (Demetra, Demether per i Greci) che fu la divinità principale anche per i Fenici (Astarte). Un legame, ancorché sottile, lega i culti della Dea Madre ad un toponimo di probabile derivazione fenicia, presente tuttora nel taorminese con una contrada, Mastrissa, che insiste in un territorio caratterizzato da forte attinenza con la dea Venere romana e con Santa Venera cristiana. Mentre a Francavilla, sul monte Cucco/Orgala, prospiciente l'abitato, una contrada viene ancor oggi denominata " "a Matraria", che assona con "Demetra" secondo la pronuncia dialettale, oltre alla contrada 'san Dimitri' (san Demetrio) nei pressi di Rocca Badia, altro sito ad alta intensità megalitica, per non parlare, inoltre, della contrada santa Venera, disseminata di allineamenti litici visibili e ben concentrati secondo precise convergenze dal fiume s. Paolo alla vetta del colle omonimo.Francavilla medievale sorge tra il 1000 ed 1100. I primi dati storici non sono legati alla figura di San Cremete, un eremita che, durante la dominazione araba, viveva sulla piattaforma rocciosa nella zona chiamata Placa (o "A Badiazza") e che si trova nei pressi del bivio Novara - Mojo, come certa storiografia dei secoli scorsi ha perpetuato, ma già dal IX sec. si accenna all'abitato retto in campo religioso da un protopapa di rito greco. Sull'Abbazia del san Salvatore della Placa troviamo notizie in una pergamena che fa del 1100, nella quale si accenna a Clemente abate e non ancora santo all'epoca.La memoria popolare riporta che quando il conte Ruggero d'Altavilla passò in questa zona con il suo seguito, Cremete, o Clemente, secondo la denominazione latina, gli chiese un aiuto per costruire un Monastero sulla rocca dove egli conduceva la sua vita solitaria. Il conte Ruggero acconsentì e tra il 1090 ed il 1100 fu restaurato il già all'epoca "antico" Monastero di S. Salvatore di Placa dove si stabilirono i monaci dell'ordine basiliano.Intorno ad esso si formeranno poi degli agglomerati di case. In un primo momento si trattava solo di insediamenti di gruppi di contadini che lavoravano per i monaci in quanto, si racconta che Ruggero avesse stabilito che fossero proprietà del Convento tutte le terre che si vedevano dall'altura su cui esso era posto. Vedi Privilegio di Ruggero del quale esistono due versioni ufficiali e una locale corrotta (certamente artatamente) nella traduzione latina.Il castello è coevo al restauro o alla ricostruzione dell'abbazia del San Salvatore della Placa e sorse qualche decennio più tardi perché esistente come possibile acropoli dell'ancora anonima importantissima città sicula che fu Francavilla e come kastron in epoca bizantina. Sorge ancora sotto forma di ruderi su una collina distante 3 km in linea d'aria dalla Placa ed è in posizione strategica. Costituisce il centro della Valle dell'Alcantara ed è protetto e difeso dai castelli di Castiglione di Sicilia, Motta (la Mocta di la Placa), il forte della Placa (cioè la stessa abbazia col suo presidio militare). Vero è che restauri ed interventi siano stati effettuati sotto Guglielmo I D'Altavilla "il Malo" (1120 - 1166); per altri invece esso venne edificato sotto il regno di Guglielmo II detto il "Buono" (1153 - 1189), figlio del precedente. Il castello, maestoso come doveva essere nella sua integrità ed imprendibile (forse difeso da una tripla cinta muraria), pur essendo stato nei secoli teatro della storia non solo locale ma dell'intera Sicilia non è citato tra i castelli di Sicilia. Due chiese ne presidiavano i versanti Est ed Ovest, la chiesa di San Teodoro e la chiesa di San Giorgio.Oggi l'antico Castello feudale è ridotto ad un cumulo di macerie. Le pietre sono saldate con calce malfitana molto usata dagli antichi e di cui esiste ancora una cava nel territorio di Francavilla di Sicilia. Dal lato Est, i ruderi sono rappresentati da grosse ed alte mura, che svettano monumentali sul ciglione sovrastante la ripida parete del colle. Resta inoltre la saldatura muraria tra la linea del ciglione e l'alta muratura. Tra i ruderi della divisione interna; in un cortile, si trovano gli avanzi di una grande cisterna che doveva essere di primaria utilità per i presidiatori del luogo.
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Francavilla di Sicilia is a town and comune in the Province of Messina on the island of Sicily, Italy.It has a population of about 4,000 people and is situated in the southern part of the province, close to the northern slopes of Mount Etna. The distance to Messina is about 50 km, and the town is about 70 km away from Catania airport. It is located in the valley of the River Alcantara between Taormina and Randazzo. Taormina and the Mediterranean Sea are about 15 km to the south-east. Neighboring towns and villages include: Antillo, Castiglione di Sicilia, Fondachelli-Fantina, Malvagna, Montalbano Elicona, Motta Camastra, Novara di Sicilia and Tripi.
Francavilla di Sicilia è un comune italiano di 4.065 abitanti della provincia di Messina in Sicilia.È situata al centro della Valle dell'Alcantara, a nord dell'Etna, sulla riva sinistra del fiume Alcantara. Il suo territorio è solcato dal fiume San Paolo e dal torrente Zavianni, ambedue affluenti dell'Alcantara.L'antico abitato, ancora anonimo, si rivela importante e assai consistente e data anteriormente al VII secolo a.C., era in cui forte fu l'impronta dell'espansionismo ellenistico. Tuttavia una forte presenza di complessi megalitici legati ai culti della fertilità, e soprattutto a quelli della Dea Madre (culto fortemente rappresentato dai reperti archeologici del VI sec. in poi- nella vasta area Piano di Marco/Via don Nino Russotti- i cui legami con Demetra e Kore sono inequivocabili, secondo gli studiosi), e disposti secondo precisi allineamenti, multiformi nell'aspetto e dalle forti impronte antropozoomorfe (con molti riferimenti ai rettili e alle divinità ctonie, al corredo di animali propri della dea Afrodite, arieti in particolare), rivelano essere sentinelle di peculiari percorsi che tracciano le grandi vie di comunicazione, sacre in quanto tali, di un'antichità tanto lontana quanto ancora ignota, ma che riserva quasi quotidianamente scoperte che destano tanta meraviglia quanti sono gli interrogativi che pongono. Disposti secondo mappe celesti che, spesso, le stesse pietre riportano sotto forma di fori allineati secondo varie figure e cerchi, rivelano la presenza di una civiltà ignota ma sicuramente evoluta. Non è difficile- ecco una traccia a nostro favore- collegarli con simili complessi megalitici sparsi un po' in tutto il mondo, ma possiamo forse datarli ad un'era anteriore alla stessa Stonehenge e ai complessi megalitici del nord Europa, per via delle loro forme e le gigantesche dimensioni. L'argomento è oggetto di attenti studi. L' antico nome di età greca fu presumibilmente Camastra, da cui la denominazione di Motta col predicato Camastra già in età medievale. Riporta Vito Amico che fu distrutta da Camestrio, generale di Gelone di Siracusa, ma possiamo affiancare a questa interpretazione del nome Camastra una forte assonanza con la Dea Madre-Amastris (Demetra, Demether per i Greci) che fu la divinità principale anche per i Fenici (Astarte). Un legame, ancorché sottile, lega i culti della Dea Madre ad un toponimo di probabile derivazione fenicia, presente tuttora nel taorminese con una contrada, Mastrissa, che insiste in un territorio caratterizzato da forte attinenza con la dea Venere romana e con Santa Venera cristiana. Mentre a Francavilla, sul monte Cucco/Orgala, prospiciente l'abitato, una contrada viene ancor oggi denominata " "a Matraria", che assona con "Demetra" secondo la pronuncia dialettale, oltre alla contrada 'san Dimitri' (san Demetrio) nei pressi di Rocca Badia, altro sito ad alta intensità megalitica, per non parlare, inoltre, della contrada santa Venera, disseminata di allineamenti litici visibili e ben concentrati secondo precise convergenze dal fiume s. Paolo alla vetta del colle omonimo.Francavilla medievale sorge tra il 1000 ed 1100. I primi dati storici non sono legati alla figura di San Cremete, un eremita che, durante la dominazione araba, viveva sulla piattaforma rocciosa nella zona chiamata Placa (o "A Badiazza") e che si trova nei pressi del bivio Novara - Mojo, come certa storiografia dei secoli scorsi ha perpetuato, ma già dal IX sec. si accenna all'abitato retto in campo religioso da un protopapa di rito greco. Sull'Abbazia del san Salvatore della Placa troviamo notizie in una pergamena che fa del 1100, nella quale si accenna a Clemente abate e non ancora santo all'epoca.La memoria popolare riporta che quando il conte Ruggero d'Altavilla passò in questa zona con il suo seguito, Cremete, o Clemente, secondo la denominazione latina, gli chiese un aiuto per costruire un Monastero sulla rocca dove egli conduceva la sua vita solitaria. Il conte Ruggero acconsentì e tra il 1090 ed il 1100 fu restaurato il già all'epoca "antico" Monastero di S. Salvatore di Placa dove si stabilirono i monaci dell'ordine basiliano.Intorno ad esso si formeranno poi degli agglomerati di case. In un primo momento si trattava solo di insediamenti di gruppi di contadini che lavoravano per i monaci in quanto, si racconta che Ruggero avesse stabilito che fossero proprietà del Convento tutte le terre che si vedevano dall'altura su cui esso era posto. Vedi Privilegio di Ruggero del quale esistono due versioni ufficiali e una locale corrotta (certamente artatamente) nella traduzione latina.Il castello è coevo al restauro o alla ricostruzione dell'abbazia del San Salvatore della Placa e sorse qualche decennio più tardi perché esistente come possibile acropoli dell'ancora anonima importantissima città sicula che fu Francavilla e come kastron in epoca bizantina. Sorge ancora sotto forma di ruderi su una collina distante 3 km in linea d'aria dalla Placa ed è in posizione strategica. Costituisce il centro della Valle dell'Alcantara ed è protetto e difeso dai castelli di Castiglione di Sicilia, Motta (la Mocta di la Placa), il forte della Placa (cioè la stessa abbazia col suo presidio militare). Vero è che restauri ed interventi siano stati effettuati sotto Guglielmo I D'Altavilla "il Malo" (1120 - 1166); per altri invece esso venne edificato sotto il regno di Guglielmo II detto il "Buono" (1153 - 1189), figlio del precedente. Il castello, maestoso come doveva essere nella sua integrità ed imprendibile (forse difeso da una tripla cinta muraria), pur essendo stato nei secoli teatro della storia non solo locale ma dell'intera Sicilia non è citato tra i castelli di Sicilia. Due chiese ne presidiavano i versanti Est ed Ovest, la chiesa di San Teodoro e la chiesa di San Giorgio.Oggi l'antico Castello feudale è ridotto ad un cumulo di macerie. Le pietre sono saldate con calce malfitana molto usata dagli antichi e di cui esiste ancora una cava nel territorio di Francavilla di Sicilia. Dal lato Est, i ruderi sono rappresentati da grosse ed alte mura, che svettano monumentali sul ciglione sovrastante la ripida parete del colle. Resta inoltre la saldatura muraria tra la linea del ciglione e l'alta muratura. Tra i ruderi della divisione interna; in un cortile, si trovano gli avanzi di una grande cisterna che doveva essere di primaria utilità per i presidiatori del luogo.
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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.
Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.
Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.
Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”
Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.
Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.
L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world. Parma is divided into two parts by the little stream with the same name. Parma's Etruscan name was adapted by Romans to describe the round shield called Parma.The Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci (born in a hamlet in the countryside) wrote: "As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry". The district on the far side of the river is Oltretorrente.
Parma è un comune italiano di 186.000 abitanti, capoluogo dell'omonima provincia in Emilia-Romagna.Antica capitale del ducato di Parma e Piacenza (1545-1859), la città di Parma è sede dell'omonima università.Sul territorio comunale sono presenti numerosi parchi, giardini e aree verdi, alcuni di notevole pregio storico e architettonico. La percentuale di verde urbano sulla superficie comunale è pari all'1,8% (ossia circa 4,68 km²) mentre ammonta a 26,6 m² il verde urbano per ogni abitante.] Il verde fruibile pro-capite nell'area urbana è di 14,57 m² per abitante e la città si è posizionata al 5º posto in Italia ed al 1º in Emilia-Romagna nel rapporto Ecosistema Urbano 2009. A Parma sono censiti 100.000 alberi, 28 milioni di m² di manto erboso, oltre 80 aree gioco per i bimbi allestite e situate in contesti verdi e una quarantina di aree dedicate ai cani.Le aristocratiche tradizioni ed una certa raffinatezza della vita sociale caratterizzano ancor oggi l'anima cittadina che si evidenzia in particolare con la passione dei parmigiani nei confronti della musica e dell'Opera, da secoli molto seguite ed apprezzate da vari strati della popolazione.
Il primo letterato nativo di Parma di cui si abbia notizia fu Gaio Cassio Parmense (I secolo a.C.), appartenente ad una delle famiglie romane fondatrici della città e autore di tragedie ed elegie, ma la storia parmense si è col tempo arricchita del contributo intellettuale di numerosi artisti, poeti e pittori che ne hanno determinato l'intenso fervore nei confronti di multiformi interessi culturali, confermato dalla presenza in città di numerosi teatri, musei, manifestazioni e rassegne internazionali nel campo dell'arte e degli scambi commerciali. Benedetto Antelami, il Parmigianino, il Correggio, Ireneo Affò, Giovanni Battista Bodoni, Ferdinando Paër, Giuseppe Verdi, Arturo Toscanini, Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, Étienne Bonnot, abate di Condillac, Attilio Bertolucci, sono solo alcune delle personalità legate a Parma che hanno lasciato un'impronta importante nelle tradizioni artistiche e culturali cittadine.Parma fu magnificata da Stendhal che la visitò per la prima volta nel 1814 e la sognò nelle pagine della sua "Chartreuse" (La Certosa di Parma); successivamente fu desiderata da Marcel Proust nel suo Du côté de chez Swann (La strada di Swann).Nel XVIII secolo lo sviluppo dell'arte e delle istituzioni cittadine contribuirono a definire Parma "l'Atene d'Italia" mentre oggi, grazie al nuovo ruolo attribuitole all'interno dell'Unione Europea con l'assegnazione di un'importante agenzia comunitaria, la città sta preparando e progettando il proprio futuro in funzione di questa investitura destinata a produrre un processo di internazionalizzazione e crescita sociale e culturale, riaffermando l'antica tradizione di piccola capitale.
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Le Tour de France sur le front de 14-18
hommage aux glorieux anciens qui roulaient plus souvent sur des chemins de boue que sur des routes asphaltées.
En 2014, la Grande Boucle rend hommage au centenaire de la Première Guerre mondiale. L'étape du 10 juillet Arras-Reims comprend 90 km dans l'Aisne, dont le Chemin des Dames.
Coucy-le-Château, Anizy, Brancourt-en-Laonnois et Pinon, le peloton entrera sur le fameux Chemin des Dames.
À Pinon Le Tour fera son entrée dans une côte. dans la rue du 52e-RI .
Reims_Un parfum de Paris-Roubaix.
C’est dans la ville des rois de France qu’est jugée l’arrivée de la 6e étape, partie d’Arras pour 194kilomètres. Du Nord-Pas-de-Calais à la Champagne-Ardennes,
il n’y a que du plat et le sprint paraît inévitable.
D’ailleurs, les trois derniers vainqueurs à Reims s’appellent Alessandro Petacchi (2010), Robbie McEwen (2002) et Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (1991) : trois fusées.
Tout le monde sur le pont à Reims pour le Tour de France ...
Le Tour de France est une manifestation qui demande l’implication de tous les services de la Ville
La pose de barrières reste la mission la plus prenante pour les agents municipaux.
le Tour de France est une très grosse « machine » qui demande une logistique considérable.
Si la société ASO (Amaury sport organisation) a ses propres équipes qui suivent tout le parcours pendant les 22 jours de la compétition,
les villes étapes doivent elles aussi accompagner le mouvement.
la ligne d’arrivée.
Dans la zone d’arrivée, sous la houlette du directeur de site, des barrières hautes sont posées autour de la "zone technique",
d’où émettent les camions radio et les télévisions. Doublet travaille depuis un an à la conception de barrières "repousse public" dotées d’arches,
qui empêcheront toute main de percuter malencontreusement un coureur. Suite à la chute de Laurent Jalabert à Armentières d’ailleurs,
les barrières ne laissent plus dépasser aucun panneau publicitaire. La réclame est directement intégrée à la clôture.
La caravane publicitaire
La caravane publicitaire, créée en 1930, s’est développée considérablement au fil des années, pour accueillir plus de 180 véhicules en 2012.
Le défilé d’ouverture, festif et créatif, a su conquérir les marques et le public, jusqu’à devenir une composante essentielle au spectacle du Tour
LCL, qui sera toujours parrain du maillot jaune du leader du classement général du Tour de France, comme c'est le cas depuis 1987.
La caravane publicitaire du Tour Alsace part une heure avant les coureurs. Elle est composée d'une quinzaine de véhicules publicitaires
et suit le parcours officiel du Tour. Elle distribue une multitude de goodies aux spectateurs au bord des routes.
47 % des spectateurs viennent en priorité pour la caravane
Le succès de la formule, avec un défilé de véhicules originaux qui « font de la réclame », en distribuant des cadeaux, est immédiat.
Les premiers annonceurs, comme la Vache qui rit, y gagnent la sympathie du public, qui se prête volontiers au jeu. Quatre-vingts ans plus tard,
la caravane publicitaire est devenue une composante à part entière du spectacle du Tour. Indissociable de la course qu’elle précède, la procession multiforme et multicolore
offre une animation de plus de 45 minutes. Jeunes et moins jeunes commentent sur le bord des routes la taille et l’inventivité des chars ; on s’y presse pour demander des cadeaux…
Au total, une étude réalisée auprès du public du Tour révèle que 47 % des spectateurs sont venus en priorité pour voir la caravane publicitaire.
lancer de saucissons Cochonou à la foule en délire.
Cochonou, la marque de saucissons distribuera bien sûr encore bobs et saucissons au bord de la route depuis ses fameuses 2CV, mais sera également présent sur internet,
avec son blog Cochonou et Vous tenu depuis quelques années par Thibault (qui avait repris le flambeau d'Adeline).
Le garage virtuel CochonouOriginalité cette année, la possibilité de créer sa propre 2CV dans le garage virtuel Cochonou et peut-être même la gagner et la tester pour
la première fois sur la célèbre Avenue des Champs-Elysées lors de l'arrivée de la dernière étape du Tour à Paris !
Le jeu-concours est ouvert jusqu'au 31 juillet mais le grand gagnant de la 2CV sera désigné le 15 juillet prochain sachant que par la suite on peut gagner l'un des autres
lots du jeu (2CV Cochonou miniatures, bobs, porte-clés et sacs cabas).
Vittel, l'eau officiel du Tour de France innove cette année en permettant à d'ordinaires spectateurs du Tour d'en devenir acteur !
ŠKODA qui reste parrain du maillot blanc de meilleur jeune et qui est toujours à la recherche des meilleures animations pour vous permettre, vous en tant que fan du Tour,
de remporter des prix avec le ŠKODA Fan Tour.
Il y a quelques mois, &ScaronKODA a d'ailleurs prolongé son contrat de partenariat avec A.S.O. et donc entre autres avec le Tour de France, jusqu'en 2018.
Banette a reconduit son partenariat pour 4 ans, jusqu'en 2017, et distribuera toujours des milliers de tartines préparées par les artisans boulangers Banette de la région alors
que la caravane continue à distribuer différents goodies et des bons de réduction. Banette communiquera sur son Tour de France sur sa page Facebook.
McCain, le producteur de frites surgelées, a rejoint le Tour en tant que fournisseur officiel pendant 3 ans et sera présent dans la caravane publicitaire du Tour avec un char-tracteur et 3 véhicules légers.
Belin fournira toujours l'apéro, mais ne valorise pas vraiment son partenariat. La seule chose qu'on peut donc vous dire, c'est que "les super z'héros" rejoignent la caravane de Belin :
Du samedi 5 juillet au dimanche 27 juillet 2014, le 101e Tour de France comprendra 21 étapes pour une distance de 3 664 kilomètres.