Famous Buildings
Famous Tudor buildings
The Tudors were a family that ruled England and Wales for 118 years from 1485 to 1603, and two of our most well known monarchs sat on the throne reigned in this period – Henry 8th and Elizabeth 1st. During the Tudor period, large houses underwent a significant change in style. For many years they were built for defence purposes, often surrounded by high walls and moats to keep out intruders. Now they were designed to be attractive, and were often laid out in ornate H or E shapes to look really impressive. It was also fashionable to incorporate hidden…
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It was the result of a need for speed rather than any grand artistic statement. So that a photo shoot didn’t obstruct the important business of their last studio recording, The Beatles decided a picture of them on Abbey Road’s zebra crossing would do the trick. The resulting half-hour session turned a regular piece of painted Tarmac in north-west London into a shrine for fans. More recently it became the first, and only, pedestrian crossing in Britain to win Grade II listed status. Attracting such a listing means that the site can’t be altered without…
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If you still think of Fort Worth, TX, as simply “Cowtown, ” then you’re due for a return visit. The city is home to the cutting-edge Modern Art Museum, with its five glass pavilions surrounded by a reflective pond—now crowned by T+L readers as one of the world’s top new buildings. This year, for the first time, Travel + Leisure asked readers to rank 60 landmarks, including skyscrapers, stadiums, museums, and opera houses. While they all had to have opened within the last 15 years, many of the top-ranking buildings are more recent arrivals, such…
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The Art in State Buildings (ASB) Program acquires artwork for new public facilities built with state funds. The program requires that up to .5% of the construction appropriation be set aside to acquire artwork for permanent display in, on or around the facility. Since the program began in 1979, more than 1, works of art have been purchased or commissioned for Florida public spaces. You ll find them in nearly every Florida county, in locations such as state office buildings, Department of Transportation complexes, Department of Health facilities…
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Additional images and more below. Google Maps Did the Brown Palace make the cut? Nope — it finished in 16th place. How about the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception? It comes in at number 19. The State Capitol? Number 24. The Denver Art Museum? 27, one space behind the Daniels & Fisher Tower. So what s in the top ten? The list is dominated by Denver s tallest buildings, with many of them clustered along 17th Street. Count down Ranker s ten favorites below, complete with photos and excerpts (with links) from their respective Wikipedia pages…
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Kanye West has screened his controversial new video at various locations around London. The US rapper, who has already angered a number of people with the racy Famous video, decided to show it to Londoners en masse on Sunday evening. Rather than having exclusive screening events, West projected the raunchy video on to various building so that onlookers could get a glimpse of the naked celebrity lookalikes. The superstar tweeted the locations of the screenings just a few hours before they started, telling fans to congregate in Shoreditch and in Covent…
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St Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansdom), situated at the heart of Vienna, has survived many wars and is now a symbol of the city’s freedom. The Gothic cathedral stands on the ruins of two earlier churches and was largely initiated by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, in the 14th century. Its most recognizable characteristic, the diamond-patterned tile roof, was only added in 1952. 9Burgos Cathedral The Burgos Cathedral is a medieval cathedral in Burgos, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It is famous for its vast size and unique Gothic architecture. Construction…
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The construction of a cathedral was often led and financed to a large extent by the Cathedral Chapter (the senior clergy), while bishops tended to contribute at their own free will. However, at Durham, the bishops contribution - both intellectual and financial, was substantial. Cathedral chapters financed the construction by actively raising money from their congregations, by creating systems of fining clerics for transgressions such as tardiness, and by arranging for relics to go on tour. Taking relics on tour was a very lucrative means of fund-raising…
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