The Basilica of San Domenico is a Gothic-style church in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, dedicated to St Dominic. It is especially renowned for housing a painted crucifix by Cimabue.
The Royal Library of Belgium is the national library of Belgium. The library has a history that goes back to the age of the Dukes of Burgundy. In the second half of the 20th century, a new building was constructed on the Mont des Arts in central Brussels, near the Central Station. The library owns several collections of historical importance, like the famous Fétis archives, and is the depository for all books ever published in Belgium or abroad by Belgian authors.
There are four million bound volumes in the Royal Library, including a rare book collection numbering 45,000 works. The library has more than 700,000 engravings and drawings, 150,000 maps and plans, and more than 250,000 objects, from coins to scales to monetary weights. This coin collection holds one of the most valuable coins in the field of numismatics, a fifth-century Sicilian tetradrachm. The library also houses the Center for American Studies, a rich American Studies collection of 30,000 books in open stacks, as well as U.S. newspapers and databases.The Royal Library is open for reference only. Patrons must be at least eighteen years of age and must pay an annual membership fee.
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Prior to 28 March 2006, the Royal Highland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment in its own right, created by the amalgamation of the Royal Scots Fusiliers with the Highland Light Infantry in January 1959.
The Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive is a military engineering museum and library in Gillingham, Kent. It tells the story of the Corps of Royal Engineers and British military engineering in general.
The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society is an educational, cultural and scientific charity, as well as a local arts and cinema venue, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The Society exists to promote innovation in the arts and sciences.
Ridley Hall is a theological college located in Sidgwick Avenue in Cambridge in the United Kingdom, which trains men and women intending to take Holy Orders, as deacon or priest of the Church of England, and members of the laity working with children and young people, as lay pioneers and within a pastoral capacity such as lay chaplaincy.
王立空軍(おうりつくうぐん、英語: Royal Air Force)は、イギリスの保有する空軍である。略称としてRAFやR.A.F.という表記がある。日本語ではイギリス空軍、英国空軍とも表記される。
1918年4月1日にイギリス軍の一部として独立した。RAFは世界で最も長い歴史を持つ空軍であり、約793機の航空機と、3万4200人の兵力を保有している。
国防省の目的を達成することが任務であるが、具体的には、イギリスと海外領土を確実に保障防衛すること、特に国際的な平和と保障を進める際に政府の外交政策を支えること、それらのために必要とされる能力を提供することである。
王立演劇学校(おうりつえんげきがっこう、Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts、通称RADA)とは、ロンドンにある役者、ステージマネージャ、ディレクター、デザイナー、舞台芸術の職業教育を行う演劇学校である。1904年に演劇プロデューサーのHerbert Beerbohm Treeによって設立された。3年制。ロンドン中心部のブルームズベリーを拠点としている。
Conservatoire for Dance and Dramaの付属校の1つである。またキングス・カレッジ・ロンドンと提携しており、高等教育コースの認定はKCLによって行われる。
また、夏だけのサマースクールや、ショートコースも充実している。日本においても、毎年夏に現代演劇協会によって「RADAイン東京」と称し、RADAの講師を迎えて短期間のワークショップが開かれている。
クイーン・メアリー(英:Queen Mary University of London, QMUL)は、ロンドン大学群を構成するカレッジのひとつである。
メイン校舎のマイル・エンド・キャンパスはロンドンで最大の設備を完備したキャンパスで、市内に所有するその他の4つのキャンパスと合計で162カ国出身、約26,000名の学生が学んでいる。
現在までに9名のノーベル賞受賞者を関係者から輩出しており、ラッセル・グループのメンバーでもある同校は英国で屈指の高等教育ならびに研究機関として、国際的にも広く認められている。
2012年に行われた全英学生調査において、大ロンドン管轄内の大学で学生満足度第1位を獲得するなど、学生の満足度も非常に高いカレッジとして有名である。
Paredes de Nava is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain.
It is the birthplace of Renaissance painter Pedro Berruguete. Some paintings by him can be seen in the predella of the local church of Santa Eulalia. Other sights include the church of St. Martin .
The Phoenix Art Museum is the largest museum for visual art in the southwest United States. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the museum is 285,000 square feet . It displays international exhibitions alongside its comprehensive collection of more than 18,000 works of American, Asian, European, Latin American, Western American, modern and contemporary art, and fashion design. A community center since 1959, it hosts festivals, live performances, independent art films and educational programs year-round. It also features The Hub: The James K. Ballinger Interactive Gallery, an interactive space for children; photography exhibitions through the museum's partnership with the Center for Creative Photography; the landscaped Sculpture Garden; dining and shopping.
It has been designated a Phoenix Point of Pride.
Castle of Sümeg is a castle by the town of Sümeg, Veszprém county, Hungary.Built in the mid or late 13th century by Béla IV of Hungary, Sümeg Castle is situated atop a mountain called "Castle Hill", 20 miles north of Lake Balaton. During its existence, it has been expanded several times. In the 15th century, it was fortified, and the second of two towers was built. It has been under siege several times, and has experienced two fires.
Today, it is the main tourist attraction for visitors to Sümeg.
See also Palazzo Doria PamphiljPalazzo Pamphilj, also spelled Palazzo Pamphili, is a palace facing onto the Piazza Navona in Rome. It was built between 1644 and 1650.
Since 1920 the palace has housed the Brazilian Embassy in Italy, and in October 1960 it became the property of the Federative Republic of Brazil in a purchase negotiation led by Ambassador Hugo Gouthier de Oliveira Gondim. The roof terrace is open to the public, with a renowned restaurant and bar that showcases the Roman skyline, and frequent concerts, often featuring Italian opera.
The Palazzo della Cancelleria is a Renaissance palace in Rome, Italy, situated between the present Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and the Campo de' Fiori, in the rione of Parione. It was built 1489–1513 by Baccio Pontelli and Antonio da Sangallo the Elder as a palace for Cardinal Raffaele Riario, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, and is regarded as the earliest Renaissance palace in Rome. The Palazzo houses the Papal Chancellery, is an extraterritorial property of the Holy See, and is designated as a World Heritage Site.