Zenobia Camprubí Aymar was a Spanish-born writer and poet; she was also a noted translator of the works of Rabindranath Tagore. She was born in Malgrat de Mar to a Puerto Rican mother and a Spanish father. She later lived in the United States, studied in Columbia University, and spent the duration of the Spanish Civil War writing her Diario in Cuba. Her brother, José Camprubí, was owner and publisher of La Prensa, New York's most important Spanish-language daily newspaper, from 1918 to 1942.She eventually became a professor at the University of Maryland before her death from ovarian cancer, aged 69, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, two days after her husband Juan Ramón Jiménez received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet is a Roman Catholic church in the centre of Paris, France, located in the 5th arrondissement. Since 1977, after expelling the parish priest and his assistants, the church has been used by traditionalist Society of St. Pius X and remains in the Society's hands.
Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé
The Église Saint-Martin is a Roman Catholic church located in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France. It is in the principal Gothic architectural style. Because of its past as a collegiate church, is also known als Collégiale Saint-Martin, and because of its large dimensions, as Cathédrale Saint-Martin, although Colmar had never been the seat of a bishopric.
Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, on Place Saint-Gervais in the Marais district, east of City Hall . The current church was built between 1494 and 1657, on the site of two earlier churches; the facade, completed last, was the first example of the French baroque style in Paris. The organists of the church included Louis Couperin and his nephew François Couperin, two of the most celebrated composers and musicians of the Baroque period; the organ they used can still be seen today. The church contains remarkable examples of medieval carved choir stalls, stained glass from the 16th century, 17th century sculpture, and modern stained glass by Sylvie Gaudin and Claude Courageux. Saint-Gervais was a parish church until 1975, when it became the headquarters of the Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem.
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont é uma igreja católica situada na Montanha Santa Genoveva, no 5º arrondissement de Paris, na França. Localiza-se junto ao Panteão. Nela, está a tumba com os restos mortais de Santa Genoveva, padroeira de Paris. A igreja alberga, ainda, em ambos os lados da entrada do presbitério, as tumbas de Blaise Pascal e Jean Racine.
Saïd Business School is the business school of the University of Oxford, named after Syrian-Saudi billionaire Wafic Saïd. It is part of Oxford's Social Sciences Division. Oxford Saïd is the University of Oxford's centre of learning for undergraduate and graduate students in business, management and finance. Undergraduates are also taught as part of the Economics and Management course together with the Economics Department. The school of management was re-branded as Saïd Business School in 1996. It is named after its chief benefactor, Syrian-Saudi Arabian billionaire Wafic Saïd, arms dealer , political fixer, businessman and philanthropist, who has donated £70 million to date. The current dean is Peter Tufano. Previous deans were Professor Colin Mayer , Professor Anthony Hopwood and Professor John Kay .
Rye Castle, also known as Ypres Tower, was built in the 13th or 14th centuries, and is situated in Rye, East Sussex, England. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.
Rufford Old Hall is a National Trust property in Rufford, Lancashire, England. Built in about 1530 for Sir Robert Hesketh, only the Great Hall survives from the original structure. A brick-built wing in the Jacobean style was added in 1661, at right angles to the Great Hall, and a third wing was added in the 1820s. Rufford Old Hall is designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, The hall's cottage, coach house and stables, about ten metres to the east, are designated Grade II.
O Reggia di Caserta é um palácio barroco situado em Caserta, na região italiana da Campania. O edifício foi encomendado pelo rei Carlos VII para servir de centro administrativo e cortesão do novo Reino de Nápoles, ao mesmo tempo que simbolizava o poder real. O monarca quis dotar a Dinastia Borbon-Duas Sicílias de uma residência à altura do Palácio de Versailles. O arquitecto eleito foi Luigi Vanvitelli, em cuja obra predominava o barroco nacionalista, muito próximo do Neoclassicismo. Vanvitelli também tomou a seu cargo o desenho do parque e dos jardins, além de dirigir as obras do palácio. Não obstante, Carlos jamais viu o seu projecto finalizado, pois teve que partir de Nápoles para ocupar o trono espanhol por morte do seu irmão, Fernando VI de Espanha. O palácio serviu de residência de Verão para o seu filho Fernando I e dos restantes monarcas do Reino das Duas Sicílias até à incorporação deste ao Reino de Itália. O rei Vítor Emanuel III da Itália doou o palácio ao povo italiano em 1919. O edifício, em conjunto com os jardins e o complexo arquitectónico de São Leucio, foram declarados Património da Humanidade pela UNESCO em 1997. Actualmente é um museu aberto ao público.
The Royal Irish Fusiliers was an Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation of the 87th Regiment of Foot and the 89th Regiment of Foot in 1881. The regiment's first title in 1881 was Princess Victoria's , changed in 1920 to the Royal Irish Fusiliers . Between the time of its formation and Irish independence, it was one of eight Irish regiments. In 1968, the Royal Irish Fusiliers was amalgamated with the other regiments of the North Irish Brigade, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the Royal Ulster Rifles, to become the Royal Irish Rangers.
O Royal Green Jackets Museum é um museu localizado em Winchester, Inglaterra, que apresenta artefatos da história militar britânica, especialmente do regimento Royal Green Jackets e suas formações anteriores.
The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is a court building in London which houses the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales. The High Court also sits on circuit and in other major cities. For centuries these courts were located in Westminster Hall but in the 19th century a new purpose built structure was seen as needed. Designed by George Edmund Street, who died before it was completed, it is a large grey stone edifice in the Victorian Gothic style built in the 1870s and opened by Queen Victoria in 1882. It is one of the largest courts in Europe. It is located on Strand within the City of Westminster, near the border with the City of London . It is surrounded by the four Inns of Court, St Clement Danes church, The Australian High Commission, King's College London and the London School of Economics. The nearest London Underground stations are Chancery Lane and Temple. The courts within the building are generally open to the public with some access restrictions depending upon the nature of the cases being heard. Those in court who do not have legal representation may receive some assistance within the building. A Citizens Advice Bureau is based in the Main Hall which provides free, confidential and impartial advice by appointment to litigants-in-person. There is also an office of Support Through Court where litigants-in-person can receive emotional support and practical information about court proceedings. The Central Criminal Court, widely known as the Old Bailey after its street, is about 1⁄2 mile to the east — a Crown Court centre with no direct connection with the Royal Courts of Justice.
The Royal Armoury is a museum in the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. It contains many artifacts of Swedish military history and Swedish royalty. It is the oldest museum in Sweden, established in 1628 by King Gustavus Adolphus when he decided that his clothes from his campaign in Poland should be preserved for posterity.A drinking horn made from a horn of the last aurochs bull and taken by the Swedish army as war booty from Jaktorów, Poland, during the Swedish invasion of Poland is part of the collection of the museum.
O Royal Air Force Museum è um museu aeronáutico dedicado à historia da aviação, particularmente daquela afeita à Royal Air Force , uma das armas do Reino Unido. O Museu está localizado no antigo aeródromo de Hendon na zona norte de Londres, tem cinco edifícios principais e hangares dedicados a história da aviação e da força aérea real. Faz parte do museu da Força Aérea Real, patrocinado pelo Ministério da Defesa, uma Instituição de Caridade Registrada, mas separada da Força Aérea Real. Uma segunda coleção de exposições, além de instalações de restauração de aeronaves, está alojado no Museu de força aérea real em Cosford em Shropshire a 8 quilômetros ao nordeste de Wolverhampton a oeste de Midlands no centro de Inglaterra. Um terceiro local e uma instalação de armazenamento em Stafford, não muito longe de Cosford.
Amalie Rothschild was an American artist who lived and worked within the art community of Baltimore, Maryland. An accomplished painter and sculptor, she was also an art teacher, philanthropist, patron, and cultural advocate. Over the course of a long career, she made oil and acrylic paintings as well as drawings, watercolors, and other paper works. She also sculpted using found objects, Plexiglas, metals, and particleboard. Originally working in a realist style, she became well known for geometric abstractions based on figurative subjects. In 1993 a critic described this approach as "[walking] a tightrope between the abstract and the representational with a suggestion of three-dimensional depth." Rothschild was by choice a regional artist. Although she occasionally exhibited elsewhere, she did not actively promote her career outside a mid-Atlantic region centered on Baltimore. Thus, in 1997 a critic wrote, "Amalie Rothschild is a fixture and ornament of the Baltimore art world." At the time of her death a critic gave this career summary: "She was one of the leading artists of her time in this area. Her work is thoroughly modern and related to geometric abstraction, but without losing the figure. It has emotional reserve, often contains a hint of humor and at times recalls the childlike sagacity of the great Paul Klee."
O Castelo Rosenborg é um castelo de pequenas dimensões erguido em Copenhaga, capital da Dinamarca.
The Rosenbach is located within two 19th-century townhouses at 2008 and 2010 Delancey Place in Philadelphia. The historic houses contain the collections and treasures of Philip Rosenbach and his younger brother Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach. The brothers owned the Rosenbach Company which became the preeminent dealer of rare books, manuscripts and decorative arts during the first half of the 20th century. Dr. Rosenbach in particular was seminal in the rare book world, helping to build libraries such as the Widener Library at Harvard, The Huntington Library and the Folger Shakespeare Library. In 2013, the Rosenbach became a subsidiary of the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation, but maintains its own board and operates independently of the public library system.The Rosenbach documents a panorama of American and European culture through its vast historical, literary and artistic treasures.
A Batalha de Rorke's Drift, também conhecida como Defesa de Rorke's Drift, foi uma batalha da Guerra Anglo-Zulu. Foi a defesa do entreposto de Rorke's Drift, sob o comando do tenente da Royal Engineers, John Rouse Merriott Chard, e o tenente Gonville Bromhead, iniciada logo após a derrota britânica na Batalha de Isandlwana em 22 de janeiro de 1879, e terminada no dia seguinte, 23 de janeiro. Pouco mais de cento e cinquenta soldados britânicos e colonos, conseguiram proteger a guarnição dos intensos ataques das ordas de impis, do exército de três a quatro mil zulus. O massivo, porém fragmentado, ataque zulu a Rorke's Drift se aproximou de derrotar a pequena guarnição, mas foi interrompido quando Dabulamanzi kaMpande percebeu que o custo da batalha estava muito alto, e ele desobedecera ordens do rei Cetshwayo kaMpande ao cruzar o rio Buffalo. Onze dos defensores foram condecorados com Cruzes Vitorianas, e outras condecorações foram dadas a tropa. A vitória em Rorke’s Drift serviu para levantar o moral britânico, abalado pela derrota esmagadora na batalha de Isandlwana, e como pretexto para novas expedições em ataque ao território zulu.
