Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano
A Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano, também chamada de Ambra ou capriccio del Magnifico, é uma das mais famosas villas da Família Médici. Encontra-se na comuna de Poggio a Caiano, província de Prato). Actualmente é propriedade estatal e hospeda um museu.
Vestry House Museum is a history museum in Walthamstow, focusing on the heritage of the local area. The collection includes various artifacts dating from the Victorian Era to the 20th Century including numerous archived documents and photographs.Vestry House was originally built as a workhouse and was later used as a police station and also as private housing . The building became a museum in 1931.On permanent display in the museum is the Bremer Car, the first British motor car with an internal combustion engine, which was built by Frederick Bremer in a workshop at the back of his family home in Connaught Road, Walthamstow. The car first ran in 1892 and was donated to the museum by Bremer in 1933.
A Universidade de Sussex está localizada em Falmer, cerca de seis quilômetros da cidade de Brighton, Reino Unido.
A Universidade de Essex é uma universidade publica com foco em pesquisa científica fundada em 1965 e localizada no Reino Unido. A universidade possui um caráter internacional com 132 países representados em seu corpo estudantil. O Research Excellence Framework em 2014 classificou a Universidade de Essex entre as vinte melhores universidades no Reino Unido pela qualidade em pesquisa científica, e entre as cinco melhores em ciências sociais. A universidade é avaliada pelo QS World University Rankings como estando no top 2% das universidades do mundo e como líder mundial em ciências sociais e gestão, com pontos fortes internacionalmente reconhecidos em artes e ciências humanas . As estatísticas da QS World University Rankings colocam a Universidade de Essex como a quinta universidade mais internacional do Reino Unido e tendo o 11º corpo estudantil mais internacional.
The University of Dundee is a public research university in Dundee, Scotland. It is a red brick university, founded as a university college in 1881 with a donation from the prominent Baxter family of textile manufacturers. The institution was, for most of its early existence, a constituent college of the University of St Andrews alongside United College and St Mary's College located in the town of St Andrews itself. Following significant expansion, the University of Dundee gained independent university status by royal charter in 1967 while retaining much of its ancient heritage and governance structure. The main campus of the university is located in Dundee's West End which contains many of the university's teaching and research facilities; the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee Law School and the Dundee Dental Hospital and School. The university has additional facilities at Ninewells Hospital, containing its school of medicine; Perth Royal Infirmary, which houses a clinical research centre; and in Kirkcaldy, Fife, containing part of its school of nursing and health sciences. The annual income of the institution for 2018–19 was £256.4 million of which £70 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £263.1 million.
The Newark Public Library is a public library system in Newark, New Jersey. The library offers numerous programs and events to its diverse population. With eight different locations, the Newark Public Library serves as a Statewide Reference Center. The Newark Public Library is the public library system for the city of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Currently, the library boasts an enormous collection of both art and literature, art and history exhibits, a variety of programs for all ages, and much more.
Jesmond Dene, a public park in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, occupies the narrow steep-sided valley of a small river known as the Ouseburn, flowing south to join the River Tyne: in north-east England, such valleys are commonly known as denes: the name 'Jesmond' meaning 'mouth of the Ouseburn'.Lord Armstrong and his wife, of the now-demolished Jesmond Dean house nearby, first laid out the park during the 1860s. The design is intended to reflect a rural setting, with woodland, crags, waterfalls and pools. Lord Armstrong gave the park to the people of Newcastle, and it is now owned by Newcastle City Council. The current Jesmond Dene House adjoining the dene was the mansion of Armstrong's business partner Andrew Noble. It is now a luxury hotel.The iron-constructed Armstrong Bridge spans the south end of the Dene and hosts Jesmond Food Market every first and third Saturday of the month. The building of a replacement road and tunnel, the Cradlewell By-pass, was the subject of a road protest camp around 1993, due to the destruction of many 200-year-old trees. Jesmond Dene contains a free-entry petting zoo known as "Pets' Corner", which has been a popular family attraction since the 1960s.Jesmond Dene is home to Newcastle's oldest religious building, St Mary's Chapel. The chapel, now in ruins, was once a site of much significance, attracting a great number of pilgrims.The park is supported by a group called 'Friends of Jesmond Dene' which provides funds for small projects to improve the park. There is also a group of Volunteer Rangers which carries out physical work tidying the paths, picking up litter, cutting back shrubs and other maintenance tasks. The dawn chorus of Jesmond Dene has been professionally recorded and has been used in various workplace and hospital rehabilitation facilities.In 2011, the field area and pets corner were redeveloped. The redevelopment included a new road and a bridge over the Ouseburn river.In 2012, during excessively wet weather, a landslide occurred on the east side of the Dene, near the Old Mill. The landslide covered several footpaths running along the hillside. The paths are currently still closed as the cost of re-opening them would be excessive. In July 2014, the Old Mill in the Dene was vandalised with graffiti tags, which has since been removed.On 1 April 2019, control and upkeep of Jesmond Dene, along with other Newcastle parks, was passed from Newcastle City Council to a newly created charitable trust, Urban Green Newcastle.
Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne
The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne is a historical library in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and the largest independent library outside London. The library is still available for both lending and as a free reference library.
The Congregational Memorial Hall in Farringdon Street, London was built to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Great Ejection of Black Bartholomew's Day, resulting from the 1662 Act of Uniformity which restored the Anglican church. The two thousand puritan ministers who refused to take the oath of conformity thereby established non-conformism. The architect of the hall was John Tarring. The hall was built upon the site of the Fleet Prison in Farringdon Street. It opened in 1875 and served as a meeting place and home for the Congregational Library. Other progressive organisations met there including the Labour Party which was founded at a meeting there on 27 February 1900 initially under the name of the Labour Representation Committee. The hall was demolished in 1968 and Caroone House was built on the site — an office which was used by British Telecom for its international business and telephone tapping.In 1978 the Congregational Memorial Hall Trust was established to handle income from Caroone House and then from the capital raised from its sale. The income is used to maintain the Congregational Library and give grants to the three bodies represented on the trust, the United Reformed Church, the Congregational Federation and the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches.
Terra Foundation for American Art
The Terra Foundation for American Art is a privately operated nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of American art exhibitions, projects, academic research, and publications worldwide. Its goal is to promote a greater understanding and appreciation of the cultural and artistic heritage of the United States through the acquisition, study, and display of works of American art. The Foundation is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
O Templo Malatestiano é a catedral de Rimini, na Itália. Oficialmente dedicada a São Francisco de Assis, deriva seu nome do patronato de Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, que ordenou grandes reformas na estrutura durante o Renascimento, a cargo de Leon Battista Alberti. O edifício original foi erguido no século XIII em estilo gótico, com nave única e capelas laterais, decorada com pinturas de Giotto. Malatesta chamou Alberti e o encarregou de transformar a igreja em uma espécie de mausoléu pessoal em estilo renascentista, para ele e sua esposa, Isotta degli Atti, mas as obras jamais foram concluídas. Em seu interior existem obras de Agostino di Duccio, Piero della Francesca e Francesco Laurana. A igreja também é conhecida por sua Capela dos Planetas, com decoração mitológica e astrológica. A presença de tal iconografia pagã atraiu a condenação do papa Pio II.
The St Andrews Museum is a museum focusing on the history of the town of St Andrews in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
The Speed Art Museum, originally known as the J.B. Speed Memorial Museum, now colloquially referred to as the Speed by locals, is the oldest, largest, and foremost museum of art in Kentucky. It is located in Louisville, Kentucky on Third Street next to the University of Louisville Belknap campus and receives around 180,000 visits annually.The museum offers visitors a variety of "art experiences" outside its collection and international exhibitions, including the Speed Concert Series, the Art Sparks Interactive Family Gallery, and the popular late-night event, After Hours at the Speed.The Speed houses ancient, classical, and modern art from around the world. The focus of the collection is Western art, from antiquity to the present day. Holdings of paintings from the Netherlands, French and Italian works, and contemporary art are particularly strong, with sculpture prominent throughout.
A igreja de São Tomé de Toledo ou de Santo Tomás Apóstol é uma igreja localizada no centro histórico da cidade de Toledo, fundada após a reconquista desta cidade pelo rei Afonso VII de Castela. A igreja aparece citada no século XII, como tendo sido construída sobre o chãos de uma antiga mesquita do século XI. Esta mesquita, assim como outras da cidade, foi usada como igreja cristã sem grandes alterações, já que na tomada da cidade não houve destruição de edifícios. No entanto, em inícios do século XIV, por encontrar-se em estado ruinoso, foi totalmente reedificada a cargo de Gonçalo Ruiz de Toledo, senhor de Orgaz, tendo-se transformado o antigo minarete da mesquita em campanário ao estilo mudéjar. A sua fama deve-se sobretudo por albergar no seu interior o quadro O Enterro do Conde de Orgaz de El Greco, que pode ser contemplado acedendo pela parte posterior da igreja.
A Basílica de Santa Maria do Espírito Santo é uma das principais igrejas de Florença, na Itália. Foi erguida sobre ruínas de um convento dos agostinhos do século XIII. Seu projeto se deve a Filippo Brunelleschi. Após sua morte os trabalhos foram continuados por Antonio Manetti, Giovanni da Gaiole e Salvi d'Andrea, mantendo-se muito fiéis ao plano original, mas a fachada jamais foi concluída. Em 1489 foi construída uma sacristia e um vestíbulo com colunas, obras respectivamente de Giuliano da Sangallo e Simone del Pollaiolo. Em 1601 foi instaldo um baldaquino de Giovanni Battista Caccini e Gherardo Silvani sobre o altar-mor. O óculo possui um vitral de Pietro Perugino, e o campanário foi projetado por Baccio d'Agnolo. Seu interior possui numerosas obras de arte de Francesco Botticini, Andrea Sansovino, Cosimo Rosselli, Filippino Lippi, Giuliano da Sangallo, Alessandro Allori, Nanni di Baccio Bigio, Alessandro Gherardini, Bernardo Buontalenti, Antonio Rossellino, Michelangelo, Ghirlandaio e vários outros mestres.
A Igreja de São Sulpício , localiza-se na praça de São Sulpício, em Paris, na França. Edifício histórico, constitui-se na segunda igreja mais alta da cidade. Consagrada a São Sulpício, o "Piedoso", abriga em seu interior um sistema de determinação astronômica dos equinócios desenhado por Henry Sully, e que ficou conhecido pela menção na obra "O Código da Vinci", de Dan Brown.
The Church of Saint-Roch is a late Baroque 126 meter-long church in Paris, dedicated to Saint Roch. Located at 284 rue Saint-Honoré, in the 1st arrondissement, it was built between 1653 and 1740.The church is organized as a series of chapels. One of them is dedicated to Saint Susanna in memory of the church which used to stand in its place. Accordingly, there is a mural painting above the altar, showing Saint Susanna fleeing her attackers, and looking up to the heavens for the help of God.
The Ruskin Library is a library of the University of Lancaster which houses the Whitehouse Collection of material relating to the English poet, author and artist John Ruskin and his circle. This collection was formed by John Howard Whitehouse, Liberal Member of Parliament.
