Editor's Pick Panoramas
The room contains the Louvre's collection of Roman copies after Greek originals from the Hellenistic period. The Diana of Versailles, a slightly over lifesize marble statue of the Greek goddess Artemis (Diana), with a deer, in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. It is a Roman copy (1st or 2nd century AD) of a lost Greek bronze original attributed to Leochares, c. 325 BC.
Capital of a column from the audience hall of the palace of Darius I (510 BC).
This colossal capital from one of the thirty-six monumental columns which supported the roof of the apadana at Susa is evidence of an architectural tradition purely Iranian. It is typical of Achaemenid art in combining elements taken from different civilizations to form a coherent stylistic ensemble.
Completed in 1857, these were occupied by the Ministry of Finance from 1871 to 1989. The Cour Marly was covered with a glass roof designed by Ieoh Ming Pei (the architect of the Pyramid) and opened in 1993. It now contains statues from the park at Marly, Louis XIV's favorite residence. The terraced floor provides a splendid setting for the works, bathed in constant natural light.
The Chinese Pavilion (or in Swedish "Kina Slott") is a small Chinese pleasure pavilion in the Drottningholm Palace park, built in the 1760s as birthday gift from King Adolf Fredrik to Queen Lovisa Ulrika.
The Chinese Pavilion (1766) in the Drottningholm Palace park was built for Queen Luise Ulrike as a summer residence; the interior shows a mingling of French Roccoco and Chinoiserie. Nearby is the
little settlement of "Canton" (1750-60), built to house the craftsmen making furniture and wallpaper for the Chinese Pavilion..
Naisr al Mulk mosque is a traditional mosque with one of the most beautiful tile works and architecture typical from the Ghajar era with extensive colored glass wrok in its decoration. The mosque was built 1888.
Town Hall Square (Tallinn, Estonia) has been a meeting place and marketplace for centuries. The square in front of City Hall was an active marketplace, even before the town hall was built. They used the square for all kinds of public events, from partying to the killings. Today the square is the city's social center, with lots of beer gardens in summer and concerts, craft sales and medieval markets.
Every year since 1930, with few exceptions, the Nobel Prize Banquet has been held in the City Hall. Following the prize ceremony at Stockholm Concert Hall, some 1,300 people, including 250 students, sit down to eat in the Blue Hall (Blå hallen), in one of the world's most exclusive banquets. The Nobel Laureates, their families, the Swedish Royal Family, representatives of the Swedish Government and distinguished foreign guests all participate.
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