Details: La Rotonda is an Italian villa designed by Andrea Palladio and is located outside Vicenza, Italy. Information: The Villa Almerico-Capra was designed by Palladio for a priest, Paolo Almerico, who wanted to retire to the Veneto. The building took over twenty years to build, in which time Palladio died. It is called Villa Capra as it was Read more about La Rotonda[…]
Details: The Scala dei Giganti (Stairs of Giants) is a staircase designed by Antonio Rizzo and is located in the Doge’s Palace in Venice, Italy. Information: After a fire in 1483 destroyed sections of the Ducal Palace, the building underwent decades of renovations where renaissance architecture was injected into the gothic palace. In 1485 the decision Read more about The Stairs of Giants[…]
Details: The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia (Reina Sofia Palace of the Arts) is an opera house and cultural centre located in the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain. Information: The opera house was opened by the Queen of Spain, Reina Sophia, in 2005. The building was designed by the Valencian born Read more about Reina Sofia Palace of the Arts[…]
Details: The Sagrada Família was designed by Antoni Gaudí and is located in Barcelona. Information: The building’s full name is Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Basilica and Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family). Construction began in 1882 and was under the supervision of architect Francisco Paula de Villar. However Francisco stepped down in 1883 and Read more about Sagrada Família[…]
Details: The south transept window of Notre Dame in Paris is made up of a large stained glass rose window and stained glass lancet windows. Information: The window was constructed in 1260 during the building of the transepts of the cathedral. The rose window measures over forty-two feet in diameter and is placed above sixteen Read more about Notre Dame Window[…]
Details: The Gates of Paradise are a set of gilded doors on the Battistero di San Giovanni in Florence. Information: The Baptistery is located in front of Santa Maria del Fiore and has three sets of bronze doors. The main entrance door, originally located on the east side of the Baptistery, was made by Andrea Read more about The Gates of Paradise[…]
Details: The Basilica di Santa Croce is an example of a Tuscan Gothic church in Florence. Information: Designed by Arnolfo di Cambio, the construction of Santa Croce began in 1294 and finished in 1442. Although the architectural style of the church is Gothic, the marble façade of the building is a 19th century addition in Read more about Santa Croce[…]
Details: The Holocaust Memorial, or the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, is located on the Cora-Berliner Straße in Berlin. Information: The memorial was designed by the American architect Peter Eisenman and the British engineering firm BuroHappold. The memorial was first proposed in 1988 but only approved in 1999 and built in 2003-4. It Read more about The Holocaust Memorial[…]
Details: The Stoa of Attalos is located in the Ancient Agora of Athens and was built between 159 and 138 BC. Information: The building was built under Attalos II, the King of Pergamon, and thus takes his name. The Agora was a market place in ancient times and became somewhat of a museum-garden after the Read more about The Stoa of Attalos[…]
Details: The Caryatids were produced in the 5th century BC and are now located in the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Information: A Caryatid is a supporting column of a building which takes the form of a female figure. The Caryatids located in the Acropolis Museum were once part of the Erechtheion which stands atop the Read more about The Caryatids[…]