Royal Exhibition Building

Warsaw as seen from the Palace of Culture and Science 

Construction started in 1952 and lasted until 1955. A gift from the Soviet Union to the people of Poland, the tower was constructed, using Soviet plans, almost entirely by 3500 workers from the Soviet Union, of whom 16 died in accidents during the construction. The Soviets were housed at a new suburban complex at Poland's expense, complete with its own cinema, food court, community centre and swimming pool. The architecture of the building is closely related to several similar skyscrapers built in the Soviet Union of the same era, most notably the Moscow State University. However, the main architect Lev Rudnev incorporated some Polish architectural details into the project by traveling around Poland and seeing the architecture. The monumental walls are headed with pieces of masonry copied from Renaissance houses and palaces of Kraków and Zamość. Shortly after opening, the building hosted the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students. Many visiting dignitaries toured the Palace, and it also hosted performances by notable international artists, such as a 1967 concert by the Rolling Stones, the first by a major western rock group behind the Iron Curtain. In 1985, it hosted the historic Leonard Cohen concert, surrounded by many political expectations, which were avoided by Cohen in his prolonged introductions during the three-hour show. Four 6.3-metre clock faces were added to the top of the building ahead of the millennium celebrations in 2000. This briefly made the building the tallest clock tower in the world (it was superseded by the NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building, to which a clock was added in 2002, by and Makkah Clock Royal Tower in 2012).

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Royal Exhibition Building

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I read the news today, oh boy 

As in "now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall" from 'A Day In The Life' by The Beatles. The Royal Albert Hall was built to fulfil the vision of Prince Albert (Queen Victoria's consort) of a 'Central Hall' that would be used to promote understanding and appreciation of the Arts and Sciences and would stand at the heart of the South Kensington estate, surrounded by museums and places of learning. The Hall is a Grade I Listed building; and has been in continuous use since it was opened in March 1871. It was always conceived as a multipurpose building to host not only concerts of music but exhibitions, public meetings, scientific conversations and award ceremonies. It is a registered charity held in trust for the nation but is financially self sufficient: it receives no funding from central or local government.

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Royal Exhibition Building

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Schlosspark Linderhof, Maurisches Kiosk 

Für die Pariser Weltausstellung 1867 wurde das Gebäude von Carl Diebitsch geschaffen und später von König Ludwig II von Bayern für den Schlosspark Linderhof erworben. The building of Carl Diebitch was created for the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867 and later acquired by King Ludwig II of Bavaria for the castle Linderhof Park. Das Schloss Lindenhof, die "Königliche Villa wurde zwischen 1870 und 1886 durch König Ludwig II von Bayern errichtet. Es war als kleiner Rückzugsort geplant, ähnlich dem Refugium König Ludwigs XiV. Dort, wo heute das Schloss Linderhof steht, stand bis Mitte des 19 Jhd ein hölzernes Bauernhaus, das s.g. Königshäuschen auf dem Gelände des Lynder Hofes. Dieses "Königshäusel", wurde 1873, um Platz für das Schloss zu schaffen, zweihundert Meter weiter nach Westen versetzt, wo es sich heute noch befindet.

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State Historical Museum 

The State Historical Museum (Государственный исторический музей) of Russia is a museum of Russian history wedged between Red Square and Manege Square in Moscow. Its exhibitions range from relics of prehistoric tribes that lived on the territory of present-day Russia, through priceless artworks acquired by members of the Romanov dynasty. The total number of objects in the museum's collection comes to millions.

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the royal exhibition building

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Musée du Louvre - The most visited of the world (Panorama) 

The Louvre or the Louvre Museum is one of the world's largest museums and a historic monument in Paris. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (ward). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet). The Louvre is the world's most visited museum, receiving more than 9.7 million visitors in 2012. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as a fortress in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. In 1692, the building was occupied by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie remained at the Louvre for 100 years During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces.

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Scene clothes of "L'Osteria di Marechiaro" by Giovanni Paisiello (Taranto 1740-Naples 1816), staged on 1768 in Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini, recently (2011) at San Carlo Theatre in Naples - Exhibition at "MeMus"=Memory and Music Museum - Royal San Carlo

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The IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) 

The IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. The Museum presents a wide variety of art in a dynamic programme of exhibitions, which regularly includes bodies of work from its own Collection and its award-winning Education and Community Department. It also creates more widespread access to art and artists through its Studio and National programmes.

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The National Gallery on Trafalgar square 

London's National Gallery, founded in 1824, houses a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900[a] in its home on Trafalgar Square. The collection belongs to the British public and entry to the main collection is free, although there are charges for entry to special exhibitions. The gallery is a Non-Departmental Public Body. The National Gallery's beginnings were modest; unlike comparable galleries such as the Louvre in Paris or the Museo del Prado in Madrid, it was not formed by nationalising an existing royal or princely art collection. It came into being when the British government bought 36 paintings from the banker John Julius Angerstein in 1824. After that initial purchase the Gallery has been shaped mainly by its early directors, notably Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, and by private donations, which comprise two thirds of the collection.

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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao - Spain 

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The museum was inaugurated on October 18, 1997, by the past King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Cantabrian Sea, it is one of several museums belonging to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists. One of the most admired works of contemporary architecture, the building has been hailed as a "signal moment in the architectural culture", because it represents "one of those rare moments when critics, academics, and the general public were all completely united about something." The museum was the building most frequently named as one of the most important works completed since 1980 in the 2010 World Architecture Survey among architecture experts.

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