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SAN ILDEFONSO Vl

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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SAN ILDEFONSO V

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: The Neptune Fountain and Cascade La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia 1721 The sea god rises from the waters on a shell-encrusted carriage, pulled at high speed by hippocamps (horses with shells for hooves) and accompanied by all manner of jetting tritons, cupids and fishes.]]>

SAN ILDEFONSO lV

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: Fountain of Fame La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia 1721 The Fountain of Fame mounted on Pegasus triumphantly sounds her watery trumpet as the slain fall into the four main rivers of Spain. ]]>

SAN ILDEFONSO Vll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: Monumental Cascade La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia 1721 Réne Carlier tamed the streams into the Ria in a series of cascades and stepped waterfalls whose progress can be viewed from a raised terrace. The marble steps of the Monumental Cascade topped by the Pavilion have strong echoes of Marly.]]>

VILLA PADIERNA AMPHITHREATRE l

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: Amphitheatre El Teatro, Villa Padierna, Marbella 2007 Owing to the god’s Olympian greatness, in ancient times statues of Jupiter were used only in public places, and here, with a lance and an eagle at his feet, he holds a commanding position over the amphitheatre.]]>

VILLA PADIERNA ll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: Amphitheatre El Teatro, Villa Padierna, Marbella 2007 The climate is perfect for open-air concerts and performances and in what better setting than an amphitheatre seating five hundred people.]]>

VILLA PADIERNA AT NIGHT lll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: Amphitheatre El Teatro, Villa Padierna, Marbella 2007 Ed Gilbert, the architect, harbours a fear of ‘dark’ theatres so, even if there are no live shows, the space is designed to be a constant spectacle in its own right – animated by day and lit at night]]>

SAN ILDEFONSO lll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: The Latona Basin La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia 1721 The Latona Basin shows Jupiter punished the Lycian peasants for their cruelty by turning them into frogs, delightfully portrayed here in various stages of metamorphosis in their transitional stages and finally spitting frogs.]]>

SAN ILDEFONSO ll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: The Baths of Diana La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia 1721 Diana rests from hunting in her Baroque-meets-Rococo shell-incrusted niche, with five nymphs to wash her. The other nymphs frolic with dogs and dolphins that spray fine jets into the air. Actaeon watches whilst playing the flute, captured forever in innocent safety.]]>

PARK GUELL CEILING OF THE HYPOSTILE

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: The Hypostyle Parc Güell, Barcelona 1900 The Hypostyle supports the market place with eighty-six columns; the capitals on the outer columns are carved with a motif that resembles a portcullis whilst a Doric pattern is adapted to a foliate or petal pattern on the inner columns.]]>

ROSENDAEL SHELL WALL

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

Date:Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT
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Description: Shell Wall Kasteel Rosendael, Rozendaal 1836 The Shell Wall uses sound and movement to complement colour and pattern. It is exuberantly decorated with shells, figures and fountains that provide classical references and the gnomon keeps track of the time.]]>

ROSENDAEL SHELLS

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: Shells Kasteel Rosendael, Rozendaal 1836 Kasteel Rosendael is an elegantly naturalistic nineteenth-century landscape that provides a setting for a profusion of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Baroque shell-work.]]>

ROSENDAEL FOUNTAIN

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: The Shell Gallery Cascade Kasteel Rosendael, Rozendaal 1836 At this time Holland was the centre of the European trade in shells, and these follies are decorated with fifty different species of shell and six of coral.]]>

DE NOTELAER FLOOR

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: The Italian Saloon II De Notelaer, Bornem 1791 Over the doors and mirrors is a blue background depicting cartouches of gods such as Venus and Cupid. ]]>

DE NOTELAER CEILING

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: The Italian Saloon I De Notelaer, Bornem 1791 The domed octagonal room is known as the Italian Saloon, and the exquisite decoration of its ceiling was inspired by the frescoes at Herculaneum and Pompeii.]]>

BRUSSELS BOTANICAL-GARDEN

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: National Botanic Garden of Belgium Brussels 1788 The Austrian Emperor Joseph II created the National Botanic Gardens near Brussels in 1788 and it was expanded during the French Revolution (1796), probably to save the plant collection at the Court of Nassau.]]>

QUINTA DA AVELEDA l

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

Date:Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT
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Description: King D. João IV’s window Quinta da Aveleda, Oporto 1893 This is the window from which Dom João IV was officially proclaimed king in Oporto and had been saved when the Royal Palace was demolished in 1800; its carving of tendrils and masonry details are now outlined in moss and surrounded by trees.]]>

QUINTA DA REGALEIRA HOUSE OF THOTH

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: The House of Thoth Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra 1893 The Egyptian god Thoth was the god of wisdom, numbers, music, astronomy, guardian of libraries and temples that are closely associated with the Greek god Hermes and Roman Mercury. The house is decorated with a blue background mosaic of several ibis drinking at a spring.]]>

QUINTA DA REGALEIRA CELESTIAL TERRACE

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: The Celestial Terrace Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra 1893 An array of belvederes, galleries and balconies rose, built by Mestre Gonçalves who had founded the Escola Livre das Artes e Desenho, Lisbon and the sculptors the brothers José, Luís and Júlio da Fonseca from Sintra.]]>

QUINTA DE MONSERRATE l

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: At Night Quinta de Monserrate, Sintra 1856 Beckford used a small part of his huge fortune to landscape the wilderness of the mountains and make improvements to the quinta, which was described in 1821 as: ‘the most picturesque palace … [with] … every beauty and sublimity which Cintra has to boast’.]]>

QUINTA DE MONSERRATE lll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: Quinta de Monserrate Sintra 1856 This palatial example of Anglo-Portuguese passion and extravagance, south-west of the historic town of Sintra, was the late eighteenth-century pleasure paradise of ‘England’s wealthiest son’, William Beckford.]]>

QUINTA DE MONSERRATE ll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: Front elevation Quinta de Monserrate, Sintra 1856 The intricate architectural detail includes 1,176 treble arches ornately encompassing the building that are echoed by bands of leaf-and-tendril motifs. The palace receives its light through the ornate tracery of arched windows supported by carved columns.]]>

QUINTA DA AVELEDA lV

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: The Swiss Chalet Quinta da Aveleda, Oporto 1893 The other thatched rustic building is for taking tea after the Irish garden writer William Robinson who promoted the use of local materials for garden structures.]]>

QUINTA DA AVELEDA lll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: Our Lady of Vandoma Fountain Quinta da Aveleda, Oporto 1893 Architecture, water and religious symbolism combine in the fountain wall dedicated to Our Lady of Vandoma who is patron saint of Oporto.]]>

FRONTERIA GALLERY OF THE ARTS

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

Date:Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT
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Description: Gallery of the Arts Palácio da Fronteira, Lisbon 1670 Gallery of the Arts that leads from the palace to the chapel depicts the seven liberal arts.]]>

PENA PALACE DUCK HOUSES

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:24 GMT

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Description: The Duck Island Palácio da Pena, Sintra 1840 Lake gardens were created that included such follies as a Gothic monk’s grotto and an extensive medieval-style duck castle, complete with constellations and ramparts.]]>

HUNDERTWASSER SHIFTED HILL HOUSES

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

Date:Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT
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Description: ‘Shifted Hill’ House Rogner Bad Blumau Spa, Bad Blumau 1993 If the eye is the window of the soul, the eye-slit houses look ‘healthful’ and welcoming, seamlessly blending into their landscape. ]]>

WAGNER VIENNA

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

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Description: The Hof Pavilion Vienna 1890s The Hof Pavilion was built for the Emperor and was only used once as the Imperial Family preferred to travel in a more conventional fashion.]]>

HUNDERTWASSER HILL HOUSES

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

Date:Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT
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Description: ‘Rolling Hill House’ style Rogner Bad Blumau Spa, Bad Blumau 1993 Hundertwasser had expressed his dreamy vision for towns of the future in one of his earlier paintings, Rolling Hills, a Surrealist fantasy that took root in a modern landscape.]]>

HUNDERTWASSER HOUSE

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

Date:Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT
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Description: Zodiac Pond Schloss Hellbrunn, Salzburg 1619 Completed in 1619, they illustrate the way water framed the evolution of Renaissance design from Humanist to Mannerist, from symmetry to living theatre. ]]>

HELBRUNN FOUNTAIN

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

Date:Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT
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Description: Roman wrestlers near the Roman Theatre Schloss Hellbrunn, Salzburg 1619 Completed in 1619, they illustrate the way water framed the evolution of Renaissance design from Humanist to Mannerist, from symmetry to living theatre. ]]>

HELBRUNN ZODIAC POND

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

ADMONT ABBEY

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

Date:Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT
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Description: The Lusthuis Admont Abbey, Styria 1840 A lusthuis is the German word for folly or a building designed for pleasure. ]]>

CHATEAU DE JAURRE ll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:26 GMT

Date:Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:26 GMT
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Description: Aphrodite Château de Jeurre Morigny-Champigny 19th century This statue of Aphrodite is inside the Rotunda.]]>

DESERT DE RETZ PYRAMID

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

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Description: The Pyramid Désert de Retz, Chambourcy 1774 This is an Egyptian pyramid disguising an icehouse. Its central door opens into an underground chamber and the outer steps lead to a shallow platform running round the sides]]>

PICASSIETTE HOUSE

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

Date:Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT
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Description: La Maison Picassiette Chartres 1938 In 1938 Raymond Isidore started to adorn every wall, every surface, including furniture and household goods, in his newly built house with mosaics from the broken ceramics and glass that he collected and stored in his garden.]]>

CHANTELOUP PAGODA

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

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Description: Pagode de Chanteloup Amboise 1775 This Pagoda, seven storeys, rises in a diminishing cone, four of the levels with delicately wrought iron balconies, three in chinois style, the topmost is more robust and plain.]]>

DESERT DE RETZ COLUMN

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

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Description: The Column House or Broken Column Désert de Retz, Chambourcy 1774 De Monville’s gigantic Column House was a folly-like echo of Piranesi’s engravings of classical views. It was built in 1780 and was articulated with rectangular, square and oval openings to the four floors within, while the ‘decaying’ upper parts were fractured to allow light into the attic rooms.]]>

PICASSIETTE PASSAGEWAY

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

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Description: La Maison Picassiette Interior Chartres 1938 Isidore started to adorn every wall, every surface, including furniture and household goods, in his newly built house with mosaics from the broken ceramics and glass that he collected and stored in his garden.]]>

CHATEAU DE JAURRE l

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

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Description: The Rotunda Château de Jeurre, Morigny-Champigny 19th century The marvellous fabriques were originally for the park at Méréville they were designed by Hubert Robert. Many were saved from being lost: The Diary, the Temple, the rostral Column (which was a souvenir of the expedition by Cook by Augustin Pajou) were taken stone by stone from Méréville to Jeure and rebuilt at the end of the XIX century.]]>

CHATEAU DE RARAY

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

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Description: Château de Raray Senlis 18th Century In the parterre garden, forming a backdrop, is a classically designed arched wall with allegorical and mythological statuary along the top of the wall. The animal references represents Paganism (the boar), Christianity (the stag) and hunting dogs. Below, in the alcoves there are statues of gods and goddesses, such as Diana, the Huntress and Apollo.]]>

CHATEAU DE CANON-GAZEBO

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:25 GMT

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Description: Chinese Pavilion Château de Canon 18th century Like Chiswick Park, Château de Canon, has an axis leading from the house across a grass parterre and small temples (including The Temple de la Pleureuse and a Chinese pavilion) were built in the woodland area.]]>

PALAIS IDÉAL INTERIOR

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT

Date:Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT
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SANS SOUCI ll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:27 GMT

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Description: Bacchanalian figures Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam 1756 A detail from the Chinese Tea House by Johann G. Büring constructed in 1756 and currently houses a collection of porcelain.]]>

SANS SOUCI l

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:27 GMT

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Description: Bacchanalian figures Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam 1744 The central rotunda of the palace celebrates the pleasures of the vines as bacchanalian figures, entwined with vines and grapes, besport themselves around the façade.]]>

SANS SOUCI lll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:27 GMT

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Description: Trellis Pavilion Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam 1744 One of two matching pavilions next to the Orangerie.]]>

SCHWETZINGEN

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:27 GMT

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Description: The Temple of Apollo Schloss Schwetzingen, Schwetzingen 1743 In the grounds at Schwetzingen Dawn is represented by the Bathhouse that leads to the new day of the Temple of Apollo, which sets into the dusk of the Temple of Mercury and enters night in the Mosque.]]>

WORLITZ LIBRARY

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:27 GMT

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Description: The Library Schloss Wörlitz, Wörlitz 1764 The philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the aesthetic of Johann Joachim Winckelmann underlie the design of the park in Dessau-Wörlitz and particularly in the Library. ]]>

WORLITZ BRIDGE

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:27 GMT

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Description: The Bridge Schloss Wörlitz, Wörlitz Built from 1764 – 1800, the Wörlitz Garden with an extent of 277 acres is not only one the largest but also one of the earliest and most distinguished landscape parks of Continental Europe.]]>

RADEVORMWALD KIOSK

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:27 GMT

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Description: The Wooden Pavilion Radevormwald 1772 The Pavilion was built in 1772 and is one of the last well-preserved examples of rural Rocco in the Rhur Valley.]]>

MEERSBURG

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:27 GMT

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Description: The Garden Pavilion Meersburg 1712 Perched on a small ledge, overlooking Lake Constance, this small garden Pavilion decorated in Baroque stucco has a delicately painted ceiling.]]>

LINDERHOF

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:27 GMT

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Description: The Moroccan House Schloss Linderhof, Ettal 1874 The Moroccan House was also an exhibition piece at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1867, and was installed close to the Moorish Kiosk in 1873. ]]>

HERRENHAUSEN ll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:27 GMT

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Description: The Leibniz Temple Herrenhausen, Hanover 1665 From the Leibniz Temple, in the Georgengarten there are wide views over sweeping lawns and placid lakes framed by carefully arranged copses and specimen trees.]]>

I M PEI PAVILION l

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: The Pavilion (detail) Marlborough 2000 A modern ‘eye-catcher’ designed by I.M. Pei set in the Marlborough Downs.]]>

SHEEP'S BARN lll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: The Sheep’s Barn Sheep’s Barn, Malmesbury 1989 As he went back and forth to his field, Stokes collected 20 or 30 barrows of stone a day, with which he constructed an artistic range of Cairns. Gradually, from his hands a palatial shelter grew organically: above the ground-floor lambing shed he created a bedroom so as to be close at hand and then lofts for storing hay and fleeces.]]>

LA RONDE SHELL DETAIL

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: A La Ronde (detail) Shell Window surround Exmouth 1700s A la Ronde was probably the brainchild of John Lowder, a distant relative of the Parminter sisters. Inside a series of peculiar wedge-shaped rooms on one level were created around a central octagon rising to 35ft.]]>

PORTMEIRION GARDEN

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: The Piazza and The Gloriette Portmeirion, Gwynedd 1960 Clough had originally made the drawings for the Piazza, to replace a tennis court, in 1925 but it was only with encouragement from his daughter, Susan, and son-in-law that it was built in the early 60s]]>

MAD JACK FULLER PYRAMID

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: Pyramid Tomb Brightling Park, Brightling 1803 In 1811 Fuller built his own tomb, a pyramid, which stands 25ft high in the churchyard of St Thomas à Becket, Brightling. According to local legend Fuller was entombed in the pyramid in full dress and top hat seated at a table set with a roast chicken and a bottle of wine.]]>

LARCHILL LAKE

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: The two island forts Larchill, Kilcock 1750 A copy of a fortress on the Rock of Gibraltar, it is a miniature five-tower battlemented fort, where mock naval battles were fought across the lake in the eighteenth century.]]>

BRYANSFIELD ENTRANCE

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: Bryansfield Gate Tollymore Forest Park 1786 A Georgian Gothick gate made of cut granite blocks is one of the gates to the estate.]]>

CASTLE HOWARD l

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: The Atlas Fountain Castle Howard, York 1850s The Atlas Fountain, carved by the sculptor John Thomas, the five figures are carved from Portland stone and, after being exhibited at the Great Exhibition, were transported to Castle Howard railway station by steam train.]]>

STOWE

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: The Way of the Worthies Stowe, Buckinghamshire 1734 Designed by William Kent around 1734, the curved screen contains busts of British heroes, 8 men of action, 8 men of thought and Queen Elizabeth I. The central niche once had a bust of Mercury, the mythological god, who was believed to carry the souls across the River Styx.]]>

BRAMHAM PARK TEMPLE

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: The Temple of the Lead Lads Bramham Park, Wetherby 1698 The Lead Lads Temple was built by local craftsmen in 1750s, is called after the classical lead figures that used to stand on the roofs, which unfortunately, were removed by vandals many years ago.]]>

VILLA D ESTE BOAT FOUNTAIN

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: The Fountains of Rome Villa d’Este, Tivoli 1565 Set in seven miniature hills The Fountains of Rome represent the genesis of Rometta (Little Rome) sheltered under the Tiburtine Mountain holding the Temple of the Sibyl, while the godly Appenines cradle the embryonic Tiber.]]>

VILLA LANTE FOUNTAIN

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: The Parterre Garden Villa Lante, Bagnaia 1566 The gardens of Villa Lante, built by Cardinal Gambara and regarded as one of the in history of garden design of the Mannerist phase of the Italian renaissance. ]]>

VILLA D ESTE 100 FOUNTAINS

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: Alley of a Hundred Fountains Villa d’Este, Tivoli 1565 Nearly three hundred jets line the Alley of a Hundred Fountains from whose misty, mossy depths Ovid’s classical characters metamorphose into animal form.]]>

VILLA D ESTE DIANA OF EPHESUS

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: Diana of Ephesus Villa d’Este, Tivoli 1565 Mother’s milk is the most virtuous fluid and it flows in abundance from the multi-breasted Fountain of Nature, inspired by the classical portrayal of Diana of Ephesus.]]>

VILLA BARBARIGO

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: The Portal of Diana Villa Barbarigo Pizzoni Ardemani, Valsanzibio 1669 Visitors originally arrived by gondola at the Portal of Diana, an imposing Baroque gateway marking entry into this Edenic fantasy.]]>

VILLA LANTE OVERVIEW

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: Villa Lante The Parterre Garden Bagnata Dated 1566 The gardens of Villa Lante, built by Cardinal Gambara and regarded as one of the in history of garden design of the Mannerist phase of the Italian renaissance. ]]>

VILLA PALAGONIA FIGURES

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: Villa Palagonia A Roof Bagheria Dated 1715 The medley of six hundred assorted statues on the encircling walls and gates of Villa Palagonia were sculpted out of the local Aspra tufa.]]>

VILLA TORRIGIANI l

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

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Description: The Garden of Venus Villa Torrigiani, Camigliano 1651 The Garden of Venus is surrounded by high walls and approached by dramatic balustraded double steps punctuated by statuary, from which one descends to a parterre garden defined by clipped box hedging.]]>

VILLA TORRIGIANI ll

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

Date:Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT
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Description: The Grand Approach Villa Torrigiani, Camigliano 1651 Nicolao Santini having served as Ambassador for Lucca at the court of Louis XIV in France, returned to Villa Torrigiani brimming with fantastic ideas, he set about transforming the Tuscan villa and gardens in the latest French Baroque style.]]>

VILLA SGARIGLIA DEVIL

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT

Date:Thu, 19 May 2011 11:02:29 GMT
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Description: Villa Sgariglia The Devil Ascoli Piceno 1790s Built for the Marquess Pietro Emidio Sgariglia, by Lazzaro Giosafatti. In 1790 the architect Baldassarre Orsini, defined Giosafatti ‘the Brunelleschi of the City of Ascoli’.]]>