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1592 In Architecture
__TOC__ Buildings and structures Buildings * 1590 ** Sinan Pasha Mosque in Damascus, Syria, is completed. ** Court theatre at Sabbioneta (begun 1588), designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, is completed. ** Church of Tolentini, Venice, Italy, is designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi; it will not be completed until 1714. * 1590–1595 – Belvedere (fort) in Florence, Italy, designed by Bernardo Buontalenti, is constructed. * 1590–1597 – Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, England, designed by Robert Smythson, is constructed. * 1591 ** Rialto Bridge in Venice, designed by Antonio da Ponte, is completed. ** Church of San Salvatore in Lauro in Rome is designed by Ottaviano Nonni. * 1592 – Fushimi Castle in Kyoto, Japan was begun. * 1592 – Church of Il Redentore on Giudecca in Venice, designed by Andrea Palladio, is consecrated. * 1592 - Crooked House of Windsor original butcher-shop building, demolished 1687, but rebuilt exactly the same way after legal complications. * 1596 – Villa Ferre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the north-west, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the north-east, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the west and south-west and Cheshire to the west. Kinder Scout, at , is the highest point and Trent Meadows, where the River Trent leaves Derbyshire, the lowest at . The north–south River Derwent is the longest river at . In 2003, the Ordnance Survey named Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms, near Swadlincote, as Britain's furthest point from the sea. Derby is a unitary authority area, but remains part of the ceremonial county. The county was a lot larger than its present coverage, it once extended to the boundaries of the City of Sheffield district in South Yorkshire where it cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Ferretti
A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity, sometimes transferred to the Church for reuse as a monastery. Then they gradually re-evolved through the Middle Ages into elegant upper-class country homes. In the Early Modern period, any comfortable detached house with a garden near a city or town was likely to be described as a villa; most survivals have now been engulfed by suburbia. In modern parlance, "villa" can refer to various types and sizes of residences, ranging from the suburban semi-detached double villa to, in some countries, especially around the Mediterranean, residences of above average size in the countryside. Roman Roman villas included: * the ''villa urbana'', a suburban or country seat th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
