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The Royal Road was an ancient Persian highway. Royal Road may also refer to: * Royal Road, Kraków, Poland * ''The Royal Road'', a 2015 documentary film See also * ''Royal Road to Card Magic'', a 1948 book by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue * IV△7–V7–iii7–vi progression, also known as the royal road chord progression * Great Royal Road of the ancient Mauryan Empire, in what is now Pakistan * King's Highway (other) * King's Way * Royal Roads, a roadstead in Canada * Royal Route, Warsaw * '' El Camino Real'' (Spanish) * ''Estrada Real'' (Portuguese) * ''Rue Royale'' (French) * ''Via Regia The Via Regia (Royal Highway) is a European Cultural Route following the route of the historic road of the Middle Ages. There were many such ''viae regiae'' associated with the king in the medieval Holy Roman Empire. History Origins The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Road
The Royal Road was an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt by the Persian king Darius the Great (Darius I) of the first (Achaemenid) Persian Empire in the 5th century BC. Darius built the road to facilitate rapid communication on the western part of his large empire from Susa to Sardis. Mounted couriers of the Angarium were supposed to travel from Susa to Sardis in nine days; the journey took ninety days on foot. Course of the Royal Road The course of the road has been reconstructed from the writings of Herodotus, archeological research, and other historical records. It began in Sardis near the Aegean coast of Lydia, traveled east through Anatolia (crossing the Halys according to Herodotus), and passed through the Cilician Gates to the old Assyrian capital Nineveh in upper Mesopotamia, then turned south to Babylon. From near Babylon, it is believed to have split into two routes, one traveling northeast then east through Ecbatana and then along the Silk Road (via the Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Road, Kraków
The Royal Road or Royal Route ( pl, Droga Królewska, ) in Kraków, Poland, begins at the northern end of the medieval Old Town and continues south through the centre of town towards Wawel Hill, where the old royal residence, Wawel Castle, is located. The Royal Road passes some of the most prominent historic landmarks of Poland's royal capital, providing a suitable background to coronation processions and parades, kings' and princes' receptions, foreign envoys and guests of distinction traveling from a far country to their destination at Wawel. The Royal Road starts outside the northern flank of the old city walls in the medieval suburb of Kleparz, now a central district of Kraków. It begins at St. Florian's Church (''Kościół św. Floriana''), containing the relics of St. Florian – the Patron Saint of Poland – miraculously saved numerous times in the 12th, 16th and 17th centuries. St. Florian's Church was also the starting point for royal funeral processions, concluding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Royal Road
''The Royal Road'' is a 2015 documentary film directed by Jenni Olson. The film premiered in the New Frontier section of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. In the film's voiceover, Olson reflects on her butch identity and experiences of unrequited love. The film went on to earn the award for Best LGBTQ Film at the 2015 Ann Arbor Film Festival. Consisting entirely of 16mm urban landscape shots and a lyrical stream of consciousness voiceover, the film touches on a wide range of topics from reflections on classic Hollywood film to the history of the Spanish colonization of California and the Mexican American War. A voiceover cameo appearance by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner serves as the centerpiece for the film's focal point segment entitled, "In Defense of Nostalgia." Production Olson cited '' Sherman's March'' and Alfred Hitchcock's '' Vertigo'' as influences. San Francisco Film Society was the film's fiscal sponsor. The film had its Bay Area premiere on April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Hugard
Jean Hugard (4 December 1871 - 14 August 1959) was an Australian professional magician. History Hugard was born John Gerard Rodney Boyce in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the third son of John Alexander Boyce and Anne Brown. Educated at Toowoomba Grammar School, later he joined the staff of the Queensland National bank. After a late start and from a completely non-theatrical background he rose to become one of the world's great stage magicians, often dubbed the Dean of Magicians, and the last of a trio (Robert-Houdin, Hoffman, Hugard) of famed authors on the art of legerdemain. Over the course of his life he performed as Oscar Kellmann, Chin Sun Loo, Ching Ling Foo, and Jean Hugarde. He was inspired in 1880 seeing a Haselmayer show. He eventually began his professional career in 1896. In 1898 Gerard left the bank, and with several partners founded Burketown's Endeavour Meatworks (producing tinned beef) to solve the problem of getting Gulf Country cattle to market. The ventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Braue
Frederick Braue ronounced BROW-ee/small> (March 9, 1906 – July 3, 1962) was an American journalist notable for his contribution to the field of card magic. He was a semi-professional magician, specializing in card magic, of which he was a master. Braue co-authored several books with Jean Hugard, including ''Expert Card Technique'' and ''Royal Road to Card Magic''. As Braue and Hugard lived on opposite sides of the America, they wrote their books via correspondence. In the 1940s, Frederick Braue edited a children's page, called ''Aunt Elsie's Page'', for the ''Oakland Tribune'' newspaper. Frederick Braue contributed to many magazines including a column in Hugard's Magic Monthly, which he edited from 1959 to 1962. He also invented numerous card sleights and effects including: * Braue Reversal which is a method for reversing a card in the deck in the course of a cutting action. * Braue Addition * Rear Palm (in 1935) * Homing Card Published works In collaboration with Jean Hug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IV△7–V7–iii7–vi Progression
The , also known as the IVM7–V7–iii7–vi progression or , is a common chord progression within J-pop, contemporary Japanese pop music. The chord progression It involves the seventh chords of subdominant, IV, Dominant (music), V, and mediant, iii, along with a submediant, vi chord; for example, in the key of C major, this would be: FM7–G7–Em7–Am. The chord progression may be Resolution (music), resolved with the Tonic (music), tonic chord, for example in a I–IV–V–I, IVM7–V7–I or a ii–V–I progression, ii7–V7–I progression. IVM7–V7–iii7–vi–ii7–V7–I creates a full circle of fifths progression in the major mode, with V7 substituting for leading-tone, vii°. In C major, this would be FM7–G7–Em7–Am–Dm7–G7–C. The basic progression can be found in two versions. The first uses V7 in its third inversion (G7/F), the other uses V7 in its root position (G7). The former appears in lushly orchestrated pop arrangements, while the latter ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Royal Road
The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It runs roughly from Teknaf, Bangladesh on the border with Myanmar west to Kabul, Afghanistan, passing through Chittagong and Dhaka in Bangladesh, Kolkata, Prayagraj, Delhi, and Amritsar in India, and Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar in Pakistan. Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the ancient Indian Maurya Empire, built this highway along an ancient route called Uttarapatha in the 3rd century BCE, extending it from the mouth of the Ganges to the north-western frontier of the Empire. Further improvements to this road were made under Ashoka.Romila Thapar, p. 236Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300/ref> The old route was re-aligned by Sher Shah Suri to Sonargaon and Rohtas.Vadime Elisseeff, p. 159-162The Silk Roads: Highw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Highway (other)
King's Highway or Kings Highway may refer to: Roads Australia * Kings Highway (Australia), connecting Queanbeyan to Batemans Bay Canada * King's Highways, an alternative designation for the primary provincial highway system in Ontario * King's Highway (French: '' Chemin du Roy''), part of Route 138 in Quebec United States * Kings Highway (Brooklyn), a broad avenue passing through mostly commercial areas in the southern part of Brooklyn * King's Highway (Charleston to Boston), United States * (Old) King's Highway (Massachusetts Route 6A), Cape Cod, MA ** Old King's Highway Historic District, Barnstable, MA ** Brewster Old King's Highway Historic District, Brewster, MA * (Old) Kings Highway (History of Darien, Connecticut), Darien, CT * Kings Highway ( Dupont Avenue), Minneapolis, MN * Kings Highway ( Virginia State Route 3), central Virginia * Kings Highway (Virginia State Route 125), Suffolk, Virginia * Kings Highway (New Jersey Route 27), northern New Jersey * Kings Highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Way
King's Way or the Allan King Way is a footpath in Hampshire, England. This footpath was created by the Hampshire Area of the Ramblers' Association as a memorial to the late Allan King a former Publicity Officer who was partly responsible for the formation of a number of Groups in Hampshire. The route runs from Portchester to Winchester via Bishops Waltham and passes by sites such as Portchester Castle, Fort Nelson and Bishops Waltham Palace The footpath is waymarked by metal and plastic disks found attached to wooden and metal posts, trees and street furniture, marked "Allan Kings Way". Where the route coincides with the same route as other long-distance paths, the waymarking is not continuous. There is a free downloadable guide book to the route available on the Eastleigh Ramblers web site. This route is shown as a series of green diamonds on Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps and as a series of red diamonds on Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps. External links The Allan King W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Roads
Royal Roads is a roadstead or anchorage located in Strait of Juan de Fuca near the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. History In 1790, Sub-Lt Don Manuel Quimper of the Spanish navy anchored his ship there and claimed the territory for Carlos IV. He called the roads Rada de Valdes y Bazan. Royal Roads was given the name Royal Bay by Captain Henry Kellett of the British survey ship HMS ''Herald''. An 1861 map of Victoria by Joseph Despard Pemberton shows Royal Roads labelled "Royal Bay". Walbran describes "Roads" as an "area frequented by shipping, being a convenient and free rendezvous for vessels seeking freight or waiting orders." Esquimalt Lagoon is a beach and wildlife preserve with a view of Hatley Castle, Royal Roads University Royal Roads University (also referred to as RRU or Royal Roads) is a public university with its main campus in Colwood, British Columbia. It is located at Hatley Park National Historic Site on Vanco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Route, Warsaw
The Royal Route ( pl, Trakt Królewski, ) in Warsaw, Poland, is a former communication route that led southward from the city's Old Town. It now comprises a series of connecting Warsaw streets that feature a number of historic landmarks. The Royal Route begins at Warsaw's Castle Square and runs south down ''Krakowskie Przedmieście'' (Kraków Suburb Street), '' ulica Nowy Świat'' (New World Street), '' Aleje Ujazdowskie'' (Ujazdów Avenue), ''ulica Belwederska'' (Belweder Street) and ''ulica Sobieskiego'' ( Sobieski Street), finally to arrive at Wilanów ( King Jan III Sobieski's personal residence). The route, with other portions of Warsaw Old Town, is one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (''Pomnik historii'') as designated September 16, 1994. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland. Notable places on the Royal Route * Krakowskie Przedmieście * St. Anne's Church * Tyszkiewicz Palace * Carmelite Church * Presidential Palac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Camino Real (other)
El Camino Real (The Royal Road), sometimes translated in English as The King's Highway. It was a single highway which connected Mexico City, and Santa Fe New Mexico, to parts of Florida, and California; which is reflected today in Spanish names of American cities. Roads * El Camino Real (California), an commemorative route in California from San Diego to Sonoma * El Camino Real (Florida), an historic trail from St. Augustine westward to the Spanish missions in north Florida * El Camino Real (Missouri), a historic trail connecting Spanish settlements in cities like New Madrid and Ste. Genevieve * El Camino Real (Mexico), a road through Yucatán and Campeche; see * El Camino Real (Panama), connecting Panama City and Portobelo; see History of Panama (to 1821) * El Camino Real (Sinaloa and Sonora), an historical road that connected Spanish and later Mexican settlements in Sinaloa and Sonora; see Casanate, Álamos Municipality, Sonora * El Camino Real de Chiapas, connecting the colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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