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Wrede Passage
The Wrede passage, also known as the "Old merchant alley" (Finnish language, Finnish: ''Vanha kauppakuja'') or the "Grandma tunnel" (Finnish: ''Mummotunneli'') is an entity formed by two stone buildings in Kluuvi, Helsinki, Finland. The name refers also to the merchant alley stretching throughout the block. The passage is formed by the ''Wrede house'' in the corner between Esplanadi, Pohjoisesplanadi and Mikonkatu (Pohjoisesplanadi 35) and the ''Central house'' in the corner between Aleksanterinkatu and Mikonkatu (Aleksanterinkatu 46). The building entity represents Renaissance Revival architecture and was designed and partly commissioned by architect Karl August Wrede, and built in 1888 and 1892. Name Among architects, the entity is known as the Wrede passage, but its official Finnish name has been ''Vanha kauppakuja'' ("Old merchant passage") since a naming competition held in 1958.''K. A. Wrede ja 100-vuotias pasaasi'', City museum of Helsinki, Helsinki 1988. .Saara Peltola: ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Abraham Af Ursin
Nils Abraham af Ursin (17 August 1785 – 27 November 1851) was a Finnish physician, anatomist, and rector of the Åbo Akademi University Åbo Akademi University ( sv, Åbo Akademi , ) is the only exclusively Swedish language multi-faculty university in Finland (or anywhere outside Sweden). It is located mainly in Turku (Åbo is the Swedish name of the city) but has also activiti .... He was knighted in 1845. Nils Abraham was born in Ithis parish of Kymmenegårds now Nvlands County. His father Jacob Johan Ursinus was provost and priest married to Engel Christina Nohrström, daughter of Abraham Nohrström who had moved from Dalarne in Sweden to Finland. The family name came from their origins in the 17th century in Karhula farm with karhu meaning bear which in Latin is ursus. He was educated first at home and then at the Borgå Gymnasium before entering Abo Academy in 1805. He took the philosophy candidat exam in 1809 and under professor Johan Gadolin he completed his doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yleisradio
Yleisradio Oy (Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founded in 1926. It is a joint-stock company which is 99.98% owned by the Finnish state, and employs around 3,200 people in Finland. Yle shares many of its organizational characteristics with its British counterpart, the BBC, on which it was largely modelled. For the greater part of Yle's existence the company was funded by the revenues obtained from a broadcast receiving licence fee payable by the owners of radio sets (1927–1976) and television sets (1958–2012), as well as receiving a portion of the broadcasting licence fees payable by private television broadcasters. Since the beginning of 2013 the licence fee has been replaced by a public broadcasting tax (known as the Yle tax), which is collected annually from private individuals and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
König (restaurant)
König (; ) is the German word for " king". In German and other languages applying the umlaut, the transliterations ''Koenig'' and ''Kœnig'', when referring to a surname, also occur. As a surname in English, the use of ''Koenig'' is usual, and sometimes also ''Konig''. Notable people with the name include: People A to F *Adam Koenig (born 1971), American politician *Adrianus König (1867–1944), Dutch politician *Aislinn Konig * Alexander Koenig (1858–1940), German naturalist * Alexander König (born 1966), German skater *Alfons König (1898–1944), Wehrmacht officer during World War II *Alfred König (1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter *Andrew Koenig (1968–2010), American actor * Andrew Koenig (politician) (born 1982), American politician in Missouri * Andrew Koenig (programmer), American computer scientist and author *Anna Leonore König (1771–1854), Swedish singer *Arthur König (1856–1901), German physician and researcher into optics *Bronson Koenig (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machinery (company)
A machine is a physical system using power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial devices, such as those employing engines or motors, but also to natural biological macromolecules, such as molecular machines. Machines can be driven by animals and people, by natural forces such as wind and water, and by chemical, thermal, or electrical power, and include a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement. They can also include computers and sensors that monitor performance and plan movement, often called mechanical systems. Renaissance natural philosophers identified six simple machines which were the elementary devices that put a load into motion, and calculated the ratio of output force to input force, known today as mechanical advantage. Modern machines are complex systems that consist of structural elements, mechanisms and control co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salomo Wuorio , a village in the Catalan district of Tarragonès (Spain)
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Salomo is a different name for Solomon, son of David, who was king of Israel around 970 to 931 BC. It may also refer to: *Salomo of Makuria, ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria (1080–1089) *Salomo Glassius (May 20, 1593–July 27, 1656), German theologian and biblical critic * Johann Salomo Semler (December 18, 1725–March 14, 1791), German church historian and biblical commentator *Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal, (September 14, 1769–March 27, 1843), German jurist *Ernst Benjamin Salomo Raupach (May 21, 1784–March 18, 1852), German dramatist *Soma Morgenstern (May 3, 1890–April 17, 1976), Jewish-Austrian writer and journalist *Salomó Salomó is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Tarragonès in Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rococo
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and ''trompe-l'œil'' frescoes to create surprise and the illusion of motion and drama. It is often described as the final expression of the Baroque movement. The Rococo style began in France in the 1730s as a reaction against the more formal and geometric Louis XIV style. It was known as the "style Rocaille", or "Rocaille style". It soon spread to other parts of Europe, particularly northern Italy, Austria, southern Germany, Central Europe and Russia. It also came to influence the other arts, particularly sculpture, furniture, silverware, glassware, painting, music, and theatre. Although originally a secular style primarily used for interiors of private residences, the Rococo had a spiritual aspect to it which led to its widespread use in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including the Iberian Peninsula it continued, together with new styles, until the first decade of the 19th century. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past often referred to as "late Baroque") and Neoclassical styles. It was encouraged by the Catholic Church as a means to counter the simplicity and austerity of Protestant architecture, art, and music, though Lutheran Baroque art developed in parts of Europe as well. The Baroque style used contrast, movement, exuberant detail, deep colour, grandeur, and surprise to achieve a sense of awe. The style began at the start of the 17th century in Rome, then spread rapidly to France, northern Italy, Spain, and Portugal, then to Austria, southern Germany, and Russia. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
The Royal Saint-Hubert Galleries (french: Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, nl, Koninklijke Sint-Hubertusgalerijen) is an ensemble of three glazed shopping arcades in central Brussels, Belgium. It consists of the or ("King's Gallery"), the or ("Queen's Gallery") and the or ("Princes' Gallery"). The galleries were designed and built by the architect Jean-Pierre Cluysenaer between 1846 and 1847, and precede other famous 19th-century European shopping arcades, such as the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan and The Passage in Saint Petersburg. Like them, they have twin regular facades with distant origins in Vasari's long narrow street-like courtyard of the Uffizi in Florence, with glazed arched shopfronts separated by pilasters and two upper floors, all in an Italianate Cinquecento style, under an arched glass-paned roof with a delicate cast-iron framework. The complex was designated a historic monument in 1986. The galleries are located in the block between the / and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
