Oldest door still in use in Rome, Pantheon. Cast in bronze for emperor Hadrian's rebuilding, they date from about 115 AD. Each door is solid bronze 7.5ft wide & 25ft high, yet so well balanced they can be pushed or pulled open easily by one person. ...
The oldest public collection of art is Capitoline Museum, and it started in 1471 with a donation of sculptures by Pope Sixtus IV to the people of Rome. The oldest museum in the United Kingdom, opened in 1660, is the Royal Armories in the Tower of London. The City of Basel bought a ...
The world was a very different place back in 718 AD when Hōshi first opened its doors; the fall of Rome still dominated the culture of the time, the Muslim invasion of Europe and India was at its peak and people were alive who had met the prophet Muhammed in person. The Chinese had ...
it was a good example of papal primacy and authority in the ancient Church. Other documents are as well. In the epistle to the Corinthians, the Church of Rome (led by Clement)
churches and religious buildings, St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City is by far the most impressive. Dating back to 333 albeit rebuilt in the 16th-century, it’s the largest – and one of the oldest – basilicas in Rome and believed to have been built over the tomb of St. ...
Unlike sister ships Mariner of the Seas and Navigator of the Seas, Adventure of the Seas did not receive an amplification. While she still has Voyager Class features like an ice-skating rink and outdoor Solarium, she does not have the cruise line’s most updated dining venues, lounges, and...
Rome had the forum. London has Speaker’s Corner. Now always-on-the-go New Yorker has Liz and Bill. Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 20s, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in the subway station and on busy street corners. Just...
Welcome to Windsor Castle the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. Windsor is one of the official residences (住所)of the Queen, who sometimes stays here. Audio tours Free audio tours are available on leaving the Admission Centre at the start of your visit. There is a descrip...
Fr. John, who studied in Rome from 1979 Ð 1981, proceeded to walk us through the beginnings of the new chapel where the architectural design is tied to the ancient basilicas of Rome and Ravenna, in particular, old St. PeterÕs, the churches of St. Mary Major and St. Mary in Traste...