Showing posts with label Museum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Museum. Show all posts
Sunday, October 3, 2010

Hungarian Parliament Building


    The next beautiful place in the world is The Hungarian Parliament Building. Yes, this is one historical building in Hungary, also becomes the largest building in that country but on the second places in Europe. This is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. It’s located in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the bank of the Danube, in Budapest.


    This building was built in 1873 and worked by about one thousand people on its construction. But on 1890, National Assembly resolved to establish a new, representative Parliament Building, expressing the sovereignty of the nation. Nowadays, this building is used for Ethnographical Museum, the other as the Ministry of Agriculture.


    One of the famous parts of the building is the hex decagonal (sixteen-sided) central hall, with huge chambers adjoining it: the Lower House (today the National Assembly meets here) and the Upper House (until 1945). The Holy Crown of Hungary, which is also depicted in the coat of arms of Hungary, has been displayed in the central hall since 2000.

    Further features include the stained glass and glass mosaic paintings by Miksa Róth.
    Due to its extensive surface and its detailed handiwork, the building is almost always under renovation.
    During the Communist regime, the government added a large red star to the central steeple at the dome of the building, but after its downfall, the star was removed from the steepleSource URL: https://costumesgirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Museum
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The Louvre Museum

    France has any beautiful places that can attract visitor. Eifel is one of them, and beside the romantic Eiffel, France also has The Louvre museum. This is one of the largest museums in the world and also become a central landmark of Paris, France. The museum is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st district.



    This museum show up any object from 10 August 1973 with an exhibition of 537 paintings. The collection is about 380.000 objects and display 35,000 works of art in eight curatorial departments. The collection from prehistory to the 19th century is exhibited over an area of 60,600 square meters (652,300 square feet).
    These all collection consist of Egyptian antiquities, Near Eastern antiquities, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, Islamic art, Sculpture, Decorative arts, Painting and also Prints and drawings.

    Louvre Palace is the house of the museum; this palace was which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are still visible. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace.

    In 1672, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of antique sculpture. In 1692, the building was occupied by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie remained at the Louvre for 100 years. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum, to display the nation's masterpieces.Source URL: https://costumesgirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Museum
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