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Topkapi Palace
TOPKAPI PALACE TOPKAPI PALACE. The palatial complex built by the Ottoman Turkish sultan Mehmed II (ruled 1444– Read more |
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Pellegrino Tibaldi
Pellegrino Tibaldi , 1527-96, Italian baroque painter and architect, whose real name was Pellegrino di Tibaldo de' Pellegrini. He studied in Bologna, and his early painting of the Marriage of St. Catherine attests the influence of Bagnacavallo, who may have been his first master. A trip to Rome in... Read more |
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Bartolomeo Ammanati
Bartolomeo Ammanati , 1511-92, Italian sculptor and architect. He studied under Bandinelli in Florence and assisted Jacopo Sansovino in his work on the Library of St. Mark's, Venice. Ammanati, whose style was greatly influenced by Michelangelo's Medici tombs, made a colossal statue of Hercules, at... Read more |
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Gaspar Becerra
Becerra, Gaspar (b ?Baeza, c.1520; d ?Madrid, 22/23 Jan. 1568). Spanish Mannerist painter and sculptor. He spent much of his early career in Italy and he was one of Vasari's assistants in his decoration of the Cancelleria Palace, Rome (1546). In about 1557 he returned to Spain and in 1558 he began... Read more |
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Christoffer Vilhelm Eckersberg
Christoffer Vilhelm Eckersberg , 1783-1853, Danish painter. He studied with J. L. David in Paris and in Rome became a friend of Thorvaldsen. After his return to Denmark (1816) he taught at the Copenhagen Academy, becoming its director. His finest works are portraits and seascapes, executed with... Read more |
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Nonsuch Palace
Nonsuch Palace a Tudor palace near Cheam in Surrey, built by Henry VIII. It was not completed until 1557, but the name is first mentioned in the Exchequer Accounts for 1538. In the 17th century, the English Catholic priest Richard Lassels (1603?–68), in his posthumously published The... Read more |
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Abbas I
Abbas I (Abbas the Great) äbäs´, ăbäs´, ăb´es , 1557-1629, shah of Persia (1587-1628), of the Safavid dynasty. In 1597 he ended the raids of the Uzbeks, and subsequently (1603-23) he conquered extensive territories from the Turks. He maintained... Read more |
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Narses
Narses , c.478-c.573, Byzantine official and general, one of the eunuchs of the palace. He assisted in the suppression of the Nika riot (532) by bribing the Blues of the Circus (see Blues and Greens ) to return their allegiance to Justinian I . In 538 he was sent to Italy to cooperate with ... Read more |
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Former Afghan king visits father's grave; Emotional: Mohammad Zaher Shah...
...by his cousin in a palace coup. The years...Appearing alongside Zaher Shah on Afghan television...follow his example and return home. Zaher Shah was the last monarch...complete. Zaher Shah ... |
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At the palace once used by returning king, a few jewels preserved in a city...
...Mohammad Zaher Shah, will see destruction...preservation when he returns to Afghanistan this...left 29 years ago. Zaher Shah won't stay...the 87-year-old Zaher Shah will hold court...water heaters. But ... |
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Afghans Await Return of Deposed King
...capital. The palace where Zaher...it. Zaher Shah is a beloved...Zaher Shah's return to bolster...Afghanistan, Zaher Shah gave...years, Zaher ... |
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Afghans pray return of deposed king can heal their nation's wounds
...capital. The palace where Zaher...it. Zaher Shah is a beloved...Zaher Shah's return to bolster...Afghanistan, Zaher Shah gave...years, Zaher ... |
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AFGHAN ROYAL PALACE ECHOES WITH PAST SPLENDOR.(NEWS)
...Mohammad Zaher Shah, will see both the...years ago when he returns to Afghanistan this week. Zaher Shah won't stay...the 87-year-old Zaher Shah will hold court...and water heaters. Zaher ... |
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Gunmen open fire on French peacekeepers in Afghanistan; leaflets threaten...
...Mohammad Zaher Shah, who returned...any threats on Zaher Shah's life...then walked away. Zaher Shah, overthrown in a palace coup in 1973...said. A delighted Zaher Shah, who ... |
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AP Top News at 10:13 a.m. EST
...Seated next to Afghanistan's former King Mohammed Zaher Shah in a palace at the Foreign Ministry, Karzai signed a decree formally...Hobbit victory dance. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," the final instal |
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AP Top News at 10:07 a.m. EST
...Seated next to Afghanistan's former King Mohammed Zaher Shah in a palace at the Foreign Ministry, Karzai signed a decree formally...Hobbit victory dance. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," the final installment of the epic fantasy... |
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Plot Against Ex-Afghan King Revealed
...Mohammad Zaher Shah, who returned...any threats on Zaher Shah's life...assassination plot. Zaher Shah, overthrown by a 1973 palace coup, was stabbed...house. A delighted Zaher ... |
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Afghan Plot Against King Revealed
...Mohammad Zaher Shah, who returned...any threats on Zaher Shah's life...assassination plot. Zaher Shah, overthrown by a 1973 palace coup, was stabbed...house. A delighted Zaher ... |
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