Grand Palais GALLERY AND MUSEUM PARIS, FRANCE
CHARLES GIRAULT With a floor area of some 775,000 sq ft (72,000 sq m) and perimeter walls around 0.6 miles (1km) in length, the Grand Palais is the largest …
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CHURCH BARCELONA, SPAIN
ANTONI GAUDI The Expiatory Church of the Holy Family, Barcelona, usually known as the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family), is the masterwork of Antoni Gaudl, the great Catalan architect. Gaudl …
Sydney Opera House Australia
1957-73 OPERA HOUSE SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA J0RN UTZON In 1956 the government of New South Wales, Australia, announced an international competition to design a new opera house for Sydney. The …
Austria Map
The visitor to Vienna should not overlook the Latin origin of the name Vienna, which is Vin do Bona or good wine. Only about 10 percent of the region’s …
Amalienburg Pavilion HUNTING LODGE MUNICH, GERMANY
FRANCOIS CUVILLIES One of the gems of the European rococo style, the Amalienburg Pavilion was built by the ruler of Bavaria, Elector Karl Albrecht, as a hunting lodge for …
Blenheim Palace WOODSTOCK, UK
JOHN VANBRUGH Buildings a stable block and a kitchen wing-each laid out around its own courtyard and each larger than many country houses. The style used by Vanbrugh for …
Melk Abbey MONASTERY MELK, AUSTRIA
JAKOB PRANDTAUER From its elevated position on a rocky outcrop the great Benedictine abbey of Melk towers over the Danube in Lower Austria. Founded in the 11th century, it …
Palace of Versailles PARIS, FRANCE
LOUIS LE VAU & JULES HARDOUIN-MANSART One of the world’s largest and most magnificent palaces, Versailles was built for Louis XIV by two of the country’s most prominent architects, …