Buffalo Architecture

Architectural Legacy of Buffalo, NY and sources of inspiration.

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Ernest Sanson’s Carolands Château built for Francis Carolan in Hillsborough, California

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What they took:

They dropped this ↓ and damaged it:

Stolen treasures, a crown dropped as thieves fled - and serious questions for Louvre security

The most spectacular Louvre robbery since the Mona Lisa in 1911 proves the vulnerability of French museums, writes Hugh Schofield.

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🇫🇷💟🇺🇸 Day 10: Paris, Louvre Museum.

💎🇫🇷💎The French Crown Jewels -Apollo Gallery, Louvre. The Royal & Imperial Crowns and jewelry are always a mandatory stop on every visit to Louvre Museum for me. Seen here is the glittering diamond encrusted Coronation Crown of King Louis XV, the only extant diadem of the Kings of France. Along with several of the largest diamonds of the royal collection are the necklaces, crowns and tiaras of Empress Josephine. Marie-Louise & Eugenie. Missing this year from the case was Coronation Crown of the last French Empress Eugenie, perhaps in restoration? 💎🇫🇷💎

Vive-la-france!!🇫🇷

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Empress Joséphine’s Sapphire and Diamond Parure, sold by Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, to King Louis Philippe of the French in 1821.

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What they took:

They dropped this ↓ and damaged it:

Stolen treasures, a crown dropped as thieves fled - and serious questions for Louvre security

The most spectacular Louvre robbery since the Mona Lisa in 1911 proves the vulnerability of French museums, writes Hugh Schofield.

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Thieves steal 'priceless' jewels from Louvre in Paris and flee on motorbikes | CBC News

Thieves broke into Paris's Louvre museum through a window on Sunday, stealing "priceless" items of jewelry before escaping on motorbikes, th

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Early morning frost on the statues of Versailles (photo taken this morning)

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Partial floor plan of the second floor of the Chateau de Versailles, France

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Jackson Davis’ design for the capitol building of Columbus, Ohio

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The Peoples Gas Building, Chicago

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The Colosseum, Rome

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Morning light at Vaux le Vicomte.

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📸 Amazing photographs taken by Alex Miller on his fun and spectacular website (www.inthebuff716.com) of the Liberty Building in downtown Buffalo, New York. You can see the Art Deco Architectural masterpiece City Hall in a few of the dramatic photographs. *NOTE: The first photo is of the large full December moon taken by A. Cortez of Syracuse, NY.

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America's Castles: "BILTMORE ESTATE"

📺 America's Castles TV show episode:

George Vanderbilt wanted to build Biltmore Estate as his own French Château in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. To execute his dreams he chose the prominent American architect, Richard Morris Hunt, educated at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Landscape-architect, Frederick Law Olmsted who created NYC's Central Park & San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, was in charge of the 120,000 acres of formal gardens,, pristine forest and woodlands.

The video follows the history of the Gilded Age ~ Beaux-Arts Château from its construction in 1895 through its self sustainability usage today. 🇺🇸🇫🇷

💻 BILTMOREESTATE.org

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Gold Mask of Tutankhamun

Probably the most famous artifact in the world, the 11 kg death mask of pharaoh Tutankhamun was restored in 2015. The work is more than just the careful repair of a 3300 year old death mask.

In August 2014, cleaning staff in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo mishandled. They accidentally knocked off the beard of Tutankhamun’s death mask. In no time at all, they glued the separated beard back on with an insoluble epoxy resin ( also known as superglue ). This was not a good idea, as it later turned out: “ They didn’t reattach the beard in its original position, the beard tilted slightly to the left side,” explains Christian Eckmann.

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"In my culture, death is not the end. it's more of a stepping off point. You reach out with both hands and Bast and Sekhmet, they lead you into a green veld where you can run forever."

Rest in peace, Chadwick.