The most common shape in Inca architecture was the rectangular building without any internal walls and roofed with wooden beams and thatch. Inca architecture is widely known for its fine masonry, which features precisely cut and shaped stones closely fitted without
Vesuvius in 79 A.D. As well as some design elements and details. Entering the villa the first room I walk into is the atrium. The atrium is the main public room in a Roman house. In the middle of the atrium is an impluvium, which is like a small pool. And it has an open ceiling above it so it can catch rain water.
4RO's first studio was built on the corner of East and Denham Streets in Rockhampton's CBD. The studio was on the second floor of the building. An aerial that strung between two masts on the back of the building was responsible for transmitting a power of 200 watts. In 1953, new transmitters of two kilowatts
To the south, beyond where the Greeks built their temple, the flow had stopped abruptly, providing a fortifiable boundary which gave protection against surprise attacks. This cliff-like termination overlooked the river Sarnus (Sarno), is quite insignificant today but which in ancient times was navigable by ships of respectable tonnage. The Sarnus, which watered the whole fertile plain south-east of Vesuvius, had already before 700 BC prompted the creation of agricultural villages in the upper reaches of its valley, and not far from the river mouth as well. Then, when Pompeii had been founded, the river meant that the place did not have to depend too much or for too long on the larger harbour towns, Cumae and Neapolis, that lay to the north. For the Sarnus gave Pompeii the role of sea-port for the adjacent hinterland.
Houses were built from stone walls and roofed with pole and thatch. This was the basic home for lower level Mayan people. However, the Mayan kings lived in huge homes like palaces (Sharer, 111). Pyramids were severely inclined with decorative foundations and stairs that were not able to be climbed. Facades were also made with copious amounts of decorations and serpentine elements that integrated the rain god, Chaac (Mayan Architectural Styles).
The Abbey Church of St. Foy is a monastery located in Conques, Aveyron, in France. The abbey is the only medieval shrine on the road to Santiago de Compostela that still exists. The Abbey was founded in the year 819, when a hermit named Dadon found a large forest area that was uninhabited and was great for isolation and prayer. He was granted permission by Louis the Pious to make his home there. Years later Louis the Pious founded an abbey there.
Sines, one of the few seaports on the Alentejo coast, consisted of little more than a cluster of whitewashed, red-tiled cottages, tenanted chiefly by fisherfolk. Statue of Vasco da Gama at his birthplace, Sines, Portugal Vasco da Gama's father was Estêvão da Gama, who had served in the 1460s as a knight of the household of Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu[3] and went on to rise in the ranks of the military Order of Santiago. Estêvão da Gama was appointed alcaide-mór (civil governor) of Sines in the
Reminders of Juneau’s past abound in the city. The Davis Log Cabin, built in 1881, was the community’s first church and is now the visitor information center. Consider a visit to the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, which was built in 1894 and is considered the oldest original Orthodox Church in Southeast Alaska. Other city attractions include the Juneau Douglas City Museum, the pioneer cemetery, and the Wickersham House. The Mendenhall Valley, located outside Juneau and below the Mendenhall Glacier, contains a residential area, a commercial business complex, and the Juneau Airport.
The lowest chamber is cut into the bedrock which the pyramid was built on but not finished. The Queens chamber and the Kings chambers are higher. There is so much stone mass in the pyramid that the main temputure is the average tempurture of the earth. While building their was two limestones used soft limestone and Hard limestone. Khufu was the son of Queen Hetepheres and King Snefru.
Later in 1956, the restoration of the castle started again. The castle has a great structure and it is also called “White Heron” due to the fact that the walls comprises of white plaster. The white plaster is used as a fireproof. Compare to the other castles in Japan, the construction of the Himeji Castle is made of wood only. The Himeji Castle is constructed 45.6 meters high on the top of sea level, and on the hill known as Himeyama.