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Royal Palaces Gardens

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Author : Mima Nixon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916

Royal Palaces Gardens written by Mima Nixon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with Gardens categories.

Royal Palaces And Parks Of France

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Author : Milburg Francisco Mansfield
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 1910-01-01

Royal Palaces And Parks Of France written by Milburg Francisco Mansfield and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1910-01-01 with History categories.

The modern traveller sees something beyond mere facts. Historical material as identified with the life of some great architectural glory is something more than a mere repetition of chronologies; the sidelights and the co-related incidents, though indeed many of them may be but hearsay, are quite as interesting, quite as necessary, in fact, for the proper appreciation of a famous palace or chateau as long columns of dates, or an evolved genealogical tree which attempts to make plain that which could be better left unexplained. The glamour of history would be considerably dimmed if everything was explained, and a very seamy block of marble may be chiselled into a very acceptable statue if the workman but knows how to avoid the doubtful parts. An itinerary that follows not only the ridges, but occasionally plunges down into the hollows and turns up or down such crossroads as may have chanced to look inviting, is perhaps more interesting than one laid out on conventional lines. A shadowy something, which for a better name may be called sentiment, if given full play encourages these side-steps, and since they are generally found fruitful, and often not too fatiguing, the procedure should be given every encouragement. Not all the interesting royal palaces and chateaux of France are those with the best known names. Not all front on Paris streets and quays, no more than the best glimpses of ancient or modern France are to be had from the benches of a sight-seeing automobile. Versailles, and even Fontainebleau, are too frequently considered as but the end of a half-day pilgrimage for the tripper. It were better that one should approach them more slowly, and by easy stages, and leave them less hurriedly. As for those architectural monuments of kings, which were tuned in a minor key, they, at all events, need to be hunted down on the spot, the enthusiast being forearmed with such scraps of historic fact as he can gather beforehand, otherwise he will see nothing at Conflans, Marly or Bourg-la-Reine which will suggest that royalty ever had the slightest concern therewith. Dealing first with Paris it is evident it is there that the pilgrim to French shrines must make his most profound obeisance. This applies as well to palaces as to churches. In all cases one goes back into the past to make a start, and old Paris, what there is left of it, is still old Paris, though one has to leave the grand boulevards to find this out. Colberts and Haussmanns do not live to-day, or if they do they have become so "practical" that a drainage canal or an overhead or underground railway is more of a civic improvement than the laying out of a public park, like the gardens of the Tuileries, or the building and embellishment of a public edifice—at least with due regard for the best traditions. When the monarchs of old called in men of taste and culture instead of "business men" they builded in the most agreeable fashion. We have not improved things with our "systems" and our committees of "hommes d'affaires."

Scottish Royal Palaces

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Author : John G. Dunbar
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 1999

Scottish Royal Palaces written by John G. Dunbar and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Architecture categories.

The first exclusive study of a group of buildings of outstanding historical and architectural interest. John G. Dunbar discusses the organisation of the royal works, the roles of the principal officials and tradesmen responsible for the construction of these palaces and how they functioned when the king and court were in residence. He focuses particularly on Linlithgow, Falkland, Stirling, Holyroodhouse and Edinburgh Castle.

Royal Palaces Of England

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Author : Marjory Hollings
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1911

Royal Palaces Of England written by Marjory Hollings and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with Castles categories.

Peeps At Royal Palaces Of Great Britain

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Author : Beatrice Home
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-05

Peeps At Royal Palaces Of Great Britain written by Beatrice Home and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-05 with Fiction categories.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Peeps at Royal Palaces of Great Britain" by Beatrice Home. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.