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The Opificio delle pietre dure, literally meaning "Workshop of semi-precious stones", is a public institute of the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage based in Florence. It is a global leader in the field of art restoration and provides teaching as one of two Italian state conservation schools (the other being the Istituto Superiore per la ...
Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos; Monastery of Santa María la Real de las Huelgas, Valladolid, Duero; Santa María la Real of Nájera, La Rioja; Monastery of Santa María la Real in Obona, Tineo, Asturias; Santa María de la Oliva, Carcastillo, Navarre; St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church, Sacramenia, Segovia
Pietra dura (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtra ˈduːra]), pietre dure ([ˈpjɛːtre ˈduːre]) or intarsia lapidary [1] , called parchin kari or parchinkari (Persian: پرچین کاری) in the Indian subcontinent, is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images.
The exterior of the Monastery of Santa María la Real de Nájera is a mixture of different styles, fruit of its long story. Defensive needs led to high walls and buttress with the function of bastions. The 17th century left the decoration of the walls and the doors and the squared tower.
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A Goa stone or Lapis de Goa was a man-made bezoar that was considered to have medicinal and talismanic properties. Goa stones were made in Goa , India and exported to apothecaries in Europe from the mid-16th to 18th century. [ 1 ]
It has also been suggested that neither is a real Chinese name, although starting from the 2000s they are sometimes rendered as Qu Futai and Chen Wenming, respectively. The 1978 book Sungods in Exile by David Agamon (real name David A. Gamon), which purported to be an account of a 1947 expedition by scientist Karyl Robin-Evans in the Bayan Har ...
View of Real de Catorce from the hill behind the town center. The village of Real de Catorce sits on the side of a mountain at more than 2,743 meters (9,000 ft). It is located in the Sierra de Catorce range, one of the highest plateaus in Mexico, where summits may extend over 10,000 feet (3,000 m).