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El Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [el kas'tiʎo], 'the Castle'), also known as the Temple of Kukulcan is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
In 2009 the steps were featured in Rio's 2016 Olympic bid video "The Passion Unites Us". The steps were also featured in the show The Amazing Race (the 18th American season , and later the fourth Latin American version , the second Norwegian season and the third Chinese celebrity season ) where teams were tasked to find a tile resembling a ...
Cape Cod–style house c. 1920. The Cape Cod house is defined as the classic American house. In the original design, Cape Cod houses had the following features: symmetry, steep roofs, central chimneys, windows at the door, flat design, one to one-and-a-half stories, narrow stairways, and simple exteriors.
In Dutch, this design is termed trapgevel ("stair-step facade"), characteristic of many brick buildings in the Netherlands, Belgium, and in Dutch colonial settlements. A similar form is found in traditional Chinese architecture called zh:馬頭牆 ( pinyin : mǎtóu qiáng ), which literally means "horse-head wall".
The Jordan Staircase is a double-height staircase. As visitors to the Winter Palace ascended the stairs of the palace from the lower, shaded area, they entered a large room, flooded with light from the two tiers of windows on the Neva, which was reflected in the mirrors of the symmetrical set of portholes on the opposite side.
A stair hall is the stairs, landings, hallways, or other portions of the public hall through which it is necessary to pass when going from the entrance floor to the other floors of a building. Box stairs are stairs built between walls, usually with no support except the wall strings. [5]
St. John’s had a winning streak that had hit 19. Carnesecca was still wearing the sweater. "That’s all I am is a sweater guy," Carnesecca said in a documentary about the game. "I thought I was ...
Days later, the staircase was painted grey, [1] prompting activists to re-paint the rainbow there as well as others throughout the city. [2] [3] Activism was not the artist's intent, [4] [5] but the steps became popular with the LGBT community and tourists. The staircase was destroyed as part of a demolition project in 2015, [6] [7] and repainted.