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The first commercial development in the town came in 1836, when the Belvidere House opened at the corner of State Street and Lincoln Avenue. Belvidere was a popular stop on the stagecoach line between Chicago and Galena, and the hotel accommodated travelers. The First National Bank, now the oldest commercial building in Belvidere, was built at ...
The Apollo Belvedere (also called the Belvedere Apollo, Apollo of the Belvedere, or Pythian Apollo) [1] is a celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity.. The work has been dated to mid-way through the 2nd century A.D. and is considered to be a Roman copy of an original bronze statue created between 330 and 320 B.C. by the Greek sculptor Leochares. [2]
A belvedere / ˈ b ɛ l v ɪ d ɪər / or belvidere (from Italian for "beautiful view") is an architectural structure sited to take advantage of a fine or scenic view. [1] The term has been used both for rooms in the upper part of a building or structures on the roof, or a separate pavilion in a garden or park.
English: Detail from a map entitled "Partie occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada", published in 1755, that shows the “Portage des Chenes” (the portage of oak trees), that later became known as the Chicago Portage.
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[1]: 115–116 In the late 18th century, however, the increased national control of artworks led to regulations that restricted the movement and sale of artworks; and the ideals of enlightened monarchs discouraged treating art as mere plunder. [1]: 116 Napoleon showing off the Apollo Belvedere and Laocoön group, French aquatint, 1797
The Galena–Chicago trail was a stagecoach route located in northern Illinois that ran from the mid-to-late 1830s until 1854 (171 years ago) (). [1] As indicated by its name, the route linked Chicago , located in the northeast of the state, with Galena which was located in the lead mining district of the northwest.
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