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A 15-storey apartment building in La Tourette (Marseille), designed by Fernand Pouillon.Constructed using the massive precut stone method. Gobekli Tepe, early monumental Neolithic stonemasonry using flint-carved limestone columns (~9500 BCE) 12th-century stonemasonry at Angkor Wat Diamond-wire saw in use for quarrying marble Stonemason working with medieval tools Stonemasonry with andesite ...
The museum's exhibits and documents focus on the history of stonemasonry associated with the use of sandstone in the region, covering everything from quarrying to various processing techniques. The museum showcases the equipment and tools used by stonecutters, highlights the versatility of sandstone, and delves into the social history and lives ...
The Enfield Shaker Museum is an outdoor history museum and historic district in Enfield, New Hampshire, in the United States. It is dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the Shakers, a Protestant religious denomination, who lived on the site from 1793 to 1923. The museum features exhibitions, artifacts, eight Shaker buildings and ...
Historical California Cemetery Stone & Monument Carvers & Dealers Historical Research, a comprehensive site of California historical monumental masons; The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEMORIAL MASONS, 1 Castle Mews, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2XL; The New Zealand Master Monumental Masons Association, P.O. Box 58129, Whitby, Porirua 5245, New Zealand
The Steppingstone Museum is a non-profit educational ... stone cutters, masons, ... The museum programs special events relating to 19th- and early 20th-century history.
The museum’s debut exhibition, Unicorn, will explore the cultural history of Scotland’s national animal from antiquity to the present day, featuring items such as illustrations, manuscripts ...
Seven stone fireplaces and chimneys are included. A main stairway is of solid log puncheon construction, and the stone masonry and wood joinery are of the highest quality throughout. Logs were peeled and oiled, and roof lines are made to conform with the rambling nature of the structure. All foundations are of stone masonry, in fine condition.
Major earthquakes severely damaged the church, but the Inca stone walls, built out of huge, tightly interlocking blocks of stone, still stand due to their sophisticated stone masonry. Nearby is an underground archaeological museum that contains mummies, textiles, and sacred idols from the site. [12]