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Louis XIII (French pronunciation: [lwi tʁɛz]) is a cognac produced by Rémy Martin, a company headquartered in Cognac, France, and owned by the Rémy Cointreau Group. The name was chosen as a tribute to King Louis XIII of France , the reigning monarch when the Rémy Martin family settled in the Cognac region.
Louis XIII shared his mother's love of the lute, developed in her childhood in Florence. One of his first toys was a lute and his personal doctor, Jean Héroard, reports him playing it for his mother in 1604, at the age of three. [34] In 1635, Louis XIII composed the music, wrote the libretto and designed the costumes for the "Ballet de la ...
A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are traditionally made of wooden staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. The word vat is often used for large containers for liquids, usually alcoholic beverages; [ 3 ] a small barrel or cask is known as a keg .
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Louis XIII architecture was equally influenced by Italian styles. The greatest French architect of the era, Salomon de Brosse , designed the Luxembourg Palace for Marie de' Medici. De Brosse began a tradition of classicism in architecture that was continued by Jacques Lemercier , who completed the Palais and whose own most famous work of the ...
The furniture of Louis XIV was massive and lavishly covered with sculpture and ornament of gilded bronze in the earlier part of the personal rule of King Louis XIV of France (1660–1690). After about 1690, thanks in large part to the furniture designer André Charles Boulle , a more original and delicate style appeared, sometimes known as ...
Regine Velasquez is considered as the best-selling artist of all time in the Philippines with 7 million certified albums locally and 1.5 million certified albums in Asia. [7] [8] [9] Other artists such as Eraserheads and Rivermaya have three albums on the list, while Gary Valenciano, Jaya, Jolina Magdangal, MYMP, Smokey Mountain and Westlife ...
A 4-litre cask of at least 9.5% alcohol can often be found for around A$10. [10] These attributes have led to boxed wine being widely available throughout Australia and holding a prominent place in Australian pop culture. [11] [12] "Bag-in-box" packaging is used for boxed wine as well as other drinks