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The adjective particulier means "personal" or "private". The English word hotel developed a more specific meaning as a commercial building accommodating travellers; modern French also uses hôtel in this sense. For example, the Hôtel de Crillon on the Place de la Concorde was built as an hôtel particulier and is today a public hotel.
Short-term rental (STR) describes furnished self-contained apartments or houses that are rented for short periods of time. [1] They are usually seen as an alternative to hotels. "Short stay" rentals are an offshoot of the corporate housing market, [2] and are also offered by private owners and investors via online platforms such as Airbnb. [1]
The complex originally contained 158 apartments, [12] reduced from the original vision of 1,200, [7] but several apartments have since been joined to create larger units, reducing the total number. Each unit is connected to at least one private landscaped garden terrace, [ 9 ] built on the roof of the level below, [ 11 ] [ 9 ] which can range ...
In 1861, the north-east wing of the main building was erected to house a Young Ladies' Academy. The public chapel, designed by the architect Victor Bourgeau, was built in 1878; it stands out by its position at the centre of the building. Neoclassical architectural elements were added by the architect John Ostell and the Jesuit Félix Martin. A ...
Le Château Apartments is an apartment building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 1321 Sherbrooke Street West in the Golden Square Mile neighbourhood of Downtown Montreal. [1] The building was commissioned by Pamphile Réal Du Tremblay the owner of La Presse newspaper at the time.
The Pope's window from which he delivers the Angelus.. The papal apartments is the non-official designation for the collection of apartments, which are private, state, and religious, that wrap around a courtyard (the Courtyard of Sixtus V, Cortile di Sisto V) [1] on two sides of the third (top) floor [2] of the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.
Cristian (German: Neustadt; Hungarian: Keresztényfalva) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cristian. It is composed of a single village, Cristian.
Augustus instituted reforms aimed at increasing the safety of buildings in the city of Rome. [18] Because of the dangers of fire and collapse, the height of the insulae were restricted by Augustus to 70 Roman feet called the pes (20.7 m), and again to an unspecified amount [4] by Emperor Nero after The Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD.