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It was forgotten until 2014 when it was rediscovered in the cellar of the château. A 2017–2021 study by French and British universities and institutes identified the slab as an early Bronze Age map of part of the Odet valley. The slab is the earliest known map found in Europe and probably the earliest map of any known territory.
On the sides of the base are aluminium bronze panels with 340 castings representing acts of mercy. Above the base is an egg-and-dart cornice and pediments containing medallion busts, and on top of the base is a pyramidal spire that is gilded and decorated with foliage. This is surmounted by a gilt ball and cross finial. [46] [53] II: Kildare Hotel
The doors, measuring 4.45 metres (14.6 ft) wide and 7.53 metres (24.7 ft) high, consist of two leaves. [2] The panels and lintels of the doors are made of cast bronze. Each leaf pivots on pins installed in the floor at the bottom and in the architrave at the top. [3]
The monument features 4 bronze panels and a sculpture of a soldier atop that was added in 1936. [4] To the north of the monument is a court with 4 plaques in the large tilings. The plaques honor Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., Truman Gibson, Sr./Truman Gibson, Jr., Franklin A. Denison, & George R. Giles.
The Door of the Dead, also known as the Door of Death, is a bronze door sculpted by Giacomo Manzù between 1961 and 1964 by commission of Pope John XXIII.The door is located on the leftmost side of the narthex of St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican City, and leads to the interior of the basilica.
The interior features an art deco inspired lobby features black and buff terrazzo floors inset with marble, dark green and richly veined red marble walls and piers and ornate bronze decorations. [3] The original lobby has elevator doors that match the marble coloring. [2] The elevator control panels and signs are in the Broadway engraved style. [2]
The bronze relief panels were cast in 1931, replacing the 1917 door panels. [19] Designed by Avard Fairbanks, they "depict noble concepts of American life, such as 'Knowledge and Service', 'Domestic Welfare', 'Progress through Direction', and so on." [19] Fairbanks also designed bronze relief panels for the building's western façade, built in ...
The ensemble of mosaics, sculptures, and bronze of the Marquette Building entry and interior honors Jacques Marquette's 1674-5 expedition. [13] Four bas relief panels over the main entrance by sculptor Hermon Atkins MacNeil show different scenes from Marquette's trip through the Great Lakes region, [14] ending with one depicting his burial. [15]