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Ludwig II, Christian Jank. Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [ˈʃlɔs nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn]; Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa) is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill of the foothills of the Alps in the very south of Germany, near the border with Austria. It is located in the Swabia region ...
The Sistine Chapel (/ ˈsɪstiːn / SIST-een; Latin: Sacellum Sixtinum; Italian: Cappella Sistina [kapˈpɛlla siˈstiːna]) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the pope's official residence in Vatican City. Originally known as the Cappella Magna ('Great Chapel'), it takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481.
Short title: Comparison of vanity height: Image title: Comparison of vanity height (as defined as the difference between the pinnacle height and the height to the floor of the highest occupied top floor) of some buildings which have been the world's tallest by CMG Lee.
Stars galore will light up this year's Venice Film Festival, which opens on Wednesday, bringing sex, song and soul-searching to the Lido, making up for a low wattage 2023 edition when a strike ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 August 2024. American photographer (born 1949) Annie Leibovitz Leibovitz in 2008 Born Anna-Lou Leibovitz (1949-10-02) October 2, 1949 (age 74) Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. Education San Francisco Art Institute Occupations Photographer visual artist Partner(s) Susan Sontag (1989–2004; Sontag's death ...
Georgia Guidestones. The Georgia Guidestones was a granite monument that stood in Elbert County, Georgia, United States, from 1980 to 2022. It was 19 feet 3 inches (5.87 m) tall and made from six granite slabs weighing a total of 237,746 pounds (107,840 kg). [1] [2][3] The monument's creators believed that there was going to be an upcoming ...
They help give your body energy, support cell function, protect your organs, keep your body warm, absorb nutrients and produce hormones, the American Heart Association reports. However, not all ...
David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble [1] [2] created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo.With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the High Renaissance, and since classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond.