Bangalore Palace SEPTEMBER 15‚ 2010 BY RAGGI MUDDE Bangalore Palace Main Entrance Chamarajendra Wadiyar bought the original property in 1873 from the principal of Bangalore Central High School‚ Reverend J Garret‚ from his personal funds. The main building spreads across 45‚000 sq feet with a mix of Tudor and Scottish Gothic architecture. It took 2 years to build the palace‚ at a cost of about Rs 198‚158. The Bangalore Palace was built by a Wodeyar King in 1887 on the 400 acre space. Inspired
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The Palatine Chapel was the remains of the earlier version of Charlemagne’s Palace of Aachen. This is now currently in Germany. The palace does not exist anymore‚ however the remains and the central part of the Palace was used to create the Chapel. This is considered the city’s landmark. The design was mainly used because the early churches that were built inspired them. The main design of the Chapel is octagonal and it was later enlarged. Charlemagne was the one who start building the Palatine Chapel
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kind of escape. Jean Monnier the product of a stock market crash and failed marriage was left with what seemed no other choice then to escape the misery through death. He finds the perfect means to in what seems to be the perfect place‚ Thanatos Palace Hotel in New Mexico. They promise him many things but most importantly to be rid of his present worry‚ forever. The whole idea of such a place could be considered not far from a retirement home or hospice‚ where the sick and elderly await their
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The City of Palaces : Mysore Shobit Nair 9th - IGCSE Candidate no: 0033 Word count – 730 INFORMATIVE
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ANCIENT EGYPT AND ASSYRIAN PALACE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS In studying the decorative techniques used within Assyria and ancient Egypt‚ we see vast similarities in the use of materials and basic ornamental styles‚ that suggests that the two styles may have been influenced by one another at some point in time. Specifically‚ the Assyrian palace at Persepolis and those found at Mesopotamia‚ Megiddo and Sargon‚ are comparable to Malkata‚ the ancient Egyptian palace built for Amenhotep III‚ (Wikipedia‚
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Palace of Illusions by Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni is a beautiful book which gives a woman’s perspective on a story that deals mainly with male characters i.e. the great epic‚ Mahabharata. The book has been written from Draupadi’s‚ who was the wife of the 5 Pandava heroes in this epic‚ point of view. It throws light on her innermost thoughts and feelings‚ traced right from her childhood to her demise in the lap of the Himalayan mountains. It talks about her feelings about the strange in which
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deserve it. If we were to recreate a scenario with that same ending today‚ the spoiled sibling would be a journalist who is being rewarded for telling lies‚ and the open-mouthed angry child would be his former co-worker’s who believed in him. Stephen Glass‚ a creative young journalist seemed to have knack for being in the right place at the right time. As a result he wrote articles that captured audiences with captivating details and quotes that made each story perfect. It wasn’t until the reporters
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By 2006‚ it was evident that the housing bubble was starting to burst. People began defaulting on their mortgages‚ sending a ripple effect throughout the financial system. As more people defaulted and went into foreclosure‚ more houses came on the market and precipitously pushed down housing prices . Consequently‚ 2007 and 2008 saw significant rises in delinquency and foreclosures.57 Serious mortgage delinquency rates rose in both the prime and subprime markets‚ although the latter’s
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Shattered Glass This was the best movie ever. I just have to say that. It almost boggles the mind exactly how in depth the journalistic verification process goes in an effort to bring the public true information; the amount of editors it takes‚ how many revisions the writer makes and the number of times each article is read and reread before print. There were many reasons why Stephen Glass was able to get away with his falsified articles and made up sources. The movies gives us the reason that
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Discuss the design and function of the Minoan palaces with emphasis on the palace of Knossos. The design and function of the Minoan palaces found throughout Crete enable modern day archaeologists to help determine possibilities of what life was like and how the civilization was portrayed as a group and society. What is known about Minoan palaces is based purely on what we know as archaeological findings and here say from various archaeologists throughout more recent years. From what little information
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