Brown Rock Villa and Its Garden
The Villa des Roches Brunes is a historic late 19th century beachfront villa located in the Normandy region of France (specifically on the top of a cliff near the town of Eritrea/Étretat), which, together with its tiered gardens, constitutes a model of "architecture and nature symbiosis. As a French national historical building, it is not only a material witness to the leisure life of the elite at the end of the 19th century, but also reflects the poetic integration of the natural form and the seaside landscape in the early stage of the "Art Nouveau" (Art Nouveau).
Church of Saint Eulalia
Templo de Santa Eulalia is located near the town of Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua (Chihuahua), Mexico-a "ghost town" (Pueblo Fantasma) that emerged from the mining boom of the 18th century, and is now part of the Chihuahua metropolitan area. As one of the oldest religious buildings in Chihuahua, it is not only a material witness to the symbiotic relationship between mining and religion in the colonial period, but also bears the vicissitudes of the town of St. Oralia from a "mining center" to a "historical site.
Church of St. Heronimo in the town of Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico
The Templo de San Jerónimo, located in the town of Aldama in the Mexican state of Chihuahua (Chihuahua), is one of the jewels of colonial religious heritage in northern Mexico. As the core witness of the history of the "missionary frontier" in the region, it not only carries the mission of religious communication in the Spanish colonial period, but also integrates local culture and European architectural skills, and becomes the "living history museum" of Chihuahua ".
San Diego de Alcala Church
The church of San Diego de Alcala, located in the town of Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico, is one of the core representatives of the colonial religious heritage of northern Mexico. It is not only the spiritual center of the local Catholic faith, but also carries the historical memory of the "missionary frontier" during the Spanish colonial period, and witnessed the transformation of the Chihuahua region from an aboriginal settlement to a colonial settlement. The construction of the church was directly related to the "Northern Frontier Mission Program" of the Spanish colonial government in the 18th century. At the time, the Franciscan monks had a dual task: to spread Catholicism to the local indigenous population while consolidating Spanish control over the northern territory of Chihuahua.
Former Carolina Manor in Chihuahua, Mexico
The former Carolina Manor is a colonial revival style manor in Chihuahua (Chihuahua), Mexico, which carries the memory of elite families at the end of the 19th century. Its history and architectural features are deeply bound to the land aristocratic culture of northern Mexico, European aesthetic influence, and modern cultural heritage activation practice. The design of the former Carolina estate is based on a 19th-century European country house, combining materials and traditional craftsmanship from northern Mexico. It is a material relic of the "Caudro politics" of Chihuahua-Louis Terrazas, as the actual ruler of Chihuahua at the end of the 19th century, accumulated wealth through land and power.
Wuhan shadowless tower
The shadowless tower, also known as Xingfu temple tower, is located in Hongshan Park, 509 Wuluo Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. It was built in the sixth year of Xianchun in the Southern Song Dynasty (1270) and moved to Hongshan Park in 1962.
Song Dynasty Emperor's Tombs
The Ming Great Wall of the 14th Century
The Great Wall is a general term for the massive military projects built in ancient China at different times to resist the invasion of the northern nomadic tribal alliance. The Great Wall stretches for tens of thousands of miles from east to west, so it is also called the Great Wall. The existing Great Wall relics are mainly the Ming Great Wall, which was built in the 14th century, starting from Jiayuguan in the west and reaching Hushan in Liaodong in the east, with a total length of 8851.8 kilometers, an average height of 6 to 7 meters and a width of 4 to 5 meters.
Zhaoqing Guanyin Hall Aunt House
The aunt's house was a unique folk term in Guangdong during the Ming and Qing dynasties, which specifically referred to the place where the group of self-combing women who did not marry for life lived together. Members form an alliance through the ceremony of "combing up" and swear not to marry, forming a female life community independent of traditional marriage.
Zhaoqing forever hall aunt's house
The aunt's house was a unique folk term in Guangdong during the Ming and Qing dynasties, which specifically referred to the place where the group of self-combing women who did not marry for life lived together. Members form an alliance through the ceremony of "combing up" and swear not to marry, forming a female life community independent of traditional marriage.
Xu Village Ancient Building Group
Xu Village ancient buildings are located 20 kilometers northwest of Shexian County, Anhui Province, where Xu Village is located-Xu Village. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Xu family moved to a large family and then changed its name to Xu Village. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Huizhou merchants flourished. Since then, village construction has developed rapidly. In Gaoyang Village, Dongsheng Village and Huanquan Village, Xu Village, Xu Village, Xu Village, Shexian County, there are a large number of more than 100 ancient buildings from the Ming, Qing and Republic of China periods. Xu Village is "two dragons play with pearls" and "pour water gourd" in the form of feng shui. Fang and Xi Erxi meet under the Gaoyang Bridge and flow into the Lianjiang River. The village in the Ming Dynasty has a large number of buildings and complete categories, preserving more architectural practices of the Song and Yuan dynasties.
Tomb of Xu Guangqi
Xu Guangqi Tomb, located in Guangqi Park, No. 17 Nandan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, covers an area of about 10000 square meters. It was built in the 14th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1641). Xu Guangqi's tomb faces south and covers an area of about 10000 square meters. There are 10 tombs in total. Xu Guangqi, his wife Wu and four pairs of grandchildren are buried separately. The main buildings include Huabiao, Stone Bridge, Stone Archway, Shinto, Shi Yang, Shi Hu, Shi Ma, Shi Wengzhong, Cross, Zhao Chi and Tuoshan at the back of the tomb.
Wumafang, Wenzhou City
Wumafang, now known as Wuma Street, is a landmark shopping pedestrian street in Wenzhou City. It was first named in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was named after the allusion that Wang Xizhi was too punctual for Yongjia and "the five horses in the court. The block is located in the core area of Lucheng District, Wenzhou City. The total length of the main street is 424 meters. The building combines the amorous feelings of the Republic of China and the combination of Chinese and Western styles. Since the Qing Dynasty, shops such as Wuweihe (1882) and Jin Sanyi (1859) have gathered for 100 years, with more than 180 merchants. In 2021, it was selected as the first batch of "high quality Pedestrian Street in Zhejiang Province", with an annual passenger flow of 20.8 million.
Xingsheng Temple Tower
Xingsheng Temple Pagoda is located in Fangta Garden, No. 235 Zhongshan East Road, Zhongshan Street, Songjiang District, Shanghai. It is also commonly known as "Fangta" because of its square body. The tower was built during the years of Xining and Yuanyou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1068-1094), with a total of 9 floors and a height of 42.65 meters. The Xingsheng Temple Pagoda is a brick-and-wood pagoda with a brick body and a square plane. The underground palace under the tower unearthed a large number of artifacts including relics and ancient coins. On November 20, 1996, Xingsheng Temple Pagoda was announced by the the People's Republic of China State Council as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Tangjiasan Temple, Tangjiawan Town
Tangjia San Temple is located in the northwest of Datong Road, Tangjia Village, Tangjiawan Town. It is composed of Shengtang Temple, Wenwu Emperor Hall and Jinhua Temple, so it is called "Tangjia San Temple". It is the largest and oldest temple building in Zhuhai. It has profound historical and cultural connotations and high architectural artistic value. It is a precious material for the study of Zhuhai's local history and folk history. It is also a symbol of the feelings and thoughts of the villagers at home and abroad in Tangjiawan area. In May 2010, it was selected as the sixth batch of cultural relics protection list in Guangdong Province.
Nanshan Temple Tower, Linhai City
Located in Linhai City, Zhejiang Province, Nanshan Temple Tower is a building of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In October 2019, the list of the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units of the Nanshan Temple Tower was incorporated into the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units, the Thousand Buddha Pagoda, and was renamed the Towers Group.
Ruins of Jizhou Ancient City
The site of the ancient city of Jizhou is located 500 meters northwest of Beiguan Village, Jizhou Town, Jizhou District, Hengshui City, Hebei Province, to Qianzhao Village in the west and Houzhao Village in the north. It is a section of earth wall on the northwest of the ancient city of Jizhou in the Han Dynasty. The site of the ancient city of Jizhou extends from northeast to southwest, with a total length of 4500 meters and a distribution area of 2.25 million square meters. The highest point is 8 meters, and the widest points at the bottom and top are 30 meters and 10 meters respectively. The ditch along the west and north of the city site is the moat of the original city. The ancient city was built during the reign of Emperor Gao of the Western Han Dynasty and has a history of more than two thousand years. In the Western Han Dynasty, the city was 12 weeks old. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the city week was expanded to 25 li. Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties also added.
Shanghai Zhenru Temple Hall
Zhenru Temple, commonly known as Great Temple and Great Temple, is located at 399 Lanxi Road, Zhenru Town Street, Putuo District, Shanghai. During the Jiading years of the Southern Song Dynasty, after the reconstruction of the officialdom, the monk Yongan was named Zhenru Yuan. In the seventh year of Yuan Yanyou, the monk's wonderful heart moved from the former site of Baoshan Dachang to the current site. The area is 158 square meters. The main hall of Zhenru Temple is basically square in plan, with 3 rooms wide from east to west, 13.4 meters wide, 6.1 meters wide from Ming to Ming, and 3 rooms deep from north to south, totaling 13 meters. Ten of the 16 pillars in the temple are cypress pillars of the Yuan Dynasty, and six of the stone pillars are old objects of the Yuan Dynasty. ZhenRu Temple is a well-preserved ancient wooden structure of the Yuan Dynasty with a history of more than 700 years.
Guifang Bridge, Hangzhou
Guifang Bridge (Guifang Bridge), commonly known as "Dongmao Bridge", also known as "Dongmao Bridge", is a river crossing channel in Linping District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. It crosses the Shangtang River waterway, a tributary of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, from north to south. The earliest construction of Guifang Bridge is unknown. According to records, it can be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty. After several repairs and reconstruction in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the bridge was rebuilt in the 28th year of Qing Daoguang (1848). In 1983, Guifang Bridge was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Yuhang County by the People's Government of Yuhang County; on April 20, 2009, Guifang Bridge was announced as a municipal cultural relic protection unit in Hangzhou by the People's Government.
Grand View Pavilion, Xu Village, Shexian County
Daguan Pavilion is located on the north side of Gaoyang Langqiao, Xu Village, Shexian County, Anhui Province. It was built in the 30th year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1557) and is a three-story brick-wood structure pavilion-style building. The ground floor of the building is octagonal, covering an area of 64.6 square meters. It is built across the street to form a north-south passage, which has both traffic and rest functions. The existing main structure integrates Ming and Qing construction techniques, and the project of reducing dryness and improving fire fighting capacity will be implemented in 2022, which will remain intact after heavy rain in 2024. It is now a provincial-level key cultural relic protection unit in Anhui Province, and has been included in the national key cultural relic protection unit system as the core component of the Xucun ancient building complex.
Grand View Pavilion and Shuangshou City Square
Daguan Pavilion is located on the north side of Gaoyang Langqiao, Xu Village, Shexian County, Anhui Province. It was built in the 30th year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1557) and is a three-story brick-wood structure pavilion-style building. The ground floor of the building is octagonal, covering an area of 64.6 square meters. It is built across the street to form a north-south passage, which has both traffic and rest functions. The existing main structure integrates Ming and Qing construction techniques, and the project of reducing dryness and improving fire fighting capacity will be implemented in 2022, which will remain intact after heavy rain in 2024. It is now a provincial-level key cultural relic protection unit in Anhui Province, and has been included in the national key cultural relic protection unit system as the core component of the Xucun ancient building complex.
Changqing Temple Pagoda, Shexian County
Changqing Temple Pagoda, located at the foot of Xigan Pi Yunfeng on the south bank of Lianjiang River in Huicheng Town, Shexian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, was built in the second year of the Song Dynasty (1119) and has been repaired many times since the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (1328). Changqing temple tower is square pavilion style, brick and wood structure, solid seven layers. The tower is 23.1 meters high and the ground floor plane is 5.28 meters on each side. The sumeru has five floors and a waist height of 66cm. It has columns and corner columns. The tower body is made of brick, with the first floor being higher and decreasing from bottom to top. There is a wooden corridor on the ground floor, with a width of 4.33 meters between the stone eaves and pillars. There are coupon doors on all sides, and the door has a built-in stone lotus petal Buddha seat.
Astino Valley Astino Church
"Astino Valley Astino Church" (Monastero di Astino) is a medieval monastery in the Astino Valley (Valle d'Astino) in Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy. Its origin can be traced back to the 12th century. It is located in the hilly area in the southern foothills of the Alps, adjacent to the ruins of "Astino Castle. It is an important witness to the history of the trinity of "religion-lord-agriculture" in the Lombardy region, and it is also a typical sample for studying the interaction between Italian medieval monastic culture and local society.
Central Church of the Round Square of San Tomé
The "Rotonda San Tomè" (San Tomè) is a historical circular square in the center of Parma (Parma), Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna Region (Emilia-Romagna), Italy. It is located in the core area of the old city (Città Vecchia), adjacent to Parma Cathedral and "Duchess of Parma". It is an important relic of Parma's medieval urban planning and a typical sample of the study of the Italian Renaissance "circular square" architecture and local religious culture.
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