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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 7/30 10:42pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Olavinlinna Castle)
	Next: Villa Foscari Architect: Andrea Palladio Completed: 1563 Location: Italy Style/Period: Mannerist A cross between a working farm and a country retreat. This severely symmetrical style became very popular throughout Europe, where it was known as the Palladian style, after the architect.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 8/3 7:09pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Villa Foscari)
	Next: Villa Capra Architect: Andrea Palladio Completed: 1569 Location: Italy Style/Period: Mannerist
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 8/4 7:09pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Villa Capra)
	Next: Villa Farnese Architect: Giacomo Barozzi di Vignola Completed: 1569 Location: Italy Style/Period: Italian Renaissance [image=http://hanser.ceat.okstate.edu/3083/new%20pages/caprarola/Vignola%3B%20Rome,%20Villa%20Farnese,%20ext.%20facade,%20c.1559.JPG]
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 8/26 11:05pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Villa Farnese)
	Next: The Red Fort Architect: Unknown Completed: 1573 Location: Agra, Utter Pradesh, India Style/Period: Mogul Actually a fortified city, and includes the Pearl Mosque, Halls of Public & Private Audiences, Octagonal Tower, and Jehangir's Palace.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 9/15 9:40pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: The Red Fort)
	Next: The Great Wall of China Architect: Unknown Completed: 1575 Location: China Style/Period: Chinese Starts at the Jiayuguan Pass of Gansu Province in the west and ends at the Shanhaiguan Pass of Hebei Province in the east. It's up to 26 feet high and has 25,000 towers and 15,000 outposts.
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Obi Anne Title: FanForce RSA Europe Registered: Nov '98	Date Posted: 9/16 12:20am Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: The Great Wall of China)
	The Great Wall is definitely one of the most iconic buildings that we have on the globe, maybe even the most iconic one. Also I want to jump back to Olavinlinna, or Olofsborg. The name of the castle has a really interesting background. It comes from Olof Axelsson (Tott), one of 9 brothers in a family that totally dominated Scandinavian politics in the middle of the 15th century. Olof was the governor of Finland but died, leaving parts of his fiefdoms to his brother. Only problem was that in Scandinavia fiefdoms were not hereditary, so there was quite a bit of crisis following that. Olofsborg was then built as a bit of statement by one of his brothers, Erik. Also Olavinlinna is the place for the Savonlinna Opera Festival, which is one of the more famous outdoor opera festivals in Europe. -----signature----- "That is the beauty of grand opera; you can do anything...as long as you sing it" Anna Russell
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 9/16 12:57pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: The Great Wall of China)
	I was hoping you'd give us some background on that one, Obi.
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Obi Anne Title: FanForce RSA Europe Registered: Nov '98	Date Posted: 9/16 1:20pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: The Great Wall of China)
	I guess I missed it because of the name, I know it as Olofsborg, Nyslott or Savonlinna, I hadn't heard Olavinlinna, even if I should have understood which castle it was. Olavinlinna is also really on the frontier. It was part of the Swedish trying to move the Finnish border further and further east, which made the Russians less happy. One of the Swedish regents in the end of the 15th century even falsified a peace treaty that all of a sudden gave us a lot more land than previous. Olavinlinna was of course a way of showing the Swedish presence in the area, the official reason was to protect the proper catholic farmers from the evil, heathen (orthodox) Russians though. -----signature----- "That is the beauty of grand opera; you can do anything...as long as you sing it" Anna Russell
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 9/17 12:14pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: The Great Wall of China)
	The book uses what sounds like the Finnish (?) version of the name.
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Obi Anne Title: FanForce RSA Europe Registered: Nov '98	Date Posted: 9/17 12:34pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: The Great Wall of China)
	Yes, Olavinlinna and Olofsborg is the same, Nyslott/Savonlinna is the name of the town surrounding the castle. I honestly thought the name on the castle was Savonlinna, since it's the name of the opera festival that takes place there. -----signature----- "That is the beauty of grand opera; you can do anything...as long as you sing it" Anna Russell
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 9/17 9:43pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: The Great Wall of China)
	Next: Chateau de Chenonceau Architect: Philbert de 'Orme and Jean Bullent Completed: 1576 Location: Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France Style/Period: French Renaissance Once owned by Diane de Poitiers and then Catherine de' Medici (respectively, mistress and wife of Henry II of France) Looks a bit...damp.
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Jabbadabbado Title: Senate Floor Manager Registered: Mar '99	Date Posted: 9/17 10:36pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Chateau de Chenonceau)
	One of the places we visited on our honeymoon. Beautiful. -----signature----- "As a Chicago sports fan you get used to disappointment."
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JohnWesleyDowney Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 9/17 11:23pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Chateau de Chenonceau) - Date Edited: 9/17 11:25pm (1 edits total) Edited By: JohnWesleyDowney
	Zaz posted: Next: Chateau de Chenonceau Architect: Philbert de 'Orme and Jean Bullent Completed: 1576 Location: Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France Style/Period: French Renaissance Once owned by Diane de Poitiers and then Catherine de' Medici (respectively, mistress and wife of Henry II of France) Looks a bit...damp. No wonder the people revolted. The Great Wall has 25,000 towers??? Wow. -----signature----- Namaste.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 9/18 9:31pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Chateau de Chenonceau)
	Next: Xian Bell Tower Architect: Unknown Completed: 1582 Location: Xian, Shaanxi, China Style/Period: Chinese The largest and best-preserved wooden tower in China.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 9/21 7:38pm Subject: it's not my vault!* - the architecture thread (Disc. 500 Iconic Buildings: Xian Bell Tower)
	Next: Church of Santa Maria di Loreto Architect: Antonio Sargallo and Jacopo del Duca Completed: 1582 Location: Rome, Italy Italian High Renaissance
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