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- Auto & Technik Muuseum Speyer
On 3rd October 1978, Boeing 747-230 - number 21588 - was delivered to the German national airline Lufthansa. The aircraft was christened "Schleswig-Holstein" - the northernmost "Länder" in Germany - and registered D-ABYM. She served for Lufthansa for 23 years until her last flight in January 2001. After retirement she flew to Karlsruhe where she was dismantled and later transported by road and river to the museum at Speyer. A year later in March 2003, after careful re-assembly, the aircraft was installed above a raised platform within the museum. - B
- Berlin, Germany
The German captial of Berlin is a city of many contrasts, the modern area around Potsdamer Platz, the Communist era Alexanderplatz, the famous, historic Museumsinsel UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Tiergarten, one of Berlin's many parks and open spaces. Berlin has a unique history and cultural life. - Brighton West Pier, Sussex
Construction of Brighton West Pier, designed by Eugenius Birch, began in March 1864 at a cost of £21,890. It opened to the public on 6 October 1866. The pier was an open deck with two toll houses and six ornamental octagonal kiosks. A central bandstand was added in 1877 and the pierhead pavilion was added in 1893. By 1916 a concert hall was added. Some 2,074,000 visitors came to the pier in 1920 but by 1939 this had declined to 760,000. With the outbreak of the Second World War the pier was closed. Visitor numbers declined after the war and in 1970 the pier head was declared unsafe and closed. By 1975 the owners declared the whole structure unsafe. On 30 September 1975 the pier was closed to members of the public after nearly 109 years. The West Pier fell into disrepair and two arson attacks, the ravages of time and the weather have left just the burnt our pierhead and pavilion surviving. - E
- Esposizione Universale Roma
The Esposizione Universale Roma is a large new town area to the south of Rome's city centre. The area was built from 1935 onwards by Benito Mussolini and completed after the Second World War. The area is characterised by wide streets and monolithic buildings such as the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, the Palazzo dei Congressi and the Palazzo degli Uffici. - F
- Florin Court, London
Standing on Charterhouse Square in Smithfield, London Florin Court is one of the capital's finest Art Deco buildings. Florin Court was designed by Guy Morgan and built in 1936. Using a steel frame and concrete construction there are ten storeys and a basement level, providing some 126 apartments. The yellow-brick facade is particularly impressive with an undulating, wave-like form with a wide, deep recess at the centre. The facade features ten window bays with Crittall-style metal casement windows. Florin Court is most famous as the fictional Whitehaven Mansions, home to Hercule Poirot in Britain's ITV's adaptations of the Agatha Christie's detective novels. Learn more about the buildings of Art Deco Britain. - G
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
The Gugggenheim Museum Bilbao - built from glass, limestone and overlapping sheets of titanium simulating fish scales - lies in the Basque city of Bilbao, and was designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. Artworks and installations include Tulips, a bouquet of seven colour-coated chrome stainless steel tulips designed by American artist Jeff Koons. - K
- Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
Lying in peaceful countryside five miles west of Derby Kedleston Hall is a neo-classical country house surrounded by some 820 acres of landscaped parkland. The hall was commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Lord Scarsdale (1726-1804). Kedleston had been the country seat of the Curzon family since the 1200s. Kedleston Hall designed by James Palmer and construction was supervised by Matthew Brettingham from 1757 to 1761. Work was completed by Robert and James Adam who remodelled the south front and interiors. Robert Adam was commissioned in 1758 to landscape the park, which are still largely intact and represent Adams' original design. Later, a sunken rose-garden designed by Edwin Lutyens was added. The hall is home to the Eastern Museum collection of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India. Kedleston Hall is now in the care of the Britain's National Trust. - R
- Rome, Italy
The historic city of Rome, in Italy, is the nation's capital and seat of Government. Within the city are many historic sites dating from the Roman Empire, through to the Renaissance and nineteenth century neoclassicism. Significant historic sites illustrated in this gallery include the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, Forum Romanum, the Colosseum, the Castel Sant' Angelo, Vatican City, the Pantheon and the Trevi Fountain. - S
- Science Museum Historic Model Ships Collection
The Science Museum in London holds a fine collection of historic model ships. The models, of merchant and naval ships, tell the history of British shipbuilding. Models on display range from paddle steamers, to naval warships and transatlantic liners. Notable models in the collection include the original builder's models of the Cunard Mauretania (1907) and Cunard Queen Elizabeth (1940) and a half-model of the Olympic (1911). The collection also includes intricate scale-models of ship machinery including boilers and engines. The collection can be found on the second floor of the museum, located on Exhibition Road in London. - Siena, Italy
The historic centre of the city of Siena was accorded Unesco World Heritage Site status in 1995 for its importance as an Italian medieval city. At the heart of the historic centre is the Piazza del Campo and Palazzo Pubblico with the Torre del Mangia. South-west of the central square lies the thirteenth century cathedral, the Duomo di Siena, a fine example of Italian romanesque architecture. - Stavanger, Norway
Historic Old Stavanger includes many wooden houses. Following the end of the Second World War plans to redevelop much of Stavanger would see many of these iconic wooden homes and buildings demolished. Over the next twenty years, some one-hundred and fifty buildings were saved at a site on the west side of the harbour and today form an attractive quarter of the city. - T
- The Las Vegas Strip, Nevada
The Las Vegas Strip is a four mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard South in Nevada world-famous for its luxury hotels and casinos. The ever-changing skyline of the strip features some of the world's largest hotel resort complexes. Many of the hotel resorts are themed, inspired by locations around the world, including the Paris Las Vegas, the Venetian and New York-New York. The hotel resorts are renowned for their casinos, restaurants and entertainment. - U
- Uppark House, West Sussex
Uppark House in West Sussex (England, UK) is a late seventeenth century country house, now owned by the National Trust. The property was seriously damaged by a fire on 30th August 1989. Uppark was restored following a meticulous six-year conservation process with much surviving original material incorporated wherever possible. - V
- Venice, Italy
The city of Venice, in Northern Italy, was founded in the fifth century and is built upon one-hundred and eighteen islands lying in the saltwater lagoons of the Adriatic Sea in Northern Italy. Her wealth as a maritime power brought about an extraordinary architectural and aritistic renaissance that saw some of the finest buildings and pieces of art ever produced. - W
- Wallace and Gromit at the Science Museum
The 'A World of Cracking Ideas' exhibition at the Science Museum in London was a special exhibition to bring science to a wider audience through the creations of animated characters Wallace and Gromit. Mixing Wallace and Gromit sets, characters, interactive exhibits and rare, original innovative devices from the Science Museum's collection the exhibition was a must see visit for all Wallace and Gromit fans. - Witley Court, Worcestershire
Witley Court in Worcestershire (England) stands as a spectacular ruin, the consequences of a violent fire in 1937. The original house was built in 1655 and was subsequently redesigned and enlarged by the renowned architect John Nash. The main part of the house was tragically gutted by fire and later, her remaining interiors were systematically stripped leaving a bare shell.
