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Palais Des Nations
Palais () may refer to: * Dance hall, popularly a ''palais de danse'', in the 1950s and 1960s in the UK * ''Palais'', French for palace **Grand Palais, the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées **Petit Palais, an art museum in Paris * Palais River in the French ''département'' of Deux-Sèvres * Palais Theatre, historic cinema ("picture palace") in Melbourne, Australia *Richard Palais (born 1931), American mathematician *Le Palais, a commune in Morbihan departement, France See also *Palais Royal (other) * Palai (other) * Palace (other) * Palas (other) {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Hall
Dance hall in its general meaning is a hall for Dance, dancing, but usually refers to a specific type of twentieth-century venue, with dance clubs (nightclubs) becoming more popular towards the end of the century. The palais de danse was a term applied to purpose-built dance halls in Britain and Commonwealth countries, which became popular after the First World War. Other structural forms of dance halls include the dance pavilion which has a roof but no walls, and the open-air platform which has no roof or walls. The open-air nature of the dance pavilion was both a feature and a drawback. The taxi dance hall was a dance hall with a specific arrangement, wherein the patrons hire hall employees to dance with them. General history From the earliest years of the twentieth century until the early 1960s, the dance hall was the popular forerunner of the discothèque or nightclub. The majority of towns and cities in the Western World, West had at least one dance hall, and almost always fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palace
A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which housed the Roman Empire, Imperial residences. Most European languages have a version of the term (''palats'', ''palais'', ''palazzo'', ''palacio'', etc.) and many use it to describe a broader range of buildings than English. In many parts of Europe, the equivalent term is also applied to large private houses in cities, especially of the aristocracy. It is also used for some large official buildings that have never had a residential function; for example in French-speaking countries ''Palais de Justice'' is the usual name of important courthouses. Many historic palaces such as parliaments, museums, hotels, or office buildings are now put to other uses. The word is also sometimes used to describe an elaborate building used for public ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Palais
The (; ), commonly known as the , is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, France. Construction of the began in 1897 following the demolition of the Palais de l'Industrie (Palace of Industry) to prepare for the Exposition Universelle (1900), Universal Exposition of 1900. That exposition also produced the adjacent and Pont Alexandre III. The building was designed to be a large-scale venue for official artistic events. A pediment on the building refers to this function with an inscription that reads, "a monument dedicated by the Republic to the glory of French art." Designed according to Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts tastes, the building features ornate stone facades, glass vaults and period innovations that included iron and Steel frame, light steel framing and reinforced concrete. It is listed as a historic monument () by the Ministry of Culture (France), Ministry of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petit Palais
The (; ) is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Built for the Exposition Universelle (1900), 1900 Exposition Universelle ("universal exhibition"), it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (''Musée des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris''). The is located across from the on the former Avenue Nicolas II, today Avenue Winston-Churchill. The other façades of the building face the Seine and Champs-Élysées, Avenue des Champs-Élysées. The is one of fourteen museums of the City of Paris that have been incorporated since 1 January 2013 in the public corporation Paris Musées. It has been listed since 1975 as a by the Ministry of Culture (France), Ministry of Culture. Petit Palais, actuellement musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris History Design competition In 1894 a competition was held for the 1900 Exhibition area. The Palais de l'Industrie from the 1855 World's Fair was considered unfitting and was to be replaced by something new for the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres (, Poitevin-Saintongese: ''Deùs Saevres'') is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 79 Deux-Sèvres INSEE In history and literature ''Deux-Sèvres'' was one of the 83 original ''départements'' created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. The land had been part of the ancient province of Poitou. Departmental borders were changed in 1973 when the inhabitants of the little ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palais Theatre
The Palais Theatre, formerly known as Palais Pictures, is a historic Movie Palace, picture palace located in St Kilda, Victoria, St Kilda, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. With a capacity of nearly 3,000 people, it is the largest seated theatre in Australia. Replacing an earlier cinema of the same name destroyed in a fire, the new theatre, designed by Henry Eli White, opened in 1927. Sitting adjacent to Luna Park, Melbourne, Luna Park, it helped to establish the St Kilda beach foreshore as an entertainment precinct, and remains an iconic landmark in the area. From the 1950s, it became primarily a live entertainment venue, and hosting ballet performances, operas, stand-up comedy shows and big name acts. The Palais is included on the Victorian Heritage Register, and in Music Victoria Awards of 2015, 2015, it was inducted into the Music Victoria Awards, Music Victoria Hall of Fame. History The Palais Theatre was developed by the Phillips b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Palais
Richard Sheldon Palais (born May 22, 1931) is an American mathematician working in differential geometry. Education and career Palais studied at Harvard University, where he obtained a B.A. in 1952, an M.A. in 1954 and a Ph.D. in 1956. His PhD thesis, entitled ''A Global Formulation of the Lie Theory of Transformation Groups,'' was supervised by Andrew M. Gleason and George Mackey. Palais was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Chicago from 1956 to 1958 and at the Institute for Advanced Study from 1958 to 1960. He moved then to Brandeis University, where he worked as assistant professor in 1960-1962, as associate professor in 1962-1965 and as full professor from 1965 until his retirement in 2003. From 2004 he is adjunct professor at the University of California, Irvine. Palais was awarded a Sloan Fellowship in 1965. In 1970, he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Nice. From 1965 to 1982 he was an editor for the '' Journal of Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Palais
Le Palais (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is one of the four communes on the island of Belle Île. Geography Le Palais is one of the four communes of Belle île en Mer. It is the most populated. It houses the administrative center and the main port of the island. The town centre is located northeast of Bangor, southeast of Sauzon and northwest of Locmaria. Map Population Inhabitants of Le Palais are called in French ''Palantins''. Le Palais's population peaked in 1872. See also *Communes of the Morbihan department The following is a list of the 249 Communes of France, communes of the Morbihan Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025): References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palais Royal (other)
Palais Royal is French for " Royal Palace", and can refer to the Palais-Royal, a former royal palace in Paris Palais Royal may also refer to: * Palais Royal (Houston-based department store), a chain of department stores in the United States * Palais Royal (Washington, D.C.), a department store operating from the 1870s-1940s * Palais Royale, a dance hall in Toronto, Canada * Palais Royale, Mumbai, a skyscraper in Mumbai, India * Palaye Royale, a rock band * Palais Royale Building, a historic commercial building in South Bend, Indiana * '' Palais Royal!'', a 2005 French comedy film, co-written, directed by and starring Valérie Lemercier. See also * List of royal palaces * Royal Palace (other) * Palais (other) * Royal (other) Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family or royalty Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palai (other)
Palai is a small town in Sri Lanka. Palai may also refer to: * Palai (Assembly constituency), of Kerala, in India * Palai Central Bank, of Kerala, India * Syro-Malabar Eparchy of ''Palai'', Kerala, India — "Palai", an eparchy in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church * Palai, Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan See also * Pala (other) * Palais (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palace (other)
A palace is a grand residence, usually for royalty or other high-ranking dignitaries. Palace may also refer to: Places * Palace (ward), a former electoral ward of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council that existed from 1978 to 2002 * Palace, Missouri, a community in the United States * Palace Site an archeological site in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. Buildings * Buckingham Palace (sometimes referred to as "The Palace" to represent the British monarch * Palace, Blackpool, a former British entertainment complex * Palace (hotel), a grade classification of French hotels * Palace II (building), a building that collapsed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * The Palace (entertainment complex), a defunct entertainment complex in Victoria, Australia * The Palace (Miami), a residential high-rise in Miami, Florida, U.S. * The Palace of Auburn Hills, a defunct arena in suburban Detroit, Michigan, U.S. * Palace Theatre, in Los Angeles, California * Avalon Hollywood, formerly known as The Palace, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
