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Peruvian Pavilion, Seville
The Peruvian pavilion () is a multi-purpose building in Seville, Spain. Built to house the Peruvian exhibition of the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, Ibero-American Exposition, it currently functions as the Consulate-General of Peru in the city and also houses a science museum, La Casa de la Ciencia. History It was created on the occasion of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. It was built from the project designed by the architect , the pavilion was conceived as a work with strong mestizo and colonial characters, a mix of Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish roots and Pre-Columbian Peru, pre-Hispanic Peruvian cultures. From 1984 to 2007, it housed the Doñana Biological Station of the Spanish National Research Council. List of Consuls general *Humberto Urteaga Dulanto: 2007–2010 *Oscar Guillermo Barrenechea Núñez del Arco: 2010–2013 *Javier Martín Sánchez-Checa Salazar: 2013–2015 *República Lucía Cristina Trindade Díaz de Buitrón: 2015–2017 *Gonzalo Zapater V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroque Revival Architecture
The Baroque Revival, also known as Neo-Baroque (or Second Empire architecture in France and Wilhelminism in Germany), was an architectural style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The term is used to describe architecture and architectural sculptures which display important aspects of Baroque style, but are not of the original Baroque period. Elements of the Baroque architectural tradition were an essential part of the curriculum of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the pre-eminent school of architecture in the second half of the 19th century, and are integral to the Beaux-Arts architecture it engendered both in France and abroad. An ebullient sense of European imperialism encouraged an official architecture to reflect it in Britain and France, and in Germany and Italy the Baroque Revival expressed pride in the new power of the unified state. Notable examples * Akasaka Palace (1899–1909), Tokyo, Japan * Alferaki Palace (1848), Taganrog, Russia * Ashton Memorial (190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |