This Malibu, California museum is housed in a re-creation of the Villa Dei Papiri in Herculaneum
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Experience an Ancient Roman Villa in the Heart of Malibu | ITALY ...  Jun 6, 2014 ... What perhaps is unexpected is its location: Malibu, California. ... He was so fascinated by the Villa dei Papiri and its history that he decided to build a replica to ... details from other Roman homes of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae. ... The J. Paul Getty Museum on the second floor houses the impressive...
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Villa of the Papyri - Wikipedia  Coordinates: 404828N 142040E / 40.8078N 14.3445E / 40.8078; 14.3445 The ... Sited a few hundred metres from the nearest house in Herculaneum, Piso's home had four levels ... now conserved in the rooms of the large bronzes at the Naples National Archaeological Museum. .... Read  Edit  View history...
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Architecture | Getty Villa - The Getty  A recreation of an ancient Roman country house, the Getty Villa offers a taste of life in ... after a first-century Roman country house, the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, Italy. ... Therefore, architects based many of the Museum's architectural and...
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Artcom Museums Tour: J. Paul Getty Museum  Getty Villa. 17985 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, California. Phone: 310-458 2003 -- ... The Museum is a re-creation of an ancient Roman country house. ... of the Villa dei Papiri, which stood outside the city of Herculaneum overlooking the Bay...
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LA's Getty Villa | Travel + Leisure  ... at the Getty Villa in Malibu, California, designed by Machado & Silvetti Misha Gravenor ... This was hardly surprising: The old museum, housed in a loose re-creation of a rst-century villa on oil tycoon J. Paul Getty's Malibu ranch, was ... by (though it's not an exact replica of) the rst-century Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum.
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Welcome to the album art of 'Hotel California' - Goldmine Magazine  Mar 9, 2011 ... Lula16: Beautiful interview. ... The follow-up to the successful 1975/early 1976 releases  the ... Photographer David Alexander and I set out to scout suitable locations ... The shot of The Beverly Hills Hotel against the golden sunset was ... The whole piece was then re-photographed, re-printed on the same...
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jeopardy/1094_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  IT'S GREEK MYTH TO ME | Pan hung out a lot with this wine god, known to some as Bacchus | Dionysus ... This L.A. landmark will be closed for renovation from 2002 to late 2004, leaving stargazers out in the cold | the Griffith Obervatory.
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Harvard Museum Extension, Cambridge, MA - | Travel + Leisure  Natural light pours into the dramatic new extension of Harvard's art museum complex, ... university's Fogg Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, and Arthur M. Sackler ... into a Victorian-era building in England's new Bombay Sapphire Distillery, while ... 15 Vacation Rentals That Belong on Every Architecture Nerd's Bucket List.
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Milan | Michelangelo's Rondanini Piet now has its museum - Inexhibit  May 2015, will be remembered in Milan as the month the Rondanini Piet has ... it  the Museo della Piet -, designed by Michele de Lucchi inside the Sforza Castle. ... Michele de Lucchi, summarizes his concept for the new museum The new ... the room, the visitors will see the Piet from behind, thus perceiving the latest...
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Norton Simon: The Best Museum You Haven't Visited : NPR  Jan 31, 2011 ... The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif., features the vast art collection of its namesake, businessman Norton Simon. ... this question: "Of all the Raphaels in the world, where does mine come in among the top five?" .... have been on view at the handsome Pasadena museum that bears his name.
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J. Paul Getty Museum, Ranch House, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway ...  Significance: The Getty property, including the Ranch House, was originally part of an early nineteenth ... public access to his art collection that resulted in the creation of the J. Paul Getty Museum. ... California -- Los Angeles County -- Malibu.
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BARBERINI PALACE AND GALLERY - ROMAINTERACTIVE
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Santa Maria delle Grazie - Milan, Italy - Sacred Destinations  The original mural can still be seen in its original location: the refectory wall of the ... Leonardo da Vinci painted The Last Supper in what was the order's refectory, now ... The answer lies in the ambitious plan to turn Santa Maria delle Grazie into a ... For his masterpiece, Leonardo chose to work slowly and patiently in oil...
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House of the Tragic Poet - Wikipedia  The House of the Tragic Poet is a typical 2nd century BC Roman house in Pompeii, Italy. The house, or villa, is famous for its elaborate mosaic floors and frescoes depicting scenes from Greek mythology. Discovered in November 1824 by the archaeologist Antonio Bonucci, the House of the Tragic Poet has ... Below the figure were the words CAVE CANEM, an ancient warning...
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Gray Davis - Huffington Post  Sometime allies Governors Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger joined forces again Wednesday at the California Museum in Sacramento to celebrate the...
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The former Sultan's Palace is now used as the Museum of Moroccan ...  Jan 30, 2015 ... Museum of Moroccan Arts: The former Sultan's Palace is now used as the ... the royal apartments of Dar el Makhzen, the sultan's palace according to our private ... Inside this masterpiece of Islamic architecture, the museum exhibits fine ... Before you walk into the palace you will notice a unique and stunning...
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Nixon's Western White House (and post-Watergate refuge) hits ...  Apr 5, 2015 ... The president called this place La Casa Pacifica -- the House of Peace. Key Cold War decisions were made here, and he healed here after his...
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My Love Of Old Hollywood: Hollywood at Home: Pickfair.  Jun 3, 2012 ... Given that Pickfair was the original Beverly Hills mansion in which all .... Doug and Mary show off their beautiful home in the early 1920's. ... Rudolph Valentino road down via horseback from his own vast estate, Falcon Lair one sunny day, .... Or maybe if there was a ghost haunting Pia and her family it was...
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Getty Villa - Wikipedia  The Getty Villa is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Located at the southerly end of the Malibu coast in the Pacific Palisades ... Reopened on January 28, 2006, the Getty Villa shows Greek, Roman, and ... just east of the city limits of Malibu in the city of Los Angeles in the community of Pacific Palisades. The 64...
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Visiting the Smithsonian Institution Museums in Washington DC ...  May 21, 2014 ... The most noted of the city's museums are those that are part of the ... was founded in 1846 and is administered by the U.S. government. .... The National Gallery of Art (4th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, ... in the Western Hemisphere painted by Leonardo da Vinci is housed in ... She lives in Reston, VA.