Sentences with phrase «reichstag cupola»

Top tip: The two - storey Suite ME includes a glass cupola that provides 360 - degree views of the city — for $ 5,500 a night.

In the sanctuary the unobstructed clear span creates an expressive structural form that soars to the light of the cupola.

I think of the sealed spiral, niche and cupola the nautilus crafts as if the ether windowed spirit level.

It is as though all our individual strivings after truth soared upward into a mental «cupola» whose closed walls inexorably compel our minds to mingle!

We learned that even the tilted cupola of the cathedral's tower in Cap - Haïtien, blown askew by an ill wind, is interpreted by the people as an omen that Duvalier is about to topple.

As he gazes at the cupolas and lofts outlined in the darkness below, he makes out he silent wings of pigeons, floating outward through the city.

At first I was at a school on Gianicolo hill, an occasional job with a sublime view over Rome's patchwork of terracotta and glinting cupolas that made me catch my breath every time, and almost made up for the exasperating school politics.

Its website has this description: «Emphasising values of clarity and transparency, the glazed cupola is a new landmark for Berlin, and a symbol of the vigour of the German democratic process.»

Its appeal was more about location, its iconic Jeffersonian design, the cupola, the memories that people treasured.

Expedition 40 Flight Engineers Alexander Gerst and Reid Wiseman were inside the cupola remotely controlling the 58 - foot Canadian robotic arm from the robotics workstation.

The architect of the church, Orazio Grassi, had originally planned to build a cupola but died before finishing the church, and the money was used for something else.

The cupola of the church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in Rome is a great example of Baroque illusionism (b).

They do not need a dome or cupola to protect them.

Tradition and modernity are united in an overarching work of art with a double cupola, «ducktail» and 19 - inch Sport Classic wheels.

When it opened in 1957, the Robert Ridgefield Library had been the tallest building in Ridgefield - a nine - story neoclassical behemoth of granite and glass, columns and cornices, with an incongruous cupola perched uncomfortably on top.

The central market in Valencia is one of the most spectacular in the country, with soaring cupolas, ceilings that reach 100 feet / 30 m, and ample windows that infuse it with Mediterranean light.

At the end of the aisle, where the nave gave on to the cupola of the dome, they had to pause beside Bernini's statue of St. Longinus, close to where the choir was singing, and wait while the last few pairs of cardinals filed up the steps to kiss the central altar and descended again.

Daniel maneuvered the stroller into the stream of people again, waiting to be spit out into the cupola.

Above, a brick facade ended in a broken cupola silhouetted against the sky.

There's extensive use of terra cotta, and a tiered tower above the marquee rises to a lantern and cupola.

The monastery's brightly painted walls, and the round and oval patterns in white that decorate its windows and cupolas, are similar to the churches in Russia's «Golden Ring,» a region that has a historical link to Kiev.

• Housed in an 18th - century seminary with a distinctive blue cupola that is a Valencia landmark, the Museu de Belles Arts (9 Carrer San Pio V; 34/96-360 -5793; www.cult.gva.es/mbav) boasts one of Spain's greatest collections — and with a mere fraction of the Prado's crowds.

The building's major architectural element was a windowed cupola in the ceiling.»

To the left of the courtyard as you enter through the arch stands the cathedral, painted the color of pistachio ice cream, with a golden dome on each of its 15 light - blue cupolas.

Considered the white island, due to its landscape and place names (White Hills and White Stones), Graciosa offers beautiful sights of well - preserved vineyards and quaint windmills of Flemish influenced red cupolas.

The white wooden structure was built in 1914 and spans a full 300 feet, topped by a cupola and the weather vane of a large ship.

Funding was provided by a wealthy merchant, Peter Faneuil, for the construction and local artisan to create the grasshopper weather vane that still perches on the building's cupola.

The main town on the island, also called Mykonos (or Chora to the locals), has typically Cycladic architecture on display with its white washed houses with painted blue windows, pretty narrow streets and pebble - stoned pavements and small white chapels with sky blue cupolas.

The casita is air conditioned, has cable television, ceiling fans, a covered veranda and a romantic cupola with vaulted hardwood ceilings.

Follow the winding stairs in the Master Bedroom to the third floor cupola to toast the sunset at the end of the day.

The cupola atop the grand, weathered - shingled Island Inn is like a beacon to ferry passengers arriving at this rocky island, 12 miles off the Maine... Read More

The wet bar is located under the cupola and has a full - sized refrigerator and granite counter, and a cafe table with two chairs.

The gleaming white Belle Epoque facade sums up the essence of Monte - Carlo ritz and glitz: inside, it boasts one of the most famous lobbies in Europe, with a glass domed cupola designed by Gustave Eiffel (as in, the tower).

It featured two floors of gingerbread Victorian architecture, 30 rooms, ornate cupolas and verandas.

The cupola located on the third level of this home has two twin beds and offers breathtaking views of the Gulf of Mexico.

Many of these townhouses included a staircase and cupola, always an interesting attraction.

Set within a walled oasis once used as the Maharaja of Alwar's camp during hunting expeditions, Amanbagh is a contemporary place with domed cupolas and private courtyards that echo the region's traditional Moghul architect.

The most striking exterior feature is the large central dome covered with brilliantly colored tiles and capped with a small copper cupola.

Following an extensive renovation to sensitively transform the 1914 Edwardian Belle Epoque building, the original architectural features have been painstakingly restored by an expert team of craftsmen, including the magnificent Grade II - listed street frontage and dome, and the grand Pavonazzo marble staircase which rises up through all seven storeys of the hotel beneath the 166 - foot cupola.

Images of Singapore street scenes mix with French cupola - style light boxes and paneled walls that echo a Parisian apartment.

The spacious Hawaiian styled architecture includes open beamed ceilings and a large center cupola for great airflow.

Spacious two bedroom Casita with crafted cupola ceilings, high quality king beds and luxury linens in each room.

Spacious two bedroom casita with crafted cupola ceilings, high quality king beds and luxury linens in each room.

A distinguishing feature of its design is its 14 - story tower and cupola.

Under an impressive crystal cupola the lobby of the hotel is characterized by its hanging plants and exotic gardens.

This room also offers a spiral staircase leading to the enclosed cupola, which offers a breathtaking view of the Gulf of Mexico.

La Bauhinia, the all - day dining restaurant and lounge in the centre of the building, features a newly uncovered and restored glass cupola modelled after the Eiffel Tower.

A classic courtyard rests under a glass cupola.

The veranda also includes sumptuous lounge areas, while the second - story balconies and third - story cupola boast the villa's most privileged vistas.

Tourist visits to the Reichstag cupola in Berlin are to be suspended as security fears grow in Germany.