Sentences with phrase «of magnificent buildings»

Founded around 880 by prince Bo?ivoj of the Premyslid dynasty, Prague Castle is said to be the largest castle area in the world and is home to a collection of magnificent buildings covering over 18 acres.

Completed in 2011, this wonderful luxury apartment stretches out over the entire first floor of a magnificent building and is conveniently located near both the skiing area and the village center.

Here a revealing guided tour informs you of the magnificent building, which bristles with turrets and pinnacles.

Attracting around 30,000 visitors each year, featuring over 600 images and taking up both East and West wings of this magnificent building, the exhibition is a must - see event in London's cultural calendar.

Not exact matches

The glass - walled store, which reportedly cost around $ 27 million to build, sits along Chicago's stretch of high - end shops known as the Magnificent Mile.

The magnificent national memorial now built on the spot where the 168 people died senselessly is my idea of the shape of tenacious hope, and hope is the one thing for which there is no acceptable alternative.

Do you really think that if you built the most magnificent and most beautiful works of art; that it makes your religion and your god turn out to be actually — real?

Hence, if we need a magnificent church building to transport us to a spiritual state of mind, then maybe there is something wrong with us.

A believer should always be in a spiritual state of mind, and should not depend on any magnificent building.

Behind them, they had left the magnificent Anglo - Catholic edifice of St Barnabas, built, with no expense spared, in the late nineteenth century and further glorified over subsequent decades with the addition of rich furnishings: a dazzling reredos in the Italianate style, a fine collection of stained glass, ornate statues and glittering banners.

As we saw earlier, the contrast was enhanced by the glitter and display and magnificent building programs of some of the monarchs who exacted hard labor and heavy taxes from the people.

Let it collapse, this lumber room, get rid of it, shut all these shops and booths... And let us again serve God in simplicity, instead of treating him as a fool in magnificent buildings.

His alliance with Hiram king of Tyre (in reality, kin of all Phoenicia), provided Solomon's Israel with the resources of a people singularly advanced both economically and culturally; and Solomon's costly but no doubt magnificent building program, including the Temple, employed Hiram's architects, designers, and engineers.

Inside, he wheels past a heavy elevator door and then, with the aid of the students, attempts to negotiate the maze that is a magnificent building constructed on the assumption that everyone using it would be not only a spiritual and intellectual giant but an able - bodied athlete as well!

Full credit must be given to St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 - 74), who, building upon the work of his teacher Albertus, constructed such a magnificent synthesis of traditional Christian doctrine and of the new knowledge that it became the standard expression of Christian doctrine for the Roman Catholic Church up until the present day.

It's a welcome pick me up as you stumble out of bed, before ambling down the steps to the magnificent locally built yoga shala, complete with jungle backdrop, to salute the sun at a morning yoga session.

With the price of entry into our magnificent library of football being amongst the highest there is we should be securing the services of a TOP manager and building on the existing team.

The game against the Aviva Premiership club will be the first major test of the Oxford side as they build towards their attempt to make it a «Magnificent Seven» wins in a row over arch-rivals Cambridge in The Varsity Match at Twickenham on Thursday, 8 December.

This goes way beyond the superficial notion of bonding, which is like focusing on the mortar when describing a magnificent building.

The goal of the Mass Audubon Oriole Project is to enlist as many citizen scientists as possible in building a database about the breeding status of these magnificent birds.

These magnificent dressers are built to last with sturdy drawers and there is plenty of storage space for keeping things neatly tucked away.

Carpenters and bricklayers from the Sikh community all spent their spare time building this magnificent communal monument together, to have a religious home that their Sikh community could be proud of and worship in together.

My attention has been drawn to a deliberate and vile propaganda circulating on social media to the effect that, I am building a «magnificent villa» in Damongo, in the Northern Region, as part of an alleged ambition «to annex» a Parliamentary seat.

«The three magnificent structures we see here spanning three centuries are all feats of modern engineering and a tribute to the talents, vision and remarkable skills of those who designed and built them,» she said.

The magnificent building which is situated in Wa off the Wa - Kaleo Road is being described by many as an icon of a health facility in the Upper West Region.

It is truly a magnificent building to visit to take in all of the Hawaiian Royal Heritage if you are planning a visit to Oahu.

, the Willis Tower Skydeck (I haven't been to the building since it was named the Sears Tower and there weren't glass - bottom observation decks), the Museum of Contemporary Art, The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, and plenty of beer - related stops at bars and breweries.

Unfortunately, while the Magnificent Seven gave viewers the time to get to know the characters and watch the team build a true sense of comradery for me that never happened for me in this film.

The city, girded by gates where bored customs agents ensure that the spirits» relatives have put out their picture before giving them a day pass to the land of the living, is a magnificent sight, with brightly colored stacks of buildings spiraling into the sky, its streets filled with incandescent animal spirits called alebrijes.

The visual splendor of Zack Snyder is on full display, and what a magnificent looking piece of cinema it is, as the director does well playing somber and slow during the first hour - plus of build - up, only to finally get a chance to let it all rip in grand fashion for a lengthy showdown between godlike beings battling it out on Earth for the fate of two separate races.

When an unpredictable thriller finally succumbs to standard formula theatrics, embarrassingly akin to the aforementioned The Terminator, there is a deflating of intensity due to familiarity that makes for a climax that, while certainly exciting, doesn't quite reach the fever - pitch that such a magnificent build - up would warrant.

Every single day in this program means discovering myself, exploring new aspects of gifted education, building awareness, and creating a magnificent future, not only for me, but also for my country's gifted education programs.

It was built when VWs were still painted by dipping them in a tank of enamel, resulting in a magnificent, lustrous finish everywhere.

Proud Proboscis — Ronald «Steady» Barker pays tribute to one of motoring's most magnificent white elephants the 50cv Renault and its successor the 40cv / The Healey Heritage — Malcolm Green traces the development of the big Austin - Healeys from Donald Healey's Riley - powered cars from Warwick to the Mark III 3000 that was built at Abingdon / Back on the Road — Michael Ware reports on some recent restorations by readers of The Automobile / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Batteries — Workshop / Enfield Underslung — Michael Worthington - Williams relates the story of the Adamson cyclecar / Swooping Kestrel — Brian Heath experiences the pleasure of preselector gear changing at the wheel of a 1937 Riley 12/14 Kestrel / Butler's Babies — The American Austin was one of the first attempts to popularise the European small car in the USA Kit Foster tells its story / Commercially Speaking — Panels & Parts

«The idea of taking one of these magnificent racing cars from the «20s and «30s and putting it on a race track, to demonstrate what it was made to do when it was originally built, is pretty evocative, and it gives the public a chance to see them on - track and competing with one another.

Lot # 705.1 - Finished in blue, this magnificent example of the Cadillac Prestige convertible is one of only 2,150 built.

Roger had to stay loyal to the original interior design as well, and it's brimming with old - school charm: The brown leather upholstery, the authentic dials and the aluminum dash are all of the highest build quality, just like the magnificent hood straps.

His builds have won International Show Car Association awards for Best of Class, Best Paint, Magnificent 7 and numerous awards at Goodguys events.

Soon his plans for a magnificent terrace built above the two - hundred - foot drop of the Gorge come under threat.

A little girl, with the help of her dog, tries to build a magnificent thing.

After finishing Penegar's fine book, I consider Benjamin Franklin as belonging to that small group of people whose actions were demanded and made magnificent in building the edifice of liberty we now call the United States of America.

In a magnificent feat of world building, Victoria Strauss has created a unique, vividly imagined land, society, and religious culture while spinning a riveting tale of duty, revelation, destiny, and magic that places her in the top ranks of contemporary fantasists.

Arriving in court as a young boy, Jahan gradually finds himself in the inner - circle of the Sultan's premier architect, helping to build some of the most magnificent buildings ever seen.

Yes she entertained dreams of being a missionary, but those dreams are built on self - aggrandizing fantasies: images of her being carried on a «magnificent schooner with sails like angel wings» (a marked contrast to the slave ship that transported Ajarry to her fate); her as a courageous and heroic savior received by grateful and adoring natives «lifting her to the sky, praising her name: Ethel, Ethel» (I thought missionaries served to praise God, not Saint Ethel).

Port Douglas was initially brought to the attention of the world when the infamous Christopher Skase built the Sheraton Mirage and the Marina Mirage and added all of the magnificent palm trees that still to this day line the entrance into Port Douglas giving you a sense of arrival to somewhere special.

Hidden behind the big brown doors fronting the streets of this UNESCO - listed colonial Mexican town, we spy magnificent Baroque and neo-Gothic mansions, built around garden courtyards with fountains; many now house boutique hotels, designer shops, restaurants and art galleries.

Opened in 1928 at the farthest possible stop on the Trans - Siberian railroad route from Europe to Asia, this magnificent building has seen 90 years of Hong Kong's history firsthand.

You will see many amazing sights including the Cusco Cathedral (built on top of the ruins of the Inca Palace), the old town with its magnificent renovated colonial buildings and the Sacsayhuaman, an Inca ruin, located approximately 3 kilometers above Cusco.

After lunch, visit the enchanting island town of Ortigia to discover its charming piazzas, twisting alleyways, and magnificent Duomo, built from the ruins of Sicily's ancient Temple of Athena.

Built by Fermin Mundaca after he «retired» from pirating and slave trading in 1858, the hacienda was surrounded by magnificent gardens including the solar clock garden called «The Rose of the Winds».