(Encyclopedia) Saint David's, Welsh Tyddewi, small town, Pembrokeshire, SW Wales. The renowned town cathedral is mainly Transitional Norman in style, built of red-violet stone. Among its features is…
(Encyclopedia) Savoy, the, chapel in London, between the Strand and the Thames River. Its name is derived from the palace of Peter of Savoy, uncle of Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III. Destroyed…
(Encyclopedia) TarawaTarawatəräˈwə, tărˈəwä [key], atoll (1990 pop. 28,802), capital of Kiribati, central Pacific, previously capital of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.…
(Encyclopedia) Bodley, George FrederickBodley, George Frederickbŏdˈlē [key], 1827–1907, English architect. One of the most prominent and prolific ecclesiastical architects, Bodley was a pupil of Sir…
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(Encyclopedia) Sully, Thomas, 1783–1872, American painter, b. England. Having come to the United States as a child, he first studied with his brother Lawrence, a miniaturist, and later for a brief…
(Encyclopedia) Lafayette, or La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis deLafayette, or La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis demärēˈ zhôzĕfˈ pôl…
