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Dulwich Picture Gallery (146 words) |
 | It was the world's first purpose-built art gallery and opened in 1817. |
| Its basic architecture of a series of interlinked rooms lit by overhead skylights has been the primary influence on art gallery design ever since. |
| It was founded by a bequest from Sir Francis Bourgeois, who on his death in 1811 bequeathed his collection of art to Dulwich College together with £2,000 for the building of a gallery to house them in. |
| Armenian Architecture - VirtualANI - Travellers Accounts Of Ani: Ker Porter (2555 words) |
| The military power of the city, as far as fortifications could render it formidable, must have been very great; for the ravine which I mentioned before, as one means of defence, was additionally strengthened with walls, and towers of different heights. |
| It is very close-grained, and susceptible of being cut into the most delicate combinations without difficulty or splintering, till it is exposed to the air; and then, while it becomes too hard for such work, it acquires a solidity and a surface which resists every destroying effect from the changes of the weather. |
| Their architecture is of the same style and period as the churches in Anni; and it is curious to observe, that though its palaces are sunk in the dust, or abandoned by their conquerors, a remnant of the faith of its ancient kings still exists where it was planted. |
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