Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud Founded: 1101 Closed: 1792 Style: Romanesque, Gothic, Classical Location: Fontevraud-l’Abbaye, France Burials: • Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122-1204) • Henry II, King of England (1133-1189) • Richard I, King of England (1157-1199) Tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine and…
Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore Papale Arcibasilica Maggiore Arcipretale Liberiana di Santa Maria Maggiore Groundbreaking: 432 Construction started: 435 Completed: 1743 Designated as World Heritage Site: 1980 Address: Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, 00100 Roma, Italia Website: https://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/sm_maggiore/index_en.html Burials:…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Ecce Homo 1634 Oil on paper mounted onto canvas, 54.5 x 44.5 cm National Gallery, London ‘Ecce Homo’, the Latin title of this painting, is taken from the Bible, and means ‘Behold the man!’ These were the words…
Guercino (1591-1666) Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio (Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1623 Oil on copper, 72.5 x 65 cm National Gallery, London Mary and Joseph brought the infant Christ, forty days after his birth, to be presented in…
Consecrated: 1681 Address: Dorsoduro, 1, 30123 Venezia VE, Italia Website: https://basilicasalutevenezia.it/ La Salute in Art: Canaletto (1697-1768) Canal Grande e Santa Maria della Salute c.1730 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) La Punta della Dogana con S.…
Manoir du Cloux Chastelet du Cloux Built: middle of the fifteenth century Address: 2 Rue du Clos Lucé, 37400 Amboise, France Website: https://vinci-closluce.com/en Deaths: • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) See also: • Amboise (France) | Castles | François I, King of France (1494-1547) | Marguerite de…
Burials: • Brel, Jacques (1929-1978) • Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paul Gauguin‘s grave. Jacques Brel‘s grave. See also: • Atuona, Hiva Oa (French Polynesia) | Cemeteries
Built: end of the 18th century Location: 60240 Le Mesnil-Théribus, France The Château de Beaufresne was the home of American painter Mary Cassatt from 1887 to 1926. The Château de Beaufresne in Art: Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) Le Bain 1910 Petit Palais, Paris …
Founded: 1250 Completed: 1338 Address: San Polo, 3072, 30125 Venezia VE, Italia Website: https://www.basilicadeifrari.it/ Monument of Titian. The tomb of Canova, originally designed by him as a mausoleum for Titian. Claudio Monteverdi’s tomb. Burials: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) • Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643) • Tiziano (c.1488-1576) See…
Established: 1804 Address: 16 Rue du Repos, 75020 Paris, France Website: https://pere-lachaise.com/ Burials: • Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880-1918) • Avril, Jane (1868-1943) • Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850) • Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-1799) • Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835) • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) • Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) •…