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This article is a list of historic places in St. John's, ... St. John's municipality Newman Wine Vaults Provincial Historic Site 436 Water Street St. John's NL
Lawson's Wine Vault Spring Gardens and Terrace Road Lawson's Corner obstructed the entrance to Spring Gardens and it was demolished in 1876 under the Buxton Local Board Act of 1873. The site is now occupied by the NatWest bank building. [13] Lismore Fields: St John's Road
St. John's hosts North America's oldest annual sporting event, the Royal St. John's Regatta. St. John's is home to North America's oldest annual sporting event, the Royal St. John's Regatta, which dates back to at least 1816. The event is important enough in the life of the city that the day of the Regatta (the first Wednesday in August ...
The nave is covered by a 16th-century wooden net vault. 69 Saint Thomas Church: 29 m (95 ft) New York City: United States: 69 St. John's Cathedral: 29 m (95 ft) 's-Hertogenbosch: Netherlands: 72 St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna: 28 m (92 ft) Vienna: Austria: Height mentioned on the German Wikipedia article without source. 72 St. Catherine's ...
1527 – When John Rut visited St. John's in 1526 he found Norman, Breton and Portuguese ships in the harbour (during his New World voyage). 1527 – On August 3, John Rut wrote a letter to King Henry on the findings of his voyage to North America; this was the first known letter sent from North America.
The cycle portrays on three walls the Life of the Virgin and the Life of St John the Baptist, the patron saint of Florence. The left and right walls each have three rows, each divided into two rectangular scenes framed by fictive architecture, and surmounted by a large lunette beneath the vault.
The Florence Baptistery, also known as the Baptistery of Saint John (Italian: Battistero di San Giovanni), is a religious building in Florence, Italy.Dedicated to the patron saint of the city, John the Baptist, it has been a focus of religious, civic, and artistic life since its completion.
St John’s Beck meanders northward along the floor of the vale, and is the main outflow from Thirlmere reservoir, which is located to the south. Alongside the beck runs the B5322, St John’s in the Vale Road. The vale is in the heart of the northern Lake District and is surrounded by many of the most striking of the Lakeland fells.