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Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Palm Springs, California" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
S. St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel (Ojai, California) St. Vincent de Paul Church (Los Angeles) San Bernardino Santa Fe Depot; San Luis Obispo station; Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center
The Colosseum (/ ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ s iː ə m / KOL-ə-SEE-əm; Italian: Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo], ultimately from Ancient Greek word "kolossos" meaning a large statue or giant) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the ...
The Colosseum opened in the year 80 A.D. and was the largest building in Rome at that time. The stadium held gladiator games where warriors would battle until their death, but those games were ...
The Palm Springs School of Architecture, often called Desert Modernism, [1] is a regional style of post-war architecture that emerged in Palm Springs, California. [2] Many of the architects who pioneered this style became world-renowned later in their own careers. Numerous buildings and homes by these architects remain in the Coachella Valley.
Construction of the Colosseum started under Vespasian in a low valley surrounded by the Caelian, Esquiline and Palatine hills. The site became available to Nero by the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 and redeveloped for his personal enjoyment with the construction of a huge artificial lake in the Domus Aurea, and a colossal statue of himself. [2]
Branciforte, originally named Villa de Branciforte, was the last of only three secular pueblos founded by the Spanish colonial government of Alta California.The pueblo was established in 1797 on the eastern bluff of the San Lorenzo River, facing Mission Santa Cruz on the west side of the river, in modern-day Santa Cruz, California.
Today, La Purísima Mission is the only example in California of a complete mission complex. As of 2011 it was considered to be the most completely restored Spanish mission in California. [20] Ten of the original buildings are fully restored and furnished, including the church, shops, quarters, and blacksmith shop.