April 2012 Weekend break based in Bicester, Oxfordshire. Stowe landscape garden is most notably the work of two people: Lord Cobham and his nephew, Earl Temple. At one time this family was once richer than the king. The Temple family spent a fortune creating and extending the garden to further their political ambitions. Stowe was 'Capability' Brown's first major commission. Stowe reached its social peak in 1822 when Richard Temple was created 1st Duke of Buckingham, but by this time his and his ancestors extravagence had taken the family to the brink of financial ruin with debts of more than £1 million. The 2nd Duke fled and the scandel rocked the English aristocracy. Stowe was rescued in 1922, when it was turned into a school.
Queen Elizabeth I. One of the British Worthies on the Temple of the Worthies at Stowe.
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William Shakespeare. One of the British Worthies on the Temple of the Worthies at Stowe.
John Milton. One of the British Worthies on the Temple of the Worthies at Stowe.
Stowe gardens, Buckinghamshire. Designed by William Kent in 1734-5, it pays tribute to sixteen Britons deemed worthy of commemoration: King Alfred, the Black Prince, John Hampden, William III, Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir John Barnard, and others, but no place for William Shakespeare!
Watercolour by John Piper, 'Temple of British Worthies, Stowe' from the Recording Britain Collection (Buckinghamshire); 1940.
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Paganism is a life-affirming religion, and most Pagans view the physical world as sacred. Pagan values flow from that and embrace it.
A "Georgian Garden" is defined by the UK National Trust as one which dates from 1714 to 1830. In my blog post on May 16 -- Regency Servants ~ Keepers of the
Francis Bacon. One of the British Worthies on the Temple of the Worthies at Stowe.
A gorgeous Stowe House wedding. The ceremony took place in the stunning Marble Hall. A fun wedding to capture with helicopters, pig racing, dancing & fireworks!
Sir Walter Raleigh. One of the British Worthies on the Temple of the Worthies at Stowe. He loved a wench well; and one time getting up one of the Mayds of Honour against a tree in a Wood (‘twas his first Lady) who seemed at first boarding to be something fearfull of her Honour, and modest, she cryed, "Sweet Sir Walter, what doe you me ask? Will you undoe me? Nay. sweet Sir Walter! Sweet Sir Walter! Sir Walter!" At last, as the danger and the pleasure at the same time grew higher, she cryed in the extasey, "Swisser Swatter Swisser Swatter." She proved with child, and I doubt not but this Hero tooke care of them both, as also that the Product was more than an ordinary mortal. John Aubrey, Brief Lives.
The new phenomenon of tourism at the most famous of all English landscape gardens made an unprecedented success of Benton Seeley's guide to Stowe. Numerous editions from 1744 into the 1830s reflected changes in the garden and created a model for later site-specific guidebooks. The grotto was originally designed by William Kent in the late 1730s as a symmetrical, freestanding structure decorated with flints, colored glass, and shells.
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Launched in 2013, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's International Prize honors socially transformative architecture and is open to architects based anywhere in the world. After evaluating submissions from 12 countries in six continents for its third edition, the si...
God Apis God Apis was the greek name for the worthy bull of Memphis. Egyptian Hapi. The bull was the living shape of the god Ptah and after death was placed with Osiris. He was established by distinct signs and domiciliate in the temple complex. Upon his dying, a new bull was sought born near the time of death of the old. The bulls were forgot in the Serapeum at Saqqara. The mother of the bull was also fit special honors, and the burial catacombs for the cows were discovered by a British expedition in the 1970s. The cult is knew from the first dynasty, but it grown especially important during the Late Period.
Watercolour by John Piper, 'Temple of British Worthies, Stowe' from the Recording Britain Collection (Buckinghamshire); 1940.
