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The dome itself has an external height of 64 m, and an internal height of 33 m. The mosaic in the center represents the Federal coat of arms along with the Latin motto Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno ( One for all, and all for one ), surrounded by the coat of arms of the 22 cantons that existed in 1902.
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The critic Jonathan Meades has scathingly referred to the Millennium Dome as a " Museum of Toxic Waste ", and apart from the dome itself, the project included the reclamation of the entire Greenwich Peninsula.
The dome itself was covered in gold in 1920.
This entrance is a narrow shaft covered by a decorative grate, which itself is covered by an elaborate dome.
A " View Tower " designed in 1760 – 84 feet high and 50 feet wide on five floors, surmounted by a saucer dome flanked by the smaller domes of flanking towers — would have been a small neoclassical palace itself.
An all-female Catholic college, the college sticks out in the downtown area due to the high spire of St. Joseph's church itself, and the rotunda and dome of the Monastery & College Sacred Heart Chapel.
Four stone arches were erected to support the planned dome, but the dome itself was not built.
In the case of the simple dome, the pendentives are part of the same sphere as the dome itself ; however, such domes are rare.
In the case of the more common compound dome, the pendentives are part of the surface of a larger sphere below that of the dome itself and form a circular base for either the dome or a drum section.
The radial walls of the surrounding rooms buttress the dome, allowing the octagonal walls directly beneath it to contain large openings under flat arches and for the room itself to be unusually well-lit.
The tambour on which the dome rests dates to between 1090 and 1100, and it is likely that the dome itself was built at this time.
The Hall of the Abencerrajes ( c. 1333-1391 ) and the Hall of the two Sisters ( c. 1333-1354 ) are extraordinarily developed examples of muqarnas domes, taking the tradition of the squinch in Islamic architecture from a functional element in the zone of transition to a highly ornamental covering for the dome itself.
Also called sail vaults, pendentive domes, or Byzantine domes, this type can be thought of as pendentives which, rather than merely touching each other to form a circular base for a drum or compound dome, smoothly continue their curvature to form the dome itself.
The dome itself, being often contained in the space between ceiling and attic, may be invisible externally.
The Hall of Heroes itself has a dome from the summit of which one can view the interior of the monument.
The dome is 710 feet ( 216. 4 m ) in diameter and the ceiling is 208 feet ( 63. 4 m ) above the playing surface, which itself sits 25 feet ( 7. 6 m ) below street level.
The dome itself was painted sky-blue and strewn with golden stars.
It is able to influence the plot by forming itself into shapes, such as a dome or spaceship.
The dome itself was blown up by explosives placed in the central pavilion and detonated by the converging fires.
The diameter of its central dome remained unsurpassed anywhere in the world until the Renaissance Florence Cathedral, itself not a pendentive dome.
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San Carlino is remarkably small given its significance to Baroque architecture ; it has been noted that the whole building would fit into one of the dome piers of Saint Peter's .< ref >
Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur, Karnataka | Bijapur, has the second largest pre-modern dome in the world after the Byzantine Hagia Sophia.
The only word that has no true connection to another word is " dome " except in its use of a " d " sound.
The composite cone of Nevis volcano has two overlapping summit craters that are partially filled by a lava dome, created in recent, pre-Columbian time.
The weight of the cast iron for the dome has been published as 8, 909, 200 pounds ( 4, 041, 100 kg ).
However, the first sun dome they find has been destroyed by the native Venusians.
The central dome has an octagonal plan, stands 97 m high, and weighs some 20, 000 tons.
It has octagonal plan with a wide dome.
Since the great eruption, many hot springs developed in the area and the resurgent dome has uplifted.
The half dome of the central apse has a colossal half-length figure of Christ, with a seated Virgin and Child below ; the other apses have full-length figures of St Peter and St Paul.
The impression from the valley floor that this is a round dome which has lost its northwest half is an illusion.
The dome room has now been restored to its appearance during Jefferson's lifetime, with " Mars yellow " walls and a painted green floor.
It has a dodecagonal dome over the centre slightly altered by Margaritone d ' Arezzo in 1270.
The one on the left has a metallic dome, the one on the right has a pointed roof with chimney
It has a cylindrical apse and a high dome emerging from a high tambour.
An exact copy of the original pendulum has been swinging permanently since 1995 under the dome of the Panthéon, Paris.
The building has a prominent eight-sided cupola in the centre of the roof, which is accessible via a staircase leading to the dome over the main ceiling.
Barnet has two Grade I Listed buildings, both designed by Edwin Lutyens: the Church of St Jude, the parish church of Hampstead Garden Suburb with a Gothic spire and on opposite side of Central Square, the Free Church, of similar design but with a concrete dome.
NMU has the world's largest wooden dome, the Superior Dome.
The interior, in Mannerist style, has an illusionistic canvas depicting a false dome by Andrea Pozzo ( 1702 ).
Citronelle Oil Field, located on the crest of the dome, has produced more than 169 MMbbl ( million barrels ) of 42-46 ° American Petroleum Institute ( API ) gravity oil from the Lower Cretaceous Donovan Sand.
The old high school has now been completely demolished, except the dome on top of the high school, which is now located as a monument outside of right center field of the baseball field.
The domes are lettered A, B, C, D and E. Dome A is the secondary dome, which has the junior and senior high.
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