Infobox religious building building name Church of Sant Orsola image Chiesa di Sant Orsola MantovaJPG.jpg caption Facade image size 250px location Mantua , Italy geo religious affiliation Roman Catholic rite province district consecration year website architecture yes architect architecture type Church architecture style Baroque Architecture Baroque facade direction groundbreaking year completed 17th century construction cost specifications capacity length width width nave height max dome quantity dome height outer dome height inner dome dia outer dome dia inner spire quantity spire height materials File Domenico Fetti Margherita Gonzaga Receiving the Model of the Church of St Ursula WGA07847.jpg left 200px thumb Margherita Gonzaga Receiving the Model of the Church of St Ursula, by Domenico Fetti , Palazzo Ducale of Mantua The Church of Sant Orsola St Ursula in Mantua , was designed and built in 1608 by Antonio Maria Viani , the architect of the ducal court of the House of Gonzaga . The church was commissioned by Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara Margherita Gonzaga d Este , the widow of Alfonso II d Este . Margherita, while not a nun herself, as a widow came to live in an apartment in the Poor Clares Clarissan monastery that was once adjacent destroyed in 1930 . The octagonal church was decorated by major regional artists including Domenico Fetti and his sister and nun at the convent Lucrina Fetti Lucrina , Lodovico Carracci , Carlo Bonomi , and Antonio Maria Viani . After suppression of the convent in the 1780 s, the convent had become a hospital. Bibliography Cynthia A. Gladen, Suor Lucrina Fetti pittrice in una corte monastica seicentesca in I monasteri femminili come centri di cultura fra Rinascimento e Barocco , Roma 2005, Edizioni di storia e letteratura coord missing Italy Category Churches in Mantua Orsola it Chiesa di Sant Orsola Mantova ... more details
Infobox film name Before the Fall image image size alt caption director Dennis Gansel producer Viola J ger br Harald K gler br Molly von F rstenberg writer Dennis Gansel br Maggie Peren starring Max Riemelt br Tom Schilling music Angelo Badalamenti br Normand Corbeil cinematography Torsten Breuer editing Jochen Retter studio Seven Pictures distributor Constantin Film released Film date 2005 01 13 runtime 114 minutes country Film Germany language German budget gross 3,764,219 ref mojo title beforethefall Before the Fall ref Before the Fall also known as NaPolA Hitler s Elite German Napola Elite f r den F hrer is a 2004 German drama film written and directed by Dennis Gansel . Plot In 1942, Friedrich Weimer s Max Riemelt boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Institutes of Education National Political Academy NaPolA high schools that produce Nazi elite. Against his father s will, he enrolls, seeing this as his ticket out of his factory life to the university. During his year in seventh column fifth form , this innocence is altered as Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. Cast Max Riemelt as Friedrich Weimer Tom Schilling as Albrecht Stein Jonas J germeyr as Christoph Schneider Leon Alexander Kersten as Tjaden Thomas Drechsel as Hefe Martin Goeres as Siegfried Siggi Gladen Florian Stetter as Justus von Jaucher Devid Striesow as Heinrich Vogler Joachim Bissmeier as Dr. Karl Klein Karl der Gro e Anstaltsleiter Michael Schenk as Josef Peiner Peiniger Sportlehrer Justus von Dohnanyi as Gauleiter Heinrich Stein Claudia Michelsen as Frau Stein Julie Engelbrecht as Katharina Johannes Zirner as Torben Send Dennis Gansel as Boxing Trainer Production The castle that houses the fictitious Napola Allenstein in the film is Bouzov Castle http www.volny.cz sdh bouzov in the Czech Republic . Reception Before the Fall received mixed to positive reviews it currently holds a 68 fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes , the consensus states Despite ... more details
Infobox Protected area name Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve iucn category IV photo photo caption photo width location Gulf of Honduras nearest city Placencia , Stann Creek District Stann Creek lat d lat m lat s lat NS long d long m long s long EW area convert 10,510 ha established 18 May 2000 visitation num visitation year governing body Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment Southern Environmental Association Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve GSSCMR is a protected List of marine reserves of Belize marine reserve in the central part of Belize s Belize Barrier Reef Barrier Reef . It covers approximately convert 25980 acres ha lying convert 36 km mi off the coast of Placencia. ref name berds Cite web ref harv author Belize Tropical Forest Studies year 2010 title Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes work Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System url http www.biodiversity.bz find protected area profile.phtml?pa id 98 ref ref Cite web ref harv author Belize Tropical Forest Studies year 2010 title Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes No take zone work Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System url http www.biodiversity.bz find protected area profile.phtml?pa id 107652 ref Established in 2003, ref name berds The reserve comes under the authority of the government s Fisheries Department, but is managed by the Southern Environmental Association, a community based organisation. ref name sea Cite web ref harv author SEA Belize title Gladen Split Silk Cayes url http www.seabelize.org gladden split silk cayes.html ref Gladden Spit is a promontory forming the southernmost tip of the sunken atoll. The spit has a short sloping shelf that drops off steeply at about 40 2000 metres in depth within convert 10 km mi of the reef. ref name fmnh Cite web author Florida Museum of Natural History title Gladden Spit & Silk Cayes Marine Reserve url http www.flmnh.ufl.edu fish sharks whaleshark whalebelize gladspit.htm date work Whale Shark Research on the Belize ... more details
Infobox Holiday holiday name National Hug Day image Flickr The U.S. Army Hearty hugs.jpg caption A soldier at Fort Jackson South Carolina Fort Jackson , South Carolina , hugs her mother on Family Day official name nickname National Hugging Day observedby United States , Canada , United Kingdom , Australia , Germany , Poland , Russia , China date January 21 celebrations Offer hugs National Hug Day or National Hugging Day is an annual holiday created by Rev. Kevin Zaborney. ref name people cite web url http www.people.com people archive article 0,,20119408,00.html title How Kevin Zanborney creates National Hug Day publisher People.com accessdate 13 April 2011 ref ref name christian It occurs on March 29 and is officially recognized by the United States Copyright Office , ref name pundit cite web url http www.rightpundits.com ?p 2725 title National Hug Day or National Hugging Day March 29 last Reilly first Ignatius publisher RightPundits.com accessdate 18 January 2010 ref ref name suite cite web url http americanaffairs.suite101.com article.cfm us holidays and observations in march 2010 title U.S. Holidays and Observations in March 2010 last Rockler Gladen first Naomi date 14 November 2009 publisher Suite101 accessdate 18 January 2010 ref ref name smash cite web url http articles.smashits.com articles health medical 77757 national hugging day reach out and touch someone.html title National Hugging Day last Hamel first Leona publisher SmashHits.com accessdate 18 March 2010 ref but is not a public holiday . The holiday was founded on March 29, 1986 in Caro, Michigan , and has since spread to multiple countries. ref name official cite web url http www.nationalhuggingday.com title Official National Hug Day Website last Zanborney first Kevin publisher nationalhuggingday.com accessdate 20 April 2011 ref ref name emax cite web url http www.emaxhealth.com 1357 5 35179 today national hug day which means good health.html title Today Is National Hug Day Which Means Good Health la ... more details
Glass operas Appomattox is an opera in English language English based on the American Civil War , composed by Philip Glass , with a libretto by the playwright Christopher Hampton . The work had its world premiere at the San Francisco Opera on October 5, 2007, with a cast that included Dwayne Croft as Robert E. Lee, Andrew Shore as Ulysses S. Grant. The piece is about two and a half hours long, in two acts, with a prologue and an epilogue. ref Kosman, Joshua, http articles.sfgate.com 2007 10 08 entertainment 17263889 1 lee s surrender civil war two generals Philip Glass opera Appomattox both impressive and inconsistent , San Francisco Chronicle , 8 October 2007 ref Roles class wikitable Role Voice type Premiere Cast, October 5, 2007 br Conductor Dennis Russell Davies General Ulysses S. Grant baritone Andrew Shore singer Andrew Shore General Robert E. Lee baritone Dwayne Croft Julia Dent Grant soprano Rhoslyn Jones Mary Custis Lee soprano Elza van den Heever Julia Agnes Lee soprano Ji Young Yang T. Morris Chester tenor Noah Stewart Abraham Lincoln Bass Baritone Jeremy Galyon Mary Todd Lincoln soprano Heidi Melton Elizabeth Keckley mezzo Soprano Kendall Gladen Edgar Ray Killen Bass Baritone Philip Skinner Edward Porter Alexander Edward Alexander tenor Chad Shelton John Rawlins singer John Rawlins Baritone Jere Torkelsen General Howell Cobb Bass voice type bass John Min gro Ely S. Parker tenor Richard Walker Wilmer McLean Baritone Torlef Borsting Four Civil Rights Marchers Bass Tenor Soprano Mezzo Soprano Frederick Matthews Antoine Garth Virginia Pluth Claudia Siefer An Old Man Bass Frederick Matthews A Young Man tenor Antoine Garth Two Freed Slaves tenor bass Alexander Taite Anthony Russell A Brigadier tenor Kevin Courtemanche A Naval Officer bass William Pickersgill Voice of a Confederate Soldier baritone David Kekuewa A Captain bass William Pickersgill colspan 3 Chorus of Union and Confederate Soldiers, Citizens of Richmond and Appomattox, Slaves and Women Synopsis P ... more details
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