CONVENTO DE S.PEDRO DE ALCÃNTARA EM LISBOA

Fundado no séc. XVII (lançamento da 1ª pedra em 1680), por D. António Luis de Menezes, 1º marquês de Marialva, para religiosos arrábidos da ordem de S. Francisco, foi destruído quase por completo em 1755, tendo sido a sua reconstrução iniciada em 1783.

Palácio do Beau-Séjour

Mandado construir pela Viscondessa da Regaleira por volta de 1849, na Quinta do Beau-Séjour, conta cerca de um séculoe meio de história. Foi construído, juntamente com os seus pomposos e elitistas jardins, ao estilo romântico parisiense, o que fez com que o local tenha adquirido um certo aspecto francês.

Chinese Government Has Had It with “Oversized, Weird” Architecture

Architects in China apparently need to tone down the quirkiness of their designs and quit erecting buildings that pass as giant pants, penises, and ancient coins. As the South China Morning Post (SCMP) first reported, the State Council on Sunday issued a directive concerning the country’s future blueprint that includes a ban on “weird” architecture

A Photographer Documents the Struggles of Refugees in Lesbos, Greece

“Is this Europe?” That’s the question German photographer Kai Löffelbein heard again and again from refugees landing on the island of Lesbos, Greece, this past fall, where 2–4,000 migrants and refugees were arriving daily. So catastrophic is the situation there that, after dire sea crossings in leaky boats helmed by armed smugglers, many arrivals doubt they’ve come to the right place.