#Parliament house

[deadmotelsusa]

Orlando's Parliament House opened in 1962 as part of the Parliament House Motor Inn chain. Throughout the 60s, it became a popular spot for weddings, meetings, was used as the Tupperware World Headquarters and hosted the NAACP legislative conference.

In 1975, the motel was purchased by Bill Miller and Michael Hodge, owners of Orlando's first gay club, the Diamond Head. Due to a lack LGBTQ-friendly spaces in Florida, they decided to transform it into a gay and lesbian resort and nightclub. For the next 45 years, it hosted nightly events and drag shows. The property included an outdoor stage, swimming pool and dance floor. In 2019, it was declared the most popular gay bar in the United States.

That same year, the property closed and was listed for sale for $16.5 million. Demolition began in 2021.

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Spring at Old Parliament House in Canberra, Australia.

November 2024

[nando161mando]

"Repost! On today, Wednesday 6pm 25th October Vic Parliament, Blak & Palestinian Solidarity Rally! Also, there's the weekly Sunday 29th October 12pm Free Palestine end Israel's genocide rally at the state library! Organised by @/warrevolt & @fpmelbourne Art by @/gabi_briggs"

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[canberramaidan]

Autumn colours at Australian Parliament, Canberra. May 2023.

[royalty-nobility]

Portrait of Charles I, Queen Henrietta Maria, and their Children

Artist: Anthony van Dyck  (Flemish, 1599–1641) 

Genre: Portrait

Description: Charles I and his wife Henrietta Maria with their eldest children: Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles II) next to his father and Mary, the Princess Royal, in the arms of her mother.

Date: April-August 1632

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Royal Collection, Windsor Castle

Depicted People:

Charles I of England 

Henrietta Maria of France

Charles II of England

Mary Henrietta, Princess Royal

Description

This was Van Dyck's first commission following his appointment as Court Painter to Charles I in 1632. It shows Charles and his Queen, Henrietta Maria of France, with their two eldest children: Prince Charles, later King Charles II, standing before his father and Princess Mary in her mother's arms. In the background we glimpse a silhouetted view of Parliament House, Westminster Hall and possibly the Clock Tower.

The painting was known as The Greate Peece at the time and Charles hung it prominently in the Palace at Whitehall. What sets the picture apart from other paintings of the period is the apparently effortless way in which Van Dyck seemed able to combine the formal demands of official state portraiture with the informalities of family domesticity. Its size, the acres of shimmering silk and the grand classical column lend the image official gravity. Yet at the same time the King and Queen are seated, Charles has placed his crown on one side and two tiny dogs play between the royal couple. The composition is in essence, a royal conversation piece of a kind that was to be perfected by Johann Zoffany in the mid-18th century.

The influences that are at work in such a painting reveal the true level of Van Dyck as an artist. Only Rubens and Velazquez treated royal sitters with such apparent nonchalance and insight, while the warm colours and dramatic sky bespeak a profound knowledge of Titian. It is interesting to note that the condition of the painting gave cause for concern as early as 1676 because Van Dyck had applied an unusual priming to the canvas.

[kurtisdepaoli]

Did you know? It took 6 years to construct Parliament House, Canberra.

[artemisbarnowl]

Q for my aussie queens

Did you or did you not visit a certain science building as part of a week long trip to the capital?

[justnownews]

PML-N's Irfan Siddiqui Announces Indefinite Delay of Constitutional Amendments

In a significant political development, PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui confirmed that the proposed constitutional amendments have been postponed indefinitely. This decision follows extensive discussions within the party and coalition partners, who have opted to delay the amendments due to ongoing political uncertainties. Siddiqui emphasized the importance of consensus-building among all political…

[ghlagatindotcom]

Spirit of death is hovering around Parliament house, pray for the inhouse workers — Prophet Isaac warns

Prophet Isaac Revelation has warned Ghanaians to strongly stay on their toes amd pray fervently for the nation because there’s an impending doom that is about to befall the nation. According to him in an interview he granted to Gh Pack TV, the spirit of death is busily hovering around the parliament house of Ghana and people who works there must be protected spiritually. Eight years ago, the…

[deadmotelsusa]

Orlando’s Parliament House opened in 1962 as part of the Parliament House Motor Inn chain. Throughout the 60s, it became a popular spot for weddings, meetings, was used as the Tupperware World Headquarters and hosted the NAACP legislative conference.

In 1975, the motel was purchased by Bill Miller and Michael Hodge, owners of Orlando’s first gay club, the Diamond Head. Due to a lack LGBTQ-friendly spaces in Florida, they decided to transform it into a gay and lesbian resort and nightclub. For the next 45 years, it hosted nightly events and drag shows. The property included an outdoor stage, swimming pool and dance floor. In 2019, it was declared the most popular gay bar in the United States.

That same year, the property closed and was listed for sale for $16.5 million. Demolition began in 2021.

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Wisteria at Australia's Old Parliament House in Canberra.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

[canberramaidan]

13th July 2003: the giant Australian flag on top of Parliament House in Canberra.

[melbmemories]

Aerial view over the intersection of Bourke and Spring Streets Melbourne, showing Parliament House during World War II 1943

SLV

[stephzuniga]

Road Trip!

Last week, we hit the road for a Mother-Son road trip to the Nation’s Capital.  Yep, that’s right, we went to Canberra.  And it was Can-tastic!  Why was it so great well, let me tell you! First of all, I will admit to having an affinity to any city that’s a Capital City.   As a Washington, DC native, I have a special place in my heart for Canberra, London, Rome, Dublin, Vienna, Mexico City,…