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What is a presidential elector, anyway?

Edit Pioneer Press 13 Sep 2016
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit trying to remove Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from the ballot because of problems with his slate of presidential electors ... There, a college of seven “prince-electors” had formal responsibility for electing the Holy Roman Emperor, though in practice they often merely ratified the prior emperor’s heir for the position....

Of Beauty and Grandeur Roman Portraits and their Baroque Appropriation (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jul 2016
(Source. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden). Invitation to a press conference on Thursday, 21 July 2016, 11.30 a.m., Albertinum, entrance at Georg-Treu-Platz, Mosaiksaal. with ... The Dresden Antiquities Collection is one of the oldest collections amassed in Dresden by the kings and prince electors, and one of the oldest large collections of antiquities presented in a museum outside Italy ... presse@skd.museum ... Contact ... Dr. Stephan Adam ... Telefon....

Global places of prayer: 12 must-see mosques

Edit The National 05 Jul 2016
Al Haram Mosque in Mecca, Al Nabawi Mosque in Medina, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, Istanbul's Blue Mosque and the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad are oft-mentioned, must-see monuments on travel lists ... newslide. 1. La Grande Mosquée de Paris. Paris, France. Timeline ... Trivia ... newslide. 2 ... Timeline ... 3 ... Germany's first mosque was built in 1780 by French architect Nicolas de ­Pigage for Charles Theodore, the prince-elector of Bavaria....

{English} World Auction Record for Louyse Moillon - First Sale dedicated to Sculptures - Paris, 16 June (Sotheby's Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Jun 2016
(Source. Sotheby's Inc) Microsoft Word - Tableaux Dessins Anciens et XIXe PostSaleJuin16_ENG. Press release. Paris. 33 (0)1 53 05 53 66 . Sophie Dufresne . sophie.dufresne@sothebys.com. 33 (0)1 53 05 52 32 . Chloé Brézet ... €450,000-650,000) ... Registration No ... A small 1532 portrait by Lucas Cranach of Frederick III the Wise, Prince-Elector of Saxony, took the bidding all the way up to €123,000, quadrupling its high estimate (lot 8, estimate ... 2....

Germany - Italy guest of honour at German Gardening Fair (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic)

Edit Public Technologies 26 May 2016
(Source. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic). Italy was a guest of honour at the International Landscape Architecture and Gardening Fair, held at Schloss Fasanerie, the historic estate of the Prince-Electors of Hesse in the German town of Eichenzell. The privilege confirms Italy's excellence in the field of protecting and maintaining historic landscapes and in the food and wine sector....

Concept & Encounter: The World around 1600 The new permanent exhibition in the Georgenbau at Dresden Royal Palace (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Mar 2016
The permanent exhibition is divided into seven topics starting out with the hall 'Der Kurfürst als artifex' (The Prince Elector as an artifex), concentrating on the history of Prince Elector Augustus (1526-1586), who founded the Kunstkammer ... In the 16th and 17th centuries the court of the Saxon Prince Electors was the centre of the Protestant belief shaped by Luther....

'Ebola is man-made', and other crazy conspiracy theories

Edit The Daily Telegraph 08 Nov 2014
Is Obama behind the Ebola outbreak? Are planes poisoning us? Is Lady Gaga part of an evil Illuminati plot? The five conspiracy theories you won't believe people believe. 'Obama knows'. some believe the Ebola virus is an escaped bioweapon Photo ... Founded in 18th-century Bavaria, they existed for less than a decade, fading into the fog following an order of abolishment for all secret societies by the Prince Elector, Charles Theodore ... ....

BAROQUE JEWEL: Visit Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace (City of Prague)

Edit noodls 01 Jul 2014
(Source. City of Prague). The palace in Charles Street is open between Tuesday and Sunday. 1. July 2014 Adolf Lacina ... Other owners include Jesuit order, Saxon Prince-elector, the cruel Earl Breda or Pavel Jindřich, the Prince Mansfeld-Fondi. Guided tours ... For more information, visit http.//ghmp.cz/22-vystavy/prohlidkova-trasa-dlouhodoba-expozice/ (in Czech) ... (noodl....

The First Georgians: Art and Monarchy 1714-1760 review – 'strange, vivid, unexpected'

Edit The Guardian 13 Apr 2014
George I, prince-elector of Hanover, who suddenly comes to the British throne in 1714 at the age of 54 because all the eligible claimants are Catholics, is known for locking his wife in a German castle for 30 years ... But among galleries devoted to royal princes (and pretenders ... among the figures are a black woman in haute couture and Prince Frederick of Wales....

Lucy Worsley: The TV historian on BBC's The First Georgians, David Starkey and why she'll ...

Edit The Independent 05 Apr 2014
We're in Lucy Worsley's office in Hampton Court Palace and, as usual, the TV historian is busy bringing the past to life ... For the past few months, she's been curating a tripartite exhibition, at Hampton Court, Kensington Palace and Kew Palace, to mark 300 years since the Prince-Elector of Hanover became King George I of England, ushering in the relative stability of Britain's Georgian era ... "It feels like being in a nice club ... Bath....
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