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Royal cremation - The Sanam Luang (สนามหลวง) open field in front of Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace, with the temporary cemetery for Princes Kanlayaniwattana the King Bhumipol's sister, Phra Nakhon district,  Bangkok, Thailand. It was written in the Royal Chronicle as follow that : ''In front of Wat Mahathat, Sanam Luang lies between the Royal Palace and the Palace to the Front. When royal cremation was held at the Phramen Ground, the pyre set up in the centre with the Royal Palace Pavilion to the south and the one of the Prince of the Palace to the Front to the north. The music from the Royal Palace and from the Palace to the Front would be played on opposite sides of Sanam Luang''.

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Fountain in front of the Torre del Filarete. In the main entrance to the Ducal Courtyard museums is a stairway leading to the Rocchetta first and second floors, which house the Sforzesco Castle Applied art collections. On the first floor is the so-called Sala della Balla, where ladies and knights at the Sforza Court used to amuse themselves. Here are the magnificent Trivulzio Tapestries, manufactured in Vigevano according to Bramantino's cartoons. In the ball room are also some of the exhibits belonging to the museum of musical instruments. The collection was acquired by the city of Milan starting from the '50s with the Gallini Collection, but includes also a wide range of other exhibits, in particular stringed instruments from Lombardy. In the following rooms are 16th and 17th century lutes, arch lutes, zithers, guitars, and strings that made families from Cremona (the Amati and the Guarneri) renowned in the 17th century. The wind instruments deserve great attention too, to begin with the old hunting horns, the numerous wood instruments (e.g. flutes, oboes, clarinets, English horns) and the bassoons. There are also many valuable exhibits, such as Mango Longo's ten-string guitar, a 16th century harpsichord of the Venice school, Johannes Maria Anciuti's oboe (1722) and a rare glass harmonica, which had once belonged to Pietro Verri. Not to be forgotten, a section with a collection of non-European instruments and two rooms (room XXXIV and room XXXV) with a collection of instruments donated to the castle museum by the Antonio Monzino Foundation in 2000. On the second floor of the Rocchetta is exhibited a great variety of decorative arts from Lombardy, including artistic ceramics, antique furniture, ivories dating from the 4th to the 18th centuries, enamelware from Limoges scientific instruments and time meters. Among the ivory, the consul's diptychs and the Trivulzio little plate, on which emperor Ottone's family is portrayed, deserve particular attention, among the jewellery, Voghera's monstrance must be mentioned. There are interesting wrought iron exhibits, as well as glassware, majolica and china, put in chronological order, from the Middle Ages until the 19th century. Some works are by great majolica painters of the Renaissance - e.g. Francesco Xanto Avelli and Nicola da Urbino - some other by the most important china factories of the 18th century in Europe - e.g. Meissen, Vienna, Capodimonte and Ginori of Doccia. Torre del Filarete - Fountain in front of the Torre del Filarete. In the main entrance to the Ducal Courtyard museums is a stairway leading to the Rocchetta first and second floors, which house the Sforzesco Castle Applied art collections. On the first floor is the so-called Sala della Balla, where ladies and knights at the Sforza Court used to amuse themselves. Here are the magnificent Trivulzio Tapestries, manufactured in Vigevano according to Bramantino's cartoons. In the ball room are also some of the exhibits belonging to the museum of musical instruments. The collection was acquired by the city of Milan starting from the '50s with the Gallini Collection, but includes also a wide range of other exhibits, in particular stringed instruments from Lombardy. In the following rooms are 16th and 17th century lutes, arch lutes, zithers, guitars, and strings that made families from Cremona (the Amati and the Guarneri) renowned in the 17th century. The wind instruments deserve great attention too, to begin with the old hunting horns, the numerous wood instruments (e.g. flutes, oboes, clarinets, English horns) and the bassoons. There are also many valuable exhibits, such as Mango Longo's ten-string guitar, a 16th century harpsichord of the Venice school, Johannes Maria Anciuti's oboe (1722) and a rare glass harmonica, which had once belonged to Pietro Verri. Not to be forgotten, a section with a collection of non-European instruments and two rooms (room XXXIV and room XXXV) with a collection of instruments donated to the castle museum by the Antonio Monzino Foundation in 2000. On the second floor of the Rocchetta is exhibited a great variety of decorative arts from Lombardy, including artistic ceramics, antique furniture, ivories dating from the 4th to the 18th centuries, enamelware from Limoges scientific instruments and time meters. Among the ivory, the consul's diptychs and the Trivulzio little plate, on which emperor Ottone's family is portrayed, deserve particular attention, among the jewellery, Voghera's monstrance must be mentioned. There are interesting wrought iron exhibits, as well as glassware, majolica and china, put in chronological order, from the Middle Ages until the 19th century. Some works are by great majolica painters of the Renaissance - e.g. Francesco Xanto Avelli and Nicola da Urbino - some other by the most important china factories of the 18th century in Europe - e.g. Meissen, Vienna, Capodimonte and Ginori of Doccia.

Vue de la Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins ou gare des Bénédictins, Limoges, France Gare des Benedictins - Vue de la Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins ou gare des Bénédictins, Limoges, France

Place de la République, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France Place de la Republique - Place de la République, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France

La rue du Clocher, rue piétonière à Limoges, France Rue du Clocher - La rue du Clocher, rue piétonière à Limoges, France

Eglise Saint-Michel-des-Lions, halle en granit de style gothique tardif (XIVe-XVIe siècles), surmontée d'un clocher typiquement limousin, haut de 70 mètres et doté en 1824 d'une boule en cuivre - Limoges, France Bell tower - Eglise Saint-Michel-des-Lions, halle en granit de style gothique tardif (XIVe-XVIe siècles), surmontée d'un clocher typiquement limousin, haut de 70 mètres et doté en 1824 d'une boule en cuivre - Limoges, France

Les halles, place de la Motte, centre de Limoges, France Les halles - Les halles, place de la Motte, centre de Limoges, France

Côté du jardin d'Orsay, le Palais de Justice (court d'appel), édifié en 1840, typique de l'architecture judiciaire du temps du roi Louis-Philippe, Limoges, France Palais de Justice - Côté du jardin d'Orsay, le Palais de Justice (court d'appel), édifié en 1840, typique de l'architecture judiciaire du temps du roi Louis-Philippe, Limoges, France

Façade de l'hôtel de ville de Limoges, France Facade - Façade de l'hôtel de ville de Limoges, France

Cathédrale Saint-Étienne siuée au cœur du vieux quartier de la Cité, Limoges Cathedrale Saint-Etienne - Cathédrale Saint-Étienne siuée au cœur du vieux quartier de la Cité, Limoges

The Gothic cathedral of St-Etienne, begun in 1273 and finished in 1888, Limoges, France Saint-Etienne cathedral - The Gothic cathedral of St-Etienne, begun in 1273 and finished in 1888, Limoges, France

Circuit touristique de la Cité, small place with restaurants, Limoges, France Place - Circuit touristique de la Cité, small place with restaurants, Limoges, France

Chapelle du collège des Jésuites, achevée sous Louis XIII, en 1629, Limoges, France Chapelle du college des Jesuites - Chapelle du collège des Jésuites, achevée sous Louis XIII, en 1629, Limoges, France

Maisons a colombage de Limoges, France Maisons a colombage - Maisons a colombage de Limoges, France

Le Pavillon du Verdurier et L'Eglise Saint-Pierre-du-Queyroix à Limoges Pavillon du Verdurier - Le Pavillon du Verdurier et L'Eglise Saint-Pierre-du-Queyroix à Limoges

Rue Fourie, ancienne rue des forgerons, Limoges, France Rue Fourie - Rue Fourie, ancienne rue des forgerons, Limoges, France

Church of St-Pierre-du-Queyroix, Limoges, France Eglise Saint Pierre - Church of St-Pierre-du-Queyroix, Limoges, France

L'église Saint-Pierre-du-Queyroix, Place Saint Pierre à Limoges, France Facade - L'église Saint-Pierre-du-Queyroix, Place Saint Pierre à Limoges, France

Rue Saint Pierre au centre de Limoges, France Rue Saint Pierre - Rue Saint Pierre au centre de Limoges, France

Galeries Lafayette shopping mall in Limoges, préfecture of the Haute-Vienne département, and the administrative capital of the Limousin région - France Galeries Lafayette - Galeries Lafayette shopping mall in Limoges, préfecture of the Haute-Vienne département, and the administrative capital of the Limousin région - France

Mémorial aux enfants de Limoges morts pour la France et la paix du Monde - 1914, 1918 - Place Jourdan, Limoges, France Memorial - Mémorial aux enfants de Limoges morts pour la France et la paix du Monde - 1914, 1918 - Place Jourdan, Limoges, France

Statue du Marechal Jourdan, place Jourdan à Limoges, Haute-Vienne, région Limousin, France Marechal Jourdan - Statue du Marechal Jourdan, place Jourdan à Limoges, Haute-Vienne, région Limousin, France

L'église Notre Dame des XIe et XIIe siècles a été construite par les moines de l’abbaye Saint-Martial de Limoges. Elle est une étape sur la Route de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle. Imposante, elle a des allures de forteresse et fut remaniée à diverses époques. La Souterraine, France Eglise Notre-Dame - L'église Notre Dame des XIe et XIIe siècles a été construite par les moines de l’abbaye Saint-Martial de Limoges. Elle est une étape sur la Route de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle. Imposante, elle a des allures de forteresse et fut remaniée à diverses époques. La Souterraine, France