The Tokugawa Shogun family built Nagoya Castle, securing an important position on the Tokaido highway to ward off attackers and thus ensuring continued social and economic prosperity.
Much of the current design for Santa Maria del Giglio dates to a 1680-83 renovation by the architect Giuseppi Sardi, working under the patronage of Antonio Barbaro.
Although Jews have lived in the town of Timisoara since the mid-16th century, it was not until the middle of the 19th century that they were granted full legal and social protection.
From October 26, 2012 to January 26, 2013, Sir John Soane’s Museum in London hosted an exhibition titled “Giving Our Past a Future: The Work of World Monuments Fund, Britain.