frescoed

More than this, we like the long paths of turf that stretch between splendid borders, recalling the frescoed galleries of a palace; we like the immense hedges, whose tops are high against the sky.

Picture and Text 1893 Henry James 1879

Hellmann, who has a distinctively metallic voice, read out the verdict in the vaulted and frescoed 14th-century courtroom that has been the scene of an appeal swept by emotion, high tension and furious dispute.

Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito cleared of murder 2011

The church itself is highly evocative: It's in the form of a Greek cross, like all of the other churches on Athos, admirably frescoed by

Pentecost in the East 2009

The church itself is highly evocative: It's in the form of a Greek cross, like all of the other churches on Athos, admirably frescoed by

Ecumenism 2009

A few days later he'll celebrate Epiphany mass followed by his traditional baptising of babies in the Vatican's frescoed Sistine Chapel.

Pope decries commercial glitter of Christmas 2011

Yet inside the frescoed courtroom, Knox's parents, who have regularly traveled from their home in Seattle to Perugia to visit the 24-year-old over the past four years, hugged their lawyers and cried with joy.

Amanda Knox Verdict: Murder Conviction Overturned 2011

A great night in Spain's party central could start with a transvestite dinner and floor show – just like an Almodóvar movie daaahling – at Gula Gula (gulagula.net) on Gran Via before you dance the hot night away (Madrileños rarely go out before midnight) under the frescoed baroque walls of 19th-century Palacio de Gaviria (palaciogaviria.com), now a club, on Calle Arenal.

Alternative hen, stag and honeymoon destinations 2011

Open House London Close to St. James Park is the normally off-limits Victorian-era Foreign Office and Indian Office complex, whose highlight—the dazzling Italy-meets-India Durbar Court—is a three-story riot of Doric and Ionic columns capped by a magnificently frescoed vaulted ceiling.

Open House 2011

Hundreds of reporters and camera crews filled the underground, frescoed courtroom before Knox's address on Monday, while police outside cordoned off the entrance to the tribunal.

Amanda Knox Awaits Verdict (VIDEO) 2011

Close to St. James Park is the normally off-limits Victorian-era Foreign Office and Indian Office complex, whose highlight—the dazzling Italy-meets-India Durbar Court—is a three-story riot of Doric and Ionic columns capped by a magnificently frescoed vaulted ceiling. openhouselondon.org.uk

Come in, We're Open David Kaufman 2011