Splendor (redirected from grandness)

Splendor

Aladdin’s palace

built of marble, gold, silver, and jewels. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights]

Alhambra

the palatial 13th-century Moorish citadel in Granada, noted for its lofty situation, beautiful courts, and fountains. [Span. Hist.: Benét, 24]

baths of Caracalla and Diocletian

massive public buildings of imperial Rome, the latter having accommodations for 3,200 bathers. [Rom. Arch.: EB (1963) XIX, 392]

Bucentaur

opulent Venetian ship of state. [Ital. Hist.: Plumb, 257]

Crystal Palace

huge museum and concert hall made of iron and glass at Great Exhibition (1851). [Br. Hist.: NCE, 692]

dahlia

symbol of splendor. [Plant Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 168]

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Nebuchadnezzar’s huge terraces, built to placate wife. [World Hist.: Wallechinsky, 255]

Khan, Kubla

(1215–1294) splendors of imperial court dazzled Polo entourage. [Asian Hist.: EB, 10: 541–543]

magnolia

symbol of magnificence. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175]

Mont-St.-Michel

abbey, church, and fortress; one of the finest examples of medieval French architecture. [Fr. Hist.: NCE, 1824]

Parthenon

magnificent temple of Athena, dominating the Acropolis of Athens. [Gk. Hist.: Benét, 761]

Sainte-Chapelle, the

13th-century chapel, called the most beautiful building in France for its architecture and stained glass. [Fr. Architecture: NCE, 2396]

Taj Mahal

fabulous tomb of Shah Jahan’s wife. [Indian Hist.: Wallechinsky, 317]

Tutankhamun’s tomb

full of treasures of Egyptian pharaoh (c. 1350 B.C.). [Egypt. Hist.: Osborne, 1164]

Versailles

luxurious palace of French kings; outside Paris. [Fr. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1127]

Xanadu

site of Kubla Khan’s “stately pleasure dome”. [Br. Lit.: Kubla Khan in Payton, 744]