America’s Diplomatic Architecture Abroad: A Brief History - The National Museum of American Diplomacy https://t.co/Im7KKbEwue
— TSB (@TweetingTSB) May 11, 2023
Ben Franklin was on his own to find a place to work in Paris, and so were his fellow ambassadors until the Foreign Buildings Act of 1928 created a legal authority for State to own properties abroad.
Now, there are so many diplomatic properties abroad - in every country but Iran and North Korea - that State has a Bureau to manage them, and a program to protect our cultural heritage in embassy art and architecture.
If you'll be in town around noon on May 18, please consider coming to the NMAD for a presentation on the history of diplomatic architecture.
(p.s. That funny round building is our embassy in Dublin.)
Some how that's appropriate for Ireland.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right. It kind of looks like a modernist take on Stonehenge or the stone circles in Cornwall.
ReplyDeleteI would say something extremely clever but I'm sure the Irish have already said it.
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