grotto
gruta
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In addition to the gardens, there were two grottos with hidden, artificial lighting, that sheltered the new friendship, if not love, flourishing between David and Carrie.
a small picturesque cave, especially an artificial one in a park or garden.
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Usually a little 'grotto' is prepared for the Pope's tomb.
During the week, youngsters tried their hand at pumpkin carving and visited a haunted house 'grotto' .
The railings around the 'grotto' were erected at a later date.
At 11 am there will be a May procession to bless the new 'grotto' to Our Lady in the garden in Spring Gardens.
The present 'grotto' commemorating Our Lady's apparitions at Lourdes will be moved to another location in the garden.
Rolling over to find sweet relief from his side, he stared blankly at the ceiling, a grubby 'grotto' of sepia walls.
A grandad from Trowbridge has transformed his garden into a magical 'grotto' for children to enjoy.
Residents in the area have been pushing for the building of a 'grotto' in the green area of the park and the building of a wall around the park over the last 12 months.
visits to Father Christmas's 'grotto'
More than 30,000 children and adults had visited his 'grotto' the year before.
In gardening, designers turned their backs on Italianate fountains and 'grottoes' and on the stiff French parterres, long vistas and avenues beloved of Stuart kings.
"Children look forward to visiting a 'Grotto' for a little present and to meet Father Christmas.
Where they did survive, many great eighteenth-century 'grottoes' gradually slid into ruin, like the parks in which they stood or the houses they once served.
Such garden 'grottos' first became popular in Italy before spreading to England in the Tudor period.
The garden also features a gazebo, garden seats and 'grottoes' .
Here are about 1200 caves, some of them with lakes and rivers; subterranean 'grottos' are suitable for diving.
You can believe it if you want as you wander through gilt throne rooms and baroque bedrooms, romantic 'grottoes' and misty gardens.
There Wright filled the grounds with follies, 'grottoes' , and garden buildings in the rustic, Gothic, and Palladian styles.
This palace had underground rooms or 'grottoes' with wall paintings depicting elaborately swirled and bizarre floral and figural motifs.
If scuba diving appeals, you'll find the Adriatic sea floor is littered with wrecks where exotic fish swim in coral reefs and colourful underwater gardens and 'grottoes' .
In the Renaissance garden, elemental forces of nature were represented by fountains, statuary, and artificial 'grottoes' .
Towards the end of the eighteenth century a picturesque rock landscape with a cascade, 'grottoes' and a hermit's cave was constructed.
And why should we live in boring, utilitarian spaces when we could live in 'grottoes' and crooked caverns?
In addition to the gardens, there were two 'grottos' with hidden, artificial lighting, that sheltered the new friendship, if not love, flourishing between David and Carrie.
A gazebo, garden seats, the 'grottoes' and the waterside plantings and eventually the bedding schemes will convey the exuberance of the Victorian garden - to be again enjoyed in Tramore.
In underwater 'grottoes' , hollowed out of the island's jagged rock-face, we discover swarms of good-sized lobster and shrimp.
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