Belair

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Belair (Nashville, Tennessee)

Belair is a historic mansion in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Built as a wedding present for Elizabeth Clay, a Southern belle and heiress to the Belle Meade Plantation in the 1830s, it was the home of a mayor of Nashville in the Antebellum era.

Location

The mansion is located at 2250 Lebanon Road in Nashville, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee.

History

The mansion was built in 1832 as a wedding present from John Harding, the owner of the Belle Meade Plantation, to his daughter, Elizabeth and her husband, Joseph Clay. It was designed in the Federal architectural style, with pine and ash-tree wood floors.

In 1838, the mansion was purchased by William Nichol, who had served as the Mayor of Nashville from 1835 to 1837. He remodeled the house, adding a wing on each side and a winding staircase in the manner of The Hermitage. He also added rosewood doors and silver hardware. Meanwhile, the ceilings are painted with frescoes. When Nichol died in 1870, his widow sold the house.

Belavia

Belavia Belarusian Airlines, legally Joint Stock Company "Belavia Belarusian Airlines" (Belarusian: ААТ «Авіякампанія «Белавія»; Russian: ОАО «Авиакомпания «Белавиа»), is the national airline company of Belarus, headquartered in Minsk. The state-owned company has 1,017 employees and is the Belarusian flag carrier. Belavia serves a network of routes between European cities and the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as some Middle East destinations from its base at Minsk National Airport.

History

Early years

On 7 November 1933, the first Belarusian air terminal opened in Minsk. In the next spring 3 Po-2 aircraft landed in Minsk. They became the first aircraft of the Belarusian air fleet. In 1936 the first regular air route between Minsk and Moscow was established. In the summer of 1940 the Belarusian civil aviation group was officially founded.

In 1964, the Tupolev Tu-124 aircraft received Belarusian registration. In 1973, the then new Tupolev Tu-134A began operating in Belarus. In 1983 Belarusian aviation started flying the new Tupolev Tu-154 planes.