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Punta Giglio è un promontorio calcareo che assieme a capo Caccia racchiude la baia di porto Conte. Impropriamente viene chiamata "punta", poiché in realtà ha le caratteristiche di "capo" per la sua altezza sul livello del mare. Deve il suo nome per la presenza di numerose piante di giglio. È compreso nel territorio della Area naturale marina protetta Capo Caccia - Isola Piana Dalla sommità è possibile ammirare il panorama circostante. Per la strategica posizione dominante tra Porto Conte e Alghero era un importante base antiaerea dell'esercito durante l'ultima guerra, di cui esistono ancora le strutture con caserma, piattaforme di posizionamento cannoni antiaerei, casematte e deposito esplosivi, costruiti con pietre di calcare del posto e mimetizzati alla vista dal mare.
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... in the beauty of nature
Discover Switzerland Part III
It was not an easy climb to this little jewel of the Swiss Alps, but it compensated us in the form of this magnificent view that we were allowed to enjoy there. What could be better than experiencing and enjoying the uniqueness of creation together on a sunny summer's morning? The serenity and peaceful atmosphere in this place filled our hearts with new strength and joy. This summer day was an unforgettable experience for us in the beauty of our beloved homeland.
I would like to express my gratitude to all my friends here for the nice and sweet words for my little work of love. It means having so many friends with whom I can share my joy in photography around the world. What a pleasure, what a gift, what a blessing. I wish you all a lot of joy and happiness out there in the world and beautiful nature that gives us so much.
Only when you love every thing will the mystery of God reveal itself in the things.
It is sweet to be absorbed in the great silence and to become one with nature.
Every being in nature, in man, in love must wait, be patient, until his time comes to bloom.
Please enjoy with me my beautiful homeland – SWITZERLAND. I love it.
Swiss Beauty -
The Land of Mountains and Lakes
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The frogs in the pond love to hide between the water lillies and the Miscanthus sinensis blades always watching out for insects and also damselflies.
(Vintage Carl Zeiss 4.0 300 mm on Olympus Pen F)
Yö Päijänteellä 🌛 Night on the lake Päijänne. 🌜 Sysmä.
2018. #Finland #Summer #Lake #Moonlight #Midsummer
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Klosterkirche Bebenhausen
Das Kloster Bebenhausen war ein Zisterzienserkloster in Bebenhausen (heute Ortsteil von Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg). Nach der Reformation (in Württemberg 1534) dienten die Klostergebäude als Klosterschule, Jagdschloss der Könige von Württemberg und als Sitz des Landtags des Landes Württemberg-Hohenzollern.
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The Spanish Steps are located on the Piazza di Spagna in Rome. The term Spanish Steps is often used as a popular name for this square. Here is also the Fontana della Barcaccia literally: Fountain of the ugly boat . The fountain provides the Piazza di Spagna with a picturesque appearance. The Stairs belong to the church Trinitá dei Monti. The church, with its two towers dominating the Spanish Steps, was originally founded by the French King Louis XII in 1502. Already in the 17th century they wanted to connect this church with the square below where the Spanish embassy was located, hence the name Piazza di Spagna. There is an Obelisk in front of the church. The Obelisk Sallustiano is one of the thirteen old obelisks of Rome. It was built in Roman imperial times in imitation of the Egyptian obelisks. The obelisk was given in 1738 to Pope Clement XII. On 8 December, the Pope traditionally brings a flower tribute to the statue of Mary at the foot of the Spanish Steps.
The Spanish steps, one of Rome's most popular tourist sites. Who can forget the scene in Roman Holiday where Audrey Hepburn stands in her circle skirt with Gregory Peck on the Spanish Steps? YouTube: Movie - Roman Holiday 1953
De Spaanse Trappen bevinden zich op het Piazza di Spagna in Rome. De term Spaanse Trappen wordt vaak gebruikt als populaire naam voor dit plein. Hier staat ook de Fontana della Barcaccia letterlijk: Fontein van de lelijke boot. De fontein verschaft de Piazza di Spagna een pittoresk uiterlijk. Op donderdag 19 februari 2015 werd de recent opgeknapte fontein, voorafgaand aan de UEFA Europa League-wedstrijd AS Roma-Feyenoord, ernstig beschadigd door hooligans van Feyenoord. Het wangedrag van de hooligans leidde tot internationale verontwaardiging. De Trappen behoren bij de kerk Trinitá dei Monti. De kerk, die met zijn twee torens de Spaanse Trappen domineert, is oorspronkelijk gesticht door de Franse koning Lodewijk XII in 1502. Al in de 17de eeuw wilden ze deze kerk verbinden met het plein beneden waar de Spaanse ambassade was gevestigd vandaar ook de naam Piazza di Spagna. Voor de kerk staat een Obelisk. De Obelisk Sallustiano is één van de dertien oude obelisken van Rome. Het werd gebouwd in de Romeinse keizertijd in navolging van de Egyptische obelisken. De obelisk werd in 1738 geschonken aan paus Clemens XII. Op 8 december brengt de paus traditioneel een bloemenhulde aan het Mariabeeld aan de voet van de Spaanse Trappen.
Panorama from Desert View Point...in the background you can see a fire and the smoke that is coming along the Canyon...
Panoramansicht vom Desert View Point...im Hintergrund sieht man einen Waldbrand und die Rauchwolken, die den Canyon entlang ziehen...
Grand Canyon
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Rome is the capital of Italy and located in the Lazio region. The city has about 2.8 million inhabitants, the population of the metropolitan region is 3.7 million. The history of the city can be tasted in the many old buildings that the city possesses. Worth seeing are the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Pantheon, St. Peter's Basilica, the Trevi Fountain and the Victor Emmanuel II Monument. Rome is just one big open-air museum. Throughout the history of more than 2700 years, the city developed into one of the most important cities of Western culture. Rome was the capital of the Roman Kingdom. Rome is located in the Lazio region in the middle of Italy. The city lies on the banks of the Tiber. The center is located on seven hills. In Rome you can not escape a comparison between the past and the present.
Piazza Del Grillo is a charming street in the center of ancient Rome in the Monti district just steps from the Colosseum and Roman Forum. The street takes its name from an ancient Roman family called Del Grillo who owned a beautiful eighteenth century building connected by an overpass in an adjacent medieval Torre delle Milizie, located in the heart of the historic center of Rome, near Trajan's Markets. It gained the popular nickname of "Nero's Tower" from a tradition that it originated as an ancient Roman construction from which Emperor Nero watched the Great Fire of Rome in the year AD 64. It caused widespread devastation.
Rome is de hoofdstad van Italië en gelegen in de regio Lazio. De stad heeft ca. 2,8 miljoen inwoners, het inwonertal van de metropoolregio bedraagt 3,7 miljoen. De historie van de stad is te proeven in de vele oude gebouwen die de stad bezit. Bezienswaardig zijn het Colosseum, het Forum Romanum, het Pantheon, de Sint-Pietersbasiliek, de Trevifontein en het Monument van Victor Emanuel II. Rome is gewoon één groot openluchtmuseum. Doorheen de geschiedenis van ruim 2700 jaar ontwikkelde de stad zich tot één van de belangrijkste steden van de westerse cultuur. Rome was de hoofdstad van het Romeinse Koninkrijk. Rome bevindt zich in de regio Lazio in het midden van Italië. De stad ligt aan de oevers van de Tiber. Het centrum bevindt zich op zeven heuvels. In Rome ontkom je niet aan een vergelijk tussen vroeger en nu. Piazza Del Grillo is een charmante straat in het centrum van het oude Rome in de wijk Monti, op slechts een steenworp afstand van het Colosseum en het Forum Romanum. De straat ontleent zijn naam aan een oude Romeinse familie genaamd Del Grillo, die eigenaar was van een prachtig achttiende-eeuws gebouw verbonden door een viaduct in een aangrenzende middeleeuwse toren delle Milizie, gelegen in het hart van het historische centrum van Rome, dichtbij het Forum van Trajanus.
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The Deutscher Dom (German Church or New Church) is part of an important architectural ensemble composed of the German Church, the French Church, and the Konzerthaus (Concert Hall). The ensemble is located on the Gendarmenmarkt which is regarded as one of the most beautiful places in Berlin.
Reflected in the windows of the Quartier 205, a shopping mall, commercial and residential house located between the Gendarmenmarkt and Friedrichstrasse, is the domed tower of the German / New Church. The tower of the German Church, which is much bigger than the building of the church itself, never had a sacral function. In fact the name "Dom" refers to the French word dôme / English dome, and not to a cathedral. Complicated? Let's make it a little more so, the German Church is not to be confused with the Berlin Cathedral which in fact is a real cathedral and the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church of Berlin, Germany.
Photowalk with [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kugel-fotos-sabine-r] on Whitsunday 2018 ;-)
Dom reflektiert...
...in den Fenstern des Quartiers 205, einem Wohn- und Geschäftshaus mit edler Einkaufspassage zwischen Gendarmenmarkt und Friedrichstraße in Berlin-Mitte. Der Deutsche Dom, wie auch sein Pendant, der Französische Dom, sind Teil des berühmten Architekturensembles auf dem Gendarmenmarkt, das vom Konzerthaus (ehemals Schauspielhaus) komplettiert wird. Der Gendarmenmarkt gilt als einer der schönsten Plätze Berlins.
Weder der Deutsche noch der Französische Dom sind Kirchen im eigentlichen Sinne, der Name leitet sich vielmehr vom französischen "dôme" ab und bezieht sich auf die kuppelförmigen Türme, die die jeweiligen Kirchengebäude bei Weitem überragen.
Fotospaziergang mit Sabine.R an Pfingstsonntag 2018 ;-)
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From the 8th century BC. the settlements of the surrounding hills united and the city of Rome was founded. The Forum Romanum also known as Foro Romano, is a plaza surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. When you look at the Roman Forum today, you will see a large plain full of ruins. Yet this has not always been the case. Once the Forum Romanum was the bustling center of Rome. Everyone came here. Acting on political talk, important decisions were taken at the Roman Forum. There were several temples where people could pray. For a thousand years, the Forum of Romanum was the center that everyone attended, but in the Middle Ages this once-important center fell back because people became less and less interested in this center. The trade moved to Trajan's markets. The forum Romanum changed into a meadow where cows could graze. Stones and other building materials were taken away to be reused for new buildings. The forum slowly changed into a meadow where farmers had their cows grazed between the last ancient remains. At that time it was given the nickname Campo Vaccino, the cow field. Already during the renaissance people got interested in ancient Rome and the antique buildings of the forum, but this was mainly expressed in occasional treasure tombs in various places throughout the site. From 1800 onwards, work became more structured. In 1870 there was an overall excavation. The forum is now one of the biggest tourist attractions in the city.
Two thousand years ago, the Roman Forum in Rome must have looked imposing. The Roman Forum was the center of ancient Rome. Here were the most beautiful buildings of the Romans: public buildings, temples and memorials. We visit Rome on a hot summersday and temperatures soar to over 40ºC. Photo from the Piazza di Santa Maria Nova at the main entrance of Parco archeologico. We took it slow amid region’s most intense heatwave.
Vanaf de 8e eeuw v.Chr. verenigden de nederzettingen van de omliggende heuvels zich en ontstond de stad Rome. Het Forum Romanum - Latijn voor Romeins marktplein - was in de oudheid het centrum van Rome. Het forum was in de gloriedagen van het Romeinse Rijk het politieke, juridische, religieuze en commerciële centrum van de stad. Wie nu kijkt naar het Forum Romanum, ziet een grote vlakte vol ruïnes. Toch is dit niet altijd zo geweest. Ooit was het Forum Romanum het bruisende centrum van Rome. Iedereen kwam hier naar toe. Er werd gehandeld, over politiek gepraat, belangrijke beslissingen werden bij het Forum Romanum genomen. Er waren verschillende tempels waar mensen konden bidden. Duizend jaar lang was Forum van Romanum het centrum waar iedereen naar toeging, toch verviel in de middeleeuwen dit ooit zo belangrijke centrum doordat mensen steeds minder interesse kregen in dit centrum. De handel verhuisde naar de markten van Trajanus. Het forum Romanum veranderde in een weiland waar koeien konden grazen. Stenen en andere bouwmaterialen werden van weggehaald om voor nieuwe gebouwen herbruikt te worden.Het forum veranderde langzaam in een weiland waarop boeren hun koeien tussen de laatste antieke resten lieten grazen. Het kreeg destijds de bijnaam Campo Vaccino, het koeienveld. Al tijdens de renaissance kreeg men weer interesse in het oude Rome en de antieke gebouwen van het forum, maar dit uitte zich voornamelijk in ongeregeld schatgraven op diverse plaatsen verspreid over het terrein. Vanaf 1800 ging men structureler te werk. In 1870 volgde een algehele opgraving. Het forum is nu één van de grootste toeristische attracties van de stad. We bezoeken Rome op een hete zomerdag en temperaturen stijgen tot boven de 40ºC. Foto vanaf het kerkplein Maria Nova vlakbij de hoofdingang van het Forum. We hebben het langzaam gedaan te midden van de meest intense hittegolf in de regio.
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From the 8th century BC. the settlements of the surrounding hills united and the city of Rome was founded. The Forum Romanum also known as Foro Romano, is a plaza surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. The Temple of Saturn on the left side of this photo was an ancient Roman temple to the god Saturn. Its ruins stand at the foot of the Capitoline Hill at the western end of the Roman Forum. The original dedication of the temple is traditionally dated to 497 BC. In Roman mythology, Saturn ruled during the Golden Age, and he continued to be associated with wealth. His temple housed the treasury where the Roman Republic's reserves of gold and silver were stored. The three remaining columns on the right of the photo are from the Temple of Vespasian and Titus. The temple was built by Titus in honor of his deceased father Vespasian. Titus, however, only reigned for a few years. The temple was the first important addition to the forum since the time of Emperor Augustus.
The Temple of Saturn on the left side was an ancient Roman temple to the god Saturn. Its ruins stand at the foot of the Capitoline Hill and is traditionally dated to 497 BC. Reconstruction of the .... Temple of Saturn. Temple of Vespasian and Titus stands on the right side and is built in 79. We visit Rome on a hot summersday and temperatures soar to over 40ºC. We took it slow amid region’s most intense heatwave.
Vanaf de 8e eeuw v.Chr. verenigden de nederzettingen van de omliggende heuvels zich en ontstond de stad Rome. Het Forum Romanum - Latijn voor Romeins marktplein - was in de oudheid het centrum van Rome. Het forum was in de gloriedagen van het Romeinse Rijk het politieke, juridische, religieuze en commerciële centrum van de stad. De Tempel van Saturnus hier links op de foto was een Romeinse tempel gewijd aan Saturnus in Rome. Het was een van de oudste tempels in Rome. Volgens de overlevering werd de tempel in 497 v.Chr. gebouwd op het Forum Romanum, in de begintijd van de Romeinse Republiek. De tempel werd na een grote brand in 42 v.Chr. gerestaureerd, die werd betaald uit de buit van de oorlog met Syrië. Zie hier een reconstructie van .... Tempel van Saturnus. De drie resterende zuilen rechts op de foto zijn van de Tempel van Vespasianus en Titus. De tempel werd gebouwd in opdracht van Titus ter ere van zijn overleden en vader Vespasianus. Titus regeerde zelf echter maar een paar jaar. De tempel was de eerste belangrijke toevoeging aan het forum sinds de tijd van keizer Augustus.
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From the 8th century BC. the settlements of the surrounding hills united and the city of Rome was founded. The Forum Romanum also known as Foro Romano, is a plaza surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. The House of the Vestal Virgins was the residence of the Vestal Virgins in Ancient Rome. The house was right next to the Temple of Vesta, where the Vestal Virgins were responsible for keeping the sacred fire burning. The virgins living in the house were six noble women who served the temple for thirty years. House of the Vestal Virgins were destroyed during the Great Fire of Rome in 64. After the fire the house was rebuilt and the house was used for members of the imperial court and later by the papal court. The complex remained in use until the 11th or 12th century. During excavations, lower parts of the building and the ponds in the atrium have been exposed. Around the atrium are now excavated images of Vestal Virgins.
The House of the Vestal Virgins located at at the eastern edge of the Roman Forum was completed by AD 113. The statue above was found in a pile of statues. There were in total six Vestals, who were between 6 and 10 years of age when they were appointed by the emperor to serve for 30 years and learn the the sacred rites and keep the sacred fire burning. Vestal-virgins were the only female priests within the Roman religious system. Reconstruction of the House of the Vestal Virgins: goo.gl/images/3RbtEh. We visit Rome on a hot summersday and temperatures soar to over 40ºC. We took it slow amid region’s most intense heatwave.
Vanaf de 8e eeuw v.Chr. verenigden de nederzettingen van de omliggende heuvels zich en ontstond de stad Rome. Het Forum Romanum - Latijn voor Romeins marktplein - was in de oudheid het centrum van Rome. Het forum was in de gloriedagen van het Romeinse Rijk het politieke, juridische, religieuze en commerciële centrum van de stad. Het Huis van de Vestaalse maagden was het woongebouw van de Vestaalse Maagden in het Oude Rome. Het huis lag direct naast de Tempel van Vesta, waar de Vestaalse Maagden verantwoordelijk waren voor het brandend houden van het heilige vuur. De in het huis wonende maagden waren zes adellijke vrouwen, die de tempel dertig jaar dienden. Vestaal-maagden waren de enige vrouwelijke priesters binnen het Romeinse religieuze systeem. Huis van de Vestaalse Maagden werden verwoest tijdens de Grote brand van Rome in 64. Na de brand werd het huis herbouwd en werd het huis gebruikt voor leden van het keizerlijk hof en later door het pauselijk hof. Het complex bleef tot in de 11e of 12e eeuw in gebruik. Bij opgravingen zijn lagere delen van het gebouw en de vijvers in het atrium blootgelegd. Rondom het atrium staan nu opgegraven beelden van Vestaalse Maagden opgesteld. De meeste zonder hoofd. Bekijk de reconstructie: Huis_van_de_Vestaalse_Maagden...
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Enjoying the Blue hour in Hamburg's Speicherstadt. The red neon sign on the SPIEGEL (renowned German news magazine) building is quite small but causes intense reflections.
The Scottish Parliament (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: The Scots Pairlament) is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyrood.
The Parliament is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), elected for five-year terms under the additional member system: 73 MSPs represent individual geographical constituencies elected by the plurality ("first past the post") system, while a further 56 are returned from eight additional member regions, each electing seven MSPs.
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The Tiber Island is a small island in the southern bend of the Tiber River in Rome . According to legend, the Tiber Island came into existence after the last king of Rome was expelled in 510 BC. The evil Romans collected the grain and threw it in the Tiber. This did not flush away but remained lying and thus formed the foundation of the island. Around 293 BC ruled the plague in Rome. The Senate was advised to build a temple for Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine. In reality, the island was probably chosen for its isolated location, so that the plague and other diseases could not reach the temple. Although the Temple of Asclepius has disappeared, the island has always been dominated by healthcare. Nowadays there is a modern hospital located. In 998, the emperor had a new basilica built on the ruins of the ancient temple. Today it is known as Saint Bartolomeus on the island. The bridge Fabricius , from 62 BC, was built by Lucius Fabricius, as an inscription mentions and is the oldest preserved bridge of Rome. Caetani Tower of Tiber Island stands on the left of Bridge of Fabricio and before the Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola. It belonged first to the Pierleoni family who built it in the 10th century and later was bought by the Caetani family who lived in. Caetani left the tower because it was not possible to live in it any more due to the floods of Tiber. So the gifted it to the Franciscan monks who restored it and made of it a monastery.
Amazing view of Castello Caetani, Tiber River and Pons Fabricius, the oldest bridge, in city of Rome, Italy. We visit Rome on a hot summersday and temperatures soar to over 40ºC. We took it slow amid region’s most intense heatwave.
Het Tibereiland is een klein eilandje in de zuidelijke bocht van de rivier de Tiber in Rome. Volgens een legende is het Tibereiland ontstaan nadat de laatste koning van Rome in 510 v.Chr., werd verdreven. De boze Romeinen verzamelden het graan en gooiden dit in de Tiber. Dit spoelde niet weg maar bleef liggen en vormde zo de fundering van het eiland. Rond 293 v. Chr. heerste de pest in Rome. De senaat kreeg daaruit het advies om een tempel voor Asclepius, de Griekse god van de geneeskunde, te bouwen. In werkelijkheid werd het eiland waarschijnlijk gekozen om zijn geïsoleerde ligging, waardoor de pest en andere ziektes de tempel niet konden bereiken. Hoewel de Tempel van Asclepius is verdwenen, is het eiland altijd in het teken van de gezondheidszorg blijven staan. Tegenwoordig staat het moderne ziekenhuis. In 998 liet de keizer een nieuwe basiliek bouwen op de ruïne van de oude tempel. Tegenwoordig staat deze bekend als Sint Bartolomeüs op het eiland. De Pons Fabricius, uit 62 v.Chr., is gebouwd door Lucius Fabricius, zoals een inscriptie vermeldt en is de oudst bewaarde brug van Rome. De Caetani-toren staat links van de brug en voor de Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola. Het behoorde als eerste toe aan de Pierleoni familie die het in de 10e eeuw bouwde en later werd gekocht door de Caetani familie die er woonde. De Caetani familie verlieten de toren omdat het niet meer mogelijk was om erin te wonen vanwege de overstromingen van Tiber. De familie doneerde de toren aan de Franciscaanse monniken die het hebben gerestaureerd en er een klooster van hebben gemaakt.
South of France .
TOWERS and RAMPARTS of AIGUES - MORTES :
Built at the peak of Gothic architecture , the fortifications of Aigues - Mortes is a remarkably well preserved military stucture .
The ribbed vaults on the carved capitals , the gargoyles , the refined decor of the Tower of Constance , in contrast to the power of the defensive system of the curtains walls .
From the ramparts or from the dungeons ' terrace , you will discover a breath taking sight on the Camargue and the salt marshes whose colours alternate between blue and purple ...
Aerial view .
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" Massif du Mont-Blanc
Massifs des Alpes occidentales
Massif des Alpes
Géographie
Altitude4 809 m, Mont Blanc
MassifAlpes
Superficie400 km2
Administration
PaysDrapeau de la France France
Drapeau de l'Italie Italie
Drapeau de la Suisse Suisse
Région
Région à statut spécial
CantonAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Vallée d'Aoste
Valais
DépartementsHaute-Savoie, Savoie
Le massif du Mont-Blanc est un massif montagneux des Alpes franco-italiennes, où se dresse le mont Blanc, plus haut sommet d'Europe occidentale qui culmine à 4 809 mètres (altitude relevée en 2015). Il est traversé par le tunnel du Mont-Blanc, entre Chamonix dans la vallée de l'Arve et Courmayeur dans la vallée d'Aoste.
The Mont Blanc massif (French: Massif du Mont-Blanc; Italian: Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major independent summits, each over 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) in height. It is named after Mont Blanc (4,808 metres (15,774 ft)), the highest point in western Europe and the European Union. Because of its considerable overall altitude, a large proportion of the massif is covered by glaciers, which include the Mer de Glace and the Miage Glacier – the longest glaciers in France and Italy, respectively.
Not only does the massif form a watershed between the vast catchments of the rivers Rhône and Po, as well as a tripoint between France, Italy and Switzerland, it also marks the border between two climate regions by separating the northern and western Alps from the southern Alps. The mountains of the massif consist mostly of granite and gneiss rocks, and at high altitudes the vegetation is an arctic-alpine flora.
The valleys that delimit the massif were used as communication routes by the Romans until they left around the 5th century AD. The region has remained of some military importance through to the mid-20th century. A peasant farming economy operated within these valleys for many centuries until the glaciers and mountains were discovered by the outside world in the 18th century. Word of these impressive sights began to spread, and Mont Blanc was finally climbed in 1786, marking the start of the sport of mountaineering. The region is now a major tourist destination, drawing in over six million visitors per year. It provides a wide range of opportunities for outdoor recreation and activities such as sight-seeing, hiking, rock climbing, mountaineering and skiing. Around one hundred people a year die across its mountains and, occasionally, bodies have been lost and entombed in its glaciers for decades.
Access into the mountains is facilitated by cable cars, mountain railways and mountain huts which offer overnight refuge to climbers and skiers. The long-distance Tour du Mont Blanc hiking trail circumnavigates the whole massif in an 11-day trek of 170 kilometres (110 mi). The Mont Blanc Tunnel connects the French town of Chamonix on the northern side with the Italian town of Courmayeur in the south. The high mountains have provided many opportunities for scientific research, including neutrino measurements within the Tunnel and impacts of climate change on its highest slopes. Recent rises in average temperatures have led to significant glacial retreat across the massif and an awareness of the need for better environmental protection, including a call for World Heritage Site status."
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Wood anemone / Vuokot (Valkovuokot)
I love wild flowers.
2018. #Finland #Spring 🌷😊
PS. I'm off on the weekend, as always... see you next week! 🌹🌷😊
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Spring is beautiful! 🌹🌹🌹
2018. #April #Helsinki #Finland #Spring 🌷😊
I think it's irises / Kurjenmiekkoja
I have never seen these beautiful flowers before.
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Un beau but de promenade
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Église Saint-Jean Baptiste / St. John the Baptist Church - Burgy - Bourgogne du sud / South Burgundy - France
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The Dolomites are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. Typical of the Dolomites are the steep cliffs and peaks created by erosion and weathering. They form a part of the Southern Alps. The Dolomites, also known as the Pale Mountains, take their name from the carbonate rock dolomite. In August 2009, the Dolomites were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Marmolada of 3343 meter high is the highest mountain of the Dolomites. On it's norther side there is flat glacier. The ridge is composed of several summits, decreasing in altitude from west to east. An aerial tramway goes to the top of Punta Rocca. During the ski season the Marmolada's main ski run is opened for skiers and snowboarders alike, making it possible to ski down into the valley. On the south wall of the Marmolada there are beautiful routes for mountaineers and many of them are also suitable for hiking.
Marmolada is a mountain in northeastern Italy and the highest mountain - 3342m, of the Dolomites, a section of the Alps. An aerial tramway goes to the top of Punta Rocca - The queen of the Dolomites. Its brilliant white glacier dominates many a beautiful panorama and is much admired by walkers from near and distant trails. The main slope is “La Bellunese”, which stretches from Punta Rocca 3269m down to Malga Ciapela at 1446m.
De Dolomieten zijn een bergketen in Italië die deel uitmaakt van de Zuidelijke Alpen. In 2009 werden de Dolomieten toegevoegd aan de Werelderfgoedlijst van UNESCO. Typisch voor de Dolomieten zijn de steile rotswanden en pieken, die zijn ontstaan door erosie en verwering. De bergketen is opgesplitst in twee delen: het oostelijke en het westelijke. De hoogste top van de Dolomieten, de Marmolada, is 3343 meter hoog. De Marmolada is een berg met een gletsjer. Nog ongeveer 15 andere bergen bereiken de grens van 3000 meter. Deze toppen zijn de hoogste bergtoppen in de Dolomieten en de Marmolada wordt daarom ook wel de koningin van de Dolomieten genoemd. De aanloop van de berg kan bereikt worden via de Fedaiapas. Je komt bij de Marmolada vanuit berghut Ciapela met een kabelbaan verdeeld in drie stukken: de eerste stopt bij Banc, de tweede gaat tot Serauta en de derde komt aan bij Punta Rocca. Vanaf hier gaat bij de berghut Ciapela de historische skipiste Bellunese naar beneden, 12 kilometer lang en zeker de mooiste piste van de Alpen. Op de zuidwand van de Marmolada zijn er prachtige routes voor bergbeklimmers en veel ervan zijn ook geschikt om te wandelen.