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Clandon Park House is an early 18th-century grade I listed Palladian mansion in West Clandon, near Guildford in Surrey.[2]
It stands in the south east corner of Clandon Park, a 220-hectare (540-acre) agricultural parkland estate which has been the seat of the Earls of Onslow for over two centuries. The house and gardens were gifted to the National Trust in 1956,[3] but the rest of the park remains in private ownership.[4] Some of the house's contents have also been acquired by the Trust in lieu of estate duty.[5]
Construction of the house, designed by Italian architect Giacomo Leoni, began about 1730, and the interiors were finished by continental sculptors and plasterers in the 1740s. It replaced an Elizabethan house. The park was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in 1781, and there are two formal gardens on either side of the house. Nearby is a Māori meeting house, one of only three outside New Zealand, that was brought to England in the late 19th century. After being transferred to the National Trust, the house underwent restoration before it was opened to the public, and later became a wedding venue and filming location for period dramas.
The house was badly damaged by fire in April 2015, probably caused by an electrical fault in the basement, leaving it "essentially a shell". Thousands of historic artefacts, paintings, and items of furniture were lost in what has been described as a national tragedy. In January 2016, the National Trust announced that some of the principal rooms on the ground floor would be fully restored to the original 18th-century designs, and upper floors will be used for exhibitions and events.
History[edit]
The estate and Elizabethan house, together with Temple Court Farm at Merrow, was purchased in 1641 from Sir Richard Weston of nearby Sutton Place,[6] by Sir Richard Onslow, MP for Surrey in the Long Parliament and great-grandfather of Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow, who rebuilt it. Many members of the Onslow family followed political careers; three of them, including Arthur Onslow, were Speakers of the House of Commons. Their portraits would later hang in the Speaker's Parlour at Clandon House.[7]
Engraving of the house, showing the west front and deer park, c. 1824
The house was built, or perhaps thoroughly rebuilt, in about 1730–33 (the latter date is on rainwater heads) by Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow to the design of the Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni. It is a rectangular building of red brick and stone dressings. Clandon House interiors, completed in the 1740s, featured a two-storey Marble Hall, containing marble chimney pieces by the Flemish sculptor Michael Rysbrack, and a rococo plasterwork ceiling by Italian-Swiss artists Giuseppe Artari and Bagutti.[8]
Clandon Park was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in 1776–81, replacing a French garden and transforming part of a disused canal into an ornamental lake.[9] A porte-cochère was added to the principal facade in 1876. A sunken Dutch garden was created by Frances, Countess of Onslow at the north front of the house in the late 19th century. In 1895, the house was investigated for paranormal activity by the Marquess of Bute and Ada Goodrich Freer on behalf of the Society for Psychical Research. During World War I, the Onslow family created and managed a hospital in Clandon House for the war injured.
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Goodwood revival, held at the Goodwood racing circuit near Lord March's Goodwood estate, this racing track was the original perimeter road for RAF Westhampnett during World War 2. It grew into a proper circuit post war, rivaling Silverstone for prestige, holding TT, F1 and the Goodwood 9 hour race. In the mid 60s however, the circuit fell out of use, until being brought back in the late 90s for the goodwood revival.
The Revival celebrates those years from the late 40s to mid 60s, and all non period cars are banned from the area when the event is on. Likewise, the overwhelming majority of the punters that go dress up in period costumes, making the whole event feel like it really is on back in the day.
I hate the watermarks as well. Blame the people that keep stealing images for commercial use.
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Heritage Weekend can be frustrating in that most of the activities take place on Saturday, the same day as Ride and Stride, meaning sometimes many interesting places can't be visited as I am chasing the lost cause of a long locked church.
But in recent years, the weekend has become very much that, and in some cases spreads over two weekends and some weekdays too.
St Mildred was listed as being open on Sunday, so we were at the church door a minute past ten, just as well as a service was due to start at eleven, and although when I arrived just the vicar was there, soon a small army of wardens and volunteers had arrived and were getting buy, meaning I would have got in their way, and they in my shots.
But, I work quick and already had many of the shots I wanted.
I had been here before, many years ago, maybe seven, and I did an OK job, but about 30 shots taken, nowhere enough to record this large and sprawling city centre church.
So, here we are:
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The Church of Saint Mildred is an Anglo-Saxon stone church in Canterbury probably dating from the 11th century. It has been a Grade I listed building since 1949.[1] It is located in the St. Mildred's quarter of the historic city centre. This is the only surviving pre-Norman church within the former city walls.[2]
It is unknown when the church was originally built, but two of the walls of the nave are Anglo-Saxon, i.e. are preserved from before 1066. It is believed that the chancel is Anglo-Saxon as well. The relics of Saint Mildred, who died in 768, were transferred from Canterbury Cathedral to St Augustine's Abbey in the middle of the 11th century, and it is likely that the church was built at that time.[1]
St Mildred's Church has a five-bay nave and a two-bay chancel. Most of the nave and the chapels date from between the 13th century and 1512. It was extensively restored in 1861.[1]
The church belonged to St Augustine's Abbey until the abbey was abolished during the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538, and since then it has belonged to the Crown.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Mildred,_Canterbury
St Mildred was the daughter of Ermenburga, grand daughter of King Ethelbert of Kent and consecrated Abbess of the Convent of Minster in Thanet by St Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury in AD694. Mildred supported the poor and is usually depicted holding a deer (the symbol of Minster) or a church and three geese. She died c.732, and her tomb became a place of pilgrimage. Her relics were acquired by St Augustine's Abbey in 1033, but Archbishop Lanfranc later also claimed them for St Gregory's Priory in the mid 11th century. The church was founded around 1033, but virtually destroyed by fire in 1246. A tower and new roof were added in the 1300s, North aisle and Nave windows in 1400s and SE chapel in 1500s. The tower was demolished and bells sold in 1832, the whole church restored in 1861 and again in 1920s. This has left a hall church with a five bay nave, two bay chancel, North aisle, SE chapel and North porch. Izaak Walton, author of The Compleat Angler who fished for trout in the Stour, married here in 1626.
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There are, within the walls of this city, twelve parish churches now remaining, and there were five more, which have been long since demolished; and there are three churches now situated in the suburbs of it, and there has been one demolished—Of those now remaining, there were only two, viz. St. Martin's without, and St. Alphage's within the walls, which were not of the patronage of some religious house or abbey, in or in the near neighbourhood of the city, and these two were in the patronage of the archbishop. (fn. 1)
It may be thought strange, that the number of churches in this city has decreased so much, and that so many of them have been united to others, and yet together, even at this time, make but a very moderate income to the incumbents; this has been supposed, in general, to have been occasioned by the great failure of their former profits, which they enjoyed before the reformation, of private masses, obits, processions, consessions, or the like; all which then fell to the ground, and lessened the income of most of them to a very small pittance. However, as will be seen hereafter, some of these churches were become desecrated and in ruins, and others were united long before the above time; which seems to have been owing, in great measure, to many of them having been built by the bounty of well disposed persons, in hopes of a future support and endowment, which failing, and the repairs and support of the fabric lying too heavy on the parishioners, they suffered them to run to ruin; and there being no susficient maintenance for the priests, they became desecrated, or were united to some other neighbouring churches. Indeed it appears plain, that poverty was the sole cause of their decay; for in their most flourishing state, the benefice of each of these churches was so low and poor, that they were for that very reason excused in all taxations, being of less value than the stipends of poor vicars, which had been advanced above five marcs a year. (fn. 2)
The decrease of the value of church benefices was equally felt in other cities and towns, as well as this, which occasioned an act of parliament to be passed at Oxford, in the 17th of king Charles II. for uniting churches in cities and towns corporate; in conformity to which, in 1681, a petition was made to the archbishop, under the names and seals of the major part of the mayor and aldermen, and justices of the peace, of this city, who being informed of the archbishop's intentions of uniting the parish churches of it, according to the above act, they did thereby give their free consent, that those within the city should be united, viz.
ST. PAUL'S and ST. MARTIN'S,
ST. MARY BREDMAN'S and ST. ANDREW'S,
HOLY CROSS WESTGATE, and ST. PETER'S,
ST. ALPHAGE'S and ST. MARY'S NORTHGATE,
leaving all things necessary to the perfecting of this union, according to the tenor of the above act; which instrument was dated March 6th, that year, and signed by Jacob Wraight, mayor, and P. Barrett, recorder, &c. To this was added a petition of the dean and chapter of Canterbury to the archbishop, as being perpetual patrons of the parish churches of St. George, St. Mary Magdalen, St. Paul, St. Mary Bredman, and St. Peter, within the city and liberties, for the uniting of those churches with each other and with others adjoining, in manner as above-mentioned in the former petition, which was given under their common seal, dated March 13th the same year. Upon the receipt of these, the archbishop issued his decree, reciting the two petitions for uniting the several above-mentioned churches, the particulars of which will be found under the description of each of them; which decree was dated at Lambeth, on March 24, 1681. To which the inhabitants of each parish signed their consents, by their several instruments, dated December 19th, 20th, and 21st, the same year. After which, by a decree of the archbishop's in 1684, with the consent of the mayor, aldermen and justices of the peace of this city, and of the king, under his great seal as patron, he united the church of All Saints with St. Mary de Castro, already united to it, to the parish church of St. Mildred; further particulars of which will be found under the latter parish. It should seem the decree of the archbishop in 1681, for the uniting of the churches of Holy Cross Westgate, and St. Peter did not have its full effect, for on April 6, 1692, there were two petitions, one from the mayor and eight others, and another from the dean and chapter to the archbishop, similar to the former ones, for this purpose; and the archbishop's decree, dated at Lambeth, the 13th of that month, united these churches; and with the same particulars in every thing else as the former decree in 1681.
T. MILDRED'S church is situated at the southwest extremity of the city, near the Old Castle and the river Stour, in the church-yard belonging to it. This church is a large handsome building, of three isles and three chancels, with a square tower steeple on the north side, in which are five bells. This church and a great part of the city, was, according to Stow, burnt in the year 1246, anno 30 Henry III. but as it should seem not entirely so, for at the west end of the south isle there is a very fair Roman arch, remaining over the window, and by all appearance the work of those times. (fn. 122)
¶This church is a rectory, the patronage of which was part of the possessions of the abbot and convent of St. Augustine, with whom it continued till the dissolution of that monastery, in the 30th year of king Henry VIII. when it came into the hands of the crown, where it has continued ever since, the king being the present patron of it.
The church of St. Mildered is valued in the antient taxation at eight marcs per annum.
This rectory, with that of the antient desecrated church of St. Mary de Castro, or of the Castle, is valued in the king's books, at 17l. 17s. 11d. and the yearly tenths at 1l. 15s. 9½d. (fn. 123) In 1588 it was valued at fifty pounds. Communicants three hundred and sixty. In 1640 it was valued at seventy pounds.— Communicants one hundred.
Archbishop Sancrost, by his decree, dated Sept. 29, 1684, united the rectory of All Saints, in this city, with St. Mary de Castro, of the king's patronage likewife, to this of St. Mildred, (fn. 124) in which state it continues at this time. It is now about the clear annual value of eight pounds. (fn. 125)
The neighbouring church of St. John, becoming desolated after the reformation, tacitly devolved to this church of St. Mildred, and it has ever since been esteemed as part of this parish.
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A day out in London of a Saturday morning requires planning. Jools arranged for shopping to be dropped on Thursday afternoon, meaning we did not have to go on Saturday morning.
Then setting alarms so that we got to Priory station at half seven ready for the quarter to eight train.
Jools went to get tickets, and I went to the corner greasy spoon to get sausage and bacon sticks and brews. So that when the train rolled at twenty to, we climbed on board, sitting at a table and starting on our breakfast.
Leaving at that time meant it was already light, so we could see the countryside rolling by until we got to Ashford, then flash by once we got on the high speed line, zooming up to Ebbsfleet and then under the Thames into Essex and on to Stratford.
We got out at Stratford, caught the DLR to the regional station, then changing DLR lines for the trains heading for Lewisham.
At Pudding Mill Lane, where we used to watch steam tours on the Great Eastern Main Line, a new station has been built to allow for the entrances to the Elizabeth Line tunnels, and next door is the Abba theatre.
We have been talking about going, so Jools checks prices for the show, and amazed that some are nearly £200! Prices next June are £99, but still for seeing a video recreation rather than the band themselves.
The train rattled on, turning south where the old Bryant and May match factory used to be. The building is still there but seems to be business units or flats now.
Passing the old factory used to be the cue for my Granddad to get us standing up and gathering our coats and bags as we were five minutes from Liverpool Street.
Instead, we took the line south through Bow and towards the crystal towers of Docklands and Canary and other Wharves.
I texted Graham to say we were on our way, and he replied to say he was 5 minutes from Canary Wharf. I said we would be there in a few minutes, maybe we would meet there?
Through Poplar and into the 21st century hellscape that is Docklands, we get off on platform 1, and our next train is waiting on platform 2. Jools walks over, I lag behind, scouring the platform for Graham.
Then as I reach the doors, and the electronic bleeps announcing departure, Graham reaches us and comes on board.
Doors close and the train departs, taking tight turns around the skyscrapers before heading to the river, and after Mudschute, dives under the river for Greenwich.
We get off at Cutty Sark, so named after a tea clipper, and find the way out signed to a flight of 125 steps to street level.
I sigh and follow Jools and Graham up, regretting my life choices.
But I made it to the top, and a short walk we called in at a coffee shop for a refill and wait for the Cutty Sark itself to open.
Although the story of the Cutty Sark and the other tea clippers is very interesting, I wanted to come for purely photographic reasons, to snap the prow and the glazed roof that protects the old dry dock.
We pay to go on, and enter the ship, going up two flights of steps onto the deck, where the masts and rigging tower high above. Remember, sailors used to have to climb up these and gather in sails, and all weathers and on all seas, no matter their state.
Hardy buggers.
Cabins were small and on deck, as all space down below was for cases of tea only, to keep them dry and in perfect condition.
Then down through the visitor centre to the bottom of the dry dock, and the copper bottom of the ship, suspended so that shots looking along and up the prow could be taken.
Which I took plenty of.
Above the roofs of the shops and pubs,the tower of the parish church, St Alphage, Greenwich, which is an usual dedication, but turns out this was the site where the titular Saint was martyred in the 11th century.
Graham had never found it open, but I had checked online and it was due to open at eleven, ten minutes ago. So we walked towards the church, dodging through the traffic and arrived at the church gate.
The south doors were closed, as were the north, so I began to doubt myself. But a nearby sight indicated that the main entrance was on the south side, so we went back round.
And one of the doors was indeed ajar.
Bingo.
Bango.
Bongo.
We climbed the steps and went in, and were met my quiet the most friendly and informative volunteer I think I have ever met.
Interesting details were pointed out, and those hidden were shown, including the location of the font where King Henry XIII was christened, and the last surviving part of the second church's wall.
The church, which is after Hawksmoor, is a delight, though gutted during the blitz, so most glass is now lost, though the Victorian is of good quality.
We were here for the Mars display in the Painted Hall at the Greenwich Naval College.
We have been here before, but some 15 years back at least, so a return was overdue, though the sumptuous painting would be partly hidden by the 7m model of the planet Mars.
We have seen the artist's Moon work at the Maritime Museum nearby, but also in Denver back in 2017. But seemed to have missed his "Earth", I'm sure it'll come round again.
We walked through the college grounds, into the painted hall, exchanged vouchers for tickets and climbed the two sets of stairs into the hall itself.
The view opened out, and the first impression was amazing, Mars at the far end, suspended and slowly turning, with the painted hall as a background. And a helmeted Mar looking down at the planet named after him, a great juxtaposition.
We took and hour to take it all in, then talked about going to the Chapel, which we were not sure was open.
At the base of the stairs, we found the entrance to a passageway, with sign pointing to the Chapel, could this lead all the way under the formal gardens?
Yes. Yes it could. And did.
Up spiral staircases to the lobby, then up a formal stairway flanked by statues of Faith, Hope, Charity and Meekness, into the church, a delight, without much in the way of painting to match the hall opposite, but stunning all the same, and few folks had made it over, so we soaked up the building and details, and fittings.
Time was getting on, and thoughts turned to food. So, we left and headed out to the narrow path beside the river, where high tide meant water was lapping at our feet, but we powered back towards the High Road, and the cluster of pubs and other eateries.
Beside the Cutty Sark was the Gipsy Moth pub, but that was full, so we walked on and found a table beside the fire in the Spanish Galleon, a Shepherd Neame's pub, but they had tables and a great looking menu.
We got pints of Whitstable Bay, and ordered burgers each, all in a great end to the trip where we did all we set out to do, and now rounded it off with a pub lunch.
We ate the burgers with pints of Bishop's Finger, now a timid 5.2% rather than the 7% in days of yore, but still full of flavour.
Time to go home. Back to Cutty Sark DLR station, down in the lift this time, and straight on a train heading north. Change at Canary Wharf, where our train to Stratford was also waiting.
We said goodbye to Graham, hopped on, and the doors closed, so we moved off north.
Back at Stratford, down the steps to the concourse, and straight onto a train going to the International Station, we got on, and so were on the platforms for Kent a full ten minutes before the train was due.
When it came, there were a few seats, so I got to sit and rest by back after the 11,000 steps done, so while darkness fell outside, I kept up to date with the football, Norwich 2-2 with Luton at half time, but scoring twice in the second half to win 4-2, and make it 12 goals scored in three games over seven days.
By the time final whistle went, we were back home, and supping fresh brews as we rested, taking our shoes off.
A brilliant day out.
The West Ham fans we had seen on the DLR were going to their home game against Arsenal, which was on TV at half five. Not the game they were hoping for, as Arsenal were 5-2 by halftime, though no more goals scored in the second half, but worthy of that first half to have watched.
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St Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1712–1714 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
The church is dedicated to Alfege (also spelt "Alphege"), Archbishop of Canterbury, and reputedly marks the place where he was martyred on 19 April 1012, having been taken prisoner during the sack of Canterbury by Danish raiders the previous year. The Danes took him to their camp at Greenwich and killed him when the large ransom they demanded was not forthcoming.[1]
The church was rebuilt in around 1290, and Henry VIII was baptized there in 1491.
The patronage of the church was given to the abbey at Ghent during the 13th century. Following the suppression of alien priories under Henry V, it was granted to the priory at Sheen with which it remained until transferred to the Crown by exchange under Henry VIII in 1530.[1]
During a storm in 1710 the medieval church collapsed, its foundations having been weakened by burials both inside and outside.
Following the collapse of the medieval church, the present building was constructed, funded by a grant from the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches, to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor, one of the commission's two surveyors. The first church to be built by the commissioners, it was begun in 1712 and basic construction was completed in 1714;[2] it was not, however, consecrated until 1718.[3] The church was built by Edward Strong the Younger a friend of Christopher Wren the Younger.
The church is rectangular in plan with a flat ceiling and a small apse serving as a chancel. The east front, towards the street, has a portico in the Tuscan order, with a central arch cutting through the entablature and pediment—a motif used in Wren's "Great Model" for St Paul's Cathedral.[3] A giant order of pilasters runs around the rest of the church, a feature Kerry Downes suggests may have been added by Thomas Archer, who, according to the minutes of the commission, "improved" Hawksmoor's plans.[2] On the north and south sides of the churchwide projecting vestibules rise to the full height of the building, with steps leading up to the doors.[3]
Hawksmoor planned a west tower, in the position of the existing one, which had survived the collapse. However the commission was reluctant to fund it, and the medieval tower was retained. In 1730 John James refaced it, and added a spire. Hawksmoor's design, published in an engraving in 1714, had an octagonal lantern at the top, a motif he was later to use at St George in the East.
The crypt served as an air-raid shelter during World War II. During the Blitz on 19 March 1941, incendiary bombs landed on the roof causing it to collapse, burning into the nave. The walls and the tower remained standing but much of the interior was gutted. The church was restored by Sir Albert Richardson in 1953. As part of the post-war restorations, stencils of Mary the Mother of Jesus and St John the Evangelist were installed either side of the Cross (forming a traditional rood) in the side chapel of St Alfege with St Peter by the tempera artist Augustus Lunn.
The present organ was installed in 2001, having been relocated from the Lower Chapel at Eton College, with some minor changes.[6] It is an 1891 Lewis & Co instrument, with modifications in 1927 by A. Hunter & Son and 1970 by Harrison & Harrison.[7]
Additionally, there is a small, six-stop moveable organ located in the north aisle, by W & A Boggis of Diss from c 1960, with a later restoration by Mander Organs.
he previous organ had a long history. It dated from the 16th century (when St Alfege was recorded as having a pair of organs). The National Pipe Organ Register does not record its present whereabouts. However, a three manual drawstop console is on display at the West End of the South aisle. This may incorporate keys from the time of the composer Thomas Tallis,[9] who was buried in the chancel of the medieval church in the 16th century. The organ was restored in 1706 by Thomas Swarbrick, with further restorations and modifications by Dallam (1765), George England (1770) and J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd (1840, 1853 and 1863).[9][10] It was further restored and rebuilt in 1875 by Joseph Robson and Benjamin Flight,[11] modified by Lewis & Co in 1910[12] and rebuilt by R. Spurden Rutt & Co in 1934. By this point it had grown to 47 stops.[13] It survived the bomb damage of 1941 and was rebuilt, again by R Spurden Rutt, in 1953, with 55 stops.
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Datant de 1899, cette ancienne centrale hydroélectrique fut contruite pour actionner les portes des écluses et éclairer le canal Soulanges.
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Operation of the Soulanges Canal was powered by a small hydro electric generating station. Le Petit Pouvoir is located near the middle of the canal and provided power for the motorized lock gates, electrical operation of the swing bridges, and illumination for the entire length of the canal at night. It was the first canal in the world to have its entire passageway lit by night, allowing round-the-clock operation.[2] It opened in 1899 and remained in operation until 1958 when it was in turn superseded by an enlarged Beauharnois Canal which is now part part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway
Patmos (Greek, Πάτμος; Italian: Patmo) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. One of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex,[2]) it has a population of 2,998 and an area of 34.05 km2 (13.15 sq mi). The highest point is Profitis Ilias, 269 metres (883 ft) above sea level. The Municipality of Patmos, which includes the offshore islands of Arkoi (pop. 44), Marathos (pop. 5), and several uninhabited islets, has a total population of 3,047 (2011 census) [3] and a combined land area of 45.039 square kilometres (17.390 sq mi). It is part of the Kalymnos regional unit.
Patmos' main communities are Chora (the capital city), and Skala, the only commercial port. Other settlements are Grikou and Kampos. The churches and communities on Patmos are of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. In 1999, the island's historic center Chora, along with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse, were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[4] The monastery was founded by Saint Christodulos.[5] Patmos is also home to the Patmian School, a notable Greek seminary.
Patmos is mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given (and recorded) a vision from Jesus. Early Christian tradition identified this writer John of Patmos as John the Apostle, though some modern scholars are uncertain. As such, Patmos is a destination for Christian pilgrimage. Visitors can see the cave where John is said to have received his Revelation (the Cave of the Apocalypse), and several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John.
Forbes in a 2009 research has named Patmos as Europe's Most Idyllic Place to live, due to the fact that "Patmos has evolved over the centuries but has not lost its air of quiet tranquility, which is one reason why people that know it return again and again." [6]
Daily Doodles. I have this set of traditional gouache (not acrylic) but I've only used it a few times. It's a lot trickier to me than watercolor. So I let this month's *curiosity* take me there for a *no fear* spread. In # 1398 I also added something else that I usually avoid. No sketch. I pulled up a photo of the flower and went straight to paint. I wasn't even trying for any realism. It resembles a Bird Of Paradise and that's good enough for me! For # 1399 I attempted a YouTube tutorial. I learned two important things. 1) I had filled palette pans and let it dry like watercolor, to rewet when I want to use it. With gouache it's better to squeeze a little bit fresh from the tube each time and just let what you don't use dry. 2) It's going to take me a lot of practice to get comfortable with this medium. :-)
the lighthouse authority for England and Wales, have a lighthouse on the tip of the peninsula. The Hartland Point Lighthouse was built in 1874 under the direction of Sir James Douglass,[1] the Grade II listed tower is 18 metres (59 ft) tall with the lamp being 37 metres (121 ft) above mean sea level. The light can be seen up to 25 miles (40 km) away from the coast..[2] It was blessed by Frederick Temple, Bishop of Exeter, who later became Archbishop of Canterbury. The tower was automated in 1984 and is now controlled from Trinity House Operations Centre at Harwich in Essex.[3] Prior to automation the lighthouse was built with accommodation for four keepers and their families. The keepers' dwellings have since been demolished to make room for a Helipad to be constructed. This was necessary due to the precarious nature of the access road which is liable to frequent rock falls and landslips. Vehicular access is now very difficult and the gates tend to remain locked. The large concrete structures immediately to the south of the lighthouse were to provide the keepers with fresh water.
In the 2010 Aids to Navigation Review, by Trinity House, they proposed to discontinue the Hartland Point Lighthouse Station on grounds that Global Positioning Systems are superseding lighthouses as the most important navigation aids.[4][5]
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1. Chicopee Giant Vintage Star Quilt, 2. Flowering Snowball, 3. flickr.com/photos/7265930@N04/8055327231/, 4. flickr.com/photos/7265930@N04/8055324268/, 5. Starfall Quilt, 6. flickr.com/photos/7265930@N04/8055371110/, 7. Pretty Little Pouch finished!, 8. Work Quilt - Detail, 9. Dot on Dots Blog Hop Blog, 10. FLiQS 2-- it's off!, 11. Friends, 12. flying geese, 13. September Hipbees block, 14. Border quilting remains but I'm tired., 15. PTS4, 16. lucky front
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The 57-feet tall monolithic statue of Gommateshvara is located on Vindyagiri Hill.[2] It is considered to be the world's largest monolithic stone statue. The base of the statue has an inscriptions in Kannada and Tamil, as well as the oldest evidence of written Marathi, dating from 981 AD.[3] The inscription praises the king who funded the effort and his general, Chavundaraya, who erected the statue for his mother. Every twelve years, thousands of devotees congregate here to perform the Mahamastakabhisheka, a spectacular ceremony in which the statue is covered with milk, curds, ghee, saffron and gold coins.[4] The next Mahamastakabhisheka will be held in 2018.
Canberra Hot Air Balloon Festival 2018.
These are all hand held shots as
I hadn't thrown the tripod in the car, mind you with the IBIS of the EM1.2 it's largely not required.
Monday morning of the local long weekend
Patmos (Greek, Πάτμος; Italian: Patmo) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. One of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex,[2]) it has a population of 2,998 and an area of 34.05 km2 (13.15 sq mi). The highest point is Profitis Ilias, 269 metres (883 ft) above sea level. The Municipality of Patmos, which includes the offshore islands of Arkoi (pop. 44), Marathos (pop. 5), and several uninhabited islets, has a total population of 3,047 (2011 census) [3] and a combined land area of 45.039 square kilometres (17.390 sq mi). It is part of the Kalymnos regional unit.
Patmos' main communities are Chora (the capital city), and Skala, the only commercial port. Other settlements are Grikou and Kampos. The churches and communities on Patmos are of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. In 1999, the island's historic center Chora, along with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse, were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[4] The monastery was founded by Saint Christodulos.[5] Patmos is also home to the Patmian School, a notable Greek seminary.
Patmos is mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given (and recorded) a vision from Jesus. Early Christian tradition identified this writer John of Patmos as John the Apostle, though some modern scholars are uncertain. As such, Patmos is a destination for Christian pilgrimage. Visitors can see the cave where John is said to have received his Revelation (the Cave of the Apocalypse), and several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John.
Forbes in a 2009 research has named Patmos as Europe's Most Idyllic Place to live, due to the fact that "Patmos has evolved over the centuries but has not lost its air of quiet tranquility, which is one reason why people that know it return again and again." [6]
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5. It creates single or double-lobed lip style.
6. It has the perfect negative pressure for your lips and has a self releasing mechanism so you do not pull on the mouth to take off the plumper.
7. You can control the suction strength at your comfort.
8. It won over 30 beauty and technical design awards internationally.
9. It was granted over 30 patents worldwide.
10. It has been in use successfully for over 7 years and it took 3 years to test and develop.
11. The clinical trials validated results:
No bruising, broken vessels, vascular hemorrhage or broken red blood cells
(Cupping marks are actually erythema- superficial reddening of the skin. They are not bruises!)
- Increase of lip visibility
- Increase of lip blood flow
- Increase of lip tissue vascularization (formation of blood vessels)
- Increase of lip volume
- Decrease of lip lines and wrinkles (increase in tension and smoothing)
- Increase of volume by water accumulation and retention for 24 hours (a natural lip filler)
- increase of lip volume by 36 percent after 60 days without immediate plumping
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I have been following Rick Sidwell's spherical information and am really loving how much I am leariing! Thank you so much for doing this, Rick. This particular fractal is T1- gaussian blur, T2 - spherical ennepers 2. It is based on Mick Hogan's Oily_rev3 script that is built in to JWildfire. Signature was added in Photoshop
These are screen shots from Half Life 2 - Episode One, using the iZ3D Driver.
The game continues the story set out in Half Life 2, it has a much improved graphics engine and much better lighting effects.
See this discussion for full tutorial & software on how to play games in anaglyph 3D & take in-game 3D Digital Photo's.
Medion PNA 210T GPS Navigator.
See red-cyan anaglyph version.
Cross-view stereo photo. To view, cross your eyes until you see four images. Then slowly relax until the two middle images snap into one. Your right eye should point towards the left image, and your left eye towards the right image. See one of the Stereo/3D pools for more info.
What's it good for:
Getting from Point A to Point B. I bought this one yesterday because it was a really cheap offer. Paind only 39 € for the thing! It came without a charger, the maps are outdated (and Medion doesn't provide updated maps for this old 2006 model), but it sure is cool!
From a programming point of view, it has a 300 MHz microprocessor running Windows CE .NET 4.2. It is more or less hackable, as far as these things go. So I'll try to write up and install some neat programs for it. Hey, that's practically 39 € for a GPS-enabled PDA!
I've also been reading up on the internet, and apparenty people have been successful installing TomTom 6 here... will have to give it a try! :-)
A few things I noticed about Hallgrímskirkja during my two days in Reykjavik:
1. It's pretty tall, and is a really helpful landmark when navigating around central Reykjavik.
2. It's just as photogenic as you would expect.
3. The organ player when we visited had very peculiar taste in music. Perhaps my ear is untrained, but it sounded like dissonant improv.
Day 2:
It's a day which started well and ended very nicely :)
We spent the night before in Kanda. Headed out early to go to a 100yen shop at Akihabara before catching our reserved bullet train, embarking on our "quest for sakura" journey.
We found the 100yen shop alright and saw tonnes of goodies there but decided to do the shopping spree when we returned to Tokyo on Day 7 (where I encountered the middle-aged Cosplay phenomenon
Since 8vee never tried "standing soba", so we grabbed our breakfast at one right in front of akihabara JR station and had an amazing Squid tempura soba *slurp*
And then we bumped into some funky pet and its friendly owner :)
Then went back to the hotel, grabbed our bags and headed north to Kasumigajou Kouen, Nihonmatsu and then to Sendai to check into our hotel before grabbing dinner
Patmos (Greek, Πάτμος; Italian: Patmo) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. One of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex,[2]) it has a population of 2,998 and an area of 34.05 km2 (13.15 sq mi). The highest point is Profitis Ilias, 269 metres (883 ft) above sea level. The Municipality of Patmos, which includes the offshore islands of Arkoi (pop. 44), Marathos (pop. 5), and several uninhabited islets, has a total population of 3,047 (2011 census) [3] and a combined land area of 45.039 square kilometres (17.390 sq mi). It is part of the Kalymnos regional unit.
Patmos' main communities are Chora (the capital city), and Skala, the only commercial port. Other settlements are Grikou and Kampos. The churches and communities on Patmos are of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. In 1999, the island's historic center Chora, along with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse, were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[4] The monastery was founded by Saint Christodulos.[5] Patmos is also home to the Patmian School, a notable Greek seminary.
Patmos is mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given (and recorded) a vision from Jesus. Early Christian tradition identified this writer John of Patmos as John the Apostle, though some modern scholars are uncertain. As such, Patmos is a destination for Christian pilgrimage. Visitors can see the cave where John is said to have received his Revelation (the Cave of the Apocalypse), and several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John.
Forbes in a 2009 research has named Patmos as Europe's Most Idyllic Place to live, due to the fact that "Patmos has evolved over the centuries but has not lost its air of quiet tranquility, which is one reason why people that know it return again and again." [6]
This is Terminal 2 - it looks almost as nice as usual, it just lacks the passengers of a "normal" Sunday...
Map it: Street | Satellite | Hybrid | Nautical | Google Earth
nrhp # 71000843- Old Iron Town, originally Iron City, is a ghost town in Iron County, Utah, United States.[2] It is located in Dixie National Forest, about 22 miles (35 km) from Cedar City. The settlement was founded in 1868 as a second attempt to mine iron from Iron Mountain after a disappointing yield from Cedar City. The colony lasted until 1876, when strife from the Edmunds–Tucker Act and the Panic of 1873 forced its closure. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Brigham Young left Nauvoo, Illinois to establish Salt Lake City in 1847. Young quickly realized that the fastest way to an independent Mormon state was to make the new colony self-sufficient. One important resource in this regard was iron, which was very expensive to ship from the eastern United States. The city of Parowan was founded in 1851 to provide iron for the settlers, which was mined in nearby Iron Mission (Cedar City). Mismanagement plagued these new settlements, and only 400 short tons (360 t) of iron were produced over a six-year period.
Iron was nonetheless needed for continued Mormon prosperity, so a second attempt at mining the region was made in 1868. The newly formed Union Iron Works organized an establishment at the southern base of Iron Mountain on Pinto Creek, west of Cedar City. By the third year, over 2,500 pounds (1,100 kg) of iron was mined every day. The company expanded in 1873 and continued to mine ore for three more years. At its peak, the settlement included a schoolhouse, blacksmith, charcoal furnaces, and a foundry. The city was abandoned in 1876. An attempt was made to revive mining from Iron Mountain, but the church was struggling with litigation over the Edmunds–Tucker Act and the Panic of 1873.
Today, the ruins feature a preserved beehive style charcoal oven and a furnace known as an "Arastra", which prepared sands for molds. Parts of the original foundry remain, including the chimney. The site was fenced off by the Sons of Utah Pioneers. It is currently within grounds designated as the Dixie National Forest. The Frontier Homestead State Park Museum in Cedar City provides information about and artifacts from the site. The ruins are found on Iron Town Road, which intersects with Utah State Route 56.
from Wikipedia
1 - Out Of The Night!
2 - It Creeps By Night!
3 - Trapped!
4 - Alone In The Night!
5 - "Baby" Judson & The Equalizer
6 - Murder Backfired
7 - Balder Must Die
8 - That's What You Think!
9 - Iron Monsters!
10 - They Can't Find Me!
11 - The Day The Earth Stopped Turning!
12 - The Tyrant!
13 - Trapped In A Mirage
new pix to the 'castle of good hope', the 'star fort', cape town
From Wikipedia
Castle of Good Hope
South Africa
Gateway to the Castle of Good Hope
Castle of Good Hope
Coordinates
33.9259°S 18.4278°ECoordinates:
33.9259°S 18.4278°E
TypeStar fort
Site information
Controlled by
South Africa
Open to
the publicYes
Site history
Built1666–1679
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
The Castle of Good Hope (Dutch: Kasteel de Goede Hoop; Afrikaans: Kasteel die Goeie Hoop) is a star fort built in the 17th century in Cape Town, South Africa. Originally located on the coastline of Table Bay, following land reclamation the fort is now located inland.[1][2] In 1936 the Castle was declared a historical monument (now a provincial heritage site) and following restorations in the 1980s it is considered the best preserved example of a Dutch East India Company fort.[3]
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History[edit]
Built by the Dutch East India Company between 1666 and 1679, the Castle is the oldest existing colonial building in South Africa.[2] It replaced an older fort called the Fort de Goede Hoop which was constructed from clay and timber and built by Jan van Riebeeck upon his arrival at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652.[4] Two redoubts, Redoubt Kyckuit and Redoubt Duijnhoop were built at the mouth of the Salt River in 1654.[5] The purpose of the Dutch settlement in the Cape was to act as a replenishment station for ships passing the treacherous coast around the Cape on long voyages between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).[5]
During 1664, tensions between Britain and the Netherlands rose amid rumours of war. That same year, Commander Zacharias Wagenaer, successor to Jan van Riebeeck, was instructed by Commissioner Isbrand Goske to build a pentagonal fortress out of stone. The first stone was laid on 2 January 1666.[5] Work was interrupted frequently because the Dutch East India Company was reluctant to spend money on the project. On 26 April 1679, the five bastions were named after the main titles of William III of Orange-Nassau: Leerdam to the west, with Buuren, Katzenellenbogen, Nassau, and Oranje clockwise from it.[4]
Sketch of Castle of Good Hope in 1680
In 1682 the gated entry replaced the old entrance, which had faced the sea. A bell tower, situated over the main entrance, was built in 1684—the original bell, the oldest in South Africa, was cast in Amsterdam in 1697 by the East-Frisian bellmaker Claude Fremy, and weighs just over 300 kilograms (660 lb). It was used to announce the time, as well as warning citizens in case of danger, since it could be heard 10 kilometres away. It was also rung to summon residents and soldiers when important announcements needed to be made.[6]
The fortress housed a church, bakery, various workshops, living quarters, shops, and cells, among other facilities. The yellow paint on the walls was originally chosen because it lessened the effect of heat and the sun. A wall, built to protect citizens in case of an attack, divides the inner courtyard, which also houses the De Kat Balcony,[note 1] which was designed by Louis Michel Thibault with reliefs and sculptures by Anton Anreith. The original was built in 1695, but rebuilt in its current form between 1786 and 1790. From the balcony, announcements were made to soldiers, slaves and burghers of the Cape. The balcony leads to the William Fehr collection of paintings and antique furniture.[5]
During the Second Boer War (1899–1902), part of the castle was used as a prison, and the former cells remain to this day. Fritz Joubert Duquesne, later known as the man who killed Kitchener and the leader of the Duquesne Spy Ring, was one of its more well-known residents. The walls of the castle were extremely thick, but night after night, Duquesne dug away the cement around the stones with an iron spoon. He nearly escaped one night, but a large stone slipped and pinned him in his tunnel. The next morning, a guard found him unconscious but alive.[8]
In 1936, the Castle was declared an historical monument (from 1969 known as a national monument and since 1 April 2000 a provincial heritage site), the first site in South Africa to be so protected.[9] Extensive restorations were completed during the 1980s making the Castle the best preserved example of a Dutch East India Company fort.[3]
The Castle acted as local headquarters for the South African Army in the Western Cape, and today houses the Castle Military Museum and ceremonial facilities for the traditional Cape Regiments. The Castle is also the home of the Cape Town Highlanders Regiment, a mechanised infantry unit.[5]
Symbolism[edit]
Prior to being replaced in 2003, the distinctive shape of the pentagonal castle was used on South African Defence Force flags, formed the basis of some rank insignia of major and above, and was used on South African Air Force aircraft.
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Naval ensign of South Afric
Replica of the XA Bat Coupe from the movie, Mad Max 2. It was built from an Australian Ford Falcon XA GS, 351ci Cleavland Engine, FMX Auto Trans
Dune compulsories 2. It looks like I re-composed slightly after the previous shot to get more of the shadow on the dune at left. Again, someone with unlimited mobility could have found better angles to compose from. Rolleiflex 2.8C, Efke 25 at EI 50 in HC-110.
This picture i took on october 2. It was an amazing sunny and warm day (as can be derived from the bare feet). The original picture had a rather muted shade of greyish blue in the sky. I took Twan10d's advice and decided to adjust the sky colour and the white balance. I like this version better.
Guaraguao / Red-tailed Hawk ( Buteo jamaicensis )
* Status: Residente Comun
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El ratonero de cola roja (Buteo jamaicensis), también conocido como gavilán colirrojo o aguililla cola roja (en Puerto Rico, guaraguao o warawao), es una especie de ave Accipitriforme de la familia Accipitridae, ampliamente distribuida desde Alaskahasta las Antillas. Es una de las rapaces más abundantes y más utilizadas en la cetrería en Norteamérica.
Subespecie:
* Buteo jamaicensis jamaicensis - Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico y norte de las Antillas Menores.
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The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk," though it rarely preys on standard sized chickens.[2] It breeds throughout most of North America, from western Alaskaand northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies, and is one of the most common buteos in North America. Red-tailed hawks can acclimate to all the biomes within their range. There are fourteen recognized subspecies, which vary in appearance and range.
The red-tailed hawk reaches sexual maturity at two years of age. It is monogamous, mating with the same individual for many years. In general, the red-tailed hawk will only take a new mate when its original mate dies.
The red-tailed hawk is a popular bird in falconry, particularly in the United States where the sport of falconry is tightly regulated and where red-tailed hawks are both widely available and allowed to novice falconers.
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Lugar de Observacion / Taken: Aceitillar, Sierra de Bahoruco, Pedernales, Republica Dominicana.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Accipitriformes
Family:Accipitridae
Genus:Buteo
Species:B. jamaicensis
Binomial name
Buteo jamaicensis
RedTail-7052
A day out in London of a Saturday morning requires planning. Jools arranged for shopping to be dropped on Thursday afternoon, meaning we did not have to go on Saturday morning.
Then setting alarms so that we got to Priory station at half seven ready for the quarter to eight train.
Jools went to get tickets, and I went to the corner greasy spoon to get sausage and bacon sticks and brews. So that when the train rolled at twenty to, we climbed on board, sitting at a table and starting on our breakfast.
Leaving at that time meant it was already light, so we could see the countryside rolling by until we got to Ashford, then flash by once we got on the high speed line, zooming up to Ebbsfleet and then under the Thames into Essex and on to Stratford.
We got out at Stratford, caught the DLR to the regional station, then changing DLR lines for the trains heading for Lewisham.
At Pudding Mill Lane, where we used to watch steam tours on the Great Eastern Main Line, a new station has been built to allow for the entrances to the Elizabeth Line tunnels, and next door is the Abba theatre.
We have been talking about going, so Jools checks prices for the show, and amazed that some are nearly £200! Prices next June are £99, but still for seeing a video recreation rather than the band themselves.
The train rattled on, turning south where the old Bryant and May match factory used to be. The building is still there but seems to be business units or flats now.
Passing the old factory used to be the cue for my Granddad to get us standing up and gathering our coats and bags as we were five minutes from Liverpool Street.
Instead, we took the line south through Bow and towards the crystal towers of Docklands and Canary and other Wharves.
I texted Graham to say we were on our way, and he replied to say he was 5 minutes from Canary Wharf. I said we would be there in a few minutes, maybe we would meet there?
Through Poplar and into the 21st century hellscape that is Docklands, we get off on platform 1, and our next train is waiting on platform 2. Jools walks over, I lag behind, scouring the platform for Graham.
Then as I reach the doors, and the electronic bleeps announcing departure, Graham reaches us and comes on board.
Doors close and the train departs, taking tight turns around the skyscrapers before heading to the river, and after Mudschute, dives under the river for Greenwich.
We get off at Cutty Sark, so named after a tea clipper, and find the way out signed to a flight of 125 steps to street level.
I sigh and follow Jools and Graham up, regretting my life choices.
But I made it to the top, and a short walk we called in at a coffee shop for a refill and wait for the Cutty Sark itself to open.
Although the story of the Cutty Sark and the other tea clippers is very interesting, I wanted to come for purely photographic reasons, to snap the prow and the glazed roof that protects the old dry dock.
We pay to go on, and enter the ship, going up two flights of steps onto the deck, where the masts and rigging tower high above. Remember, sailors used to have to climb up these and gather in sails, and all weathers and on all seas, no matter their state.
Hardy buggers.
Cabins were small and on deck, as all space down below was for cases of tea only, to keep them dry and in perfect condition.
Then down through the visitor centre to the bottom of the dry dock, and the copper bottom of the ship, suspended so that shots looking along and up the prow could be taken.
Which I took plenty of.
Above the roofs of the shops and pubs,the tower of the parish church, St Alphage, Greenwich, which is an usual dedication, but turns out this was the site where the titular Saint was martyred in the 11th century.
Graham had never found it open, but I had checked online and it was due to open at eleven, ten minutes ago. So we walked towards the church, dodging through the traffic and arrived at the church gate.
The south doors were closed, as were the north, so I began to doubt myself. But a nearby sight indicated that the main entrance was on the south side, so we went back round.
And one of the doors was indeed ajar.
Bingo.
Bango.
Bongo.
We climbed the steps and went in, and were met my quiet the most friendly and informative volunteer I think I have ever met.
Interesting details were pointed out, and those hidden were shown, including the location of the font where King Henry XIII was christened, and the last surviving part of the second church's wall.
The church, which is after Hawksmoor, is a delight, though gutted during the blitz, so most glass is now lost, though the Victorian is of good quality.
We were here for the Mars display in the Painted Hall at the Greenwich Naval College.
We have been here before, but some 15 years back at least, so a return was overdue, though the sumptuous painting would be partly hidden by the 7m model of the planet Mars.
We have seen the artist's Moon work at the Maritime Museum nearby, but also in Denver back in 2017. But seemed to have missed his "Earth", I'm sure it'll come round again.
We walked through the college grounds, into the painted hall, exchanged vouchers for tickets and climbed the two sets of stairs into the hall itself.
The view opened out, and the first impression was amazing, Mars at the far end, suspended and slowly turning, with the painted hall as a background. And a helmeted Mar looking down at the planet named after him, a great juxtaposition.
We took and hour to take it all in, then talked about going to the Chapel, which we were not sure was open.
At the base of the stairs, we found the entrance to a passageway, with sign pointing to the Chapel, could this lead all the way under the formal gardens?
Yes. Yes it could. And did.
Up spiral staircases to the lobby, then up a formal stairway flanked by statues of Faith, Hope, Charity and Meekness, into the church, a delight, without much in the way of painting to match the hall opposite, but stunning all the same, and few folks had made it over, so we soaked up the building and details, and fittings.
Time was getting on, and thoughts turned to food. So, we left and headed out to the narrow path beside the river, where high tide meant water was lapping at our feet, but we powered back towards the High Road, and the cluster of pubs and other eateries.
Beside the Cutty Sark was the Gipsy Moth pub, but that was full, so we walked on and found a table beside the fire in the Spanish Galleon, a Shepherd Neame's pub, but they had tables and a great looking menu.
We got pints of Whitstable Bay, and ordered burgers each, all in a great end to the trip where we did all we set out to do, and now rounded it off with a pub lunch.
We ate the burgers with pints of Bishop's Finger, now a timid 5.2% rather than the 7% in days of yore, but still full of flavour.
Time to go home. Back to Cutty Sark DLR station, down in the lift this time, and straight on a train heading north. Change at Canary Wharf, where our train to Stratford was also waiting.
We said goodbye to Graham, hopped on, and the doors closed, so we moved off north.
Back at Stratford, down the steps to the concourse, and straight onto a train going to the International Station, we got on, and so were on the platforms for Kent a full ten minutes before the train was due.
When it came, there were a few seats, so I got to sit and rest by back after the 11,000 steps done, so while darkness fell outside, I kept up to date with the football, Norwich 2-2 with Luton at half time, but scoring twice in the second half to win 4-2, and make it 12 goals scored in three games over seven days.
By the time final whistle went, we were back home, and supping fresh brews as we rested, taking our shoes off.
A brilliant day out.
The West Ham fans we had seen on the DLR were going to their home game against Arsenal, which was on TV at half five. Not the game they were hoping for, as Arsenal were 5-2 by halftime, though no more goals scored in the second half, but worthy of that first half to have watched.
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St Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1712–1714 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
The church is dedicated to Alfege (also spelt "Alphege"), Archbishop of Canterbury, and reputedly marks the place where he was martyred on 19 April 1012, having been taken prisoner during the sack of Canterbury by Danish raiders the previous year. The Danes took him to their camp at Greenwich and killed him when the large ransom they demanded was not forthcoming.[1]
The church was rebuilt in around 1290, and Henry VIII was baptized there in 1491.
The patronage of the church was given to the abbey at Ghent during the 13th century. Following the suppression of alien priories under Henry V, it was granted to the priory at Sheen with which it remained until transferred to the Crown by exchange under Henry VIII in 1530.[1]
During a storm in 1710 the medieval church collapsed, its foundations having been weakened by burials both inside and outside.
Following the collapse of the medieval church, the present building was constructed, funded by a grant from the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches, to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor, one of the commission's two surveyors. The first church to be built by the commissioners, it was begun in 1712 and basic construction was completed in 1714;[2] it was not, however, consecrated until 1718.[3] The church was built by Edward Strong the Younger a friend of Christopher Wren the Younger.
The church is rectangular in plan with a flat ceiling and a small apse serving as a chancel. The east front, towards the street, has a portico in the Tuscan order, with a central arch cutting through the entablature and pediment—a motif used in Wren's "Great Model" for St Paul's Cathedral.[3] A giant order of pilasters runs around the rest of the church, a feature Kerry Downes suggests may have been added by Thomas Archer, who, according to the minutes of the commission, "improved" Hawksmoor's plans.[2] On the north and south sides of the churchwide projecting vestibules rise to the full height of the building, with steps leading up to the doors.[3]
Hawksmoor planned a west tower, in the position of the existing one, which had survived the collapse. However the commission was reluctant to fund it, and the medieval tower was retained. In 1730 John James refaced it, and added a spire. Hawksmoor's design, published in an engraving in 1714, had an octagonal lantern at the top, a motif he was later to use at St George in the East.
The crypt served as an air-raid shelter during World War II. During the Blitz on 19 March 1941, incendiary bombs landed on the roof causing it to collapse, burning into the nave. The walls and the tower remained standing but much of the interior was gutted. The church was restored by Sir Albert Richardson in 1953. As part of the post-war restorations, stencils of Mary the Mother of Jesus and St John the Evangelist were installed either side of the Cross (forming a traditional rood) in the side chapel of St Alfege with St Peter by the tempera artist Augustus Lunn.
The present organ was installed in 2001, having been relocated from the Lower Chapel at Eton College, with some minor changes.[6] It is an 1891 Lewis & Co instrument, with modifications in 1927 by A. Hunter & Son and 1970 by Harrison & Harrison.[7]
Additionally, there is a small, six-stop moveable organ located in the north aisle, by W & A Boggis of Diss from c 1960, with a later restoration by Mander Organs.
he previous organ had a long history. It dated from the 16th century (when St Alfege was recorded as having a pair of organs). The National Pipe Organ Register does not record its present whereabouts. However, a three manual drawstop console is on display at the West End of the South aisle. This may incorporate keys from the time of the composer Thomas Tallis,[9] who was buried in the chancel of the medieval church in the 16th century. The organ was restored in 1706 by Thomas Swarbrick, with further restorations and modifications by Dallam (1765), George England (1770) and J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd (1840, 1853 and 1863).[9][10] It was further restored and rebuilt in 1875 by Joseph Robson and Benjamin Flight,[11] modified by Lewis & Co in 1910[12] and rebuilt by R. Spurden Rutt & Co in 1934. By this point it had grown to 47 stops.[13] It survived the bomb damage of 1941 and was rebuilt, again by R Spurden Rutt, in 1953, with 55 stops.
The upper portion here is bedrock; maybe the lower portion is consolidated debris from the rockslide? And I can't tell what the gray patch in the middle is.
This spectacular gorge was left by left by the largest rockslide on earth that is still visible, with a volume of up to 12 km^3 covering an area of ∼52 km^2. It took place about 10,000 years ago, as the glaciers of the ice age had retreated, leaving steep, unstable U-shaped valley sides. The rock is mainly Jurassic limestone of the Quinten formation.
From the very limited/sold out Crysis 2: Nano Edition
Kicked myself for not pre-ordering this version before release. Now it is no longer available. Was lucky enough to win this off of ebay.com instead.
ALCATRAZ FIGURINE
Produced by First4Figures ( www.first4figures.com/ ), this awesomely detailed figurine of main character Alcatraz perched on top of a New York taxi features unique lighting effects as seen on the Nanosuit 2. It is approximately 11" tall.
These shots show the lighting effects (internal to the suit) in action.
This games kicks some serious A$$
This image was scanned from a photograph in an album dating from World War 2. It was taken during the North African campaign.
The album was purchased from an op shop by one of our members and is held in the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum. Unfortunately, we do not know who took the photos, or who owned the album, so if you have any information about this, please contact us.
The original photo was taken prior to 1955 and so is out of copyright. You are free to use it, but we would appreciate your acknowledging our efforts in the attribution.
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Cork is a city in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and in the province of Munster. With a population of 119,230,[2] it is the second largest city in the state and the third most populous on the island of Ireland.
The city is built on the River Lee which divides into two channels at the western end of the city. The city centre is located on the island created by the channels. At the eastern end of the city centre where the channels re-converge, quays and docks along the river banks lead to Lough Mahon and Cork Harbour, which is one of the world's largest natural harbours.
Mount Auburn Cemetery is the first rural cemetery in the United States, located on the line between Cambridge and Watertown in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Boston.
With classical monuments set in a rolling landscaped terrain,[2] it marked a distinct break with Colonial-era burying grounds and church-affiliated graveyards. The appearance of this type of landscape coincides with the rising popularity of the term "cemetery", derived from the Greek for "a sleeping place." This language and outlook eclipsed the previous harsh view of death and the afterlife embodied by old graveyards and church burial plots.[3]
The 174-acre (70 ha) cemetery is important both for its historical aspects and for its role as an arboretum. It is Watertown’s largest contiguous open space and extends into Cambridge to the east, adjacent to the Cambridge City and Sand Banks cemeteries. It was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2003 for its pioneering role in 19th-century cemetery development.
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A day out in London of a Saturday morning requires planning. Jools arranged for shopping to be dropped on Thursday afternoon, meaning we did not have to go on Saturday morning.
Then setting alarms so that we got to Priory station at half seven ready for the quarter to eight train.
Jools went to get tickets, and I went to the corner greasy spoon to get sausage and bacon sticks and brews. So that when the train rolled at twenty to, we climbed on board, sitting at a table and starting on our breakfast.
Leaving at that time meant it was already light, so we could see the countryside rolling by until we got to Ashford, then flash by once we got on the high speed line, zooming up to Ebbsfleet and then under the Thames into Essex and on to Stratford.
We got out at Stratford, caught the DLR to the regional station, then changing DLR lines for the trains heading for Lewisham.
At Pudding Mill Lane, where we used to watch steam tours on the Great Eastern Main Line, a new station has been built to allow for the entrances to the Elizabeth Line tunnels, and next door is the Abba theatre.
We have been talking about going, so Jools checks prices for the show, and amazed that some are nearly £200! Prices next June are £99, but still for seeing a video recreation rather than the band themselves.
The train rattled on, turning south where the old Bryant and May match factory used to be. The building is still there but seems to be business units or flats now.
Passing the old factory used to be the cue for my Granddad to get us standing up and gathering our coats and bags as we were five minutes from Liverpool Street.
Instead, we took the line south through Bow and towards the crystal towers of Docklands and Canary and other Wharves.
I texted Graham to say we were on our way, and he replied to say he was 5 minutes from Canary Wharf. I said we would be there in a few minutes, maybe we would meet there?
Through Poplar and into the 21st century hellscape that is Docklands, we get off on platform 1, and our next train is waiting on platform 2. Jools walks over, I lag behind, scouring the platform for Graham.
Then as I reach the doors, and the electronic bleeps announcing departure, Graham reaches us and comes on board.
Doors close and the train departs, taking tight turns around the skyscrapers before heading to the river, and after Mudschute, dives under the river for Greenwich.
We get off at Cutty Sark, so named after a tea clipper, and find the way out signed to a flight of 125 steps to street level.
I sigh and follow Jools and Graham up, regretting my life choices.
But I made it to the top, and a short walk we called in at a coffee shop for a refill and wait for the Cutty Sark itself to open.
Although the story of the Cutty Sark and the other tea clippers is very interesting, I wanted to come for purely photographic reasons, to snap the prow and the glazed roof that protects the old dry dock.
We pay to go on, and enter the ship, going up two flights of steps onto the deck, where the masts and rigging tower high above. Remember, sailors used to have to climb up these and gather in sails, and all weathers and on all seas, no matter their state.
Hardy buggers.
Cabins were small and on deck, as all space down below was for cases of tea only, to keep them dry and in perfect condition.
Then down through the visitor centre to the bottom of the dry dock, and the copper bottom of the ship, suspended so that shots looking along and up the prow could be taken.
Which I took plenty of.
Above the roofs of the shops and pubs,the tower of the parish church, St Alphage, Greenwich, which is an usual dedication, but turns out this was the site where the titular Saint was martyred in the 11th century.
Graham had never found it open, but I had checked online and it was due to open at eleven, ten minutes ago. So we walked towards the church, dodging through the traffic and arrived at the church gate.
The south doors were closed, as were the north, so I began to doubt myself. But a nearby sight indicated that the main entrance was on the south side, so we went back round.
And one of the doors was indeed ajar.
Bingo.
Bango.
Bongo.
We climbed the steps and went in, and were met my quiet the most friendly and informative volunteer I think I have ever met.
Interesting details were pointed out, and those hidden were shown, including the location of the font where King Henry XIII was christened, and the last surviving part of the second church's wall.
The church, which is after Hawksmoor, is a delight, though gutted during the blitz, so most glass is now lost, though the Victorian is of good quality.
We were here for the Mars display in the Painted Hall at the Greenwich Naval College.
We have been here before, but some 15 years back at least, so a return was overdue, though the sumptuous painting would be partly hidden by the 7m model of the planet Mars.
We have seen the artist's Moon work at the Maritime Museum nearby, but also in Denver back in 2017. But seemed to have missed his "Earth", I'm sure it'll come round again.
We walked through the college grounds, into the painted hall, exchanged vouchers for tickets and climbed the two sets of stairs into the hall itself.
The view opened out, and the first impression was amazing, Mars at the far end, suspended and slowly turning, with the painted hall as a background. And a helmeted Mar looking down at the planet named after him, a great juxtaposition.
We took and hour to take it all in, then talked about going to the Chapel, which we were not sure was open.
At the base of the stairs, we found the entrance to a passageway, with sign pointing to the Chapel, could this lead all the way under the formal gardens?
Yes. Yes it could. And did.
Up spiral staircases to the lobby, then up a formal stairway flanked by statues of Faith, Hope, Charity and Meekness, into the church, a delight, without much in the way of painting to match the hall opposite, but stunning all the same, and few folks had made it over, so we soaked up the building and details, and fittings.
Time was getting on, and thoughts turned to food. So, we left and headed out to the narrow path beside the river, where high tide meant water was lapping at our feet, but we powered back towards the High Road, and the cluster of pubs and other eateries.
Beside the Cutty Sark was the Gipsy Moth pub, but that was full, so we walked on and found a table beside the fire in the Spanish Galleon, a Shepherd Neame's pub, but they had tables and a great looking menu.
We got pints of Whitstable Bay, and ordered burgers each, all in a great end to the trip where we did all we set out to do, and now rounded it off with a pub lunch.
We ate the burgers with pints of Bishop's Finger, now a timid 5.2% rather than the 7% in days of yore, but still full of flavour.
Time to go home. Back to Cutty Sark DLR station, down in the lift this time, and straight on a train heading north. Change at Canary Wharf, where our train to Stratford was also waiting.
We said goodbye to Graham, hopped on, and the doors closed, so we moved off north.
Back at Stratford, down the steps to the concourse, and straight onto a train going to the International Station, we got on, and so were on the platforms for Kent a full ten minutes before the train was due.
When it came, there were a few seats, so I got to sit and rest by back after the 11,000 steps done, so while darkness fell outside, I kept up to date with the football, Norwich 2-2 with Luton at half time, but scoring twice in the second half to win 4-2, and make it 12 goals scored in three games over seven days.
By the time final whistle went, we were back home, and supping fresh brews as we rested, taking our shoes off.
A brilliant day out.
The West Ham fans we had seen on the DLR were going to their home game against Arsenal, which was on TV at half five. Not the game they were hoping for, as Arsenal were 5-2 by halftime, though no more goals scored in the second half, but worthy of that first half to have watched.
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St Alfege Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Greenwich, part of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. It is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in 1712–1714 to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
The church is dedicated to Alfege (also spelt "Alphege"), Archbishop of Canterbury, and reputedly marks the place where he was martyred on 19 April 1012, having been taken prisoner during the sack of Canterbury by Danish raiders the previous year. The Danes took him to their camp at Greenwich and killed him when the large ransom they demanded was not forthcoming.[1]
The church was rebuilt in around 1290, and Henry VIII was baptized there in 1491.
The patronage of the church was given to the abbey at Ghent during the 13th century. Following the suppression of alien priories under Henry V, it was granted to the priory at Sheen with which it remained until transferred to the Crown by exchange under Henry VIII in 1530.[1]
During a storm in 1710 the medieval church collapsed, its foundations having been weakened by burials both inside and outside.
Following the collapse of the medieval church, the present building was constructed, funded by a grant from the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches, to the designs of Nicholas Hawksmoor, one of the commission's two surveyors. The first church to be built by the commissioners, it was begun in 1712 and basic construction was completed in 1714;[2] it was not, however, consecrated until 1718.[3] The church was built by Edward Strong the Younger a friend of Christopher Wren the Younger.
The church is rectangular in plan with a flat ceiling and a small apse serving as a chancel. The east front, towards the street, has a portico in the Tuscan order, with a central arch cutting through the entablature and pediment—a motif used in Wren's "Great Model" for St Paul's Cathedral.[3] A giant order of pilasters runs around the rest of the church, a feature Kerry Downes suggests may have been added by Thomas Archer, who, according to the minutes of the commission, "improved" Hawksmoor's plans.[2] On the north and south sides of the churchwide projecting vestibules rise to the full height of the building, with steps leading up to the doors.[3]
Hawksmoor planned a west tower, in the position of the existing one, which had survived the collapse. However the commission was reluctant to fund it, and the medieval tower was retained. In 1730 John James refaced it, and added a spire. Hawksmoor's design, published in an engraving in 1714, had an octagonal lantern at the top, a motif he was later to use at St George in the East.
The crypt served as an air-raid shelter during World War II. During the Blitz on 19 March 1941, incendiary bombs landed on the roof causing it to collapse, burning into the nave. The walls and the tower remained standing but much of the interior was gutted. The church was restored by Sir Albert Richardson in 1953. As part of the post-war restorations, stencils of Mary the Mother of Jesus and St John the Evangelist were installed either side of the Cross (forming a traditional rood) in the side chapel of St Alfege with St Peter by the tempera artist Augustus Lunn.
The present organ was installed in 2001, having been relocated from the Lower Chapel at Eton College, with some minor changes.[6] It is an 1891 Lewis & Co instrument, with modifications in 1927 by A. Hunter & Son and 1970 by Harrison & Harrison.[7]
Additionally, there is a small, six-stop moveable organ located in the north aisle, by W & A Boggis of Diss from c 1960, with a later restoration by Mander Organs.
he previous organ had a long history. It dated from the 16th century (when St Alfege was recorded as having a pair of organs). The National Pipe Organ Register does not record its present whereabouts. However, a three manual drawstop console is on display at the West End of the South aisle. This may incorporate keys from the time of the composer Thomas Tallis,[9] who was buried in the chancel of the medieval church in the 16th century. The organ was restored in 1706 by Thomas Swarbrick, with further restorations and modifications by Dallam (1765), George England (1770) and J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd (1840, 1853 and 1863).[9][10] It was further restored and rebuilt in 1875 by Joseph Robson and Benjamin Flight,[11] modified by Lewis & Co in 1910[12] and rebuilt by R. Spurden Rutt & Co in 1934. By this point it had grown to 47 stops.[13] It survived the bomb damage of 1941 and was rebuilt, again by R Spurden Rutt, in 1953, with 55 stops.
In honor of tonight's final episode of Late Show With David Letterman, from the home office in Greensboro, North Carolina, here are the top ten reasons you should visit Chapel Hill's Gimghoul Castle:
10. It has the word ghoul in its name.
9. It's the home of a secret society, The Order Of Ghimghoul. We're talking the Chapel Hill Illuminati, people!
8. The castle itself was built from 1920 to 1926 and cost $50,000 to complete.
7. Legend has it that in 1831, a UNC student by the name of Peter Dromgoole was challenged to a duel by another man over the affections of a woman named Fanny. Poor Peter lost the duel and died on the grounds of the castle.
6. After Dromgoole was killed, he was buried in a shallow grave under Dromgoole Rock, a blood-stained rock found in front of Gimghoul Castle.
5. When someone's killed over matters of the heart, shallow graves are involved, or haphazard gravestones come into play, ghosts show up. This story has all three, so you know this place is seriously haunted.
4. The castle was the subject of a 2013 documentary, Murf Vs. Gimghoul, which chronicled The Chris Gethard Show's Murf Meyer's 2.5 year attempt to expose the secret society.
3. Despite the fact that it may be haunted, may be home to a secret society, may have a bloody rock in front of it, and may be the site of a famous duel, there is a very public gravel road in front of it that tons of people hike and jog on every day.
2. It's probably just a frat house. But you might stumble onto a legendary kegger during your visit!
1. Again, it's got the word ghoul in its name. What more do you really need?
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Bruges ( French and English : Bruges ; German : Brügge ) is the capital and largest city by population of the Belgian province of West Flanders and of the district of Bruges . The central city , located in the northwest of the country, is also the capital of the electoral canton of Bruges , itself has four judicial cantons and is the seat of the diocese of Bruges and of an assize court .
The historic center is included as a medieval city on the UNESCO World Heritage List . It is egg-shaped and approximately 430 hectares in size. The entire municipality has an area of over 14,099 hectares, including approximately 1,075 hectares reclaimed from the sea, near Zeebrugge . The city has approximately 120,000 inhabitants; approximately 20,000 of them live in the city center. The inhabitants of Bruges are called Bruges residents.
Bruges' economic significance stems mainly from its seaport, Zeebrugge , but also from industry, services and schools at all levels. The city is also a world-famous tourist attraction.
Naming
See also: History of Bruges: Etymology .
The oldest written source using the city's name is the "Breviarium de thesauro sancti Bavonis, quod invenerunt fratres remansisse post Nordmannicam infestationem". This inventory of a church treasure of the Ghent St. Bavo's Abbey was drawn up after the plundering of the abbey by Normans , probably between 851 and 864. It mentions a golden cross that had been sent to Bruges for protection, but had not been returned: " crux illa aurea, que Bruggis fuit ad servandum missa nec postea reversa". The earliest copy of this inventory only dates from the 12th century. [2]
The oldest tangible source on which the name of the city is used for the first time are some coins dated according to the most recent insights between 864 and 898. They contain the entries Bruggas , Bruccas , Briuggas and Briuccas . [2]
It is not exactly known where the name Bruges comes from. It may be a corruption of the Celtic name for the now canalized river Reie , which flowed through Bruges and emptied into the North Sea . Reie itself comes from the Celtic word Rogia , meaning "Holy Water". The Celts regarded rivers and springs as divine beings, and it is likely that the Celtic name has stuck to the Bruges watercourse. Through evolution, the name of the water, Rogia or Ryggia , would also have become the name of the city, Bryggia .
It is possible that contamination also occurred in later centuries with the Old Norse word bryggja , meaning "landing bridge" or "mooring wharf". For example, from 800 onwards there were many contacts with Scandinavia through trade across the North Sea and through the raids of the Normans . The name Bruges therefore shows similarities with Bryggen , the historic port of Bergen , which, like Bruges, was an important city of the Hanseatic League from the 14th century .
The Langerei , part of the canalised river De Reie.
Bruges is regularly referred to as the " Venice of the North ", referring to its many waterways and bridges . Most of these canals are called " reien ", after the river Reie. Another theory is that the nickname has to do with the fact that the medieval trading cities of Bruges and Venice fulfilled somewhat similar economic functions as main distribution centers, each in its own region.
Bruges is also often called the "Breydel City", after the Bruges folk hero from the 14th century, Jan Breydel .
The nickname of the people of Bruges is "(Brugse) fools". They owe this nickname to an unlikely legend: after they had imprisoned Maximilian I of Austria for a time in their struggle for autonomy , he forbade the holding of an annual fair and other festivities. In an attempt to appease him, Bruges held a big party for him and then asked permission to hold another annual fair, collect taxes and ... build a new "fool's house". He replied: " Close all the gates of Bruges and you have a fool's house! ".
History
See history of Bruges for the main article on this subject.
The first signs of life on the current Bruges territory date from the 2nd century AD, when a Gallo-Roman settlement was located there. The name of Bruges was mentioned for the first time between 850 and 875. Between the 9th and 12th centuries, the city grew into an international trade center thanks to its important port. The port was briefly in danger of being compromised by the silting up of the area between Bruges and the current coastal strip. However , the creation of the Zwin , the navigation channel between Bruges and the sea, in 1134 ensured that the connection survived.
In 1089, Bruges was declared the 'capital' of the county of Flanders and from the 13th to the 15th century, Bruges could safely be regarded as the economic capital of Northwestern Europe . Due to its importance as a trading center, the first stock exchange building in the world was built in Bruges. In addition, the Waterhalle on the Grote Markt was also built as a meeting place for traders.
The period between ca. 1280 and 1480 can be called the golden age of Bruges. At that time the city had 46,000 inhabitants. The city center received a second city wall, some of whose gates have stood the test of time to this day. The Burgundian royal family had made Bruges its city of residence and attracted many excellent artists, including painters and architects. This resulted in an enormous enrichment of the city on an architectural, artistic and cultural level. The monumental town hall is a good example of this, but many impressive churches and houses also date from that period.
However, the death of Mary of Burgundy in 1482 marked a turning point and the royal family soon withdrew from the city. The end of Bruges as an international trade metropolis was in sight. Antwerp took over this role for a century and Bruges fell into complete decline. The Spanish king was also Count of Flanders from 1592 to 1713; this Spanish rule , coupled with several religious wars , dragged the city further and further into the depths.
This was followed by Austrian rule , a French annexation , a reunited Netherlands and Belgian independence . According to some, Bruges was one of the poorest cities in the Netherlands from 1600 to 1885. This usually involves citing the figures of the needy population. Others argue from this that the city, on the contrary, remained rich, since it could support so many poor people. The building of large city houses throughout the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries shows that there was at least a wealthy upper layer. The industrial revolution in the nineteenth century did not affect Bruges to any significant extent. The struggle for a new seaport was the major action point in Bruges.
From the beginning of the nineteenth century, Bruges was mainly praised as a place of residence and historical place by English authors. Towards the end of the century , Georges Rodenbach 's novel Bruges-la-Morte was one of the elements that brought additional attention to the city. The book presented Bruges as impoverished but mysterious and this generated additional international interest. The historical heritage was rediscovered and the construction of the seaport in Zeebrugge in 1896 also promised to bring about an economic revival. The exhibition of the Flemish Primitives in 1902 was the starting signal for the strong cultural and tourist development that has characterized the city since then.
During the two world wars, Bruges was almost completely spared from destruction. In 1971, the city's territory was significantly expanded through a merger with the surrounding peripheral municipalities and in 2000 the city center was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. During the year 2002, Bruges was the cultural capital of Europe .
Geography
The area in which Bruges grew is located on the border of a sandy loam area and the sea polders , approximately 15 km from the North Sea . Most of the city can be considered part of the Zandstreek.
Bruges has eight sub-municipalities , six of which – Brugge, Sint-Andries, Sint-Michiels, Assebroek, Sint-Kruis and Koolkerke – have an urban character and two – Dudzele and Lissewege – are characterized by a rural and port-related landscape on the one hand. The city center – the historic part of the city within the fortifications – has the highest population density on average. Neighborhoods adjacent to the city center also often have a high population density, sometimes higher than some neighborhoods in the city center. In general, with the exception of certain neighborhoods, population density decreases slightly the further one moves from the city center.
Bruges is best known as a historic city with a lot of cultural heritage. The historic center is well preserved, especially the medieval street pattern and heritage. The current appearance of the city center has also been influenced by the interest in Gothic Revival in the 19th century, which resulted in the 'neo-Bruges style', ranging from Gothic Revival to eclecticism . Many buildings were then embellished, restored, rebuilt or newly built in this style. [6] The canals , the history, the archaeological finds, but also the shopping streets attract many people to this city every day. The city center of Bruges can be explored largely on foot, but also by bicycle (carriage), horse-drawn carriage or tram, with City Tour buses or with boats on the canals.
For residential tourism, the city has more than 90 hotels, good for more than 7,800 beds. The youth accommodation and guest rooms each provide more than 1,000 beds. In 2015, there were approximately 1.13 million arrivals in Bruges, including approximately 27,100 in Zeebrugge, and more than 2.03 million overnight stays, including approximately 52,300 in Zeebrugge. [8] Compared to other large Flemish cities, a smaller share of these has a business character, although this share appears to have increased in recent years.
Car traffic is kept out of the city center as much as possible. The speed limits (30 km per hour), a loop plan with a lot of one-way traffic (two directions for cyclists) and peripheral car parks should make Bruges a pleasant walking and shopping city.
However, the presence of catering establishments and shops partly displaces the residential function in the core of the city center.
Every year on Ascension Day, the Holy Blood Procession takes place in Bruges. The relic of the Holy Blood , which Diederik van Alsace is said to have brought from Jerusalem to Bruges, is venerated by the city. The procession consists of three parts: the Bible, the history of the Precious Blood and the prelature procession with the relics. Another major procession held in Bruges is the Golden Tree Procession . This five-yearly parade was created in 1958 with the central element being the "Coat of Arms of the Golden Tree", which was held in 1468 on the Bruges Market on the occasion of the wedding of Charles the Bold and Margaret of York .
In 2002, Bruges was the cultural capital of Europe . As a result, a new multifunctional concert building was built, with the ambition to give it an international appearance.
From 1968 to 1974 and again since 2015, the Bruges Triennial takes place every three years, originally starting as a traditional retrospective of current Belgian art and after the long interruption evolved into an open-air exhibition with monumental installations by international artists and architects, each around a central theme.
Bruges is also the center of one of the Flemish tourist regions : the Bruges Ommeland .
Architectural heritage
See also the list of immovable heritage in Bruges .
Civil
The Grote Markt , with the Belfry with City Halls , and several (neo)Gothic buildings, such as the Provincial Court (until the end of the 18th century the Waterhalle ).
De Burg , with the town hall , the buildings of the Brugse Vrije , the Proosdij and the Basilica of the Holy Blood.
The Jan van Eyckplein , with the Poortersloge and the Tolhuis .
The Hof van Gruuthuse (including museum ) and the Groeninge Museum on the Dijver , and the Rozenhoedkaai , with one of the most famous cityscapes of Bruges.
The Vismarkt and the Huidenvettersplein .
The Sint-Janshospitaal , which houses the municipal museum ' Memling in Sint-Jan ', and the nineteenth-century Sint-Jan, operated by a Spanish company and which exhibits paintings by Pablo Picasso .
The Gezelle House , in the birthplace of the poet Guido Gezelle .
The old city gates , namely the Smedenpoort , the Ezelpoort , the Kruispoort and the Gentpoort (the Dampoort , the Katelijnepoort and the Boeveriepoort have disappeared), and the four (partially) historic mills on the Kruisvest, namely the Sint-Janshuismolen , the Bonne- Chièremolen , the Koeleweimolen and De Nieuwe Papegaai .
The old almshouses .
Religious
The Begijnhof Ten Wijngaerde , with the Monasterium De Wijngaard .
The Basilica of the Holy Blood , the former St. Donas Cathedral and - under the Crowne Plaza Burghotel - the foundations of St. Donas Cathedral (where Charles the Good was murdered) on the Burg.
The Church of Our Lady (115.6 meter high brick tower) containing the tombs of Charles the Bold and his daughter Mary of Burgundy .
St. Salvator's Cathedral , founded in the 9th century .
The Jerusalem Church , including the mausoleum for Anselmus Adornes and his wife, Margaretha van der Banck .
The Sint-Walburga Church (Baroque Church), originally the church of a Jesuit monastery , now of the Sint-Walburga parish.
The English Monastery .
Other churches or chapels, such as St. Anne's Church , St. Giles' Church , St. James' Church , St. Magdalene Church , Carmelite Church , Our Lady of the Pottery Church , Our Lady of the Blind Chapel , the church of the Godelieve Abbey and the former Theresian Church (nowadays the Joseph Ryelandt Hall ).
Museums
Municipal museums
Since 2019, the umbrella organization of the city museums has been recognized as a Cultural Heritage Institution under the name Musea Brugge . The previous division into three museum groups (Groeninge Museum, Hospital Museum and Brugge Museum) has therefore been abolished. Musea Brugge is the umbrella organization of the fourteen museums of the City of Bruges. The collections contain visual and applied art from the 15th to the 21st century and are housed in protected monuments in the historic city center of Bruges.
Arentshuis
Belfry
Bruges Free
Companion house
Groeninge Museum
Gruuthuse Museum
Church of Our Lady
Museum Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Potterie
Burgher's lodge
St. John's Hospital
Sint-Janshuismolen
City Hall
Folklore Museum
Religious buildings with a museum secondary function
English Monastery
Holy Blood Basilica
Court Bladelin
Jerusalem Church
St. Salvator's Cathedral with treasury
St. Trudo Abbey Male
Our Lady of the Visitation Church , Lissewege
The Rolling Stones - No Filter Tour - Konzert - concert im Zürcher Letzigrund Stadion im Kanton Zürich der Schweiz
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1. Sympathy for the devil ( Album - Beggars Banquet - 1968 )
2. It's only Rock 'n' Roll ( but I like it ) ( Album - It’s only Rock ’n’ Roll - 1974 )
3. Tumbling dice ( Album - Exile on main st. - 1972 )
4. Hate to see you go - ( L.ittle W.alter c.over - live debut ) ( Album - Blue & lonesome - 2016 )
5. Ride 'em on down ( J.immy R.eed cover ) ( Album - Blue & lonesome - 2016 )
6. Dancing with Mr. D ( Album - Goats head soup - 1973 )
7. Like a Rolling Stone ( B.ob D.ylan cover - by request )
8. You can't always get what you want ( Album - Let it bleed - 1969 )
9. Paint it black ( Single 1966 )
10. Honky tonk women ( Album - Live'r than you'll ever be - Livealbum 1969 )
11. Happy ( K.eith R.ichards on lead vocals ) ( Album - Exile on main st. - 1972 )
12. Slipping away ( K.eith R.ichards on lead vocals ) ( Album - Steel Wheels - 1989 )
13. Midnight rambler ( Album - Let it bleed - 1969 )
14. Miss you ( Album - Some Girls - 1978 )
15. Street fighting man ( Album - Beggars Banquet - 1968 )
16. Start me up ( Album - Tattoo you - 1981 )
17. Brown sugar ( Album - Sticky fingers - 1971 )
18. ( I can't get no ) satisfaction ( Album - Out of our heads - 1965 )
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20. Jumpin' jack flash ( Single 1968 )
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From Wikipedia:
Petra (Greek "πέτρα" (petra), meaning rock; Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ) is a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduits system. Established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans,[2] it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited tourist attraction.[2] It lies on the slope of Mount Hor[3] in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.
The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It was described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate Prize-winning poem by John William Burgon. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage."[4] Petra was chosen by the BBC as one of "the 40 places you have to see before you die".[5]
Seligman, Arizona.
Route 66 (Alignment 1932-1979) - Business Loop 40 - Arizona 66.
Rusty Bolt Souvenir & gift Shop, 117 E Chino Ave. (2)
It is a Route 66 souvenir store. A vintage Edsels car and then the mannequins are exposed along the store. Rusty Bolt Souvenir & gift Shop was formerly the Thunderbird Indian Store (1903).
Il s'agit d'un magasin de souvenirs Route 66. Une automobile de collection Edsels puis des mannequins sont exposés le long du magasin. Rusty Bolt Souvenir & gift Shop était autrefois le Thunderbird Indian Store (1903).
Phantom Flight 2
It's first venture into the "real world". Camera setting on Auto at this stage while I get some flight skills ;-)
Nanjing (About this sound listen; Chinese: 南京; pinyin: Nánjīng; Wade–Giles: Nan-ching) is the capital of Jiangsu province in Eastern China.[2] It has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China for several periods.[3] Its present name means "Southern Capital" and was officially romanized as Nankin and Nanking until the pinyin language reform, after which Nanjing was gradually adopted as the standard spelling of the city's name in most languages that use the Roman alphabet.[4]
Located in the lower Yangtze River drainage basin and Yangtze River Delta economic zone, Nanjing has long been one of China's most important cities.[5][6][7] Having been the capital city of six different dynasties since 3 A.D., it is recognized as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China.[8] It was the capital of Wu during the Three Kingdoms Period,[9] and the capital of the Republic of China prior to its flight to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War.[10] Nanjing is also one of the fifteen sub-provincial cities in the People's Republic of China's administrative structure,[11] enjoying jurisdictional and economic autonomy only slightly less than that of a province.[12] Nanjing has long been a national centre of education, research, transport networks and tourism. It was the host city of the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[13]
With a total population of 8.16 million[14][15] and a urban population of 6.55 million,[16][17] Nanjing is the second-largest commercial centre in the East China region after Shanghai. It has been ranked seventh in the evaluation of "Cities with Strongest Comprehensive Strength" issued by the National Statistics Bureau, and second in the evaluation of cities with most sustainable development potential in the Yangtze River Delta. It has also been awarded the title of 2008 Habitat Scroll of Honour of China, Special UN Habitat Scroll of Honour Award and National Civilized City.[18]
Patmos (Greek, Πάτμος; Italian: Patmo) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. One of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex,[2]) it has a population of 2,998 and an area of 34.05 km2 (13.15 sq mi). The highest point is Profitis Ilias, 269 metres (883 ft) above sea level. The Municipality of Patmos, which includes the offshore islands of Arkoi (pop. 44), Marathos (pop. 5), and several uninhabited islets, has a total population of 3,047 (2011 census) [3] and a combined land area of 45.039 square kilometres (17.390 sq mi). It is part of the Kalymnos regional unit.
Patmos' main communities are Chora (the capital city), and Skala, the only commercial port. Other settlements are Grikou and Kampos. The churches and communities on Patmos are of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. In 1999, the island's historic center Chora, along with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse, were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[4] The monastery was founded by Saint Christodulos.[5] Patmos is also home to the Patmian School, a notable Greek seminary.
Patmos is mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given (and recorded) a vision from Jesus. Early Christian tradition identified this writer John of Patmos as John the Apostle, though some modern scholars are uncertain. As such, Patmos is a destination for Christian pilgrimage. Visitors can see the cave where John is said to have received his Revelation (the Cave of the Apocalypse), and several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John.
Forbes in a 2009 research has named Patmos as Europe's Most Idyllic Place to live, due to the fact that "Patmos has evolved over the centuries but has not lost its air of quiet tranquility, which is one reason why people that know it return again and again." [6]