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Camellia japonica "Adolphe Audusson" in may garden.
Happy Thursday with flowers!
The Adolphe bridge allows road traffic and tramways across the Pétrusse valley. Its upper deck is 153 m in length and its suspended lower deck is a dedicated bidirectional bicycle path, with access provided for pedestrian use. The bridge was designed by Paul Séjourné and Albert Rodange and built between 1900 and 1903. The bridge was named after Grand Duke Adolphe, who reigned Luxembourg from 1890 until 1905, and was the first monarch to hold the title not in personal union with another.
I've always been enamored by the art of Jules-Adolphe Breton and this has been inspired by one of his works of the same title.
Model: Krystal Smith
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The Adolphe bridge allows road traffic and tramways across the Pétrusse valley. Its upper deck is 153 m in length and its suspended lower deck is a dedicated bidirectional bicycle path, with access provided for pedestrian use. The bridge was designed by Paul Séjourné and Albert Rodange and built between 1900 and 1903. The bridge was named after Grand Duke Adolphe, who reigned Luxembourg from 1890 until 1905, and was the first monarch to hold the title not in personal union with another.
My favourite painting in Manchester’s Art Gallery is: ‘Marshal Ney Supporting the Rear Guard during the Retreat from Moscow’ painted in 1856 by artist Adolphe Yvon 1817-1893; ( Painting Pictured above).
Yvon’s painting represents the disastrous culmination of Napoleon’s Russian invasion of 1812.
Having led 450,000 men across the river Niemen Napoleon was forced to turn back to Moscow; which had been torched by retreating Russian forces.
The central figure in the picture is the French Hero ‘Marshal Michael Ney’ who was given command of the army’s rear guard, but temperatures below -20° C killed as many men as the enemy; by the December of that year only 13,000 of the Grand Army remained.
Historically, the French eventually occupied Moscow, and all seemed hopeless for the Russians until a legendary winter storm descended, defeating the French where they stood; can be seen in the picture.
One of the best known pieces of classical music composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1880 was the ‘1812 Overture’; its full title is ‘The Year 1812 Solemn Overture, op. 49’. It was meant to commemorate the successful Russian defence against Napoleon’s invading Grand Army in 1812; Represented in the painting by Yvon.
Tchaikovsky actually hated that piece of music as it was ‘too loud and noisy’, even though he wrote it.
Luxemburg City Bridge over the canyon of the Petrusse river. Seen from the Place de la Constitution in W-direction.
In common with many of his contemporaries, Adolphe Clément had already amassed a fortune manufacturing bicycles and pneumatic tyres before he turned his hand to motor car manufacture.
His early efforts were light cars powered by Astor, Panhard and, in this case, a 2.25h.p. single-cylinder De Dion engine. In the complex world of early motor manufacture and, in common with Talbot, the name Clément and some of its factories were bought by an English syndicate. Cléments were even made under license in Scotland, by Stirling of Hamilton.
This 1900-built Clement Voiturette BS8054 is on display at Haynes Motor Museum in Somerset.
The B-52's - Planet Claire - 11/7/1980 - Capitol Theatre (Official)
The Adolphe Bridge (Luxembourgish: Adolphe-Bréck, French: Pont Adolphe, German: Adolphe-Brücke) is a double-decked arch bridge in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The bridge provides a one-way route for road traffic across the Pétrusse, from Boulevard Royal, in Ville Haute, to Avenue de la Liberté, in Gare. Its upper deck is 153 m in length and carries two lanes of road traffic, and two pedestrian footpaths. Its lower deck, opened in 2018, suspended beneath the upper deck, is 154 m in length, and carries a dedicated bidirectional bicycle path, with access provided for pedestrian use.[1] As of 13 December 2020, following the completion of the second phase of the construction of the city's new tramline, the bridge carries bidirectional tram traffic on its upper deck.[2]
The Adolphe Bridge has become an unofficial national symbol of sorts, representing Luxembourg's independence, and has become one of Luxembourg City's main tourist attractions. The bridge was designed by Paul Séjourné, a Frenchman, and Albert Rodange, a Luxembourger, and was built between 1900 and 1903. Its design was copied in the construction of Walnut Lane Bridge in Philadelphia, the United States.[3]
The bridge was named after Grand Duke Adolphe, who reigned Luxembourg from 1890 until 1905, and was the first monarch to hold the title not in personal union with another. Although it is now over 100 years old, it is also known as the New Bridge (Luxembourgish: Nei Bréck, French: Nouveau pont, German: Neue Brücke) by people from Luxembourg City. The 'old bridge' in this comparison is the Passerelle, which was built between 1859 and 1861.
Conversion to a double-decked bridge
In concordance with the reintroduction of trams in Luxembourg, major redesign and renovation work occurred between 2014 and 2017, with a temporary bridge constructed parallel operating in the interim.[1] The Adolphe Bridge was widened and reinforced to accommodate the new tramlines installed on its upper-deck.[1] Additionally, a 154 m long and 4 m wide lower deck was suspended beneath the existing deck, between the arches of the bridge, to act as dedicated bidirectional bicycle path and footpath.[1][7] Bicycle-friendly sloped approaches were dug on the western side of both ends of the bridge, and an additional stairwell was added on the eastern side of the Ville Haute approach.[1]
...damn right!
omg it's the "pont adolphe" again... if you think so, you better not cross my stream the next few days :P j/k
no seriously... this was really a nice spot to take some pictures, so pls excuse this bridge showing up that much in the next time
really a MUST VIEW large on black
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Wrecked trying to enter Newcastle Harbour after sailing from Antwerp in 1904, the former four-masted barque rests nestled against Stockton Breakwater.
Takumar 200mm f3.5 @ f5.6 (I think).
.... climbers show as dots against the immensity of the Pyramide du Tacul and Point Adolphe Rey, next to Mont Blanc .....
Antoine-Joseph Sax, better known as Adolphe Sax (Dinant, 6 November 1814 – Paris, 7 February 1894[3]), was a Belgian musical instrument maker. He owes his greatest fame to his invention of the saxophone.
We had snow overnight so later in the morning I opened the bedroom blind to see if there was anything I could photograph from that window and surprise surprise, the Red Camellia was beginning to bloom... I had checked it less than a week ago and there wasn't even a crack in the buds...
Cousin Castle
Cousin Castle is named after its owner, Adolphe Cousin, who had the castle built in 1844 and completed it in 1849. Adolphe's descendants still own the castle.
In 1931, the castle was made available to a non-profit owner who turned it into an orphanage for young people. During the Second World War, several Jewish children were accommodated and hidden there. In 1967, the term "orphanage" disappeared in favour of the "home" for children who were placed in the care of the juvenile courts and the Commission for Public Assistance, the current OCMW.
In 2010, Cousin Castle was renovated and given a new social function: it offers families affected by a serious illness the possibility of "resting" for a while.
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Kasteel Cousin is genoemd naar de eigenaar, Adolphe Cousin, die het kasteel in 1844 liet bouwen en in 1849 werd voltooid. Nazaten van Adolphe zijn nog steeds eigenaar van het kasteel.
In 1931 werd het kasteel ter beschikking gesteld van een vzw eigenaar die er een weeshuis voor jongeren van maakte. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog werden er verschillende Joodse kinderen opgevangen en verborgen. In 1967 verdween het begrip weeshuis ten voordele van het "tehuis" voor kinderen die door de jeugdrechters en de Commissie voor Openbare Bijstand onder de hoede werden geplaatst, het huidige OCMW dus.
In 2010 werd kasteel Cousin gerenoveerd en kreeg het een nieuwe sociale functie: het biedt families die getroffen zijn door een zware ziekte de mogelijkheid om even “op rust” te komen.