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The sun sets over XX119 a truly beautiful aircraft that I sincerely hope will end up on display in the museum at RAF Cosford.
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Vallespir, Occitanie, France.
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste es una localidad y comuna francesa situada en el departamento de Pirineos Orientales y la región de Languedoc-Rosellón, en la comarca del Vallespir. TenÃa 1.144 habitantes en 2007.
Administrativamente, pertenece al distrito de Céret, al cantón de Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (del cual es capital) y a la Communauté de communes du Haut Vallespir.
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste es la comuna más grande del departamento y una de las más grandes de Francia, con 14.509 hectáreas. Antes era incluso más extensa, ya que en 1862 se disgregaron 2.518 hectáreas para conformar la comuna de Le Tech. El conjunto del territorio es muy montañoso y está cavado por el valle del Tech, cuya fuente se localiza a 2.300 metros de altitud, al pie de la Roca Colom, cumbre situada en el lÃmite occidental del municipio. Las montañas se elevan al sur (frontera con España) hasta el pico de Costabona, y al norte (lÃmite con el Conflent) hasta el pico de Sethomes y al puig de Rojà , no lejos del Canigó.
El valle de Prats comprende cierto número de lugares que otrora fueron pueblos o aldeas. Algunos de ellos conservan una iglesia y algunos habitantes. Entre ellos destaca La Preste, que gracias a sus fuentes termales se ha desarrollado considerablemente a partir del siglo XIX.
La comuna de Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste limita con Lamanère, Serralongue y Le Tech en el cantón de Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Mantet y Py en el cantón de Olette, Casteil en el cantón de Prades y Setcases, Molló y Camprodón (pueblo de Beget) en la provincia de Gerona (España).
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste is a French commune and commune located in the Pyrénées-Orientales department and the Languedoc-Roussillon region, in the Vallespir region. It had 1,144 inhabitants in 2007.
Administratively, it belongs to the Céret district, the canton of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (of which it is the capital) and the Communauté de communes du Haut Vallespir.
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste is the largest commune in the department and one of the largest in France, with 14,509 hectares. Before it was even more extensive, since in 1862 2,518 hectares were broken up to form the commune of Le Tech. The whole of the territory is very mountainous and dug by the Tech Valley, whose source is located at 2,300 meters of altitude, at the foot de la Roca Colom, summit located in the western limit of the municipality. The mountains rise to the south (border with Spain) to the Costabona peak, and to the north (border with the Conflent) to the Sethomes peak and to the Puig de Rojà , not far from Canigó.
The Prats valley comprises a number of places that were once towns or villages. Some of them keep a church and some inhabitants. Among them La Preste stands out, which thanks to its hot springs has developed considerably from the 19th century.
The commune of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste borders Lamanère, Serralongue and Le Tech in the canton of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Mantet and Py in the canton of Olette, Casteil in the canton of Prades and Setcases, Molló and Camprodón (town of Beget) in the province of Gerona (Spain).
During the Byzantine period the Emperor Justinian had a tower erected in what was to become Galata. This tower was destroyed by the Crusaders during the Sack of Constantinople in 1204.
In 1267 a Genoese colony was established in the Galata part of Constantinople. It was surrounded by walls and the Galata Tower was first built at their highest point as the Christea Turris (Tower of Christ) in Romanesque style[1][3] in 1348 during an expansion of the colony. At the time the Galata Tower, at 219.5 ft (66.9 m), was the tallest building in the city.[4]
After the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the Genoese colony was abolished and most of the walls of the citadel were later pulled down in the 19th century, during the northward expansion of the city in the districts of Beyoğlu and Beşiktaş; though small parts of the Genoese walls in Galata have survived.[5][6][7] The tower was allowed to survive and was turned into a prison. It was from its roof that, in 1638, Hezarfen Ahmed Çelebi supposedly strapped on wings and made the first intercontinental flight, landing in the Doğancılar Meydanı in Üsküdar on the Asian side of the city, a story of doubtful authenticity recounted by the Ottoman travel writer, Evliya Çelebi.
From 1717, the Ottomans used the tower to look out for fires (on the Old Istanbul side of the city the Beyazıt Tower served the same function). In 1794, during the reign of Sultan Selim III, the roof was reinforced in lead and wood, but the stairs were severely damaged by a fire. Another fire damaged the building in 1831, after which further restoration work took place.
In 1875, the tower's conical roof was destroyed during a storm.[8][9] It remained without this roof for the rest of the Ottoman period but, many years later, during restoration work between 1965 and 1967, the conical roof was reconstructed.[8][9] At the same time the tower's wooden interior was replaced with a concrete structure and it was opened to the public.[10][11]
In 2020, the Tower was restored then reopened as a museum now open for the public and tourists.[12]
In 2023, restoration work began on the conical roof, with a focus on extending the lifecycle of the copper finial it once had as well. Other structural reinforcements were achieved on reinforced concrete elements and around the masonry walls, enabling improvements to the building's earthquake resiliency. A 3-meter-high protection tunnel was built around the tower to ensure the safety of visitors and the surrounding area. Galata Tower reopened to the visiting public on May 25, 2024, with a new visitor policy that capped visitor entry at 100 per hour.[13]
The tower is mainly popular for the 360-degree view of Istanbul visible from its observation deck.
First chronicled in 862, Belozersk was one of five original Russian towns (the other being Ladoga, Novgorod, Polotsk, and Rostov).
A small relative of the Moorhen and Coot and about the same size as a Redshank, the Water rail lives in reedbeds and freshwater wetlands where it feeds on invertebrates and small fish. Secretive and rarely seen, Water rails are more often heard calling; making a sound like a piglet squealing, they are unmistakeable. Around 1,100 pairs nest in in the UK.
Source: www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/wading-bir...
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Wells, Somerset, UK. Taken with a 1981 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Supercolor Autofocus on Polaroid (TIP) film. 'RoidWeek Autumn 2022 Day 1 Photo 2 .
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Walking round trying to find a shop that sold universal adapters. That I found one was something of a miracle.
The chalk cliffs of Flamborough Head form an 8 mile long promontory jutting out into the North Sea just to the east of Bridlington, East Yorkshire UK. Springflower in the foreground was a fishing coble built at Whitby in 1975 and decommissioned in 2014. Taken with a 1981 Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Supercolor Autofocus on Polaroid (TIP) film. 'Road Week Autumn 2023 Day 1 Photo 1
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This statue has an inscription reading; "Erected by the Inhabitants of Hove to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Accession of Queen Victoria June 20 AD 1897". Although it was ordered to commemorate the Queen's Jubilee in 1897, the statue was not completed until 1901, the year of her death.
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