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Primer pla d'un bloc de pedra integrat en un mur fet a mà.
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"Foam blocks"
Temples d'Angkor (Siem Reap - Cambodge)
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Founded around 500 BC, Vienna was originally a Celtic settlement. In 15 BC, Vienna became a Roman frontier city (Vindobona) guarding the Roman Empire against Germanic tribes to the north.
Vienna came under threat from the Mongolian Empire that stretched over much of present day Russia and China in the 1200s. However, due to the death of an important leader, the Mongolian Empire deteriorated and Europe was freed from the threat.
During the Middle Ages, Vienna was home to the Babenberg Dynasty and in 1440 AD became residence city of the Habsburg dynasties from where Vienna eventually grew to become the capital of the Holy Roman Empire and a cultural centre for arts and science, music and fine cuisine. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Ottoman armies were stopped twice outside Vienna (see Siege of Vienna, 1529 and Battle of Vienna, 1683).
In 1804, Vienna became capital of the Austrian Empire and continued to play a major role in European and World politics, including hosting the 1814 Congress of Vienna. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 Vienna remained the capital of what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During the latter half of the 19th century the city developed what had previously been the bastions and glacis into the Ringstraße, a major prestige project. Former suburbs were incorporated, and the city of Vienna grew drastically.
In 1918, after World War I, Vienna became capital of the First Austrian Republic. During the 1920s and 1930s it was a bastion of Socialism in Austria, and became known as "Red Vienna." The city was stage to the Austrian Civil War of 1934, when Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss sent the Army to shell civilian housing occupied by the socialist militia. In 1938, after a triumphant entry into Austria, Adolf Hitler famously spoke to the Austrian people from the balcony of the Neue Burg, a part of the Hofburg at the Heldenplatz. Between 1938 (Anschluß) and the end of the Second World War, Vienna lost its status as a capital to Berlin.
In 1945, the Vienna Offensive was successfully launched by the Soviets against the Germans holding Vienna. The city was besieged for about two weeks before it fell to the Soviets. After 1945, Vienna again became the capital of Austria. It was initially divided into four zones by the 4 Powers and was governed by the Allied Commission for Austria. During the 10 years of foreign occupation Vienna became a hot-bed for international espionage between the Western and Eastern blocs.
In the 1970s Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky inaugurated the creation of the Vienna International Centre, a new area of the city created to host international institutions. Vienna has regained a part of its former international relevance by hosting such international organizations as the United Nations (UNIDO, UNOV, CTBTO and UNODC), the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
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...o el gin-tonic de los dioses...
Nikon D5000
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8
Kenko ND400
Explore, highest position: 54 on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Bloco de betão, Cuamba, Moçambique em abril de 2008.
Também os russos deixaram rastos em Moçambique. Blocos de betão deste tipo, que há em todas as cidades de lá, foram construídos pelos russos nos anos setenta e oitenta.
Os moçambicanos falam sobre a boa qualidade dos apartamentos nessas casas em comparação com as barracas nas aldeias.
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Betonklotz in Cuamba, Moçambique im April 2008
Auch die Russen hinterließen Spuren in Moçambique. Betonklötze dieser Art, die es in nahezu allen Städten des landes gibt, wurden von den Russen in den 1970er und 80er Jahren gebaut.
Die Mosambikaner erwähnen die gute Qualität der Wohnungen darin im Vergleich zu den Hütten in den Dörfern.
I couldn't leave the bus station without one glass block detail. Former Greyhound Bus Station, 1200 Blanding St., Columbia, South Carolina.
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IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto presa amb una KMZ Zorki-4 edició "50 anys de poder sovietic", fabricada a la URSS el 1967; objectiu Jupiter-8 f2/50mm; Fomapan 100 revelat amb HC110.
Els nous blocs de pisos sorgeixen en part d'on sobreviu la nau d'Artextil, a Sabadell.
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Picture taken with a KMZ Zorki-4 "50 Years of Soviet Authority" edition; Jupiter-8 f2/50mm lens; Fomapan 100 film, developed with HC110.
New blocks rising where part of the textile factory Artextil stood.
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste and throughout history it has been influenced by its location at the crossroads of Germanic, Latin and Slavic cultures. In 2009, it had a population of about 205,000 and it is the capital of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trieste province.
Trieste was one of the oldest parts of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century, it was the most important port of one of the Great Powers of Europe. As a prosperous seaport in the Mediterranean region, Trieste became the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (after Vienna, Budapest, and Prague). In the fin-de-siecle period, it emerged as an important hub for literature and music. However, the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Trieste's union to Italy after World War I led to some decline of its "Mittel-European" cultural and commercial importance. Enjoying an economic revival during the 1930s and throughout the Cold War, Trieste was an important spot in the struggle between the Eastern and Western blocs. Today, the city is in one of the richest regions of Italy, and has been a great centre for shipping, through its port (Port of Trieste), shipbuilding and financial services.
For further information on this fascinating city please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trieste