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In this region of Portugal, they Speak the second Oficial Language, the Mirandês.
If you saw in each photo information, in the end you'll able to see the diferenc between Portuguese and Mirandese.
They also have a word about the weather:
9 Months of Winter and 3 of hell.
9 meses de inverno e 3 de inferno
Miranda do Douro, is a city in Miranda do Douro Municipality, district of Bragança, Portugal.
The city has a population of 1,960.
General information
The municipality is composed of 17 parishes, and is located in the northeastern part of the country, in the district of Bragança.
The present mayor is Manuel Rodrigo Martins (Social Democrat) and the president of the Municipal Assembly is Domingos Duarte Lima (Social Democrat). The municipal holiday is on July 10.
The river is one of the main attractions of this small city. There are organized trips to watch the wildlife, mostly birds of prey. Important hydro-electrical stations exist in the municipality.
Português
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_do_Douro
Miranda do Douro (em mirandês Miranda de l Douro) é uma cidade portuguesa, pertencente ao Distrito de Bragança, Região Norte e subregião do Alto Trás-os-Montes, Terra de Miranda, com cerca de 2 100 habitantes.
É sede de um município com 488,36 km² de área e 8 048 habitantes (2001), subdividido em 17 freguesias. O município é limitado a nordeste e sueste pela Espanha, a sudoeste pelo município de Mogadouro e a noroeste por Vimioso.
Nesta região, além do português, fala-se sua própria língua: a língua mirandesa.
Mirandés
mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_de_l_Douro
Miranda de l Douro (an pertués Miranda do Douro) ye ua cidade pertuesa, pertencente al Çtrito de Bergáncia, Region Norte i subregion de l Alto Trás-los-Montes, Tierra de Miranda, cun cerca de 2 100 habitantes.
Ye sede dun munecípio cun 488,36 km² de ária i 8 048 habitantes (2001), subdebidido an 17 freguesies. L munecípio ye lemitado la nordeste i suiste pula Spanha, la sudoeste pul munecípio de Mogadouro i la noroiste por Bimioso.
Nesta region, para alhá de l pertués, fala-se uma léngua própia: la léngua mirandesa.
This Commercial Style bank building at 123 N. Main St. was constructed in 1908 and features the large windows and prominent vertical beams, a large metal cornice (that once stretched down the side elevation as well), and a historicist Romanesque ground floor. These elements show a modest small-town example of Chicago Commercial architecture of the early twentieth century, as architects experimented with taller buildings, steel construction, and larger windows.
La rotonda interior está pavimentada en mármoles, así como sus zócalos. De decoración suntuosa, sus principales valores artísticos se concentran en las pinturas murales de la cúpula, resultado de las obras de reforma y remodelación impulsadas, en el último tercio del siglo XIX, por Antonio Cánovas del Castillo.
Éstas tienen como tema central a Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles y muestran diferentes escenas de reyes y santos rindiendo pleitesía a la Virgen. Se deben a una idea de Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve,10 como director del proyecto de decoración y ejecutada por los más prestigiosos pintores de la época (Casto Plasencia, Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans, Salvador Martínez Cubells, Francisco Jover y Manuel Domínguez).
Fueron realizadas sobre paneles de yeso, instalados sobre la superficie interior del domo, y están dispuestas en ocho grandes secciones, separadas entre sí por ocho molduras, que parten del arranque de la cúpula y se cruzan en la linterna.
El contorno de la rotonda está adornado con doce esculturas de los Apóstoles, labradas en mármol blanco de Carrara, a partir de modelos españoles. Descansan sobre grandes pedestales y miden más de dos metros y medio cada una, aproximándose, en algunos casos, a los tres metros. Fueron esculpidas por Agapito Vallmitjana, Jerónimo Suñol (San Pedro y San Pablo) y Ricardo Bellver (San Andrés y San Bartolomé), entre otros artistas.
La decoración del conjunto se completa con una serie de vidrieras policromadas, situadas en los vanos que rodean la parte inferior de la cúpula. Fueron construidas en 1882 en Múnich (Alemania), a partir de un diseño de Amérigo y Laplaza.
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By Catedrales e Iglesias
Diócesis de Aguascalientes
La diócesis de Aguascalientes se erigió mediante bula expedida por el Papa León XIII, el 27 de agosto de 1899.
Col. Aguascalientes
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La Catedral de Aguascalientes, está dedicada a Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. Es el principal edificio católico de la ciudad de Aguascalientes, y uno de los monumentos emblemáticos de la ciudad. Está ubicado frente a la Plaza de la Patria.
Ya para el año de 1575, se había edificado la parroquia de la Asunción de Aguscalientes, de pequeñas dimensiones. El edificio que actualmente conocemos se edificó en varias etapas; en su origen no había sido pensada para ser sede episcopal. Es hasta que la entonces villa se consolida como una población importante cuando comienza a construirse la actual, en el siglo XVIII. Iniciada la obra por el presbítero Antonio Flores de Acevedo, concluyendo en 1738. La obra fue auspiciada por el presbítero Flores de Acevedo y terminada bajo la dirección del cura Manuel Colón de Larreátegui
El templo
Su planta original era de cruz latina, con una sola nave y dos cruceros; posteriormente se amplió a tres naves con la intervención en el proyecto el arquitecto autodidacta José Refugio Reyes Rivas. El estilo que predomina en la construcción es el barroco. El templo está realizado en cantera rosa.
La portada principal
Levantada en cantera. Consta de tres cuerpos y tres calles. el estilo es del barroco sobrio de estílo salomónico. Las dos primeras portadas tienen columnas salomónicas, entre las cuales se observan nichos sobre los que descansan las esculturas de los cuatro Doctores de la Iglesia. El arco de acceso, es de medio punto, en cuya clave se observa una imágen de San Miguel Arcángel. En el entablamento sobresale una inscripción que dice BASILICAE LATERANENSI IN PERPETUUM AGGREGATA (basílica lateranense agregada en perpetuidad).
En el segundo cuerpo destaca la ventana coral de arco mixtilíneo rodeada de ángeles sobre relieves vegetales. En el cuerpo superior existe labrada en la cantera una imagen del la virgen de la Asunción y en el remate, que fue añadido posteriormente, se observa a la trinidad.
Las Torres
En sus orígenes la catedral poseía una sola torre. La segunda le fue agregada en el siglo XIX
El interior
Decorado al gusto neoclásico, con columnas de orden toscano. En sus orígenes existían tres retablos barrocos (uno de ello se encuentra en el templo parroquial del municipio conurbado de Jesús María), que fueron destruidos y sustituidos por Altares neoclásicos.
En el crucero se encentra la cúpula principal, y dos pequeñas en las naves laterales.
La abundante decoración con motivos vegetales y relieves de argamasa se observa en todo el templo. Destaca un bello ciprés de mármol blanco.
La imagen de la Virgen de la Asunción (patrona de la ciudad y de la Diócesis de Aguascalientes, establecida en 1899), que está en el ciprés del recinto, fue traída de España, para reemplazar a la antigua en 1919. La imagen original se encuentra en los azulitos Jalisco.
En el ábside se encuentra la sillería labrada en madera y pintura de San Juan Nepomuceno. A los lados se encuentra la capilla del Sagrario, decorada en dorado y azul, y en la sacristía, pinturas al óleo de autor anónimo. En la nave central se encuentra el púlpito con tornavoz; en el coro destaca un órgano tubular de madera recientemente restaurado.
La Catedral ha recibido un nuevo organo de tubos, construido por la casa italiana Ruffatti. Este nuevo organo fue instalado a principios del 2005, y es el primer organo de la famosa casa Ruffatti en America Latina.
1 WTC Freedom Tower, Lower Manhattan NYC (104 floors, 1776 feet [tallest building in the United States], estimated completion 2013)
Manchester Central Library (UK) in St Peter's Square will shortly be closing for 4 years of restoration, refurbishment and modernisation. This iconic neo-classical circular building opened in 1934, and was inspired in part by the Pantheon in Rome, and the New York City Library. It is one of the finest and largest libraries in the country and some of the furniture and fittings date back to the 1930s.
Central Library to the left, with the Midland Hotel on the right.
The Austrian Parliament Building, (Parlament or Hohes Haus, formerly the Reichsratsgebäude), is where the two Houses of the Parliament of Austria conduct their sittings. The building lies at the Ringstraße in the first district Innere Stadt in Vienna, close by the Hofburg Imperial Palace and the Palace of Justice.
The main construction lasted from 1874 to 1883, and the architect responsible for the design of the building was Baron Theophil von Hansen. It is an example of Greek revival. The architect von Hansen designed the building as an ensemble, where each piece harmonizes with the rest. He was therefore also responsible for the interior decoration such as statues, paintings, furniture, chandeliers, and other elements. One of the building's most famous features is the statue of Athena and the fountain, a notable Viennese tourist attraction. Despite heavy damages and destruction during World War II, most of the interior has been restored to its original appearance.
The parliament building covers over 13,500 square meters, making it one of the largest structures on the Ringstraße. It was constructed to house the two chambers of the Reichsrat, the legislature of the Austrian part (Cisleithania) of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Today, the parliament building is seat of the National Council (Nationalrat) and the Federal Council (Bundesrat). It contains over 100 rooms, the most important of which are the Chambers of the National Council, the Federal Council and the former imperial House of Representatives (Abgeordnetenhaus). The building also includes committee rooms, libraries, lobbies, dining-rooms, bars and gymnasiums. It is the site of important state ceremonies, most notably the swearing-in ceremony of the President of Austria and the state speech on National Day on each October 26. The building is very closely associated with the two Houses, as shown by the use of "Hohes Haus" as a metonym for "Parliament". Parliamentary offices overspill into nearby buildings such as the Palais Epstein.
headed to nyc with my friends Matt Zwilling and Mike Simonds for the day. it was cold and breezy which is expected so we layered up and managed to survive alright. hit up a few small shops and snapped some pictures along the way.
shot from central park.
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco, CA
The Palace of Fine Arts was one of ten palaces at the heart of the Panama-Pacific Exhibition, which also included the exhibit palaces of Education, Liberal Arts, Manufactures, Varied Industries, Agriculture, Food Products, Transportation, Mines and Metallurgy and the Palace of Machinery.[3] The Palace of Fine Arts was designed by Bernard Maybeck, who took his inspiration from Roman and Greek architecture[4] in designing what was essentially a fictional ruin from another time.
While most of the exposition was demolished when the exposition ended, the Palace was so beloved that a Palace Preservation League, founded by Phoebe Apperson Hearst, was founded while the fair was still in progress.[5]
For a time the Palace housed a continuous art exhibit, and during the Great Depression, W.P.A. artists were commissioned to replace the decayed Robert Reid murals on the ceiling of the rotunda. From 1934 to 1942 the exhibition hall was home to eighteen lighted tennis courts. During World War II it was requisitioned by the military for storage of trucks and jeeps. At the end of the war, when the United Nations was created in San Francisco, limousines used by the world's statesmen came from a motor pool there. From 1947 on the hall was put to various uses: as a city Park Department warehouse; as a telephone book distribution center; as a flag and tent storage depot; and even as temporary Fire Department headquarters.[6]
While the Palace had been saved from demolition, its structure was not stable. Originally intended to only stand for the duration of the Exhibition, the colonnade and rotunda were not built of durable materials, and thus framed in wood and then covered with staff, a mixture of plaster and burlap-type fiber. As a result of the construction and vandalism, by the 1950s the simulated ruin was in fact a crumbling ruin.[7]
In 1964 the original Palace was completely demolished, with only the steel structure of the exhibit hall left standing. The buildings were then reconstructed in permanent, light-weight, poured-in-place concrete, and steel I-beams were hoisted into place for the dome of the rotunda. All the decorations and sculpture were constructed anew. The only changes were the absence of the murals in the dome, two end pylons of the colonnade, and the original ornamentation of the exhibit hall.
In 1969 the former Exhibit Hall became home to the Exploratorium interactive museum, and in 1970 also became the home of the 966 seat Palace of Fine Arts Theater.[8]
Today, Australian eucalyptus trees fringe the eastern shore of the lagoon. Many forms of wildlife have made their home there including swans, ducks (particularly migrating fowl), geese, turtles, frogs, and raccoons.
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Nissley Vineyards and Winery Estate in Bainbridge Pennsylvania is a family-owned winery located on 300 acres in the Lancaster Valley viticultural area of western Lancaster County. Print Size 13x19 inches.
The Jewish Square, Vienna 1, formed in the Middle Ages under the name of "schoolyard" the center of the former Jewish Town, extending next to the Ducal court. It was closed from the rest of the city by four gates. Here there were school, bathhouse, synagogue and the house of the rabbi. The school was one of the most important of German-speaking countries. The community existed from about 1190 to the Vienna Geserah in 1421.
The stemming from the 15th century Jordan House, Nr. 2, bears a late Gothic relief with the representation of Jesus' baptism in the Jordan. This is not only a reference to the name of the house owner, Jörg Jordan, but also to the Vienna Geserah which the accompanying text endorses. On the initiative of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Archdiocese of Vienna donated a plaque which Cardinal Franz König on 29 October 1998 unveiled. Its text reads: "Kiddush HaShem" means "sanctification of God". With this awareness, chose Viennese Jews in the synagogue here on Jewish Square - the center of an important Jewish community - at the time of persecution 1420/21 the suicide to escape a feared by them forced baptism. Others, about 200, were burnt alive in Erdberg (today 3rd district of Vienna) at the stake. Christian preachers of that time spread superstitious anti-Jewish ideas and thus incited against the Jews and their faith. So influenced, Christians in Vienna acquiesced without resistance, approved it and became perpetrators. Thus, the liquidation of the Vienna Jewish Town in 1421 was already a looming omen for what happened in our century throughout europe during the Nazi dictatorship. Medieval popes pronounced unsuccessfully against the anti-Jewish superstition, and individual believers struggled unsuccessfully against the racial hatred of the Nazis. But those were too few. Today Christendom regrets its involvement in the persecution of Jews and recognizes its failures. "Sanctification of God" today for Christians can only mean: asking for forgiveness and hope in God's salvation. October 29, 1998
Already in 1910, consisted the plan here the poet of the Enlightenment, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781), who in his play "Nathan the Wise" the interdenominational tolerance has put up a literary monument, to honor with a statue. In 1935, a sculpture by Siegfried Charoux was unveiled, but only four years later, in 1940, taken off and melted down for armaments. In 1968, the same artist created again a Lessing monument, which came first on the Morzin square and 1981 on the original site.
Since 2000, the place is a unique ensemble of remembering with the memorial by Rachel Whiteread for the 65,000 Austrian victims of the Shoah. 1995 the foundations of the in 1420 destroyed synagogue were excavated which now with finds constitute a part of the branch of the Jewish Museum Vienna. A computer-animated walk leads into one of the largest Jewish communities in Europe which existed here in the early 15th century. Another room is dedicated to the Shoah documentation.
Der Judenplatz, Wien 1, bildete im Mittelalter unter dem Namen „Schulhof“ den Mittelpunkt der einstigen Judenstadt, die sich neben dem Herzogshof erstreckte. Sie war durch vier Tore von der übrigen Stadt abgeschlossen. Hier befanden sich Schule, Badestube, Synagoge und das Haus des Rabbiners. Die Schule war eine der bedeutendsten des deutschen Sprachraums. Die Gemeinde bestand ab etwa 1190 bis zur Wiener Geserah im Jahre 1421.
Das aus dem 15. Jahrhundert stammende Jordanhaus, Nr. 2, trägt ein spätgotisches Relief mit der Darstellung der Taufe Jesu im Jordan. Dieses ist nicht nur eine Anspielung auf den Namen des Hausbesitzers, Jörg Jordan, sondern auch auf die Wiener Geserah, die der beigefügte Text gut heißt. Auf Initiative von Kardinal Christoph Schönborn stiftete die Erzdiözese Wien eine Gedenktafel, die Kardinal Franz König am 29. Oktober 1998 enthüllte. Ihr Text lautet: „Kiddusch HaSchem“ heißt „Heiligung Gottes“ Mit diesem Bewußtsein wählten Juden Wiens in der Synagoge hier am Judenplatz — dem Zentrum einer bedeutenden jüdischen Gemeinde — zur Zeit der Verfolgung 1420/21 den Freitod, um einer von ihnen befürchteten Zwangstaufe zu entgehen. Andere, etwa 200, wurden in Erdberg auf dem Scheiterhaufen lebendig verbrannt. Christliche Prediger dieser Zeit verbreiteten abergläubische judenfeindliche Vorstellungen und hetzten somit gegen die Juden und ihren Glauben. So beeinflusst nahmen Christen in Wien dies widerstandslos hin, billigten es und wurden zu Tätern. Somit war die Auflösung der Wiener Judenstadt 1421 schon ein drohendes Vorzeichen für das, was europaweit in unserem Jahrhundert während der nationalsozialistischen Zwangsherrschaft geschah. Mittelalterliche Päpste wandten sich erfolglos gegen den judenfeindlichen Aberglauben, und einzelne Gläubige kämpften erfolglos gegen den Rassenhaß der Nationalsozialisten. Aber es waren derer zu wenige. Heute bereut die Christenheit ihre Mitschuld an den Judenverfolgungen und erkennt ihr Versagen. „Heiligung Gottes“ kann heute für die Christen nur heißen: Bitte um Vergebung und Hoffnung auf Gottes Heil. 29. Oktober 1998
Schon 1910 bestand der Plan, dem Dichter der Aufklärung Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781), der in seinem Stück „Nathan der Weise“hat Lessing der interkonfessionellen Toleranz ein literarisches Denkmal gesetzt hat, hier mit einem Standbild zu ehren. 1935 wurde eine Plastik von Siegfried Charoux enthüllt, doch schon vier Jahre später entfernt und 1940 für Rüstungszwecke eingeschmolzen. 1968 schuf der selbe Künstler wieder ein Lessing-Denkmal, das zunächst auf den Morzinplatz und 1981 an den ursprünglichen Aufstellungsort kam.
Seit 2000 ist der Platz ein einzigartiges Ensemble des Erinnerns mit dem Mahnmal von Rachel Whiteread für die 65.000 österreichischen Opfer der Schoa. 1995 wurden die Fundamente der 1420 zerstörten Synagoge ergraben, die nun mit Funden einen Teil der Außenstelle des Jüdischen Museums Wien ausmachen. Ein computeranimierter Spaziergang führt in eine der größten jüdischen Gemeinden Europas, die Anfang des 15. Jahrhundert hier bestand. Ein weiterer Raum ist der Schoa-Dokumentation gewidmet.
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Barren buildings outside Montreal's Palais de Justice building. Rather than spoil the scene, they actually help in getting a slightly more unobstructed view of the magnificient 20th century rockpile. (Montreal, Canada, Dec. 2012)
Call Number AUR-140
Summary View of the Denver skyline from Fifteenth (15th) Street and Glenarm Place in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows the Masonic Temple at 535 Sixteenth (16th) Street and the Kittredge Building at 511 Sixteenth (16th) Street. The Renaissance Revival-style Masonic Temple (1890, Frank E. Edbrooke and Company; 1950, W. Gordon Jamieson; 1985 renovation and addition, C. W. Fentress and Associates) is made of red-orange sandstone from Manitou, Colorado. The seven-story Kittredge Building (1891, A. Morris Stuckert) is in the Richardsonian Romanesque design. The first two floors are granite and the remaining rhyolite.
Date 1995.
Creator Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
Collection Tom Noel photograph collection. notebook ; Central Platte Valley and Denver in general.
Notes Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Jacquelyn Ainlay-Conley.
Scanned image from loaned collection.
Source Tom Noel.
Medium 1 slide : color.
Copyright Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Taken: 2005 April 09 (Bronx, New York)
Abandoned Station of the Harlem New Haven Line - Near the Elder ave # 6 Train
Cardiff is the capital and largest city in Wales and the tenth largest city in the United Kingdom.[2] The city is the country's chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales.
Rodenstock Clarovid, Ilford Delta 400, 1/250s, f25, D76 1:1 16 min at 21C. No polarizer, very deep blue sky
This church was demolished with the intention of keeping the facade for new condos or a hotel.
Cette église a été partiellement démolie avec l'intention de conserver la façade pour de nouveaux condos ou un hôtel.
Totem pole outside the Byward market in Ottawa, Canada. I had missed photographing it on my Nov. 2012 trip, and so made good on this trip in June 2015. This totem pole is located near to the parking lot for tour buses which call at the market. Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved on poles, posts, or pillars with symbols or figures made from large trees, mostly western red cedar, by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America (northwestern United States and Canada's western province, British Columbia). Totem poles are not religious objects, but they do communicate important aspects of native culture. Carvings of animals and other characters typically represent characters or events in a story. The carvings may symbolize or commemorate cultural beliefs that recount familiar legends, clan lineages, or notable events. The poles may also serve as functional architectural features, welcome signs for village visitors, mortuary vessels for the remains of deceased ancestors, or as a means to publicly ridicule someone.(Ottawa, Canada, June 2015)
Which is better -- Having lunch and watching the ball game at Senor Frog's at Treasure Island or at LaGasse's Stadium & Sports Bar at The Palazzo -- Hmmm -- What do you think?
By the way, LaGasse's Stadium has larger HDTV monitors than Senor Frog's.
Playhouse Theatre, London. Built speculatively in the hope that the site would be required for the building of Charing Cross, it opened in 1884 designed by F H Fowler & Hill. Used as a BBC studio from 1951-75, it was restored and repoened in 1987. Grade 2 listed and part of the Ambassador Theatre Group, the Playhouse seats just over 750 on three levels.
London West End, Playhouse Theatre
October 2015
Monday, April 1, 2013
Memphis, Tennessee
The American Travel Series
Olympus E-P2
Olympus M.Zuiko 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom
P4016591
Extension building of Swindon College (now demolished - September 2012), Regent Circus, Swindon SN1.
A memorial to three reformed bishops, Thomas Cranmer (Archbishop of Canterbury), Nicholas Ridley (Bishop of London) and Hugh Latimer (Bishop of Worcester) executed nearby during the reign of Queen Mary I. Statues of the three bishops stand back to back, with Hugh Latimer (above) facing the Randolph Hotel.
Architect: Sir George Gilbert Scott, 1841, based on the 13th-century Eleanor Cross at Waltham in Essex. Scott was clearly rather pleased with the result, writing in his Recollections: 'I was invited to compete with a small number of architects for the erection of the Martyrs' Memorial at Oxford. This was in 1840, and it seems strange that one so unknown in matters of taste, should have been named on a select list for a work like this. I owed it, I fancy, to the kind influence of my friends... When I received the invitation I threw myself into the design with all the ardour I possessed. My early study, full ten years before, of the Eleanor crosses was a good preparation. I obtained every drawing of old crosses I could lay hand on, and devoted my best endeavours to producing a design suited to the subject. I succeeded. That this was before my awakening to a true feeling for church architecture, is proved by the defects of the accompanying addition to St. Mary Magdalene's church; but I fancy the cross itself was better than any one but Pugin would then have produced.'
I had a frustrating time trying to photograph this monument - buses kept blocking the view, whether taking on passengers, just waiting, or waiting for the lights. The moral of the story is that Oxford is somewhat busy in July.