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Built between 1889 and 1895, this grand and massive Chateauesque-style mansion was designed by Richard Morris Hunt for George Washington Vanderbilt II and his wife, Edith Vanderbilt, whom had decided that Asheville would be an ideal place to build a French-style self-sufficient country estate.
The house is the largest private residence in the United States, with a 178,926 square foot (16,622.8 square meter) interior floor space. The house was named for De Bilt, the place where the Vanderbilt family came from in the Netherlands, and originally sat at the center of a 125,000 acre (195 square mile or 510 square kilometer) estate, which included Mount Pisgah, much of the present Pisgah National Forest Biltmore Village, and the upscale Asheville suburbs of Biltmore Forest and Biltmore Park, much of which has been parceled off and sold to help assist with keeping the estate running, with 86,700 acres of reforested land surrounding Mount Pisgah being sold to the United States government in 1915. Prior to becoming part of the estate, the land, which straddles the French Broad River, was home to small farms, and was in very poor condition, with Frederick Law Olmsted designing the landscape of the estate, reforesting large areas and creating a park-like setting with natural and artificial landscaped areas surrounding the house.
Part of the estate included Biltmore Village, formerly a small railroad town known as Best, which was redesigned to resemble a rural French medieval village, with a fan-shaped street grid centering around the Episcopal Cathedral of All Souls, which was attended regularly by the Vanderbilt family. The village also features Norman-style cottages, various shops, a train station, a hospital, and a school for the families of workers at the estate, with many of the buildings being designed by Richard Sharp Smith, who took over as lead architect following the death of Richard Morris Hunt. Today featuring many shops, restaurants, and tourist accommodations, Biltmore Village has since been annexed by the city of Asheville. The portion of the estate bordering Biltmore Village features an iconic gatehouse, which melds the cottage-like materials of the village with the more imposing design language of the mansion inside the estate. Between the gatehouse and the mansion, a 3-mile-long (5 kilometer long) driveway known as the Approach Road winds its way through carefully cultivated landscapes, as well as crossing under Interstate 40.
The grounds around the estate include a walled garden with rusticate granite walls, a large rose garden, gardener’s cottage, and a conservatory featuring various tropical plants that would not naturally grow in the local climate. Closer to the house, the large South Terrace enclosed by a rusticated retaining wall stands immediately south of the house, with a gazebo at the southwest corner of the terrace. East of the terrace is the Italian Garden, which features a formal layout, fountains, and Italian-style sculptures, with a more natural Shrub Garden and vine-covered arbor south of the Italian Garden. In front of the house is a large lawn, which runs east to the Esplanade, a stone wall with a series of stairs and ramps that switchback to an upper lawn, with a decorative series of six stone fountains embedded into the base of the wall, and a small belvedere with a Statue of Diana at the upper end of the lawn. West of the house is a grassy knoll, which leaves the views from the house of the surrounding mountains unobstructed. Finally, below the Walled Garden, an enlarged former mill pond, which predated the estate by many decades, is now known as the Biltmore Bass Pond, and has been stocked with fish, and features a boathouse, with a dam and waterfall at the lower end of the pond along the exit road from the house.
The Biltmore House features elements from various historic French Chateaux, including the stair tower and hipped roofs of the Chateau Royal de Blois, as well as various elements from the Chateau de Chenonceau, Chateau de Chambord, also in France, and Waddesdon Manor in England. The house features a facade clad in Indiana Limestone, with lots of Gothic details, leaded glass windows, casement windows, and double-hung windows, towers with steeply pitched hipped slate roofs and decorative copper cresting, ornate wall dormers, an elevator tower at one side of the staircase, a large conservatory known as the Winter Garden next to the front entrance tower, which features an octagonal glass roof with an wooden Gothic support structure, a loggia on the west side of the house with sweeping views of the Pisgah National Forest in the distance, and a stable wing on the north end of the house, with a porte cochere tower entrance to the stable courtyard, stone chimneys, and a loggia on the south side of the house. The smooth limestone exterior of the house is contrasted by the house’s rusticated granite base, quarried on the grounds of the house, which also was utilized in the massive retaining wall around the adjacent South Terrace.
Inside, the house features luxurious finishes, including carved woodwork, intricate plaster details, electric lighting and steam heat, multiple fireplaces, a large kitchen and laundry in the basement, many guest rooms, a massive four-story chandelier in the grand staircase, a basement swimming pool, bowling alley, and gymnasium, a large grand banquet hall, bedrooms for staff, and a two-story library. The house features antiques and decorations sourced from the Vanderbilts’ many international excursions and antique dealers, as well as lots of art.
The house was opened for public tours in 1930, which has, over time, expanded in scale to feature more areas of the house and estate. The house was utilized to store 62 paintings and 17 sculptures from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC 1942, with Asheville believed to be a safe haven for them in the event that the United States was invaded by a foreign military, with the house remaining the repository for these important works until 1944, when the tides of war had turned. Biltmore Estate was designated as a National Historic Landmark 1963, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, owing to the house’s significant size, intact detailing, and connections to notable individuals. Still owned by the Cecil family, the descendants of Cornelia Vanderbilt Cecil, George and Edith Vanderbilt’s only child, the house is today utilized as a museum and open to tours, with the 8,000 remaining acres comprising the modern grounds of the estate having been developed with tourist amenities, including the conversion of the estate’s various barns into museums, restaurants, and a winery, as well as the construction of a luxury hotel, shops, and additional support facilities. The estate today is a major tourist attraction, seeing nearly 2 million visitors every year.
Heritage Plaza es un rascacielos situado en el Skyline District de downtown Houston, Texas. Con una altura de 232 metros (762 pies),1 la torre es el quinto edificio más alto de Houston, el octavo más alto de Texas y el 60º más alto de Estados Unidos. El edificio, diseñado por la firma local M. Nasr & Partners P.C., fue completado en 1987, con 53 plantas
Within 5 years, not one of the buildings/structures in this photo will remain, thanks to the Ocean Plaza redevelopment scheme.
Maiden Newton House is a stone built Rectory constructed in 1842. Grade 2 Listed with English Hertiage (A Scan from an old print)
This building is still in use as a hotel but what not many people know is a church and cemetary sat on this spot. The church was gone by the time they wanted to put up the hotel in the late 1960s but the cemetary was still there. The graves were dug up and moved where i don't know. I have photos of the church yard when i find them i'll be sure to put them on.
Gainsborough's modernist Guildhall, pictured here from the Lord Street side. The Guildhall was built for the former Gainsborough Urban District Council, and opened on the 7th July 1966 by Sir Roger Stevens, Chairman of the Yorkshire & Humberside Economic Planning Council. (The building had been occupied since April of that year).
It was built directly behing the fine Georgian Terrace on Lord Street that had been the Council's offices up to that point, and would have blocked this view of the Guildhall had it still been standing. Immediately after construction of the Guildhall was complete, the Georgian buildings were unfortunately demolished to allow this side enterance to be accessed. The new building was a concrete framed structure clad externally on the principal elevations with Portland stone and Westmorland slate. Hand-made facing bricks were used on the other elevations. The main entrance on Caskgate Street (though within five years of the Guildhall's construction the route of Caskgate Street was moved about 30 yards to the West) was supported by columns - supposedly in homage to Pillared House, a well known town landmark that had been demolished in the 1930s. Along the roofline of the Guildhall was a concrete wave - a reference to the Aegir (Tidal Bore) on the River Trent which the Guildhall overlooks.
With the reorganisation of local Government in April 1973, the Guildhall became the main headquarters of West Lindsey District Council, which occupied the building (and extended it) until it moved to new premesis in Marshall's Yard in 2008.
Praktica MTL5B, Pentacon 70-210mm lens, Kodak Ektar 100 film
El monestir de Santa Maria de Santes Creus, de l'orde del Cister, fou fundat l'any 1150 originà riament a Valldaura, al Vallès Occidental, per donació dels Montcada i establert definitivament al seu emplaçament actual vora el riu Gaià a partir de 1160. Arquitectònicament, va passar per diferents etapes de creixement al llarg dels segles.
El claustre major, gòtic, va ser fet construir el 1313 per Jaume II, per substituir-ne un de més antic, d'estil romà nic, del qual es conserva el templet hexagonal del lavatori. Cal destacar-ne la decoració dels capitells, que representen un ampli repertori d'iconografia medieval. Des del claustre podem pujar al dormitori, que és una gran sala amb arcs apuntats. Des d'aquÃ, es pot accedir a la Torre de les Hores i al cimbori.
North American Rayon Corp was a one time a HUGE complex that produced rayon and polystyrene products from the 20's through the 90's. The North American and the neighboring Bemberg plants have sat abandoned for over a decade. A local told me that In the early 2000's the North American plant was incinerated in a fire that took 8 days to extinguish. Only a few buildings remain.
Most of the land has been redeveloped for big box stores which now sit adjacent to these harbingers of what once was America's strength- manufacturing. Much like my own hometown, and so many other American towns, Elizabethton manufactures nothing of note. The only jobs that remain are retail jobs that don't pay a living wage. Yay for free trade!!! Let's keep crushing the American economy.
While I do enjoy industrial exploration immensely, sites like these are a poignant reminder something has gone terribly wrong with the American economy. Our way of life is crumbling right before our eyes, just like these beautiful, great behemoths of manufacturing and industry.
Sous Stanislas il s'agissait du siège de la Cour Souveraine et du Parlement. Il abrite aujourd'hui la Cour d'Appel.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Centre
Adresse : 2, place de la Carrière
Fonction : Cour d'appel de Nancy
Style : Classicisme
Construction : 1713
• Architecte : Germain Boffrand
Classé Monument historique (1924)
Niveaux : R+2
Hauteur : 20.00 m
This appears to me to be Sheldon north from Oakes in the late20s. That is the Hotel Browning on the right later Ferguson-Droste-Ferugson Hospital. Next to it was a Buick dealership in the 20s, later it was a Chrysler/Plymouth dealership, Imperial Motors. The Art Prize/UICA building is on the left, it was also a car dealership, originall Becker Auto, looks like it is Allen-Wilcox in this shot, a Pontiac dealer. You can see the YMCA, YWCA & the LLC. The Watson Mansion is gone at the corner of Sheldon and Fulton replaced by the Watson Building. It and its neighbor the Medical Arts building are still on that corner.
Sevenchapels and Friary - Vác. Hétkápolna és kolostor
(Seven chapels: because there are seven stations of shrine of Holy Mary around the chapel.)
The place has been respected as a miracle-worker spot since Middle Ages. A little church was built at the fountain around 1200s. It was demolished by Tartars. The present Zopf style chapel was built in the 1710s by bishop Zsigmond Kollonits,though it was ordained only 1780. It was enlarged many times later. The icon of the chapel is a copy of the picture of Máriavölgy shrine near Pozsony.
It has been a popular shrine since 1815.
www.vac.hu/nyelv/eng/index.php
About Zopf (pigtail) style: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rococo_style
A hagyomány szerint a kápolna közelében lakott hajdan a váci remete, akinek a lakhelyét övezÅ‘ erdÅ‘ségben látta Géza és László herceg azt a csodás látomást, amelyhez a város alapÃtása köthetÅ‘. Már a középkorban is csodatévÅ‘ként tisztelt forrásnál álló kis templomot az 1710-es években épÃtették, késÅ‘bb többször bÅ‘vÃtették.
A mai copf stÃlusú kápolnát a tatárjáráskor épÃtették, majd a török idÅ‘kben elpusztult épület helyén Kollonits Zsigmond püspök kezdte épÃttetni 1711-ben, de csak 1780-ban szentelték fel mai formájában. Kegyképe a pozsonyi máriavölgyi kegyhely képének másolata. A stációk domborművei Szűz Mária hét fÅ‘ örömét és fájdalmát ábrázolják.
1815 óta hÃres búcsújáróhely, melynek Mária napi fÅ‘búcsúján minden évben ezrek gyűlnek össze Szűz Mária tiszteltére
This architectural drawing was prepared for the School of Arts in Wallsend by J. W. Pender. Plan No. 1 consists of the ground plan and first floor plan of the school of arts building in Wallsend. This plan is very sillilar to that drawn in M5038-1, differences being that the measurements in this plan are slightly shorter and there are less windows. The building remains standing today on Cowper Street, Wallsend.
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This is the first traffic light used in Berlin. Now it is replaced from the street to a place in front of the Deutsche Bahn building on the Potsdamer Platz.
The University Club was built as a gathering place for the city's college graduates. The architect was William Kapp of Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls. The building is now the home of the city's YWCA.
Verschandeltes Schloss Oberhofen mit Schlosskapelle ( Château - Castle ) in Oberhofen am Thunerseee im Berner Oberland im Kanton Bern in der Schweiz
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Hier frage ich mich warum so etwas erlaubt ist. Das Bild des Schloss ist zerstört.
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Schloss Oberhofen
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Das Schloss Oberhofen ist ein Schloss in der Gemeinde Oberhofen am T.hunersee im
Berner Oberland im Kanton Bern in der Schweiz.
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Es gehörte einst Walter IV. von E.schenbach, der 1308 zusammen mit weiteren
Verschwörern König Albrecht von H.absburg ermordete.
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Der Bergfried stammt aus dem 12. Jahrhundert, der Palas mit der K.apelle aus dem
15. Jahrhundert.
Im 14. Jahrhundert gelangte das Schloss an die H.absburger und wurde nach der
S.chlacht bei S.empach von bernischen Truppen besetzt.
Die Burg und die dazugehörende Herrschaft gingen zuerst an die Familie von
S.charnachtal und danach an andere bernische Patriziergeschlechter über.
1652 bis 1798 war das Schloss Sitz eines bernischen Landvogts und gelangte 1801
in P.rivatbesitz.
1954 wurde hier eine Z.weigstelle des H.istorischen M.useums B.ern eröffnet.
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( BeschriebSchlossOberhofen SchlossOberhofen KantonBern AlbumSchlösserKantonBern AlbumSchweizerSchlösserBurgenundRuinen SchlossBern SchlossKantonBern Berner
Oberland BernerOberland Schloss Castle Château Castello Kasteel 城 Замок Castillo Mittelalter Geschichte History Gebäude Building Archidektur Schweiz Suisse Switzerland
Svizzera Suissa Swiss Sveitsi Sviss スイス Zwitserland Sveits Szwajcaria SuÃça Suiza )
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Thunersee
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- Lage : Berner Oberland
- Fläche : 48,3 km²
- Inhalt : rund 6,5 km³
- maximale Tiefe : 217 m
- Zuflüsse : A.are, K.ander, L.ombach
- Abfluss : A.are
- Höhe : 558m
- Grössere Orte am Ufer : T.hun, S.piez, I.nterlaken
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Der Thunersee ist ein Alpensee im Berner Oberland am nördlichen Alpenrand im Kanton Bern
der Schweiz.
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Der See ist 17,5 km lang und max. 3,5 km breit. Seine F.läche beträgt 48,3 km² (er ist damit
der grösste ganz in einem Kanton Bern liegende See ), die maximale Tiefe 217 m.
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An seinem nördlichen A.usfluss, der A.are, liegt die namengebende S.tadt T.hun.
Nach der letzten E.iszeit bildete sich dort, wo heute zwei Seen liegen, der so genannte
Wendelsee. Durch A.blagerungen von G.eschiebe der verschiedenen B.ergbäche (vor allem
durch den L.ombach und die L.ütschine) bildete sich ungefähr in der M.itte des Sees eine
E.bene, das „B.ödeli“, auf der heute die G.emeinden I.nterlaken, M.atten und U.nterseen
liegen. Diese S.chwemmebene teilte den See in den Thuner- und den B.rienzersee.
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Bei Normalwasserstand liegt der Seespiegel auf 558m. Der Thunersee hat ein E.inzugsgebiet
von 2500 km². Bei längeren, starken N.iederschlägen kann er über die U.fer treten, da die
A.bflusskapazität der A.are nur beschränkt ist.
Diese wichtige Staufunktion des Thunersees erspart der tiefergelegen S.tadt B.ern
einige Ü.berschwemmungen, führt in T.hun hingegen hin und wieder zu Problemen.
Der maximale A.bfluss beträgt 345 m³ pro Sekunde, der mittlere A.bfluss liegt bei 110 m³/s.
Sein H.auptzufluss, die A.are, wird im S.üdosten vom 6 Meter höhergelegenen B.rienzersee
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Von der F.ischerei im Thunersee leben mehrere B.erufsfischer. Im Jahr 2.0.0.1 betrug ihr
G.esamtertrag 53'048 Kilogramm.
Seit 1.8.3.5 gibt es auf dem See eine P.assagierschifffahrt. Heute betreibt die B.L.S A.G eine
F.lotte von zehn S.chiffen, darunter der h.istorische S.chaufelraddampfer B.lümlisalp sowie
von 2.0.0.1 bis 2.0.0.3 das weit über die R.egion hinaus bekannte D.rachenschiff (umgebautes
M.otorschiff S.tadt T.hun).
An den U.fern des Thunersees wird in den G.emeinden T.hun, S.piez, O.berhofen und
H.ilterfingen W.einbau betrieben. Weisse S.orten sind M üller - T.hurgau und C.hardonnay,
rote Sorten sind G.aranoir und P.inot N.oir. Das R.ebbaugebiet Thunersee besitzt seit dem
1. J.anuar 2.0.0.8 den gesetzlichen Status einer A.OC.
Die R.üstungsbetriebe des B.undes versenkten nach dem 2. W.eltkrieg rund 3000 T.onnen
M.unition und M.unitionsbestandteile im Thunersee, da dies als sicherer und günstiger
Entsorgungsweg galt. Zurzeit ( 2.0.0.7 ) läuft ein Untersuchungsprogramm, das die
V.erschmutzung des Sees durch den M.unitionsinhalt und die B.ergungsmöglichkeiten
abklärt.
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Mein persöhnlicher Bezug zum Thunersee :
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1.9.9.6 arbeitete ich eine S.ommersaison als L.ändter in T.hun
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1.9.9.7 - 2.0.0.7 arbeitete ich jeweils Teilzeit im S.ommer als M.atrose auf den M.otorschiffen
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- M.S N.iesen ( Nicht mehr in Betrieb )
- M.S O.berhofen ( 1.9.9.9 - 2.0.1.3 im H.olland )
- M.S S.piez ( Nicht mehr in Betrieb - Eine R.enovation ist vorgesehen )
- M.S S.tockhornn
- M.S N.iederhorn
- M.S B.eatus
- M.S J.ungfrau ( Verkehrt heute auf dem B.rienzersee )
- M.S B.ubenberg
- M.S S.tadt B.ern ( Zur Zeit nicht mehr in Betrieb )
- M.S S.tadt T.hun ( Auch während der Zeit als D.rachenschiff )
- M.S B.erner O.berland
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Seit ein paar Jahren gehe ich auch mehr oder weniger regelmässig S.egeln mit dem B.oot
meines O.nkels
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( BeschriebThunersee AlbumThunersee KantonBern Berner Oberland Berneroberland
Thunersee Alpensee See Lake Lac Sø Järvi Lago 湖 Schweiz Suisse Switzerland Svizzera
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Besuch der W.erks.tätte S.piez der B.L.S mit N.adia, M.ese und L.iliana am Samstag den 25. Mai 2013
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Mit dem Z.ug von Bern nach S.piez
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B.esuch der B.L.S W.erkstätten
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Zu F.uss nach F.aulens.ee und mit dem S.chiff M.S B.erner O.berland von F.aulens.ee nach T.hun und mit dem Z.ug wieder zurück nach Bern
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Rochdale Post Office (1875)
Location: 10 Fleece Street
Architect: Office of Works (job architect unidentified)
Date: 1875
Listed building status
Grade II
Archive sources
National Archives WORK 69/6 (photograph)
History
It is not unreasonable to suggest that this building is the work of James Williams.
Closed: to become County Court
Current use: Public house ("Yates")
Eilean Donan Castle has joined thirty Scottish landmarks which are lighting up poppy red in support of PoppyScotland's annual fundraising campaign.
The thirteenth-century Highland castle, one of Scotland’s most iconic buildings, will glow red every night until 12 November in a powerful and visual show of support for the Scottish Poppy Appeal.
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