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Is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium. It is located about 30 kilometers east of Brussels, with as other neighbouring cities Mechelen, Aarschot, Tienen, and Wavre.
The township comprises the historical city of Leuven and the former municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, a part of Korbeek-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal.
It is home to Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer group and one of the top five largest consumer goods companies in the world; and to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence.
History
The earliest mention of Leuven ("Loven") is from 891 when a Viking army was defeated by the Frankish king Arnulf of Carinthia (see: Battle of Leuven). According to the city legend, its red-white-red colours depict the blood-stained shores of the river Dijle after this battle.
Situated at this river and nearby the stronghold of the Dukes of Brabant, Leuven became the most important centre of trade in the duchy between the 11th and the 14th century. A token of its former importance as a centre of cloth manufacture, is nicely reflected in the typical Leuven linen cloth, known in late 14-15th century texts as lewyn (other spellings: Leuwyn, Levyne, Lewan(e), Lovanium, Louvain).
In the 15th century a new golden era began with the founding of the by now largest and oldest university in the Low Countries, the Catholic University of Leuven, in 1425.
In the 18th century Leuven became even more important as a result of the flourishing of the brewery now named AB InBev, and whose flagship beer, Stella Artois, is brewed in Leuven.
In the 20th century, both world wars inflicted major damage to the city. Upon German entry in World War I, the town was heavily damaged due to German Schrecklichkeit policy. The Germans shot the burgomaster, university rector and all the city's police officers. The university library was deliberately destroyed by the German army on August 25, 1914, using petrol and incendiary pastilles. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts were lost. The world was outraged over this and the library was completely rebuilt after World War I with American charity funds and German war indemnities. After World War II, the burnt down building had to be restored again. It still stands as a symbol of the wars and of Allied solidarity.
Dutch
Leuven (Frans: Louvain, Duits: Löwen) is een stad en gemeente in de Belgische provincie Vlaams-Brabant. Ze is de centraal gelegen hoofdstad van deze provincie en tevens de hoofdplaats van het bestuurlijke en gerechtelijke arrondissement Leuven. Leuven heeft een oppervlakte van 5663 ha, telt ruim 95.000 inwoners en ligt aan de Dijle.
Leuven is onder meer bekend als de vestigingsplaats van de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, de oudste universiteit in de Lage Landen, de multinational Anheuser-Busch InBev (historisch Brouwerij Artois, naderhand ook nog Interbrew en InBev geheten), de Boerenbond en het universitair ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg.
Vanwege de eeuwenlange aanwezigheid van zowel de brouwerij Artois als het studentenleven wordt Leuven ook wel de bierhoofdstad van Vlaanderen/België genoemd.
Naamgeving
De naam Leuven wordt voor het eerst teruggevonden in het jaar 884 als Luvanium in de Annales Vedastini. De naam klimt op tot de prehistorische taal die in de regio gesproken werd vóór de germanisering (2e eeuw v.Chr.). In aansluiting bij Caesar mag men deze taal 'Belgisch' noemen. In het 'Belgisch' werden nederzettingsnamen doorgaans met behulp van het suffix -iom, afgeleid van persoonsnamen. Leuven is daarvan een mooi voorbeeld. De naam klimt op tot Lubaniom, hetgeen afgeleid is van de persoonsnaam Lubanios die betekent "de geliefde". Deze is op zijn beurt afgeleid van de indo-europese wortel leubh-, "liefhebben". Een andere bron zegt echter dat Leuven nederzetting bij het lieflijke water betekent.[bron?]
De bijnamen van de Leuvenaars zijn Pietermannen en koeienschieters. De eerste naam verwijst naar de inwoners van de oudste parochie (Sint-Pieter) en de tweede bijnaam verwijst naar het historische feit van 1691 toen de inwoners van Leuven op een zekere nacht het vuur op verdachte gestalten openden. De Leuvenaars werden op dat moment belegerd door de Fransen en waren in de waan dat ze op vijandige soldaten schoten. De volgende morgen bleek echter dat ze een kudde koeien hadden beschoten.
Português
Lovaina (em neerlandês Leuven) é uma cidade e um município da Bélgica localizado no distrito que leva o seu mesmo nome, parte província de Brabante Flamengo, região da Flandres. Lovaina é a capital da província do Brabante Flamengo, e a língua de seus habitantes é majoritariamente o holandês, embora quase sempre o francês, também seja conhecido. Está localizada a cerca de 30 km a leste da capital Bruxelas.
A exemplo de Coimbra, em Portugal, ou de Leiden, na Holanda, Lovaina é uma cidade universitária. A população é de aproximadamente 91.700 mil habitantes (2008), 30% dos quais são alunos ou professores de sua universidade. A vida em Lovaina gira em torno dessa instituição de ensino, que atrai gente de todo o país e do mundo para lá, sempre renovando o aspecto da cidade. Muitos de seus atuais moradores são ex-alunos que lá decidiram ficar ou voltar depois de terem concluído os seus estudos.
História
Há referências a Louvain desde 891, quando o exército viking foi derrotado por Arnulfo, Rei da Germânia. De acordo com a lenda local, as cores da bandeira de Lovaina, vermelho-branco-vermelho, representam o cenário sanguinolento em que as margens do rio Dijle ficaram.
Do século XI ao século XV Lovaina foi o centro comercial do Ducado de Brabante em que se integrava. Exemplo da riqueza da cidade e dos seus comerciantes foi a construção da câmara da cidade em estilo Gótico. Embora esta tenha sido construída depois das câmaras de Antuérpia e Bruxelas, os ricos habitantes de Lovaina fizeram questão de demonstrar o seu poder económico construindo aquela que é uma das mais belas câmaras da Bélgica. No século XV, mais precisamente 1425, início da época dourada, foi fundada a Universidade Católica de Lovaina, a mais antiga dos países baixos e uma das mais antigas da Europa.
Nessa mesma universidade estudou e leccionou Damião de Góis por volta de 1540. Ele envolveu-se pessoalmente na luta pela defesa da cidade contra as tropas de Carlos I de Espanha aquando da sua invasão da Flandres e acabou capturado.
No século XVIII a indústria cervejeira floresceu, e ainda hoje a InBev, uma das maiores cervejeiras do mundo que detém entre outras a Stella Artois e a Brahma tem aí localizada a sua sede.
No século XX a cidade foi fortemente danificada em ambas as Guerras Mundiais.
Et godt sted å komme til. Et sjarmerende fritidshus med 3 soverom, mye hemsareal og stor stue. Karnappvinduene i front gir rikelig med dagslys og ikke minst, utsikt i alle retninger. Odin har stort terrasseareal hvor du kan nyte den friske luften fra tidlig om morgenen til solen forsvinner i horisonten.
Photos taken of Fig at 7th Mall, formerly known as 7th at Fig Mall around 2009. Originally mall contained Bullocks Department Store and a May Co Deparment Store. Over the years, Bullocks closed due to a duplicate store at Macy*s Plaza) and was subdivided into a Gold's Gym on the bottom floor and and vacant space for the rest of the building, and the May Co converted into a Robinsons May Department Store around 1993 after May Co merged two chains together (May Co and Robinsons), and in 2006, Macy*s took over the Robinsons May and converted the store into a Macy*s. Again faced with operating two stores within blocks of one another with the same merchantise, Macy*s finally Macy*s closed the site, and the mall sat vacant for a couple of years. In 2011, it was announced that Target Stores has taken over. The Mall closed for renovation and Target converted the two main floors of the former Bullocks and Macy*s into a City Target. The mall as of 2012 has been completely renovated with a new store mix. City Target is now the main tennant. Fig and 7th Mall is located on Figueroa between 7th and 8th Streets in Downtown Los Angeles
Macy*s has operated in Downtown Los Angeles as Macy*s since 1996, when it took over The Broadway Department Store Chain. As a result of that merger, Macy*s was faced with operating two stores in the same area.
Macy*s had been operating under the name of Bullocks, and was forced to operate both Macy*s and Bullocks for a short peiod of time. They had intented to close the 7th and Fig location but was forced to keep the location and run it as a Bullocks. This 7th and Fig location was the last of the Bullocks Department Store Chain Stores as Macy*s converted all the other stores to the Macy*s nameplate. Bullocks. After settling with the owners of the mall, Bullocks finally closed.
In 2006, the issue arose again, when Macy*s took over the Robinsons May Store. In early 2009, Macy*s closed this location.
Digitised image from the Town Hall Photographer's Collection - GB127.M850
The Town Hall Photographer’s Collection is a large photographic collection held in Manchester City Council’s Central Library archives, ranging in date from 1956 to 2007.
The collection consists of tens of thousands of images, covering the varied areas of work of Manchester Corporation and latterly, Manchester City Council.
The photographs were taken by staff photographers, who were tasked to document the work of Corporation/Council departments and, in doing so, captured many aspects of Manchester life and history, including significant changes to the Manchester landscape.
The collection includes many different formats from glass negatives, to slides, prints, CDs and even a couple of cine films.
What is especially exciting is that the majority of these images have never before been available in a digital format and therefore have only ever been seen by a handful of people.
A team of dedicated Staff and Volunteers are currently working on the systematic digitisation of the negatives held within the collection.
This album represents the result of their work to date.
Spent Friday night and Saturday AM shooting in, at, and around LondonHouse
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El controvertit edifici de la companyia Lloyd's a la City, Londres.
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One of the most unusual buildings in the City, London.
Primitive Methodist chapel built 1876.
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A little further downstream from Hope Mill.
The Lang Mill was built in 1846. Flour was produced here until 1956. The building is constructed of limestone blocks.
Located beside the Lang Pioneer Village.
Appeared in Flickr Explore - September 3, 2007
The Grade II Listed 11a, 11b and 11c St Thomas Street, Wells, Somerset.
Houses in row, now subdivided. Built in the early 19th Century, but on site of property rebuilt in 1640 and incorporating parts of that building. Rendered with false ashlar jointing, colour washed, rear mainly lime washed rubble, clay pantiles between coped gabled, brick end and central chimney stacks.
Originally a 3-room cross-passage plan, all rooms heated, inserted central stack; added out shut to swept-down roof to 11a, staircase rear left; 11b has through-passage shared with 11a, which originally formed one house with 11b and was probably a hall and outer room of a 3-unit plan house whose inner end has now been lost to the garden of 9 St Thomas Street. 11c probably a 18th farm building, converted into dwelling since.
A few more views of Birmingham New Street Station - in early May 2015.
John Lewis and Rotunda from Station Street (near the New Alex Theatre).
Hill Street eye (or whatever it's called) seen below.
The former Wesleyan Chapel on Victoria Street Eastwood Nottinghamshire was once a very neglected disused building after its abandonment as a place of christian worship in the 1960s . However in keeping with the general renewal of the Victoria Street vicinity it now posesses a well maintained look in keeping with its former purpose and social history significance .
Palais Preysing - West- und Südansicht
München - Residenzstraße 27
Architekt Joseph Effner
errichtet von 1723 - 1728 - Rokokofassade
Wiederaufbau mit der Originalfassade 1961 durch Architekt Erwin Schleich
für Dr. H. Hartlaub
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Preysing
- nördlich davon ... direkt angeschlossen ... die Feldherrnhalle -
www.youtube.com/user/ernststolz#p/u/46/3eIfmEHjRlE
Heute zur Erinnerung zum 100. Geburtstag an den Architekten und Denkmalpfleger Erwin Schleich, der maßgeblich beim Wiederaufbau Münchens zahlreiche Bauten im Original wieder errichtet und somit wesentlich für die Erhaltung des historischen Stadtbildes von München beigetragen hat, wie zum Beispiel mit dem Wiederaufbau des Alten Peter (zusammen mit Rudolf Esterer), der Heilig-Geist-Kirche, dem Alten Rathausturm und vielen anderen historischen Gebäuden.
Die Pfarrkirche Sankt Peter, deren Turm im Volksmund Alter Peter genannt wird und zu Münchens Wahrzeichen zählt, ist die älteste erwähnte Pfarrkirche Münchens und vermutlich der Ursprung Münchens überhaupt.
Palais Preysing - Westansicht
München - Residenzstraße 27
Architekt Joseph Effner
errichtet von 1723 - 1728 - Rokokofassade
Wiederaufbau mit der Originalfassade 1961 durch Architekt Erwin Schleich
für Dr. H. Hartlaub
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Preysing
- nördlich davon ... direkt angeschlossen ... die Feldherrnhalle -
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schleich
Erwin Schleich wurde 1986 vom Deutschen Nationalkomitee für Denkmalschutz der Deutschen Preis für Denkmalschutz - die Silberne Halbkugel - verliehen.
Der Entwurf der Silbernen Halbkugel stammt vom Künstler Fritz Koenig.
In die Schlagzeilen kam Fritz Koenig nach dem 11. September 2001 durch die von ihm geschaffene große Kugelkaryatide. Die goldene Kugel mit dem Werknamen "The Sphere" überstand schwer beschädigt den Einsturz der Türme des World Trade Centers. Im Inneren der aufgerissenen Kugel wurden unter anderem Wrackteile der in die Türme gestürzten Flugzeuge gefunden. Am 11. März 2002 wurde die Skulptur als temporäres Mahnmal im New Yorker Battery Park aufgestellt.
Le NEW YORK PALACE a été créé en 1894 par une compagnie d'assurance américaine. Il possédait déjà à l'époque le luxueux café du rez-de-chaussée (NEW YORK CAFE) qui était le rendez-vous de la littérature et de la poésie hongroise. Nationalisé pendant l'époque communiste, il a été racheté en 2001 pour en faire un luxueux hôtel. On ne peut imaginer visiter Budapest sans y prendre un café.
Built: 1914 to 1923 - Architect: John Smith Murdoch - Architectural style: Inter-War Beaux-Arts
The Perth General Post Office is a fine example of monumental civic architecture and one of a precinct of Commonwealth buildings which introduced Beaux-Arts monumentalism to the city.
The imposing building has seven main storeys plus basement and roof level rooms. It has a concrete encased steel frame faced with brick and stone. The ground floor of the east elevation is faced with granite from Mahogany Creek with Donnybrook sandstone above. Paired ionic columns rise through three upper storeys. Red brick walls trimmed with stone are set back between stone towers and form the side and back walls.
The design was conceived in 1912 by Commonwealth architect, John Smith Murdoch, in association with Hillson Beasley (Western Australian Public Works Department). The initial contract was signed in 1914 and another (after delays due to a steel embargo and a strike) in 1921 for an additional two storeys. Construction was completed in 1923.
Information sourced from the Heritage Council of Western Australia - Places Database:
Place No: 1979 - Name: Perth General Post Office
Inspired by the 1939 The New York Times article “The World of Tomorrow as it appeared under the Snow of Yesterday” and its black-and-white photographs of the snow-covered exhibits from the 1939 New York World’s Fair, Terratic Animism takes Times Square’s visitors on a digitally simulated journey through a futuristic wintry forest. Jakob Steensen mixes realities, combining virtual recreations of a forest with screens showing recorded footage of Steensen’s performative explorations through derelict energy structures. The result blurs the boundaries of space and time, envisioning a future dystopian view of objects created to imagine a utopian future, displaying screens within screens, and putting viewers in the center of the forest as it surrounds them each night on the iconic electronic billboards of Times Square.
Photos courtesy of Ka-Man Tse for Times Square Arts
920 O Street
Completed in 1879 as a U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at a cost of $200,000 in Gothic Revival and French Second Empire style.
In 1906 a new U.S. Post Office and Courthouse was completed and the federal government sold the city of Lincoln the building for $50,000. It served as City Hall until 1969.
Placed on NRHP Oct. 15, 1969---No. 69000132.
We had the most fantastic storm in the middle of the night - torrential rain and more lightning than I've ever seen before. This morning was rather overcast and more humid than ever, but I had a good walk to work from Cannon Street, hunting for puddles to photograph.
Hot, sticky day at work, followed by an unbelievably hot and sticky climb at the Arch this evening. Had a really good time though and managed to round it off by completing a climb I'd not been able to do before.
A finished home in the eco-village.
UUSC-UUA JustWorks Haiti Volunteer Program, December 2011 trip.
Partner: Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP)
Location: Colladere, Haiti
Photographer: Nicole McConvery
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Fabien Parent of Véloselect. Championnats Québecois De Cyclisme Sur Piste, Centre National de Cyclisme de Bromont, Sept. 7th, 2014.
The Federal Office Building, at 799 UN Plaza (799 1st Avenue) is a 35-floor ighrise desgined by Skidmore, OWings & Merrill LLP and Maki and Associates, slated for completion in 2010.
1898, W. & G. Audsley. This distinctive building fits loosely within the Classical Revival movement of the day but has a bit of an Egyptian look. The AIA guide says, "'Eclectic' was invented for stylistic collections such as this." It housed the White Star Line offices in New York; Cunard was right next door. This was where the traveling public came to book passage.