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Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in northeastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking, explaining the city's Germanic name. In 2006, the city proper had 272,975 inhabitants and its urban community 467,375 inhabitants. With 638,670 inhabitants in 2006, Strasbourg's metropolitan area (aire urbaine) (only the part of the metropolitan area on French territory) is the ninth largest in France. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau has a population of 884,988 inhabitants.
Strasbourg is the seat of several European institutions, such as the Council of Europe (with its European Court of Human Rights, its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and its European Audiovisual Observatory) and the Eurocorps, as well as the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman of the European Union. The city is the seat of the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine.
Strasbourg's historic city centre, the Grande Île (Grand Island), was classified a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1988, the first time such an honour was placed on an entire city centre. Strasbourg is fused into the Franco-German culture and although violently disputed throughout history, has been a bridge of unity between France and Germany for centuries, especially through the University of Strasbourg, currently the largest in France, and the coexistence of Catholic and Protestant culture.
Economically, Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering, as well as of road, rail, and river communications. The port of Strasbourg is the second largest on the Rhine after Duisburg, Germany. In terms of city rankings, Strasbourg has been ranked third in France and 18th globally for innovation.
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pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrasburgo
Estrasburgo (em francês Strasbourg, em alemão Straßburg, pronúncia em alsaciano Strossburi) é uma comuna situada no leste da França, na margem esquerda do Rio Reno. É a capital da região administrativa da Alsácia e do département (departamento) do Bas-Rhin (Baixo-Reno).
A aglomeração urbana prolonga-se até a Alemanha, à cidade de Kehl, que é o espelho geográfico de Estrasburgo do lado oposto do Reno.
História
Estrasburgo, conhecida pelos romanos como Argentoratum, foi fundada em 12 a.C. Era então um campo militar fortificado posicionado sobre o limes (fronteira do Império Romano) do Reno. Um canabae (aglomeração de habitações civis) desenvolveu-se ao redor do campo e em direção ao oeste, prelúdio ao desenvolvimento futuro da cidade.
Estrasburgo foi incorporada ao Império franco no século V. Em 842, a cidade foi palco dos Juramentos de Estrasburgo, mais antiga testemunha escrita das línguas francesa e alemã.
A catedral de Estrasburgo foi terminada em 1439, tornando-se o mais alto edifício do mundo entre 1625 a 1874, e permaneceu como a mais alta igreja do mundo até 1880, quando foi ultrapassada pela Catedral de Colônia, na Alemanha. Hoje é a quarta igreja mais alta do mundo. Durante a década de 1520, a a cidade abraçou as teses religiosas de Martinho Lutero, cujos adeptos estabeleceram uma universidade no século seguinte.
Cidade livre e autônoma do Sacro Império Romano-Germânico, Estrasburgo foi anexada à França somente em 1681, estatuto confirmado pelo Tratado de Ryswick (1697). Louis XIV mandou destruir simbolicamente parte das fortificações da cidade. Isso cria uma abertura pela qual ele entra em Estrasburgo, marcando assim a submissão da cidade ao poder real. Mandado pelo rei, Jacques François Blondel desenhou um plano de embelezamento de Estrasburgo que, por falta de financiamento, foi realizado apenas parcialmente. Estrasburgo deve a Blondel principalmente a construção da Aubette na praça Kléber e a reforma da praça Marché-Gaillot. Diversos edifícios clássicos foram construídos, o primeiro dos quais foi o Palácio Rohan, habitação de príncipes construída às margens do rio Ill, face às habitações burguesas. Mas foram principalmente as fortificações de Vauban que marcaram este período, com a construção de uma proteção sobre o Ill, face às Pontes Cobertas (Ponts Couverts), e a de uma imponente cidadela ao sudeste, situada face à Alemanha. Com o crescimento da indústria e do comércio, a população triplicou no século XIX, passando a 150 000 habitantes.
Estrasburgo foi anexada ao recém estabelecido Império Alemão como capital do Reichsland da Alsácia-Lorena (Alsace-Lorraine) em 1871, após a Guerra franco-prussiana (Tratado de Frankfurt). Este período marcou o apogeu da dominação política e territorial de Estrasburgo. Beneficiou-se igualmente da intenção alemã de transformar a cidade na vitrine da cultura alemã, visando a atrair as populações locais e a mostrar ao mundo e à França a superioridade da cultura germânica. Estrasburgo recebeu então inúmeros edifícios públicos, entre os quais o Palácio do Imperador (atualmente Palácio do Reno), o parlamento da Alsácia-Lorena e o Palácio Universitário. A mais importante extensão urbana de Estrasburgo foi então planificada, tendo como resultado a duplicação da superfície da zona urbana em trinta anos.
A cidade voltou à França após a Primeira Guerra Mundial em 1919, pelo Tratado de Versalhes. Tornou-se novamente parte da Alemanha durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, de 1940 a 1945, para retornar à França no final da guerra.
Além disso, vale lembrar que Estrasburgo possui uma das melhores bolachas amanteigadas. A cidade possui essas bolachas como um símbolo da região, o que atrai muitos turistas e curiosos, para degustar esta iguaria.
Part of the University of Michigan Health System. The 1.1-million square foot C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Women's Hospital is scheduled for completion in 2012.
Railway view in the Historic South Tacoma District in Tacoma, Washington
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LOCATION: Alfred Street, Sydney
TIME: 12:37PM
SUBJECT/REASON: A gold building reflecting the sunlight.
© Photographs property of Lee Woodford. Copyright 2011.
Tortuguero airstrip/airport terminal building. No security lines at this airport. Easiest airport I ever flew in/out of.
The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago was founded in February 1871 when the congregations of Westminster Presbyterian Church and North Presbyterian Church merged. On October 8 of that same year, the great Chicago fire destroyed Fourth Church's first worship space the very night the young congregation dedicated it new home! In February, 1874, the congregation dedicated its new facility on the northwest corner of Rush and Superior Streets. After 40 years at this location, the growing congregation and its many programs called for a new facility.
Construction of the present church building began in 1912 under the supervision of architect Ralph Adams Cram. Fourth Church opened for worship in 1914. The area surrounding the church then was very different from what it is today. Chicago's now famous "Magnificent Mile" was an underdeveloped street called Pine Street. Thus the neighborhood grew up around the church, and except for the familiar Water Tower two blocks to the south, Fourth Church is now the oldest surviving structure on Michigan Avenue north of the river.
Architectural Overview
Since 1914, more than 8 million people have entered under the carved stone tympanum over the Michigan Avenue entrance to Fourth Presbyterian Church. (The congregation was founded in 1871 and occupied two earlier church buildings before moving to Michigan Avenue.)
Today more than 5,700 members call Fourth Church home, and more than 2,000 people worship here every Sunday. (There are four worship services, at 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m. and at 6:30 p.m.)
Most of the interior and exterior of the church is “original,” looking just as it has looked for almost a century. The cornerstone was laid in 1912, and the building was dedicated in May 1914. Except for the Old Water Tower, Fourth Church is the oldest building on Michigan Avenue north of the Chicago River.
The architect of Fourth Church was Ralph Adams Cram, America’s leading Gothic revival architect, best known for his work on the world’s largest Gothic cathedral, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Fourth Church is not a “copy” of any one building but instead combines what Mr. Cram saw as the best of English Gothic and French Gothic styles.
Prominent Midwestern architect Howard Van Doren Shaw designed the parish buildings (the Tudor-style structures surrounding the courtyard), which were built at the same time as the church and dedicated in March 1914.
The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago was founded in February 1871 when the congregations of Westminster Presbyterian Church and North Presbyterian Church merged. On October 8 of that same year, the great Chicago fire destroyed Fourth Church's first worship space the very night the young congregation dedicated it new home! In February, 1874, the congregation dedicated its new facility on the northwest corner of Rush and Superior Streets. After 40 years at this location, the growing congregation and its many programs called for a new facility.
Construction of the present church building began in 1912 under the supervision of architect Ralph Adams Cram. Fourth Church opened for worship in 1914. The area surrounding the church then was very different from what it is today. Chicago's now famous "Magnificent Mile" was an underdeveloped street called Pine Street. Thus the neighborhood grew up around the church, and except for the familiar Water Tower two blocks to the south, Fourth Church is now the oldest surviving structure on Michigan Avenue north of the river.
Architectural Overview
Since 1914, more than 8 million people have entered under the carved stone tympanum over the Michigan Avenue entrance to Fourth Presbyterian Church. (The congregation was founded in 1871 and occupied two earlier church buildings before moving to Michigan Avenue.)
Today more than 5,700 members call Fourth Church home, and more than 2,000 people worship here every Sunday. (There are four worship services, at 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m. and at 6:30 p.m.)
Most of the interior and exterior of the church is “original,” looking just as it has looked for almost a century. The cornerstone was laid in 1912, and the building was dedicated in May 1914. Except for the Old Water Tower, Fourth Church is the oldest building on Michigan Avenue north of the Chicago River.
The architect of Fourth Church was Ralph Adams Cram, America’s leading Gothic revival architect, best known for his work on the world’s largest Gothic cathedral, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Fourth Church is not a “copy” of any one building but instead combines what Mr. Cram saw as the best of English Gothic and French Gothic styles.
Prominent Midwestern architect Howard Van Doren Shaw designed the parish buildings (the Tudor-style structures surrounding the courtyard), which were built at the same time as the church and dedicated in March 1914.
2012. The colors of the windows on this side of the MICA building in Singapore were ROY G BIV in reverse, but the red and orange ones cannot anymore fit in the frame.
File name: 08_06_015748
Title: Castle Square Hotel coming down
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1932-09
Physical description: 1 negative : glass, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Genre: Glass negatives
Subjects: Demolition; Theaters
Notes: Title and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright © Leslie Jones.
Preferred citation: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
EL MRADOR DE SANCHINARRO (Madrid, Spagna) BLANCA LLEÓ ASOCIADOS, MVRDV
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Photo by arch. Chiara Rizzi
On a previous visit, I opened an account at the "Bank at Sale" public house which as you can see coincidentally serves Bank's ales.The landlord was very good because he allowed me to make a couple of withdrawals straight away.
I took a drive out to the country a couple of weekend ago to visit the cemeteries where my grandparents are resting. The churches in both places have been around for years although the upkeep on each one has been slightly different. Saint Elias Ukrainian Orthodox Church is a small run down building in the cemetery where my Father's parents are resting. The old weathered wood makes the perfect subject for this 7 frame HDR Image.
Contributing Building - College Street Historic District - National Register of Historic Places
NRIS #76000352
Built 1895
Style: Queen Anne
adaptive reuse of 26 buildings • formerly Arnold Print Works (1860–1942) & Sprague Electric Company (1942–1985), founded by Robert C. Sprague (1900-1991) • 13 acre campus houses largest center for contemporary visual and performing arts in US • history • www.massmoca.org • Wikipedia
On July 3rd I visited Governor's Island with my friend Al by ferry. We partly went to see a free concert by Rosanne Cash. There was a patriotic feeling about. We visited Fort Jay which was both a used War of 1812 defense and an unused Civil War deterrent for the harbor. The buildings inside the fort were surprisingly of decent quality. They look as though they'd be well heated in the winter.
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Russo-Chinese bank was built 1901 and was designed by Heinrich Bake
the Bank of Taiwan Building was built in 1924 for a japanese bank of that name. The two floors above the main banking hall were originally rented out, whilst the top floor provided living quarters and recreational rooms for bank staff.
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'the Bund'
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The Höllenhof at Hölle 11 was built in three stages between 1215 and 1301, that is before the city fortifications were completed. This probably explains the massive stone construction that was designed to fortify the building.
St Mary's Church Beverley founded in 1120. in the second quarter of the 13th century the nave was built. The church has been developed over 400 years of almost continuous building from about 1120 to 1530.
Not much info available on this location...The Villa Hagspihl has been build in 1875, after renovating an old steam distillery, which was located on the same property. The owner of the villa, Guido Hagspihl lived here with his family, but at the same time, a part of the enormous complex was used as office space as well. The iron fence is original.
Later, not sure when, this building has obviously been used as a school, as you can see clearly on the pictures.
At the Old House Museum in Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Follow the signs up the hill, past All Saints Church, before you eventually find it!
Once there you can explore a house with 500 years of history! (Adults £3.50 each).
The house is Grade II* listed.
Old House Museum Including Mounting Block, Bakewell
Table, chairs and a clock. Hanging out the drying washing!