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Todavía se conservan restos del castillo medieval, que fue duramente disputado por musulmanes y cristianos.
VIANA DO CASTELO (Portugal): Fortim da Areosa.
Implantado numa enseada localizada no extremo da Praia Norte, na freguesia da Areosa, em Viana do Castelo, o Fortim da Areosa corresponde a uma fortificação de planta estrelada de pequenas dimensões. A estrutura é composta por quatro ângulos, ou redentes. Na face virada a terra, os redentes são ligados por cortina de alvenaria de pedra, em ângulo invertido, onde foi rasgada a porta de acesso, de arco de volta perfeita. Na face virada ao mar os redentes flanqueiam a bateria, em forma de meia-lua, com plataforma a barbete. No espaço interior encontram-se vestígios de edificações e da rampa de acesso à bateria.
Atualmente, e apesar de ter sofrido danos na estrutura, o fortim integra um dos percursos ambientais dos arredores da cidade de Viana do Castelo.
História
O Fortim da Areosa foi erigido na última década do século XVII, por ordem do monarca D. Pedro II, para reforçar o sistema defensivo então existente na zona costeira do Alto Minho. Este pequeno reduto militar tinha como objetivo reforçar a defesa da barra do rio Lima e do porto de Viana da Foz do Lima, cruzando fogo com a Fortaleza de Santiago, localizada poucos quilómetros a sudeste. A edificação terá sido levantada entre os últimos anos de Seiscentos e 1701, data apontada por Figueiredo da Guerra para a sua conclusão (GUERRA: 1926, p. 689).
Esta estrutura defensiva integra-se num conjunto de fortificações construídas entre as zonas de Vila Praia de Âncora e Esposende, numa época posterior à Guerra da Restauração, cujas semelhanças planimétricas e o facto de terem sido erigidas no mesmo período permitem considerar que na última década de Seiscentos foi elaborado um plano construtivo de novas estruturas militares para reforçar a linha de defesa da fronteira noroeste do Reino. Na zona entre os rios Minho e Lima foram erigidos os fortes do Cão e da Lagarteira, e os fortins da Areosa e de Montedor, que viriam assim reforçar o poder de fogo das fortalezas já existentes no litoral minhoto, então considerado insuficiente.
Este fortim, também conhecido localmente como Forte da Vinha ou Castelo Velho, apresenta flagrantes semelhanças com o Forte do Cão, em Caminha, sendo possível que, à semelhança deste, integrasse baluartes nos vértices.
Depois da sua desativação militar, o Fortim da Areosa foi votado ao abandono. Foi classificado como de interesse público em 1970, poucoas anos depois da classificação do conjunto de fortes acima citados. A estrutura recebeu obras de consolidação e restauro em 1972, 1973 e 1978, realizadas pela Direcção-Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais. No ano de 1983 a afetação só espaço foi transferida para a alçada da Comissão Regional de Turismo do Alto Minho. Cerca do ano 2000, foi elaborado o projeto do Centro de Interpretação e Apoio a Percursos Ambientais, da autoria do arquiteto Luís Teles, para ser instalado nas imediações do fortim.
Catarina Oliveira
DGPC, 2020
info: DGPC | Pesquisa Geral. www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/pt/patrimonio/patrimonio-im.... Acedido 19 de Novembro de 2021.
City of Arts and Sciences
The City of Arts and Sciences is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia and one of the 12 Treasures of Spain.
Designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela, the project began the first stages of construction in July 1996, and was inaugurated on 16 April 1998 with the opening of L'Hemisfèric.
Tiene una planta rectangular, el cuerpo central es de dos pisos, y los dos cuerpos laterales son de una altura. La puerta principal es de arco de medio punto.
La torre está situada en el extremo y tiene una planta octogonal construida en mampostería con una cúpula de hierro que aloja la luz del faro.
The Suspension Bridge was built by the French company Claranges Lucotte and Co., and opened to the public in 1843 to fill a need for a permanent bridge between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, replacing the Bridge of Boats. It was said that the bridge, which was officially known as the D. Maria II Bridge, trembled like a reed, and it was this lack of safety that dictated its short 44 years of existence. It had been quickly built because of large floods in Porto that rendered the old Bridge of Boats inoperable. It was deactivated in 1887 and replaced by the D. Luis I Bridge. The two stone obelisk shaped pillars are all that remains of the historic crossing.
The Giza pyramid complex also called the Giza Necropolis, is the site on the Giza Plateau in Greater Cairo, Egypt that includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx of Giza. All were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. The site also includes several cemeteries and the remains of a workers' village.
The site is at the edges of the Western Desert, approximately 9 km (5 mi) west of the Nile River in the city of Giza, and about 13 km (8 mi) southwest of the city centre of Cairo.
The Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Khafre are the largest pyramids built in ancient Egypt, and they have historically been common as emblems of ancient Egypt in the Western imagination. They were popularised in Hellenistic times, when the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is by far the oldest of the ancient Wonders and the only one still in existence.
Source- Wikipedia
New York City - August 20, 2023: Quarter moon over Belvedere Castle in Central Park at twilight, Manhattan.
The Governor’s House was erected on the Volga embankment at the order of the Emperor Alexander I; it served as a residence for the governor and the en route imperial palace. All Russian emperors from Alexander I to Nikolay II visited Yaroslavl and lived in the house. Since 1970 the Governor’s House serves as the main building of the Yaroslavl Art Museum
Ярославский Губернаторский Дом сооружен по указу Александра Первого в качестве путевого дворца для российских императоров, поэтому его строительство осуществлялось за казенный счет и было завершено в кратчайшие сроки – всего за год. Этот дворцовый особняк посетили все русские императоры, начиная с Александра Первого и заканчивая Николаем Вторым. С 1822 по 1917 год в Губернаторском доме жили, правили губернией и принимали гостей 17 губернаторов.
The side-valley village of Gramais was first chartered in 1427 and lies on an altitude of 1,328 metres. Only one other municipality of Austria is smaller than it.
Near Häselgehr the road branches off to Gramais and it leads along the Otterbachtal valley directly into the small village with its districts Dörfl, Gschwendt and Riefen. Surrounded by steep mountain flanks, Gramais is a true paradise for hikers, mountaineers and nature lovers. Located amidst the Lechtal Alps, the typical mountain village is surrounded by numerous untamed brooks and waterfalls as well as five mountain lakes.
Just a pedestrian bridge crossing the Saône river in the middle of Lyon. The picture, the mood could also look like this on any day. Unfortunately, the sky was not so beautiful luminous but rather a bit boring and the light was also not ideal. So I replaced the sky in Photoshop, actually a simple process. But one that should be mentioned to be fair.
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Silence is stillness but never a void; it is clear but never absence of color; it is rhythm; it is the foundation of all thought.
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23/01 Long exposure night photo of the illuminated Royal Riding Hall reflecting on a nearby modern structure.
Budapest, Hungary
The old, abandoned rice granary (before it was demolished) near downtown Houston, Texas.
Taken with an Olympus OM-10 35mm film camera, circa 1990.
25/11 Churches across the city been painted with red lights to raise public awareness to those Christians being persecuted for their faith
Budapest, Hungary
The picture is from 2014. Taken with a small Pansonic camera. Actually there are three pictures that weren't even taken very congruently. Adope Photoshop and Lightroom, together with the ON1 plug-in, create such an image ..... impressive .... just don't enlarge too much. In spite of everything, the resolution is not that great.
At the tram stop in front of the train station in Basel there is a lot of activity, day and night.
Travelers arrive and depart. Basel residents go out or return home, from work, from the theater, a visit to a restaurant. Everyone has their story and their reasons for waiting for the tram.
A crowned bridge over the Dolores River at the Stoner Ranch in the San Juan Mountains along Hwy-145 between Dolores and Rico, Colorado.
After two years of pandemic and many photos of nature, landscapes, mountains, etc., it was a relief to once again get structures made of steel and glass in front of the lens.
The Circle at Zurich Airport is far from being able to compare with big cities. But for once it was not mountains made of stone, but man-made buildings.
What a relief! :-)
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Bath, United Kingdom- September 10, 2025: The Pulteney Weir and Pulteney Bridge on the River Avon in Bath, England. It was originally built in the late Middle Ages to prevent flooding.