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Street photography in Zurich, Switzerland. The architecture of the train station gives a very cool framing for the lady in blue.
Inicialmente se estima según sus características, que fue construida cerca de 1220 bajo el reinado de Andrés II de Hungría y alrededor de 1256 fue santificado a San Jorge.
The Galleria built between 1865 and 1877 is formed by two arcades shaped like a Latin cross covered by a glass and iron dome. The structure of the Galleria is 32 metres high, comprises 353 tonnes of iron utilised for the skeleton of the cover, and its octagonal-shaped roof reaches a height of 47 metres. If you walk around the galleries, the central dome has a stunning mosaic that represents the continents of Asia, Africa, Europe and America.
Расположенная в самом сердце города, эта торговая галерея соединяет две красивейшие площади «столицы моды» — площадь перед собором Дуомо и площадь перед театром Ла Скала. алерея носит имя короля Витторио Эммануэле II (или Виктора Эммануила), а построена она была в 1865—1877 гг. по проекту архитектора Джузеппе Менгони, который, увы, до окончания работ не дожил — упал со строительных лесов и погиб. Пассаж имеет удивительно гармоничную в архитектурном плане форму латинского креста с восьмиугольным центром. Его главная изюминка — стеклянные крыши и гигантский 47-метровый купол посередине. Украшенную мозаиками, изображающими четыре континента (кроме Австралии), галерею можно назвать поистине архитектурной жемчужиной столицы Ломбардии. Внутри — яркие фрески, изящные скульптуры, причудливая лепнина и мозаичный пол с гербами Милана, Турина, Рима и Флоренции.
from the museum's website:
"Terunobu Fujimori insists that his buildings should by-pass any architectural style that has developed since the Bronze Age. The charred pine exterior of this elevated teahouse resembles the tough, blackened shell of a beetle. It expresses an avant-garde attitude to architecture that somehow aspires to a primitive state.
The dramatic process of burning the timber panels provides a textured and tactile surface - an extreme materiality. It also preserves the wood and extends the lifetime of the building.
Fujimori sees the structure as a site for a quintessentially 'English' version of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Teahouses often act like pieces of clothing. They are compact spaces that wrap around us like extensions of our bodies. Visitors enter the structure by climbing a ladder barefoot and squeezing through a narrow hatch - a profoundly physical process that momentarily distracts us from our surroundings.
Many of Fujimori's teahouses are designed to re-configure our views of the surrounding landscape. Similarly, 'Beetle's House' offers visitors a unique perspective on this day-lit gallery."
Located in the north of Dubai, Deira was the older centre of Dubai before the city expanded south and exploded in mega-skyscrapers. The district was the finance centre and is still renowned for its world-famous traditional Arab souks for gold, perfume and spices.
Modern curved glass buildings facade against blue sky directly below view
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Scheveningen Sunset
A classic shot of the Pier in Scheveningen with a little twist to it. I love how they have painted al the pillars into rainbow colors. it makes for such a nice sight underneath the pier. And… what do you do when there are no clouds and the sky is boring? Block the sky in this case with a pier! Another image from last weeks visit to the awesome city of #scheveningen
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Stupa of Princess Kantha Bopha The memorial sanctuary of the beloved daughter of the former King Sihanouk. Princess Kantha Bopha passed in 1952 at the age of four, succumbing to leukemia. Принцесса Нородом Кантха Бофа (Norodom Kantha Bopha, 1948-1952) была любимой дочерью короля Нородом Сианука. Всего король был женат семь раз и имел 14 детей от разных жен и наложниц.
Согласно королевской генеалогии, Кантха Бофа была одной из семи детей, рожденных от принцессы Сисоват Понгсанмони (princess Sisowath Pongsanmoni) - второй жены короля.
HuaXingJie street at night. This street where is located the Sichuan Opera is still under renovation and will be a future touristic attraction in Chengdu city.
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Illuminated skycrapers reflecting in a pond panorama at night in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China
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Described by Goethe as a "sublimely towering, wide-spreading tree of God" and by Victor Hugo as a "gigantic and delicate marvel", the Strasbourg Cathedral is visible far across the plains of Alsace. It can be seen from as far off as the Black Forest or the Vosges Mountains. The reddish-brown sandstone from the Vosges mountains gives the cathedral its distinctive colour.
Il villaggio rupestre è situato nell’immediata periferia di Zungri, nel vallone della fiumara Malòpera, sui 490 metri di altitudine. Un centinaio di grotte di varie dimensioni e forme, risalenti sino al Medioevo, sono distribuite in modo disordinato ma sfruttando intelligentemente piccoli pianori e terrazzamenti del costone. Le abitazioni rupestri sorgono accanto ai laboratori artigianali e alle stalle, ai campi coltivati a cereali, ai vigneti e sono collegate dal sistema idrico e dalla viabilità interna. Come in altri casi, il sistema di grotte sul fondo del vallone si pone in stretta relazione con il paese costruito all’aperto più in alto e con il territorio circostante. Скальная деревня расположена в непосредственной близости от Зунгри, в долине реки Малпере, на высоте 490 метров над уровнем моря. Сто пещер разных размеров и форм, относящихся к средневековью, распределяются беспорядочно, но разумно эксплуатируют небольшие равнины и террасы хребта. Скальные жилища стоят рядом с ремесленными мастерскими и конюшнями, зерновыми полями, виноградниками и связаны водной системой и внутренней дорогой.
Small tour under the city of Lyon today with the famous parking of the Celestins. This one has the peculiarity of having an opening in its center with a low mirror reflecting the floors. It was not enough to give me the desire to go take pictures of it :)
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The living proof of Vladimir's former greatness is the unique monument of antiquity - the Golden Gate. The gate was built in 1164 during the reign of Alexander Bogolyubsky In the old days, when the city was surrounded by thick walls and the Gate served as the main entrance to the city, a kind of Arc de Triomphe of the capital. It was from there that foreign ambassadors and distinguished guests entered the city, the warriors returned from military campaigns.
There, the people met the future Grand Princes, Alexander Nevsky and Dmitry Donskoy. The Golden Gate was built of white stone; its heavy oak sections were covered with gilded copper sheets.
У Владимирских Золотых ворот богатая история: она ведет начало с 12 века, когда князь Андрей Боголюбов перенес столицу из Суздаля во Владимир. Согласно преданию, с открытием в крепостной стене парадного въезда поспешили, и створки ворот упали, придавив несколько человек. Князь приказал поднять ворота и в отчаянии взмолился Богородице о спасении пострадавших горожан, и — о чудо! Все придавленные люди оказались целы и невредимы.
За многие века проездная арка подвергалась разрушениям, а ворота неоднократно выгорали в пожарах. Каждый раз въезд восстанавливали, а в 18 веке сделали его удобным для экипажа императрицы Екатерины II и соорудили надвратную церковь.
A side view of this building here...
This sweeping, purpose-built structure on the Keele University campus is home to one of the most highly ranked medical schools in the United Kingdom — and bears the name of one of Britain's most distinguished physicians.
The Man Behind the Name
Sir David John Weatherall (9 March 1933 — 8 December 2018) was a British physician and researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine. After finishing medical school, David joined the Army for two years and was sent to Singapore, where he treated a young girl with the serious blood disease thalassaemia — an experience that sparked a lifelong dedication to researching the condition. He later became Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford — one of the most prestigious academic chairs in Britain — and founded the Institute of Molecular Medicine, which was renamed the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine upon his retirement in 2000.
In 2010 he was awarded the Lasker Award, the most significant US prize for medical research, being the only person outside America to receive it that year. He was knighted in 1987 and appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for his services to medicine in the 2017 Birthday Honours.
His Connection to Keele
Sir David joined Keele in 2002 as Chancellor and was invaluable in helping set up the new School of Medicine, particularly in recognising the importance of developing Primary Care research. In 2012, Keele University named this Medical School building in his honour.
The School Itself
Keele was awarded an undergraduate medical school in 2001 in partnership with Manchester University, with its own medical school finally opening in 2007 and the first cohort graduating in 2012. The school is ranked among the very best in the UK, placing ahead of several American Ivy League universities in global rankings. The building houses modern, purpose-built facilities including lecture theatres, seminar rooms, a first-class anatomy suite, multi-user laboratories and a fully equipped paramedic training ambulance.
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Keele University is one of the highest universities above sea level in the country (along with Bath). If you travel due east, you will not encounter higher ground until you reach the Ural Mountains in Russia.
ALCÁCER DO SAL (Portugal): Igreja matriz de Alcácer do Sal, também chamada Igreja de Santa Maria do Castelo.
A Matriz de Alcácer do Sal localiza-se no espaço intra-muralhas, numa das zonas monumentais de maior antiguidade da cidade. Ela é, igualmente, o mais eloquente testemunho de como se foram sucedendo as épocas construtivas num mesmo espaço, escolhendo os novos poderes os locais simbólicos mais relevantes do tempo político e civilizacional anterior, para melhor impor a sua autoridade.
Escavações recentes sugerem que a primitiva construção implantada neste espaço tenha sido um templo romano, posteriormente cristianizado (CARVALHO, FARIA e FERREIRA, 2004, p.27). Desconhece-se ainda como se terá processado esta transição, bem como a cronologia em que o cristianismo triunfou na antiga Salacia Imperatoria Urbs. Num anexo Norte do edifício foram incorporadas duas colunas romanas, como cunhais de obra nova, o que pressupõe ter a primitiva basílica sido construída ainda com os edifícios romanos de pé.
A Alta Idade Média continua a ser pouco mais que muda em termos arqueológicos. No Museu Municipal Pedro Nunes conservam-se dois capitéis que têm sido catalogados de época visigótica (BARROCA, 1992, p.92), mas outras opiniões apontam para cronologias mais tardias, eventualmente já moçárabes (REAL, 1995), ou na órbita islâmica califal (ALMEIDA, 1986, pp. 52 e 81). A terem sido resgatados na igreja do castelo, esses capitéis são peças fundamentais para a caracterização do espaço em algum momento da Alta Idade Média, condicionando a sua atribuição cronológica outra sugestão ainda não confirmada arqueologicamente: a de que sobre a basílica paleocristã se implantou a mesquita-maior, como pensa PEREIRA, 2000, p.51.
O edifício que hoje conhecemos foi construído a partir da conquista da cidade pelas tropas portuguesas de 1217. Ele é, por isso, e pela descaracterização generalizada do paço medieval, o mais importante testemunho da vitória cristã e do novo tempo civilizacional, que fez com que Alcácer ficasse na posse da Ordem de Santiago. Trata-se de um dos mais meridionais edifícios tardo-românicos, que integra já alguns elementos de transição, em particular ao nível da flora dos capitéis do corpo.
O portal principal, de arco de volta perfeita sustentado por arquivolta única sobre colunas de capitéis desprovidos de decoração, é o imediato testemunho estilístico a quem se depara com a igreja. O mais importante vestígio é, todavia, o portal lateral Norte, inscrito em corpo avançado em forma de alfiz. É um amplo portal de arco a pleno centro, definido por três arquivoltas, a exterior ornamentada com friso de rosetas geometrizantes. As duas arquivoltas interiores são lisas, mas suportadas por colunas cujos capitéis exibem um vegetalismo característico do século XIII, com amplos espaços por preencher, porém já com composições em andares.
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As precious sources of fresh water springs were sacred in pagan times and churches were often built near them so they could lend a bit of lustre to the new, and rather more sophisticated, creed of Christianity. So, there was probably a church here in Saxon times. If so, it was probably a wooden building and all traces have now gone. Like so many others, it made way for a stone-built structure in Norman times. This soon became too small for local needs and the church had to be extended in the 13th century, but a single Norman doorway survives in the north chancel wall.
In size the church has hardly grown since the 13th century, but in fact was once bigger - there was a detached Lady Chapel in the churchyard, to the east of the chancel. What a pity this uncommon feature hasn't survived!
More about the tower on the next picture, unfortunately the Church was locked when I visited so no internal pics.
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Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahawihan
The Temple of Dawn or Wat Arun is name after the Indian god of dawn, Aruna. It is located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River. King Taksin chose this 17th century Wat for his royal temple and palace. The temple was formerly known as Wat Makok and renamed to Wat Jaeng, literally means Temple of Dawn, when he restored it.
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