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Panoramic view of the city of Barcelona from the Hill of Tibidabo.
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Within the heart of Colombo is the Gangarama Buddhist Temple. Built during the late 19th century for the Buddhists who lived in the capital city of Colombo; the temple sprawled over a large area of land and included several outer structures. The Seema Malaka is one of these. Originally, it was built with a foundation within the floor of Beira Lake, and was the image of stolidity. However, it was not able to withstand the marshy ground underneath the lake. By 1970 the Seema Malaka had sunk completely under the waters of of Beira.
And then in 1976, Sir Geoffrey Bawa was hired to do this difficult construction design. He created three floating platforms interlinked by pontoon walkways and anchored to the base of the lake by way of stone pillars.
The light design ensured that the construction would not sink. The entire structure is connected to the shore using another pontoon bridge. He created a design that emulated the ancient monasteries of Anuradhapura, and added his own signature modern twirl to it. Bawa was one of the most influential Asian architects of the mid to late 20th century, and was well known for founding Tropical Modernism. This style is very apparent in the deep blue clay roof tiles of the main temple, the simplistic and yet delicate structure made of a collection of wooden spindles and banisters that lets plenty of air and light in, and the overall design that conforms to nature instead of fighting against it.
В центре Коломбо находится буддийский храм Гангарама. Построенный в конце 19-го века для буддистов, которые жили в столице Коломбо; храм растянулся на большой территории и включал в себя несколько внешних сооружений. Сима Малака является одним из них. Первоначально, он был построен с фундаментом в дне озера Бейра. Однако, он не смог противостоять болотистой местности под озером и к 1970 году Сима Малака полностью утонул в водах Бейры.
А затем в 1976 году сэр Джеффри Бава был нанят для выполнения этой сложной конструкции. Он создал три плавучих платформы, соединенных между собой понтонными дорожками и поставленных на якорь у основания озера с помощью каменных столбов.
Легкий дизайн гарантировал, что конструкция не утонет. Вся конструкция соединена с берегом с помощью другого понтонного моста. Он создал дизайн, который подражал древним монастырям Анурадхапура, и добавил к нему свой собственный современный стиль. Бава был одним из самых влиятельных азиатских архитекторов середины и конца 20-го века, и был хорошо известен как основатель тропического модернизма. Этот стиль очень очевиден в темно-синей глиняной черепице главного храма, в упрощенной и в то же время деликатной структуре, сделанной из коллекции деревянных шпинделей и перил, которая пропускает много воздуха и света, и в общем дизайне, который соответствует природе.
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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St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church is a medieval Spanish monastery cloister which was built in the town of Sacramenia in Segovia, Spain, in the 12th century but dismantled in the 20th century and shipped to New York City in the United States. It was eventually reassembled at 16711 West Dixie Highway, North Miami Beach, Florida, where it is now an Episcopal church and tourist attraction called Ancient Spanish Monastery. It is the oldest European-built structure in the Western Hemisphere.
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Hejiang pagoda illuminated at night against skyscrapers in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China
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In 1892, on a picturesque climbing cliff - a red rock - at an altitude of 400 m above sea level, the foros church was laid. A church was built on the means of owner of the estate of the form, "Tea King" A.G. Kuznetsov in memory of "wonderful" events on October 17, 1888 at the Kursko-Kharkov Bil Station railwayWhen, during the crash, the royal family remained unharmed.
The place for the construction was chosen the most picturesque: the church was built on the red color of a sheer cliff, ripped away from the main array, surrounded by the greens of the forests. She seems to soar between heaven and earth.
The project developed an architect N.M. Chagin. The church was built in the Byzantine temple style, which is distinguished by a special technique of masonry from wide flat brick-dlinges and using numerous domes by type of Russian wooden temples. With her silhouette church reminds Moscow Churches of the late XVIII century.
Церковь Воскресения Христова была построена после железнодорожной катастрофы на станции Борки, в которую попал император Александр III со своей семьёй. К счастью, никто из членов императорской семьи не пострадал. Такое чудесное спасение стало поводом для возведения нового храма. Церковь Воскресения Христова была построена в 1892 году. Для ее возведения понадобилось четыре года. Оба яруса Церкви Воскресения Христова возведены в стиле византийских построек, а материалом послужил белый инкерманский камень. Девять куполов имеют разные размеры, что очень напоминает российские церкви ⅩⅦ столетия. Украшает церковь крыльцо, расписанное узорами, и стремящаяся высоко вверх колокольня. Использованный в строительстве каррарский мрамор, а также разноцветные витражи, придавали храму торжественность и нарядность.
Much repaired Victorian wall, earmarked for demolition.
Wall washer and ties with Buddleia, the silent destroyer of structures.
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Ragusa (Italian: [raˈɡuːza] Sicilian: Rausa; Latin: Ragusia) is a city and comune in southern Italy.
In the middle of Lyon, we both waited, the streetcar driver in the streetcar opposite until the time was ready to continue her journey to the next stop. And I waited at "my" stop until a streetcar driver stops his vehicle and takes me to my next stop.
As it looks, we both spent the time with cell phone in hand. What she read I do not know, I took pictures with mine :-)
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La Iglesia de Santo Domingo es uno de los monumentos más misteriosos e impactantes de Lisboa. Ubicada en pleno centro histórico, este templo del siglo XIII destaca porque su interior conserva intactas las cicatrices del devastador incendio de 1959.En lugar de ocultar la tragedia, la ciudad decidió rehabilitar únicamente el techo y dejar las paredes calcinadas, agrietadas y desnudas, creando una atmósfera mística y sobrecogedora.
The colours of this photo have not been changed. The river Arno had a brownish colour at this time due to a high flood.
The Pozzo di San Patrizio (English: "St. Patrick's Well") is a historic well in Orvieto, Umbria, central Italy. It was built by architect-engineer Antonio da Sangallo the Younger of Florence, between 1527 and 1537, at the behest of Pope Clement VII who had taken refuge at Orvieto during thesack of Rome in 1527 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and feared that the city's water supply would be insufficient in the event of a siege. The well was completed in 1537 during the papacy of Pope Paul III.
The architect-engineer Antonio da Sangallo the Younger surrounded the central well shaft with two spiral ramps in a double helix, accessed by two doors, which allowed mules to carry empty and full water vessels separately in downward and upward directions without obstruction. The cylindrical well is 53.15 metres (174.4 ft) deep with a base diameter of 13 metres (43 ft). There are 248 steps and 70 windows provide illumination.
(Il pozzo di San Patrizio venne realizzato nel XVI secolo per garantire acqua alla città di Orvieto in ogni momento dell'anno, in caso di calamità oppure per un prolungato stato di assedio.
A sezione circolare è profondo sessantadue metri e largo tredici. Intorno alla canna del pozzo girano a spirale due scale a chiocciola progettate in maniera tale da correre sovrapposte l'una all'altra senza però comunicare tra loro: ciò serviva a far si che le persone con i muli che si recavano nel fondo del pozzo ad attingere acqua non intralciassero il cammino di chi, dopo essersi procurato l'acqua, stava risalendo in superficie.
Ogni scala ha 248 scalini comodissimi, facili da scendere anche per le bestie da soma. Le scale prendono luce da 72 finestre centinate aperte nella canna. La luce viene diminuendo a mano a mano che si discende, fino a diventare penombra. In fondo alla canna un piccolo ponte collega le due scale.
Il pozzo di San Patrizio fu fatto scavare da papa Clemente VII che si era rifugiato ad Orvieto durante il sacco di Roma nel 1527.)
The Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano ("Venerable Factory of the Duomo of Milan") is a 600-year-old organization that was established to supervise the construction of the Cathedral of Milan (the "Duomo"). The organization is still active and involved with the maintenance, preservation, and restoration of the cathedral. Its main headquarters are located in the eponymous palace in Piazza del Duomo. Despite the Duomo being a consecrated Roman Catholic church, the Venerable Factory is completely independent of the Holy See. Giuseppe Vandoni completed the work in 1865, crowning it with an impressive central clock, on which statues of day and night were installed nearby. The first, depicting a young woman who with one hand covers her face from the sun, the second is a halfa-sleep woman.
Джузеппе Вандони завершил работу в 1865 году, увенчав ее внушительными центральными часами, на которых статуи дня и ночи были установлены рядом. Первая, изображающая молодую женщину, которая одной рукой закрывает лицо от солнца, вторая - полусонная женщина.
Тра́пани (итал. Trapani, сиц. Tràpani) — коммуна в Италии, административный центр одноимённой провинции Сицилии.
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Das Tanzende Haus (tschechisch Tančící dům) ist der Spitzname eines 1996 verwirklichten Bürogebäudes in der tschechischen Hauptstadt Prag.
The Dancing House (Czech: Tančící dům), or Ginger and Fred, is the nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building on the Rašínovo nábřeží (Rašín Embankment) in Prague, Czech Republic.
Paris, France - February 2017: French people and tourist crossing the street in front of the windmill and the restaurent "Moulin de la Galette" in Montmartre, by night.
"Mascot of Maine"
Compared to most of the other locomotives I've published most recently, this one is a bit of an outlier. It's not the hotshot superpower found on the Nickel Plate, it's not wartime power like the Mohawk, and it's not part of the Age of Steam collection.
My love for 470 comes from elsewhere. Having been a New England resident for several years and having vacationed in most of those states, I've developed a soft spot for the region, especially the piney woods of Maine. I've also always enjoyed the idea of coastal railroading: a mix of maritime and railroad visuals produce interesting scenes. There's a concept for a layout module I've had for some time that would perfectly represent those thoughts.. Maybe someday I'll build it.
I'm also drawn to the Maine Central and 470 specifically due to the preservation and claim to fame of the locomotive; 470 operated the last steam-powered passenger train on June 13, 1954 and is the largest preserved steam locomotive in New England and Maritime Canada. After sitting on display for over six decades, the non-profit New England Steam Corporation acquired the locomotive in 2015 and has since relocated it to a purpose-built structure where volunteers actively work to restore the locomotive to operating condition.
Being a naturally good looking locomotive, not to mention the incredibly striking Maine Central "speed lettering" it carried, and being preserved and undergoing restoration wins 470 a spot in my heart.
I began my model in early to mid 2021. I know, quite a while ago. Chronologically this locomotive was designed around the time I was building and completing Grey Ridge 26. Work progressed through September 2021, at which point I tested an assembled and functioning model (minus rods and artwork) on some track on my apartment floor. Tests were satisfactory; no major issues found.
And then I let the project go for quite a while. In this incomplete state, 470 sat on my shelf until last year.
One of the bigger challenges I faced was designing a satisfactory rod and valve gear package for this engine. The cylinder design necessitated some new thinking and part design which is perhaps the main reason why I only completed the model in January 2024. Some of the valve gear components required as many as four iterations until they performed as desired. I guess the take-home point is that I got there. Better late than never, right?
I'm using a Power Functions L motor geared at a 1:1 ratio to XL.25 size drivers. Control comes from a Power Functions V2 IR receiver and power is a 7.4v battery from Tenergy - a staple of my newer locomotive designs.
XL.25 wheels almost deserve a post in their own right. I initially started designing this engine with the more commonly available XL.5 wheels (right in between XL and XXL wheels). I quickly found that the driver wheelbase and proportions of the model were entirely wrong. So, I bit the bullet and opted to design a unique set of drivers at an intermediate size - essentially 1/2 a plate larger in diameter than an XL driver. This allows for the proper wheelbase dimension and better overall proportion, and the wheel is closer to scale as well. Overall, it's more effort, but worth the result.
I'm satisfied with performance, having operated the engine running light on my floor for a couple hours and getting a full hour in a convention setting with a mid-sized train behind it. Even still, my goal from the start of this project has been to operate 470 with a powered baggage/RPO car to enable more prototypically long passenger trains. While it would be nice to have 470 handle an entire train alone, it wasn't practical to go with any alternatives - no more room in the boiler for an extra motor and the tender is too short to use train motor bogies. Compromise was made, but I'm far from unhappy.
I've modeled 470 as it looked on its final revenue run on June 13, 1954. I think this is, bar none, the prettiest model I've made in recent memory. My favorite thing about this engine is the way it looks with the Maine Central logo, striping, and accents on the rods and wheels. An incredibly unique look for a star locomotive. All artwork was done by Cale Leiphart with some assistance and references from Richard Glueck. All artwork is decals printed by OKBrickWorks. Thank you all, particularly Mr. Glueck, for your assistance with this project.
As always, I'm pleased to bring this one over the goal line. Having been in progress for several years now, it feels great to have this one complete and published for the public. Guess I need to design some passenger cars now.
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Пале́рмо (др.-греч. Πάνορμος, лат. Panormus, итал. Palermo, сиц. Palermu) — главный город итальянского региона Сицилия , административный центр одноимённой провинции.
The Janike-khanym mausoleum is an almost completely preserved mausoleum of the 15th century. - a fine example of "Seljuk" architecture. It is a monumental octagonal structure under a tiled roof, decorated with carved columns along the edges of the edges. It is adjoined by a carved portal with a massive arch, and an Arabic calligraphic inscription is carved at the entrance: these are hadith texts, in which, among other things, there are the words "This world is a dwelling of vanity, but the future life is eternal." In the depths of the mausoleum, on a stepped elevation, one can see a tombstone decorated with an elegant, like ornament, Arabic inscription: "This is the tomb of the great empress Janike-khanym, daughter of Tokhtamysh-khan, who died in the month of Ramadan in 841 (1437)."
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Мавзолей Джанике-ханым — почти полностью сохранившийся мавзолей XV в. — прекрасный образец «сельджукской» архитектуры. Это монументальное восьмигранное сооружение под черепичной крышей, украшенное по ребрам граней резными колонками. К нему примыкает покрытый резьбой портал с массивной аркой, а у входа высечена арабская каллиграфическая надпись: это тексты хадисов, в которых, среди прочего, встречаются слова «Этот мир есть жилище суеты, будущая же жизнь вечна». В глубине мавзолея на ступенчатом возвышении видно надгробие, украшенное изящной, словно орнамент, арабской надписью: «Это гробница великой государыни Джанике-ханым, дочери Тохтамыш-хана, скончавшейся месяца рамазана 841 года (1437)».
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Main entrance to Jameh Mosque, the grand, congregational mosque of Yazd city, in Yazd province of Iran.
Built in 12th century, Jameh mosque is a fine specimen of the Azari style of Persian architecture. The mosque is crowned by a pair of minarets, the highest in Iran, and the portal's facade is decorated from top to bottom in dazzling tile work, predominantly blue in colour. Within is a long arcaded courtyard where, behind a deep-set south-east iwan, is a sanctuary chamber (shabestan). This chamber, under a squat tiled dome, is exquisitely decorated with faience mosaic: its tall faience Mihrab, dated 1365, is one of the finest of its kind in existence..
The mosque is depicted on the reverse of the Iranian 200 rials banknote.
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Modern skyscrapers illuminated at night reflecting on a glass facade low angle view in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China
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