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The Arco della Pace (Arch of Peace), one of the most interesting example of neoclassical architecture, characterizes the surrounding area. Luigi Cagnola began its construction in 1807 when the city was under Napoleonic rule. It is located at the centre of the large square, Piazza Sempione. It was interrupted after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo, and then completed by Francis I of Austria who dedicated it to Peace. In his book “A Moveable Feast”, Ernest Hemingway reports the erroneous conviction that the Arco della Pace is aligned with the Arc de Triomphe at the Carousel and the Arc du Triomphe at the Étoile, both in Paris. Originally the enormous group consisting of the chariot and six horses faced France, but after the fall of Napoleon and the advent of the Austrian domination in Milan, the chariot was turned around to face the city centre.
Строительство этой арки (а задумывалась она как Триумфальная арка) было начато по указанию Наполеона в 1807 году в честь побед его войск на Аппенинском полуострове. Арка должна была стать одновременно и неформальными 14-ми воротами Милана. Через них император Франции предполагал торжественно въехать в город после завершения строительства арки. Существует мнение, что проем арки ориентирован по оси Париж — Милан и выходит на историческую ось Парижа. Однако, в своей книге «Подвижный праздник» Эрнест Хемингуэй сообщает об ошибочной убежденности в том, что Арка Мира совпадает по оси с Триумфальной аркой и Аркой на площади Каррузель, обе в Париже. Первоначально огромная группа, состоящая из колесницы и шести лошадей, смотрела на Францию, но после падения Наполеона и прихода австрийского господства в Милане, колесницу повернули лицом к центру города.
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At the time of its construction, this was the largest man-made structure in Greenland. Now, it just seems like an average arctic-sized church, close to the coastline. Being a small town of less than 5,000, it's pretty easy to find the church as the whole town is technically walkable.
I say technically because, well, being if you're not used to cold weather you might not appreciate walking around in freezing temperatures for 20-30 minutes at a time. It's surprisingly doable though if you prepare proper clothing, and, the cold doesn't feel as cold when you're in the arctic compared to non-polar latitudes.
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The photo features a striking nighttime panorama of Shanghai's Lujiazui area, highlighting the city's architectural prowess with towering skyscrapers adorned in colorful lights. Prominent structures such as the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Jin Mao Tower stand out against the dark sky, while the red Monument to the People's Heroes adds a splash of color to the urban landscape. The steel truss of Waibaidu bridge in the foreground provides a sense of scale and depth, leading the viewer's eye across the water towards the cityscape. The overall mood is one of awe-inspiring modernity and cultural significance, encapsulating the dynamic energy of China's financial hub.
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Laundry out on the line in a courtyard within Dubrovnik's old city walls.
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The Monastery of the Dormition is one of the oldest in Crimea and is situated in the most beautiful corner of the peninsula - in the heart of the Mariam-Dere gorge framed with cliffs that rise high into the sky.
The exact date of the cloister's appearance in these lands is unknown. Historians incline to the version, according to which, the monastery was founded in the late 8th - early 9th century by Greek monks, who fled to Crimea from Byzantine.
By the early 15th century the cloister numbered several tens of caves already, and a tiny chapel, two houses for pilgrims and several fountains with - as monks believed - healing water were built near the caves.
Свято-Успенский мужской монастырь возведён в долине Мариам-Дере (долина Девы Марии). Время, когда он был заложен, доподлинно неизвестно, историки называют рубеж VIII-IX вв., но существует немало других версий. Общепринятой считается, что его основали в самом конце VIII века византийские монахи, почитатели икон, как и многие их собратья, бежавшие из Византии, когда там после Иконорборческого собора (754 год) началось жестокое уничтожение икон, фресок и мозаик. Монахов преследовали, считая их идолопоклонниками. Здесь, в покрытых лесом тихих горных долинах, они нашли убежище и место для уединённых молитв.
Период наибольшего развития начался для него с середины XIX века, когда тут воздвигли пять храмов, братские корпуса, несколько домов для паломников, а вокруг посадили чудесный сад. Существенную роль в г. Бахчисарай Успенский пещерный монастырь сыграл в годы Крымской войны, когда превратился, по сути, в госпиталь для русских солдат и матросов, защищавших Севастополь.
Во время Великой Отечественной войны, как и в годы Крымской, в ее стенах поместили госпиталь, а после окончания боевых действий, обустроили психоневрологический диспансер. Восстановили монастырь в 1993 г., когда были отремонтированы и отреставрированы почти все здания и храмы. Сегодня он является одним из крупнейших на полуострове.
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Operations for this cable car started in 1956 as a way to promote tourism. Rides only take 3 minutes to reach the summit of the Jukkoku-Toge Pass and runs between 8:50 a.m. and 4:50 p.m. Although I arrived on the summit at around 1:00 a.m., signs at the observatory revealed that the cable car, rest house, and parking lot were temporarily closed for several weeks due to COVID-19 precautions. Once the pandemic comes to a close, visitors can bring their dog with them on the cable car (¥730 for adults; ¥370 for children; and ¥200 for a dog). Mamezakura cherry blossom trees used to grow naturally on the slopes leading to the summit. A local landscaping company planted an additional 80 mamezakura cherry blossom trees along the route of the cable car to celebrate their 90th anniversary in April 2019. In addition, if you visit in spring, you can enjoy azaleas in full bloom.
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Over three hundred years of great collections underpin the history of Villa Carlotta, where art walks side by side with nature in a breath-taking landscape scenario. Overlooking the shores of Lake Como, the villa was built in the late-seventeenth century by Marquis Giorgio Clerici of Milan. In 1801 Villa Carlotta was sold by Caterina Bigli Clerici, the last descendant of the noble Milanese family, to Giovanni Battista Sommariva, at the time President of the Governing Committee of the Cisalpine Republic (1797–1802) established by Napoleon Bonaparte in northern Italy. In 1843, Sommariva’s heirs sold the villa to Princess Marianne of Prussia, who gifted the residence to her daughter Charlotte (1831–55) when she married Duke Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen (1826-1914). Despite the early death of his beloved wife in 1855, the duke and his family stayed on at the Lake Como abode, adapting the dwelling to changing needs and tastes, renewing furnishings and décor, as well as adding numerous rare botanical specimens that can still be admired today. During World War I the villa was confiscated by the Italian state and its management entrusted to the Ente Villa Carlotta, established by Royal Decree in 1927.
История виллы начинается с конца XVII века. Внук разбогатевшего на продаже шёлка торговца, Giorgio Cerici, ставший маркизом, решил возвести на берегу озера Комо летнюю резиденцию, это было в 1690 году. Около виллы был разбит парк, первые упоминания о котором датируются 1699 годом. Трёхэтажное здание виллы было сооружено в 1745 году уже при его внуке - маркизе Anton Giorgio Cerici (1715-1768), который перед смертью разорился на строительстве своего дворца в Милане. В 1801 году единственная дочь Антона Джорджо продала виллу банкиру и другу Наполеона Giovanni Sommariva (1762-1826). Чтобы любоваться видом озера, Соммарива добавил балконы, установил большие часы на фасаде, приобрёл работы известных скульпторов и художников, часть парка превратил в романтический сад в английском стиле. После его кончины наследники всё его имущество распродали. В 1843 году виллу купила принцесса Марианна, жена принца Альберта Прусского. Примечательно, что за виллу она заплатила в десять раз больше, чем 40 лет назад Джованни Соммарива. Спустя четыре года принцесса подарила виллу своей дочери Карлотте как свадебный подарок. Вилла знаменита своим парком, в котором насчитывается более 150 разновидностей азалий, есть также древние камелии, рододендроны, кедры, многовековые секвойи, платаны. Большая в заслуга в создании парка приналдлежит мужу Карлотты, в честь которой была названа вилла, герцогу Саксен-Мейнинген Георгу II (1826-1914). Герцог был не только покровителем искусств, на вилле часто гостил Йоханнес Брамс, но и увлекался ботаникой и вместе со своим сыном Бернардо III расширял парк. После его смерти в 1914 году имущество перешло к сыну, герцогу Бернарду III (1851-1928), последнему герцогу Саксен-Мейнингенскому. В 1921 году вилла была конфискована и в 1927 году передана в фонд "Вилла Карлотта".
I have posted a very similar image to this one previously on Flickr but not the details of the events surrounding it.
I decided to go out to catch 1Z53 somewhere near Sherborne, once in the area I found a small lane running parallel with the railway from Wick Road, Milborne Wick to Oborne. I parked the car near a small white brick-built structure which I presumed to be some sort of utilities building, I noticed at this point that the railway was above the road so optimistically I went into a small field behind the white building, closing the gate behind me as I noticed 5 or 6 sheep in there, I made my way a short distance uphill to the barbed wire fence marking the top edge of the field and was pleasantly surprised to find the vantage point/view that can be seen in the image. I set my camera up and began to wait the 30 minutes-or-so until D1015's scheduled arrival. Although the lane was very rural I did occasionally see passing vehicles, at some point I noticed on RTT that the excursion was lingering at Sherborne, then I noticed out of the corner of my eye a police vehicle go slowly down the lane followed by a Network Rail vehicle. A few minutes went by and then - I shall never forget this - a guy in orange overalls appeared by the white box and tree in the image followed closely by a policeman, they were making their way towards me along the ballast beside the track and in true Ealing Comedy black-and-white-film-style Orange Overall Guy (not the policeman) shouted out to me - "OI YOU, DON'T MOVE, I WANT A WORD WITH YOU!". Obviously I wasn't going anywhere because I wanted the picture and because I was brought up to be polite and comply with 'authority figures' instructions but I had the feeling I was in trouble. Sure enough, once they had climbed up to my position (leaning on the fence INSIDE the field) and got their breath back it transpired that some passing busy-body had reported "someone on the railway" to the BTP - according to Orange Overall Guy the excursion was actually being held due to my presence, he was quite angry and rude, the BTP guy was more polite and had much less to say and it seemed clear to him that there was no problem here, I showed them the short walk across the field back to our vehicles on the road down below. Anyway once this was communicated "back-to-base" the working duly proceeded and the three of us had a 10 minute wait (felt like much more), making awkward small talk, to record the image attached. Strangely, after D1015 had passed we left the scene together with Orange Overall Guy insisting on us leaving the way that they had come, along the track, rather than my route down the field (so ironically I had to go over the fence and go "onto the railway" to get back to my vehicle!?!).
One more thing, although the BTP guy was very reasonable he did insist on taking my details (procedure or something) which worried me slightly (I was checking the post for weeks) and to this day I do not know whether I have a criminal record or not or if maybe I am on a terrorist watchlist! - the guy at security at Stanstead did give me a funny look last time I flew from there.
I presume that this view may still be "on" but probably not worth taking a chance - besides hardly anything interesting runs on the Mule anymore!
D1015 masquerading as D1010 Western Campaigner/D1058 Western Nobleman working 1Z53 Okehampton to Waterloo in fine fettle at Oborne (OOG and BTP thankfully out-of-shot).
Anyone unaware of the wonderful series of British films which came to be known as the "Ealing Comedies" made by Ealing (film) Studios should check out "Whiskey Galore!, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Ladykillers and, of course the wonderful The Titfield Thunderbolt - Ealing's first comedy shot in Technicolor).
This locomotive and her classmates were of course no strangers to Ealing in West London during the 60s and 70s as they earned their corn ploughing the Great Western Main Line in and out of London Paddington.
Iranian family taking photos beneath the beautifully decorated dome of Khan Amin al-Dowleh Timche, a traditional caravanserai in the bazaar of Kashan, Isfahan province, Iran.
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Tranquil evening in Chengdu city by the water, where the warm glow of neon signs on a boat and the soft lighting from the sky create a picturesque scene. Anshun bridge with golden roofs stands out against the backdrop of modern high-rises, adding to the city's charm. The presence of individuals enjoying the view from a nearby boat adds a sense of scale and liveliness to the scene.
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The Buonconsiglio Castle, splendid residence of the Prince Bishops and symbol of the city of Trento, is made up of different parts built in different ages: an older one, called Castelvecchio, includes Torre Aquila, with the frescoes of the Cycle of the Months, a masterpiece of Gothic art that takes us to the heart of courtly and peasant life at the end of the 14th century. Then there is a Renaissance part, the Magno Palazzo, commissioned by the Prince Bishop Bernardo Cles and richly frescoed, while another wing of the palace, the Giunta Albertiana, is from the Baroque age. During the First World War the trial against the irredentists Cesare Battisti, Fabio Filzi and Damiano Chiesa was held here.
Мощная цитадель с толстыми стенами, окнами-бойницами, оборонительными башнями, подъемным мостом – типичное строение XIII века в романском стиле. Внутри находились подземелья и камеры пыток. Через 200 лет была надстроена высокая Орлина башня (Torre dell’Aquila) – веяние готики; внутренние росписи башни – сцены времен года – ценнейший памятник готического искусства. В XVI в. к крепости был пристроен Парадный дворец (Magno Palazzo): фронтоны, галереи с колоннадами, росписи на темы античных сюжетов – это уже Ренессанс. Новая пристройка к замку – La Giunta Albertiana с элементами барокко была сделана в XVII.
El castillo de Javier está situado en una loma de la localidad española de Javier, en Navarra. Su construcción se remonta al siglo x. En este castillo nació y vivió san Francisco Javier, hijo de los señores de Javier, y de aquí tomó el nombre con el que se le conocería como misionero. Es lugar de peregrinación, especialmente a principios de marzo, en las llamadas Javieradas. Es bien de interés cultural desde 1994. El nombre de Javier proviene del euskera etxeberri, variante dialectal de etxe (casa) y berri (nuevo), por lo que su significado sería 'casa nueva'. Su evolución fonética se vio influida por el navarroaragonés, transformándose en javier. La grafía tradicional en castellano fue Xavier, mientras que en euskera se escribe Xabier. Está ubicado en la localidad española de Javier, perteneciente a la comunidad autónoma de Navarra, a 52 km al este de Pamplona capital y 6 km al este de Sangüesa. Consta de tres cuerpos, sucesivamente escalonados en orden de antigüedad. Destacan la Torre del Santo Cristo, bastión y capilla donde se encuentra un interesante crucifijo tardogótico y una serie de pinturas murales representando la danza de la muerte, única en España; la torre del homenaje, llamada de San Miguel (lo más antiguo del castillo) y el museo dedicado a la vida del santo. En sus basamentos hay huellas y zócalos musulmanes que podrían ser del siglo x. En el siglo xi se formó el primer recinto envolvente que cobijó las primeras habitaciones.