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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.
Aerial view of Seoul downtown city skyline with vehicle on expressway and bridge cross over Han river in Seoul city, South Korea.
Taken in La Ceja, Colombia, 2400 meters above sea level (Finca-Hotel Los Lagos).
There is a ornamental white fantail form, whose long tail feathers open rather like a fan. These are seen at shows and generally kept in aviaries because their long feathers mean they are more at risk from predators.
All these birds are descended from rock doves, which are now rare around the coast of Britain. Monasteries started to maintain dovecotes from Saxon times, initially of wood, but then they became massive stone-built structures, housing thousands of birds. The young squabs provided a source of food. It was the garden designer Gertrude Jekyll who first introduced dovecotes into gardens as a decorative feature during the 1920s.
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The most famous and coloured house in the island: "la Casa di Bepi Suà" (the house of Joseph Sweaty), painted with the use of many colors, divided into geometric shapes.
Самый известный и цветной дом на острове: "la Casa di Bepi Suà" (Дом Иосифа Бепи), расписанный с использованием множества цветов, разделен на геометрические фигуры.
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According to legend, the temple in Monastyrshchino was built on the burial site of the soldiers who died on Kulikovo field. There is a legend about the temple standing on the graves of soldiers, and that the royal gates of the church were allegedly brought into it by St. Sergius of Radonezh. In 1855, it was decided to build a new stone church due to the unsatisfactory condition of the wooden one. Due to lack of funds for the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Kulikovo, celebrated in 1880, a fundraiser was announced for the construction of the temple, Emperor Alexander III donated his personal funds to the temple. The main altar of the church was consecrated on September 30, 1896.
По преданию, храм в Монастырщино выстроен на месте захоронения погибших на Куликовом поле воинов. Существует легенда о стоящем на могилах воинов храме, и то, что царские врата церкви якобы были принесены в неё преподобным Сергием Радонежским. В 1855 году было принято решение о постройке новой каменной церкви из-за неудовлетворительного состояния деревянной. Из-за нехватки средств к 500-летию Куликовского сражения, отмечавшемуся в 1880 году, был объявлен сбор средств на постройку храма, из своих личных средств на храм жертвовал император Александр III. Главный алтарь храма был освящён 30 сентября 1896 года.
Madrigal de la Vera está situado en el norte de la provincia de Cáceres en Extremadura, a los pies de la sierra de Gredos integrada en el sistema Central.
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I still can't get over these mountains on these small islands meeting the North Atlantic Ocean. Visiting the Faroe Islands isn't just about powerful landscapes in a small area. It's also taking in the small villages that dot the islands. Winding your way through the islands by car, getting out, smelling the fresh air and taking in the beauty.
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There are many interesting, aging buildings throughout the historic barrio in Colonia del Sacramento. This older-style lamp along with the cobblestone road instantly transport you back a good hundred years or so. And that's the feeling you have as you walk the streets. Not that you're in modern times, but that you're back in time a bit.
As fun as it can be to imagine how your vacation or travel destination might end up being, it's far better actually being there. While it's hard to live up to imagination, sometimes they will surprise you in unexpected ways. Sometimes they'll be far better than you could have imagined. Other times you will be disappointed. In the end though, when you reflect back on your travel, you will almost certainly have positive memories of how great it was.
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Entrance of the Louvre museum under its famous glass pyramid,Paris -Photo taken
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Пале́рмо (др.-греч. Πάνορμος, лат. Panormus, итал. Palermo, сиц. Palermu) — главный город итальянского региона Сицилия , административный центр одноимённой провинции.
Most built structures crack at sometime during their service life. Usually the cracks are of little consequence but they may be the first indication of a serious defect. Monitoring the changes in crack width across a crack helps determine the cause of cracking and decide what remedial work should be specified.
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The Rundetaarn, or the Round Tower in English, is a 17th century tower and one of Copenhagen's more popular tourist attractions. Easily accessible today, round and round you go as you walk up its spiral ramp to the top. Originally built as an astronomical observatory, today it's a great place to get a commanding view of the older part of Copenhagen.
In the distance, you can just make out the Øresund Bridge. Flying in/out of Copenhagen, you may notice this bridge seemingly connect the city of Copenhagen to a tiny island with virtually nothing on it. I admit I was perplexed when I saw this, as I couldn't understand why anyone would spend so much money to build a huge bridge to an island of nothing. As it turns out, it's actually the artificial island of Peberholm.
A number of interesting engineering and economic challenges were solved by placing an artificial island that connects the bridge to an underground tunnel, linking Copenhagen in Denmark with Malmo in Sweden. Everything from ship traffic to air traffic and freight train traffic had to balanced to come to the solution.
In the end, you get a bridge that looks like it goes to nowhere from the plane, but in reality provides a link between these two cities. The rest of the views, with its spires piercing the horizon is as beautiful as it is colorful.
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On January the 1st 1910, His Majesty the king, Alfonso the 13th inaugurated the hotel Alhambra Palace. The hotel was built by the Duke of San Pedro de Galatino, an aristocrat, politician, businessman, and especially a great visionary of his time. The Duke finally realized one of his dreams. At that time, in the early 20th century almost 18000 tourists a year were already visiting the Alhambra in Granada. His accomplishment of the hotel therefore represented the perfect complement to the emerging romantic tourism of the time.
The Duke was the key figure in our history here at the hotel. He predicted that tourism would be a great industry, and the contributing factors would certainly be the Alhambra and the Sierra Nevada. He was absolutely correct. Besides the Hotel Alhambra Palace, he also built a hotel in the Sierra Nevadas called the Hotel Del Duque. The hotel was equipped with its own power station, and as incredible as it may seem for the time, he also built a tram to transport guests from Granada to the Sierra Nevada. All of this was conceived, designed, and constructed by the Duke himself, utilizing his own resources. The Duke also had political interests. He was one of the advocates for the restoration of the monarchy in Spain. Until the end of his life he was intimately involved in the business and industrial life of Granada, helping develop the sugar industry and improving agricultural product management and distribution for the region. His greatest dream though, was the building of our hotel, the Alhambra Palace, the very first iron built structure in Andalucía.
In April of 1936 the Duke died and three months later the Spanish Civil war broke out. The widowed Duchess, Fernanda de Salabert y Arteaga promptly donated the hotel to the military. The hotel ran as an army hospital for three years. This was most fortuitous for the hotel. On the roof of the hotel were painted red crosses. This protected the hotel from bombing during the war. Unwittingly, indeed the widowed duchess by her generous act to the military saved the hotel for posterity.
The civil war ended and the hotel reopened in 1942. From that time on, the hotel enjoyed its most glamorous epoch, becoming an international emblem for luxury travel, and evolving into the mythical Alhambra palace that we enjoy today.
Dignitaries that have graced the Alhambra Palace halls include presidents of governments such as Charles De Gaulle of France, Batista of Cuba, Kekkonen of Finland, the presidents of the Sudan and Indonesia, prime ministers such as Aldo Moro of Italy, and Eva Peron, the first lady of Argentina. Other personalities that have stayed here include the Dalai Lhama, Rockefeller, and Stephen Hawking. Add to that the Spanish national Soccer team, the already mentioned Spanish poet Frederico Garcia Lorca, Jean Cocteau, Mario Vargas Llos, composers Cole Porter and Manuel de Falla, Artaulfo Argenta, Arthur Rubenstein, Herbert Von Karajan, Rostropovich, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboin, and our very own Placido Domingo and Montserrat Caballe.
Some of the Hollywood stars that have stayed at the hotel are Tyrone Power, Lawrence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Burt Lancaster, Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, Rock Hudson, Glenn Ford, Jimmie Stewart, Anthony Quinn, Orson Wells, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, Marcello Mastroianni, Sofia Loren, Jean Paul Belmondo, William Dafoe, Alec Guinness, Cantiflas, Joseph Cotton, Faye Dunaway, and Brad Pitt.
At the beginning of 1980, the heirs of San Pedro de Galatino once again assumed directly the management of the hotel. Thus, in 2017, the Alhambra Palace Hotel became the five star hotel in Spain, and the only hotel that has continued with the same owners for its 107 years of history.
Abridged from www.h-alhambrapalace.es/en/historia/
The Roman Catholic church of St Charles in Gosforth was built in 1911 (replacing an earlier iron-built structure) and is a handsome building with two small west steeples flanking the main facade and a wide cruciform body culminating in a shallow apse. The interior is partially enlivened by marble-cladding, particularly around the sanctuary.
The outstanding features here however are in glass, principally the two large windows that dominate the north and south transepts, the largest windows in the church and both filled with gloriously rich stained glass by Harry Clarke Studios of Dublin and installed in 1945 (long after the death of Clarke himself and most likely designed by his successor Richard King). The south window depicts the Nativity, whilst that to the north represents the Deposition, with Christ's body being removed from the Cross. There is a further window by the same studio in the south nave clerestorey depicting Christ before Pilate, somewhat smaller and sadly less accessible.
This is a thoroughly rewarding church to visit for lovers of stained glass, though it is best to check with the church about access as it isn't always open outside mass times.
The official date of foundation of the company is considered to be 1849. This year, on December 6, the confectioner "had the good fortune to deliver" products of his skill to the table of members of the imperial family, and for those products he received the highest approval of the Empress and Grand Duchesses. Already 2 years later, in 1851, a workshop for the production of sweets and chocolate, opened according to Württemberg by Theodor Ferdinand von Einem, began work on the Arbat. In 1867, an entry appeared in the directory "Factory enterprises of the Russian Empire": "Einem. The partnership of the steam factory of chocolate, sweets and tea cookies". After the October Revolution, the factory was nationalized and received the name "State Confectionery Factory No. 1, formerly Einem". In 1922, she was given the name "Red October".
Официальной датой основания предприятия считается 1849 год. В этот год 6 декабря кондитер «имел счастье поставлять» изделия своего мастерства к столу членов императорской семьи, и за те изделия удостоился высочайшего одобрения Императрицы и Великих Княгинь. Уже через 2 года, в 1851 году, на Арбате начала работу мастерская по изготовлению конфет и шоколада, открытая поданным Вюртемберга Теодором Фердинандом фон Эйнемом. В 1867 году в справочнике «Фабрично-заводские предприятия Российской империи» появляется запись: «Эйнем. Товарищество паровой фабрики шоколада, конфет и чайных печений». После октябрьской революции фабрика была национализирована и получила название «Государственная кондитерская фабрика № 1, бывшая Эйнем». В 1922 году ей присвоили имя «Красный Октябрь»..
Singapore Skyscraper Complex (Cityscape) at Nightfall with reflection in Marina Bay dominated by Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Singapore Flyer and dramatic sky.
In this frame, you could see the Sky Terraces of Singapore Tallest Public and Private Residential Projects. Pinnacle @ Duxton, Altez and Sky Suites @ Anson.
The announcement made in October 2009 by General Secretary Kim Jong-Il, the North Korean leader, to have built 100,000 apartments in Pyongyang by 2012 officially aims at facing the housing shortage in the capital city. But it also represents a challenge to give evidence of the communist regime overall prosperity. The Stalinian regime had already pretended to amaze the rest of the world in the 1950’s claiming its ability to construct an apartment for a family in 14 minutes only!
This time it might be a little different. Despite the university students’ conscription and the mobilization of the army, many observers doubt the ability of North Korea to complete the buildings by its founder’s 100th birthday in 2012. In fact, it is not only a matter of housing: the energy and water supply as well as transports for 100,000 families need the building of extra-infrastructure.
Lately, reports have emerged of construction projects having been downsized and sites idling due to materials shortages. By the end of 2011, only 500 units are built, which forces the authorities to reduce the target to 20,000 to 25,000 apartments in total.
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Another of the many block posts on the Marches line, Tram Inn is an 1894 built structure working to Hereford in the north and Pontrilas in the south.
Having riddden on the Brompton from Hereford to Moreton-on-Lugg and then down to Tram Inn, I could have done with a bit of luck in photographing the one decent train booked to pass when I was there - unfortunately 1V96 1133 Holyhead to Cardiff was "blunt end first" with DVT 82229 leading the way and 67017 at the rear.
My luck ran out even more when I got the third puncture of the day (the roadside hedges had recently been trimmed, leaving a cocktail of thorns and spikes on the road) - this time trashing the inner tube. With 7 miles still to go I was in for a long walk, until a passing motorist stopped and kindly offered a lift back to Hereford.
A new set of tougher Brompton tyres have already been ordered!
Пале́рмо (др.-греч. Πάνορμος, лат. Panormus, итал. Palermo, сиц. Palermu) — главный город итальянского региона Сицилия , административный центр одноимённой провинции.
Beautiful design of the holy door to the santurary, with tree of life on the top, in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, a Serbian Orthodox Church in Podgorica, the capital city of Montenegro.
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