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Hangzhou Olympic And International Expo Center view with reflective waters, lush greenery along the riverbank, the iconic stadium resembling a lotus flower, contemporary bridge structures connecting both sides, and a backdrop featuring tall skyscrapers under a clear blue sky. Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China
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Mirror ceiling and giant chandeliers inside the main prayer hall of Shah Cheragh Holy Shrine, a Shia Muslim mosque, funerary monument & pilgrimage site, located in Shiraz, Fars province of Iran.
Shah-e-Cheragh is Persian for "King of the Light". The mausoleum houses the tomb of the brothers Ahmad and Muhammad, the son of the seventh Emam known as Shah-e-Cheragh (king of the light). They took refuge in Shiraz during the Abbasid persecution of Shia Muslims at the beginning of the third Islamic century, and died there. The site is the third most venerated pilgrimage destination in Iran, after the shrines of Imam Reza in Mashhad and Fatima Masumeh in Qom.
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The Faroese have one of the oldest parliaments in the world, located in the Tinganes section of the capital city of Torshavn. Their parliament first met during the Viking ages in 825, and is in good company with other old parliaments such as that of Þingvellir in Iceland and Jamtamót in Sweden. The buildings still standing here today are from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Walking around Tinganes in the middle of a fine Sunday I discovered two things: 1) It's pretty darn small. You could see the whole thing in 5 minutes if you wanted. And 2) Like elsewhere in the Faroes, you're not likely to encounter a lot of other tourists (yay!). If you take a visit to Torshavn, it's pretty hard to pass up walking through this small and enjoyable historic area, easily accessible from downtown Torshavn on foot.
Пале́рмо (др.-греч. Πάνορμος, лат. Panormus, итал. Palermo, сиц. Palermu) — главный город итальянского региона Сицилия , административный центр одноимённой провинции.
Hotel on the sea coast. Hotel "Marino" in Yalta-part of the tour of Chekhov's places. The former cottage of Kazimir Benkovsky in the NINETEENTH century thanks to the architect Nikolai Krasnov has gained its refined appearance, and the famous guest — Anton Pavlovich Chekhov — added romanticism. According to local legends, in these places — from a café opposite the hotel — Chekhov pesona Dmitry Gurov noticed the lady with the dog: "Sitting in the pavilion at Vernet, he saw on the promenade was a young lady, short blond, in a beret; behind her ran a white Spitz". These walls remember Maxim Gorky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Marius Petipa and a strong earthquake, after which the building lost part of its bourgeoisie: it was necessary to remove the decorative borders and vases.
Бывшая дача Казимира Беньковского на ялтинской набережной в конце XIX века, благодаря архитектору Николаю Краснову, обрела свой изысканный вид и стала называться гостиницей Мариино. Знаменитый постоялец Антон Павлович Чехов добавил отелю романтизма: по местным приданиям именно в этих местах - из кафе напротив гостиницы чеховский персонаж Дмитрий Дмитриевич Гуров заметил даму с собачкой. Эти стены помнят Максима Горького, Владимира Маяковского, Мариуса Петила и сильное землетрясение 1927 года, после которого здание лишилось части своего буржуазного декора.
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.
Пале́рмо (др.-греч. Πάνορμος, лат. Panormus, итал. Palermo, сиц. Palermu) — главный город итальянского региона Сицилия , административный центр одноимённой провинции.
Aerial photography of the Chicago, Illinois downtown loop and skyscrapers, summer 2017.
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Originally the goods yard contained two goods sheds one of these being situated on a loop siding that was laid on a parallel alignment to the passenger station.
it was a brick-built structure which was built to a typical Oswestry and Newtown design for that period internally it had a brick-faced wooden platform which extended the full length of the building but allowed for a single line which ran through and out to the rear to a further loading area. A bay was provided for on the roadside which was protected by two internal overlapping doors that could be half closed or half opened while a corrugated half-moon canopy ran the full length of the opening.
large sliding doors protected the front and the rear of the shed, the former door hanging off external runners while the latter hung off an internal runner which was situated between the main structure and the goods office. The goods office was situated on the eastern gable with access being made via steps leading to the office door internally the office was connected to the loading platform by a communicating door.
In the final years, the goods shed road was reduced in length it being terminated a short way before the shed doors The internal platform was then extended up to the inner-facing wall and a small doorway was knocked through thus allowing for the transfer of goods to be made from the reception road
Freight traffic was conveyed by a daily branch pick-up service train which generally departed from the main yard at Oswestry. The train was formed with Llanymynech wagons next to the engine followed by Llansantffraid and Llanfyllin next to the brake. Departing Oswestry at 11.0 am it gave engine crews plenty of time to carry out the shunt at Llanymynech before the 11.53 am departure for Llanfyllin, having called at Llansantffraid where half an hour was allowed for shunting operations the train arrived at Llanfyllin at around 12.46 pm.
On arrival, the train ran into the station platform where the engine stopped clear of the engine release crossover. The engine then ran around and drew the wagons clear. If the train was too long for the station run round the movement was made via the far loop ground frame which was released with the key on the token. The usual procedure was to drop the break van in front of the goods shed and then take the other wagons and put them into the yard and either put them aside or use them to collect the empties which were knocked down onto the brake to form the return train. finally, the loads were positioned as required.
Outward goods traffic included scrap metal which came from a local scrap merchant Arnold and Parks who had a yard in nearby Bridge Street.
Occasionally, tree trunks were loaded onto bolster wagons using a rail-mounted crane, which when needed was brought up from Oswestry and shunted into the shed road, wagons were then put onto the road alongside the run round and trunks craned across onto them.
The forestry commission delivered pit props to the station for dispatch to coal mines in South Wales. these were dealt with at the loading dock opposite the station platform.
Inwards goods traffic consisted of coal which was received by a local merchant Eddie Rees Davies who had an office near the yard entrance.
Other commodities included basic slag, lime and animal feeds.
View of the magnificient frescos inside the main prayer hall of Vank Cathedral (Holy Savior Cathedral, Church of the Saintly Sisters), in Isfahan, Isfahan province of Iran.
The cathedral was established in 1606, dedicated to the hundreds of thousands of Armenian deportees that were resettled by Shah Abbas I during the Ottoman War of 1603-1618.
The interior is covered with fine frescos and gilded carvings and includes a wainscot of rich tile work. The delicately blue and gold painted central dome depicts the Biblical story of the creation of the world and man's expulsion from Eden. Pendentives throughout the church are painted with a distinctly Armenian motif of a cherub's head surrounded by folded wings. The ceiling above the entrance is painted with delicate floral motifs in the style of Persian miniature. Two sections, or bands, of murals run around the interior walls: the top section depicts events from the life of Jesus, while the bottom section depicts tortures inflicted upon Armenian martyrs by the Ottoman Empire.
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The Massandra Palace, built in the 19th century in Upper Massandra on the Southern coast of Crimea, was the residence of Emperor Alexander III. The building was built in the style of ancient castles of the period of the French king Louis XIII. It is often called the "little Versailles".
Массандровский дворец, построенный в XIX веке в Верхней Массандре на Южном берегу Крыма, был резиденцией императора Александра III. Здание возведено в стиле старинных замков периода французского короля Людовика XIII. Его нередко называют «малым Версалем».
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.