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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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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.
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!
On the edge of the city of Sevastopol, on a well-protected bay on the Black Sea, is the small harbor town of Balaklava. This quaint sleepy town has an interesting history and is well worth a visit if you are in the Crimea. It is known in history for the "Charge of the Light Brigade", a near-suicidal attack by British cavalry against Russian cannon, which took place 4 km outside the town in 1854.
The town is overlooked by the remains of a Genoese fortress; the Genoese used the port as a staging place for their lucrative trade in slaves and goods. Later the Mongols took it, and the Ottoman Empire took control of it in 1475. In the 1850s the harbor was filled with British troops and ships during the Crimean War.
In Soviet Union built a submarine base into one of the hillsides, and turned the town into one of the most secret of locations during the Cold War era. In 1991 the base was closed and the last submarine left in 1996.
Многие историки сходятся во мнении, что первое название Балаклавы — Ламос, свидетельство об этом можно найти в поэме Гомера «Одиссея». Народ, обитавший на этой территории в 6-5 веке до нашей эры, называют Лестригонами. В историю этот народ попал под названием Тавры, именно поэтому первое название Крыма, дошедшее до нас, было Таврия или Таврида.
Балаклавская бухта относительно узкая: от 200 до 500 метров в ширину и 1,7 км в длину. Глубина бухты — от 5 до 37 метров, во времена СССР была в некоторых местах искусственно углублена для скрытного подводного подхода подводных лодок. Скалистый берег бухты делает поворот, бухту практически невидно с моря. Когда на Черном море самая суровая погода, шторм гуляет в 4-6 балов, в бухте стоит штиль или легкое покачивание воды. Именно по этой причине в Балаклавской бухте находится самая большая стоянка яхт, лодок и катеров. В СССР в Балаклавской бухте под скалой Таврос находилась секретная база подводных лодок — «Объект ГТС 825». Объект мог выдержать прямое попадание ядерной бомбы и через некоторое время нанести ответный удар по противнику. До развала СССР объект был засекречен, а город был закрыт для посещения туристов.
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».
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Louvre Paris,France
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.
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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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Now in its second century, the 1918 built structure is a L&NW Railway type 5 design.
Again, a box that has seen a huge downturn in movements during the past few years. It is still pivotal to signalling trains to Fiddlers Ferry power station so will likely be around for a while yet.
The signal box used to herald the entrance to the Lymm line, used by virtually all coal trains from Yorkshire that ran to supply Fiddlers Ferry power station. This line closed in 1985 following the miners strike and BRs reluctance to invest in repairing the rail bridge at Latchford.
23rd January 2019.
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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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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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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/
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New York, New York City, Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan Skyline, designed by John Augustus Roebling
Кальтаджироне (итал. Caltagirone) - Площадь Умберто I (Piazza Umberto I) - the Norman Cathedral of San Giuliano
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»..
Пале́рмо (др.-греч. Πάνορμος, лат. Panormus, итал. Palermo, сиц. Palermu) — главный город итальянского региона Сицилия , административный центр одноимённой провинции.
VERONA (Itália):
Obras-primas góticas, estes túmulos foram construídos para a família Della Scala, governantes de Verona durante os séculos XIII e XIV.