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The 2015 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo - the annual event combining military spectacle, cultural performance vibrant music and international colour, set on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle.
West Coast Railways' Citadel Express Railtour from Manchester Victoria lets off some steam as it makes its approach towards Carlisle station
Den Bosch, NL - Haverleij 1995-2010 - Sjoerd Soeters masterplan with Paul van Beek landscape design
Project Leliënhuyze by Soeters Van Eldonk 2006.
Haverleij Den Bosch - Castle Leliënhuyze 1999 -2006 Sjoerd Soeters Architect -
Castle Leliënhuyze is a response to the request from the developers to build semi-detached homes in Haverleij as well, as these generally sell well in Brabant. This ‘castle’ features semi-detached homes in the outer ring, terraced houses in the inner ring and flats in the corner towers. The dwellings are situated so that they all have a view of the landscape. The inner ring is higher than the outer ring, with terraces on the outside, so that their occupants can look at the surrounding landscape between the semi-detached homes. The homes in the outer ring feature double-height living rooms, as well as ‘in-between gardens’ with a view instead of front and back gardens. This castle also features 2.2 built-in parking spaces per home, located under the dwellings and the inner courtyard.
The exterior of the castle was given a rustic look by using different colours of brick and by incorporating blocks of natural stone, bricked-up window niches and Gothic arches in the masonry. This creates the suggestion that the structure was rebuilt and adapted many times in the past. The inspiration was the work of the English country house architect Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944), who used to give his masons beer in the morning so that they would lay bricks somewhat irregularly. This is no longer allowed under health and safety regulations, so the masons of this castle were given precise drawings of the desired irregularities and encouraged to ‘lay bricks freely’. In order to make the structure even more rustic, the lampposts in the inner courtyard were erected at uneven intervals and up to different heights. Residents of the castle have reported feeling like they are on holiday since they have lived here, which can be taken as a great compliment. Residences & parking 26,710 m2
Combining the qualities of living in a green setting with building in high densities, the masterplan for Haverleij consists of ten bastion-like concentrations of housing with at least 200 metres separating them. Part of the surrounding land is used as a golf course. The ‘castles’ containing from 50 to 100 units are reached off a single access route. Each castle has an enclosed communal garden instead of individual private ones. Designed by different architects, the castles range from historicist retro-architecture to modern design.
2 A. Natalini (Zwaenenstede, 2001),
3 F. Demblin (Daliënwaerd, 2008)
4 Lafour & Wijk (Wuyvenhaerd, 2002),
5 J. Crépain (Velderwoude, 2001),
6 M. Graves (Holterveste, 2004),
7 Claus & Kaan (Beeckendael, 2009),
8 Soeters Van Eldonk (Leliënhuyze, 2006),
9 De Twee Snoeken (Heesterburgh, 2010),
10 J. Outram (Oeverhuijze, 2010),
11 Drost + van Veen (Club house golfcourse, 2003)
In the mid-1990s the Den Bosch city government was concerned that many well-to-do residents were leaving the city and moving to surrounding villages. In order to retain these Den Bosch residents within the city limits, it was decided to transform a former industrial site into an attractive residential area with high-end homes. The brief was to create a plan for a thousand homes on 200 hectares – at four to five homes per hectare this was merely one-seventh of the density of the average Vinex residential development. With this exceptionally low density as a premise, an approach was sought in which construction and landscape would reinforce each other. Rather than scattering the houses like crumbs across the area, the homes were concentrated in a ‘citadel’ and nine ‘castles’. This made it possible to leave the greater portion of the site unbuilt and transform it into a gorgeous landscape, designed by Paul van Beek. The primary idea behind the plan is that landscapes are generally more interesting when they feature buildings, and that buildings benefit from being surrounded by a beautiful landscape. The castles rise resolutely out of the landscape, form counterpoints to it and lend it scale. Each castle was situated in a special spot: in the woods, on the edge of the woods and reed land or between the pastures and the woods. They stand as independent entities at the end of driveways or on the other side of drawbridges. In the process, this project is unmistakably linked to the Romantic design principles of the English landscape style. Plan area 2,250,000 m2
The Saladin Citadel of Cairo (Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn) is a medieval Islamic fortification in Cairo, Egypt. The location, on Mokattam hill near the center of Cairo, was once famous for its fresh breeze and grand views of the city. It is now a preserved historic site, with mosques and museums. In 1976, it was proclaimed by UNESCO as a part of the World Heritage Site Historic Cairo (Islamic Cairo) which was "the new centre of the Islamic world, reaching its golden age in the 14th century."
Taken @Cairo, Egypt
"Citadel" was an image that I had wanted to shoot for a while now. Almost two years ago, I had shot the 4th Street Bridge. What I didn't realize was there was a small island where I could capture the almost merging roads of LA. I decided to make this image much more interesting by adding the holiday lights into the mix to make the image much more aesthetically appealing. This was a fun shoot do with my friend Nick Kepner.
Ruined homes inside the ancient citadel of Arbil (Erbil), the capital of Kurdistan, September 5, 2014. The 11 hectare citadel sits atop a manmade mound in the middle of the modern city, which is the result of constant human habitation for at least 6000 years.
The Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe. Built from 1559–94 atop a medieval fort on an island near the meeting of the Havel and the Spree, it was designed to protect the town of Spandau, which is now part of Berlin. In recent years it has been used as a museum and has become a popular tourist spot. Furthermore, the inner courtyard of the Citadel has served as an open air concert venue in the summertime since 2005.
The only way to appreciate what remains of Ayr Citadel, is from the air. This photo and the next are identical, but on the next, I have added lines to show the shape of the fortress.
Miller's Folly can be seen at the bottom left corner of the photo, at the tip of the north bastion. The bastions are all four sided and shaped like broad spear tips.
From the north bastion, the face wall of the connecting rampart can be seen running right to a second bastion, the north-west bastion. What is evidently the line of the rampart can be seen running away southward, to the left of the car park and ending at the south-west bastion. The diagonal road and line of houses then show the line of the south-west rampart - after which it fizzles out, overwhelmed by the encroaching city, before resuming again at the north-east bastion.
The Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria is considered one of the most important defensive strongholds, not only in Egypt, but also along the Mediterranean Sea coast. It formulated an important part of the fortification system of Alexandria in the 15th century AD.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_of_Qaitbay
Qiatbay Citadel is a 15th century fortress built on the ruins on the lighthouse of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt.
The Citadel high above downtown Amman. All the great civilizations of this part of the world occupied here and rebuilt. We see here Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic period ruins.
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Năm 1945, Cách mạng tháng Tám thành công. Ngày 25 tháng 8, Chính phủ lâm thời Hồ Chí Minh buộc Bảo Đại phải thoái vị. Bảo Đại thoái vị trong một buổi lễ long trọng ở Ngọ Môn, Huế vào chiều 30 tháng 8, trao quốc ấn Hoàng đế Chi Bửu và thanh kiếm bạc nạm ngọc cho đại diện của chính phủ lâm thời của nước Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa là ông Trần Huy Liệu. Ông trở thành "công dân Vĩnh Thụy". Trong dịp này, ông có câu nói nổi tiếng "Thà làm dân một nước độc lập hơn làm vua một nước nô lệ".
Tháng 9 năm 1945, ông được Chủ tịch Chính phủ Lâm thời Hồ Chí Minh mời ra Hà Nội nhận chức "Cố vấn tối cao" trong chính phủ.
Ngày 6 tháng 1 năm 1946, ông được bầu làm đại biểu Quốc hội khóa đầu tiên của nước Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa.
Ngày 16 tháng 3 năm 1946, ông tham gia phái đoàn Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa sang thăm viếng Trung Hoa, nhưng ông không trở về nước.