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Citadel Hill clocktower, Halifax, NS.
I consistently fail to capture any remotely jaw-dropping shots of this city landmark (although I haven't shot it in probably 2-3 years), but I thought this attempt at juxtaposing elements and having the Haligonian 'walking the rail' had some visual interest to it. I hadn't quite seen this particular shot before.
The Salvation Army citadel on Gainsborough's Beaumont Street has just had extensive work completed on it's frontage. This building was once the Central Methodist Chapel, and until March 1971 had a remarkable high Gothic frontage that was removed to allow the car park to be constructed. Here is a striking "then & now" shot showing how the old front used to look.
Topically for General Election Day, when I lived in Gainsborough, this building was once or twice my Polling Station - though much more often it was the old Trinity Street Unitarian Chapel.
The Citadel of Sarzana, Liguria, Italy, July 1976. Sarzana occupied a strategic position at the entrance of the valley of the River Macra (now Magra) which formed the border with Etruria. The town has been in the hands of many powers over the centuries. The Citadel was originally built by Pisa in the 13th Century (1249) as the Fortress of Firmafede on the site of a castle built by Vescovi of Luni about 800. In the many wars with neighbouring Italian republics the fortress was eventually destroyed and taken by Florence in 1487. In 1494 Lorenzo de Medici of Florence began rebuilding it as one of the first (if not the first) star forts. It was eventually completed by the Banco di San Giorgio of Genoa (which bought the castle) and then the Republic of Genoa. In 1814 Genoa (by then the Napoleonic Ligurian Republic) was annexed by the Kingdom of Savoy-Sardinia which restored the fortress in 1839 and converted it into a prison. It remained in this use until the early 1980’s and is now a museum. So despite the decrepit look of the castle in this photograph, it was still in use as a prison at the time!
Matthew and Jonathan sponsored a shrimp boil at the beach house on Folly Beach during Parent's Weekend/Ring Weekend during Jonathan's senior year. We invited many Citadel friends and families and just had a blast.
The only remaining Mamluk Mosque in the citadel. Nicer than the other ones, not least because the tourist hordes don't visit.
The Citadel / founded 1842 - this campus dates from 1922 however / Charleston, South Carolina / Post Card from my Grandmother's 1942 trip there
The new Throne Hall. Although richly decorated in the traditional "Adjami" style of Damascus, this is a totally new structure, completed in the 1980s.
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Hue: a great place to visit in Vietnam for those wishing to step back in time and discover some history.
The Citadel was the seat of the Imperial Emperor.. and good for him, but when we were there it rained rained rained!
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