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Walls of the citadel showing shell damage from German artillery during WWI. The citadel was constructed in the 16th Century and gradually rebuilt over three centuries.
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Jeudi j’ai été visiter la citadelle, splendide exemple de castramétation de la fin du 18e siècle même si son état actuel est du surtout à des travaux du début du 19e . On voit la photo de son entrée principale ci haut. On peut remarquer la pelouse sur le "toit" de l'entrée. Cette entrée est en fait un complexe de bâtiments souterrains, dont on devine mal l'épaisseur à cause de la lentille de ma caméra. C'est une citadelle antique en très bon état. Vauban en aurait été fier mais ce n’est pas lui qui l’a construite.
J’y étais pour visiter la résidence du gouverneur général. J’ai eu toute un surprise en rentrant dans la dite résidence. Il y avait, dans le grand hall, une peinture faite par un célèbre peintre et illustrateur de science fiction, Hubert Rogers. Rogers était aussi un peintre officiel pour le gouvernement du Canada. La peinture que l’on pouvait admirer dans la résidence c’était celle qu’il avait faite pour représenter la conférence de Québec de 1943 entre FDR et Churchill. Les coloris étaient incroyables, comme c’est le cas pour les meilleures des pièces de Rogers. L’état de conservation du tableau était remarquable. On aurait dit que le tableau avait été achevé la semaine dernière. Notre guide ne savait évidemment pas que Rogers était un illustrateur célèbre de science fiction. Rogers a, entre autres choses, illustré plusieurs histoires d'Heinlein.
English version of the original French text (L'original en Français est en haut)
Thursday I went to the citadel and I took a tour of the governor general’s residence that’s right inside its inner fortifications . I was pleasantly surprised to see a huge painting by a famous science fiction artist right in the main entry hall of the residence. It was the painting that Hubert Rogers did to represent the participants at the Quebec conference of 1943. He put in William Lyon Mackenzie King in there, right next to Churchill and FDR even though King was absent at most of the discussions. The colors of the painting are incredibly vivid, like most of his other work. It’s in a fine state of preservation, as if it had been finished last week. Of course, the guide didn’t know that Rogers had also been a famous science fiction painter/illustrator. Rogers illustrated many stories by Heinlein, among others.
The citadel is a very large, very impressive piece of late 18th early 19th century "sunken" castrametation, with thick earth-berm roofs and huge trenches and other massive earthworks. You can see the main entrance in the pic above. Note that all the people there are below the local "ground" level and that the green lawn on top of the entrance way is exactly at the local "ground" level. Because of the lens and shortening you can't notice that the entranceway is in fact a rather thick underground building. It looks just like a slim portal here. This type of fortress is often called a star-shaped citadel.
The Citadel of Qaitbay (or the Fort of Qaitbay) (Arabic: قلعة قايتباي) is a 15th-century defensive fortress located on the Mediterranean sea coast, in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1477 AD (882 AH) by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay. The Citadel is situated on the eastern side of the northern tip of Pharos Island at the mouth of the Eastern Harbour
تقع هذه القلعة في نهاية جزيرة فاروس غرب الإسكندرية. وشيدت في مكان منار الإسكندرية القديم الذي تهدم سنة 702 هـ اثر الزلزال المدمر الذي حدث في عهد السلطان الناصر محمد بن قلاوون. وقد بدأ السلطان الأشرف أبو النصر قايتباي بناء هذه القلعة في سنة 882 هـ وانتهى من بنائها سنة 884 هـ. وكان سبب اهتمامه بالأسكندرية كثرة التهديدات المباشرة لمصر من قبل الدولة العثمانية والتي هددت المنطقة العربية بأسرها وقد اهتم السلطان المملوكي قنصوه الغوري بالقلعة فزاد من اهميتها وشحنها بالسلاح.
The Citadel of Qaitbay is a 15th-century defensive fortress.
It was established in 1477 AD by Sultan Al-Ashraf Sayf al-Din Qa'it Bay. The Citadel is situated at the entrance of the eastern harbour on the eastern point of the Pharos Island. It was erected on the exact site of the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria.
Alexandria, Egypt.
Cairo, Egypt -- View from the minarets of the Bab Zuwayla gate. One of the three first gates installed around the historic walled city of Cairo, standing at the southern boundary of old Fatimid Cairo. The two minarets atop this tower actually belong to the nearby Mosque of al-Mu'ayyad, which sits just inside this gate. For a small fee, it is possible to climb the minarets for a spectacular view of old and new Cairo. The Citadel of Saladin (on the left) and the Mosque and madrassa of Sultan Hassan (on the right) dominate the skyline of the city in this direction. (C) Rick Collier / RickCollier.com.
I wrote more about this image on my blog, the Photo Tourist. (Specific link to this post: http://www.thephototourist.com/2009/08/heights-of-cairo.html.)
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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 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 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!
Discover more on my travel blog: inmyshoestravel.com/hue/