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A city of ancient Mauretania, a Carthaginian presence since the 3rd c. BCE, later the western capital of Juba II and then a Roman municipium; its stone later quarried for the construction of nearby Moulay Idriss and Meknes.
(Pleiades; Site de Volubilis; PECS (Perseus); en.Wikipedia).
The prison complex is almost like a little city, it is very easy to get lost and confused while inside.
On the left is the workshop, on the right is the Psychiatric Treatment Center (Extended tours only) and straight ahead is the kitchen (Off limits).
From the Altitude 360 bar in Millbank Tower, during the TSO OpenUp event. Handheld, and shot through thick glass, so not as sharp as it could have been.
Street market on Madison Ave, found purely by chance. Love it when things like that happen. From my trip to New York City, July 2010
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost 500 years, it served as the home of emperors and their households, as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government.
Built in 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 buildings and covers 720,000 m2 (7,800,000 sq ft). The palace complex exemplifies traditional Chinese palatial architecture, and has influenced cultural and architectural developments in East Asia and elsewhere
The design of the Forbidden City, from its overall layout to the smallest detail, was meticulously planned to reflect philosophical and religious principles, and above all to symbolise the majesty of Imperial power. Some noted examples of symbolic designs include:
Yellow is the color of the Emperor. Thus almost all roofs in the Forbidden City bear yellow glazed tiles. There are only two exceptions. The library at the Pavilion of Literary Profundity had black tiles because black was associated with water, and thus fire-prevention. Similarly, the Crown Prince's residences have green tiles because green was associated with wood, and thus growth.
The main halls of the Outer and Inner courts are all arranged in groups of three – the shape of the Qian triagram, representing Heaven. The residences of the Inner Court on the other hand are arranged in groups of six – the shape of the Kun triagram, representing the Earth.
The sloping ridges of building roofs are decorated with a line of statuettes led by a man riding a phoenix and followed by an imperial dragon. The number of statuettes represents the status of the building – a minor building might have 3 or 5. The Hall of Supreme Harmony has 10, the only building in the country to be permitted this in Imperial times. As a result, its 10th statuette, called a "Hangshi", or "ranked tenth" is also unique in the Forbidden City.
The layout of buildings follows ancient customs laid down in the Classic of Rites. Thus, ancestral temples are in front of the palace. Storage areas are placed in the front part of the palace complex, and residences in the back.
Bunhill Field, an ancient City of London burial ground. It is actually in LB Islington. Seen with Spring daffodils.
Flickr, NOT Shoreditch.
1235 hrs, July 254, 2018. The stoplight changed just as I took the picture so there were no pedestrians and the lights ahead had changed which somehow cleaned out the traffic. Not something normally seen on the busiest street in the city during the noon hour. Photo by Frank.
CITY of BRISBANE
Built 1920
SUN SHIPPING Co. / HALL LINE steamships/ Ellermans
7.138 tons
1940 bombed and sunk in Thames Estuary.
DETAILS: Shiplist
Photo Credits: The late Allan Green Collection Victoria Australia
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Marina City is a mixed-use residential/commercial building complex occupying an entire city block on State Street in Chicago, Illinois. It lies on the north bank of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, directly across from the Loop district. The complex consists of two high rise corncob-shaped 65-story towers (including five-story elevator and physical plant penthouse), at 587-foot (179 m) tall. It also includes a saddle-shaped auditorium building, and a mid-rise hotel building, all contained on a raised platform adjacent to the river. Beneath the raised platform at river level is a small marina for pleasure craft, giving the structures their name. Marina City is notable in that it is the first building in the United States to be constructed with tower cranes.
Newly ordained Bishop Paul Tighe, a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin, greets the faithful during his ordination to the episcopate in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on 27 February 2016.
Photo courtesy Paul Haring, Catholic News Service