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Kuznetsky Most is one of the most beautiful pedestrian streets in the historical center of Moscow.
The street got its modern - and at the same time historical - name thanks to the Kuznetsky Bridge across the Neglinnaya River. Today, Kuznetsky Most Street attracts citizens with its high-quality landscaping, an abundance of architectural monuments and an unusual relief: due to the significant difference in heights between Petrovka and Rozhdestvenka, the city landscape looks especially picturesque.
Kuznetskaya Sloboda on the high bank of the Neglinnaya River - Neglinnaya Upper - appeared in the 12th century, but its heyday came only at the end of the 15th, when the Cannon Yard was built in the vicinity, and the Moscow prince Ivan III ordered to settle in it blacksmiths and grooms who served new production. At the turn of the 15th-16th centuries, Novgorod and Pskov were annexed to the Moscow principality, and craftsmen of various professions from these cities were moved to the Neglinny Upper.
In 1737, the street burned out during the Trinity fire, but rather quickly new buildings were built on it, in which foreign shops began to be located. Gradually, the street turned into the abode of foreign trade: the French showed particular zeal, opening fashion and haberdashery shops here, thanks to which Kuznetsky Most became the main shopping street in Moscow. During World War II and the fire of 1812, it practically did not suffer from the fire, since the French guard took over the protection of the business of compatriots. After the war, trade flourished again, and many fashionable shops were opened on it (almost all of them were foreign, most of them were French). The abundance of foreign shops made Kuznetsky Most the most fashionable and aristocratic street in Moscow, which it remained until the 1917 Revolution.
During the Soviet era, the street lost part of the historical buildings, many buildings were rebuilt, and the street gradually took on a modern look.
After the reconstruction carried out in 2012, the Kuznetsky Most section from Bolshaya Dmitrovka to Rozhdestvenka became pedestrian.
Today Kuznetsky Most Street is a well-maintained pedestrian zone, where city holidays and festivals are often held.
Despite the losses of the Soviet years, a large number of architectural monuments have been preserved on it: tenement houses, partially preserved city estates and passages. Among them are famous Moscow sights: the building of the Moscow International Trade Bank, Khomyakov's trading house and others.
a short fly to Dresden - the saxonian capital. Enjoy the view from the Frauenkirche and think about Canaletto. Why he love Dresden?
This portrait by Evert Ploej done in oil on jute in 1989 was an Archibald prize finalist. Evert Ploeg (pronounced Ay-vert Plough; born 1963 in Sydney, New South Wales) is one of Australia's most highly regarded portrait painters, who has won a range of painting prizes, such as the 1999 and 2007 Archibald Prize (Category: People’s Choice) and was awarded the highly coveted ‘Signature Status’ of The Portrait Society of America. Working in a tonal realist style (mostly in oil), Ploeg’s pictures bespeak an approach to portraiture that is inspired by documentary methods. Putting emphasis on visually encoding a personal narrative in any given portrait, he builds connection to his subjects through conversation and extended observation both during their sitting as well as in their engagements outside of the atelier. 57337
Une vue vers l'ouest à partir de la Plaza de la Armería à Madrid, Espagne.
La colossale cathédrale de Nuestra Señora de la Almudena, dont la construction a duré plus d'un siècle (le projet initial date de 1879), encadre, avec la Palais royal, la Plaza de la Armería où se trouve sa façade principale. Avec son architecture néoclassique mâtinée de gothique en harmonie avec le palais et un intérieur néogothique, elle semble sortie tout droit du 19e siècle alors qu'elle n'a été achevée que dans les années 1990 et consacrée par le pape Jean-Paul II en 1993. Elle est dédiée à la sainte patronne de la ville dont une image peinte au 16e siècle orne l'autel de la crypte.
Son titre "Almudena" est d'origine arabe et selon les historiens vient du mot « al-Mudayna », l'ancienne enceinte militaire sur la colline où se situe aujourd'hui la cathédrale et le palais royal de Madrid. La légende raconte qu'en 712 avant une supposée prise de Madrid par les Arabes, les habitants de la ville ont caché une statue de la Vierge dans les murs de la muraille pour la protéger. En 1085, suite à la reconquête de la ville au 11e siècle par le roi Alphonse VI de León, après des jours de prières, une procession passe près de la puerta de la Vega et un fragment de mur de l'une des tours tombe découvrant la statue restée intacte avec les deux cierges avec lesquelles elle avait été calfeutrée toujours allumés malgré des siècles passés. C'est par la suite qu'elle devint la patronne de la ville.
En 1561, Philippe II décida de déménager la capitale, de Tolède, trop petite et confinée, à Madrid qui était située presqu'au centre du pays. Située au centre de la péninsule et de la Meseta, sur les contreforts de la sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid, à 2000 pieds par rapport au niveau de la mer, est aujourd'hui la 2e capitale la plus haute d'Europe.
En tant que l'une des plus jeunes capitales d'Europe, la ville est lumineuse, vibrante et hospitalière. L'héritage de ses deux grandes dynasties, les Habsbourg et les Bourbons, lui vaut une richesse artistique exceptionnelle, exposée au Prado ou aux musées Thyssen-Bornemisza et Reina Sofía. Cette ville cosmopolite a connu un développement extraordinaire lors des dernières décennies et frappe aujourd'hui par son animation incessante.
Cancale
is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Cancale lies along the coast to the east of Saint-Malo.
It is a picturesque fishing port popular with visitors, many of whom are drawn by its reputation as the "oyster capital" of Brittany.
Though a small town, it is well served by a large number of restaurants, many specialising in seafood.
When not eating one can sit and watch the bustle of this busy little town with many stalls selling crustaceans of all types.
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This is the imposing building of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt (Germany) near the river Main which was completed in March 2014. With its 185 m (607 ft) and 45 storeys it is the 7th tallest building in Frankfurt.
I did some processing on the photo, because somehow it didn‘t like the - original - blue sky.
Das ist das eindrucksvolle Gebäude der Europäischen Zentralbank in Frankfurt am Main, das im März 2014 eingeweiht wurde. Mit seinen 185 Metern und 45 Stockwerken ist es das siebenthöchste Gebäude in Frankfurt.
Ich habe an dem Foto einige Veränderungen vorgenommen, weil mir irgendwie der blaue Himmel nicht gefiel.
Bajo un cielo dramático y tormentoso, la iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Týn se alza majestuosa sobre la Plaza de la Ciudad Vieja de Praga. Sus agujas góticas, oscuras y afiladas, parecen perforar las nubes, evocando el misterio y la espiritualidad medieval. Una escena que captura la esencia mágica de la capital checa.
Not one for everyone, but trying to find something a bit different at Cardiff Central this tele-view captures the 7.05pm Westerleigh Murco - Robertson Sidings empty petroleum tankers (6B47) disappearing away from the Welsh capital and heading west to Pembrokeshire for another refill.
DB Cargo 'Sheds' 66034 and 66176 are doing the honours and don't look like they are sparing the horses either as they catch a bit of sundown glint.
On the left is the once sizeable Cardiff Canton depot (86A), back in the 1970s home to numerous class 37s on coal-traffic duties from the Valleys, as well as visiting locomotives from other regions. Nowadays it's perhaps even busier, but this time mostly with Transport for Wales's DMUs engaged in the more intensive schedules now operating in these parts. It still sees a bit of locomotive activity however looking after the small fleet of TfW class 67 'Skip' units used on their longer distance passenger services. In this shot a couple of class 231s can be seen, and a class 197, which I believe to be 197019.
I was taken by the way the rampant purple-flowering weed growing in the permanent way was capturing the last of the sun's rays. Sadly I haven't been able to get a positive ID on it.
8.57pm, 10th June 2024
Located near the double bends of the Kentucky River in the Blue Grass Region at Frankfort. Image taken near the grave of Daniel Boone and his wife Rebecca on a bluff at the Frankfort Cemetery.
... the northernmost capital in the world. On the Atlantic Ocean, in Faxaflói Bay below the 900 meter high mountain Esja. The name probably comes from the vapors of the hot springs. Between the Reykjanes and Snæfellsnes peninsulas in the southwest of Iceland.
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... die am nördlichsten gelegene Hauptstadt der Welt. Am Atlantik, an der Faxaflói-Bucht unterhalb des etwa 900 Meter hohen Hausberges Esja. Der Name rührt vermutlich von den Dämpfen der heißen Quellen her. Zwischen den Halbinseln Reykjanes und Snæfellsnes im Südwesten Islands...
Die Kolonnaden waren die ursprünglichen Eingangstore der Stadt Berlin, welche von der östlichen Königsvorstadt stadteinwärts zum Schloss führten. Als ergänzendes architektonisches Element zu der Königsbrücke am Bahnhof Alexanderplatz, sollten sie unter anderem die dahinter gelegenen Kramläden verstecken, um einen guten Eindruck von der Stadt zu vermitteln.
Das die Kolonnaden vor den Läden standen, begründen auch die oberhalb der Königskolonnaden angebrachten Figuren, sie stellen den Handel von Waren dar.
Die Kolonnaden wurden in den Jahren 1777 bis 1780 von Carl von Gontard geplant und von Georg Friedrich Boumann umgesetzt.
Durch die Errichtung des Warenhauses Wertheim 1911 mussten die Königskolonnaden weichen und wurden abgetragen.
Allerdings wurden sie an der Ostseite des Heinrich-von-Kleist-Parks (Potsdamer Straße) in Achsenbeziehung zum Kammergericht wiederaufgebaut.
So hat sich das Land Berlin den repräsentativen Schmuckbau der alten Residenz bewahrt.
(Quelle: Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg)
El Parque Nacional Waraira Repano, conocido desde 1778 hasta el 7 de mayo de 2011 como Parque Nacional El Ávila está localizado en la Cadena del Litoral dentro de la cordillera de la Costa, en el centro-norte de Venezuela. Se extiende desde Caracas, y todo el norte del estado Miranda. En 1958 es declarado parque nacional. Ésta formación montañosa es considerada emblema y pulmón vegetal de la ciudad y dentro de él pueden realizarse diferentes actividades por ser uno de los principales atractivos de la capital de Venezuela en alturas que varían desde 120 hasta más de 2.765 msnm, en el Pico Naiguata.
El Parque toma su nombre, tanto el tradicional "Parque Nacional El Ávila") como el oficial (Parque Nacional Waraira Repano), del cerro que domina la ciudad de Caracas, el cual era conocido por los habitantes originarios del valle de Caracas, de etnia Caribe, como Guaraira Repano, que significa "Sierra Grande".
La primera vez que aparece el nombre de "Ávila" como tal es en 1778 según consta en las Actas del Cabildo de Caracas. Antes de esa fecha, la montaña era conocida como "la Sierra del Norte", "la Montaña a la Mar", o "el otro lado del cerro". El nombre de Ávila se debe a Juan Antonio Ávila, quien era dueño de unos terrenos en la serranía. Al morir en 1795, sus hijos heredan sus tierras y todos en Caracas ya la conocían como la sierra de los Ávila o el Cerro de Ávila. De allí el verdadero origen del nombre del cerro.
“When photographing women, we have three paths: photograph them with the "male gaze” ; photograph them as "photographer eyes” and photograph them as "poet feeling”. I always try to be the three ...” by Old Roger
El Chaltén fue declarado Capital Nacional del Trekking el 28 de julio de 1994, por la gran variedad de senderos aptos para desarrollar esta actividad, gracias a las particularidades geográficas de esta zona. Es importante destacar que los hay de diferentes grados de dificultad, desde bajos hasta de gran exigencia física. Entre los más frecuentados figuran los que conducen a: Laguna de los Tres, Laguna Capri y Laguna Torre, que están señalizados y han sido adaptados por el Parque Nacional, para facilitar el acceso a los puntos panorámicos más importantes sin interferir con el ambiente natural.
La localidad ofrece una gran variedad de servicios destinados a optimizar las actividades de montaña típicas de este destino, como guías experimentados, excursiones organizadas, equipo de acampe, indumentaria y otros necesarios para desarrollarlas de una manera cómoda y segura, preservando siempre el equilibrio del ambiente y haciendo de éste un destino único.
The Diwan-i-Am (Hall of Public Audience) us where the Mughal emperors presided over court and conducted state business. The vast royal compound in Agra was founded in XVI century by the Mughal emperor Akbar who transferred the capital of his realm to Agra, expanded subsequently by Jahangir and Shah Jahan. It is much better preserved than its namesake in Delhi, but most of it is occupied by the military garrison and is off limits to tourists.
В Диван-и-Ам (Зале Публичных Приёмов) падишахи председательствовали в суде и вели государственные дела. Обширная резиденция падишахов в Агре была основана в XVI веке Акбаром, перенесшим столицу Индии в Агру, расширона и достроена Джахангиром и Шах-Джаханом. Агрская Лал-Кила сохранилась на порядок лучше одноимённой крепости в Дели, но бОльшая её часть занята военным гарнизоном и туристов туда не пускают.