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St Swithin's Church in Bath.
St Swithin’s Church is the only classical-style Georgian parish church left in Bath, having been rebuilt in 1777. Jane Austen’s father is buried here and anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce was married here in 1797.
Felicia's Well. The little well was built in 1806 at the foot of the Braitava Hill below the castle, near the entrance to the so-called Felicia's valley. The walls of the well are decorated with coloured embossed vegetation. In the middle of its interior, vaulted by a coffered cupola, there is a small cistern receiving water from the adjacent slope. Over the front bearing a valuable frieze picturing dancing nymphs there is a triangular shield with an inscription in German:" Felicia, Countess of Mniszek, provided and donated this well to refresh weary pilgrims and to embellish her beloved valley". The monument is part of the Helen of Mniszek tourist trail.
The "Lackawanna " Hoboken Terminal – one of the oldest railroad terminal's in use today (built in 1907), and combines rail, ferry, tram, and pedestrian facilities. The exterior facade and interior waiting room are treasure troves of Beaux Arts-style architecture.
Our friends Rena and Jeff, in front of the Seagram Building in downtown Montreal.
Our weekend while visiting Montreal ... We spent a few days in Montreal with our good friends celebrating their 42nd Anniversary. Neither of us had been to Montreal in many years, but we were so pleased that it still is a vibrant and colourful city with lots of that old French charm. Wonderful meals and wine of course, shopping and great ambiance!
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Su construcción se inició en el año 421 a. C., durante la tregua de la Paz de Nicias en la guerra del Peloponeso, reemplazando el antiguo templo arcaico de Atenea que había sido destruido por los persas durante las Guerras Médicas.
Está formado por un edificio central con planta irregular, adecuado al desnivel del terreno, que comprende dos partes sin comunicación entre ellas: al este es un santuario dedicado a Atenea de tipo hexástilo, con unas columnas de orden jónico; al oeste está formado por dos capillas con doble culto: una a Erecteo y Poseidón y la otra a Hefesto y Butes.[24] En el acceso a estas salas se encontraba la fuente de agua salada que supuestamente Poseidón hizo brotar con un golpe de su tridente durante la disputa con Atenea. Tiene una stoa en la parte norte, con columnas y en la parte sur es donde se encuentra la Tribuna de las Cariátides, con seis columnas con figura de mujer de 230 cm de altura, realizadas por Calímaco, un ayudante de Fidias. Las que se pueden ver in situ son copias de las cinco que se encuentran en el Museo de la Acrópolis y de una sexta que hay en el Museo Británico.[25]
El Erecteión mostraba un friso que recorría los lados del edificio, formado por figuras de mármol montadas sobre lápidas de piedra calcárea negra de la ciudad de Eleusis. Se ha conservado una lápida de la segunda etapa de su construcción, donde se pueden leer los 130 nombres de los trabajadores y su paga, una dracma diario, que era la misma que la que recibía el arquitecto.[26]
Part of a series titles "Pillars of Society" (check out the rest of the series).
Most of the images in this series (apart from those from the Natural History Museum London) are single shots from various locations. This is one of three that are all from one location, photographed on a single occasion. The subject of these three images are the granite Corinthian columns of the stupendously impressive portico of the Pantheon in Rome (if you haven't visited, the Pantheon is the building with a big hole in the roof...possibly the most photographed hole in the world...oo-er).
On this particular morning we were up early. The Pantheon was just around the corner from our accommodation so we wandered down there and were fortunate to catch it and the square almost empty and with gorgeous, golden morning light streaming through the columns.
Rome is a beautiful city but it stresses me out with its heat (in summer), its hoards of people, and its queues and entry fees for absolutely everything (when I first visited the forum was open to wander through at any time of day). But on this morning I discovered the secret to enjoying Rome in summer - get up at the crack of dawn and wander its streets and attractions in cool, quiet solitude. Then, as it warms up and gets busier, nab a prime al fresco seat outside a good coffee shop and cafe, and spend the rest of the day watching all the other tourists getting hot, sweaty and stressed as they rush around like demented ants trying to take in centuries of history in a single day.
Arch of Septimius Severus. Approx. 21M high and 23 M wide. Erected in 203 AD in honor of the tenth anniversary of the emperor's accesion, dedicated by the senate and people to Severus and his sons Caracalla and Geta in memory of their victory over the Parthians, Arabs, and Assyrians.
The "Lackawanna " Hoboken Terminal – one of the oldest railroad terminal's in use today (built in 1907), and combines rail, ferry, tram, and pedestrian facilities. The exterior facade and interior waiting room are treasure troves of Beaux Arts-style architecture.
Detail on Marylebone Town Hall.
The building is a magnificent post-Edwardian Classical structure; it was built between 1914-20, and designed by Sir Edwin Cooper.
Arch of Septimius Severus. Approx. 21M high and 23 M wide. Erected in 203 AD in honor of the tenth anniversary of the emperor's accesion, dedicated by the senate and people to Severus and his sons Caracalla and Geta in memory of their victory over the Parthians, Arabs, and Assyrians.
Erecteión
Su construcción se inició en el año 421 a. C., durante la tregua de la Paz de Nicias en la guerra del Peloponeso, reemplazando el antiguo templo arcaico de Atenea que había sido destruido por los persas durante las Guerras Médicas.
Está formado por un edificio central con planta irregular, adecuado al desnivel del terreno, que comprende dos partes sin comunicación entre ellas: al este es un santuario dedicado a Atenea de tipo hexástilo, con unas columnas de orden jónico; al oeste está formado por dos capillas con doble culto: una a Erecteo y Poseidón y la otra a Hefesto y Butes.24 En el acceso a estas salas se encontraba la fuente de agua salada que supuestamente Poseidón hizo brotar con un golpe de su tridente durante la disputa con Atenea. Tiene una stoa en la parte norte, con columnas y en la parte sur es donde se encuentra la Tribuna de las Cariátides, con seis columnas con figura de mujer de 230 cm de altura, realizadas por Calímaco, un ayudante de Fidias. Las que se pueden ver in situ son copias de las cinco que se encuentran en el Museo de la Acrópolis y de una sexta que hay en el Museo Británico.25
El Erecteión mostraba un friso que recorría los lados del edificio, formado por figuras de mármol montadas sobre lápidas de piedra calcárea negra de la ciudad de Eleusis. Se ha conservado una lápida de la segunda etapa de su construcción, donde se pueden leer los 130 nombres de los trabajadores y su paga, una dracma diario, que era la misma que la que recibía el arquitecto.26