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Ingenio Boca de Nigua. Remains of one of the metal cauldrons that were presumably used at the sugar-estate's 'boiling house' to boil the canes juice ('guarapo) into syrup or for some other related function of the cooking process.
Ingenio Boca de Nigua. Close-up view of the remains of the basement walls that sustained the vault that covered the lower level of the 'boiling house' of the sugar estate. A diverse type of stones and rubble mixed with the mortar are evident.
Dates on the stones in cemetery around Saint Paul's Church in Mount Veron, New York date from 1704. A wooden Chuch was built on the site in 1700. In 1763, construction was started on a stone church at the site. That as of yet unfinished church was used as a military hospital by the British/ Hessians and Americans during the American Revolution. The graveyard and church are part of the Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site,
On May 13, 1607 three English ships the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery with approximately 144 settlers and sailors, landed and established the first permanent English colony in North America. Established by the Virginia Company of London this settlement would be called Jamestown, after king James I. On June 15, 1607 the fleet commander Captain Christopher Newport will return to England leaving 104 settlers.
Each December, thousands gather on the banks of the Delaware River to watch the reenactment of General George Washington’s daring Christmas Day river crossing. During this family-friendly event, several hundred reenactors in Continental military dress listen to an inspiring speech by Washington and then row across the river in replica Durham boats.
The reenactment is held each year on December 25 at 1 p.m. Those who cannot attend on Christmas can watch a full dress rehearsal about two and a half weeks before the Christmas Day Crossing.
During the dress rehearsal, the reenactors row across the river in uniform just as they do on Christmas, plus additional activities and demonstrations take place throughout the historic village. There is an admission charge for the dress rehearsal. The Christmas Day crossing is free. Proceeds from the dress rehearsal support future programs in the park.
Dating to 1790, this gambrel-roofed house historically experienced little alteration regarding both interior and exterior changes.*
A unique design, the home's architecture represents a cross between the Federal and late Georgian period.
*Doris Vanderlipp Manley, National Register for Historic Places Nomination Form : Dellemont-Wemple Farm (September 1973)
"This drink is the most wholesome Chocolate" at Morgan Log House
In partnership with Asher’s Chocolates, Morgan Log House hosted a completely hands-on chocolate workshop that satisfied everyone's senses! Historic Foodways expert, Deborah Peterson, instructed participants in the making of three dishes from period receipts featuring chocolate as it was imported into colonial America.
ABOUT MORGAN LOG HOUSE:
Reflecting the lifestyle of early pioneers of Pennsylvania, The Morgan Log House is a meticulously restored example of domestic architecture.
The land originally owned and farmed by Daniel Boone’s grandparents, Edward and Elizabeth Morgan, Welsh Quakers, the Morgan Log House is currently administered by the Welsh Valley Preservation Society for Towamencin Township, and exhibits many fine examples of fine antique furniture, metals, household implements and colonial period decorative arts from the early Welsh and Germanic Traditions of Pennsylvania.
Today, this National Historic Site is open for tours, special programs, and on-going research opportunities.
Ingenio Boca de Nigua. On the foreground, one of the bread basket-handle type of vaulted passages communicating the lower or basement level of the 'boiling house' with the immediate exterior on the eastern side of the building. In the far background some of the arched structures and doorways of the area's interior, now uncovered and exposed due to destruction.
The Neilson farm on Bemis heights was subsumed by the Continental Army during the Battle of Saratoga in September - October 1777.
Ingenio Boca de Nigua. Internal view of he un-reconstructed section of what may have been the 'boiling house' of the sugar estate. The space presents a number of structral complexities and variety of shapes (vault arches, slanted walls, channels or alleys, passages, arched openings on the exterior walls, etc.) that have not been explained still. The history of labor life at the site thus remains rather unknown as a result.
Trinidad is a Cuban town of about 75,000 inhabitants in the province
central Sancti Spíritus. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios is
listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO since 1988.
Trindidad was founded by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar in 1514 as
Villa De la Santísima Trinidad. It is one of the best preserved city of
the Caribbean, from the time when sugar was the main
Trade in these places. They own the remains of that period
colonial slavery, which flourished in Trinidad, to be the largest
attraction of visitors and the very reason of the prestigious
recognition that UNESCO has given the city and the whole area
surrounding most directly interested in the cane growing
sugar (Valle de los Ingenios). Today the primary entry
economy of these places is the processing
tobacco.
The oldest part of town is the best preserved and is the subject
sightseeing by organized tours. In contrast, other
areas outside the tourist part, also very central, pay
in a state of semi-neglect and are a reflection of a widespread unease in the
and cities across the country.
Outside the city is the famous Peninsula Ancon with a well known and
wide sandy beach (Playa Ancon) on which stands a complex
Tourism, one of the first born after the revolution of 1959.
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Trinidad è una città cubana di circa 75.000 abitanti della provincia centrale di Sancti Spíritus. Insieme alla vicina Valle de los Ingenios è un sito indicato come Patrimonio dell'umanità dall'UNESCO fin dal 1988.
Trindidad fu fondata da Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar nel 1514 con il nome di Villa De la Santísima Trinidad. È una delle città meglio conservate di tutti i Caraibi, dall'epoca nella quale lo zucchero era il principale commercio in questo luoghi. Sono proprio i resti di quel periodo coloniale e schiavista, nel quale fiorì Trinidad, ad essere la principale attrazione dei visitatori e il motivo stesso del prestigioso riconoscimento che l'UNESCO ha conferito alla città e a tutta l'area circostante più direttamente interessata alla coltivazione della canna da zucchero (la Valle de los Ingenios). Oggi la voce principale dell'economia di questi luoghi è costituita dalla lavorazione del tabacco.
La parte più vecchia della città è quella meglio preservata ed è oggetto di visite turistiche da parte di tour organizzati. Al contrario, diverse zone al di fuori della parte più turistica, anche molto centrali, versano in stato di semi-abbandono e sono lo specchio di un disagio diffuso nella città e in tutto il Paese.
Fuori dalla città c'è la famosa penisola di Ancón con una rinomata e ampia spiaggia di sabbia (Playa Ancón) sulla quale sorge un complesso turistico, fra i primi nati dopo la rivoluzione del 1959.
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Built in 1732, the New Castle Court House served as Delaware’s first court and state capitol. Here in 1776, New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties declared their independence from Pennsylvania and England creating the Delaware State.
The New Castle Court House, located in the heart of the historic City of New Castle, Delaware, is one of the oldest surviving courthouses in the United States and a registered National Historic Landmark. The original 1732 court is built over the remains of the 1680s courthouse, with additions and modifications throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. All jurisdictions of Delaware’s courts, and including the federal courts, have met in this building. The state courts removed to the City of Wilmington in 1881 with the changing of the county seat, but occasional court sessions and proceedings are still held here.
The New Castle Court House is also Delaware’s first capital building and meeting place for the colonial and first state Assembly. On June 15, 1776, the legislature passed a resolution to separate from Pennsylvania and Great Britain, creating the Delaware State. Two months later, September 20, 1776, the first constitution for the Delaware State was adopted. In 1777, the capital moved to Dover.
Namib Primary School, Swakopmund, Namibia.
The sign says: "singen spielen lernen forschen" (sing play learn research).
Yehakhin huts, single-family homes, of the re-created Powhatan Indian Village at the Jamestown Settlement in Jamestown, Virginia These Yehakhin are small houses, usually 8-10 feet tall. They are made of wooden frames which are covered with woven mats and sheets of birchbark. The frame can be shaped like a dome, like a cone, or like a rectangle with an arched roof. Once the birchbark is in place, ropes or strips of wood are wrapped around the wigwam to hold the bark in place.