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Apamea or Apameia (Greek: Απάμεια; Arabic: آفاميا, Afamia) was a treasure city and stud-depot of the Seleucid kings, was capital of Apamene, on the right bank of the Orontes River.
Previously known as Pharmake, it was fortified and enlarged by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC, who so named it after his Bactrian wife, Apama.
Josephus (Ant. xiv. 3. § 2) relates, that Pompey marching south from his winter quarters, probably at or near Antioch, razed the fortress of Apamea in 64 BC whence the city was annexed to the Roman Republic. In the revolt of Syria under Q. Caecilius Bassus, it held out against Julius Caesar for three years till the arrival of Cassius, 46 BC. (Dion. Cass. xlvii. 26–28; Joseph. Bel. Jud. i. 10. § 10.) On the outbreak of the Jewish War, the inhabitants of Apamea spared the Jews who lived in their midst, and would not suffer them to be murdered or led into captivity (Josephus, Bell. Jud. ii. 18, § 5). Destroyed by Chosroes I in the 7th century it was partially rebuilt and known in Arabic as Famia or Fâmieh; and destroyed by an earthquake in 1152. In the Crusades it was still a flourishing and important place and was occupied by Tancred.
The acropolis hill is now occupied by the ruins called Kalat el-Mudik (Kŭlat el-Mudîk). The ruins of a highly ornamental character, and of an enormous extent, are still standing, the remains, probably, of the temples of which Sozomen speaks; part of the town is enclosed in an ancient castle situated on a hill; the remainder is to be found in the plain. In the adjacent lake are the celebrated black fish, the source of much wealth.
Another view of a nave of the Church of San Polo with ionic style columns added to the church in the 19th century, Venice, Italy.
The Temple of Olympian Zeus columns have a diameter of 2m and a height of 17m. They rest on a three-step stylobate. Athens, Greece.
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La renacentista Plaza Mayor de Sigüenza fue ordenada construir por el Cardenal Mendoza en el siglo XVI.
Column of Constantine is a Roman monumental column constructed on the orders of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great in 330 AD.On its erection, the column was 50 meters tall, constructed of nine cylindrical porphyry blocks surmounted by a statue of Constantine in the figure of Apollo. Today it´s 35m tall.
Istanbul.
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Llevan juntos muchos años: la columna torcida de silos y el famoso ciprés. Desde el claustro del monasterio los podemos ver y fotografiar. Sigue siendo un misterio por qué se "torció" esa columna.
La fotografía nos permite capturar un instante, poderlo ver en un futuro y seguir pensando en los misterios de Silos.
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They have been together many years: the twisted column of silos and the famous cypress. From the cloister we can see and photograph. It remains a mystery why "twisted" that column.
Photography allows us to capture a moment, you can view it in the future and keep thinking about the mysteries of Silos.
Barcelona, Spain.
Day three. Continuing our wandering.
Plaça d'Espanya is one of Barcelona's most important squares, built on the occasion of the 1929 International Exhibition, held at the foot of Montjuïc, in the Sants-Montjuïc district.
One of the city's biggest squares, it is the junction of several major thoroughfares: Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, Avinguda del Paral·lel, Carrer de la Creu Coberta and Carrer de Tarragona, and leads to the Palau Nacional through Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, which houses one of Catalonia's finest museums, the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC). It was designed by Josep Amargós. The fountain at the centre of the square was designed by Josep Maria Jujol, a collaborator of Antoni Gaudí, while Miquel Blay designed the statues. The buildings were designed by Nicolau Maria Rubió i Tudurí.
Venetian Towers - they are 47 m (154 ft) tall and lead the way to the MNAC via Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, an avenue commonly used to host trade fairs.
Parc de Joan Miró - previously known as Parc de l'Escorxador (Abbatoir Park), it is nowadays named after the Catalan painter Joan Miró, whose 22-metre-tall statue Dona i Ocell (Woman and Bird) can be seen in one of its corners.
Arenas de Barcelona, a bullring - It was built in 1900 in the Moorish Revival style and is being converted into a shopping center.
The square was built on a site that had been previously used for public hangings, until the creation of the now demolished Ciutadella fortress in 1715, where the gallows were moved. It was designed in 1915 and built in 1929 so that it could be ready to host the 1929 Universal Exposition. In 1928, the dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, who led the Spanish government at the time, ordered the pulling down of the four Ionic columns known as Les quatre columnes, built ten years before by Puig i Cadafalch, that symbolised the four bars of the Catalan flag as part of his banning of all Catalan symbols. The square has been in public use since then.
Monestir de Santes Creus
Particolari del chiostro anteriore
El monestir conserva dos claustres, el de l'entrada turística que és gòtic i va reemplaçar-ne un d'anterior romànic.
El manà construir Jaume II el 1313. El trobem decorat amb capitells com els de Reinard de Fonoll (1331), que li confereixen una gran riquesa iconogràfica, que s'uneix a l'agilitat i lleugeresa de les traceries, avançades cronològicament al gòtic flamíger, que més tard es difondria arreu.
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This is the Acropolis of Rhodes at Lindos.
There is a lot of work going on at the ruins with scaffolding everywhere and this was the best shot I could get which didn't include building work or tourists!
I thought that the black and white treatment suited this scene best.
Trajan's Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near the Quirinal Hill, north of the Roman Forum. Completed in AD 113, the freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, which artistically represents the wars between the Romans and Dacians (101–102 and 105–106)
The rest of the drive to Freda was again mostly through trees. When i could see the light at the end of the tunnel, the first structure i encountered was a small low building with a few cars parked nearby....an eatery, perfect, and hopefully serving the two classics of U.P. cuisine: pasties and pie. But that would have to wait, because the diminishing daylight meant i had to see the ruins first., so i parked the car and grabbed my camera., and took this photo. There was a rusty chain link fence at the edge of formidable slope down to the level of the old industrial complex, where all the structures, except one, had been removed, leaving only a patchwork of concrete floors. i found a gap in the fence and scrambled carefully down the loose gravelly trail. Once on the ruin , the scene was completely dominated by a massive column just beyond the complex. It had been built in a series of lifts or layers of poured concrete. i estimated the layers to be 2 to 3 feet each, and started to count how many there were in all, but really could only see the first dozen or so as it started to turn darker. It was time to leave and i managed to get back up to my car, but didn't have answer to the question of how tall the smokestack was. The little restaurant did indeed have pasties ( a pie crust containing, meat, potatoes, onions, root veggies)
and PIE, wonderful pie, served in enormous portions, with vanilla ice cream on top. Savoring the treats, i planned to come back someday, with a transit, so that i could answer the height question accurately. Unfortunately, i have not had that chance, since Freda is about an 82 hour drive from our home. But using online images and google earth, i have come up with an estimate of 210 feet (64m) If anyone has an actual measurement, i would love to know.
Berlin Victory Column is a monument in Berlin, Germany. Designed by Heinrich Strack, after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War, by the time it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and France in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), giving the statue a new purpose.
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These marble columns are some of the 216 which support the passageway which runs around the perimeter of the cloister of Monreale cathedral near Palermo, Sicily. They are decorated with 'diaper work', i.e. repeating geometric patterns.
Similar patterned columns (albeit on a much larger scale) can be seen in the nave of Durham Cathedral, which was also constructed with the help of Norman masons.
Perhaps the incised grooves which form the patterns on each of the columns in this picture would originally have been filled with mosaic decoration as is the case on many of the other columns in the cloister.
Monreale is a Norman cathedral, begun in 1174 by William II of Sicily. The cloister was completed in about 1200 and is famous for the decorative carving and mosaics on its columns, as well as the high relief sculptures on its column capitals which include Biblical scenes, foliage and allegories.
These two rostral columns are 21 meters high and were erected in 1829. Placed at the head of the Place and facing the Garonne River, one symbolises Commerce and the other Navigation.
Just opposite the Hyatt Regency is a little park in the central reservation of the carriageway. Everything in it is dedicated to the fight against cancer. It is very inspiring.
The Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza on Loyola Avenue. The park has been completely refurbished after suffering significant damage during Hurricane Katrina.
The unique pocket park features 14 x 25-foot monolithic columns in parallel rows and a triumphal arch amid palm trees, shrubs and seasonal flowers, benches and a newly refurbished fountain.
It's designed to be a tribute to the living, and a healing oasis in the heart of the Central Business District. Dedicated in 1995, the plaza was the pride of then-Mayor Sidney Barthelemy.
At age 52, Richard A. Bloch was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer and told he had three months to live. When he beat the odds through aggressive treatment, doctors suggested that he establish the means to help other patients survive. Bloch devoted the rest of his life to inspiring hope and the courage to fight the disease.
Sculptors designed brick and concrete pillars using powerful symbols from ancient and modern cultures, drawing on traditions as varied as those from Indonesia, Egypt, Greece, Persia, Arabia, Russia and pre-Columbian America. Local artist Brian Borrello designed the New Orleans column, with brass instruments encircling its capital to reflect the city's jazz heritage.
The park features a brick "positive mental attitude" walkway flanked by a series of bronze plaques communicating inspirational and instructional messages about cancer. Among them: "Cancer is the most curable of chronic diseases."
Eight bronze figures crafted by Victor Salmones symbolize patients and their families before, during and after treatment.
"The park is a tribute to life," Annette Bloch said.
The park itself is a survivor, after being damaged by Hurricane Katrina's winds and the floodwaters that followed the levee breaches. The globe from the fountain was rolling down Loyola Avenue.
Michael Smith, general manager of the nearby Hyatt Regency, arranged to adopt the neutral ground. As the Hyatt's general manager before, during and after Katrina, he had returned to lead the charge.
When the Hyatt was renovated after the storm, the entrance was moved to Loyola Avenue, and the park became its front yard.
The columns are now patched and power-sprayed, the foliage is trimmed and the fountain refurbished. Now, the park not only is a tribute to cancer survivors, but also a fine symbol of the city's post-Katrina revival.