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Column supporting wooden slatted roof at the Pergola on Hampstead Heath
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Columna historiada en espiral que narra en relieve las victorias de Marco Aurelio.
Piazza della Colonna. Roma
The Victory Column originally stood in Königsplatz (now Platz der Republik), at the end of the Siegesallee, in a position directly behind the Soviet War Memorial near the Riechstag. As part of the preparation of the monumental plans to redesign Berlin into Welthauptstadt Germania, in 1939, the Nazis relocated the column to its present site at the Großer Stern a large junction on the axis that leads from the former Berliner Stadtschloß through the Brandenburg Gate to the western parts of the city. At the same time, the column was heightened by another 24‘ 6″, giving it its present height of 219‘ 6″ (Giving space to commemorate a further victory, presumably.). The monument survived the Second World War without much damage. The relocation of the monument probably saved it from destruction, as its old site – in front of the Reichstag was destroyed by American air raids in 1945. Without a Anglo-American veto, the French would have dynamited the monument after the War.
Until 1st January, 1969, the public transports authorities in East and West Berlin were both known as The Berliner Vekehrsbetriebe (BVG). On that date the East Berlin authority became the BVG in East Berlin changed its name to VEB Kombinat Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe and or the BVB,
There style of vehicle was very different on the two sides of the Wall, but both authorities had the same cream livery colour.
this 1965 building by Minoru Yamasaki features his modern take on the Gothic arch and foreshadows the similar arches he later used for the original WTC. the quartz and concrete columns contrast with marble inlays which are arranged to create abstract designs.
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I did Submit this staircase earlier bu this time from another view.
Limoges Cathedral, France
HDR Image
The Altes Museum (German for Old Museum), is one of several internationally renowned museums on Museum Island in Berlin, Germany. Since restoration work in 1966, it houses the Antikensammlung (antique collection) of the Berlin State Museums.[1] The museum was built between 1823 and 1830 by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the neoclassical style to house the Prussian royal family's art collection. The historic, protected building counts among the most distinguished in neoclassicism and is a high point of Schinkel's career.[2] Until 1845, it was called the Königliches Museum (Royal Museum). Along with the other museums and historic buildings on Museum Island, the Altes Museum was designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.
The Altes Museum was originally constructed to house all of the city's collections of fine arts. However, since 1904, the museum has housed the Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities).[6] Since 1998 the Collection of Classical Antiquities has displayed its Greek collection, including the treasury, on the ground floor of the Altes Museum.[2] Special exhibitions are displayed on the second floor of the museum.
This is how they are re-erecting the Parthenon: one piece of stone at a time. (This piece could also be from some other temple; I couldn't say.) The stone on the bottom is a column drum; a bit of the original fluting remains at right, and the new portion will be fluted once the block is fitted into place. The stonecutters carve a new piece to replace the missing bits and attach it to the original stone. Mortar is visible here (they are using a soluble cement that can be reversed in the future if needed), and they are also using titanium rods. Traditional pins would have been of iron encased in lead. The lead keeps them from corroding, expanding, and splitting the stone (as they found after some unfortunate 19th century restoration efforts that used iron alone).
Not sure what the round pieces on top with the tabs are -- if anyone knows, please comment.