Even in the scorching heat they cuddle.

They're so obviously co-dependent.

a scatterscape with gorse shadows

Holiday 2020 10 - 17 july Friesland, 17 - 24 july Gelderland.

365 2020 #0199

Schokland. Once an island dependent on fishing that was reclaimed from the sea

Sarek National Park (Swedish: Sareks nationalpark) is a national park in Jokkmokk Municipality, Lapland in the north of Sweden. Established in 1909–1910, the park is one of the oldest national parks in Europe. The shape of the Sarek park is roughly circular with an average diameter of about 50 km (31.07 mi). The park has about 200 peaks over 1,800 m (5,900 ft), 82 of which have names. There are approximately 100 glaciers in the Sarek National Park.

(Wikipedia)

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In 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2020, we pursued four 10+ days long autumn hikes across the unspoiled wilderness of Sarek national park, Lapland, Sweden - definitely one the most beautiful and remote regions in Europe and a true incarnation of the "deep north" expression.

It's difficult to describe Sarek and what it may mean for anyone who hasn't been there yet. It's a special place. A hidden gem. A delight. It's a place where adventure is not only ensured; it's an unavoidable and essential part of the trip. Remote areas, mighty peaks, glaciers one may see only from hills and not from valleys. Unmarked trails, cold glacial rivers, birch woods, reindeer, moose, and other animals.

Some call it the last European wilderness. I don't give a nickname; it would be incomplete and not fitting. Sarek is unique.

Black Magic

It is a genus of more than 1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and the tropics. Impatiens make up the family Balsaminaceae. Common names in North America include impatiens, jewelweed, touch-me-not, snapweed and patience. Most Impatiens species are annual or perennial herbs with succulent stems. Only a few woody species exist. Plant size varies dependent of the species from five centimetres to 2.5 meters. North American impatiens have been used as herbal remedies for the treatment of bee stings, insect bites, and stinging nettle rashes. 19408

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Seen on Flickr's Explore on January 8, 2013.

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This image is included in 3 galleries:- 1) "Sky" curated by Nevie Brooks, 2) "Aurora Australis" by Gert Huber and 3) "Skyscapes IX" by Sylvia L. (-Weissglut-).

almost pitch black

with southern stars

shimmering

and solar wind

blowing in our face

we could feel

goddess of the dawn*

was really there

no curtains, no spirals

just purples, greens and pinks

*Aurora Australis was picked up with cameras and mobile phones. Kaus index was 5/9 minor storm on 12/11/2025 evening.

The viewing condition was good being without the moon. The city lights across the water (Port Phillip Bay) were from Frankston, a nearby suburb. The Southern Cross (CRUX) and the two pointer stars α and β from Centaurus were clearly visible above the city lights. Just above the CRUX was MUSCA (the Fly). Please check my tagged notes.

Rickett's Point in Beaumaris is a prime location for viewing the Aurora Australis. The area is known for its clear, south-facing view and minimal light pollution, making it an ideal spot for stargazing. The beach is dark enough and is also a great spot for seeing the Southern Lights.

An aurora is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly observed in high-latitude regions around the Arctic and Antarctic. The terms northern lights (aurora borealis) and southern lights (aurora australis) are used in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres respectively. Auroras display dynamic patterns of radiant light that appear as curtains, rays, spirals or dynamic flickers covering the entire sky.

Auroras are the result of disturbances in the Earth's magnetosphere caused by enhanced speeds of solar wind from coronal holes and coronal mass ejections. These disturbances alter the trajectories of charged particles in the magnetospheric plasma. These particles, mainly electrons and protons, precipitate into the upper atmosphere (thermosphere/exosphere). The resulting ionization and excitation of atmospheric constituents emit light of varying colour and complexity. The form of the aurora, occurring within bands around both polar regions, is also dependent on the amount of acceleration imparted to the precipitating particles. (Wikepedia)

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- Yin and Yang are dependent opposing forces that flow in a natural cycle, always seeking balance. Though they are opposing, they are not in opposition to one another. As part of the Tao, they are merely two aspects of a single reality. Each contains the seed of the other...They do not merely replace each other but actually become each other through the constant flow of the universe.

TRP - Out of Focus

TOTW - YinYang

(Even tho a yin/yang really is in focus ;)

We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel;

But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the wheel depends.

We turn clay to make a vessel;

But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the vessel depends.

We pierce doors and windows to make a house;

And it is on these spaces where there is nothing that the usefulness of the house depends.

Therefore just as we take advantage of what is, we should recognize the usefulness of what is not.... Tao Te Ching

02.02.02 Nicaragua.

monkey hand lago de nicaragua

The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gradually ceded control of the region in subsequent decades. Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. Free elections in 1990, 1996, and again in 2001 saw the Sandinistas defeated. The country has slowly rebuilt its economy during the 1990s, but was hard hit by Hurricane Mitch in 1998.

Nicaragua, one of the hemisphere's poorest countries, faces low per capita income, flagging socio-economic indicators, and huge external debt. Distribution of income is one of the most unequal on the globe. While the country has made progress toward macroeconomic stability over the past few years, a banking crisis and scandal has shaken the economy. Nicaragua will continue to be dependent on international aid and debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. Donors have made aid conditional on the openness of government financial operation, poverty alleviation, and human rights. Nicaragua met the conditions for additional debt service relief in December 2000. Growth should move up moderately in 2003 because of increased private investment and exports.

If you're dependent on heroin or another opioid, you may be offered a substitute drug, such as methadone.

Methadone, sold under the brand names Dolophine and Methadose among others, is a synthetic opioid agonist used for opioid maintenance therapy in opioid dependence and for chronic pain management. It is most commonly used to treat addiction to heroin or other opioids, and to reduce risk of fatal overdose from street drugs. Prescribed daily, the medicine relieves craving and removes withdrawal symptoms.

Methadone was developed in 1937 in Germany by scientists working for I.G. Farbenindustrie AG at the Farbwerke Hoechst who were looking for a synthetic opioid that could be created with readily available precursors, to solve Germany's opium shortage problem.

On 11 September 1941 Bockmühl and Ehrhart filed an application for a patent for a synthetic substance they called Hoechst 10820 or Polamidon (a name still in regular use in Germany) and whose structure had only slight relation to morphine or the opiate alkaloids.(Bockmühl and Ehrhart, 1949). It was brought to market in 1943 and was widely used by the German army during WWII.

In the 1930s, pethidine (meperidine) went into production in Germany; however, production of methadone, then being developed under the designation Hoechst 10820, was not carried forward because of side effects discovered in the early research.

After the war, all German patents, trade names and research records were requisitioned and expropriated by the Allies.

The records on the research work of the I.G. Farbenkonzern at the Farbwerke Hoechst were confiscated by the U.S. Department of Commerce Intelligence, investigated by a Technical Industrial Committee of the U.S. Department of State and then brought to the US.

The report published by the committee noted that while methadone was potentially addictive, it produced less sedation and respiratory depression than morphine and was thus interesting as a commercial drug.

7% within the "young adult" age bracket had taken a Class A drug in 2018/19. (UK Gov)

St Ives (Cornish: Porth Ia) is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial emphasis and the town is now primarily a popular holiday resort, notably achieving the award 'Best UK Seaside Town' from the British Travel Awards in both 2010 and 2011. St Ives was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1639. St Ives has become renowned for its number of artists. It was named best seaside town of 2007 by the Guardian newspaper.

The Tate St Ives, part of the Tate Gallery London, shows a varying exhibition of local and national works, well worth a visit.

Inside: image 2 - Detail of Tate St Ives

Inside: image 3 - St Ives

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St Ives st eine Stadt in der Grafschaft Cornwall in England .

Der Name leitet sich von der kornischen Heiligen Ia ab, nach dem die Kirche im Ort, St. Ia’s Church, benannt ist. St Ives ist als beliebter Ferienort und Künstlerkolonie bekannt.

Im Jahr 1877 wurde eine Eisenbahnlinie vom nahegelegenen St Erth nach St Ives gebaut. Die Stadt wurde danach zum beliebten Ausflugsort, nicht zuletzt deshalb, weil sich im Ort selbst zwei große Strände (Porthminster Beach und Porthmeor Beach) und ein weiterer kleiner Strand (Porthgwidden Beach) befinden. In nächster Nähe findet man die Carbis Bay und den kilometerlangen Strand der St Ives Bay. Alle Strände sind bereits mehrfach ausgezeichnet worden aufgrund ihrer Lage, ihrer Blicke und ihres feinen weißen Sands.

Ben Nicholson, Alfred Wallis und Christopher Wood gründeten 1928 in der Stadt eine Künstlerkolonie. 1993 eröffnete die Londoner Tate Gallery einen Ableger in St. Ives mit den Werken der dort wirkenden Künstler wie beispielsweise Ben Nicholson und seine Frau Barbara Hepworth, eine der berühmtesten englischen Bildhauerinnen, deren Werke auch in einem eigenen, idyllisch gelegenen Museum, ihrem früheren (Trewyn-) Studio, zu sehen sind.

உழுதுண்டு வாழ்வாரே வாழ்வார்மற் றெல்லாம்

தொழுதுண்டு பின்செல் பவர்....திருவள்ளுவரின் திருக்குறள்

Who ploughing eat their food, they truly live:The rest to others bend subservient, eating what they give.

Las dependencias que en la actualidad ocupan el Museo de Bellas Artes y el Museo Julio Romero de Torres pertenecieron en primera instancia al antiguo Hospital de la Caridad, institución que fuera patrocinada por los Reyes Católicos a finales del siglo XV y regida por la Orden Tercera de San Francisco, desempeñando en citado inmueble, hasta el año 1837, la labor de atención a los enfermos.

Desde mediados del siglo XIX el edificio sufre numerosas reformas, albergando a varias instituciones culturales de la ciudad, como es el caso del Museo Arqueológico, que residió bajo su techo entre los años 1868 y 1917.

We are being dependent on technology as the day goes on .......... We think that we can not live without the use of technology. But are we really happy ..? In my picture, I tried to show mechanical traffic, like a cartoon man. Within two eyes, two real lives. We have to come out of this fake life ... technology is necessary, but nothing more

Taken with a ringflash Canon

Camera:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Exposure:0.005 sec (1/200)

Aperture:f/7.1

Focal Length:25 mm

Exposure:+0.12

ISO Speed:100

Exposure Bias:-2/3 EV

Flash:On, Fired

As Angola didn' t want to deliver me a visa, i've been in Kenya. Well , it's a good suprise to be honest! I've done the most touristic places with lots of lions, elephants etc.. and the most remoted areas in the north where you can meet some really nice tribes, not only Masais!!

On this first post, the Turkana girls playing with my wideangle and my ring flash! The place where they live is really remoted, not touristic at all (in the "best" hotel of the area, i was electrocuted.!), and looks like the moon , or Goubet in Djibouti, as i imagine more people have been in Djibouti!

The "road" to meet them is a shame, compared to the south Kenya with is really well developed. The road consists in rocks, dust, sand...a real hell on earth!

Peter Beard made a lot of pictures in this area.

The Turkana inhabit the arid territories of northern Kenya, on the boundary with Sudan.

Nilotic-speaking people, they have for a long time stayed outside of the influence of the main foreign trends. Nomad shepherds adapted to a almost totally desert area, some also fish in the Turkana lake. They are divided in 28 clans. Each one of them is associated with a particular brand for its livestock, so that any Turkana can identify a relative in this way.

The majority of the Turkana still follow their traditional religion: they believe in a God called Kuj or Akuj, associated with the sky and creator of all things. He is thought to be omnipotent but rarely intervenes in the lives of people. Contact between God and the people is made though a diviner (emeron). Diviners have the power to interpret dreams, foresee the future, heal, and make rain. However, the Turkana doubt about those who say they have powers, but fail to prove it in the everyday life. Estimates are that about 15% of the Turkana are Christian. Evangelism has started among the Turkana since the 1970s. Various churches have had work for some decades and church buildings have been built. The most astonishing element one can notice in the villages, is that the only permanent structures are churches, with huts all around. Infact, in the late 1970s, feeding projects as well as literacy courses and other services have been provided by Baptist workers. This easily explains the importance acquired by the Church.

They don't have any physical initiations. They have only the asapan ceremony, transition from youth to adulthood, that all men must perform before marriage.Turkana marriage is polygynous. Homestead consists of a man, his wives and children, and often his mother and other dependent women. Each wife and her children build a sitting hut for daytime and, in the rainy season, a sleeping hut for nighttime. When a new wife comes, she stays at the hut of the mother or first wife until she has her first child. The high bride-wealth payment (30 to 50 cattle, 30 to 50 camels and 100 to 200 small stock) often means that a man cannot marry until he has inherited livestock from his dead father. It also implies that he collect livestock from relatives and friends, which strengthens social ties through the transfer of livestock. Resolution is found to conflicts through discussions between the men living in proximity to one another. Men of influence are particularly listened, and decisions are enforced by the younger men of the area. Each man belongs to alternating generation sets. If a man is a Leopard, his son will be a Stone, so that there are approximately equal numbers of each category. These groups are formed when there is a need to make large groups rapidly. The Turkana make finely crafted carved wooden implements used in daily life. During the rainy season, moonlight nights' songs have a particular place in the Turkana's life. They often refer to their cattle or land, but they are sometimes improvised and related to immediate events. The Turkana have a deep knowledge of plants and products they use as medicine. That is why the fat-tailed sheep is often called "the hospital for the Turkana".

Les Turkanas habitent les territoires arides du nord du Kenya, à la frontière avec le Soudan.Peuple de langue nilotique, ils sont pendant longtemps restés hors de l’influence des principaux courants étrangers. Pasteurs nomades adaptés à une zone presque totalement déserte, certains pêchent également dans le lac Turkana. Ils sont divisés en 28 clans. Chacun d’entre eux est associé à une marque particulière donné à son bétail, de telle façon que tout Turkana peut identifier un parent de cette manière.La majorité des Turkana suit encore leur religion traditionnelle : ils croient en un Dieu appelé Kuj ou Akuj, associé au ciel et créateur de toute chose. Les Turkana le voient comme omnipotent mais intervenant rarement dans la vie des gens. Le contact entre Dieu et les hommes se fait par l’intermédiaire d’un divin (emeron). Les devins ont le pouvoir d’interpréter les rêves, prédire l’avenir, soigner et faire pleuvoir. Toutefois, les Turkana doutent de ceux qui disent qu’ils ont des pouvoirs, mais échouent à le prouver dans la vie de tous les jours. Selon des estimations, environ 15% des Turkana sont chrétiens. L’évangélisme a commencé chez les Turkana depuis les années 1970. Diverses églises ont depuis été construites. L’élément le plus étonnbant que l’on peut noter dans les villages est que les seules structures en dur sont les églises, avec des huttes tout autour. En fait, à la fin des années 1970, des projets alimentaires ainsi que des cours d’alphabétisation et d’autres services ont été menés par des travailleurs baptistes. Cela explique facilement l’importance acquise par l’Eglise.Les Turkana n’ont aucune initiation physique. Ils ont seulement la cérémonie asapan, transition de la jeunesse à l’âge adulte, que chaque homme doit suivre avant le mariage. Les Turkana sont polygames. La propriété familiale est composée d’un homme, ses femmes et enfants, et souvent sa mère. Quand une nouvelle femme arrive, elle loge dans la hutte de la mère ou de la première femme jusqu’à ce qu’elle ait son premier enfant. Le paiement élevé pour la mariée (30 à 50 têtes de gros bétail, 30 à 50 dromadaires, et 100 à 200 têtes de petit bétail) signifie souvent qu’un homme ne peut se permettre de se marier jusqu’à ce qu’il ait hérité le bétail de son père décédé. Cela implique également qu’il collecte le bétail requis de parents et amis, ce qui renforce les liens sociaux entre eux. La résolution des conflits se fait par la discussion entre les hommes vivant à proximité.Les hommes d’influence sont particulièrement écoutés, et les décisions sont mises en application par les hommes plus jeunes de la zone. Chaque homme appartient à une classe d’âge spécifique. Si un homme est un Léopard, son fils deviendra une Pierre, de telle façon qu’il y a approximativement un même nombre de chaque catégorie. Les Turkana font des outils en bois finement taillés, utilisés dans la vie de tous les jours. Durant la saison des pluies, les chansons des nuits de pleine lune ont une place particulière dans la vie des Turkana. Elles font souvent référence à leur bétail et terres, mais sont parfois improvisées ou liées à des événements immédiats. Les Turkana ont une connaissance intime des plantes et des produits qu’ils utilisent comme médicaments. La queue grasse des moutons est souvent appelée « l’hôpital pour les Turkana ».

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Tren de La Cap pasando por las dependencias de la Ex Estacion de Coquimbo . . . Hoy en un abandono absoluto a merced del vandalismo

La Santa Iglesia Catedral Basílica de San Antolín de Palencia, popularmente conocida como la Bella Desconocida, es un edificio de grandes proporciones (130 m de longitud, 50 m de anchura en el transepto y unos 43 m de altura en el ábside), y es la tercera catedral más grande de España. Por el exterior es sencilla y sorprendente, y es el resultado de numerosas ampliaciones y transformaciones realizadas durante más de mil años. En el interior presenta tres naves -la central más ancha y más alta- y dos transeptos con sus capillas laterales, girola absidal y sacristía mayor. Las bóvedas son de elegante crucería compleja, correspondiendo a la fase terminal del gótico. También tiene torre, claustro, sala capitular y numerosas dependencias adosadas. El estilo predominante es el gótico.

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River Trent 8 July 1984

Built in 1977 by SW Peters BV, Kampen a/d Ijssel (yard no.118) as DEPENDENT for Johannes Visser & Gerardus J. Schalk of Ijsselmuiden. Sold in 1982 to Hubertus Rademakers’ Scheepvaartbedrijf of Roosendaal (Poseidon Chartering BV, managers) and renamed ANNE.

Sold in 1987 to Rederij Loosman en Ten Napel of Urk and renamed DINA-JACOBA. Sold in 2001 to Angel & Shark Shipping Co Ltd (ACA Shipping Corp SA, managers) and renamed ANEMOS under Honduran flag. Sold in 2003 to Alpha Maritime SA and renamed COSTIS A. Sold in 2004 to Pelagian Shipping Ltd and renamed SVETLA under Comoros flag. Traded Black Sea/East Mediterranean in the late 2000s, last reported sailing from Port Said for Yemen in June 2013.

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Although it may not look much, but this shot probably means the most to me from my recent prolonged trip to India. The office where I was located had this somewhat dilapidated but fully functional tea shop right downstairs and I would spend countless hours there after work chatting with colleagues.

Luckily enough the gentleman who owns the tea shop spoke a little Bengali, so I was able to communicate with him.

As I spent more time in the shop, I noticed a man working, but always in the back, with a rather odd expression on his face. Questions about him were met with sudden walls of silence.

As I became friends with the shop keeper, he finally told me one day that it was his brother and he was mentally handicapped. In places such as India, mental handicaps are often considered a source of shame to the family, especially in less educated families. So the owner of the shop, the big brother, took care of his sibling in exchange for his labor.

I spent many a days to photograph this dynamic between the brothers. One particular evening, under the glow of the 40 watt light bulb, I saw my moment. The light fell perfectly on his face as he stood meekly in the corner.

This shot is meant to be symbolic, the big brother in the forefront taking care of everything, while the less capable one quietly stirs about in the background for a roof over his head when he goes to bed at night.

Not sure if I managed to pull it off of what I was trying to get at, and by no means is this shot a head turner. But I kind of like it as a personal favorite. Sorry for the long description!

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Shot details:

1 handheld shot using: Canon 7D; Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5,

Post processing:

1. Lightroom for a tune up and noise reduction. The shot was taken with a ISO of 5000 because it was really dark in there.

This scene is repeated all over the forest this time of year... youngsters begging to be fed by a parent... while the food is readily at hand. This Downy chick is as large as the parent, and still begging to be fed. This male adult Downy (upper bird) reaches around the tree to the suet feeder to get a beakfull of suet and transfers it to the waiting chick. (Even birds manage to spoil their kids!)

IMG_4421; Downy Woodpeckers

El claustro es un espacio austero y elegante que da acceso a las dependencias del Monasterio. Sus dimensiones son de 48 x 52 m y sus cuatro galerías limitan con el jardín por columnas de fustes cilíndricos lisos –excepto los de la panda septentrional que tienen un anillo en el centro– y sencillos capiteles y basas decorados con un anillo, y estas últimas con cuatro hojas. El pavimento es de ladrillos cocidos y la cubierta de vigas de madera policromada que sostienen en dos de sus lados una balconada cubierta con barandillas de madera. En el suelo del corredor oriental se sitúan unas tumbas identificadas con un número que pasan desapercibidas. En el jardín destacan una cruz de piedra, un pozo, un olivo milenario y una cuidada vegetación.

El Monasterio de Sancti Spiritus el Real, situado en la ciudad de Toro (Zamora, España), fue fundado en 1307 por doña Teresa Gil, de origen portugués y muy vinculada con los reyes de Castilla. Hacia 1402 llegó Beatriz de Portugal, viuda de Juan I de Castilla, que se retiró hasta su muerte en 1442 y fue enterrada en el Cenobio. Durante los siglos XIV y XV disfrutó de la protección de diferentes monarcas y acogió a hijas de la nobleza de Castilla y León, manteniendo su actividad hasta 1868 que durante el Sexenio Revolucionario tuvo que ser abandonado, perdiéndose parte del patrimonio. El 1871 regresaron las Madres Dominicas que lo habitan en la actualidad. En 1943 fue declarado Monumento Histórico-Artístico.

Más fotografías en el álbum Monasterio de Sancti Spiritus el Real, Toro

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Inspired by this fantastic technical illustration.

The Rhino is an incredibly adaptable battlefield vehicle and can be easily converted to serve in dedicated capacities as a troop transport, mobile field hospital, mobile repair works, mobile command center, or, in small enough units, as all four functions at once. The Rhino’s personnel area comfortably accommodates a medic, mechanic, and eight foot soldiers, although more may be crammed in as necessary. The forward compartment offers the commander seclusion in which the battlefield action may plotted on the chart table and orders sent via radio.

The Rhino’s size and weight are deceptive of the remarkable speed gained from its enormous engine and its pilot must be skilled to rein its great momentum as it charges around attending to the needs of battle. As the vehicle and its occupants are too valuable to be risked in assault, the armor and turret autocannons are for pure defensive reasons.

Play Features:

-Remote control operation

-Motorized dual-drive tracks

-Rotating turret geared to side wheel

-Removable roof sections

-Dependent track wheel suspension

-Opening rear ramp and side hatches

-Tool storage compartments

-Easy charging port and switch access

Music: Ground Control soundtrack

Hornos de Segura es una localidad y municipio español de la provincia de Jaén, en la comunidad autónoma de Andalucía, perteneciente a la Comarca de Segura. Su término municipal pertenece íntegramente al Parque Natural de la Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas.

El Castillo de Hornos de Segura, siglos XII al XIV, domina la Villa desde su atalaya rocosa, y es la referencia principal del conjunto histórico-artística junto con la Iglesia de Ntra. Señora. de la Asunción (S. XVI), La Puerta de la Villa y El Fuerte (de origen romano).

El Conjunto defensivo es junto con el castillo de Segura de la Sierra, una de las fortalezas más recias y fuertes de toda la Sierra de Segura. Actualmente se encuentra en rehabilitación y adecuación para albergar el Taller de Astronomía de Hornos de Segura, que incluirá observatorio astronómico, planetario, cámara oscura y sala de exposiciones entre otras dependencias.

Este pueblo de aire medieval fue declarado conjunto histórico-artístico en 1985.

En Hornos de Segura se puede disfrutar deportes de contacto con la naturaleza como piragüismo, senderismo, parapente, ala-delta... O degustar sus platos típicos, como las migas, la pipirrana, las setas, los caracoles o el fritao

Baeza es un municipio de España, la ciudad capital de dicho municipio y cabeza del partido judicial homónimo. Se encuentra en el mismo centro geográfico de la provincia de Jaén (en el noreste de la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía) enclavada en la comarca de La Loma de la que se considera su capital occidental.

En la actualidad es conocida por su ingente producción olivarera, su abundante legado monumental, y por ser sede universitaria desde el siglo XVI, albergando hoy día una de las sedes de la Universidad Internacional de Andalucía.

Denominada "Nido Real de Gavilanes" por el romancero, fue un punto clave en la conquista de al-Ándalus por los reyes cristianos; pasando definitivamente al reino de Castilla en 1227. Atalaya sobre el Guadalquivir, la posesión de su alcázar (considerado como inexpugnable) aseguró la retaguardia castellana, la vez que supuso una amenaza constante para los reinos islámicos situados al oeste y al sur del Guadalquivir; una amenaza que se hizo efectiva durante los más de dos siglos de lucha fronteriza que separaron la incorporación de Baeza al reino de Castilla y la caída del reino nazarí de Granada (1492).

Durante el período de gran crecimiento demográfico y económico que supuso la mayor parte del siglo XVI, y aún en parte del XVII, Baeza construyó sus edificios públicos y administrativos con alto sentido de capitalidad y con la más alta dignidad, conformando así, junto con las construcciones eclesiásticas, un tejido urbano caracterizado por una monumentalidad que ha dado a la ciudad un encanto especial a los ojos del visitante.

En 1943 se fundó en Baeza la academia de las escalas de Cabos y Guardias y de Suboficiales de la Guardia Civil.

Se encuentra a unos 48 km al noreste de la capital provincial, y limita por el este con el municipio de Úbeda, con el que comparte la capitalidad de la histórica Comarca de La Loma.

El 3 de julio de 2003, y tras varios años de intentos, la UNESCO declara finalmente a Baeza (junto a Úbeda) Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Este acontecimiento profundiza el relanzamiento de la ciudad al incrementar considerablemente el interés del sector turístico.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baeza_(España)

www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/andalucia/baeza

Baeza se asienta sobre un terreno que ha estado continuamente habitado, al menos desde la Edad del Bronce. Por esta razón, y a pesar de las sucesivas destrucciones sufridas por las construcciones de todos los períodos, la ciudad aún retiene un destacado patrimonio monumental en el que están representadas diversas culturas, períodos y estilos artísticos. En Baeza pueden contemplarse restos de la Edad del Bronce, de la Época Romana, y de la Hispania visigoda, islámica y cristiana. No obstante, el más rico patrimonio monumental conservado corresponde a los diversos estilos artísticos presentes en la Baeza cristiana: desde el tardo-románico y el gótico, al renacentista, manierista, barroco y neoclásico. No en vano en 2003 el casco histórico de la población, con su antigua ciudad intramuros, fue declarado Patrimonio Mundial por la Unesco.

Baeza, situada en la cornisa sur de la gran meseta que es La Loma, se asoma al valle del Guadalquivir desde un acantilado que domina un paisaje de cerros infinitos; dicho acantilado, visto desde el llano parece sustentar la catedral como un faro.

La ciudad originaria estaba edificada sobre este cerro y en torno a una ciudadela, hoy desconocida: el celebérrimo alcázar de Baeza, reputado como inexpugnable y dentro del cual se encontraban el castillo-palacio de la autoridad real y la iglesia (luego colegiata) de Santa María del Alcázar. Estas construcciones, lejos de surgir ex novo, fueron una continuación de similares edificaciones de los períodos oretano, cartaginés y romano; restos de los cuales aún pueden contemplarse en el cerro junto a otros de la precedente Edad del Bronce.

Desde esta atalaya entendemos que la ciudad fuera una gran plaza fuerte donde, un día, se remansó la gran epopeya reconquistadora revitalizada por Las Navas de Tolosa. No obstante, a fines del s. XV el alcázar fue derribado por mandato de la reina Isabel la Católica de modo que no siguiera siendo utilizado como defensa con ocasión de las pugnas nobiliarias que enfrentaban por entonces (como en toda Castilla) a los linajes dominantes de la ciudad (Carvajales y Benavides).

Consecuencia del derribo del alcázar, el cerro fue perdiendo pobladores hasta el punto de estar casi despoblado en el s. XVIII y trasladarse por ello la colegiata a la parroquia de San Andrés. También desaparecido el frente sur de la muralla, adyacente al alcázar, el paseo que lo reemplaza es hoy día un mirador excepcional sobre el valle alto del Guadalquivir, y el cerro mismo, un parque arqueológico de primer nivel pendiente de excavaciones más ambiciosas.

Su centro neurálgico es la Plaza de Santa María establecida en la baja edad media, y hasta el s. XIX, como sede de los poderes que rigen la ciudad: el civil y el religioso; en ella se encuentran hoy:

La Catedral de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora: edificada sobre la antigua mezquita que (según tradición histórica) había sido construida a su vez sobre un templo visigodo anterior, fue la primera consagrada en Andalucía con ocasión de la reconquista castellana.

Las Cancillerías góticas o Casas Consistoriales Altas: sede del concejo de la ciudad entre fines del s. XV y el s. XIX, cuando el consistorio municipal traslada su sede al antiguo palacio del corregidor.

La Fuente de Santa María: situada en el centro de la plaza fue edificada en el año 1564 para marcar la finalización de las obras de traída de aguas a la ciudad.

El Seminario de San Felipe Neri (1660): tiene fachada de buena sillería, puerta de medio punto, frontón partido y vítores estudiantiles.

Al norte de este conjunto, y junto a la Puerta del Barbudo, se halla la sede de la antigua universidad Santísima Trinidad, otra importante Institución eclesiástica de la Edad Moderna hoy Instituto. El edificio es de estilo manierista (fines del s. XVI) y consta de claustro, en torno al cual se organizan las dependencias universitarias, y una amplia capilla; contando cada uno de estos elemento con portada propia. Destaca, sobre la puerta de acceso al claustro, el medallón labrado con el tema de la Santísima Trinidad. En esa misma fachada pueden verse los escudos del canónigo Fernández de Córdoba (donante del edificio) timbrados con un impropio galero arzobispal.

De las primeras parroquias intramuros han desaparecido por completo la colegiata de Santa María, San Miguel y San Gil; solo permanecen:

Las Ruinas de la parroquia de San Pedro: iglesia románica de la que sólo se conservan el ábside (parcialmente visible al exterior) y restos considerables de la portada norte (dentro de propiedad particular). Parcelada en viviendas desde el s. XIX, su fábrica ha ido deteriorándose y se han abierto nuevos vanos en el ábside.

Las Ruinas de la parroquia de San Juan: iglesia tardorrománica de la que sólo se conservan los tres ábsides de la cabecera, el muro del lado del evangelio y los capiteles y basas de sus seis columnas. Recientemente, estos restos han sido consolidados y su acceso abierto al público.

La Iglesia de Santa Cruz

Esta última se halla en la plaza del mismo nombre frente al Palacio de Jabalquinto, el más destacado de la ciudad intramuros y uno de los emblemas de Baeza. Pero la ciudad intramuros está, además, plagada de rincones con otros palacios y casonas de interés, como la Casa de Avilés (mediados del s. XVI), la Casa de los Galeote (segunda mitad del s. XVI), la Casa de los Ávila (comienzos del s. XVII), la Casa de los Fuentecilla, la Casa de los Canónigos, el Palacio de los Obispos (todos del s. XVIII) o el Palacio Rubín de Ceballos (principios del s. XIX).

El trazado de la muralla históricamente conocida, y de la que aún subsisten importantes elementos, obedece a un diseño islámico del s. XI. No obstante, las edificaciones conservadas responden más bien a reconstrucciones cristianas posteriores.1

La Plaza del Pópulo (o de Los Leones) está inmediatamente al norte de la ciudad amurallada y al oeste de El Paseo, organizándose en torno a la Puerta de Jaén, única construcción de la plaza perteneciente a la muralla; las otras edificaciones de la misma han ido añadiéndose en distintas épocas:

El Arco de Villalar: directamente a continuación de la Puerta de Jaén, fue erigido con ocasión de la visita del rey Carlos I (1526) y conmemora la victoria real en la batalla de Villalar.

La Casa del Pópulo: edificio plateresco que albergaba la audiencia civil y las escribanías públicas; hoy, oficina de turismo.

La Fuente de los Leones: manantial natural que la interpretación histórica tradicional postula monumento arqueológico procedente de la antigua ciudad iberorromana de Cástulo,2 hipótesis que se sustenta en la continuidad histórica deliberadamente mantenida con ocasión del traslado a Baeza de la capitalidad administrativa y episcopal de la desaparecida Cástulo. Según esta interpretación, parejas de felinos y équidos (actuando como surtidores) rodean una figura femenina identificada como Himilce. Más recientemente, se ha propuesto identificar esta fuente como previamente proveniente de un patio del alcázar.3

La Antigua Carnicería (s. XVI): trasladada a su emplazamiento actual en los sesenta del s. XX, estaba originalmente apoyada contra la muralla en la antaño populosa plaza intramuros sita al otro lado de la Puerta de Jaén; hoy cumple las funciones de palacio de justicia del Partido judicial de Baeza.

Al este del conjunto anterior, más allá de El Paseo (plaza cuyo lado sur se antepone a la Puerta del Barbudo) encontramos:

La Torre de los Aliatares (o de los Altares): denominada así de acuerdo con la tradición que la hace, en tiempos anteriores a la reconquista, posesión del linaje musulmán de ese mismo nombre. Tiene veinticinco metros de altura, con almenas copiadas del Arco de Villalar y ostenta el reloj público de la ciudad.

Hacia el sureste de la anterior hallamos:

La Puerta de Úbeda: de las principales de la muralla; protegida por su torre albarrana hoy sólo conserva uno de sus arcos, habiendo sido desmantelados los otros dos en el s. XIX.

La actual Plaza de España, situada en el extremo noreste de lo que fue la ciudad amurallada; se conoce como tal la gran plaza edificada sobre la rambla por la que vienen a desaguar las tres colinas sobre las cuales se asienta la urbe. Su fisonomía es porticada, muy castellana. Servía de escenario para los eventos taurinos, fiestas y ajusticiamientos públicos. A partir del s. XIX fue cuando se convirtió en un paseo romántico.

En su lado sur encontramos la mencionada torre de Los Aliatares y La Alhondiga, e inmediatamente tras ella El Pósito. En su cara norte se hallan las Casas Consistoriales Bajas o Balcón del Concejo (s. XVII), lugar desde donde los munícipes presenciaban las corridas de toros celebradas en la plaza. Finalmente, y de este a oeste, también encontramos en las inmediaciones de su lado septentrional:

La Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción: capilla del antiguo hospital homónimo edificada a principios del s. XVII (el hospital desapareció en el s. XX).

Convento de San Francisco y Ruinas de la Capilla de los Benavides: sustituyendo un templo gótico construido en el que era tercer solar ocupado en Baeza por la comunidad franciscana, Diego de Valencia Benavides encargó en 1538 a Andrés de Vandelvira la construcción de la cabecera de un nuevo templo conventual, que habría de albergar su capilla funeraria y que acabó siendo la obra maestra de aquel artista y un hito de la arquitectura renacentista española.4 Lamentablemente el terremoto de Lisboa quebrantó la bóveda cruzada y la invasión napoleónica acabó de arruinar el templo.

Ayuntamiento de Baeza: magnífico edificio plateresco construido originalmente como Palacio de Justicia y Cárcel del Corregidor.

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Mutually Dependent

With only three Elements Supporting the Structure each Element is Mutually Dependent on the other two Elements...

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The sun, with all those plants revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

Galileo

We were on the way to see some friends of ours who are lucky enough to live in Wicklow, a beautiful area of Ireland. We suddenly drove by this stunning field of yellow flowers which extended on and on and on....I had been looking for a scenary like this for a while, I even googled "yellow flowers fields" in the hope of finding a scene like the one we finally stumbled across.

Im not sure I did it justice, but it truely was a beautiful place to photograph.

Nothing compares to the beauty of nature. I believe that 100%.

Happy Monday to everyone - the weekend is only 5 days away =)

'I' am not Mind, and not dependent on its power

Mind is just a tool through which I manifest myself.

'I' am not servant of Mind, but its Master

Intellect, behaviour, conduct, desire and all other mental faculties

can be separated from 'I' and what that remains is 'I'

'I' am unborn, immortal, homogeneous

'I' am the power, 'I' exist...

- Anuj Nair

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All images and poems are the property of Anuj Nair.

Using these images and poems without permission is in violation of international copyright laws (633/41 DPR19/78-Disg 154/97-L.248/2000). All materials may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any forms or by any means,including electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording without written permission of Anuj Nair. Every violation will be pursued penally.

Sobre las dependencias de la antigua abadía cisterciense de Fitero, y para dar luz natural al pasillo interior.

Enmarcada por los arcos y columnas del paso porticado en la plaza de las dependencias. Las columnas románicas,simples y recias, son piedras de una sola pieza, del siglo XIII no están restauradas...¡no lo necesitan!.

El techo de la torre, sirve de asiento al nido de las cigüeñas.

Bald eagles are strong aggressive birds but like everything that flies, they are governed by aerodynamics. The wings of an eagle need to support the 8 to 12-pound bird as well as whatever the bird is carrying and best estimates put the lifting power of an eagle at about 4 pounds. That varies, however, depending on the circumstances. Lift is dependent on air speed as well as wing size. The faster a bird (or airplane) is flying, the greater the lift potential. An eagle that lands on the beach to grab a fish and take off is limited to a smaller load than an eagle that swoops down at 20 or 30 miles an hour and snatches up a fish. Momentum and speed give the bird the ability to carry more weight.

Mirit Ben-Nun paints women, who are called nowadays “career women”; independent women, who are not dependent on men or husbands, who havetheir own room, their own office, own studio (their own bank account) and their own dream. The writer Virginia Wolf believed that it all begins with “your own room”, a defined space, even a small one, that has four walls and a door and is all yours; there you can recognize the dream, and be who you are. The women Mirit chose to paint also have a key phrase that leads them in life: “Go your way and leave the doubters behind” (Lior Finkel-Perl); “Put an anchor of ability within you” (Imi Eiron) and also more concise messages like that of Tamar Ish-Shalom: “Do not forget to breathe” or of the economist Karnit Flug, former governor of The Bank of Israel: “Economy is not everything.” How true. Mirit Ben-Nun dizzyingly integrates all of this into her private career, a colorful and spectacular painting, which ranges from Aboriginal diligence to feminist consciousness. Ben-Nun adorns the successful women with a tremendous abundance of colors and patterns, generously and with joy of life she wraps them with ‘mandorlas’ (almond-like shape), which surround each other and create “Babushkas”. Like the women, so do Ben-Nun’s models split unexpectedly, creating intersections and overpass withing the painting, implying new paths. These successful, independent, opinionated women receive a gift from Mirit: they are raised to a level of energy rich in particles, but one that plants them in the heart of it all, they are both the citron and the nucleus. They are the smallest babushka, the princess.

Mirit Ben-Nun, an independent woman, who embarked without support nor formal education, on stubbornly making her own way, her own dream. She does that accompanied by a parade of women, who similarly to Einat Paz think “better things happen to those who do”.

Tali Tamir

‘Your Own Dream’ is a modern Pop art style exhibit of paintings of women, by the feminine spirit of the artist, Mirit Ben-Nun. The painting series of the women was created and inspired by the book “Presence. Impact. Leadership”, and the majority of the women painted in the exhibit participate in this book by Dr. Efrat Liani, published by Kineret Zemorah Dvir.

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Pleased "The Dependents" has been awarded 1st place in the Colour (open) section of the 1st Print Competition (2015) at Bromsgrove Photographic Society.

"The Dependents" following re-enactors from the Lace Wars period of 1740-1760, during the Jacobite rebellion, photographed at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings.

Edicion: Texturizada.

"Ombú"

Paraje del Partido de Coronel Suarez - Buenos Aires - Argentina.

Ombú se encuentra a 49 km de Coronel Suárez, su nombre recuerda el combate librado el 16 de febrero de 1827 a orillas del arroyo homónimo, durante la guerra contra las fuerzas brasileñas, entre las tropas dirigidas por el General Lucio Mansilla y las del Coronel Manuel Ribeiro.

En noviembre de 1910 el Ferrocarril del Sud habilitó la estación Ombú para transporte de pasajeros y carga de productos. Pero no se conformó núcleo urbano y el asentamiento poblacional respondió a las características de paraje rural. En las dependencias ferroviarias se brindaba el servicio telegráfico y también funcionaba la estafeta de correo.

Anton Eager (Aks) - One Tch (Aks) -Freed (Otd)

do you

follow

looking for

the crumbs

in life

led by

the things

others throw

your way

it is easy

to feel

like we are

dependent

tied to

an existence

that feeds

us

but is it

just temporary

we need

to establish

a foundation~

strength

grounded

where we

can rely

on ourselves

that is when

we will

gain

our identity

Antigua casa primada de la Orden de Caballería de Santiago, la monumental fachada plateresca que hoy preside el edificio se levanto en el siglo xvi. Hoy es un hotel de lujo cuyo interior asemeja a un museo por los tapices, bargueños alfombras cuadros y relojes que adornan sus dependencias......

Attempt for hi-res details with Celestron C8 4x Televue Power Mate Quark plus reducer . Some are better than the others, dependent on the atmosphere turbulence

Mirit Ben-Nun paints women, who are called nowadays “career women”; independent women, who are not dependent on men or husbands, who have their own room, their own office, own studio (their own bank account) and their own dream. The writer Virginia Wolf believed that it all begins with “your own room”, a defined space, even a small one, that has four walls and a door and is all yours; there you can recognize the dream, and be who you are. The women Mirit chose to paint also have a key phrase that leads them in life: “Go your way and leave the doubters behind” (Lior Finkel-Perl); “Put an anchor of ability within you” (Imi Eiron) and also more concise messages like that of Tamar Ish-Shalom: “Do not forget to breathe” or of the economist Karnit Flug, former governor of The Bank of Israel: “Economy is not everything.” How true. Mirit Ben-Nun dizzyingly integrates all of this into her private career, a colorful and spectacular painting, which ranges from Aboriginal diligence to feminist consciousness. Ben-Nun adorns the successful women with a tremendous abundance of colors and patterns, generously and with joy of life she wraps them with ‘mandorlas’ (almond-like shape), which surround each other and create “Babushkas”. Like the women, so do Ben-Nun’s models split unexpectedly, creating intersections and interchanges withing the painting, hinting at new paths. These successful, independent, opinionated women receive a gift from Mirit: they are raised to a level of energy rich in particles, but one that plants them in the heart of it all, they are both the citron and the nucleus. They are the smallest babushka, the princess.

Mirit Ben-Nun, an independent woman, who set out without support and without orderly studies, stubbornly made her own way, her own dream, added to her a parade of women, who like Einat Paz, think “better things happen to those who do”.

Tali Tamir

‘Your Own Dream’ is a modern Pop art style exhibit of paintings of women, by the feminine spirit of the artist, Mirit Ben-Nun. The painting series of the women was created and inspired by the book “Presence. Impact. Leadership”, and the majority of the women painted in the exhibit participate in this book by Dr. Efrat Liani, published by Kineret Zemorah Dvir.

Mirit Ben-Nun paints women, who are called nowadays “career women”; independent women, who are not dependent on men or husbands, who have their own room, their own office, own studio (their own bank account) and their own dream. The writer Virginia Wolf believed that it all begins with “your own room”, a defined space, even a small one, that has four walls and a door and is all yours; there you can recognize the dream, and be who you are. The women Mirit chose to paint also have a key phrase that leads them in life: “Go your way and leave the doubters behind” (Lior Finkel-Perl); “Put an anchor of ability within you” (Imi Eiron) and also more concise messages like that of Tamar Ish-Shalom: “Do not forget to breathe” or of the economist Karnit Flug, former governor of The Bank of Israel: “Economy is not everything.” How true. Mirit Ben-Nun dizzyingly integrates all of this into her private career, a colorful and spectacular painting, which ranges from Aboriginal diligence to feminist consciousness. Ben-Nun adorns the successful women with a tremendous abundance of colors and patterns, generously and with joy of life she wraps them with ‘mandorlas’ (almond-like shape), which surround each other and create “Babushkas”. Like the women, so do Ben-Nun’s models split unexpectedly, creating intersections and interchanges withing the painting, hinting at new paths. These successful, independent, opinionated women receive a gift from Mirit: they are raised to a level of energy rich in particles, but one that plants them in the heart of it all, they are both the citron and the nucleus. They are the smallest babushka, the princess.

Mirit Ben-Nun, an independent woman, who set out without support and without orderly studies, stubbornly made her own way, her own dream, added to her a parade of women, who like Einat Paz, think “better things happen to those who do”.

Tali Tamir

‘Your Own Dream’ is a modern Pop art style exhibit of paintings of women, by the feminine spirit of the artist, Mirit Ben-Nun. The painting series of the women was created and inspired by the book “Presence. Impact. Leadership”, and the majority of the women painted in the exhibit participate in this book by Dr. Efrat Liani, published by Kineret Zemorah Dvir.

Mirit Ben-Nun paints women, who are called nowadays “career women”; independent women, who are not dependent on men or husbands, who have their own room, their own office, own studio (their own bank account) and their own dream. The writer Virginia Wolf believed that it all begins with “your own room”, a defined space, even a small one, that has four walls and a door and is all yours; there you can recognize the dream, and be who you are. The women Mirit chose to paint also have a key phrase that leads them in life: “Go your way and leave the doubters behind” (Lior Finkel-Perl); “Put an anchor of ability within you” (Imi Eiron) and also more concise messages like that of Tamar Ish-Shalom: “Do not forget to breathe” or of the economist Karnit Flug, former governor of The Bank of Israel: “Economy is not everything.” How true. Mirit Ben-Nun dizzyingly integrates all of this into her private career, a colorful and spectacular painting, which ranges from Aboriginal diligence to feminist consciousness. Ben-Nun adorns the successful women with a tremendous abundance of colors and patterns, generously and with joy of life she wraps them with ‘mandorlas’ (almond-like shape), which surround each other and create “Babushkas”. Like the women, so do Ben-Nun’s models split unexpectedly, creating intersections and interchanges withing the painting, hinting at new paths. These successful, independent, opinionated women receive a gift from Mirit: they are raised to a level of energy rich in particles, but one that plants them in the heart of it all, they are both the citron and the nucleus. They are the smallest babushka, the princess.

Mirit Ben-Nun, an independent woman, who set out without support and without orderly studies, stubbornly made her own way, her own dream, added to her a parade of women, who like Einat Paz, think “better things happen to those who do”.

Tali Tamir

‘Your Own Dream’ is a modern Pop art style exhibit of paintings of women, by the feminine spirit of the artist, Mirit Ben-Nun. The painting series of the women was created and inspired by the book “Presence. Impact. Leadership”, and the majority of the women painted in the exhibit participate in this book by Dr. Efrat Liani, published by Kineret Zemorah Dvir.

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Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos Ciudad de Oviedo (Buenavista)

C/ Arturo Álvarez Buylla s/n Oviedo, Asturias

Arquitecto: Santiago Calatrava. Concurso de proyectos 2000, obras 2003-2011.

Diseñado por el premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes en 1999, el arquitecto Santiago Calatrava, por su tamaño, envergadura y situación es uno de los edificios más singulares y controvertidos de la ciudad de Oviedo. Popularmente se le conoce como “el Cangrejo”. Se levanta en Buenavista, en el lugar que ocupó el antiguo estadio de fútbol Carlos Tartiere.

Su polémica construcción se inicia en 2003 con el derribo del antiguo estadio de fútbol, en 2007 se inauguran las dependencias administrativas del Principado de Asturias, y en 2008 el centro comercial. En 2010 se retoman las obras después de una paralización de cerca de 2 años, y en 2011 se inaugura el Palacio de Congresos.

El conjunto está constituido por un edificio central, de planta elíptica destinado a Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones, otro perimetral en forma de U dedicado a hotel, oficinas y dependencias administrativas del Principado, y un basamento o plataforma subterránea dedicada a zona comercial que ocupa tres plantas, denominada Espacio Buenavista, con una superficie de 52.000 metros cuadrados, además de aparcamiento para más de 1.800 vehículos. Delante de la fachada principal se sitúa una zona verde con parque infantil.

El edificio central, dedicado al Palacio, se distribuye en tres niveles: en el inferior se encuentran el hall principal y el área expositiva, una sala de reuniones con un aforo para 217 personas y una sala multiusos; la planta intermedia da acceso al Auditorio que dispone de 2.144 butacas y está cubierto por una cúpula de acero blanco de 45 m de altura; finalmente en la tercera planta se organizan las 12 salas de reuniones, de las cuales 8 son modulares. Inicialmente cuenta con una cubierta móvil cuyos elementos pueden inclinarse permitiendo una mayor entrada de luz y modificando el aspecto exterior.

El edificio en "U", que rodea perimetralmente, por las fachadas laterales y trasera, el Palacio de Congresos, se destina a hotel, con 150 habitaciones, y a oficinas de las consejerías del Principado, con una superficie de 11.196 metros cuadrados. Se eleva unos 30 metros del suelo a partir de un complejo diseño de pórticos de acero que se construyen pieza a pieza, como un mecano, en forma de árbol, cada una compuesta a su vez por 6 subestructuras en voladizo, con los ascensores en el núcleo central.