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„Gallery of the Ancients“ (Galleria degli antichi) in Sabbioneta, Lombardy, Italy. This is the upper level of the building. The "great corridor in the castle square", as it was originally called, was built between 1583 and 1586. Total length is approximately 97 metres. The fresco decoration of the gallery was completed in 1587 by Giovanni and Alessandro Alberti and included some architectural trompe-l'œil.
In 2008, Sabbioneta, together with Mantua was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, due to its exceptional nature as a newly founded city built in just over 30 years by Prince Vespasiano I Gonzaga and, as a recognition of its perfect example of practical application of Renaissance urban planning theories.
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The World Health Organization first declared Covid-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern in January 2020.
This week - Covid global health emergency is over.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a "global health emergency".
The statement represents a major step towards ending the pandemic and comes three years after it first declared its highest level of alert over the virus.
Officials said the virus' death rate had dropped from a peak of more than 100,000 people per week in January 2021 to just over 3,500 on 24 April.
The head of the WHO said at least seven million people died in the pandemic. But Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the true figure was "likely" closer to 20 million deaths - nearly three times the official estimate - and he warned that the virus remained a significant threat.
Dr Mike Ryan, from the WHO's health emergencies programme, said the emergency may have ended, but the threat is still there.
"We fully expect that this virus will continue to transmit and this is the history of pandemics," he said.
"It took decades for the final throes of the pandemic virus of 1918 to disappear.
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(From my personal archives of digital images, year 2010)
Alcalá de Júcar was declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1982. Its location, in one of the meanders of the Júcar river valley and its fortified medieval past, make it especially attractive for rural tourism.
Initially, Alcalá was a village of Jorquera, until on April 18, 1364, the King of Castile Pedro I el Cruel, signed a document in the Grao of Valencia, granting Alcalá del Júcar the villazgo and segregation with respect to Jorquera , with assignment of the Jurisdiction of Laws, council ordinance and other rights.
In the photo, we can see terraced houses built into the strata of this bend in the Júcar River. Many of them have interior caves.
And above, we can see the remains of the Alcalá de Júcar castle.
Alcalá is a Spanish toponym that designates various towns associated with the presence of a castle.
The word is a Castilianization of the Arabic word "al-qala`a," which literally means "the castle."
Note: There were several cables that marred the photo, but I removed them using a new tool in Photoshop.
(Photo taken in the town of Alcalá de Júcar, Albacete, Castilla la Mancha, Spain).
ALCALA DE JUCAR, SPAIN, 2010
(De mi archivo personal de imágenes digitales, año 2010)
Alcalá de Júcar fue declarada Conjunto Histórico-Artístico en 1982. Su ubicación, en uno de los meandros del valle del río Júcar y su pasado medieval fortificado, la hacen especialmente atractiva para el turismo rural.
Inicialmente, Alcalá fue aldea de Jorquera, hasta que el 18 de abril de 1364, el rey de Castilla Pedro I el Cruel, firmó un documento en el Grao de Valencia, concediendo a Alcalá del Júcar el villazgo y segregación respecto a Jorquera , con cesión del Fuero de Leyes, ordenanza concejil y otros derechos.
En la foto podemos ver casas escalonadas construidas en los estratos de ese meandro del río Júcar. Muchas de ellas tienen cuevas interiores.
Y en la parte superior podemos ver los restos del castillo de Alcalá de Júcar.
Alcalá es un topónimo español que designa a diversas localidades relacionadas con la presencia de un castillo.
La palabra es una castellanización de origen árabe "al-qala`a", que significa literalmente "el castillo".
Nota: Había varios cables que afeaban la foto, pero los que quitado usando una nueva herramienta de Photoshop.
(Foto tomada en la localidad de Alcalá de Jucar, Albacete, Castilla la Mancha, España).
So, January almost gone. I ‘declared’ that WINTER THEMED MONTH. One Winter photo every day. Next one, February is to be LOVE MONTH.
I think we all NEED it more than ever. I wonder where these pictures will all take me. As curious as you!
But in the meantime:
I just like the design in this, snow does beautiful things, brings out shapes and details otherwise unnoticed.
In this image, I love the way the artist 'Winter' chose his palette and played with the greens, blacks and whites.
Hope you'll like it too.
I wish you the best of days and thank you for your time.
Magda (*_*)
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You have got what you wanted, or rather what one half wanted and the other half tried to prevent from happening. A self-declared messiah with an unlimited sense of self-importance. He will try to subdue to his nativistic logic what is in fact a multitude of diversity, points of view and interests - in the US and world-wide. Such attempts at denying plurality and exchanging it for one's own monologue usually end in tears. Brace yourself. Sony A7iii.
Jesus declared that we are all sons of God and to repeat this truth in our prayers every day …… “Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your Name”.
He did not say that he is the only Son as priests immersed in ignorance propagate, but that we all are His children and sons. The only difference is that he knows he is the son of God but we immersed in ignorance do not realise it and have forget our true identity, the truth of our being!
Jesus came to remind us of our true identity and wake us up, to raise us from the dead, that is to remove from us the ignorance that we think that we can die and that death exists for our immortal self and soul.
We are children of God, God is our Father and so we are like God for our children are like us, the same as us, there is no difference between a father and his son or child. The difference becomes due to ignorance and cultivating a bad and evil character.
God is Truth and the Source of Truth, so if we cultivate and abide in truth we return to the source of our being, we realise that we are the same as God Himself, we are of the same identity and nature as He Is!
So abiding in truth we develop a sterling character and a pure mind and becomes easy to realise that we are God, the source of all blessing, love, happiness, immortality and beatitude.
But if we get immersed in ignorance and forgetfulness it becomes easy to identify with the external physical environment that is the product of Maya, of Illusion, changing and transforming all the time being physical in nature and following the rules of birth, growth and death, creation, preservation and destruction or annihilation.
So the demon is a fallen angel that forgets its reality and identifies itself with the physical bodies that he occupies and creates out of illusion. A demon is an immortal child of God that due to its ignorance and forgetfulness and identification with external reality which is an illusion and a lie, lives and cultivates ignorance and lies and becomes a demon searching for mundane physical pleasures and riches ready to fight for them in order to acquire them and make them his own property.
A demon develops a bad character and lives in an illusion forgetting his real reality and goes away and astray from his Father cultivating lies and untruth that separates him from Him. Only lies can separate you from Truth and a demon cultivates lies and fight and ignores God which is the Truth thus going away from Him and Truth creating apostasy from Him and thus throwing himself in tribulations, ordeals, unhappiness and travails with out an end. Like Sisyphus he climbs the steep hill with great labour and effort only to fall back in the beginning with out any success thus living in misery and pain not realising that he is immortal and the Source of Bliss and Happiness. And all that due to ignorance and false identification and forgetfulness of his immortal Truth.
Arise, awake from the sleep of ignorance and throw away all illusions, lies and false identifications you cultivated for so long and realise that you are not different from God Himself, as your child is no different from you but it can become even better if he cultivates a better character than you.
The only thing we have to do is to return to the Source of our being, to God which He is our Source by cultivating a pure mind and character that resembles His. By removing the false ego and egoism and lust and greediness and jealousy and anger and hate and false pride we become like Him in splendour and purity !
Utah's First National Monument.
Viewed from the roadside viewpoint,
Declared a National Monument in 1908, this bridge is one of three in Natural Bridges Monument, named "Kachina," "Owachomo" and "Sipapu" in honor of the ancestral Puebloans who once made this place their home.
Sipapu
A Hopi term for the opening between worlds, the present name was given by William Douglas, who led a government survey party to the bridges in 1908, mapping the exact boundaries of the new national monument. Douglas thought that the ruins and rock art found in the area must be related to the Hopi people of northern Arizona.
People repeatedly occupied and abandoned Natural Bridges during prehistoric times. They first began using this area during the Archaic period, from the year 7000 BCE (Before Common Era) to 500 CE (Common Era). Only the rock art and stone tools left by hunter-gatherer groups reveal that humans lived here then. Around 700 CE, ancestors of modern Puebloan people moved onto the mesa tops to dry farm and later left as the natural environment changed.
Height: 220 feet (67 meters)
Span: 268 feet (82 meters)
Width: 31 feet (9.5 meters)
Thickness: 53 feet (16 meters)
The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on 17 May 1814. The constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom in an attempt to avoid being ceded to Sweden after Denmark–Norway's devastating defeat in the Napoleonic Wars.
The celebration of this day began spontaneously among students and others from early on. However, Norway was at that time in a union with Sweden (following the Convention of Moss in August 1814) and for some years the King of Sweden and Norway was reluctant to allow the celebrations. For a few years during the 1820s, King Karl Johan actually banned it, believing that celebrations like this were, in fact, a kind of protest and disregard—even revolt—against the union.
The king's attitude changed after the Battle of the Square in 1829, an incident which resulted in such a commotion that the king had to allow commemorations on the day. It was, however, not until 1833 that public addresses were held, and official celebration was initiated near the monument of former government minister Christian Krohg, who had spent much of his political life curbing the personal power of the monarch. The address was held by Henrik Wergeland, thoroughly witnessed and accounted for by an informant dispatched by the king himself.
After 1864 the day became more established when the first children's parade was launched in Christiania, at first consisting only of boys. This initiative was taken by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, although Wergeland made the first known children's parade at Eidsvoll around 1820. It was only in 1899 that girls were allowed to join in the parade for the first time. In 1905, the union with Sweden was dissolved and Prince Carl of Denmark was chosen to be King of an independent Norway, under the name Haakon VII. Obviously, this ended any Swedish concern for the activities of the National Day.
By historical coincidence, the Second World War ended in Norway nine days before that year's Constitution Day, on 8 May 1945, when the occupying German forces surrendered. Even if The Liberation Day is an official flag day in Norway, the day is not an official holiday and is not widely celebrated. Instead, a new and broader meaning has been added to the celebration of Norwegian Constitution Day on 17 May. wikipedia
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Ronda is located in a mountainous area in central Andalusia, some fifty kilometers inland from the Costa del Sol at approximately 750 meters above sea level. The Guadalevín River divides the town in two and has cut a deep gorge known as Tajo de Ronda. The origin of the city of Ronda is Celtic, although older prehistoric remains have been found in the area. After the Celts, the Greeks populated the area around Ronda. Later the Romans called the place Arunda, because the town overlooked the area and thus had a strategic view all around. At that time, the trade in Ronda also began to flourish. During Moorish rule, Ronda was declared the capital of the province of Andalusia. The city is surrounded by beautiful river valleys and is located at the top of a deep canyon. It is a place that really makes your mouth fall open. Enjoy long walks in the city and fantastic views, while you eat well and visit one of the many bodegas in the area. The Puente Nuevo bridge is without a doubt the monumental sign of Ronda. If you have the time, be sure to explore the Camino de los Molinos (Way of the mills) that leads you into the gorge. The view is among the best you can find there. In the spring you can enjoy a valley bottom full of flowers.
The famous Puente Nuevo in Ronda is the largest of three bridges that span the 120-meter-deep - 390 ft. The construction of the "New Bridge" was started in 1759 and took 34 years to build. Photo of the Puente Nuevo in El Tajo gorge.
Ronda ligt in een bergachtig gebied in centraal Andalusië, zo'n vijftig kilometer landinwaarts van de Costa del Sol op ongeveer 750 meter boven zeeniveau. De rivier Guadalevín splitst het stadje in tweeën en heeft een diepe kloof uitgesneden, bekend als Tajo de Ronda. De oorsprong van de stad Ronda is Keltisch, hoewel er oudere prehistorische resten in de omgeving zijn gevonden. Na de Kelten bevolkten de Grieken het gebied rond Ronda. Later noemden de Romeinen de plaats Arunda, omdat het stadje uitkeek over de omgeving en zo rondom een strategisch uitzicht had. In die tijd begon ook de handel in Ronda op te bloeien. Tijdens de Moorse overheersing werd Ronda uitgeroepen tot hoofdstad van de provincie Andalusië. De stad wordt omringd door prachtige riviervalleien en bevindt zich boven aan een diep ravijn. Het is een plek die je mond werkelijk doet openvallen. Geniet van lange wandelingen in de stad en een fantastisch uitzicht, terwijl je lekker eet en één van de vele bodega's in de omgeving bezoekt. De Puente Nuevo brug is zonder twijfel het monumentale uithangbord van Ronda. Als je tijd hebt, verken dan zeker eens de Camino de los Molinos (Weg van de molens) die je in de kloof leidt. Het uitzicht hoort bij de beste die je er kunt vinden. In de lente kun je er trouwens genieten van een valleibodem vol bloemen.
Meadowvale Nature Park was declared in 1988 to help celebrate Australia's Bicentenary. It encompasses 63 hectares of relatively untouched vegetation, comprising open eucalypt forest, riparian vegetation along Splitter's Creek, small areas of rainforest, and heath known as "Wallum". Rare plants species include Melaleuca cheelii and the vulnerable Acacia attenuata. The Park is a botanist's dream, with over 125 species recorded, including herbs, creepers, shrubs, sedges, native grasses and orchids. At certain time of the year, masses of wildflowers bloom, providing a burst of colour throughout the understory.
Splitters Creek runs along the southern boundary of the Park and is one of the few tributaries of the Burnett River where salt and freshwater mix naturally. This is essential for the life cycle of many native fish species, including popular recreational species such as Bass and Mullett. The distinctive Queensland Lung Fish (Neoceratodus forsteri) has been seen in this creek. The area is also considered to be a potential nesting environment for the vulnerable southern snapping turtle (Elseya albagula).
Platypus
Visitors to Meadowvale can sometimes see the famously shy Platypus (Omithorhynchus anatinus) in Splitters Creek. Platypus love the deep water in this part of the Creek and the banks are perfect for their burrows.
Jiuzhaigou Valley is a nature reserve in Sichuan province of China. It is known for its many multi-level waterfalls and colorful lakes. With some of the most beautiful and inspiring scenery on earth and some of the reserves scenic spots considered holy by the local Tibetan and Qiang people, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Many people are drawn to the area for these reasons and so do I. Gosh....it was dreamlike trip for me last month.
The Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn are a group of beehive tombs or necropolis from the Hafit period in the 3rd Millennium BC. They were declared World Heritage by UNESCO. The partially destructed beehive tombs are what you can see as accumulation of stones in the center and on the top of the hill.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_Sites_of_Bat,_Al-Khu...
6.07 was declared as a day of rest for our family, having hiked to Toaca on the previous day. For us, a day of rest equals a day of chasing trains and so we made our way from Piatra Neamț to Bicaz. As luck would have it, a train of covered wagons was waiting for us at the railway station in Bicaz, on the head of which was 60-1652, preparing for departure towards the Tașca cement plant.
We then chased the train and decided to use the opprotunity to photograph it on a spot relatively rarely used by locomotives. We especially liked it because of the old semaphore signal and the visible main gate to the Tașca cement factory. The 60-1652 was making its way from the facility towards the dropoff/pickup point for trains to/from the quarry at Bicaz Chei.
We noticed a very interesting feature about this particular class 60 locomotive - it is the only one of the entire Heidelbercement România fleet to have no elongated bumps in the metal of the side walls, which increase structural integrity. Simmilarly, none of the original PKP ST43 locomotives had them and it seems like they are only a feature in locomotives of the later production series.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Osprey
The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), sometimes known as the Sea Hawk, Fish Eagle or Fish Hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large Raptor, reaching more than 24 inches (60 cm) in length and a 71 inches (180 cm) wingspan. It is brown on the upper parts and predominantly greyish on the head and under parts, with a black eye patch and wings. In 1994, the osprey was declared the provincial bird of Nova Scotia, Canada.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osprey
The Cornell Lab: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Osprey/id
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico. The stems are leafy, ranging in height from as low as 30 cm to more than 1.8–2.4 m. The majority of species do not produce scented flowers. Like most plants that do not attract pollinating insects through scent, they are brightly colored, displaying most hues, with the exception of blue. The dahlia was declared the national flower of Mexico in 1963. Dahlias are perennial plants with tuberous roots, though they are grown as annuals in some regions with cold winters. While some have herbaceous stems, others have stems which lignify in the absence of secondary tissue and resprout following winter dormancy, allowing further seasons of growth. As a member of the Asteraceae, the dahlia has a flower head that is actually a composite (hence the older name Compositae) with both central disc florets and surrounding ray florets. S10N_226
Excerpt from the plaque:
Given that the Chan Ancestral Hall on the central axis has three halls, the cluster of buildings came to be known as “Sam Tung Uk”, which literally means “a building with three ridge purlins”, with tung being the ridge of a hall. The Middle Hall was used for the gatherings of the Chan clan. A pair of screen doors helps avoid direct sight from the ancestral altar in the rear of the hall. Suspended above the screen doors is a plaque inscribed with the Chinese characters for “Greatly Respected Patriarch” (replica), which was bestowed by the Qing court on Chan Kin-sheung, to commend him for his good moral virtue and contributions to the area.
Excerpt from the plaque:
Old House of the Former Hoi Pa Tsuen
It is located in the heart of Tsuen Wan. It was once the site of Hoi Pa Village, a Hakka mixed-lineage village, over a hundred years ago. The village was then developed into a park in the 1980s, retaining only the Old House, the Chan Yi Cheung Ancestral Hall and a village house. The Old House became a declared monument in 1986. It was built with rammed earth, green bricks, green tiles and timber, which was exemplary of the traditional southern Chinese village architecture. The park is intentionally designed in Chinese style to march with the historic buildings.
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Dated: 11.10.2022
Durga Puja was declared as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, in 2021. “Durga Puja is a religious festival that has become a cultural and secular event. It has also become a space for social and artistic activities.
For more information
www.unesco.org/en/articles/durga-puja-inscribed-unesco-re...!
West Bengal is home to around 43,000 Durga Pujas, and the business around it is a big driver for the economy. A research commissioned by the British Council at the behest of the West Bengal tourism department had pegged the total economic worth of the creative industries around it at Rs 32,377 crore (the figures were estimated around the 2019 Durga Puja).
Will the heritage tag give it a fillip?
Tapati Guha Thakurta, former director and honorary professor, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta, believes that the UNESCO award can be a great boost to tourism. “It’s an international branding of a festival. So this is the best opportunity to bring international tourists.”
The crafts around the festival – from the idol-making at Kumartuli to the handicrafts that revolve around it – will get a huge boost, says the art historian.
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Jonathan declared himself an official rainmaker yesterday. He went out to mow the lawn and got drenched to the skin in about 2 seconds flat. You've got to laugh haven't you ? I was busy on my PC and he came to tell me - like I hadn't heard the biggest crack of thunder and been almost blinded by the lightning with the sound of the rain falling like like the wrath of God. It was actually a blessing but Jonathan didn't see it quite like that at the time.
Saved him watering the garden, so I said he should think himself lucky. He wasn't impressed :)
The Centre del Carme is housed in what used to be Valencia’s Royal Monastery of Our Lady of the Carmen, built in 1281 after the Christian conquest of the city. The Monastery was outside the Arab defensive wall, and the neighbourhood where it is located, the “Barrio del Carmen”, is named after it.
In 1983, the building was declared a National Historical/Artistic Monument. After its refurbishment, which was begun in 1989 and partially fi nished in 2011, the Valencian Regional Government made it into the headquarters of the Consortium of Museums of the Valencian Community. Currently, the Centre del Carme is a centre for contemporary culture that hosts a wide range of artistic expressions and practices. It has become a splendid cultural venue which has been recovered for the benefi t of all Valencians.
El Centre del Carme se ubica en el que fuera el Real Monasterio de Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Valencia, construido en 1281 tras la conquista cristiana de la ciudad. El Monasterio se encontraba fuera de la muralla árabe defensiva, y el barrio donde se ubica, el “Barrio del Carmen”, recibe su nombre.
En 1983, el edificio fue declarado Monumento Histórico Artístico Nacional. Tras su remodelación, iniciada en 1989 y parcialmente finalizada en 2011, la Generalitat Valenciana lo convirtió en la sede del Consorcio de Museos de la Comunidad Valenciana. Actualmente, el Centre del Carme es un centro de cultura contemporánea que acoge una amplia gama de expresiones y prácticas artísticas. Se ha convertido en un espléndido espacio cultural recuperado en beneficio de todos los valencianos.
Barri del Carme de València (Spain).
Finally, victory from the jaws of defeat, Owner tracked down a pride of seven lions laying in the grass beneath a copse of trees on a small hill. You can see four of the lions in this shot. Below, an extract from this morning's Journal:
After our break we drove in silence until we came to a small hill beside the road, it was covered in trees, and lions. Owner drove around the hill and told us about the 7 lions in that pride. Owner knew the life history of every animal, it was fascinating to learn about them and their individual histories.
As photo opportunities go, this was not a good find. The lions were concealed in the long grass and they were difficult to see, but Mary was thrilled. This is what she had come to Africa to see, and now Owner was her hero, even if he didn’t speak American. At lunch Mary told anybody who would listen that she had seen at least 20 lions. Joe said nothing.
After lunch I left Kanana along with several other guests. Among them were Bob and Bonkers, who arrived with me. I'd avoided them until now, but as we waited for our transfer to the airstrip Bonkers showed me some of her outstanding photo; she was an accomplished photographer. She declared everybody should come to Africa, because she'd learned so much in just a few days. It's true, she'd really blossomed and I was happy for her. Bob still struck me as a dummy.
Packed into a tiny aircraft, we made two short hops to dusty isolated airstrips where passengers got off or on. At the second stop I transferred to a second plane for a short hop to Okuti, I was their only passenger. I was met at the airstrip and whisked away to a rendezvous with my new guide, Chachos, who was conducting an afternoon game drive in the Moremi Game Reserve.
This was quite a culture shock, first the roads are incredibly rough, and secondly we are sharing with vehicles from different lodges, along with private vehicles.
Chachos had found a leopard in the morning, and was keen to show me the animal. When we arrived at the spot, about a dozen vehicles were gathered around and it was impossible to see the leopard which was in a tree. We waited and eventually Chachos got a spot and I had my photos.
Apart from the truly awful roads with potholes big enough to swallow a small car, this is a very different landscape from Kanana. It's more heavily wooded, there's much less ground water and many dry water courses. There are the same animals and much less sage bush. I found myself missing Owner with his vast knowledge and wonderfully dry sense of humour, but not the mosquitoes; those I can do without.
The accommodation here is even better than at Kanana. The rooms are on stilts and connected to the main building by an elevated walkway. I have a very spacious room built of thatch and brick, the roof is thatched. There is a large balcony with a comfortable seat, a table and chairs, and it all looks out over the Xudum River with papyrus reeds on the far bank. It's all very lovely.
Ciudad Encantada, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, España.
La Ciudad Encantada es un paraje natural español de formaciones rocosas calcáreas o calizas formadas a lo largo de miles de años. Se localiza cerca de Valdecabras, en el término municipal de Cuenca (España), en una amplia zona de pinares de la parte meridional de la serranía conquense y a una altitud de 1500 metros.
Fue declarada Sitio Natural de Interés Nacional el 11 de junio de 1929. La acción del agua, el viento y el hielo ha hecho posible este fenómeno kárstico. La heterogeneidad de las rocas en cuanto a su morfología, composición química y grado de dureza es lo que ha permitido el desgaste desigual de las mismas por los elementos atmosféricos, dando como resultado una muestra sorprendente de arte pintoresco proveniente de la misma naturaleza. A las caprichosas y espectaculares formaciones existentes hay que sumar lapiaces, torcas y sumideros.
Comparte estas características especialmente con "Los Callejones", paraje ubicado en el término municipal de Las Majadas. Ambos lugares forman parte del parque natural Serranía de Cuenca, creado mediante la Ley de la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha 5/2007.
The Enchanted City is a Spanish natural area of calcareous or limestone rock formations formed over thousands of years. It is located near Valdecabras, in the municipality of Cuenca (Spain), in a wide area of pine forests in the southern part of the Cuenca mountains and at an altitude of 1,500 meters.
It was declared a Natural Site of National Interest on June 11, 1929. The action of water, wind and ice has made this karstic phenomenon possible. The heterogeneity of the rocks in terms of their morphology, chemical composition and degree of hardness is what has allowed their uneven wear by atmospheric elements, resulting in a surprising sample of picturesque art from nature itself. To the whimsical and spectacular existing formations we must add lapiaces, torques and sinkholes.
It shares these characteristics especially with "Los Callejones", a place located in the municipality of Las Majadas. Both places are part of the Serranía de Cuenca Natural Park, created by the Law of the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha 5/2007.
Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (Spanish: The Glaciers) is a national park in the Santa Cruz Province, in Argentine Patagonia. It comprises an area of 4459 km².In 1981 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The national park, created in 1937, is the second largest in Argentina. Its name refers to the giant ice cap in the Andes range that feeds 47 large glaciers, of which only 13 flow towards the Atlantic Ocean. The ice cap is the largest outside of Antarctica and Greenland. In other parts of the world, glaciers start at a height of at least 2,500 meters above mean sea level, but due to the size of the ice cap, these glaciers begin at only 1,500m, sliding down to 200m AMSL, eroding the surface of the mountains that support them.
The Los Glaciares National Park is an area of exceptional natural beauty, with rugged, towering mountains and numerous glacial lakes, including Lake Argentino, which is 160 km long. At its farthest end, three glaciers meet to dump their effluvia into the milky grey glacial water, launching massive igloo icebergs into the lake with thunderous splashes.
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Los Glaciares (che in spagnolo significa "I Ghiacciai") è un Parco nazionale che si trova nella provincia di Santa Cruz, nella Patagonia argentina. Esso si estende su un'area di 4.459 km²; nel 1981 è stato inserito nell'elenco dei Patrimoni dell'umanitàdell'UNESCO.
Il Parco nazionale, istituito nel 1937, è il secondo per dimensioni in Argentina. Il suo nome si riferisce alla gigantesca calotta glaciale (una delle maggiori del mondo) della Cordigliera delle Ande, da cui si originano 47 grandi ghiacciai vallivi (di cui solo 13 scorrono verso l'Oceano Atlantico). In altre parti del mondo i ghiacciai si originano a partire dai 2500 metri di altezza, ma, a causa della particolare conformazione geografica, in questa regione essi si originano a partire da soli 1500 metri, e da lì scorrono fino a 200 metri sul livello del mare, erodendo le montagne che li sostengono.
Il 30% della superficie di Los Glaciares è ricoperta di ghiaccio. L'intera regione può essere divisa in due parti, ognuna delle quali corrisponde ad uno dei due grandi laghicontenuti nel Parco: il Lago Argentino (il più grande del paese con i suoi 1.446 km²) a sud e il Lago Viedma (1,100 km²) a nord. Le acque di entrambi i laghi finiscono nel fiume Santa Cruz, che scorre fino a Puerto Santa Cruz sulle rive dell'Oceano Atlantico.
La parte meridionale invece contiene i ghiacciai più grandi: il Perito Moreno, il Ghiacciaio Upsala e il Ghiacciaio Spegazzini, che scorrono tutti verso il Lago Argentino. Un'escursione tipica si effettua in barca fra gli iceberg del lago per visitare Bahía Onelli e gli altrimenti inaccessibili ghiacciai Upsala e Spegazzini, mentre il Perito Moreno è raggiungibile via terra.
This is the Quire at York Minster, England, the second-largest Gothic cathedral of Northern Europe. The present building was begun in about 1230 and completed in 1472.
The Quire was built between 1361 and the 1420s, although much of the original structure was destroyed in a fire started deliberately on the night of 1 February 1829. The blaze had been started by Jonathan Martin, a frequent visitor to the cathedral at the time, who had attended a service that afternoon and then hidden inside until the building was locked for the night. Martin reportedly used a rope taken from the bell tower to climb into the Quire, before setting the area alight and making his escape through a window. The fire wasn't detected until the following morning, but despite the best efforts of firefighters, the blaze completely destroyed the Quire including its medieval panelling, stalls, roof and the Grand Organ. The instrument is believed to have dated in part from 1632.
It is unclear why Martin started the fire – some suggest he disliked the style of worship at the Minster and others have reported that he claimed to dislike the noise the organ made. He is quoted as saying: "I'll have thee down tonight, thou shalt buzz no more." He was arrested shortly after the fire, declared insane at trial and sent to Bedlam Hospital in London where he spent the rest of his life.
As part of the rebuilding work at the Minster after the fire, a new Grand Organ was commissioned in 1829, and parts of this instrument still exist today. A donation of £3,000 paid for most of the cost of the new organ and its "gingerbread gothic" style case which sits above the Quire Screen.
In 2018 a major 3-year, £2m refurbishment began on the organ, the first on this scale since 1903. The instrument was removed in October 2018 – including nearly all of its 5,403 pipes – and taken to Durham for repair and refurbishment by organ specialists Harrison and Harrison. The majority of the 100 display pipes in the main organ casing will be brought back into use for the first time in more than 100 years. The organ has now been returned to the cathedral and work is underway to rebuild it, ready for completion in spring 2021.
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Declared as a marine national park in 1981, Ao Phang Nga National Park is situated along the coast of Phang-Nga Province south of Thailand in the Andaman Sea. The popular attractions are James Bond Island, other picturesque limestone karst islands, a number of white sandy beaches and a few caves. The turquoise waters surrounding the islands are consistently calm, very ideal for canoeing. There are interesting canoeing spots that are sea level caves, leading to inland lagoons.
The park encompasses an area of 400 km², including the biggest native mangrove forests in Thailand along the mainland and many islands. The nearest popular towns and tourist destinations are Phuket, Phi Phi Islands, Krabi, Khao Lak and Ko Lanta.
Besides the natural beauties, the park also has a few archaeological sites that date back more than 1,000 years but also some prehistoric paintings on the cliffs. Stone tools and pottery items have been found in some sites.
Ao Phang Nga Bay is about 35 km from Rassada Pier in Phuket, about 50-65 km from various piers in Krabi and about 70 km from Khao Lak.
À la fin du XIIe siècle le catharisme atteint Carcassonne et y fera beaucoup d'adeptes, les cathares étant protégés par le vicomte Raimond-Roger Trencavel. Après l'assassinat du légat apostolique Pierre de Castelnau en janvier 1208, la ville et toute sa région sont déclarées terres d’hérésies par le pape Innocent III, et en conséquence subissent la Croisade des albigeois, dirigée par Arnaud Amaury.
L'armée croisée met le siège devant Carcassonne : deux bourgs situés près des remparts tombent rapidement et sont brûlés. L'enceinte de la cité résiste à l'assaillant, mais c'est la sécheresse et la soif qui font capituler la ville au bout de deux semaines, le 15 août 1209 : La ville capitule alors : Trancavel est jeté dans un cachot du palais comtal où il meurt rapidement de dysenterie ; ses terres sont attribuées à Simon IV de Montfort -
At the end of the 12th century, Catharism reached Carcassonne and gained many followers, the Cathars being protected by Viscount Raymond-Roger Trencavel. After the assassination of the apostolic legate Pierre de Castelnau in January 1208, the city and its entire region were declared a land of heresy by Pope Innocent III, and as a result, suffered the Albigensian Crusade, led by Arnaud Amaury.
The Crusader army laid siege to Carcassonne: two towns located near the ramparts quickly fell and were burned. The city walls resisted the attack, but drought and thirst forced the city to surrender after two weeks, on August 15, 1209. The city then capitulated: Trancavel was thrown into a dungeon in the county palace where he quickly died of dysentery. his lands are attributed to Simon IV de Montfort -
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Alla fine del XII secolo, il catarismo giunse a Carcassonne e vi trovò numerosi adepti, protetti dal visconte Raimond-Roger Trencavel. Dopo l'assassinio del legato apostolico Pierre de Castelnau nel gennaio 1208, la città e l'intera regione furono dichiarate terre di eresia da papa Innocenzo III e, di conseguenza, subirono la crociata albigese, guidata da Arnaud Amaury.
L'esercito crociato assediò Carcassonne: due città situate nei pressi delle mura caddero rapidamente e furono incendiate. Le mura della città resistettero all'attaccante, ma furono la siccità e la sete a costringere la città ad arrendersi dopo due settimane, il 15 agosto 1209: la città capitolò: Trancavel fu gettato in una prigione nel palazzo della contea dove morì rapidamente di dissenteria; le sue terre sono attribuite a Simone IV di Montfort -
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"Oh no, no! In my Universe,"
declared the Passionate Soul,
"ruling is shared...
If it is needed;
Mostly, ruling is done by The Invisibles...
As in the garden.
There is definitely not, in my Universe,"
the Passionate Soul continued,
"any form of slavery in gardens...
unless you count being a Slave To Love -
of the garden and all else
that arouses True and Noble Passion.
The thought of Slave-Owner is unknown and unknowable
where I dwell."
[part 12 of my poem, "The Dream of Parallel Gardens", which morphed into my novel Antonia of Venice
&
my textures
taken in Butchart Gardens, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
The Cathedral of Berlin is the largest church in the city, and it serves as a vital center for the Protestant church of Germany.
The history of the Cathedral on Berlin’s Spree Island began in 1465, when the St. Erasmus Chapel in the newly built royal palace of Cölln on the Spree was elevated to the stature of collegiate church. The German name for the Cathedral, “Dom”, can be traced back to the term “Domkirche”, which was used for such collegiate churches at that time. In 1536, Elector Joachim II moved the “Dom” into the former Dominican church, south of the palace.
With Martin Luther’s support, the elector established the Reformation in 1539, and the “Dom” became a Lutheran church. In 1608, the collegiate church was dissolved, and the Dom was declared the highest parish church in Cölln on the Spree. When Elector Johann Sigismund converted to Calvinism in 1613, the Cathedral became Court and Parish Church.
From 1747 to 1750, Frederick the Great commissioned Johann Boumann the Elder to build a new baroque building to the north of the city palace. After the coffins were transferred from the crypt, the old, dilapidated Cathedral was torn down.
On the occasion of the union of Prussia’s Lutheran and Reformed communities, the interior and exterior of the Cathedral were renovated. The classicistic conversion by Karl Friedrich Schinkel was completed in 1822.
Tuscany is beautiful even on days with dull sky and no light. The Chapel of the Madonna di Vitaleta is located in the hills of the Val d’Orcia on the road between San Quirico d’Orcia and Pienza, and is one of the most beautiful and evocative places in this incredible territory, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
This photo was taken overflying the Namib desert
The name Namib is of Khoekhoegowab origin and means "vast place".
The Namib is considered the oldest desert in the world and there is evidence that it already existed during the Tertiary Era, 65 million years ago, when the dinosaurs became extinct. UNESCO declared the Namib a World Heritage Site in 2013.
Namibia
September, 2017
Here in NSW, Australia we have been declared 100% in drought. This drought is very serious and shouldn't be taken lightly. The farmers have no grass only dust, their animals are starving to death or have died, young animals are vunerable because their Mums have died or are too weak to feed them. Hay is in shortage, this is a huge problem. Hay has been transported from Western Australia and Tasmania but this hay will only last about a week. The biggest heartache of this drought is the suicide rate in farmers. They just can't take anymore.
Here in Newcastle a man had a dream to take a truckload of goods to farmers In Coonabarabran. That dream became huge. About $80k worth, over 200 pallets of goods, and over 100 people helping him. 8 semi-trailer loads drove to Coonabarabran and visited 12 remote areas. The farmers are doing it real tough...they cried 😢 when they saw what had been donated.
I organised donations through my work and we took two car loads to the park where it was all collected. I stayed all morning photographing, watching the huge response.
One mans dream became a reality. Look it up up Facebook "Fill a truck for farmers".
Aussies are known to help out their mates in need, this is who we are...
This weekend we may get a little rain, we all pray for this...
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Yeung Hau Temple is one of the oldest temples in Tai O. The temple was probably built in 1699 or earlier with reference to the oldest relic at the temple, an iron bell cast in the 38th year of Kangxi reign (1699) of the Qing dynasty dedicated to the deity of Hau Wong.
Yeung Hau Temple has long been patronised not only by fishing folks and fisheries merchants in Tai O, but also by merchants from the neighbouring places and the Qing soldiers along the coast. The temple is also popular for its strong association with the Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade which is a traditional festive event with a history of over one hundred years and was inscribed onto the third national list of intangible cultural heritage of China in 2011.
The temple compound consists of the main temple building and side halls constructed of grey brick, granite and timber. The main temple building is a Qing vernacular two-hall-three-bay building, with a courtyard covered with a pavilion in-between the two halls. The recessed façade is supported by granite columns. Exquisite historic Shiwan ceramic figurines portraying Chinese folk stories can also be found on the roof ridge of the entrance hall and the two parapet walls of the covered courtyard.
Yeung Hau Temple was declared a monument in 2017.
The High Fens (German: Hohes Venn; French: Hautes Fagnes; Dutch: Hoge Venen), which were declared a nature reserve in 1957, are an upland area, a plateau region in the province of Liège, in the east of Belgium and adjoining parts of Germany, between the Ardennes and the Eifel highlands. The High Fens are the largest nature reserve or park in Belgium, with an area of 4,501.2 hectares (11,123 acres); it lies within the German-Belgian natural park Hohes Venn-Eifel (700 square kilometres (270 sq mi)), in the Ardennes. Its highest point, at 694 metres (2,277 ft) above sea level, is the Signal de Botrange near Eupen, and also the highest point in Belgium. A tower 6 metres (20 ft) high was built here that reaches 700 metres (2,297 ft) above sea level.[2][3] The reserve is a rich ecological endowment of Belgium covered with alpine sphagnum raised bogs (not "fens" as the name would imply) both on the plateau and in the valley basin; the bogs, which are over 10,000 years old, with their unique subalpine flora, fauna and microclimate, are key to the conservation work of the park.[4][5]
In 1966, the European Council awarded the "Diploma of Conservation" to the High Fens, for their ecological value.
L'Estany de Banyoles, Banyoles, Girona.
L'Estany de Banyoles es el lago más grande de Catalunya, en la provincia de Girona. Es el principal símbolo de la ciudad de Banyoles. El lago y su cuenca lacustre son considerados el conjunto cárstico más extenso de España, constituyendo un sistema medioambiental de notable valor.
Situado en el oeste del término municipal de Banyoles, fue declarado por la Generalitat de Catalunya como zona integrante del Plan de Espacios de Interés Natural. En 2003 se incluyó en la lista Ramsar de Zonas Húmedas de Importancia Internacional, solicitándose por varios colectivos la instauración de un Parque Natural.
L'Estany de Banyoles es de origen tectónico y cárstico. Se formó en la época cuaternaria, hace unos 250 000 años. Los movimientos tectónicos producidos por la formación de los Pirineos abrieron la falla del Ampurdán. La erosión y otros fenómenos geológicos crearon la zona lacustre.
El primer Estany de Banyoles tenía una extensión muy superior a la actual, inundando las riberas unos 6 u 8 metros por encima del nivel actual de las aguas.
Las pesquerías son pequeñas construcciones que se encuentran en las aguas del lago en la orilla oriental y declaradas Bien Cultural de Interés Nacional (en la categoría de Jardín Histórico) por la Generalitat de Catalunya.
En total hay 20 pesquerías, cada una con un nombre particular. Su construcción comenzó a mediados del siglo XIX hasta 1931, y durante estos años han sido renovados y acondicionados.
Inicialmente, el papel de la pesquería era mantener el material para la pesca. Posteriormente, muchos de ellos aumentaron la superficie para poder almacenar un bote. Finalmente, con la llegada de la práctica del deporte y el ascenso de la burguesía banyolina, se adaptaron para poder nadar e incluso quedarse.
L'Estany de Banyoles is the largest lake in Catalonia, in the province of Girona. It is the main symbol of the city of Banyoles. The lake and its lacustrine basin are considered the most extensive karst complex in Spain, constituting an environmental system of remarkable value.
Located in the west of the municipality of Banyoles, it was declared by the Generalitat de Catalunya as an integral part of the Plan of Spaces of Natural Interest. In 2003 it was included in the Ramsar list of Wetlands of International Importance, requesting by several groups the establishment of a Natural Park.
L'Estany de Banyoles is of tectonic and karstic origin. It was formed in the Quaternary era, about 250,000 years ago. The tectonic movements produced by the formation of the Pyrenees opened the Ampurdán fault. Erosion and other geological phenomena created the lacustrine zone.
The first Estany de Banyoles had a much higher extension than the current, flooding the banks about 6 or 8 meters above the current level of water.
The fishery are small constructions that are found in the water of the lake on the east bank and declared Cultural Good of National Interest (in the category of Historic Garden) by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
In total there are 20 the fishery, each with a particular name. Its construction began in the mid-nineteenth century until 1931, and over these years they have been renovated and conditioned.
Initially, the role of the fishery was to keep the material for fishing. Subsequently, many of them increased the surface in order to be able to store a boat. Finally, with the arrival of the practice of sport and the rise of the banyolina bourgeoisie, they adapted to be able to swim and even to stay.
The Courtyards Festival of Córdoba is a courtyard competition in Córdoba, Spain held since 1921 and generally held during the first and second week of the month of May. Participants decorate and open their courtyards for free so that they can be visited during festival hours. In 1980 they were declared a Fiestas of National Tourist Interest of Spain, and after a long process, they managed to be add to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO on December 6, 2012.
The courtyards during the Festival are separated in two types. Monumental and stately courtyards are courtyards inside palaces of the local aristocracy or notable religious buildings. Competition courtyards are those participated in the competition. The competition courtyards are categorized as courtyards with old architecture (pre 70's buildings) and courtyards with modern or renovated architecture. The Festival continued to receive higher number of visitors. In 2018, there were 150,000 visitors during the Festival
Among the most important monuments is the famous Piazza del Duomo, known as the Square of Miracles, declared World Heritage Site. In the square stands the characteristic leaning tower, the twelfth century, 56 m high, which took on its characteristic tilt ten years after the start of its construction.
Arnaldo Pomodoro is an Italian sculptor and goldsmith.
It is famous for the particular bronze spheres, the material that prefers for his works, which break up and open up before the viewer, which is led to the search and the discovery of the internal mechanism, in a perfect contrast between the smoothness of the form and the hidden interior complexity.
Tra i monumenti più importanti della città c'è la celebre piazza del Duomo, detta Piazza dei Miracoli, dichiarata patrimonio dell'umanità. Nella piazza si trova la caratteristica Torre pendente, campanile del XII secolo, alta 56 m, che assunse la sua caratteristica inclinazione dieci anni dopo l'inizio della sua costruzione.
Arnaldo Pomodoro è uno scultore e orafo italiano.
È famoso soprattutto per le particolari sfere di bronzo, il materiale che predilige per le sue opere, che si scompongono e si aprono davanti allo spettatore, che è portato alla ricerca ed alla scoperta del meccanismo interno, in un contrasto tra la levigatezza perfetta della forma e la complessità nascosta dell'interno.
Excerpt from www.abo.gov.hk/en/eventDetail/525:
Guangdong hand puppetry, one of the oldest forms of puppetry, was introduced to Hong Kong in the early 20th century. Hand puppet Cantonese opera shows are usually performed in traditional festivals and other celebrations. The puppeteers will perform an adapted puppet show and introduce the technique of operating hand puppets.
Now that Flickr is working again...
President Biden just declared two new National Monuments in California- Chuckwalla near Joshua Tree National Park and Sattitla Highlands in my neck of the woods near Lava Beds National Monument. This is Medicine Lake, part of the new Sattitla National Monument. It is the largest volcano in the Pacific Northwest and was under threat from geothermal development and sacred to the Pit River tribes. Many thanks to them and others for making this happen. As to what might happen to this protected gem in the next 4 years, I don't even want to think about it!
Osprey of New Jersey
The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), sometimes known as the Sea Hawk, Fish Eagle or Fish Hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large Raptor, reaching more than 24 inches (60 cm) in length and a 71 inches (180 cm) wingspan. It is brown on the upper parts and predominantly greyish on the head and under parts, with a black eye patch and wings. In 1994, the osprey was declared the provincial bird of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Officially declared a suicide by the Manigoapi Police Department, Sariachi Mourinachi was shot three times in the torso and twice in the head. He was last heard singing Nessun Dorma outside a bordello in Little Haiti. Mourinachi was canonized by the Holy Bathed in the Breath of the Fire Baptist Mormon Synagogue in 2016.
Puccini -Turandot - Nessun Dorma (None shall sleep) - Placido Domingo
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Arcos de la Frontera
One of Andalucia's most dramatically positioned pueblos blancos (white villages), Arcos balances atop a rocky limestone ridge, its whitewashed houses and stone castle walls stopping abruptly as a sheer cliff face plunges down to the river Guadalete below.
Declared a national historic-artistic monument in 1962 in recognition of its exceptional architecture and impressive location, the old town is a tangled labyrinth of cobbled streets that lead up to a sandstone castle, the Castillo de los Arcos. As you’d expect from such a spectacular vantage point, there are exhilarating views over the town and the rolling plain below.
Although its time under the Moors was one of its most successful, Arcos has had a long history of occupation, as shown by the discovery of numerous archaeological remains from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Tartessian, Phoenician and Roman periods. Plentiful water and its superb defensive hilltop location were the main attractions for settlers.
Bundala National Park is an internationally important wintering ground for migratory water birds in Sri Lanka. Bundala harbors 197 species of birds, Bundala was designated a wildlife sanctuary in 1969 and redesignated to a national park on 4 January 1993In 1991 Bundala became the first wetland to be declared as a Ramsar site in Sri Lanka. In 2005 the national park was designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO, the fourth biosphere reserve in Sri Lanka. The national park contains five shallow, brackish lagoons with salt pans in three.
Maderuelo is a Spanish municipality and town in the north of the province of Segovia, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León.
It has a population of 125 inhabitants (According to the 2021 register).
It consists of a partially demolished walled enclosure, but the access gate to the old city is preserved.
Its urban center has been declared a Site of Cultural Interest (BIC), in the category of Historic Complex.
HISTORY: Maderuelo was originally repopulated after recovering the land, which had been previously invaded by Muslim forces, by Count Fernán González in the 10th century.
Its boom continued until the twelfth century, which then had ten parishes, but a century later it fell into decline (thirteenth century).
In the 14th century, it lost part of its population, which left to repopulate the south of the Iberian Peninsula.
During the dictatorship of General Franco, the construction of the Linares reservoir meant that the neighboring town of Linares del Arroyo was submerged, while its population was transferred to the vine town La Vid in the province of Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain.
Due to the rising water level of the Linares reservoir, the old medieval bridge over the Riaza River was submerged, making it necessary to build a new bridge.
When the level of the Linares reservoir drops due to drought, the old medieval bridge re-emerges quite intact, as seen in this photo.
In the background, among autumn trees, you can make out the Romanesque hermitage of Vera Cruz (True Cross), from the 12th century, declared an architectural-artistic monument on December 6, 1924.
It was necessary to protect the beautiful fresco paintings of this hermitage of Vera Cruz, due to the rise in the level of the waters of the Linares reservoir.
You can currently admire them in the Romanesque Room of the Prado Museum, where they were moved in 1947, due to the risk of flooding of said hermitage.
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ANTIGUO PUENTE MEDIEVAL DE MADERUELO, SEGOVIA, ESPAÑA, 2022
Maderuelo es un municipio y localidad española del norte de la provincia de Segovia, en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León.
Cuenta con una población de 125 habitantes (Según padrón 2021).
Consta de un recinto amurallado en parte derruido, pero se conserva la puerta de acceso a la ciudad antigua.
Su casco urbano está declarado Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC), en la categoría de Conjunto Histórico.
HISTORIA: Maderuelo fue repoblado originalmente tras recuperar el terreno, que había sido previamente invadido por fuerzas musulmanas, por el conde Fernán González en el siglo X.
Su auge continuó hasta el siglo XII, que entonces contaba con diez parroquias, pero un siglo después entró en decadencia (siglo XIII).
En el siglo XIV, perdió parte de su población, que partió a repoblar el sur de la Península Ibérica.
Durante la dictadura del General Franco, la construcción del embalse de Linares supuso que el vecino pueblo de Linares del Arroyo quedara sumergido, mientras que su población fue trasladada al pueblo de la vid La Vid en la provincia de Burgos, Castilla y León, España.
Debido a la crecida del nivel del agua del embalse de Linares, el antiguo puente medieval trazado sobre el río Riaza quedó sumergido, con lo que fue necesario construir un nuevo puente.
Cuando por motivo de la sequía baja el nivel del embalse de Linares, vuelve a emerger bastante intacto el antiguo puente medieval, como se ve en esta foto.
Al fondo, entre árboles otoñales, se puede adivinar la ermita románica de la Vera Cruz, del siglo XII, declarada monumento arquitectónico-artístico el 6 de diciembre de 1924.
Hubo que proteger las bellas pinturas al fresco de esta ermita de la Vera Cruz, debido a la subida del nivel de las aguas del embalse de Linares.
Tú puedes actualmente admirar en la Sala del Románico del Museo del Prado, adonde fueron trasladadas en 1947, por el riesgo de inundación de dicha ermita.
More of Buthrint...if you like history...:)
In 44 BC, at the end of the conflict between Pompey and Caesar, Caesar declared Butrint a colony, and it remained a Roman port through the 6th century AD. A large edifice known as the Triconch Palace was first built during the 4th century AD. During the 5th century AD, the emperor Justinian built a large cathedral and a baptistry with exquisite mosaic flooring at the site.
It was the 14th day of continuous, round-the-clock, still peaceful protest demanding the resignation of the government, but the authorities were already preparing to use force and destroy the Maidan. Everyone began to talk about the arrival of a special unit from Russia in Kyiv. Tension grew with each passing day. Opposition parties held fruitless negotiations with Yanukovych.
The Dolomites were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site on June 26, 2009. This designation recognizes their exceptional scenic, geological, and natural value, thanks to their unique beauty and the scientific significance of their rock formations, which provide a meaningful testimony to the history of the Earth.
Excerpt from www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/hong-kong-...:
Tung Lin Kok Yuen is situated at No. 15, Shan Kwong Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, being a Buddhist monastery founded in 1935 by Lady Clara Ho Tung and her husband Sir Robert Ho Tung. The name of the monastery was derived from the couple’s name Sir Robert Ho Tung and Lady Clara (Dharma name Lin Kok).
Lady Clara was a Buddhist and lay patron who had a passionate desire to spread the wisdom and practice of Buddhism as well as to promote the education of women. She founded the Po Kok Free School and the Po Kok Buddhist Institute in Hong Kong in the early 1930s to provide education for women and training for nuns. After Tung Lin Kok Yuen was first built, it housed both the School and the Buddhist Institute. As it is located in the residential area of Happy Valley, Tung Lin Kok Yuen marked the emergence of an urban monastery model in Hong Kong, as contrasted to the traditional monastery setting in the mountains.
With its arrowhead-shaped building plan, Tung Lin Kok Yuen’s appearance resembles a “giant ship” symbolising one of Mahayana Buddhism’s concepts of ferrying all beings to the “other shore”, or in other words enlightenment itself. The architect responsible for the building design was Fung Tsun, and Venerable Shi Ai Ting provided extensive advice for details which embody the Buddhist doctrine. While Tung Lin Kok Yuen adopted Western structural forms, it retained traditional Chinese designs in both its interior and exterior decorations such as flying eaves, brackets and glazed tile roofs. Following the traditional Chinese layout for a Buddhist monastery, it had a Skanda Hall, the Grand Buddha Hall and a Tripitaka Library in designated sequence. On each side of the Grand Buddha Hall were the Dharma Bell and the Dharma Drum. Behind the Grand Buddha Hall there was a courtyard which was redeveloped in 1954 into a three-storied Lin Kok Memorial Building. This was also designed by Fung Tsun to be integrated with the original building in the same style of architecture. The first floor of the Lin Kok Memorial Building now houses the Bhaisajyaguru Buddha Hall.
Tung Lin Kok Yuen was declared a monument in 2017.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_Kwun:
Tai Kwun, or the Former Central Police Station Compound (CPS Compound) includes three declared monuments in Central, Hong Kong: the former Central Police Station, the Former Central Magistracy, and the Victoria Prison. Surrounded by Hollywood Road, Arbuthnot Road, Chancery Lane, and Old Bailey Street, the compound underwent a heritage revitalisation and reopened to the public on 29 May 2018[1] as Tai Kwun (Chinese: 大館), a centre for heritage and arts.
The Former Central Police Station Compound (FCPSC), built between 1841 and 1925, comprises 16 historic buildings grouped under the former Central Police Station, the Former Central Magistracy, and the Victoria Prison. Most of the city's historic colonial architecture had been bulldozed for development before the British government handed it back to China in 1997.
The first building in the FCPSC is the Magistrate's House, with jail blocks, which were built in 1841. In 1899, the former Central Prison was renamed to Victoria Prison (or Victoria Gaol). The site underwent numerous expansions and reconstruction over the next century. In 1862, the number of prisoners increased to 650, and the government decided to develop the land nearby. The series of compounds hence formed Tai Kwun. Victoria Prison was decommissioned in 2006.
In 2008, the government of Hong Kong partnered with the Hong Kong Jockey Club to conserve and revitalise the complex, which turned into one of the most significant and expensive revitalisation projects in the territory, costing HK$1.8 billion; work began in 2011.
The conversion was completed in phases. Work faced a setback when a wall and roof collapsed in 2016. The Buildings Department prosecuted a subcontractor it deemed responsible for the accident, which was reportedly triggered by the failure of a brick pier that had been structurally undermined. Tai Kwun partially reopened to the public in May 2018.
A Former Central Police Station (CPS) Revitalisation Project was established to conserve and revitalise the heritage site for reuse. The project was operated by the Hong Kong Jockey Club and took eight years and HK$3.8 billion or about US$480M in 2018.
Tai Kwun, named after the historical colloquial name of the compound, is a mix of heritage and contemporary architecture. 16 heritage buildings have been restored for reuse. An additional two new buildings have been constructed, featuring designs inspired by the site's historic brickwork.
As early as the 1880s, the name Tai Kwun has been recorded in news articles in reference to the Former Central Police Station.
In 2018, Time listed Tai Kwun in its "World's Greatest Places 2018" list.
In 2019, Tai Kwun was awarded "Award of Excellence" from the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
A true medieval and gothic gem in the city of Segovia, its Alcazar.
The first reference to this castle was in 1120, around 32 years after the city of Segovia was conquered by the Christians.
As a curiosity: The castle's silhouette and overall appearance also inspired the castle in Disney's 1937 animated classic, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves".
If you ever come to Spain, don´t forget to visit Segovia, a marvelous historic city well know for its rich gastronomy and for its architectural landmarks (The Alcázar, El Acueducto and The Cathedral).
The city center was declared of World Heritage by UNESCO in 1985.
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El Alcázar de Segovia, Segovia, España
Una auténtica joya medieval y gótica en la ciudad de Segovia, su Alcázar.
La primera referencia a este castillo data de 1120, unos 32 años después de la conquista de la ciudad de Segovia por los cristianos.
Como curiosidad: la silueta del castillo y su apariencia general también inspiraron el castillo en el clásico animado de Disney de 1937, "Blancanieves y los Siete Enanitos".
Si alguna vez vienes a España, no dejes de visitar Segovia, una maravillosa ciudad histórica conocida por su rica gastronomía y por sus monumentos arquitectónicos (El Alcázar, El Acueducto y La Catedral).
La ciudad vieja fue declarada Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco en 1985.
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