Dmytro Kotsyubailo (known by the nickname "Da Vinci") was 27 years old. The junior lieutenant headed a separate mechanized battalion "Da Vinci Wolves" as part of the 67th separate mechanized brigade.

"Da Vinci" was at the front since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war. In 2014, he was seriously wounded by a tank shell in Pisky, Donetsk region.

After recovery, after three months of rehabilitation, he returned to the front, where he continued to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

By the decree of President Zelensky of November 30, 2021, Kotsyubailo was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.

Дмитру Коцюбайлу (відомий за позивним "Да Вінчі") було 27 років. Молодший лейтенант очолював окремий механізований батальйон "Вовки Да Вінчі" в складі 67-мої окремої механізованої бригади.

"Да Вінчі" перебував на фронті з початку російсько-української війни. У 2014 році зазнав важкого поранення танковим снарядом у Пісках Донецької області.

Після одужання, через три місяці реабілітації повернувся на фронт, де продовжив відстоювати суверенітет і територіальну цілісність України.

Указом президента Зеленського від 30 листопада 2021 року Коцюбайлу було присвоєно звання Героя України.

Президент Володимир Зеленський 7 березня 2023 року:

"Сьогодні в бою загинув "Да Вінчі", герой України, доброволець, людина-символ, людина-хоробрість, – Дмитро Коцюбайло. Боєць 67-ї окремої механізованої бригади, комбат. Загинув в бою під Бахмутом, у бою за Україну.

Він із 2014 року захищав нашу незалежність, гідність нашого народу. Один із наймолодших героїв України. Один із тих, чия особиста історія, характер, сміливість навіки стали історією, характером і сміливістю України.

Уже понад девʼять років українські герої в жорстоких боях за державу виборюють майбутнє для України. Спокій і відносна безпека в тилових містах – це їхній подвиг. Наша впевненість у перемозі України – це їхня стійкість і сила.

Україна завжди памʼятатиме своїх героїв. Наша памʼять про них не згине. Згине цей ворог, що прийшов в Україну.

67-ма бригадо, воїни, слава вашій хоробрості! Усі українці, хто бʼється за Бахмут, слава вашому героїзму! Дякую всім воїнам, чия стійкість і наполегливість знищують армію окупанта на Донбасі! Вічна памʼять усім, хто віддав життя за Україну!"

Kristiansand, Norway. The fortress was finished in 1672 and formed a part of King Christian IV's plan for defense of Kristiansand when the city was founded in 1641. The architect of the fortress was quartermaster general Willem Coucheron. It was built on an islet, about 100 yards from shore. Today the fortress is connected to the mainland.

The only time the fortress has been in battle was against a British fleet force, led by HMS Spencer (1800) in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars. One of the very few remaining larger warships under Danish-Norwegian command was the ship of the line HDMS Prinds Christian Frederik with 70 cannons that was in the eastern harbor of Kristiansand. Captain Stopford on board HMS Spencer ordered to sail toward the city and announced in a letter that he wanted to take over the HDMS Prinds Christian Fredrik, and threatened to open fire on the city if the ship were not disclosed. When the ships approached, they were met by fierce resistance from Christiansholm Fortress. The attack was repulsed by massive gunfire and the British sailed instead to the abandoned Fredriksholm Fortress, which was blown up and destroyed.

The fortress was decommissioned by royal decree during June 1872 as part of a major redevelopment of fortifications across the nation.

Today, Christiansholm is a tourist attraction by the Kristiansand Boardwalk and venue for a variety of cultural events and festivities. It is now owned by the municipality and is a site used principally for recreation and cultural events.

The fortress was finished in 1672 and formed a part of King Christian IV's plan for defense of Kristiansand when the city was founded in 1641. The architect of the fortress was quartermaster general Willem Coucheron. It was built on an islet, about 100 yards from shore. Today the fortress is connected to the mainland.

The only time the fortress has been in battle was against a British fleet force, led by HMS Spencer (1800) in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars. One of the very few remaining larger warships under Danish-Norwegian command was the ship of the line HDMS Prinds Christian Frederik with 70 cannons that was in the eastern harbor of Kristiansand. Captain Stopford on board HMS Spencer ordered to sail toward the city and announced in a letter that he wanted to take over the HDMS Prinds Christian Fredrik, and threatened to open fire on the city if the ship were not disclosed. When the ships approached, they were met by fierce resistance from Christiansholm Fortress. The attack was repulsed by massive gunfire and the British sailed instead to the abandoned Fredriksholm Fortress, which was blown up and destroyed.

The fortress was decommissioned by royal decree during June 1872 as part of a major redevelopment of fortifications across the nation.

Today, Christiansholm is a tourist attraction by the Kristiansand Boardwalk and venue for a variety of cultural events and festivities. It is now owned by the municipality and is a site used principally for recreation and cultural events.

At its lower levels and at every pier, the interior of the mosque is lined with more than 20,000 handmade İznik style ceramic tiles, made at İznik (the ancient Nicaea) in more than fifty different tulip designs. The tiles at lower levels are traditional in design, while at gallery level their design becomes flamboyant with representations of flowers, fruit and cypresses. The tiles were made under the supervision of the İznik master. The price to be paid for each tile was fixed by the sultan's decree, while tile prices in general increased over time. As a result, the quality of the tiles used in the building decreased gradually.

The upper levels of the interior are dominated by blue paint. More than 200 stained glass windows with intricate designs admit natural light, today assisted by chandeliers. On the chandeliers, ostrich eggs are found that were meant to avoid cobwebs inside the mosque by repelling spiders. The decorations include verses from the Qur'an, many of them made by Seyyid Kasim Gubari, regarded as the greatest calligrapher of his time. The floors are covered with carpets, which are donated by the faithful and are regularly replaced as they wear out. The many spacious windows confer a spacious impression. The casements at floor level are decorated with opus sectile. Each exedra has five windows, some of which are blind. Each semi-dome has 14 windows and the central dome 28 (four of which are blind). The coloured glass for the windows was a gift of the Signoria of Venice to the sultan.

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All Creation of God Must Come Under His Dominio

✨✨God created all things, and so He makes all creation come under His rule, and submit to His dominion. He commands all things, controlling them in His hands. Living things, mountains, rivers and man must all come under His rule. Things in the skies and on the earth must all come under His dominion. All must submit, without any choice. This is God's decree and His authority.✨✨

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With my lips I recount

all the laws that come from your mouth.

I rejoice in following your statutes

as one rejoices in great riches.

I meditate on your precepts

and consider your ways.

1 I delight in your decrees;

I will not neglect your word.

Psalm 119:13-16

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Uspenski Cathedral (Finnish: Uspenskin katedraali) is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, and main cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Finland, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary). Its name comes from the Old Church Slavonic word Uspenie, which denotes the Dormition.

After Helsinki was made into the capital of Finland in 1812, Alexander I decreed in 1814 that 15 percent of the salt import tax were to be collected into a fund for two churches, one Lutheran and one Orthodox. Helsinki's Orthodox Church, considered to have formed in 1827 with the construction of the Holy Trinity Church, Helsinki, was in need of a larger church than before for a growing Orthodox parish. The construction of Uspenski Cathedral was largely funded by parishioners and private donors. The cathedral designed by the Russian architect Aleksey Gornostayev (1808–1862). The cathedral was built after his death in 1862–1868 and the work was led by architect Ivan Varnek. It was inaugurated on 25 October 1868. Used in construction of the cathedral, 700 000 bricks were brought over in barges from the Bomarsund Fortress that had been demolished in the Crimean War. The iconostasis is painted by Pavel S. Šiltsov. From the wish of Alexander II the church was dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God, Uspenie.

Kutná Hora_Chrám Svaté Barbory_St. Barbara's Church_ UNESCO world heritage site_Cantral Bohemia_Czechia

History

The town began in 1142 with the settlement of Sedlec Abbey, the first Cistercian monastery in Bohemia, Sedlec Monastery, brought from the Imperial immediate Cistercian Waldsassen Abbey. By 1260, German miners began to mine for silver in the mountain region, which they named Kuttenberg, and which was part of the monastery property. The name of the mountain is said to have derived from the monks' cowls (the Kutten) or from the word mining (kutání in old Czech). Under Abbot Heidenreich, the territory greatly advanced due to the silver mines which gained importance during the economic boom of the 13th century.

The earliest traces of silver have been found dating back to the 10th century, when Bohemia already had been in the crossroads of long-distance trade for many centuries. Silver dinars have been discovered belonging to the period between 982–995 in the settlement of Malín, which is now a part of Kutná Hora.

Silver mining and processing in Kutná Hora, 1490s

From the 13th to 16th centuries, the city competed with Prague economically, culturally, and politically.[1] Since 1995, the city center has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2]

In 1300, King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia issued the new royal mining code Ius regale montanorum (also known as Constitutiones Iuris Metallici Wenceslai II). This was a legal document that specified all administrative as well as technical terms and conditions necessary for the operation of mines.[3] The city developed with great rapidity, and at the outbreak of the Hussite Wars in 1419 was the second most important city in Bohemia, after Prague, having become the favourite residence of several Bohemian kings. It was here that, on January 18, 1409, Wenceslaus IV signed the famous Decree of Kutná Hora, by which the Czech university nation was given three votes in the elections to the faculty of Prague University as against one for the three other nations.

In 1420, Emperor Sigismund made the city the base for his unsuccessful attack on the Taborites during the Hussite Wars, leading to the Battle of Kutná Hora. Kuttenberg (Kutná Hora) was taken by Jan Žižka, and after a temporary reconciliation of the warring parties was burned by the imperial troops in 1422, to prevent its falling again into the hands of the Taborites. Žižka nonetheless took the place, and under Bohemian auspices it awoke to a new period of prosperity.

Along with the rest of Bohemia, Kuttenberg (Kutná Hora) passed to the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria in 1526. In 1546, the richest mine was severely flooded. In the insurrection of Bohemia against Ferdinand I the city lost all its privileges. Repeated visitations of the plague and the horrors of the Thirty Years' War completed its ruin. Half-hearted attempts after the peace to repair the ruined mines failed; the town became impoverished, and in 1770 was devastated by fire. The mines were abandoned at the end of the 18th century.

In this town, Prague groschen were minted between 1300–1547/48.

Austrian bilingual KK stamp in 1861

St. Barbara Church

Church of Our Lady

Chandelier made out of human bones inside Sedlec Ossuary

Bohemia was a crownland of the Austrian Empire in 1806, in the Austrian monarchy (Austria side) after the compromise of 1867). Until 1918, Kuttenberg was the capital of the district of the same name, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.[4]

Together with the rest of Bohemia, the town became part of the newly founded Czechoslovakia after World War I and the collapse of Austria-Hungary. Kutná Hora was incorporated into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia by Nazi Germany in the period 1939–1945, but was restored to Czechoslovakia after World War II. The town became part of the Czech Republic in 1993, after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

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Saint Barbara's Church (Czech: Chrám svaté Barbory) is a Roman Catholic church in Kutná Hora (Bohemia) in the style of a cathedral, and is sometimes referred to as the Cathedral of St Barbara (Czech: Katedrál sv. panny Barbory).[1] It is one of the most famous Gothic churches in central Europe and it is a UNESCO world heritage site. St Barbara is the patron saint of miners (among others), which was highly appropriate for a town whose wealth was based entirely upon its silver mines.

Construction began in 1388,[2] but because work on the church was interrupted several times, it was not completed until 1905. The first architect was probably Johann Parler, son of Peter Parler.[2] Work on the building was interrupted for more than 60 years during the Hussite Wars and when work resumed in 1481, Matěj Rejsek, Benedikt Rejt and Mikuláš Parler, assumed responsibility.[2]

The original design was for a much larger church, perhaps twice the size of the present building. Construction, however, depended on the prosperity of the town's silver mines, which became much less productive. So, in 1588, the three-peaked roof had been completed,[2] and a provisional wall was constructed. A little later it was occupied by Jesuits who gradually changed the structure into Baroque style, though parts still remain in Gothic style.[2]

The final process of repair and completion took place at the end of the 19th century, under architects J. Mocker and L. Labler.[2]

Originally there were eight radial chapels with trapezoidal interiors. Later on, the choir was constructed, supported by double-arched flying buttresses.

Internal points of note are the glass windows, altars, pulpits and choir stalls. Medieval frescoes depicting the secular life of the medieval mining town and religious themes have been partially preserved.

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Saint-Michel Basilica-Cathedral (French: Basilique-cathédrale Saint-Michel) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and cathedral dedicated to St. Michael located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The church is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sherbrooke. The basilica was decreed on July 31, 1959. The lower-half of the cathedral was constructed from 1914 to 1917. A lack of funds resulted in a thirty-nine year pause in construction. The completion of the upper-half of the cathedral was in 1956 to 1957.

The cathedral was designed by architect Louis-Napoleon Audet, in Gothic style. Mr Audet was the architect for both phases of construction. The large window of the façade depicts the four Evangelists. The Cathedral of St Michael has 105 stained-glass windows crafted by Rafaël Lardeur of Paris.

The archbishop's chapel was painted by Ozias Leduc.

One of 6 original, and 2 remaining world wide, this superbly restored 1938 Austrian built Steyr 220 Roadster bodied by German based Coachbuilder Glaser. The only one in the US, and also in private hands with the other remaining Cabrio in a European Museum.

The Steyr-Werke in the town of Steyr in eastern Austria was a weapons and bicycle manufacturer employing some 14,000 people during the First World War. By the time the war was over, the company had produced a total of 3,000,325 rifles, 234,919 pistols, and 40,524 machine guns. But following the war, demand for weapons went into sharp decline and Steyr's managing board of directors decreed the company would try its luck at an automobile. In 1920, famed designer Hans Ledwinka (most famous for the Tatra automobile) designed and built the first Steyr, the Wafenauto. Later cars were built under the leadership of Ferdinand Porsche who joined the company in 1929 after working for Mercedes. The company was merged with Austro-Daimler-Puch in 1934. In total, Steyr manufactured 34,776 cars between 1920 and 1940. Steyrs were a nicely designed mid-sizd car, and the 220 was the last pre-war model built by Steyr. They were available in four body styles provided by Dresden, Germany-based coachbuilder Glaser. All 220s were powered by a 260cc overhead valve six-cylinder inline engine. Given the car's lightweight and rigid chassis with four-wheel independent suspension, its performance and handling would have been exceptional for the day.

During the Second World War this model, (220) especially in a cabriolet version, was designed primarily for Nazi Germany's high rank commanders and officers. A Steyr 220, with the more powerful 2.3 litre engine was the car used in an escape from Auschwitz concentration camp on 20 June 1942. The car was owned by the camp commandant Rudolf Höss and was taken by the escapees (Kazimierz Piechowski, Stanisław Gustaw Jaster, Józef Lempart and Eugeniusz Bendera), who were dressed in SS uniforms and armed accordingly, and driven straight out of the main gates of the camp. The 4 escapees were never recaptured. Was a movie ever made..?? If not it should have been!!

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-Partisans are to be ruthlessly eliminated in battle or during attempts to escape. Attacks by the civilian population are to be suppressed by the Army on the spot by using extreme measures.

-Every officer in German occupation in the 'East of the future' will be entitled to perform executions without trial on any person suspected of having hostile attitude towards the Germans.

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Imagine yourself riding a bubble in the wind. The quiet peaceful serenity of floating gently in the breeze, brushing the pecan orchards or drifting silently above the Rio Grande River. The silence is interrupted briefly, as Pilot Bill Lee burns, adding heat to the bubble that keeps us aloft. Then, back to the silence, as we climb, up above the treetops, where we overlook El Paso’s upper valley. Even birds fly by beneath us, seemingly unaware of our presence. This is the joy that is Hot Air Ballooning.

Hot air balloons are the oldest successful human carrying flight technology, dating back to the Montgolfier brothers’ invention in France in 1783. The first hot air balloons were basically cloth bags, sometimes lined with paper, with a smoky fire built on a grill attached to the bottom. They had a tendency to catch fire and be destroyed upon landing. On September 19, 1783 a sheep, a duck and a rooster become the first passengers in a hot air balloon launched by Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier. For manned flights King Louis XVI had originally decreed that condemned criminals would be the first pilots but a young physicist named Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis Francois d’Arlandes successfully petitioned for the honour. They took off at 2 p.m. on November 21, 1783 from Château de la Muette in Paris watched by King Louis XVI. They traveled about five and a half miles for 20 minutes - the first free flight made by man.

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Why should mankind believe in God?

The Answer from God's word:

God created all things, and so He makes all creation come under His dominion, and submit to His dominion; He will command all things, so that all things are in His hands. All creation of God, including animals, plants, mankind, the mountains and rivers, and the lakes—all must come under His dominion. All things in the skies and on the ground must come under His dominion. They cannot have any choice, and must all submit to His orchestrations. This was decreed by God, and is the authority of God. God commands everything, and orders and ranks all things, with each classed according to kind, and allotted their own position, according to God’s will. No matter how great it is, no thing can surpass God, and all things serve the mankind created by God, and no thing dares to disobey God or make any demands of God. And so man, as a creature of God, must also perform the duty of man. Regardless of whether he is the lord or ruler of all things, no matter how high man’s status among all things, still he is but a small human being under the dominion of God, and is no more than an insignificant human being, a creature of God, and he will never be above God. As a creature of God, man should seek to perform the duty of a creature of God, and seek to love God without making other choices, for God is worthy of man’s love.

from “Success or Failure Depends on the Path That Man Walks” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

God created this world and brought man, a living being unto which He bestowed life, into it. In turn, man came to have parents and kin and was no longer alone. Ever since man first laid eyes on this material world, he was destined to exist within the ordination of God. It is the breath of life from God that supports each living being throughout his growth into adulthood. During this process, none believe that man lives and grows up under the care of God. Rather, they hold that man grows up under the love and care of his parents, and that his growth is governed by the instinct of life. This is because man knows not who bestowed life or from whence it came, much less how the instinct of life creates miracles. Man knows only that food is the basis of the continuation of life, that perseverance is the source of existence of life, and that the belief in his mind is the wealth of his survival. Man does not feel the grace and provision from God. Man then squanders the life bestowed upon him by God…. Not one man whom God looks upon day and night takes the initiative to worship Him. God continues to work as He has planned on man for whom He holds no expectations. He does so in the hope that one day, man will awaken from his dream and suddenly comprehend the value and purpose of life, understand the cost at which God has given man everything, and know how fervently God longs for man to turn back to Him.

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Uspenski Cathedral (Finnish: Uspenskin katedraali) is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, and main cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Finland, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary). Its name comes from the Old Church Slavonic word Uspenie, which denotes the Dormition.

After Helsinki was made into the capital of Finland in 1812, Alexander I decreed in 1814 that 15 percent of the salt import tax were to be collected into a fund for two churches, one Lutheran and one Orthodox. Helsinki's Orthodox Church, considered to have formed in 1827 with the construction of the Holy Trinity Church, Helsinki, was in need of a larger church than before for a growing Orthodox parish. The construction of Uspenski Cathedral was largely funded by parishioners and private donors. The cathedral designed by the Russian architect Aleksey Gornostayev (1808–1862). The cathedral was built after his death in 1862–1868 and the work was led by architect Ivan Varnek. It was inaugurated on 25 October 1868. Used in construction of the cathedral, 700 000 bricks were brought over in barges from the Bomarsund Fortress that had been demolished in the Crimean War. The iconostasis is painted by Pavel S. Šiltsov. From the wish of Alexander II the church was dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God, Uspenie.

We are celebrating the Old New Year! I congratulate you on this! Let all your dreams come true!

In Russia, according to statistics, about half of the country's population celebrates the Old New Year, gathering around the festive table.

The Old New Year came into our culture together with the old style of chronology.

In 1918, the Bolshevik government decided to change the calendar. Tsarist Russia lived according to the Julian calendar, and Europe according to the Gregorian calendar. The first was created in the Roman Empire and was based on ancient Egyptian astronomy. The Gregorian calendar was more accurate, it was created in the 16th century taking into account the latest knowledge about the structure of the universe. The difference between the two systems of calculation was 13 days and created inconveniences for conducting international political and economic affairs and led to funny incidents in everyday life. For example, according to the dates on postmarks, it turned out that a telegram was received in Europe several days earlier than it was sent in Russia.

The transition to the Western European calendar took place on February 14, 1918. According to the decree, the main goal of the entire project was "to establish in Russia the same calendar as almost all cultural nations." An unusual holiday also appeared - the Old New Year, that is, the New Year according to the old style, which was not forgotten by the people. However, the Old New Year was not celebrated as widely as the night from December 31 to January 1.

Pokrovsky Cathedral which is better known as the Cathedral of St. Vasili is Orthodox church, an architectural monument which is one of the most famous symbols of Moscow and the whole Russia.

The temple was founded in 1552, upon the decree of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, in honor of the capture of the Kazan Khanate. The Temple was consecrated in honor of the Holy Trinity. In 1554 on its place Ivan the Terrible ordered to build the Cathedral of the Protection of the Virgin with the chapels which would commemorate the victory over the Tartars. People called the new temple the Protection of the Ditch, since the cathedral was built near a deep ditch which was along the eastern wall of the Kremlin.

The fortress was finished in 1672 and formed a part of King Christian IV's plan for defense of Kristiansand when the city was founded in 1641. The architect of the fortress was quartermaster general Willem Coucheron. It was built on an islet, about 100 yards from shore. Today the fortress is connected to the mainland.

The only time the fortress has been in battle was against a British fleet force, led by HMS Spencer (1800) in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars. One of the very few remaining larger warships under Danish-Norwegian command was the ship of the line HDMS Prinds Christian Frederik with 70 cannons that was in the eastern harbor of Kristiansand. Captain Stopford on board HMS Spencer ordered to sail toward the city and announced in a letter that he wanted to take over the HDMS Prinds Christian Fredrik, and threatened to open fire on the city if the ship were not disclosed. When the ships approached, they were met by fierce resistance from Christiansholm Fortress. The attack was repulsed by massive gunfire and the British sailed instead to the abandoned Fredriksholm Fortress, which was blown up and destroyed.

The fortress was decommissioned by royal decree during June 1872 as part of a major redevelopment of fortifications across the nation.

Today, Christiansholm is a tourist attraction by the Kristiansand Boardwalk and venue for a variety of cultural events and festivities. It is now owned by the municipality and is a site used principally for recreation and cultural events.

The Abbey by Daniel Arrhakis (2021)

With the music : Gregorian Chants at 432Hz | 3 Hours

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In a long time it was the first time that the doors of the abbey were opened... not to let anyone in but to let out the last monks of the congregation... new times with a different light but equally challenging the faith that united them...

In Portugal, as in many other countries, the old orders have either been extinguished, sometimes by decree or have been extinguished due to the lack of members who want to continue... but unfortunately these are the times when we needed them most... and those who still believe that by faith and sharing we can change the world !

Their role in the communities where they are inserted continues to be fundamental in the cultural and humanitarian aspect but also in the protection of heritage, and religious traditions.

... another document on the inhuman and criminal 'decrees' of state power ...

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The Church of San Agustín is a Colombian temple of Catholic worship dedicated to San Agustín de Hipona, it is located at the corner of Carrera 7 with Calle 7, just at the back of the Casa de Nariño (presidential palace), in the middle of the sector History of the city of Bogotá and belongs to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the archdiocese of Bogotá.

The temple towards part of the old convent of the Order of San Agustín, consists of a three-nave basilica plan, was built between 1642 to 1668, under the parameters of colonial constructions. In February 1862, the church was the center of the Battle of San Agustín, among troops of the then President of the Republic, Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, and others of General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, who tried to overthrow him from power. The temple houses important works of religious art of colonial origin.

Because of its historical significance, architectural and cultural value, the temple was declared a National Monument through decree 1,584 of August 11, 1975.

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Il palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, talora anche chiamato della Civiltà del Lavoro, è un edificio monumentale che si trova a Roma nel moderno quartiere dell' EUR. Concepito fin dal 1936 e progettato nel 1937, la sua costruzione iniziò nel luglio 1938 e fu inaugurato, benché incompleto, nel 1940; i lavori si interruppero nel 1943 per poi essere ultimati nel dopoguerra.

L’edificio è a pianta quadrata e appare come un parallelepipedo a quattro facce uguali, con struttura in cemento armato e copertura interamente in travertino; presenta 54 archi per facciata (9 in linea e 6 in colonna) e in ragione di ciò è stato ribattezzato anche Colosseo quadrato.

È dichiarato dal ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali edificio di interesse culturale ex d.lgs. 42/2004, ed è quindi vincolato a usi espositivi e museali; dal luglio 2013 è concesso in affitto fino al 2028 al gruppo di alta moda Fendi.

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The Palace of the Italian Civilization, sometimes called the civilization of labor, is a monumental building that is located in Rome in the modern EUR district. Conceived since 1936 and designed in 1937, its construction began in July 1938 and it was inaugurated, although incomplete, in 1940; the work was interrupted in 1943 only to be completed after the war.

The building is square and looks like a box with four equal sides, with concrete structure and cover entirely in travertine; It has 54 arches per side (9 online and in column 6) and for that reason it was also dubbed Coliseum Square.

It is stated by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture building of cultural interest pursuant to Legislative Decree. 42/2004, and is therefore bound to use exhibition and museum; from July 2013 is leased until 2028 to the group of high fashion Fendi [

Grazas polas vosas visitas e comentarios.

شكرا جزيلا لزيارتك والتعليقات

Moltas grácies per la teva visita

Gracias por vuestras visitas y comentarios.

Obrigado pelas suas visitas e comentários.

Thanks for your visits and comments.

Grazie per le vostre visite e commenti.

Merci pour vos visites et vos commentaires.

ご訪問とコメントありがとうございます。

Vielen Dank für Ihren Besuch und Kommentare.

Спасибо вам большое за ваш визит

Σας ευχαριστώ πολύ για την επίσκεψή σας

Eskerrik asko zure bisita

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The Chalkotheke (Greek for "bronze store") was a structure on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece. Its name and function are only known from 4th century BC inscriptions.[1] One decree orders the listing of all objects stored in the Chalkotheke and the erection of a stele inscribed with that list in front of the building.[2]

Remains of a structure discovered to the east of the sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia and immediately to the southwest of the Parthenon have been suggested to be those of the Chalkotheke. Only scant limestone foundations and rock-cut foundation trenches survive. The building stood in front of the southern Acropolis wall and was circa 43 m long and 14 m wide, fronted on its northern long side by a portico of 4.5 m width. To make room for that portico, the southernmost portion of the rock-cut steps leading up to the west facade of the Parthenon had to be cut away. Thus, the portico is assumed to have been an early fourth century BC addition, while the main part of the structure is thought to be roughly contemporary with the Parthenon, i.e. to date to the mid-fifth century. A major renovation appears to have taken place during Roman times, as indicated by numerous fragments of architectural members that are definitely Roman in date and have dimensions matching those of the Chalkotheke. ~ Wikipedia

Searching for Mr Right / Waiting up half the night / Feeling like I'll be dead / Before I'm old / Teaching myself to be / The young untold / How can I hope to be / Someone for you to see? / Blind as the Fate decrees / I will go on / Teaching myself to be / The young untold / Am I in vain tonight? / Lose you against the light / Who can you be Mr Right? (Young Marble Giants)

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History

The municipality of Serranópolis, former Sierra Coffee, was inhabited for over 11,000 years by natives of this continent, considering the archaeological evidence found in the region. This town is worth visiting for its archeological sites, its waterfalls, rapids and cerrado reservations presence of characteristic fauna.

In the last century, Minas Gerais and São Paulo migrants settled in its own land for farming and ranching. In 1914, by bylaw Jataí created the Sierra District Cafezal but with coffee that decline through the State Decree Law No. 8305 of 12.31.1943, the Sierra District Cafezal came to be called Nuputira ("flower of the field" in Tupi Guarani). On November 14, 1959, the district is emancipated, with the name of Serranópolis alluding saws found.

Serranópolis is full of tourist options, the main one is the RPPN (Private Reserve of National Heritage) Pousada das Araras. Another widely visited tourist attraction is the Cave of Diogo, where researchers found a fossil of a man known as the man of the Serra do Cafezal (Ze Gabiroba).

11 thousand years ago the place where today is the city of Serranópolis was inhabited. In the caves there are many traces of the occupation of paleo-Indian man, excavated by UCG and UFG. In addition to the old people, it was also found evidence occupants of the twentieth century, totaling more than 550 generations of men inhabiting the region.

Geography

Its estimated population in 2007 was 7,223 inhabitants.

Highways

GO-184

Climate

Subquente humid, with annual average of 22 ° C. June and August are the driest months of the year, as the months from December to March are characterized by being the wettest.

Vegetation

Underbrush and thin, typical of the savanna, where you can find endangered animals.

Relief

Region rugged stretch with existence of mountain ranges.

• Goiânia distances: 372 km • Brasília: 580 km • São Paulo: 1298 km • Rio de Janeiro: 1710 km.

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Üstí nad Labem_Labe_Elbe_Větruše_Czechia

Ústí nad Labem (Czech pronunciation: [ˈuːsciː ˈnad labɛm] (About this soundlisten)), formerly known by its German name Aussig,[1] is the 7th-most populous city of the Czech Republic. It is the capital of its eponymous region and district. Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and Elbe rivers. It is a major industrial center and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction.

Ústí nad Labem was mentioned as a trading centre as early as 993.[2] In the second half of the 13th century, King Otakar II of Bohemia invited German settlers into the country and granted them a German form of municipal incorporation, thereby founding the city proper.[2] In 1423, as King of Bohemia, Sigismund pledged the town to Elector Frederick I of Meißen, who occupied it with a Saxon garrison.[2] It was besieged by the Hussites in 1426: a German army of 70 000 was sent to its relief but the 25 000 besiegers defeated them amid great slaughter on 16 June; the next day, they stormed and razed the town.[2] It was left derelict for three years before rebuilding began in 1429.[2]

Ústí was again burned down in 1583 and was sacked by the Swedes in 1639 amid the Thirty Years' War.[1] It also suffered grievously during the Seven Years' War and was near the 1813 Battle of Kulm between France and the alliance of Austria, Prussia, and Russia during the Napoleonic Wars.[2] As late as 1830, its population was only 1400.[2]

As part of the Kingdom of Bohemia, it was eventually incorporated into Austria and heavily industrialized over the 19th century. After the Compromise of 1867, it headed the Aussig District, one of Austrian Bohemia's 94 District Commissions (Bezirkshauptmannschaften).[3] In the 1870s, with only 11 000 people, it was a major producer of woolen goods, linen, paper, ships, and chemicals and carried on a large trade in grain, fruit, mineral water, lumber, and coal.[1] By 1900, large-scale immigration had boosted the population to nearly 40 000, mostly German,[2] and added glassworking and stone to its trades.[2] The local river port became the busiest in the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire, surpassing even the seaport in Trieste.[citation needed]

The factories of Aussig—as it was then known—were an early center of the National Socialism ("Nazi") movement. The German Workers' Party in Austria (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei in Österreich) was founded on 15 November 1903 and later gave rise to the Sudeten German Party and Austrian National Socialism. Their books continued to be printed in Ústí even after the formation of Czechoslovakia in 1918. During the 1930 census, Ústí nad Labem was home to 43 793 residents: 32 878 considered German, 8 735 Czech or Slovak, 222 Jews, 16 Russians, and 11 Hungarians.[4] Ústí was ceded to Nazi Germany with the rest of the Sudetenland in October 1938 under the terms of the Munich Agreement. On New Year's Eve of that year, the Nazis burnt down the local synagogue; a meat factory was later raised in its place. The Jewish community in Ústí nad Labem was mostly exterminated over the course of World War II amid the Holocaust. In April 1945, the city was severely bombed by the Allies.[which?]

Under the terms of the Potsdam Conference and the Beneš decrees, the city was restored to Czechoslovakia and most of its German population expelled after Germany's defeat in World War II. In May 1948, the Communist government passed a new constitution declaring a people's republic. Communism continued until the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall set off a series of events which are now known as the Velvet Revolution. Today, Ústí nad Labem is a major industrial city of the Czech Republic with substantial chemical, metallurgical, textile, food, and machine tool industries.

- La race de cheval Camargue est une race protégée.

En 1977, un arrêté est communiqué afin de maintenir la pureté de la race dans son milieu naturel et de définir les caractéristiques du standard de la race du cheval Camargue.

- The Camargue horse breed is a protected breed.

In 1977, a decree was communicated in order to maintain the purity of the breed in its natural environment and to define the characteristics of the standard of the Camargue horse breed.

Orihuela, Spain

The Royal Monastery of the Visitation of Santa María de Orihuela is located in the center of the historic center of the city of Orihuela, declared a Historic Site by Decree 845 of 1969, on the left bank of the Segura River. It also has a high-quality pictorial collection, signed by the chamber painter Vicente López Portaña, expressly commissioned for the interior decoration of the church and also has the collaboration of other important artists of the moment.

"I believe you dropped this, my Lady..."

Midnight Order is open!

Get dressed for battle with some fabulous armour from FOE. He's kindly included texture maps so you can mod the armour as well as the tabbard...which I slapped quickly into PS for this pic. He's also made a matching sword and dagger set and has left a gifty by his booth of a lady's favour with a couple of poses should you be inclined to take images of your own. I added accessories and an edge of battle-tired stare to complete the story.

📌Midnight item preview and Taxi

⦿ FOE - [EGOIST FLUTED ARMOR] 1.0

At the Midnight Order event.

Creator's Primfeed.

⦿ FOE - [DOMINION LONGSWORD & DECREE DAGGER] 1.0

At the Midnight Order event.

Creator's Primfeed.

⦿ FOE - [THE LADY'S FAVOR] 1.0 Gift with couples pose.

At the Midnight Order event.

⦿UNHOLY REGIUM CROWN

⦿[REQUISITION] Chamberlain's Livery Collar

⦿LUX AETERNA [Stone Eden] LIGHT

La Casa de la Pólvora o polvorín de Regla, es una edificación de la ciudad de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife - Islas Canarias.

Fue construida en 1756 por el ingeniero militar Francisco La Pierre para utilizarla como polvorín de los castillos y baterías que formaban el Puerto y Plaza Fuerte de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, es un edificio de indudable valor histórico y arquitectónico.

Se encontraba situado en el camino de Regla o del Calvario, junto al castillo de San Juan, lindando con el Campo de las Cruces y con el camino del Lazareto. Hoy día, se ubica entre el Auditorio y el parque marítimo Cesar Manrique.

Las obras, dirigidas por el ingeniero Francisco Gozar, se iniciaron en 1756 y finalizaron el 24 de mayo de 1758. El edificio es de una sola planta rectangular, de 10 x 30 metros, cerrado por un muro de gran espesor y con la cubierta de bóveda de medio cañón.

En su interior se podían almacenar hasta 3.000 quintales de pólvora, la cual se conservaba perfectamente sin humedad, aún estando al lado del mar. El edificio tenía pararrayos.

En 1779, con el fin de que quedara oculto de las vistas desde el mar y a cubierto de los cañonazos procedentes de los barcos, se construyó un grueso y elevado espaldón de tierra sostenido por dos gruesos muros que le servían de cerca.

El edificio fue cedido al Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, junto con el castillo de San Cristóbal, por Real Decreto de 20 de septiembre de 1926.

Desde que dejó de tener utilidad para el Ejército, nunca ha tenido una función digna; solamente se ha abierto al público para realizar exposiciones sobre el mundo submarino, cartografía, etc.

The House of the Gunpowder or polvorín de Regla, is a building of the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife - Canary Islands.

It was built in 1756 by the military engineer Francisco La Pierre to use it as a powder keg of the castles and batteries that formed the Port and Plaza Fuerte de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, is a building of undoubted historical and architectural value.

It was located on the road to Regla or Calvario, next to the castle of San Juan, bordering the Campo de las Cruces and the Lazareto road. Today, it is located between the Auditorium and the Cesar Manrique maritime park.

The works, directed by the engineer Francisco Gozar, began in 1756 and finished the 24 of May of 1758. The building is of a single rectangular plant, of 10 x 30 meters, closed by a wall of great thickness and with the cover of Half-barrel vault.

In its interior could be stored up to 3,000 quintals of gunpowder, which was preserved perfectly without humidity, even being next to the sea. The building had lightning rods.

In 1779, in order to be hidden from view from the sea and covered with cannon from ships, a thick and high shoulder of earth was built, supported by two thick walls that served as a fence.

The building was ceded to the City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, together with the castle of San Cristobal, by Royal Decree of September 20, 1926.

Since it ceased to be useful to the Army, it has never had a dignified function; Has only been open to the public for exhibitions on the underwater world, cartography, etc.

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Saint-Michel Basilica-Cathedral (French: Basilique-cathédrale Saint-Michel) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and cathedral dedicated to St. Michael located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The church is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sherbrooke. The basilica was decreed on July 31, 1959. The lower-half of the cathedral was constructed from 1914 to 1917. A lack of funds resulted in a thirty-nine year pause in construction. The completion of the upper-half of the cathedral was in 1956 to 1957.

The cathedral was designed by architect Louis-Napoleon Audet, in Gothic style. Mr Audet was the architect for both phases of construction. The large window of the façade depicts the four Evangelists. The Cathedral of St Michael has 105 stained-glass windows crafted by Rafaël Lardeur of Paris.

The archbishop's chapel was painted by Ozias Leduc.

"We use the word ‘LOVE’ for camouflaging so many of our emotions. Why can’t we use different words to convey different feelings? Why use a word when we don’t sincerely mean it?"

It's No Good - Depeche Mood

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I'm going to take my time

I have all the time in the world to make you mine

It is written in the stars above

The gods decree

You'll be right here by my side

Right next to me

You can run but you cannot hide

Don't say you want me

Don't say you need me

Don't say you love me

It's understood

Don't say you're happy

Out there without me

I know you can't be

'Cause it's no good

I'll be fine

I'll be waiting patiently

'Til you see the signs

And come running to my open arms

When will you realize?

Do we have to wait 'til our worlds collide?

Open up your eyes

You can't turn back the tide

Don't say you want me

Don't say you need me

Don't say you love me

It's understood

Don't say you're happy

Out there without me

I know you can't be

'Cause it's no good

I'm going to take my time

I have all the time in the world to make you mine

It is written in the stars above

Don't say you want me

Don't say you need me

Don't say you love me

It's understood

Don't say you're happy

Out there without me

I know you can't be

'Cause it's no good

Don't say you want me

Don't say you need me

Don't say you love me

It's understood

Don't say you're happy

Out there without me

I know you can't be

'Cause it's no good

La cathédrale Saint-Nicolas est un édifice religieux orthodoxe russe, située à Nice, en France, l'un des plus importants hors de Russie. La cathédrale a été classée au titre des monuments historiques par arrêté du 11 août 1987 et a reçu le label « Patrimoine du XXᵉ siècle ».

The St. Nicholas Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox religious building, located in Nice, France, one of the largest out of Russia. The cathedral was classified as a historic monument by decree of August 11, 1987 and received the label "Heritage of the twentieth century".

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A SONG OF ETERNITY IN TIME.

ONCE, at night, in the manor wood

My Love and I long silent stood,

Amazed that any heavens could

Decree to part us, bitterly repining.

My Love, in aimless love and grief,

Reached forth and drew aside a leaf

That just above us played the thief

And stole our starlight that for us was shining.

A star that had remarked her pain

Shone straightway down that leafy lane,

And wrought his image, mirror-plain,

Within a tear that on her lash hung gleaming.

"Thus Time," I cried, '" is but a tear

Some one hath wept 'twixt hope and fear,

Yet in his little lucent sphere

Our star of stars, Eternity, is beaming."

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Xanadu or Shangdu, the idyllic summer capital of Kublai Khan's Mongolian empire. It was first described by Marco Polo in 1275, and made most famous to Westerners in Coleridge's famous poem "Kubla Khan". The opening stanza could describe this infra red scene:

"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan

A stately pleasure-dome decree:

Where Alph, the sacred river, ran

Through caverns measureless to man

Down to a sunless sea.

So twice five miles of fertile ground

With walls and towers were girdled round;

And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,

Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;

And here were forests ancient as the hills,

Enfolding sunny spots of greenery."

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By a decree of King Nicholas I of Montenegro, the Lower State Gymnasium was established in 1907, in Podgorica. Its higher grades have been opened in 1914 and 1915. During the occupation of Montenegro by the Austro-Hungarian forces, between 1916 and 1918, the school was closed.

After the First World War, the Gymnasium was reopened. The Great Gymnasium of Podgorica was established on February 12, 1919, following a decree signed by the Executive Committee of the Podgorica assembly.

In 1960, the school was renamed Gymnasium "Slobodan Škerović", to honor its former student and famous Montenegrin revolutionary, Slobodan Škerović. Between 1978 and 1980, in accordance with the Law on Vocational Secondary Education, the school was transformed from a Gymnasium to the School of Natural Sciences and Humanities "Slobodan Škerović" in Titograd, as part of a complex institution called the Center for Socio-Economic Education.

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Uspenski Cathedral (Finnish: Uspenskin katedraali) is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, and main cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Finland, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary). Its name comes from the Old Church Slavonic word Uspenie, which denotes the Dormition.

After Helsinki was made into the capital of Finland in 1812, Alexander I decreed in 1814 that 15 percent of the salt import tax were to be collected into a fund for two churches, one Lutheran and one Orthodox. Helsinki's Orthodox Church, considered to have formed in 1827 with the construction of the Holy Trinity Church, Helsinki, was in need of a larger church than before for a growing Orthodox parish. The construction of Uspenski Cathedral was largely funded by parishioners and private donors. The cathedral designed by the Russian architect Aleksey Gornostayev (1808–1862). The cathedral was built after his death in 1862–1868 and the work was led by architect Ivan Varnek. It was inaugurated on 25 October 1868. Used in construction of the cathedral, 700 000 bricks were brought over in barges from the Bomarsund Fortress that had been demolished in the Crimean War. The iconostasis is painted by Pavel S. Šiltsov. From the wish of Alexander II the church was dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God, Uspenie.

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San Gregorio Armeno is a church and a monastery in Naples, Italy. It is one of the most important Baroque complexes in Naples. The church is located on a street of the same name just south of Via dei Tribunali and a few blocks south of the church of San Paolo Maggiore, Naples.

In the 8th century, the iconoclast decrees in Greece caused a number of religious orders to flee the Byzantine empire and seek refuge elsewhere. San Gregorio Armeno in Naples was built in the 16th century over the remains of a Roman temple dedicated to Ceres, by a group of nuns escaping from the Byzantine Empire with the relics of St. Gregory, bishop of Armenia. During the Norman domination the monastery was united to that of the Salvatore and San Pantaleone, assuming the Benedictine rule.

The construction of the church was begun in 1574, using designs by Giovanni Battista Cavagni, and consecrated five years later. A later consecration dates to 1674, and refurbishment to 1762. The façade has three arcades surmounted by four pilaster strips in Tuscan order. The interior has a single nave with five side arcades: the decoration, with the exception of the five chapels, was finished by Luca Giordano (also author of the Saints over the windows of the dome) in 1679. Bernardino Lama, likely the son of Giovanni Bernardo Lama, was author of the altarpiece. The interior houses also the famous Holy Staircase, used by the nuns during their penitences.

The cupola was painted with a Glory of San Gregorio by Luca Giordano. The ceiling cassettoni or framed canvases depict the Life of the St Gregorio Armeno and were commissioned by the abbess Beatrice Carafa from the Flemish Teodoro d'Errico. On the right, the altarpieces include an Annunciation of Mary by Pacecco De Rosa, a Virgin of the Rosary by Nicola Malinconico, and frescoes by Francesco Di Maria. On the left, is a St. Benedict altarpiece by Spagnoletto. The main altar was designed by Dionisio Lazzari, and has an altarpiece depicting the Resurrection by Giovanni Bernardo Lama.

The Idria Chapel houses eighteen paintings by Paolo De Matteis, portraying the Life of Mary. Over the chapel's high altar is a medieval icon, in Byzantine style, of the Madonna dell'Idria.

The main attraction is the cloister (1580). In the centre is a marble fountain, decorated with dolphins and other marine creatures, with the statues of "Christ and the Samaritan Woman", by Matteo Bottiglieri.