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Sant Jaume de Montagut - Querol, Tarragona (Spain).
... y el reconocedor automático de marcas de coches (y quién sabe si futura estrella del automovilismo o de la automoción, o de las letras en verso). Si no los veis, están dentro del Laguna, porque había un grajo que volaba muy bajo.
Belchite, Zaragoza (Spain).
Better seen in Fluidr.
Se ve mejor en Fluidr.
ENGLISH
Belchite is a village in Zaragoza province, Spain, about 40 km southeast of Zaragoza. It has a population of about 1,647 (2007).
On June 15, 1809, French and Spanish forces in the Peninsular War fought the Battle of María near Belchite.
Between August 24 and September 7, 1937, Republican and Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War fought the Battle of Belchite in and around the town. After 1939 a new village of Belchite was built adjacent to the ruins of the old, which remain a ghost town as a memorial to the war.
The remains of the old village have been used as filming locations in films including Terry Gilliam's 1988 film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belchite
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CASTELLANO
Belchite es un municipio de la provincia de Zaragoza, (España), situado a 49 km de la capital. Tiene una población de 1.692 habitantes y 273,58 km². Es conocido por haber sido escenario de una de las batallas simbólicas de la Guerra civil española, la Batalla de Belchite.
Como consecuencia de la batalla el pueblo quedó completamente arrasado, si bien hasta entonces llegó a ser una villa de cierta importancia, albergando hasta dos monasterios y varias iglesias. Franco decidió reconstruirlo justo al lado, dejando las ruinas del pueblo viejo de Belchite intactas como recuerdo de la contienda. Los encargados de la construcción del nuevo pueblo fueron principalmente prisioneros republicanos, para los cuales se habilitó un campo de concentración en las cercanías, cuyos restos aún se conservan, y que permaneció abierto desde 1940 hasta 1945, llegando a albergar a 1.000 prisioneros a cargo de la Dirección General de Regiones Devastadas. Los últimos habitantes del Belchite viejo abandonaron sus ruinas en 1964 para reasentarse en el Belchite Nuevo. Las ruinas, sin acondicionar para el turismo, son visitadas por más de 10.000 personas al año. Es también lugar ocasional reunión para nostálgicos del régimen de Franco, especialmente falangistas.
De Belchite desciende el cantautor catalán Joan Manuel Serrat, ya que su madre nació en esta localidad.
En la villa, dada su peculiaridad arquitectónica e histórica y el escenario que suponen sus ruinas, se han rodado numerosas películas.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belchite
Large seafoam seaglass curved naturally for a snug fitting bracelet! Adorned with four sterling silver leaves and knotted with black leather cord. So unique and eyecatching! Sold!
Ringsend Garage Olympian RV 607 operating route 15A along Custom House Quay.
RV 607 will be forever remembered for its eyecatching Vodafone wrap, first in an overall red version with the " How are you ? " slogan which was a huge campaign with Dublin Bus, between wraps, offsides & mega rears, followed by the " seagull " version which featured a birds eye view of the River Liffey.
RV 607 will end its Dublin Bus days at Ringsend Garage as the Olympian fleet is gradually depleted but the RV fleet is not expected to outlast the year & Ringsend becomes an AV/AX hub garage.
The destination of routes 15A & 15B is now Grand Canal Dock aka Benson Street, formerly the terminus for routes 74 & 74A, utilising the new Samuel Beckett bridge.
Quality prints and greeting cards can be purchased at >> kaye-menner.artistwebsites.com/featured/purple-dahlia-aft... Just right click on link and open in new tab.
A beautiful purple or magenta Dahlia unfurling its petals before a brilliant blue afternoon sky.
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico. A member of the Asteraceae (or Compositae), dicotyledonous plants, related species include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum, and zinnia.
There are 42 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants. Flower forms are variable, with one head per stem; these can be as small as 2 in (5.1 cm) diameter or up to 1 ft (30 cm) ("dinner plate"). This great variety results from dahlias being octoploids—that is, they have eight sets of homologous chromosomes, whereas most plants have only two. In addition, dahlias also contain many transposons—genetic pieces that move from place to place upon an allele—which contributes to their manifesting such great diversity.
The stems are leafy, ranging in height from as low as 12 in (30 cm) to more than 6–8 ft (1.8–2.4 m). The majority of species do not produce scented flowers or cultivars. 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.The tubers were grown as a food crop by the Aztecs, but this use largely died out after the Spanish Conquest. Attempts to introduce the tubers as a food crop in Europe were unsuccessful.
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Walking through the dark pine woods, this shock of green suddenly caught my eye and stopped me in my tracks. The sun shone down bright and warm, and its light illuminated the yew needles as if they were stained glass.
I was going through some older photos and came across this gentleman that I met at a fall fair last year. He was selling these hats and was also the model for them.
Beautiful flamingos taken at martin mere in the flamingo house where they eat, loved the fact that the background came out black !!! looks like we were in a studio . comments welcome