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Liège is the center of the largest Walloon agglomeration, and the cultural center of the Walloon region of Belgium. The city, with a population of about 200.000, is located at the confluence of the Ourthe and Meuse rivers.
Around 705, Saint Lambert of Maastricht is credited with completing the Christianization of the region, but conversion may still not have been quite universal, since Lambert was murdered in Liège. To enshrine his relics, the successor, Hubertus (later St. Hubert), built a basilica which became the nucleus of the city.
In 1468, following an uprising of the inhabitants against Burgundian rule, xof Burgundy had the city plundered and systematically destroyed. The few survivors who had fled into the forests—Charles the Bold allegedly had more than 5,000 inhabitants murdered—were only able to return to the city for reconstruction after seven years.
In 1789, partly in connection with the French Revolution, the Liège Revolution occurred. It was directed against the absolutist rule of the Prince-Bishop and was crushed in early 1791 by troops commissioned by the Holy Roman Empire. In 1795, Liège was occupied by French troops and became part of the First French Republic. The Congress of Vienna annexed it to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which in 1830 became the Kingdom of Belgium, to which Liège has belonged ever since.
The Collegiate Church of St. John the Evangelist was founded as a collegiate church by Notker of Liège around 980, and consecrated in 987. The church was a kind of replica of Charlemagne's Aachen Cathedral. It was suppressed in 1797 during the French Revolution, the building being confiscated and sold in 1798.
The center, originally an octagonal building in Mosan Romanesque style, incorporating elements of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the church was completely rebuilt in a late Baroque style in 1754–1784. It has been in use as a parish church since 1809.
The church is currently being restored.
Virgin and Child
Sedes Sapientia
Mosan School / ca 1230
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Medieval Virgins
The Place de la Concorde is one of the major public squares in Paris, France. In fact, in terms of area, its 8.64 hectares (21.35 acres) make it the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. The Place was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel in 1755 as a moat-skirted octagon between the Champs-Élysées to the west and the Tuileries Gardens to the east. Decorated with statues and fountains, the area was named Place Louis XV to honor the king at that time. At the north end, two magnificent identical stone buildings were constructed. Separated by the rue Royale, these structures remain among the best examples of Louis XV style architecture. Initially, the eastern building served as the French Naval Ministry. Shortly after its construction, the western building became the opulent home of the Duc d'Aumont. It was later purchased by the Comte de Crillon, whose family resided there until 1907. The famous luxury Hôtel de Crillon, which currently occupies the building, took its name from its previous owners; it was the headquarters of the German High Command during World War II. During the French Revolution the statue of Louis XV of France was torn down and the area renamed "Place de la Révolution". The new revolutionary government erected the guillotine in the square, and it was here that King Louis XVI was executed on 21 January 1793. Other important figures guillotined on the site, often in front of cheering crowds, were Queen Marie Antoinette, Princess Élisabeth of France, Charlotte Corday, Madame du Barry, Georges Danton, Camille Desmoulins, Antoine Lavoisier, Maximilien Robespierre, Louis de Saint-Just and Olympe de Gouge.
Another from a rooftop, but this one is facing the opposite direction into the cloud cover. The entire day had been gorgeous, so I was rather disappointed that there was virtually no light on the city. So, this is the moody result of sunset behind the wall of clouds. I've been finding beauty in the grey this year; certainly that must apply across borders.
Long exposure to pull out the colors and give some cloud movement.
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Dominique Doncre (1743-1820) - Chanteurs patriotes (1794)
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Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, oil on canvas, 3.3 x 4.25m, painted in Rome, exhibited at the salon of 1785 (Musée du Louvre)
This was intended to be a quick capture en route to taking a long nap, but I find the outside of this massive museum to be so beautiful I must have been here for an hour. And this, after having already seen it before. This experience applies throughout Paris; perhaps that's why it is among my favorite cities in the world.
Captured with a 2.0x III Extender to make a 48mm perspective. Three frames stitched together, each using a 10-stop ND filter.
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Liège is the center of the largest Walloon agglomeration, and the cultural center of the Walloon region of Belgium. The city, with a population of about 200.000, is located at the confluence of the Ourthe and Meuse rivers.
Around 705, Saint Lambert of Maastricht is credited with completing the Christianization of the region, but conversion may still not have been quite universal, since Lambert was murdered in Liège. To enshrine his relics, the successor, Hubertus (later St. Hubert), built a basilica which became the nucleus of the city.
In 1468, following an uprising of the inhabitants against Burgundian rule, xof Burgundy had the city plundered and systematically destroyed. The few survivors who had fled into the forests—Charles the Bold allegedly had more than 5,000 inhabitants murdered—were only able to return to the city for reconstruction after seven years.
In 1789, partly in connection with the French Revolution, the Liège Revolution occurred. It was directed against the absolutist rule of the Prince-Bishop and was crushed in early 1791 by troops commissioned by the Holy Roman Empire. In 1795, Liège was occupied by French troops and became part of the First French Republic. The Congress of Vienna annexed it to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which in 1830 became the Kingdom of Belgium, to which Liège has belonged ever since.
Bishop Ebrachar founded a collegiate here in 966 on what was then an island between two branches of the Meuse.
Construction of the present church began in 1240. The first phase included the choir, the transept, and the two bays of the eastern nave. The church was consecrated in1289. The second, High Gothic construction phase began after 1333 and included the four western bays of the nave, the side portal, the chapels of the side aisles, the polygonal apse, and finally the tower. At the beginning of the 16th century, the west portal was added next to the tower.
In 1794, during the French Revolution, the demolition of the huge St. Lambert's Cathedral began. Under the supervision of a "Commission destructive de la cathédrale". In 1803, the two towers on the facade were destroyed. By 1827, almost the entire complex had been leveled.
After the revolution subsided, the population sought a replacement and chose the Collegiate Church as the church closest to the city center. After the church was elevated to cathedral status in 1804, the tower was raised by a bell tower and a spire; The western towers of the destroyed St. Lambert's Cathedral served as a model. A comprehensive restoration in the Neo-Gothic style took place between 1850 and 1875. The choir received two additional side aisles, and the entire exterior façade was decorated with statues and ornamental elements.
The nave
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Cluny Abbey in France was the center of a major monastic movement during the middle ages and, at one time, the greatest power in Europe. Started by the Benedictine monks in 940AD it controlled over 10,000 monks from Poland to Scotland.
The power of Cluny Abbey began to decline after the 12th century, and both the abbey and the town surrounding it suffered during the wars of religion in the 1500s. The abbey was suppressed during the French Revolution and closed in 1790. The abbey church was for the most part demolished in the early 19th century, although its ruins testify to its former grandeur to this day.
Today the abbey is a ghost of the past and only one tenth of the gigantic cathedral remains. This photograph shows one side of an elegant pavilion built as a monastic cloister in the 18th century.
Liège is the center of the largest Walloon agglomeration, and the cultural center of the Walloon region of Belgium. The city, with a population of about 200.000, is located at the confluence of the Ourthe and Meuse rivers.
Around 705, Saint Lambert of Maastricht is credited with completing the Christianization of the region, but conversion may still not have been quite universal, since Lambert was murdered in Liège. To enshrine his relics, the successor, Hubertus (later St. Hubert), built a basilica which became the nucleus of the city.
In 1468, following an uprising of the inhabitants against Burgundian rule, xof Burgundy had the city plundered and systematically destroyed. The few survivors who had fled into the forests—Charles the Bold allegedly had more than 5,000 inhabitants murdered—were only able to return to the city for reconstruction after seven years.
In 1789, partly in connection with the French Revolution, the Liège Revolution occurred. It was directed against the absolutist rule of the Prince-Bishop and was crushed in early 1791 by troops commissioned by the Holy Roman Empire. In 1795, Liège was occupied by French troops and became part of the First French Republic. The Congress of Vienna annexed it to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which in 1830 became the Kingdom of Belgium, to which Liège has belonged ever since.
The Palace was the residence of former Prince-Bishops of Liège and once faced the monumental Cathedral of St. Lambert. Two buildings preceded the present palace, a first palace integrated with the fortifications was built about 1000 by Bishop Notger, but it was destroyed by fire in 1185. The palace was reconstructed under Rudolf of Zähringen. This building was heavily damaged in the sack of the city by the Burgundians and was also burnt in 1505.
On mounting the episcopal throne in 1505, Bishop Érard de La Marck found the palace in ruins and entrusted the construction of a new one to the master builder Arnold van Mulken in 1526. It was finished at the end of the 16th century.
The principal facade on the south was completely rebuilt after the fire of 1734. In 1849, a new west wing was built to accommodate the provincial government.
It now houses the Palace of Justice of Liège and the Provincial Palace, i.e. the government building of Liège Province.
Liège is the center of the largest Walloon agglomeration, and the cultural center of the Walloon region of Belgium. The city, with a population of about 200.000, is located at the confluence of the Ourthe and Meuse rivers.
Around 705, Saint Lambert of Maastricht is credited with completing the Christianization of the region, but conversion may still not have been quite universal, since Lambert was murdered in Liège. To enshrine his relics, the successor, Hubertus (later St. Hubert), built a basilica which became the nucleus of the city.
In 1468, following an uprising of the inhabitants against Burgundian rule, xof Burgundy had the city plundered and systematically destroyed. The few survivors who had fled into the forests—Charles the Bold allegedly had more than 5,000 inhabitants murdered—were only able to return to the city for reconstruction after seven years.
In 1789, partly in connection with the French Revolution, the Liège Revolution occurred. It was directed against the absolutist rule of the Prince-Bishop and was crushed in early 1791 by troops commissioned by the Holy Roman Empire. In 1795, Liège was occupied by French troops and became part of the First French Republic. The Congress of Vienna annexed it to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which in 1830 became the Kingdom of Belgium, to which Liège has belonged ever since.
Originally built for the 1905 Liège World Exhibition, the building has housed the collections of the Musée des beaux-arts de Liège since 2016. The collections of the Musée des beaux-arts de Liège include more than 700 paintings and sculptures, as well as more than 40,000 works on paper.
Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)
La maison bleue / The blue house
1920
Mark Twain described this monument as the saddest in the world. This massive statue was erected to commemorate the massacre of the Swiss Guard while defending the Tuileries in Paris in 1792 during the French Revolution. The weeping lion has a lance firmly implanted into his mid-section and his paw is resting upon the seal of France. This masterpiece is the work of Bertel Thorvaldsen and was completed between 1819 and 1821.
Jacques Louis David, The Oath of the Tennis Court, 1791, pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, with two irregularly shaped fragments of paper affixed to the sheet, 66 x 101.2 cm (Musée du Louvre)
Jacques Louis David, The Oath of the Tennis Court, 1791, pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, with two irregularly shaped fragments of paper affixed to the sheet, 66 x 101.2 cm (Musée du Louvre)
This powerful marble bust by Charles Auguste Arnaud (1863) immortalises Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud (1753–1793), the brilliant orator and leading voice of the Girondins, one of the key political factions of the French Revolution.
A deputy to both the Legislative Assembly and the Convention, Vergniaud defended the Revolution passionately while also resisting the growing extremism of the Jacobins. His eloquence was legendary — admired even by his enemies — but his moderation proved fatal. Branded a traitor by Robespierre, he was executed by guillotine in Paris on 31 October 1793, alongside many fellow Girondins.
This bust, with its swept-back coat, crisp cravat, and noble bearing, was donated to the Musée d’Aquitaine by François Vandermarcq. It stands not only as a tribute to a man, but as a reminder of a revolution devouring its own children.
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🇫🇷Ce buste en marbre signé Charles Auguste Arnaud (1863) rend hommage à Pierre-Victurnien Vergniaud (1753–1793), orateur éloquent et figure emblématique des Girondins, groupe politique influent durant la Révolution française.
Député à la Législative puis à la Convention, Vergniaud défend avec ardeur les idéaux révolutionnaires tout en s’opposant aux dérives de la Terreur. Admiré pour la force de ses discours, il est pourtant condamné par Robespierre et exécuté à Paris le 31 octobre 1793, en même temps que de nombreux Girondins.
Ce buste, au drapé dynamique et à l’expression digne, fut offert au Musée d’Aquitaine par François Vandermarcq. Il incarne autant la grandeur d’un homme que la tragédie d’une époque où la parole ne suffisait plus à sauver les justes.
🇬🇧 The Musée d’Aquitaine in Bordeaux traces the rich and complex history of the region from prehistory to the present day. Housed in the former Faculty of Letters, the museum features an outstanding collection of Roman artefacts from ancient Burdigala, medieval sculpture, 18th-century portraits, and poignant displays on Bordeaux’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. It is also home to archaeological treasures, including the famous Gallic gold torcs and bronze statuary, offering a powerful sense of continuity through centuries of conquest, commerce, and culture.
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🇫🇷 Le Musée d’Aquitaine retrace l’histoire riche et complexe de Bordeaux et de sa région, de la Préhistoire jusqu’à nos jours. Installé dans l’ancienne faculté des Lettres, il abrite une remarquable collection d’objets gallo-romains de Burdigala, de sculptures médiévales, de portraits du XVIIIe siècle, ainsi que des salles dédiées à la traite négrière et au commerce atlantique. On y découvre également des trésors archéologiques, comme les célèbres torques gaulois en or ou des statues en bronze, témoignant de la profondeur historique et culturelle de l’Aquitaine.
Notre-Dame, erected 1230 - 1251, is considered a jewel of 13th-century Gothic architecture in France. The planar western façade is quite unique - as it opens like a large screen to the spectator.
The "screen" is 28,6 m high by 19,5 m wide. There are three levels. The lowest (here only party seen) has three arcades forming the entry into a porch. Above are two arcaded galleries, one above the other. On each of these two upper levels the arches rest on 17 columns.
Emphasising the top and bottom of these galleries are three string courses consisting of 51 (not water-transporting) gargoyles.
The original gargoyles were in place for only a short time. They were removed already around 1240, following a fatal accident. An usurer was killed on the church forecourt, when a stone figure representing an usurer became detached and hit him. His colleagues organised the destruction of all gargoyles on the façade. A kind of vandalism, that got "repaired". The 51 gargoyles which today decorate the façade were made in 1880-1882, during the restoration of the church.
What the vandals of the French Revolution did in 1794 could not be repaired. They chiselled off the complete works over the central portal.
In mid-June each year, Groningen is honored by the "City Beach! Tour" of World Top Beach Footvolley. The Grote Markt - the Great Market - in the centre of town between the Martinikerk and the Stadhuis (seat of the municipal government) is made into a sandy beach, and the games are held. On this Sunday morning, the skies did not bode well... And the ball in this practice was going out of bounds as well!
This town hall dates from 1810, its date of completion, but it was much longer in the making. In the mid-eighteenth century the earlier building was derelict and even dangerous, so the town council decided to build a new one. They didn't get around to commissioning an architect until ten years or so later. Finally plans were drawn up in 1787 by the Dutch Palladian and neo-classical architect Jacob Otten Husly (1738-1796). The old building was pulled down and an enormous hole - ah! the citizens complained! - was left until construction began in 1793. But it was abruptly stopped in 1795 because the French Revolution had come to Groningen. Groningen in the Spring of that year rose against the Stadtholder William V, and declared itself a free Patriot city: "Brothers and Fellow Citizens! Thou are free! Thou art equal!" Dated: Year One of Batavian Freedom 1795.
Soon, however, there was a falling out with Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald (1765-1840), the commanding general of the French northern army which only just before had been hailed as Groningen's liberator, the peat market had tumbled, and the town's economy fell on hard times. Construction on the town hall could not begin again until 1802, and it was finally completed in 1810, the year the Emperor Napoleon did away with the Kingdom of Holland altogether and made Groningen, too, a direct part of the French Empire. The university was given the title of Imperial University (in the right background you can just see the spire of the Academia, the main university hall).
But by 1813, Napoleon had lost his Empire, France and even his Imperial Throne.The Kingdom of the Netherlands was soon formed under the House of Orange (1814-1815, the Congress of Vienna; the Kingdom as such was instituted in 1816). Groningen again became a loyal subject city of the age-old ruling family.
This photo more or less looks West, from whence the prevailing winds of the North Sea which often bring mists and rain.
Liège is the center of the largest Walloon agglomeration, and the cultural center of the Walloon region of Belgium. The city, with a population of about 200.000, is located at the confluence of the Ourthe and Meuse rivers.
Around 705, Saint Lambert of Maastricht is credited with completing the Christianization of the region, but conversion may still not have been quite universal, since Lambert was murdered in Liège. To enshrine his relics, the successor, Hubertus (later St. Hubert), built a basilica which became the nucleus of the city.
In 1468, following an uprising of the inhabitants against Burgundian rule, xof Burgundy had the city plundered and systematically destroyed. The few survivors who had fled into the forests—Charles the Bold allegedly had more than 5,000 inhabitants murdered—were only able to return to the city for reconstruction after seven years.
In 1789, partly in connection with the French Revolution, the Liège Revolution occurred. It was directed against the absolutist rule of the Prince-Bishop and was crushed in early 1791 by troops commissioned by the Holy Roman Empire. In 1795, Liège was occupied by French troops and became part of the First French Republic. The Congress of Vienna annexed it to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which in 1830 became the Kingdom of Belgium, to which Liège has belonged ever since.
Bishop Ebrachar founded a collegiate here in 966 on what was then an island between two branches of the Meuse.
Construction of the present church began in 1240. The first phase included the choir, the transept, and the two bays of the eastern nave. The church was consecrated in1289. The second, High Gothic construction phase began after 1333 and included the four western bays of the nave, the side portal, the chapels of the side aisles, the polygonal apse, and finally the tower. At the beginning of the 16th century, the west portal was added next to the tower.
In 1794, during the French Revolution, the demolition of the huge St. Lambert's Cathedral began. Under the supervision of a "Commission destructive de la cathédrale". In 1803, the two towers on the facade were destroyed. By 1827, almost the entire complex had been leveled.
After the revolution subsided, the population sought a replacement and chose the Collegiate Church as the church closest to the city center. After the church was elevated to cathedral status in 1804, the tower was raised by a bell tower and a spire; The western towers of the destroyed St. Lambert's Cathedral served as a model. A comprehensive restoration in the Neo-Gothic style took place between 1850 and 1875. The choir received two additional side aisles, and the entire exterior façade was decorated with statues and ornamental elements.
Lucerne, Switzerland.
The Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris. The monument is dedicated Helvetiorum Fidei ac Virtuti ("To the loyalty and bravery of the Swiss"). The dying lion is portrayed impaled by a spear, covering a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis of the French monarchy; beside him is another shield bearing the coat of arms of Switzerland. (Wikipedia)
Lack of contrast due to game crashing while tweaking ReShade. Whatever.
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"I say "ooh la la" and "c'est magnifique" when asked to describe our romance.
I want to eat truffles, grow two days of stubble,
and stroll by the Seine, in some black leather pants!
The Champ de Mars is a large public green-space in Paris, France, located between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after the Campus Martius of Rome. Champ de Mars means "Field of Mars", after Mars the god of war.
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Jacques Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787, oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
For me, a very curious juxtaposition: this carousel being enjoyed by families in the middle of the concrete, glass, and steel of one of the world's leading financial hubs. This couple standing together for the entire 30 second exposure makes it special.
Two horizontal frames stitched together, very little processing on this beautiful sunny day.
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Jacques Louis David, The Oath of the Tennis Court, 1791, pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, with two irregularly shaped fragments of paper affixed to the sheet, 66 x 101.2 cm (Musée du Louvre)
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.
The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2019 population of 12,213,364, or about 18 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €681 billion (US$850 billion) in 2016, accounting for 31 percent of the GDP of France, and was the 5th largest region by GDP in the world. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second-most expensive city in the world, behind Singapore and ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva.
The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe) and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily, and is the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the 24th busiest railway station in the world, and the first located outside Japan, with 262 million passengers in 2015.
Paris is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre was the most visited art museum in the world in 2018, with 10.2 million visitors. The Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie are noted for their collections of French Impressionist art, and the Pompidou Centre Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. The historical district along the Seine in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Popular landmarks in the centre of the city include the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris and the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, both on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre. Paris received 23 million visitors in 2017, measured by hotel stays, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming from the United States, the UK, Germany and China. It was ranked as the third most visited travel destination in the world in 2017, after Bangkok and London.
The football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris. The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. Paris hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, 1924 and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and the 1960, 1984, and 2016 UEFA European Championships were also held in the city and, every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes there.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_de_Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (Triumphal Arch of the Star) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the center of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile — the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues. The location of the arc and the plaza is shared between three arrondissements, 16th (south and west), 17th (north), and 8th (east).
The Arc de Triomphe should not be confused with a smaller arch, the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, which stands west of the Louvre. The Arc de Triomphe honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I.
As the central cohesive element of the Axe historique (historic axis, a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route running from the courtyard of the Louvre to the Grande Arche de la Défense), the Arc de Triomphe was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, and its iconographic program pits heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail. It set the tone for public monuments with triumphant patriotic messages.
Inspired by the Arch of Titus in Rome, Italy, the Arc de Triomphe has an overall height of 50 metres (164 ft), width of 45 m (148 ft), and depth of 22 m (72 ft), while its large vault is 29.19 m (95.8 ft) high and 14.62 m (48.0 ft) wide. The smaller transverse vaults are 18.68 m (61.3 ft) high and 8.44 m (27.7 ft) wide. Three weeks after the Paris victory parade in 1919 (marking the end of hostilities in World War I), Charles Godefroy flew his Nieuport biplane under the arch's primary vault, with the event captured on newsreel.
Paris's Arc de Triomphe was the tallest triumphal arch until the completion of the Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City in 1938, which is 67 metres (220 ft) high. The Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, completed in 1982, is modelled on the Arc de Triomphe and is slightly taller at 60 m (197 ft). La Grande Arche in La Defense near Paris is 110 metres high. Although it is not named an Arc de Triomphe, it has been designed on the same model and in the perspective of the Arc de Triomphe. It qualifies as the world's tallest arch.
I really wanted a proper drum and some smoke and stuff but I didn't have that to hand. I kind of had this idea of a fallen soldier like in French revolution paintings or in the Kasabian Empire video. I wanted a square crop but I forgot to take photos to make an expansion. I also shot this in near darkness, hence the graininess
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Jacques Louis David, The Oath of the Tennis Court, 1791, pen and brown and black ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, with two irregularly shaped fragments of paper affixed to the sheet, 66 x 101.2 cm (Musée du Louvre)
This is one of the areas where the French kept Marie Antoinette in the conciergerie. There were many mysterious parts of these chambers, and this was one of the most interesting.
I one time designed a set of stairs like this back in the day with a Quake level editor. There was a website where you could upload your creations that could be shared by other level designers. I uploaded my stairs, but I don't know if they were ever used or not. I thought I saw them in E1M4, but then I realized that those stairs were actually 5x better than mine.
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The Gothic parish church was actually founded in the tenth century but remodeled to its current looks in the 15th century after being severely damaged in the Hundred years' war. It is not to be confused with the church at Abbaye aux hommes where the church is also called St Ètienne this is called "the old" (le vieux). It came into disuse during the French Revolution and the role as parish church was afterwards take over by the other St Stephen, just a block away. It was closed to the public already in 1844 because of its bad state. Things did not improve when the church was hit by a German shell in 1944. It is now completely closed to the public.
Liège is the center of the largest Walloon agglomeration, and the cultural center of the Walloon region of Belgium. The city, with a population of about 200.000, is located at the confluence of the Ourthe and Meuse rivers.
Around 705, Saint Lambert of Maastricht is credited with completing the Christianization of the region, but conversion may still not have been quite universal, since Lambert was murdered in Liège. To enshrine his relics, the successor, Hubertus (later St. Hubert), built a basilica which became the nucleus of the city.
In 1468, following an uprising of the inhabitants against Burgundian rule, xof Burgundy had the city plundered and systematically destroyed. The few survivors who had fled into the forests—Charles the Bold allegedly had more than 5,000 inhabitants murdered—were only able to return to the city for reconstruction after seven years.
In 1789, partly in connection with the French Revolution, the Liège Revolution occurred. It was directed against the absolutist rule of the Prince-Bishop and was crushed in early 1791 by troops commissioned by the Holy Roman Empire. In 1795, Liège was occupied by French troops and became part of the First French Republic. The Congress of Vienna annexed it to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which in 1830 became the Kingdom of Belgium, to which Liège has belonged ever since.
The first station was opened in 1842 on the railway line from Brussels, after the line had already reached Ans in 1838. In 1863, a new station building was built. The building was extended for the 1905 World Exhibition. To mark the electrification of the railway line in 1958 a new building was built, that got damaged during the Belgian general strike of 1960/61.
Planning for the new station building began in 1996. 312 million euros were invested. The building has no exterior facade in the traditional sense; instead, the transition from inside to outside is seamless.
The new station is made of steel, glass, and white concrete. It has a monumental canopy 200 m long and 35 m high. It was originally scheduled for completion in April 2006. In fact, it was not opened until September 19, 2009, two weeks after its completion.
Liège is the center of the largest Walloon agglomeration, and the cultural center of the Walloon region of Belgium. The city, with a population of about 200.000, is located at the confluence of the Ourthe and Meuse rivers.
Around 705, Saint Lambert of Maastricht is credited with completing the Christianization of the region, but conversion may still not have been quite universal, since Lambert was murdered in Liège. To enshrine his relics, the successor, Hubertus (later St. Hubert), built a basilica which became the nucleus of the city.
In 1468, following an uprising of the inhabitants against Burgundian rule, xof Burgundy had the city plundered and systematically destroyed. The few survivors who had fled into the forests—Charles the Bold allegedly had more than 5,000 inhabitants murdered—were only able to return to the city for reconstruction after seven years.
In 1789, partly in connection with the French Revolution, the Liège Revolution occurred. It was directed against the absolutist rule of the Prince-Bishop and was crushed in early 1791 by troops commissioned by the Holy Roman Empire. In 1795, Liège was occupied by French troops and became part of the First French Republic. The Congress of Vienna annexed it to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which in 1830 became the Kingdom of Belgium, to which Liège has belonged ever since.
Bishop Ebrachar founded a collegiate here in 966 on what was then an island between two branches of the Meuse.
Construction of the present church began in 1240. The first phase included the choir, the transept, and the two bays of the eastern nave. The church was consecrated in1289. The second, High Gothic construction phase began after 1333 and included the four western bays of the nave, the side portal, the chapels of the side aisles, the polygonal apse, and finally the tower. At the beginning of the 16th century, the west portal was added next to the tower.
In 1794, during the French Revolution, the demolition of the huge St. Lambert's Cathedral began. Under the supervision of a "Commission destructive de la cathédrale". In 1803, the two towers on the facade were destroyed. By 1827, almost the entire complex had been leveled.
After the revolution subsided, the population sought a replacement and chose the Collegiate Church as the church closest to the city center. After the church was elevated to cathedral status in 1804, the tower was raised by a bell tower and a spire; The western towers of the destroyed St. Lambert's Cathedral served as a model. A comprehensive restoration in the Neo-Gothic style took place between 1850 and 1875. The choir received two additional side aisles, and the entire exterior façade was decorated with statues and ornamental elements.
The triumphal Cross
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Triumphal Crosses
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“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
Jacques Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787, oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Devil is in the Details: Château Royal de Blois - Read the article written by my colleague William Lounsbury that spots this, and many other of my images, and see how details fill out the folio of any trip ---- www.aperturetours.com/blog/2020/the-devil-is-in-the-detai...
Jacques Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787, oil on canvas, 129.5 x 196.2 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Liège is the center of the largest Walloon agglomeration, and the cultural center of the Walloon region of Belgium. The city, with a population of about 200.000, is located at the confluence of the Ourthe and Meuse rivers.
Around 705, Saint Lambert of Maastricht is credited with completing the Christianization of the region, but conversion may still not have been quite universal, since Lambert was murdered in Liège. To enshrine his relics, the successor, Hubertus (later St. Hubert), built a basilica which became the nucleus of the city.
In 1468, following an uprising of the inhabitants against Burgundian rule, xof Burgundy had the city plundered and systematically destroyed. The few survivors who had fled into the forests—Charles the Bold allegedly had more than 5,000 inhabitants murdered—were only able to return to the city for reconstruction after seven years.
In 1789, partly in connection with the French Revolution, the Liège Revolution occurred. It was directed against the absolutist rule of the Prince-Bishop and was crushed in early 1791 by troops commissioned by the Holy Roman Empire. In 1795, Liège was occupied by French troops and became part of the First French Republic. The Congress of Vienna annexed it to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which in 1830 became the Kingdom of Belgium, to which Liège has belonged ever since.
Liège is the center of the largest Walloon agglomeration, and the cultural center of the Walloon region of Belgium. The city, with a population of about 200.000, is located at the confluence of the Ourthe and Meuse rivers.
Around 705, Saint Lambert of Maastricht is credited with completing the Christianization of the region, but conversion may still not have been quite universal, since Lambert was murdered in Liège. To enshrine his relics, the successor, Hubertus (later St. Hubert), built a basilica which became the nucleus of the city.
In 1468, following an uprising of the inhabitants against Burgundian rule, xof Burgundy had the city plundered and systematically destroyed. The few survivors who had fled into the forests—Charles the Bold allegedly had more than 5,000 inhabitants murdered—were only able to return to the city for reconstruction after seven years.
In 1789, partly in connection with the French Revolution, the Liège Revolution occurred. It was directed against the absolutist rule of the Prince-Bishop and was crushed in early 1791 by troops commissioned by the Holy Roman Empire. In 1795, Liège was occupied by French troops and became part of the First French Republic. The Congress of Vienna annexed it to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which in 1830 became the Kingdom of Belgium, to which Liège has belonged ever since.
Bishop Ebrachar founded a collegiate here in 966 on what was then an island between two branches of the Meuse.
Construction of the present church began in 1240. The first phase included the choir, the transept, and the two bays of the eastern nave. The church was consecrated in1289. The second, High Gothic construction phase began after 1333 and included the four western bays of the nave, the side portal, the chapels of the side aisles, the polygonal apse, and finally the tower. At the beginning of the 16th century, the west portal was added next to the tower.
In 1794, during the French Revolution, the demolition of the huge St. Lambert's Cathedral began. Under the supervision of a "Commission destructive de la cathédrale". In 1803, the two towers on the facade were destroyed. By 1827, almost the entire complex had been leveled.
After the revolution subsided, the population sought a replacement and chose the Collegiate Church as the church closest to the city center. After the church was elevated to cathedral status in 1804, the tower was raised by a bell tower and a spire; The western towers of the destroyed St. Lambert's Cathedral served as a model. A comprehensive restoration in the Neo-Gothic style took place between 1850 and 1875. The choir received two additional side aisles, and the entire exterior façade was decorated with statues and ornamental elements.
The cathedral has an extensive collection in the treasury
Patriarchal Cross
containing a part of the True Cross
1200/1220
Late afternoon has the most luxurious light of the day, in my opinion. This shot was made at that time of day, but this glorious light was reflected from the building across the street, thus illuminating these beautiful, richly-hued apricots.
Thanks to my parents' intense--passionate, actually--interest in art, I grew up in art museums--and loved every minute of it! Because of my lifelong "ingestion" of the great Masters, I quickly found my favorites, even beloveds. One of the latter was Paul Cézanne, a painter most often "included" with the Impressionists, but who actually was more of an early Expressionist (my favorite "school" or "movement" in painting). Cézanne was unique, an "original" in every sense of the word, which in French has some seriously derogatory nuances.
This composition was definitely influenced by Cézanne; I was conscious of that fact as I arranged and re-arranged the apricots, and as I chose to place them on a scarf during the "shoot." Even the color of the fruit is something that can be found in Cézanne's still-life arrangements, whether in his oils or his watercolors, which I particularly adore. So, "Merci, Maître!" (Thank you, Master"), from one of your 21-century admirers...
Nature Morte (Still Life), chez moi
Washington Heights, Upper Manhattan
New York City, USA
Title created for the group Six Word Story.
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