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Elevation of a young woman walking the opposite way to a political slogan about government lies, daubed on an abandoned wall.
Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University (UK). Architects Herzog & de Meuron. Oxford Open Doors 2019.
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Edificio de Gobierno de Jalapa.
Jalapa-Veracruz-México.
(For the "Repetition, Pattern and Rhythm" Contest in the Art Museion Group).
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Querétaro - México.
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A pair of Iowa Interstate ES44AC's are in charge of the daily Blue Island to Council Bluffs manifest over the Mississippi River on the Government Bridge into Davenport, IA. Rock Island Arsenal's famed clocktower building is visible in the background.
April 25, 2023.
Looks like a normal gulfstream on approach but..the engine's sound was rather special ! A huge whistle and a lot of smoke behind clearly announced the pretty old man (built in 1986) 😜.
Sometimes, i would like to say that the big ones aren't necessarily the most interesting ones..Well, in any case, that GLF3 made my day 😎 !
Government house, located in the Botanical Gardens, Sydney. This beautiful building was started in 1837, and completed in 1943.
Anaklia (Georgian: ანაკლია) is a town and seaside resort in western Georgia. It is located in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, at the place where the Enguri River flows into the Black Sea.
The earliest settlement on Anaklia's territory dates back to the mid-Bronze Age and is typical to the Colchian culture. It is the Classical Heraclea of Colchis, Anaclia of later authors, and Anarghia of Archangelo Lamberti and Jean Chardin (both the 17th-century travelers). After the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Georgia in the 15th century, it was an important fortified town, sea port and fishing station within the Principality of Mingrelia. In 1723, the town was captured by the Ottoman Empire and converted into its maritime outpost and slave-trading locale. Western Georgian kingdom of Imereti regained control over Anaklia in 1770, seizing the opportunity of Ottoman Empire being at war with Russia (Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)). Solomon I, the king of Imereti, was supposed to be supported in this endeavor by a small Russian contingent under General Totleben, but the Russian troops retreated before a clash against the Turks.
In 1802, Kelesh-Bey Sharvashidze, the pro-Turkish ruler of the neighboring Principality of Abkhazia, capitalized on the internecine feuds in Mingrelia, and forced Prince Grigol Dadiani of Mingrelia into surrendering Anaklia, taking Grigol’s son and heir, Levan, as a hostage. When Mingrelia accepted the Russian protectorate in 1803, the Russian commander in Georgia, Prince Tsitsianov, demanded that Kelesh-Bey release Levan. On his refusal, Tsitsianov sent Major General Ion Rykgof into Abkhazia. In March 1805, the Russians took hold of Anaklia and threatened to march against Sukhum-Kaleh, forcing the Abkhazian prince to release Dadiani. The capture of Anaklia drew an Ottoman protest, however, and Tsitsianov hastened to disavow his subordinate and even apologize for his action, removing a Russian garrison from Anaklia. However, the incident added to an increasing tension between the two empires. When the next Russo-Turkish War broke out in 1806, the Russian forces restored Redoubt Kali and Anaklia to the Mingrelian prince Levan who would later relinquish the control of these forts to the Russian administration. (See Russian conquest of the Caucasus#Black Sea Coast.) In the 1850s, Anaklia was a small but strongly fortified seaport, which had a custom-house and carried on a considerable trade with Turkey.
Subsequently, the importance of the Anaklia port significantly reduced, but it remained a minor Black Sea Fleet base in the Soviet times.
After the War in Abkhazia (1992–93), a Russian peacekeeping post was opened at Anaklia in 1994. In 2006, the Ministry of Defense of Georgia reported numerous damages inflicted by the Russian soldiers upon the 17th-century fortress of Anaklia and accused the peacekeepers of installing latrines and baths within the walls of the fort. Following a series of protests by the Georgians, the Russian military post was withdrawn in July 2007.
A monument has been erected in Anaklia on May 21, 2012, commemorating Russia's expulsion of the Circassian people from the region following the conclusion of the Caucasian War in the 1860s. The May 21 date was chosen to coincide with the day on which the Circassian people themselves commemorate the expulsion, which the Georgian government has recognized as an act of genocide. The monument was designed by Khusen Kochesokov, a sculptor from the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria.
[COP21 visitor] 'Kilo-Golf-Charlie 4001' is obviously another highlight of this global top on climate. This Russian beauty brought the Kyrgyz President Almazbek ATAMBAEV in town to attend COP21 summit held in Le Bourget, Paris, France. [KGC4001]
My first time taking my camera to Stormont grounds and would love to catch the sunrising over the building some morning.
Had a few minutes to kill, and so headed down to Government Wharf in Sambro. It's where the Coast Guard has its local office, and there are substantial moorings for the fishing fleet.
A corner of Boston City Hall, a landmark Brutalist building, that together with the surrounding plaza is part of the Government Center complex in the heart of the city. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Una esquina del municipio de Boston, un emblemático edificio brutalista que, junto con la plaza que lo rodea, forma parte del complejo Centro de Gobierno en el corazón de la ciudad. Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos.
Royal Air Force ZE707 - British Aerospace 146-200QC
This evening, the UK's Prime Minister May flew into Brussels for a working dinner about Brexit with EU Commission President Juncker.
Juncker and May issued the following joint statement:
Government Palace, well-guarded by lots of policemen. They have their reasons. After all, being unpopular at that position is dangerous, before anything else.
Now history as 5U-BAG has been replaced by 5U-GRN... "Niger 01" ready to taxi to join holding-point RWY07 back to Niamey, Niger. Look at the gravel-kit equipment. Winter light that I so much love! [NIGER01]
Berlin's Reichstag building. Looking down from the dome through the glass-panelled roof of the government chambers - the Bundestag - where the elected representatives are visible to all .Apparently this design feature was a deliberate architectural metaphor for a visible and accountable government in a new Germany after unification.
As we left the capital city, Wellington I saw window cleaners on ropes. They were on the Beehive (Māori: Te Whare Mīere) which is the common name for the Executive Wing of New Zealand Parliament Buildings. This is where our coalition government rules from. In the last few days they finally decided to go ahead with the new hospital for Dunedin. For several months we had $48 million worth of piles waiting for a decision to continue building or not. Fortunately they are now going to continue.
At 5 pm here it is 22C with sun and light breeze. The back to school summer continues.