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One of the guard building that is positioned near the main gates of the ordinance plants. It was said the after a certain time, all passer-bys were shot on sight if they stay to close to the boundary.
Replica of an historic watch tower at the Manzanar Relocation Center National Historic Site, built in 2005. Eight watchtowers, equipped with searchlights and machine guns pointed inward at the incarcerees, were positioned around the perimeter of the camp.
Sarah's comment- " My hubby worked as a park ranger at Manzanar a few years ago and he is the one responsible for bringing the search light to the tower. He had some friends at a different park who were getting rid of it so he took 2 days to drive out and get it. He then spent hours restoring and repainting it so it could live in the elements a few more years."
Another interesting fact-
188 couples were married at Manzanar. Some former internees say that without the camps, they never would have met their spouse. Hundreds of other couples married just before going to camp to avoid being separated.
"there must be some kind of way out here, said the joker to the thief"
title / lyrics - Jimi Hendrix
This section of the Great Wall is one of the most picturesque, because of the distance from Beijing it is not as busy as other sections. In a beautiful mountainous area the wall snakes its way along the ridge. Every few hundred feet unique towers offer a resting spot.
3rd September 2023 - Tallinn, Estonia. Now closed and disused.
The place seems to have a dark and varied history. There was a museum here once, although this is now closed.
Tuesday 20th September 2022.
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When Tropical Storm, Elsa blazed by just to the west of us, we found ourselves on the "dry side" of the storm. The dry side is also the windy side, and the outer beaches of Cape Cod got the full brunt. The Bayside, in the lee of the land, was flat calm - at least close to shore where the fetch was still minimal.
Nauset Beach
Orleans, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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This is an entry into the CCCIX Bandit's Raid Category and part 4 of my CCCIX storyline:
The Flames Of Fury
The Bear Claw Clan has been unleashed, and they are tearing through the countryside. After overunning a Dragon Knight guardtower, they flowed into the town with like a wall of fury.
The King's orders were clear: destroy everything in your path. Just the kind of orders the Clan loves to hear!
If you missed them, here are the earlier chapter:
Enjoy!
The Manzanar Concentration Camp is on the National Register of Historic Places #76000484 and is also a National Historic Landmark.
"Minidoka National Historic Site is a National Historic Site in the western United States. It commemorates the more than 9,000 Japanese Americans who were imprisoned at the Minidoka War Relocation Center during the Second World War."
"The Minidoka War Relocation Center was in operation from 1942–45 and one of ten camps at which Japanese Americans, both citizens and resident "aliens," were interned during World War II. Under provisions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066, all persons of Japanese ancestry were excluded from the West Coast of the United States. At its peak, Minidoka housed 9,397 Japanese Americans, predominantly from Oregon, Washington, and Alaska."
"The Minidoka War Relocation Center consisted of 36 blocks of housing. Each block contained 12 barracks (which themselves were divided into 6 separate living areas), laundry facilities, bathrooms, and a mess hall. Recreation Halls in each block were multi-use facilities that served as both worship and education centers. Minidoka had a high school, a junior high school and two elementary schools - Huntville and Stafford. The Minidoka War Relocation Center also included two dry cleaners, four general stores, a beauty shop, two barber shops, radio and watch repair stores as well as two fire stations." wiki
Waipio, Oahu, Hawai'i
It's turning out to be a beautiful evening. Random graffiti on a shipping container as it turns out to be not always greener on the other side.
M240 | Voigtlander Nokton 75mm ASPH @ f/1.5
The Cowra Breakout and Cowra Japanese Garden. George Evans pushed through this area on his way to the Lachlan River in 1815. The first white settlers moved into the Lachlan River valley in the mid-1830s and Cowra can trace its origins back to 1840. The town grew and today is the thriving centre of a horticultural region which produces fruit, wine, cereals and wool. During World War Two a prisoner of war camp for captured Japanese was established outside the town. All went well until in 1944 when 1,000 Japanese prisoners broke out of the camp. It was the biggest POW breakout in British and Australian history. The Cowra camp started in 1941 for Italian POWs. By 1944 the 2,000 Italians were joined by over 1,000 Japanese and the camp was terribly overcrowded. Over 1,100 men attempted to escape on 5 August. 234 Japanese and 5 Australians were killed. 108 Japanese men were wounded and another 331 escaped for up to nine days. News of the outbreak was suppressed and the death toll was not released until 1949. The POW site is now on the register of the National Estate. In SA we had a similar camp at Loveday outside Barmera. At the Visitors Centre we will see a short hologram presentation on the breakout. It is unique and a delightful way to personalise this dramatic story.
This massacre led to closer ties between Cowra and Japan after the War. In 1964 the Japanese government established the first and only Japanese War Cemetery in the world at Cowra on land ceded to Japan. (All other Japanese soldier remains have been returned home to Japan). 523 Japanese soldiers are buried here mainly airmen shot down over Darwin and the NT during the war and 231 Japanese POWs from the Cowra Breakout. There is a small Japanese shrine here. In 1979 a famous Japanese garden designer created the Cowra Japanese garden across ten acres. The designer wanted the garden to be a symbol of goodwill and peace, whilst representing the varying landscapes of Japan- rivers, lakes, hills and Mt Fuji itself. It includes a Tea House, a Bonsai House and a pottery room. The café here serves Australian and Japanese food and sells Japanese souvenirs. Later in 1991 Cowra planted its Cherry Tree Avenue which leads from the town to the POW camp site. At the camp site there is a memorial to the Italians who were imprisoned there during world War Two. In 1992 Cowra received the Peace Bell which is a replica of the one that hangs at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Peace Bell commemorates Cowra’s work in international peace. Among the heritage buildings of Cowra are: the Catholic Church in the Main Street. Built in 1938/39 in the inter war Romanesque style to a design by architects Scott & Green & Scott. Behind it is the 1861 Catholic church incorporated into the convent; on the next corner (Macquarie St) is the Presbyterian Church built in 1911 with the 1861 church behind it; Cowra Courthouse built in 1880 is heritage listed; the Reid Smith department store was built in 1924.
walks through the Guard Tower...
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It is that time of the year when we don't venture out into the woods during the 9 day gun season for whitetail deer.
I chose to have the Medieval Town Square as this year's project.
Hubby and I can work on it together. He does the sorting and supervising.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imjingak
Imjingak (Hangul: 임진각; Hanja: 臨津閣), and sometimes in English called the Imjingak "resort", is a park located on the banks of the Imjin River in the city of Paju, South Korea. The park has many statues and monuments regarding the Korean War. There is also a restaurant, an observation deck, a pool in the shape of the Korean peninsula, and even a small amusement park.
The park was built to console those from both sides who are unable to return to their hometowns, friends and families because of the division of Korea.
Imjingak is where the "Freedom Bridge" lies. The Freedom Bridge crosses the Imjin river. It is a former railroad bridge which was used by repatriated POWs/soldiers returning from the North. It is more famous, however, and until 1998 was the only point of egress in the western sector other than Liberty Bridge (which was controlled by the South Korean Army) onto the DMZ, and the only direct link to Camp Greaves, Liberty Bell, and Panmunjom. This is not to be confused with the "bridge of freedom" which is merely an access bridge to the main span that allowed the one way southbound traffic to pass by while northbound traffic stood waiting its turn to cross; it now crosses a stream adjacent to the Imjin river and connects with the North-South railway.
Taken and originally posted in 2015.
The barbed wire fence was electrified, the deep ditch was filled with water, and the guards in the towers were armed with machine guns -- all to keep anyone from escaping. At this point we were leaving the barracks area for the crematorium area.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothenburg_ob_der_Tauber
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world. It is part of the popular Romantic Road through southern Germany.
Rothenburg was a Free Imperial City from the late Middle Ages to 1803. In 1884 Johann Friedrich (von) Hessing (1838-1918) built up "Wildbad Rothenburg o.d.T." 1884-1903.
Source: en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Rothenburg_ob_der_Tauber
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town along the Romantic Road in Bavaria, Germany, about halfway in between Frankfurt and Munich. It is best known for its medieval town center (Altstadt), seemingly untouched by the passage of time, encircled by the undamaged 14th century town wall. In the Middle Ages, Rothenburg ob der Tauber was a free imperial city, reaching its apex of prosperity under mayor Heinrich Toppler in the 15th century with a large population of 6,000 - much larger than Frankfurt or Munich at that time. Today Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a small, quaint town and a big tourist attraction. Especially popular with American and Japanese tour-buses and organized groups, the town can feel a bit overcrowded sometimes, but its sheer beauty makes up for that and more than justifies its popularity.
Alter Wachturm des Atombunkers des ehemaligen Fliegerhorst in Werl.
An old guard Tower on an former airbase in "werl"-nrw-westfalen
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Luxembourg, officially named the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg City, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union and hosts several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority in the EU.
As part of the Low Countries, Luxembourg has close historic, political, and cultural ties to Belgium and the Netherlands. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are greatly influenced by France and Germany: Luxembourgish, a Germanic language, is the only recognized national language of the Luxembourgish people and of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; French is the sole language for legislation; and both languages along with German are used for administrative matters.
With an area of 2,586 square kilometres (998 sq mi), Luxembourg is Europe's seventh-smallest country. In 2024, it had a population of 672,050, which makes it one of the least-populated countries in Europe, albeit with the highest population growth rate; foreigners account for almost half the population. Luxembourg is a representative democracy headed by a constitutional monarch, Grand Duke Henri, making it the world's only remaining sovereign grand duchy.
The County of Luxembourg was established in the 11th century as a state within the Holy Roman Empire. Its ascension culminated in its monarch, Henry VII, becoming the Holy Roman Emperor in the 14th century. Luxembourg came under Habsburg rule in the 15th century, and was annexed by France in the 18th century. Luxembourg was partitioned three times, reducing its size. Having been restored in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon, it regained independence in 1867 after the Luxembourg Crisis.
Luxembourg is a developed country with an advanced economy and one of the world's highest PPP-adjusted GDPs per capita, per the IMF and World Bank. It also ranks highly in terms of life expectancy, human development, and human rights. The historic city of Luxembourg was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 due to the exceptional preservation of its vast fortifications and historic quarters. Luxembourg is a founding member of the European Union, OECD, the United Nations, NATO, and the Benelux. It served on the United Nations Security Council for the first time in 2013 and 2014.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_City
Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg; French: Luxembourg; German: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City (Luxembourgish: Stad Lëtzebuerg or d'Stad; French: Ville de Luxembourg; German: Stadt Luxemburg or Luxemburg-Stadt), is the capital city of Luxembourg and the country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxembourg, the city lies at the heart of Western Europe, situated 213 km (132 mi) by road from Brussels and 209 km (130 mi) from Cologne. The city contains Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, around which a settlement developed.
As of 31 December 2024, Luxembourg City has a population of 136,208 inhabitants, which is more than three times the population of the country's second most populous commune (Esch-sur-Alzette). The population consists of 160 nationalities. Foreigners represent 70.4% of the city's population, whilst Luxembourgers represent 29.6% of the population; the number of foreign-born residents in the city rises steadily each year.
In 2024, Luxembourg was ranked by the IMF as having the highest GDP per capita in the world at $140,310 (PPP), with the city having developed into a banking and administrative centre. In the 2019 Mercer worldwide survey of 231 cities, Luxembourg was placed first for personal safety, while it was ranked 18th for quality of living.
Luxembourg is one of the de facto capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels, Frankfurt and Strasbourg), as it is the seat of several institutions, agencies and bodies, including the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Court of Auditors, the Secretariat of the European Parliament, the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the European Investment Bank, the European Investment Fund, the European Stability Mechanism, Eurostat, as well as other European Commission departments and services. The Council of the European Union meets in the city for three months annually.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(Luxembourg) "لوكسمبورج" "卢森堡" "Luxemburg" "לוקסמבורג" "लक्ज़म्बर्ग" "ルクセンブルク" "룩셈부르크" "Люксембург" "Luxemburgo"
(Luxembourg City) "مدينة لوكسمبورغ" "卢森堡市" "Luxembourg-Ville" "Luxemburg-Stadt" "לוקסמבורג סיטי" "लक्ज़मबर्ग शहर" "ルクセンブルク市" "룩셈부르크 시티" "Люксембург" "Ciudad de Luxemburgo"
A guard tower as seen through barbed wires, near the entrance to the crematorium, in Dachau Concentration Camp, Germany.
Obviously not my favorite place to go to; in fact, it's the very first camp I've ever been to. Quite ominous that the day started out sunny and blue skies in Munich, but as soon as we entered Dachau which was a mere 16 kilometers away, the mood quickly changed to fog, clouds and just utter gloom. This shot wouldn't look as meaningful with blue skies anyway, so I felt like I was meant to be here on this dreary day. The skies changed back to blue soon as we left this place.
Dachau Concentration Camp was the first Nazi concentration camp opened in Germany, located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km northwest of Munich.
In total, over 200,000 prisoners from more than 30 countries were housed in Dachau of whom two-thirds were political prisoners and nearly one-third were Jews. 25,613 prisoners are believed to have died in the camp and almost another 10,000 in its subcamps, primarily from disease, malnutrition and suicide. In early 1945, there was a typhus epidemic in the camp followed by an evacuation, in which large numbers of the weaker prisoners died.
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Sixteen of the original twenty-one guard towers around Oberwesel are still standing. They were built in the Middle Ages. Each of them has a name, in this case the Ochsenturm (Ox Tower). Seen from our Rhine cruise.
A steel structure embraces the Iidamaru Gokai Yagura, the five-storey guard tower of Kumamoto castle that was at risk of imminent collapse after a series of powerful earthquakes in April 2016. Much of the stone wall supporting the turret collapsed, leaving only about 8 stones standing, supporting a corner of the 5-ton tower and hence named the “miracle single stoned wall”.
The restoration of the main keep of Kumamoto-jo will be completed by 2019, but the full repair and restoration of the entire castle is scheduled for 2036! For the Iidamaru Gokai Yagura, photographs and historic documents will be used to assigned each stone a number and stack them back, accurately restoring the wall to its original state.
The Cowra Breakout and Cowra Japanese Garden. George Evans pushed through this area on his way to the Lachlan River in 1815. The first white settlers moved into the Lachlan River valley in the mid-1830s and Cowra can trace its origins back to 1840. The town grew and today is the thriving centre of a horticultural region which produces fruit, wine, cereals and wool. During World War Two a prisoner of war camp for captured Japanese was established outside the town. All went well until in 1944 when 1,000 Japanese prisoners broke out of the camp. It was the biggest POW breakout in British and Australian history. The Cowra camp started in 1941 for Italian POWs. By 1944 the 2,000 Italians were joined by over 1,000 Japanese and the camp was terribly overcrowded. Over 1,100 men attempted to escape on 5 August. 234 Japanese and 5 Australians were killed. 108 Japanese men were wounded and another 331 escaped for up to nine days. News of the outbreak was suppressed and the death toll was not released until 1949. The POW site is now on the register of the National Estate. In SA we had a similar camp at Loveday outside Barmera. At the Visitors Centre we will see a short hologram presentation on the breakout. It is unique and a delightful way to personalise this dramatic story.
This massacre led to closer ties between Cowra and Japan after the War. In 1964 the Japanese government established the first and only Japanese War Cemetery in the world at Cowra on land ceded to Japan. (All other Japanese soldier remains have been returned home to Japan). 523 Japanese soldiers are buried here mainly airmen shot down over Darwin and the NT during the war and 231 Japanese POWs from the Cowra Breakout. There is a small Japanese shrine here. In 1979 a famous Japanese garden designer created the Cowra Japanese garden across ten acres. The designer wanted the garden to be a symbol of goodwill and peace, whilst representing the varying landscapes of Japan- rivers, lakes, hills and Mt Fuji itself. It includes a Tea House, a Bonsai House and a pottery room. The café here serves Australian and Japanese food and sells Japanese souvenirs. Later in 1991 Cowra planted its Cherry Tree Avenue which leads from the town to the POW camp site. At the camp site there is a memorial to the Italians who were imprisoned there during world War Two. In 1992 Cowra received the Peace Bell which is a replica of the one that hangs at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Peace Bell commemorates Cowra’s work in international peace. Among the heritage buildings of Cowra are: the Catholic Church in the Main Street. Built in 1938/39 in the inter war Romanesque style to a design by architects Scott & Green & Scott. Behind it is the 1861 Catholic church incorporated into the convent; on the next corner (Macquarie St) is the Presbyterian Church built in 1911 with the 1861 church behind it; Cowra Courthouse built in 1880 is heritage listed; the Reid Smith department store was built in 1924.
Guard Tower
Port Arthur UNESCO Heritage Site
15th September 2020
Camera: Hasselblad 500C/M SLR.
Lens: Carl Zeiss 80mm Planar f/2.8.
Film: Kodak Ektar 100 120 colour negative.
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Amache Relocation Camp outside of Granada, Colorado. One of two camps managed by Colorado during World War II. The Amache camp was constructed for the Japanese who were forced to locate here after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt signed the order which authorized the collection of Japanese American citizens from their land and property up and down the west coast and forced them to live in what essentially prisoner of war camps. The second camp was for German POWS and was located in Northern Colorado. This was a dark time for America in not only in the war it was now involved but in the injustice it meted out to the Japanese Americans at the time. The justification for relocation was to be able to keep a close eye on potential spies and saboteurs for the Empire of Japan. In fact, not one resident of these camps were ever convicted of spying for the Emperor.
Exterior walls lining the moats at Odawara Castle follow an often-used construction found at many Japanese castles with a stone foundation and earthen upper portion topped of with clay roof tiles. The moats, walls, and gates are designed to create a labyrinth some gates leading to dead ends as a means to hinder invaders. If you look closely, you can see rectangular ya-zama (矢狭間) holes (arrow slits) that were used for shooting arrows, and triangular teppo-zama (鉄砲狭間) holes (gun ports) for shooting with muskets.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothenburg_ob_der_Tauber
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world. It is part of the popular Romantic Road through southern Germany.
Rothenburg was a Free Imperial City from the late Middle Ages to 1803. In 1884 Johann Friedrich (von) Hessing (1838-1918) built up "Wildbad Rothenburg o.d.T." 1884-1903.
Source: en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Rothenburg_ob_der_Tauber
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town along the Romantic Road in Bavaria, Germany, about halfway in between Frankfurt and Munich. It is best known for its medieval town center (Altstadt), seemingly untouched by the passage of time, encircled by the undamaged 14th century town wall. In the Middle Ages, Rothenburg ob der Tauber was a free imperial city, reaching its apex of prosperity under mayor Heinrich Toppler in the 15th century with a large population of 6,000 - much larger than Frankfurt or Munich at that time. Today Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a small, quaint town and a big tourist attraction. Especially popular with American and Japanese tour-buses and organized groups, the town can feel a bit overcrowded sometimes, but its sheer beauty makes up for that and more than justifies its popularity.
This is an entry into the CCCIX Bandit's Raid Category and part 4 of my CCCIX storyline:
The Flames Of Fury
The Bear Claw Clan has been unleashed, and they are tearing through the countryside. After overunning a Dragon Knight guardtower, they flowed into the town with like a wall of fury.
The King's orders were clear: destroy everything in your path. Just the kind of orders the Clan loves to hear!
If you missed them, here are the earlier chapter:
Enjoy!
Another medieval watchtower.
The Amalfi Coast is a stretch of coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea portion of the Mediterranean in the Province of Salerno in southern Italy.
The Amalfi Coast is a popular tourist destination and In 1997 was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is located on the relatively steep southern shore of the Sorrentine Peninsula, leaving little room for agriculture although there are vineyards and citrus groves.
(Photograph taken in 1992)
The large gate with the two white towers is the bridge gate from the Middle Ages, which was once part of Heidelberg’s city wall. The current bridge that spans the Neckar River was built in 1788. The bridge was damaged in World War II and was rebuilt. Heidelberg Castle, much of it in ruins, of can be seen in background of the photograph on the hillside.