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Devetashka - the Bulgarian Cave with 70,000 Years of Human Habitation
Devetashka cave is an enormous cave in Bulgaria, which has provided shelter for groups of humans since the late Paleolithic era, and continuously for tens of thousands of years since then. Now abandoned by humans, it remains a site of national and international significance and is home to some 30,000 bats.
Devetashka cave, which is known as Devetàshka peshterà in Bulgaria, is located roughly 18 kilometres north of Lovech, near the village of Devetaki. It is a karst cave formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks and characterized by sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage systems.
The cave itself is immense, measuring approximately 2 kilometres in length and with a huge entrance ‘hall’ measuring 60 metres in height. In places the ceiling is 100 metres above the ground and there are seven huge holes through which daylight illuminates the vast interior. It is these holes that earned the cave the name Maarata or Oknata ("the eyes").
About 200 meters from the entrance, the cave separates into two branches. On the left side, a small river runs along it, forming miniature lakes and waterfalls, passing through the main hall and eventually flowing into the Osam River. The right side is warm and dry and contains several chambers, ending with a round hall, known as the Altar. Beautiful stalactites and stalagmites, rivulets, majestic natural domes and arches can be found within the enormous cave and one can see why various human populations would have chosen Devetashka as their home.
Devetashka Cave was rediscovered by a Bulgarian scientist in 1921 but was not fully excavated until the 1950s when the intention was to transform the cave into a giant warehouse. Studies revealed that it has been inhabited almost continuously since the late Paleolithic era. The earliest traces of human presence date back to the middle of the Early Stone Age around 70,000 years ago. The Devetashka cave also contained one of the richest sources of cultural artifacts from the Neolithic (6th millennium - 4th millennium B C).
In June, 1996, Devetashka Cave was declared a natural landmark. The cave is probably best known for its part in the action movie ‘The Expendables 2’, filmed in 2011, in which Sylvester Stallone crash lands a plane into Jean Claude Van Damme’s subterranean lair.
Ancienne habitation sucrière depuis la colonisation, c'est aujourd'hui, c'est aujourd'hui une distillerie qui produit les rhums Clément et un site historique et culturel .
Autrefois habitations de pêcheurs, ces cabanes ont été réhabilitées en 1993, le Village de Pêcheurs est également un paradis pour les amateurs d'ornithologie.
Formerly fishermen's dwellings, these huts were renovated in 1993. The Fishing Village is also a paradise for birdwatchers.
The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Although once considered to be three separate species, it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies. A member of the Artamidae, the Australian magpie is placed in its own genus and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi). Currawongs have yellow eyes, whereas Magpies have red-brown eyes and Butcherbirds have very dark brown, almost black eyes. It is not, however, closely related to the European magpie, which is a corvid. The adult Australian magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from 37 to 43 cm in length, with distinctive black and white plumage, gold brown eyes and a solid wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill. The male and female are similar in appearance, and can be distinguished by differences in back markings. The male has pure white feathers on the back of the head and the female has white blending to grey feathers on the back of the head. With its long legs, the Australian magpie walks rather than waddles or hops and spends much time on the ground. Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds, the Australian magpie has an array of complex vocalisations. It is omnivorous, with the bulk of its varied diet made up of invertebrates. It is generally sedentary and territorial throughout its range. Common and widespread, it has adapted well to human habitation and is a familiar bird of parks, gardens and farmland in Australia and New Guinea. This species is commonly fed by households around the country, but in spring (and occasionally in autumn) a small minority of breeding magpies (almost always males) become aggressive and swoop and attack those who approach their nests. R_4003
Série confinement 2. Voir l'extraordinaire à 1km de son habitation / Containment series 2. See the extraordinary at 1km from his home for 29 days
Male Satin Bowerbirds are well-known for building a large bower decorated with small blue objects. (eBird)
The male Satin Bowerbird is perhaps the best known and well documented of all the bowerbirds in Australia. This fame partially stems from its practice of building and decorating a bower to attract females. This consists of two parallel walls of sticks, is built on the ground, and is used as a courtship arena during the breeding season. The male decorates it with bright blue coloured objects that it collects; blue clothes pegs, drinking straws and bottle tops are among the favourite stolen items, while bright blue parrot feathers, flowers and brown snail shells, make up the majority of decorations away from human habitation. A mixture of chewed vegetable matter and saliva is used to paint the walls of the bower. The bower owner meticulously maintains it throughout the year. Both mature and immature males build bowers and display to prospective females.
On the arrival of a female, the male Satin Bowerbird leaps into a ritualised display of exaggerated movements, such as strutting and bowing, with wings outstretched and quivering, and accompanied by a variety of mechanical-sounding calls, such as buzzing and rattling interspersed with mimicry. One of the bower decorations is usually carried in the male's bill. If impressed, the female moves into the bower avenue for mating and then leaves to perform the nesting duties on her own, while the male readies himself for courting more prospective females. (Australian Museum)
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I couldn't post photos of the bowerbird pair without the appropriate bower. The little tunnel at the top left of the image is the actual bower where the deed will finally take place. The blue decorations are to attract the female in the first place. I was surprised to see so much blue plastic cutlery scattered among the bottle tops. Perhaps O'Reilly's brings it in especially for the birds. As with other bowerbird bowers, these decorations are valuable and are often stolen from neighbouring bowers. A piece can travel between all the different bowers over the course of the breeding season. Before plastic became available, they would collect blue flowers, feathers and perhaps even stones for the bower.
O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat, Queensland, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Eastern Australia.
- Habitation traditionnelle des gardians, cette cabane a été
construite avec les matériaux traditionnels : la sagno (roseau) pour la toiture et les murs, l’orme et le tamaris pour la structure.
- Traditional house of the gardians, this cabin was built with traditional materials: the sagno (reed) for the roof and the walls, the elm and the tamarisk for the structure.
Yes, that's what this bat is called. They are one of the largest bat species found in the world. On this particular day I saw hundreds of them roosting on trees in a forested area, occasionally taking off and then landing back on to the trees. These fruit eating and nectar drinking bats don't use echolocation; instead they use their keen eyesight. Interestingly this group is close to human habitation; it raises the possibility of virus transmission. One possible mode of transmission is through date palm sap - in my childhood days I used to drink the sap in winter months. Ignorance was bliss. Attahas, West Bengal, India.
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The spotted owlet (Athene brama) is a small owl which breeds in tropical Asia from mainland India to Southeast Asia. A common resident of open habitats including farmland and human habitation, it has adapted to living in cities. They roost in small groups in the hollows of trees or in cavities in rocks or buildings. It nests in a hole in a tree or building, laying 3–5 eggs!
Breathe it in. High tide, pluff mud, thick salt air, breeze whispering through the spartina, clouds reaching high into the sky in preparation for the prescribed late afternoon thunderstorm, and habitations, people, far in the distance. Breathe it in.
Huntington Beach State Park, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, Lowcountry (aka heaven on earth)
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Un beau champignon. Peut-être pleurote du chêne.? Si quelqu'un connaît ce champignon, je suis preneur
A beautiful mushroom. Maybe oak oyster mushroom.? If anyone knows this mushroom, I'm interested.
Oeuvre de Catherine Ikam et Louis Fleri situé sur le site de l'habitation dans le jardin des sculptures dédié à la culture caraibeene .Cette sculpture en bronze est une version contemporaine du Janus de l'antiquité.Les traits représentés sont en effet ceux de Yoona, un personnage ancien, apparu pour la première fois en 1999 à la Maison Européenne de la Photographie à Paris.
Work of Catherine Ikam and Louis Fleri located on the site of the habitation in the sculpture garden dedicated to the Caribbean culture. This bronze sculpture is a contemporary version of the Janus of antiquity. The features represented are indeed those of Yoona , an old person, first appeared in 1999 at the European House of Photography in Paris.
Great White Egret - Ardea Alba
The great egret is generally a very successful species with a large and expanding range, occurring worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. It is ubiquitous across the Sun Belt of the United States and in the Neotropics. In North America, large numbers of great egrets were killed around the end of the 19th century so that their plumes could be used to decorate hats. Numbers have since recovered as a result of conservation measures. Its range has expanded as far north as southern Canada. However, in some parts of the southern United States, its numbers have declined due to habitat loss, particularly wetland degradation through drainage, grazing, clearing, burning, increased salinity, groundwater extraction and invasion by exotic plants. Nevertheless, the species adapts well to human habitation and can be readily seen near wetlands and bodies of water in urban and suburban areas.
The great egret is partially migratory, with northern hemisphere birds moving south from areas with colder winters. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
In 1953, the great egret in flight was chosen as the symbol of the National Audubon Society, which was formed in part to prevent the killing of birds for their feathers.
On 22 May 2012, a pair of great egrets was announced to be nesting in the UK for the first time at the Shapwick Heath nature reserve in Somerset. The species is a rare visitor to the UK and Ben Aviss of the BBC stated that the news could mean the UK's first great egret colony is established. The following week, Kevin Anderson of Natural England confirmed a great egret chick had hatched, making it a new breeding bird record for the UK. In 2017, seven nests in Somerset fledged 17 young, and a second breeding site was announced at Holkham National Nature Reserve in Norfolk where a pair fledged three young.
In 2018, a pair of great egrets nested in Finland for the first time, raising four young in a grey heron colony in Porvoo.
The Common Tiger is one of the common butterflies of India. It belongs to the brush-footed butterflies family. The butterfly is also called Striped Tiger in India to differentiate it from the equally common Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus).
The Common Tiger is distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and extending to South-East Asia and Australia (except New Guinea). At least in the South Asian part of its range it is fairly common, locally very common.
This butterfly occurs in scrub jungles, fallowland adjacent to habitation, dry and moist deciduous forests, preferring areas of moderate to heavy rainfall. Also occurs in degraded hill slopes and ridges, both, bare or denuded, and, those covered with secondary growth.
While it is a strong flier, it never flies rapidly or high. It visits gardens where it nectars on the flowers of Adelocaryum, Cosmos, Celosia, Lantana, Zinnia, and similar flowers.
Kottayam, Kerala, India. February 2015.
I think the factory where I work has a grunge spaceship sort of vibe. Like in the first Alien movie. I know, I am weird like that. I am a Sci fi freak.
Happy Slider Sunday
Un deuxième album consacré à Dusseldorf, si vous le souhaitez, vous pouvez visionner le premier en cliquant sur le lien suivant :
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Neuer Zollhof (le nouveau Zollhof, du nom d'un ancien poste de douane), situé au Neuer Zollhof 2-6, Unterbilk, est un point de repère important de Düsseldorf-Hafen, qui fait partie du port réaménagé de Düsseldorf, en Allemagne.
Dans ce récent « port des Médias », les trois immeubles de bureaux « dansants » de Neuer Zollhof (1998) sont une réalisation de Frank Gehry en collaboration avec BM+P Architekten. Cet ensemble symbolise la renaissance et la force d’innovation de Düsseldorf en tant que place économique.
L’ancien port de Düsseldorf est devenu un centre d’habitations, de commerces, de bureaux, de média et d’arts unique en son genre. Classés monuments historiques, les entrepôts ont été réaménagés grâce à des technologies de pointe. Pour briser l’uniformité, la zone a également été enrichie de bâtisses « design », construites par des architectes renommés. Le soir, le Medienhafen se transforme en lieu branché avec ses bars et ses clubs animés.
Le complexe de bâtiments composé de trois bâtiments distincts a été conçu par l'architecte américain Frank O. Gehry et achevé en 1998. Les plans d'étage et les façades des trois bâtiments se courbent et s'inclinent, ce qui les compare à des tours penchées. Le bâtiment le plus haut mesure 14 étages et un peu moins de 50 m de haut. Chaque bâtiment a un revêtement de façade différent - les deux extérieurs en plâtre blanc et en brique rouge respectivement ; la façade en acier inoxydable du bâtiment central reflète les matériaux et les formes de ses deux bâtiments voisins.
Les bâtiments ont une surface de plancher brute totale de 29 000 mètres carrés. Un précédent concours de conception architecturale pour le site a été remporté par l'architecte irako-britannique Zaha Hadid au début des années 1990, mais jamais commandé.
A second album dedicated to Dusseldorf, if you wish, you can view the first by clicking on the following link:
www.flickr.com/photos/claudiusbinoche/sets/72157626850102...
Neuer Zollhof (the New Zollhof, named after a former customs house), located at Neuer Zollhof 2-6, Unterbilk, is a prominent landmark in Düsseldorf-Hafen, part of the redeveloped Port of Düsseldorf, Germany .
In this recent "port of the Media", the three "dancing" office buildings of Neuer Zollhof (1998) are a realization of Frank Gehry in collaboration with BM+P Architekten. This complex symbolizes Düsseldorf's rebirth and innovative strength as a business location.
The former port of Düsseldorf has become a unique center for housing, commerce, offices, media and the arts. Classified as historical monuments, the warehouses have been refurbished using cutting-edge technologies. To break the uniformity, the area has also been enriched with "design" buildings, built by renowned architects. In the evening, the Medienhafen turns into a trendy place with its lively bars and clubs.
The building complex of three separate buildings was designed by American architect Frank O. Gehry and completed in 1998. The floor plans and facades of the three buildings curve and bow, comparing them to leaning towers. The tallest building is 14 stories tall and just under 50m high. Each building has a different facade cladding – the two exteriors in white plaster and red brick respectively; the stainless steel facade of the central building mirrors the materials and forms of its two neighboring buildings.
The buildings have a total gross floor area of 29,000 square meters. A previous architectural design competition for the site was won by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid in the early 1990s, but never commissioned.
Welcome to Trentemoult, a small fishing village on the outskirts of Nantes On explore 28 September 2020
Une île dans les îles
Trentemoult se situe dans un ancien ensemble insulaire : les îles de Rezé, cernées au nord par la Loire et au sud par le Seil. Le comblement de ce dernier a mis fin à cette insularité. Les îles de Rezé étaient constituées, de l'amont vers l'aval, de l'île des Chevaliers avec les villages de la Haute-Île et de la Basse-Île, du hameau de North House (appelé localement « Norkiouse ») et enfin de l'île de Trentemoult qui était séparée du reste de celles-ci par un petit cours d'eau : le Courtil-Brisset. Trentemoult concentrant l'essentiel de la population, le nom de l'île était souvent utilisé pour désigner l'ensemble des îles de Rezé, du reste habitées par les mêmes familles durant des siècles.
Selon la tradition, le village devrait son nom à un exploit guerrier qui eut lieu lors du siège de Nantes par les Normands au ixe siècle : trente braves auraient combattu contre des hommes du Nord. Moins épique mais peut-être plus crédible, « Trentemoult » pourrait être également issu de « trente moux » c’est-à-dire trente tertres.
L'île des pêcheurs
Les trentemousins avaient la caractéristique, jusqu'au début du xixe siècle, de vivre presque entièrement de la pratique de la pêche. Ils bénéficiaient notamment de ce privilège dans l'estuaire de la Loire, octroyé en 1397 par le duc de Bretagne Jean IV.
Les pêcheurs de Trentemoult embarquaient dans des petites barques à fond plat, appelées barges, à deux pour la pêche en Loire et à trois pour celle en mer1. Pour cette dernière, ils n'hésitaient pas à s'aventurer jusqu'à La Rochelle et Lorient. À l'automne, ils se rendaient dans la baie de Mesquer pour la pêche au hareng. Les années 1756 et 1757 furent exceptionnelles et auraient rapporté un produit cumulé de plus de 300 000 livres à la communauté, une véritable fortune.
L'île des capitaines
Au début du xixe siècle, les marins trentemousins délaissent progressivement la pêche au profit du commerce maritime : cabotage puis long-cours. Trentemoult devient ainsi, et ce pendant tout le siècle, un des principaux foyers de recrutement d'officiers de commerce pour le port de Nantes. Parmi ce grand nombre de capitaines trentemousins, on peut citer les noms de Julien Chauvelon, capitaine du Belem pendant 13 ans, ou de Georges Aubin, à qui l'on doit plusieurs récits de voyages maritimes.
Parallèlement, pour répondre à la demande de ces capitaines, des chantiers navals se développent dans les îles, à Trentemoult d'abord, puis à Norkiouse par manque de place : les principaux étant les chantiers Chauvelon et Lemerle dans la première moitié du xixe siècle, Boju, Clergeau et Tillé dans la seconde moitié. À l'apogée des chantiers, ce sont des bricks et des trois-mâts qui sortent des cales trentemousines.
Déclin et renaissance
À la fin du xixe siècle, le village est un lieu prisé par les Nantais : la création de la ligne des roquios en 1887 permet d'accéder plus facilement aux régates, baignades et guinguettes. Mais, parallèlement, la population résidente est devenue ouvrière, principalement main d'œuvre pour les chantiers navals de Nantes. En 1946, Trentemoult est considéré comme insalubre, et en 1970 la ligne des roquios est abandonnée.
En 1979, la création d'un port de plaisance relance l'intérêt pour le site. Le tournage du film La Reine blanche, en 1990, rend le village de nouveau attractif et le prix de l'immobilier y augmente. La liaison fluviale avec Nantes est rétablie en 2005. Bien que le village dépende de Rezé, l'office de tourisme l'intègre dans ses propositions de visite, signe de l'attrait retrouvé de Trentemoult.
Habitat
Les maisons traditionnelles des pêcheurs, adaptées aux crues de la Loire, étaient généralement construites sur trois niveaux. Le premier, inondable, était occupé par le cellier, la pièce d’habitation étant au deuxième niveau. Le dernier niveau était occupé par un grenier qui pouvait parfois communiquer avec les greniers mitoyens, permettant ainsi aux voisins de se rencontrer sans avoir besoin d'utiliser des embarcations. Les escaliers étaient en principe extérieurs pour accéder directement à la pièce d'habitation lors des inondations. Ces derniers étaient cependant parfois doublés par un escalier intérieur. La construction des quais (« Surcouf » à partir de 1850, « Marcel-Boissard » entre 1860 et 1888) a réduit les risques de débordement du fleuve. Les dernières grandes crues mémorables sont celles de 1910 et 1935.
Dans la seconde moitié du xixe siècle, des capitaines, dont des Cap-horniers, se sentant à l'étroit dans les maisons de pêcheurs, se sont fait construire autour du vieux village des maisons bourgeoises, pourvues de jardins d'agréments caractérisés par la présence de plantes exotiques ramenées de leurs lointains voyages.
De nos jours, le quartier des pêcheurs a la particularité d'avoir des maisons colorées aux façades originales et personnalisées. Devenu un quartier « branché » de l'agglomération nantaise, nombre d'artistes et de familles relativement aisées s'y sont établis.
Cinéma
Le cinéaste Jean-Loup Hubert est venu y tourner La Reine blanche avec Catherine Deneuve en 1990. Certains vestiges de décoration mise en place pour l'occasion subsistent en 2009. Claude Chabrol est également venu y tourner La Demoiselle d'honneur en 2005.
Trentemoult inspire encore les jeunes cinéastes, par exemple pour le court-métrage Trentemoult.
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An island in the islands
Trentemoult is located in a former island group: the Rezé Islands, surrounded to the north by the Loire and to the south by the Seil. The filling of the latter put an end to this insularity. The islands of Rezé consisted, from upstream to downstream, of the Île des Chevaliers with the villages of Haute-Île and Basse-Île, the hamlet of North House (locally called "Norkiouse") and finally the island of Trentemoult which was separated from the rest of these by a small stream: the Courtil-Brisset. Trentemoult concentrating most of the population, the name of the island was often used to designate all the islands of Rezé, moreover inhabited by the same families for centuries.
According to tradition, the village owes its name to a warlike feat which took place during the siege of Nantes by the Normans in the ninth century: thirty brave men fought against men from the North. Less epic but perhaps more credible, "Trentemoult" could also come from "thirty moux" that is to say thirty mounds.
Fisherman's Island
Until the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Trentemousins had the characteristic of living almost entirely from the practice of fishing. They notably benefited from this privilege in the Loire estuary, granted in 1397 by the Duke of Brittany Jean IV1.
The fishermen of Trentemoult embarked in small flat-bottomed boats, called barges, two for fishing in the Loire and three for fishing at sea1. For the latter, they did not hesitate to venture as far as La Rochelle and Lorient. In the fall, they would go to Mesquer Bay for herring fishing. The years 1756 and 1757 were exceptional and would have brought a cumulative product of more than 300,000 pounds to the community, a real fortune.
The captains island
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the sailors of Trentemousins gradually abandoned fishing in favor of maritime trade: cabotage then long-haul. Trentemoult thus becomes, and this during all the century, one of the principal centers of recruitment of commercial officers for the port of Nantes. Among this large number of Trentemousin captains, we can quote the names of Julien Chauvelon, captain of Belem for 13 years, or of Georges Aubin, to whom we owe several accounts of maritime voyages.
At the same time, to meet the demand of these captains, shipyards developed in the islands, first in Trentemoult, then in Norkiouse for lack of space: the main ones being the Chauvelon and Lemerle shipyards in the first half of the 19th century, Boju, Clergeau and Tillé in the second half. At the height of the building sites, it was bricks and three-masted ships that emerged from the Trentemousine holds.
Decline and rebirth
At the end of the 19th century, the village was a popular place for the people of Nantes: the creation of the roquios line in 1887 made it easier to access regattas, swimming and open-air cafes. But, at the same time, the resident population became workers, mainly labor for the Nantes shipyards. In 1946, Trentemoult was considered unhealthy, and in 1970 the roquios line was abandoned.
In 1979, the creation of a marina revived interest in the site. The shooting of the film The White Queen, in 1990, made the village attractive again and the price of real estate increased there. The river connection with Nantes was reestablished in 2005. Although the village depends on Rezé, the tourist office includes it in its visit proposals, a sign of the renewed appeal of Trentemoult.
Habitat
The traditional fishermen's houses, adapted to the floods of the Loire, were generally built on three levels. The first, which was liable to flooding, was occupied by the storeroom, the living room being on the second level. The last level was occupied by an attic which could sometimes communicate with the adjoining attics, thus allowing the neighbors to meet without needing to use boats. The stairs were in principle exterior to directly access the living room during flooding. These were however sometimes doubled by an internal staircase. The construction of the quays (“Surcouf” from 1850, “Marcel-Boissard” between 1860 and 1888) reduced the risk of the river overflowing. The last memorable major floods are those of 1910 and 1935.
In the second half of the nineteenth century, captains, including Cape Horniers, feeling cramped in fishermen's houses, had bourgeois houses built around the old village, provided with pleasure gardens characterized by the presence of exotic plants brought back from their distant travels.
Nowadays, the fishermen's quarter has the particularity of having colorful houses with original and personalized facades. Having become a “trendy” district of the Nantes conurbation, a number of artists and relatively well-off families have settled there.
Cinema
The filmmaker Jean-Loup Hubert came to shoot The White Queen with Catherine Deneuve in 1990. Some vestiges of the decoration put in place for the occasion remain in 2009. Claude Chabrol also came to shoot La Demoiselle d'honneur in 2005.
Trentemoult still inspires young filmmakers, for example for the short film Trentemoult.
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It's not a huge surprise that there are habitations at the bottom of the Black Sea.
-Robert Ballard
Before the medieval period mermaids were seen by many cultures around the world as terrifying, scary beings. Sailors originally described them as a complete fish body with a human or monster heads until eventually they evolved into beautiful sirens luring men to their doom. Some people have linked the mysterious Oarfish to these legends which adds to the overall fascination with mermaids into the 21st century.
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At the Fantasy Fair Event - Yuum Baalal Grotto
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⦿ floro x K R E E P - Ishem Antennae (can be moved into different positions)
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⦿ [AURO] - : Te Moana - Equilucis - [FATPACK] (Texture for Riptide tail)
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A sparrow's portrait. The bird reminds us of the psalm 104:
“By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing…”
Jeremiah 9:10 “For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast have fled; they are gone.”
"The Anasazi, a civilization that arose as early as 1500 B.C. about 1250, many of the people began constructing settlements high in the cliffs—settlements that offered defense and protection. These villages, well preserved by the dry climate and by stone overhangs, led the Anglo explorers who found them in the 1880s to name the absent builders the Cliff Dwellers."
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This image captures a quintessential architectural detail found in the historic urban fabric of Italian cities, likely in a region like Tuscany or Emilia-Romagna. The focus is a grand, semi-circular arched doorway framed by heavy, rusticated stone masonry known as ashlar. This technique, characterized by large, textured blocks of stone with beveled edges, was a hallmark of Renaissance architecture, designed to convey strength, permanence, and a sense of imposing aesthetic order. Above the wooden door, a delicate iron grille provides ventilation and light, contrasting with the robustness of the surrounding brickwork and stone.
The city depicted is Siena, Italy, a location renowned for its profound historical significance and medieval urban planning. Siena’s architecture is largely defined by its brick facades and the pervasive influence of Gothic and Renaissance styles, which have been meticulously preserved through the centuries. Visitors to this region often prioritize exploring the Piazza del Campo and the Duomo, while the culinary landscape offers exceptional local delicacies. One must sample pici, a thick, hand-rolled pasta, and panforte, a traditional dense fruit and nut cake that dates back to the 13th century, often enjoyed with a glass of robust Chianti Classico wine.
This type of entrance reflects the socio-economic status of the historic buildings in the city center, where such grand portals were indicators of wealth and civic prestige. The use of exposed brick—a material deeply tied to the clay-rich soils of the Tuscan landscape—harmonizes with the lighter stone accents to create the warm, monochromatic palette characteristic of the area. Beyond its functional role, this structure serves as a tangible link to the past, embodying the continuity of craftsmanship that allows historic Italian centers to remain living museums of human habitation, commerce, and art.
Selon une légende reprise par plusieurs auteurs, l'histoire de ce château se raconte ainsi :
« C'est en contrebas et sur le flanc sud ouest de l'ancien fort médiéval d’Autoire, qu'un dénommé Lafon avait sa demeure.
Pour récompenser sa bravoure sur les champs de bataille d'Italie, le roi Charles VIII l'aurait récompensé en le faisant Chevalier et en lui donnant ainsi le privilège d'avoir un logis avec tours et mâchicoulis qui était un droit attaché à la noblesse.
Le nouveau Chevalier Lafon aurait alors ajouté à son logis de simples tours et gravé sur un linteau de l’une d’entre elle le blason qu'il s'était choisi, une étoile, peut-être celle qui porte chance. »
La demeure s'articule autour d'une tour d'escalier à vis, logée dans l'angle réunissant les 2 corps de logis. La porte principale, au bas de la tour, est ornée d'un arc torique sculpté en accolade, caractéristique de l'ornementation prisée dans le dernier quart du XVe siècle et le début du XVIe siècle.
Dans la partie haute de la tour qui permet à l'escalier distribue les cinq niveaux d'habitation, se greffe une guette en encorbellement surmontée d'une toiture en poivrière qui permettait d'atteindre la pièce aménagée au dernier étage.
La seconde tour est plus imposante : armée de canonnières elle participait à la défense de l'édifice dont le sommet était couronné de mâchicoulis, mais il ne reste plus rien de ce dispositif. Les deux corps de logis ont été remaniés aux XVIIe et XIXe siècles, lors du percement de fenêtres à l'emplacement d'anciennes croisées en pierre.
La tour fait l’objet d’une inscription au titre des monuments historiques depuis le 6 avril 1929.
According to a legend taken up by several authors, the history of this castle is told as follows:
"It is below and on the southwest flank of the old medieval fort of Autoire, that a man named Lafon had his home.
To reward his bravery on the battlefields of Italy, King Charles VIII would have rewarded him by making him a Knight and thus giving him the privilege of having a home with towers and machicolations which was a right attached to the nobility.
The new Chevalier Lafon would then have added simple towers to his home and engraved on a lintel of one of them the coat of arms he had chosen for himself, a star, perhaps the one that brings luck. "
The house is built around a spiral staircase tower, housed in the corner uniting the 2 main buildings. The main door, at the bottom of the tower, is adorned with a toric arch carved in an accolade, characteristic of the ornamentation prized in the last quarter of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century.
In the upper part of the tower, which leads to the staircase leading to the five levels of living, is grafted a corbelled lookout surmounted by a pepperbox roof which made it possible to reach the room on the top floor.
The second tower is more imposing: armed with gunboats, it participated in the defense of the building whose top was crowned with machicolations, but nothing remains of this device. The two main buildings were altered in the 17th and 19th centuries, when windows were drilled on the site of old stone windows.
The tower has been listed as a historic monument since April 6, 1929.
Deep in the forests of Gorumara
Gorumara National Park is known for its moist deciduous forests, grasslands, and river systems — ideal habitats for this bird.
The kingfisher is not dependent solely on water and can often be seen in open woodlands, farmland, and near human habitation.
It’s a year-round resident in West Bengal.
‘A tranquil haven, the house and grounds remain secluded from the outside world and one of the most magical locations in England’ www.porteliot.co.uk/gardens
Port Eliot is the ancestral home of the Eliot family, Earls of St Germans. The house has roots as ancient as the 5th century AD, making it one of the oldest buildings in continuous habitation in the UK. In the 18th century Port Eliot House was constructed around these earlier remains.
Rising high up on Bodmin Moor, the river Lyhner winds its way over granite, sandstone, slate and clay to join the Tamar in Plymouth Sound 20 miles later. The main tributary of the Lynher is the river Tiddy. It rises near Pensilva in S.E. Cornwall and flows south east, past the village of Tideford until it joins the Lynher just after passing St Germans.
In the early 18th century, the Eliot family decided to create a park in keeping with their wealth and status. They dammed the estuary, diverting the watercourse, and built a winding drive two miles long to follow the water's edge. The drive winds through carefully designed parkland before you emerge to find a stunning view of the mansion side by side with St German's Priory.
In the late 18th century, the house was remodelled again by Sir John Soanes. Around the same time Humphry Repton was laying out the surrounding landscape gardens and park.
Adapted from www.britanexpress.com/attractions
🇫🇷 Labyrinthique, la forteresse abrite un ensemble de chapelles, monastères, appartements, réfectoires, entrepôts ou salles communes reliés entre eux par un réseau de galeries qui se déploient sur vingt étages. Quelques habitations troglodytiques y seraient encore occupées.
Même si cette région n'apparait pas propice à toute vie, elle n'est pas du tout désertique. En effet les cultures se font grâce aux pluies et ont toujours permis de vivre dignement.
🇬🇧 The labyrinthine fortress houses a series of chapels, cloisters, dwellings, refectories, storerooms and common rooms, linked by a network of galleries stretching over twenty floors. Some of the troglodyte dwellings are still believed to be inhabited.
Although this region may seem inhospitable, it is by no means a desert. In fact, thanks to the rains, crops are grown and have always provided a decent standard of living.
🇩🇪 Die Festung ist ein Labyrinth von Kapellen, Klöstern, Unterkünften, Speisesälen, Lagerräumen und Gemeinschaftsräumen, die durch ein Stollensystem verbunden sind, das sich über 20 Stockwerke erstreckt. Einige Höhlenwohnungen sollen noch bewohnt sein.
Auch wenn diese Region nicht gerade lebenswert erscheint, ist sie keineswegs eine Wüste. Die Landwirtschaft wird durch die Regenfälle belebt und hat seit jeher ein menschenwürdiges Leben ermöglicht.
🇪🇸 La fortaleza laberíntica alberga una serie de capillas, monasterios, viviendas, refectorios, almacenes y salas comunales unidos por una red de galerías que se extiende a lo largo de veinte pisos. Se cree que todavía hay viviendas trogloditas ocupadas.
Aunque esta región pueda parecer poco propicia para la vida, no es en absoluto un desierto. De hecho, se cultiva gracias a las lluvias y siempre ha proporcionado un nivel de vida decente.
🇮🇹 La fortezza, la cui struttura labirintica ospita una serie di cappelle, monasteri, appartamenti, refettori, magazzini e sale comuni collegati da una rete di gallerie di venti piani, è considerata una delle più grandi fortezze del mondo. Si ritiene che alcune di queste abitazioni trogloditiche siano ancora occupate.
Sebbene questa regione possa sembrare poco favorevole alla vita, non è affatto un deserto. Anzi, grazie alle piogge, le coltivazioni hanno sempre garantito un discreto tenore di vita.