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Kezzic stared morosely between the bars of his prison to where his captors stood deciding his future.
"We have to kill him," Princess Delia stated flatly.
"Well of course," the prime minister, who's name Kezzic couldn't remember, responded. "The question is how do we frame him."
The princess snorted in a most unladylike manner, "He's a goblin! Just say he ate a baby or something! It doesn't matter."
"Did you know that the goblin word for human is synonyms with our word for donkey." Kezzic commented from his cell.
The princess gave him a dismissive glance before turning to leave the prison. "Just make sure he dies tomorrow prime minister. No one can know what he's seen."
"Yes your highness."
The prime minister followed the princess and her guard out, leaving Kezzic alone with his prison guard. Kezzic leaned against the bars beside the guard.
"Hey did you know the princess is possessed by a demon."
The guard gave him a sidelong look and turned away.
"Also the prime minister is a dark mage who's plotting to over through the kingdom with the king's favorite mistress. The kingdom of Harak is going to invade Grarasc in the fall. And that bottle of water you have is just what I need."
Kezzic's last words caused the guard to look back at him just in time for Kezzic to smash the bottle across the guards helmet. The heavy glass shattered against the metal and the guard's head bounced off the wall and he slumped to the floor unconscious. Using the jagged edge of the broken bottle Kezzic hooked the ring of keys off the wall and pulled them through the bars.
"Now only thirty-some keys to try," he muttered.
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On the 18th March 1554, Palm Sunday, the twenty year old Elizabeth was taken to the Tower of London, the place where her mother had been imprisoned and where her mother and one of her stepmothers had been executed.
We can only imagine the sheer terror she felt when Mary I’s council turned up at her doorstep on the 16th March to formally charge her with being involved in Wyatt’s Rebellion, the revolt which had taken place in January and February 1554. Elizabeth was told that Mary wanted her sister taken to the Tower for questioning and that she would be escorted there the next day.
On the 17th March 1554 two of Mary I’s councillors, Winchester and Sussex, arrived to escort Elizabeth to her prison by water. This was when Elizabeth wrote what David Starkey calls “the letter of her life”, the famous Tide Letter, so-called because as Elizabeth wrote this letter to her sister the tide turned, making it impossible to take Elizabeth to the Tower that day. Elizabeth’s delay tactics gave her a few more hours at home but the words of her letter fell on deaf ears, Mary was determined to see her sister taken to the Tower and interrogated.
Sources
“Elizabeth” by David Starkey
“Virgin and the Crab” by Robert Parry
Read more: www.elizabethfiles.com/the-imprisonment-of-elizabeth/3695...
Picture was taken at the castle of Salzburg on the way to the top. The light was perfect behind these thick walls.
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There is no escaping the harsh reality.
Steel bars, mesh and razor wire are a constant reminder to the inmates that they are imprisoned.
The reminder is constant without any respite from reality.
Maitland Gaol.
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
A statue of Jesus hanged on a tree above the grave in an old cemetery in the abandoned (displaced) village of Łupków.
Over the years, the tree, as it grows, "hugs" the figurine more and more ...
Close up of the ‘Gestapo Window’ which commemorates the arrest, imprisonment and subsequent death in Dachau of parish priest Galama and curate van Rooijen during the Second World War. Unfortunately I can find no information on date and provenance.
This scene shows Galama and van Rooijen being arrested by two armed Gestapo men
men.
Selah - My heart, My hands, My voice
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"Be (My Heart, My Hands, My Voice)"
He said come,
Anyone who wants must deny himself,
Take up his cross, follow me
No matter the cost
Be my heart, my hands, my voice
How are we living for Christ
How are we living for Christ
Following him we will sacrifice
But are we willing to die
God gives the strength that it takes
And he knows the price that you pay
The life you’ve been called to, will not be in vain
So don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid
When you are shackled in chains
Imprisoned for sharing his name
If you should suffer for righteousness sake
Don’t be afraid don’t be afraid
Whoever wants to save his life will lose it
Whoever wants to save his life will lose it
Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it
Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it
After the earthquake in Christchurch the Hagley Park greenhouse was put out of bounds.
This was a daytime photo, but the dark blue sky and the sun being behind the building allowed me to make it look like a moonlight shot.
Don't you think they look a lot alike?
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Every now and then, a little something weird happens with my flickr Stats... gazillions of views coming from nowhere.
This time now, since May started, after I upload a photo to flickr this photo
is getting from 1,300 to 4,500 views a day. If I don't upload a photo, it gets a "normal rate" of 50-70 visits a day.
And the Stats say the views are coming from my own recent activity, or from a photo in my own stream.
For example, one stats say it got 1,200 views coming from this photo, but the poupée photo didn't get more than 100 visits yesterday.
That's odd, very odd...
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Model & Make Up: Larissa Zanon
Wardrobe: Mônica Negreiros
Lighting assistant: Gustavo Berlim
Photography & edition: Anna Theodora
Vendetta
After Vaccum's defeat by the sibling heroes known as, 'The Kingston's,' he was imprisoned, leaving his poor girlfriend 'Gasp' alone. For tearing the two apart once again Gasp organised a team of villains who all had a motive to unite and kill The Kingston's.
(L-R)
Gladiatron: The forgotten son of the sidekick 'Gladiator', who back in the day was Red Star's sidekick. The Kingston's father and Gladiator fought side by side and started up the corporation 'A.N.G.E.L.'. But they disagreed on whether or not a heroes identity should be known by the corporation. This led to Gladiator kidnapping Red Stars wife to prove a point about how vulnerable knowing someone's identity could make them, this only escalated the situation leading to his wife's death and a battle between the two which were never seen again when flying into the sky. The son of Gladiator then hated the Kingston family name and discovered his fathers' helmet which granted him his fathers powers, with these new abilities he would avenge his father by killing Red Star's children, The Kingston's.
Mr. Twister: Once a famous news anchor this man's career was ruined when a weather changing suit ruined his forecast causing storms the next day. He then made it his mission to find the suit and prove to the public it wasn't his fault, but when he found it and tried to show everyone they still didn't believe him. This then angered him enough to use its Twister abilities to strike, only to be defeated by The Kingston's and locked away. However, when a breakout occurred he escaped and joined the team to get revenge on the siblings.
Gasp: The lover of Vacuum who created the team after The Kingston's defeated and imprisoned her lover. She is now the feared leader of the team and the only one who's psychotic enough to keep these revenge-hungry villains together.
Hydro-Serpent: An oceanographer who became a villain after being hunted and caught by The Kingston's who believed she was harbouring illegal tech, only for her to actually be fleeing with it from those who wanted to weaponise it. Now she is hellbent on destroying them due to her exposure to the tech from being on the run so long, this then altered her body's biology making her into this creature.
Hazmat Hazard: Mat was a family man before some radioactivity altered his Meta body to become an energised powerhouse. The exposure to the material made him lose control of his new powers and destroy his home, with his wife and children inside it. When he discovered that his boss who ran the Power Plant was cutting corners with the tanks Mat was monitoring he went on a rampage to get revenge (wearing a suit to contain his abilities). Only to be thwarted by The Kingston's who saved his boss's life and locked away Mat.
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Le costume d'Arles est avec le costume provençal comtadin l'une des deux grandes variantes du costume provençal. Appelé aussi arlèse, son port a été relancé par Frédéric Mistral à la fin du XIXe siècle comme l'un des signes de l'identité culturelle de la Provence. Encore utilisé le dimanche jusqu'au début du XXe siècle, son usage courant a progressivement disparu au cours de la première moitié du XXe siècle. Actuellement, il n'est porté qu'épisodiquement, par des groupes folkloriques ou lors de manifestations volontaristes de l'identité locale1.
Historique
Costumes arlésiens au XVIIIe siècle (Atelier de couture à Arles, Antoine Raspal, 1760, musée Réattu, Arles).
Parmi toutes les variétés locales à la mode au cours du XVIIIe siècle, seul le costume d'Arles, porté indifféremment par les femmes de toutes conditions, a traversé la Révolution, tout en continuant à évoluer d'une façon naturelle. Jusque dans les années 1950, il était encore porté, quotidiennement à Arles par un certain nombre de femmes, et plus particulièrement le dimanche. Le costume d'Arles a été la tenue féminine traditionnelle dans tout l'ancien archevêché, a tenté de s'imposer jusqu'à Avignon sous l'impulsion de Frédéric Mistral, a débordé sur la rive droite du Rhône de la Camargue gardoise jusqu'à l'Uzège2, s'est étendu à l'Est par delà la Crau, jusqu'à la Durance et le golfe de Fos. Toute son évolution est retracée au Museon Arlaten3.
Originalité
Ce costume d'Arles se distingue d'abord par une coiffe spéciale qui nécessite le port de cheveux longs. En fonction des jours de la semaine et des tâches à accomplir, cette coiffure était retenue sur le sommet de la tête par un ruban, une cravate ou un nœud de dentelles. Mais elle exigeait toujours un temps de préparation important et des soins particuliers pour respecter l'exigence de ses canons. Cette coiffure est peu adaptée aujourd'hui à une vie professionnelle moderne. Face à la mode des cheveux courts, un substitut sous forme de postiche a été proposé, mais son manque de naturel l'a voué à l'échec4.
Composition
Parmi les pièces qui compose actuellement l'habillement et signe son élégance, il y a la chapelle ou cache-coeur, plastron de dentelle en forme de trapèze, apparu en 1860, et qui couvre la poitrine5, le grand châle ou fichu, de forme carrée, qui moule le buste, la robe longue en satin de différentes couleurs, souvent pincée à la taille, les dorures (bijoux, agrafes, boucles ou crochets) qui sont transmises de génération en génération. Ces parures vont du tour de cou en argent, aux différentes croix d'or filigranées, dites croix provençales, des bracelets en or massif enrichis de diamants6, aux boucles d'oreilles (pendants ou brandanto) réservées aux seules femmes mariées, en passant par les bagues rehaussées de pierres précieuses, les boucles de soulier en argent, les agrafes de manteau dorées ou argentées, les crochets d'argent pour la ceinture qui permettaient de suspendre les clefs, à la fois signe de richesse et de possession sur la maison familiale7.
Arles
Arles is located in France
Arles is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Coordinates: 43°40′36″N 4°37′40″ECoordinates: 43°40′36″N 4°37′40″E
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Bouches-du-Rhône
Arrondissement Arles
Canton Arles
Intercommunality CA Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020) Hervé Schiavetti (PCF)
Area1 758.93 km2 (293.02 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 52,439
• Density 69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 13004 /13200
Elevation 0–57 m (0–187 ft)
(avg. 10 m or 33 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.
Arles (French pronunciation: [aʁl]; Provençal [ˈaʀle] in both classical and Mistralian norms; Arelate in Classical Latin) is a city and commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence.
A large part of the Camargue is located on the territory of the commune, making it the largest commune in Metropolitan France in terms of territory (though Maripasoula, French Guiana, is much larger). The city has a long history, and was of considerable importance in the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis. The Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1981. The Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh lived in Arles from 1888 to 1889 and produced over 300 paintings and drawings during his time there. An international photography festival has been held in the city since 1970.
Geography
The river Rhône forks into two branches just upstream of Arles, forming the Camargue delta. Because the Camargue is for a large part administratively part of Arles, the commune as a whole is the largest commune in Metropolitan France in terms of territory, although its population is only slightly more than 50,000. Its area is 758.93 km2 (293.02 sq mi), which is more than seven times the area of Paris.
Climate
Arles has a Mediterranean climate with a mean annual temperature of 14.6 °C (1948 - 1999). The summers are warm and moderately dry, with seasonal averages between 22 °C and 24 °C, and mild winters with a mean temperature of about 7 °C. The city is constantly, but especially in the winter months, subject to the influence of the mistral, a cold wind which can cause sudden and severe frosts. Rainfall (636 mm per year) is fairly evenly distributed from September to May, with the summer drought being less marked than in other Mediterranean areas.[1]
Ancient era
The Ligurians were in this area from about 800 BC. Later, Celtic influences have been discovered. The city became an important Phoenician trading port, before being taken by the Romans.
The Romans took the town in 123 BC and expanded it into an important city, with a canal link to the Mediterranean Sea being constructed in 104 BC. However, it struggled to escape the shadow of Massalia (Marseilles) further along the coast.
Its chance came when it sided with Julius Caesar against Pompey, providing military support. Massalia backed Pompey; when Caesar emerged victorious, Massalia was stripped of its possessions, which were transferred to Arelate as a reward. The town was formally established as a colony for veterans of the Roman legion Legio VI Ferrata, which had its base there. Its full title as a colony was Colonia Iulia Paterna Arelatensium Sextanorum, "the ancestral Julian colony of Arles of the soldiers of the Sixth."
Arelate was a city of considerable importance in the province of Gallia Narbonensis. It covered an area of some 40 hectares (99 acres) and possessed a number of monuments, including an amphitheatre, triumphal arch, Roman circus, theatre, and a full circuit of walls. Ancient Arles was closer to the sea than it is now and served as a major port. It also had (and still has) the southernmost bridge on the Rhône. Very unusually, the Roman bridge was not fixed but consisted of a pontoon-style bridge of boats, with towers and drawbridges at each end. The boats were secured in place by anchors and were tethered to twin towers built just upstream of the bridge. This unusual design was a way of coping with the river's frequent violent floods, which would have made short work of a conventional bridge. Nothing remains of the Roman bridge, which has been replaced by a more modern bridge near the same spot.
The city reached a peak of influence during the 4th and 5th centuries, when Roman Emperors frequently used it as their headquarters during military campaigns. In 395, it became the seat of the Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls, governing the western part of the Western Empire: Gaul proper plus Hispania (Spain) and Armorica (Brittany). At that time, the city was perhaps home to 75,000–100,000 people.[2][3][4][5]
It became a favorite city of Emperor Constantine I, who built baths there, substantial remains of which are still standing. His son, Constantine II, was born in Arles. Usurper Constantine III declared himself emperor in the West (407–411) and made Arles his capital in 408.
Arles became renowned as a cultural and religious centre during the late Roman Empire. It was the birthplace of the sceptical philosopher Favorinus. It was also a key location for Roman Christianity and an important base for the Christianization of Gaul. The city's bishopric was held by a series of outstanding clerics, beginning with Saint Trophimus around 225 and continuing with Saint Honoratus, then Saint Hilarius in the first half of the 5th century. The political tension between the Catholic bishops of Arles and the Visigothic kings is epitomized in the career of the Frankish St. Caesarius, bishop of Arles 503–542, who was suspected by the Arian Visigoth Alaric II of conspiring with the Burgundians to turn over the Arelate to Burgundy, and was exiled for a year to Bordeaux in Aquitaine. Political tensions were evident again in 512, when Arles held out against Theodoric the Great and Caesarius was imprisoned and sent to Ravenna to explain his actions before the Ostrogothic king.[6]
The friction between the Arian Christianity of the Visigoths and the Catholicism of the bishops sent out from Rome established deep roots for religious heterodoxy, even heresy, in Occitan culture. At Treves in 385, Priscillian achieved the distinction of becoming the first Christian executed for heresy (Manichaean in his case, see also Cathars, Camisards). Despite this tension and the city's decline in the face of barbarian invasions, Arles remained a great religious centre and host of church councils (see Council of Arles), the rival of Vienne, for hundreds of years.
Roman aqueduct and mill
Aqueduct of Arles at Barbegal
The Barbegal aqueduct and mill is a Roman watermill complex located on the territory of the commune of Fontvieille, a few kilometres from Arles. The complex has been referred to as "the greatest known concentration of mechanical power in the ancient world".[7] The remains of the mill streams and buildings which housed the overshot water wheels are still visible at the site, and it is by far the best-preserved of ancient mills. There are two aqueducts which join just north of the mill complex, and a sluice which enabled the operators to control the water supply to the complex. The mill consisted of 16 waterwheels in two separate rows built into a steep hillside. There are substantial masonry remains of the water channels and foundations of the individual mills, together with a staircase rising up the hill upon which the mills are built. The mills apparently operated from the end of the 1st century until about the end of the 3rd century.[8] The capacity of the mills has been estimated at 4.5 tons of flour per day, sufficient to supply enough bread for 6,000 of the 30-40,000 inhabitants of Arelate at that time.[9] A similar mill complex existed also on the Janiculum in Rome. Examination of the mill leat still just visible on one side of the hill shows a substantial accretion of lime in the channel, tending to confirm its long working life.
It is thought that the wheels were overshot water wheels with the outflow from the top driving the next one down and so on, to the base of the hill. Vertical water mills were well known to the Romans, being described by Vitruvius in his De Architectura of 25 BC, and mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia of 77 AD. There are also later references to floating water mills from Byzantium and to sawmills on the river Moselle by the poet Ausonius. The use of multiple stacked sequences of reverse overshot water-wheels was widespread in Roman mines.
Middle Ages
Place de la République.
Cafe Terrace at Night by Vincent van Gogh (September 1888), depicts the warmth of a café in Arles
In 735, after raiding the Lower Rhône, Andalusian Saracens led by Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri moved into the stronghold summoned by Count Maurontus, who feared Charles Martel's expansionist ambitions, though this may have been an excuse to further Moorish expansion beyond Iberia. The next year, Charles campaigned south to Septimania and Provence, attacking and capturing Arles after destroying Avignon. In 739. Charles definitely drove Maurontus to exile, and brought Provence to heel. In 855, it was made the capital of a Frankish Kingdom of Arles, which included Burgundy and part of Provence, but was frequently terrorised by Saracen and Viking raiders. In 888, Rudolph, Count of Auxerre (now in north-western Burgundy), founded the kingdom of Transjuran Burgundy (literally, beyond the Jura mountains), which included western Switzerland as far as the river Reuss, Valais, Geneva, Chablais and Bugey.
In 933, Hugh of Arles ("Hugues de Provence") gave his kingdom up to Rudolph II, who merged the two kingdoms into a new Kingdom of Arles. In 1032, King Rudolph III died, and the kingdom was inherited by Emperor Conrad II the Salic. Though his successors counted themselves kings of Arles, few went to be crowned in the cathedral. Most of the kingdom's territory was progressively incorporated into France. During these troubled times, the amphitheatre was converted into a fortress, with watchtowers built at each of the four quadrants and a minuscule walled town being constructed within. The population was by now only a fraction of what it had been in Roman times, with much of old Arles lying in ruins.
The town regained political and economic prominence in the 12th century, with the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa traveling there in 1178 for his coronation. In the 12th century, it became a free city governed by an elected podestat (chief magistrate; literally "power"), who appointed the consuls and other magistrates. It retained this status until the French Revolution of 1789.
Arles joined the countship of Provence in 1239, but, once more, its prominence was eclipsed by Marseilles. In 1378, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV ceded the remnants of the Kingdom of Arles to the Dauphin of France (later King Charles VI of France) and the kingdom ceased to exist even on paper.
Modern era
Arles remained economically important for many years as a major port on the Rhône. In the 19th century, the arrival of the railway diminished river trade, leading to the town becoming something of a backwater.
This made it an attractive destination for the painter Vincent van Gogh, who arrived there on 21 February 1888. He was fascinated by the Provençal landscapes, producing over 300 paintings and drawings during his time in Arles. Many of his most famous paintings were completed there, including The Night Cafe, the Yellow Room, Starry Night Over the Rhone, and L'Arlésienne. Paul Gauguin visited van Gogh in Arles. However, van Gogh's mental health deteriorated and he became alarmingly eccentric, culminating in the well-known ear-severing incident in December 1888 which resulted in two stays in the Old Hospital of Arles. The concerned Arlesians circulated a petition the following February demanding that van Gogh be confined. In May 1889, he took the hint and left Arles for the Saint-Paul asylum at nearby Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
Jewish history
Main article: History of the Jews in Arles
Arles had an important and evident Jewish community between the Roman era and until the end of the 15th century. A local legend describes the first Jews in Arles as exiles from Judaea after Jerusalem fell to the Romans. Nevertheless, the first documented evident of Jews in Arles is not before fifth century, when a distinguished community had already existed in town. Arles was an important Jewish crossroads, as a port city and close to Spain and the rest of Europe alike. It served a major role in the work of the Hachmei Provence group of famous Jewish scholars, translators and philosophers, who were most important to Judaism throughout the Middle Ages. At the eighth century, the jurisdiction of the Jews of Arles were passed to the local Archbishop, making the Jewish taxes to the clergy somewhat of a shield for the community from mob attacks, most frequent during the Crusades. The community lived relatively peacefully until the last decade of the 15th century, when they were expelled out of the city never to return. Several Jews did live in the city in the centuries after, though no community was found ever after. Nowadays, Jewish archaeological findings and texts from Arles can be found in the local museum.[10]
Population
Arles has important Roman remnants, most of which have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1981 within the Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments group. They include:
The Gallo-Roman theatre
The arena or amphitheatre
The Alyscamps (Roman necropolis)
The Thermae of Constantine
The cryptoporticus
Arles Obelisk
Barbegal aqueduct and mill
The Church of St. Trophime (Saint Trophimus), formerly a cathedral, is a major work of Romanesque architecture, and the representation of the Last Judgment on its portal is considered one of the finest examples of Romanesque sculpture, as are the columns in the adjacent cloister.
The town also has a museum of ancient history, the Musée de l'Arles et de la Provence antiques, with one of the best collections of Roman sarcophagi to be found anywhere outside Rome itself. Other museums include the Musée Réattu and the Museon Arlaten.
The courtyard of the Old Arles hospital, now named "Espace Van Gogh," is a center for Vincent van Gogh's works, several of which are masterpieces.[11] The garden, framed on all four sides by buildings of the complex, is approached through arcades on the first floor. A circulation gallery is located on the first and second floors.[12]
Archaeology
Main article: Arles portrait bust
In September–October 2007, divers led by Luc Long from the French Department of Subaquatic Archaeological Research, headed by Michel L'Hour, discovered a life-sized marble bust of an apparently important Roman person in the Rhône near Arles, together with smaller statues of Marsyas in Hellenistic style and of the god Neptune from the third century AD. The larger bust was tentatively dated to 46 BC. Since the bust displayed several characteristics of an ageing person with wrinkles, deep naso-labial creases and hollows in his face, and since the archaeologists believed that Julius Caesar had founded the colony Colonia Iulia Paterna Arelate Sextanorum in 46 BC, the scientists came to the preliminary conclusion that the bust depicted a life-portrait of the Roman dictator: France's Minister of Culture Christine Albanel reported on May 13, 2008, that the bust would be the oldest representation of Caesar known today.[13] The story was picked up by all larger media outlets.[14][15] The realism of the portrait was said to place it in the tradition of late Republican portrait and genre sculptures. The archaeologists further claimed that a bust of Julius Caesar might have been thrown away or discreetly disposed of, because Caesar's portraits could have been viewed as politically dangerous possessions after the dictator's assassination.
Historians and archaeologists not affiliated with the French administration, among them Paul Zanker, the renowned archaeologist and expert on Caesar and Augustus, were quick to question whether the bust is a portrait of Caesar.[16][17][18] Many noted the lack of resemblances to Caesar's likenesses issued on coins during the last years of the dictator's life, and to the Tusculum bust of Caesar,[19] which depicts Julius Caesar in his lifetime, either as a so-called zeitgesicht or as a direct portrait. After a further stylistic assessment, Zanker dated the Arles-bust to the Augustan period. Elkins argued for the third century AD as the terminus post quem for the deposition of the statues, refuting the claim that the bust was thrown away due to feared repercussions from Caesar's assassination in 44 BC.[20] The main argument by the French archaeologists that Caesar had founded the colony in 46 BC proved to be incorrect, as the colony was founded by Caesar's former quaestor Tiberius Claudius Nero on the dictator's orders in his absence.[21] Mary Beard has accused the persons involved in the find of having willfully invented their claims for publicity reasons. The French ministry of culture has not yet responded to the criticism and negative reviews.
Sport
AC Arles-Avignon is a professional French football team. They currently play in Championnat de France Amateur, the fourth division in French football. They play at the Parc des Sports, which has a capacity of just over 17,000.
Culture
A well known photography festival, Rencontres d'Arles, takes place in Arles every year, and the French national school of photography is located there.
The major French publishing house Actes Sud is also situated in Arles.
Bull fights are conducted in the amphitheatre, including Provençal-style bullfights (courses camarguaises) in which the bull is not killed, but rather a team of athletic men attempt to remove a tassle from the bull's horn without getting injured. Every Easter and on the first weekend of September, during the feria, Arles also holds Spanish-style corridas (in which the bulls are killed) with an encierro (bull-running in the streets) preceding each fight.
The film Ronin was partially filmed in Arles.
European Capital of Culture
Arles played a major role in Marseille-Provence 2013, the year-long series of cultural events held in the region after it was designated the European Capital of Culture for 2013. The city hosted a segment of the opening ceremony with a pyrotechnical performance by Groupe F on the banks of the Rhône. It also unveiled the new wing of the Musée Départemental Arles Antique as part of Marseille-Provence 2013.
Economy
Arles's open-air street market is a major market in the region. It occurs on Saturday and Wednesday mornings.
Transport
The Gare d'Arles railway station offers connections to Avignon, Nîmes, Marseille, Paris, Bordeaux and several regional destinations.
Notable people
Vincent van Gogh, lived here from February 1888 until May 1889.
The Provençal poet Frédéric Mistral (1830–1914) was born near Arles
Jeanne Calment (1875–1997), the oldest human being whose age is documented, was born, lived and died, at the age of 122 years and 164 days, in Arles
Anne-Marie David, singer (Eurovision winner in 1973)
Christian Lacroix, fashion designer
Lucien Clergue, photographer
Djibril Cissé, footballer
Antoine de Seguiran, 18th-century encyclopédiste
Genesius of Arles, a notary martyred under Maximianus in 303 or 308
Blessed Jean Marie du Lau, last Archbishop of Arles, killed by the revolutionary mob in Paris on September 2, 1792
Juan Bautista (real name Jean-Baptiste Jalabert), matador
Maja Hoffmann, art patron
Mehdi Savalli, matador
The medieval writer Antoine de la Sale was probably born in Arles around 1386
Home of the Gipsy Kings, a music group from Arles
Gael Givet, footballer
Lloyd Palun, footballer
Fanny Valette, actress
Luc Hoffmann, ornithologist, conservationist and philanthropist.
Saint Caesarius of Arles, bishop who lived from the late 5th to the mid 6th century, known for prophecy and writings that would later be used by theologians such as St. Thomas Aquinas
Samuel ibn Tibbon, famous Jewish translator and scholar during the Middle Ages.
Kalonymus ben Kalonymus, famous Jewish scholar and philosopher, Arles born, active during the Middle Ages.
Twin towns — sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France
Arles is twinned with:
Pskov, Russia
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Fulda, Germany
York, Pennsylvania, United States
Cubelles, Spain
Vercelli, Italy
Sagné, Mauritania
Kalymnos, Greece
Wisbech, United Kingdom
Zhouzhuang, Kunshan, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
Verviers, Belgium
See also
Archbishopric of Arles
Montmajour Abbey
Trinquetaille
Langlois Bridge
Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Aix". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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The table contains the temperatures and precipitation of the city of Arles for the period 1948-1999, extracted from the site Sophy.u-3mrs.fr.
www.academia.edu/1166147/_The_Fall_and_Decline_of_the_Rom...
Rick Steves' Provence & the French Riviera, p. 78, at Google Books
Nelson's Dictionary of Christianity: The Authoritative Resource on the Christian World, p. 1173, at Google Books
Provence, p. 81, at Google Books
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Greene, Kevin (2000). "Technological Innovation and Economic Progress in the Ancient World: M.I. Finley Re-Considered". The Economic History Review. New Series. 53 (1): 29–59 [p. 39]. doi:10.1111/1468-0289.00151.
"Ville d'Histoire et de Patrimoine". Patrimoine.ville-arles.fr. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
"La meunerie de Barbegal". Etab.ac-caen.fr. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1784-arles
Fisher, R, ed (2011). Fodor's France 2011. Toronto and New York: Fodor's Travel, division of Random House. p. 563 ISBN 978-1-4000-0473-7.
"Espace Van Gogh". Visiter, Places of Interest. Arles Office de Tourisme. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
Original communiqué (May 13, 2008); second communiqué (May 20, 2008); report (May 20, 2008)
E.g."Divers find marble bust of Caesar that may date to 46 B.C.". Archived from the original on 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2008-05-14. , CNN-Online et al.
Video (QuickTime) Archived May 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. on the archaeological find (France 3)
Paul Zanker, "Der Echte war energischer, distanzierter, ironischer" Archived May 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine., Sueddeutsche Zeitung, May 25, 2008, on-line
Mary Beard, "The face of Julius Caesar? Come off it!", TLS, May 14, 2008, on-line
Nathan T. Elkins, 'Oldest Bust' of Julius Caesar found in France?, May 14, 2008, on-line
Cp. this image at the AERIA library
A different approach was presented by Mary Beard, in that members of a military Caesarian colony would not have discarded portraits of Caesar, whom they worshipped as god, although statues were in fact destroyed by the Anti-Caesarians in the city of Rome after Caesar's assassination (Appian, BC III.1.9).
Konrat Ziegler & Walther Sontheimer (eds.), "Arelate", in Der Kleine Pauly: Lexikon der Antike, Vol. 1, col. 525, Munich 1979; in 46 BC, Caesar himself was campaigning in Africa, before later returning to Rome.
Tucked away in Otley - an H-registered (1969/70) Wolseley Hornet, a bit of the British Motor Corporation's fetish for badge engineering and keeping all their marques alive. The Hornet, reusing a name used by Wolseley in the 1930s, was a variation on the Mini platform, tarted up to be more 'upmarket'. By 1969 both the Wolseley and Riley names had been ditched.
Rural site of the Magna Carta signing.
"No free man shall be seized, imprisoned, stripped of his rights or possessions, outlawed, exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land."
Visiting The Imprisoned
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. . . Horror Stories With some Heroes . . .
Halloween's return, a darkened plea,
Down to the dungeon, where they flee,
Imprisoned souls, in shadows they bide,
For her fleeting glance, once by their side.
They lock themselves, this ghostly parade,
Yearning for her attention, in twilight's shade,
In their self-made cells, they patiently stay,
For a little touch of horror play.
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5-10 years ago when they met, she told them..
"I already have a boyfriend. I'm not ready to love anyone else."
"I have a boyfriend and don't want to be responsible for anyone else."
"I have a boyfriend. I'm not interested in you romantically."
"I already have a boyfriend. I just want to deepen my understanding of my BF, so I've come to gain experiences in his field of interests."
"I have a boyfriend and don't plan on being with anyone else. Just here to explore more fetishes."
"I already have a boyfriend. Don't love me because I can't love you like a lover"
"I have a boyfriend. You're not my type for romantic love, let's keep it as friendship."
She told them a lot every time they seemed to forget about it, but the more she told, the more they built their dreams.
Finally, some came and said, "This is our home. We would be perfect together. Our house is just the way you like it. Is there anything else missing? You can tell me."
She walked around the house and answered, "Well, I think this house is missing two things. It still lacks straw for incubating eggs and an electric egg incubator."
She ended the relationship the next day. When he asked why, she explained that she had come to play Second Life, and she had no interest in logging in to play with him on the Hornbill Simulator!
As time passed, she realized that the nest he had built had turned into a ten-year-long prison, where he repeated numerous lies about his love story to every woman to comfort himself. It seemed as though he had lost his mind.
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Most Heroes have trouble separating three things from each other: 1. sex, 2. relationships, and 3. commitment. Typically, people who believe that sex, relationships, and commitment come bundled together when deciding to have sex tend to be more common among women. This surprised her, as this way of thinking is not as frequently seen in 'normal' men.
His take on women was pretty odd. He was convinced that when women had sex, it meant they truly liked and fancied him, wanted a relationship, and were absolutely up for commitment with him.
Dealing with a man like him is like... after a one-night date, she woke up in the morning to a surprising sight. He had taken it upon himself to wash all of 'her' dishes in the sink, prepared 'her' breakfast when she doesn't typically have breakfast. He rummaged through 'her' cabinets to find dog food, putting it in a bowl for her furry companion. Then, he made himself comfortable on her sofa, holding 'her' dog in his lap while watching TV.
She was utterly stunned by his actions, and as she tried to maintain her patience, he casually remarked, 'You have only one plate and bowl, a single set of spoon and fork. You might want to consider getting more after this.'
In a situation like this, other women might be into it, but not her.
She kicked him out of the room and blocked him, warning that if he ever tried to reach out or meet her again, she'd call the cops.
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You can sit there forever, lamenting about how bad you've been, feeling guilty
until you die, and not one tiny slice of that guilt will do anything to change anything
in the past.
Wayne Dyer
The pandemic had imprisoned the whole world. I didn't travel anywhere, I didn't photograph anything interesting. However, I found another interesting activity. I visited dozens of cemeteries, read hundreds of church books in Latin, Polish, old Russian and Lithuanian languages, found 102 of my ancestors, more than 1500 blood relatives, compiled a large genealogical tree of my family. My oldest ancestor was born in 1620. It was an interesting trip back in time.
Saint Michael church in Babriškės (Babriškių Šv. arkangelo Mykolo bažnyčia), a stone masonry chapel in the cemetery was built by Rosochacki in 1838.
Part 1:
If you've read up on Dunstanburgh Castle before you set off along the rocky Northumbrian coastline you may already be fascinated by the folklore surrounding it. Certainly the two huge circular towers of the south facing gatehouse impress more than for almost any other ancient castle as you walk towards them. Built in 1313 it was a magnificent fortress that rivalled nearby Bamburgh Castle.
But it is the tall Lilburn Tower that stands on the rear fortifications where the northern wall was that perhaps held the most interesting story.
It was during the War of the Roses (1455-1485) that the castle was in the hands of the Lancastrians. During the conflict they had taken many prisoners and hostages, amongst them Earl Grey of Howick's wife, Lady Pinkerton. She was incarcerated in the Lilburn Tower. (By the way, it was descendants of this Earl Grey who became famous for their tea). Lady Pinkerton was held for many years, her only view of the world through a few arrow slits overlooking the beautiful sands of Dunstan bay curving to the north. Apparently she amused herself during her imprisonment by crafting beautiful objects from cast aside materials she found in the basement of the tower, and used the finished art to decorate the interior of her prison.
The castle had been built on a rocky promonentry with cliffs down to the sea on two sides. Stone had been cut from the cliff to build the castle walls and towers. The Master quarryman was a man named Newton who's quarrying skills were of such repute in the area that the small village at the opposite end of the beach to the castle, where he lived, was named after him as Newton by the Sea. In fact his brother also lived nearby and was a well respected priest so the village he lived in just another half a mile away was called High Newton by the Sea and the Master quarry man's abode was in Low Newton by the Sea. (refer to Google map to get the full picture www.google.com/maps/@55.4602464,-1.6188886,6532a,35y,38.2... ).
Anyhow I digress. Each morning she saw the quarryman walk past the tower round to the cliffs below the castle. He worked all day heaving and cutting rock. it was hard labour in all weathers and horribly dangerous but he was dedicated to his work. He had heard about the lady in the tower, that she was beautiful and longed for freedom. But he rarely saw her, just a fleeting glimpse, but one day she had thrown down a small package as he walked below the tower on his way home. In it he found the most beautiful handicraft he had ever seen. He was mesmerized by it and the gesture she had made and he could think of nothing else than the mystery woman in the tower as he walked down the beach to work at the quarry below the castle the next day. Two days later she threw down another piece that took his breath away, and a few days later, yet another.
Day after day he toiled with the rock and stone, his mind so often on the mystery woman up in the tower. How he wished he could see her. How he felt for her, trapped between those four stone walls. But he realised he was powerless. There was nothing he could do to free her. She was well guarded night and day.
But one day, he had just finished cutting a large slab when it cracked right through the middle and fell apart and he threw down his tools in frustration. He wanted to do something different. And he resolved that from that day on, to show his appreciation, and affection, for the lady in the tower he would shape one rock into a large round stone every day and lay them out on the beach before the tower. And he did. Every day he cut the usual building blocks for walls and towers and would finish off by cutting a beautiful round one to place on the beach. She kept dropping beautiful objects she crafted for him over many years, and he kept shaping the black rocks but eventually the whole beach was full of huge round stones. Where many beaches might have pebbles of half or one inch across, the ones he made were 24 to 30 inches in diameter. Viewed from above they made an impressive sight, testament to the man's labour of love.
And when the tide is out you can see them today. You can see one in the foreground here, but there are hundreds more behind it some worn oblong now due to the tidal action scouring them against each other over the last 600 years or so.
I shall show you more of the quarry man's work in my next picture and continue Part 2 of the story, what happened to Lady Pinkerton and the sad ending of the quarryman.
Part 2 continues here:
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Igor Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky: The Firebird / Der Feuervogel (youtube)
Part of MORPH
DMC-G2 - P1540011 22.1.2013 outing Seegrotte Hinterbrühl, Heiligenkreuz