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Glendalough is home to one of the most important monastic sites in Ireland. This early Christian monastic settlement was founded by St. Kevin in the 6th century and from this developed the “Monastic City”. Most of the buildings that survive today date from the 10th through 12th centuries. Despite attacks by Vikings over the years, Glendalough thrived as one of Ireland’s great ecclesiastical foundations and schools of learning until the Normans destroyed the monastery in 1214 A.D. and the dioceses of Glendalough and Dublin were united. Close to the monastic city is the interactive centre. The centre features an audio visual and has a model of the monastic site on display. You will be welcomed by a friendly and knowledgeable staff where all your questions will be answered. Glendalough is one of the top attraction on Ireland’s Ancient East.
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Glendalough (valle de los dos lagos) es un conjunto monacal situado en el condado de Wicklow en Irlanda.
El conjunto monacal fue creado por San Kevin en el siglo VI continuando su labor monástica hasta la disolución de los monasterios en 1539.
La mayoría de los edificios fueron construidos entre los siglos VIII y XII siendo restaurados en el siglo XIX. El monasterio se convirtió en un importante centro de peregrinación tras la muerte del santo. El complejo sufrió varios ataques vikingos pero el peor saqueo se sufrió en 1398 por parte de los ingleses.
“Rupertswood” in Sunbury on the outskirts of Melbourne is one of Australia's most important mansions, both historically and architecturally. Built as a residence for Sir William John Clarke (1831 – 1897), the first Australian born Baronet, in 1874 – 1876 it became a power seat in the great English tradition. The property covered an area of 31,000 acres. Today the estate has been greatly reduced due to subdivision to a more modest 1,100 acres.
Designed by local architect George L. Browne, "Rupertswood" is a 50 room bluestone mansion built for Sir William John Clarke by contractors George Sumner & Co. Designed in the Victorian Italianate style, the two storey mansion is surmounted by a 100 foot tower with a Mansard roof and widow's walk. The foundation stone for “Rupertswood” was laid on 29 August 1874 with some 1000 people in attendance. The house was completed in 1876. The grand entrance is paved with Victorian tessellated tiles and the house is flanked by splendid wide and shady verandahs on three sides. The ballroom was added in late 1881 or 1882. Interior decorations were carried out by Schemmel and Shilton. There are six magnificent stained glass panels made by Urie and Fergeson in 1874-76, considered some of the finest examples in the world. The elaborate mansion with its large estate demonstrates the important status of Clarke whose prominence as a colonist was recognised in 1882 by his appointment as a baronet.
William Sangster designed the gardens at “Rupertswood” originally covering an area of 99 acres, and once boasted tennis courts, croquet lawns and an underground fernery. “Rupertswood” also had its own private railway station where hundreds of guests to grand balls would arrive from Spencer Street. Balls, hunt meets and weekend house parties were frequent. Anyone of note, in Victorian and Edwardian society, was entertained by Sir John and Lady Eliza Clarke. Many historical figures visited “Rupertswood” during its history, including the then Duke and Duchess of York, (later to become King George V and Queen Mary), Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba and several Governors of Victoria. The estate also had its own half battery of horse artillery when Sir William John Clarke formed a small permanent force in 1885.
“Rupertswood” holds a place in the great sporting rivalry between Australia and England, as it was on a field at “Rupertswood” that the “Ashes” were created. On Christmas Eve of 1882, after a congenial lunch, Sir William Clarke suggested a social game between the English Cricket team and a local side, made up largely of “Rupertswood” staff. By all accounts, it was an enjoyable game with no one really keeping score, however, it was generally agreed that the English won. Pat Lyons, a worker at “Rupertswood”, clearly remembered the afternoon many years later. It was his understanding that Lady Clarke, at dinner that evening, had presented Ivo Bligh with a pottery urn. It was purported to contain the ashes of a burnt bail. This was a light hearted gesture to commemorate England's win at “Rupertswood”.
By 1922, “Rupertswood” had passed from the Clarke family into the possession of Hugh Victor McKay (1865 – 1926), a self-made millionaire, industrialist and inventor of “Sunshine Harvester”. His dream of owning “Rupertswood” had been realised, if however, a little short lived. He died at “Rupertswood” only four years after acquiring it. A short time later one of Australia's greatest pastoralist, Queenslander William Naughton acquired the property. One year later he sold the mansion and 1,100 acres to the Roman Catholic Salesian Order. The mansion then became a school for under privileged boys.
Today “Rupertswood” is open to the public. The mansion has undergone extensive restoration, with the help of interior designer and Victorian architecture specialist Jacqui Robertson, reinstating elaborate Victorian colour and decorative schemes, and operating as a boutique hotel.
Donald Mitchell Healey (DMH to friends and fans) was, by all accounts, one of the truly great characters of the motor industry. A pilot in World War I, DMH took to motor racing and rally in the '20s. By the mid-1930s he was designing and driving rally cars for Triumph, and won several important international events. When war broke out in 1939, he devoted himself to the war efforts.
At the conclusion of hostilities, DMH and family (especially his sons, Geoff and Bic) resumed making sports cars, this time under the Healey name. Their first effort, the Healey Silverstone, had an advanced chassis design and simple, aerodynamic bodywork. Lacking the resources (spelled "cash") to develop their own engines, the Healeys used the interesting and reasonably sporting Riley 2-liter twin-cam OHV engine. (Yes, you read that right: two cams, down in the block, each operating a separate bank of pushrods working the rockers of overhead valves.)
But like all racers, DMH wanted more power. The biggest news in the motoring world in those days was the 165-bhp Cadillac OHV V8, a comparatively light-weight and high-revving engine with great low-end torque and tremendous potential for making a light, good-handling chassis go very fast. DMH built at least one prototype, using a privately purchased Cadillac V8, which fitted nicely into the Silverstone chassis. (I have been fortunate enough to see this car. And again, that's not "one of these cars," it's "this one.")
So DMH took a steamship from England to the U.S., intending to strike a deal with Cadillac for several V8 engines.
On the way he met George Romney, president of the Nash Motor Corporation based in Kenosha, Wisconsin. George and DMH hit it off from the start, and Romney said that if things didn't go according to plan, he should look him up.
Well, Cadillac didn't give DMH the time of day—too busy (and too important) to sell motors to some tinkerer. DMH decided that rather than make the trip a total loss, he should look into the Nash connection.
Well, Romney was as good as his word, and a deal was struck not only for engines, but for some development of a sports-racing car. The Nash-Healey ended up taking 3rd overall (behind two Mercedes 300SLs) at the 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans—an amazing achievement for a six-cylinder pushrod block, in spite of Nash's disappointment at not winning against the highly developed twin-cam racing engines.
The final piece in the puzzle was the acquisition of bodywork from Pininfarina, Italy's premiere coachbuilder at the time (and my own Pininfarina car is at my elbow, urging me to delete "at the time").
500 Nash-Healeys were built, in coupe form as shown here but more popularly in a roadster. The five cars shown at Forest Grove therefore represent one percent of all Nash-Healey production; no one at the concours knew how many still remain.
Classic film buffs may recall the original Sabrina, with Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and William Holden. Bogart is the sober-sided chairman of the board of a wealthy family's financial institution, and younger brother Holden is the fast-living cad who romances Hepburn. The car in which Holden drives her home from the train station is a Nash-Healey roadster.
Oh, and about that title: In 1959, DMH tried again to secure V8 power for his sports cars, and once more crossed the Atlantic, this time to meet with his longtime friend and fellow racer Carroll Shelby (who had just won the 24 Hours, driving an Aston Martin). DMH got the same response from Chevrolet as he had earlier received from Cadillac, and furthermore was chastised by British Motor Corporation (BMC) management for attempting to go outside the firm's own engine sources. So sadly, Shelby had to look elsewhere for the Anglo-American hybrid he was working on... a little car known as the Cobra, and a story that might have started as early as 1952 if General Motors had not already perfected the art of sticking their heads up their uncommonly tight fundamental apertures.
That single blade of grass is out of focus, but it's an important detail, because the spider built its web using it.
I hope that this is acceptable for this weeks theme.😉
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"This means something. This is important." — If you're familiar with that famous movie line from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" then you'll remember Richard Dreyfus carving a vision of something out of mashed potatoes. The vision, of course, was Devils Tower. While this isn't a shot of a well-sculpted potato heap, it's definitely the real Devils Tower in Wyoming.
Devils Tower is an eroded laccolith in the Black Hills of Wyoming. A laccolith forms when molten magma forces its way into a rock formation, then cools and hardens. As the surrounding rock erodes away over time, the hardened former magma remains. The streaked surface of Devils Tower reflects the polygonal shaped fractures (columnar joints) that formed as magma contracted as it cooled and hardened. Devils Tower rises 1,267 feet above the nearby Belle Fourche River and according to the National Park Service, the summit is roughly the size of a football field. Photo credit: Alex Demas, USGS.
You can learn more about Devils Tower National Monument at: www.nps.gov/deto/.
I hate that I have to rely on this tiny chalky tablet, but I do. Without it, I can easily sink into misery. ODC: small & important
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Ciudad Italiana de 51.755 habitantes, situada en la provincia de Venecia, fue declarada ciudad de arte veneciana, en ella se ubica una destacada sede de la Universidad de Padova, ubicada en el antiguo Palazzo Grassi, en la rivera del canal Vera. Posee ademas el mas importanta puerto pesquero del Mar Adriatico.
[ENG] The citadel of the Alhambra, located on the hill of al-Sabika, in Granada (Spain), is one of the most important architectural complexes of the Middle Ages and the greatest exponent of Islamic art in the West. Its history begins in the ninth century with military purposes, it was gradually expanding and in the thirteenth century, with the arrival of the first Nasrid monarch Mohamed ben Al-Hamar, the construction of the palaces that marked his time of greatest splendor began. The Alhambra was officially declared a World Heritage Site in 1984. Other pictures in Nasrid palaces.
[ESP] El Salón de Embajadores está situado en la Torre de Comares y era el centro simbólico del poder nazarí, donde se ubicaba el trono del rey desde el que presidía el gran consejo en presencia de todos los grandes del reino, y donde se celebraban las recepciones oficiales. Presenta planta cuadrada, es la sala más espaciosa y majestuosa del palacio, se accede desde la Sala de la Barca por una puerta de doble arco, y en cada una de los otros tres muros se abren tres cámaras, todas iguales excepto la situada frente a la puerta que es mayor y más ricamente decorada. Los paramentos están íntegramente revestidos de decoración, en su parte inferior conserva los zócalos alicatados originales en los que predomina la decoración geométrica de lacería o arabescos, y sobre estos se desarrolla la rica decoración de yesería con ataurique de hoja larga y fina, que da lugar a la figura de lirio sobre fondo rojo, con lazos, y con inscripciones epigráficas.
La ciudadela de la Alhambra, asentada sobre el Cerro de al-Sabika, en Granada (España), es uno de los complejos arquitectónicos más importantes de la Edad Media y máximo exponente del arte islámico en Occidente. Su historia comienza en el siglo IX con propósitos militares, fue paulatinamente ampliándose y en el siglo XIII, con la llegada del primer monarca nazarí Mohamed ben Al-Hamar, se inició la construcción de los palacios que marcaron su época de mayor esplendor. Tras la conquista de Granada por los Reyes Católicos en el siglo XV se hicieron reformas y Carlos V inició la construcción del palacio que lleva su nombre. En el siglo XVIII quedó abandonada. Durante la dominación francesa parte de la fortaleza fue volada, y hasta el siglo XIX no comenzó su reparación y restauración, que aún se mantiene. Más fotografías en el álbum Alhambra. Palacios nazaríes
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The Wartburg is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages. It is situated on a precipice of 410 meters (1,350 ft) to the southwest of and overlooking the town of Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. In 1999, UNESCO added Wartburg Castle to the World Heritage List.
It was the home of St. Elisabeth of Hungary, the place where Martin Luther translated the New Testament of the Bible into German, the site of the Wartburg festival of 1817 and the supposed setting for the possibly legendary Sängerkrieg. It was an important inspiration for Ludwig II when he decided to build Neuschwanstein Castle. Wartburg is the most-visited tourist attraction in Thuringia after Weimar. Although the castle today still contains substantial original structures from the 12th through 15th centuries, much of the interior dates back only to the 19th century.
The name of the castle is probably derived from German: Warte, a watchtower, in spite of a tradition which holds that the castle's founder, on first laying eyes on the site, exclaimed, "Warte, Berg -- du sollst mir eine Burg tragen!" ("Wait, mountain -- you shall bear my castle!"). It is a German play on words for mountain (Berg) and fortress (Burg).
On strategically so important place towers Trentino’s largest fortress, referred to as Castel Beseno. First written documents date back to the 12th century, when the castle still belonged to the counts of Appiano and served as a residence to the aristocratic family Da Beseno. In the following years and centuries, the castle witnessed a rather turbulent history. In 1470 it was handed over to the counts Trapp, a noble family from Styria affiliated with the Austrian emperor. Soon the castle had to be rennovated due to a fire and the medieval castle turned into a residence. Threatened by decay, the castle was given to the Province of Trento, rennovated and made a remote seat of the Castello del Buonconsiglio Museum. Two mighty elliptical walls featuring a length of 250 and a width of 55 metres surround the castle. Worth seeing are also the dark castle gate, the drawbridge, the crenels and the arena.
Великие бастионы, которые характеризуют Кастель-Бесено, относятся к 16 веку, когда замок был приспособлен для сражений с применением огнестрельного оружия. Сегодня, помимо внутренних дворов и зданий крепости, которые когда-то использовались в качестве кухонь, хлебных печей, подвалов и складских помещений, можно также посетить и прогуляться по парапетной прогулке с панорамным видом на Валь д'Адидже и долина, ведущая к плато Альтопиано ди Фольгария.
The fences are important and protect the beachgrass (or marram grass) that grows from a network of thick rhizomes which give it a sturdy anchor in its sand substrate, thereby holding the dune 'together'.
Taken with the manual SMC Pentax-M 50mm f/1.7 (@f/1.7) adapted to a Sony a7.
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Wat Bowonniwet is a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of the oldest and most important temples in the city and is known for its beautiful architecture and religious value. It is also an important center of monastic education and is considered a sacred site by many Thais. One of the key attractions of Wat Bowonniwet is the statue of the Buddha that is housed within the temple. The statue is highly revered and is considered to be one of the most important Buddhist artifacts in Thailand. It is made of bronze and depicts the Buddha in a seated position, with a serene expression on his face. The statue is surrounded by intricate carvings and is considered to be a work of art as well as a religious artifact. Wat Bowonniwet is worth a visit for those interested in Buddhist temples and Thai culture. The temple is used for various religious ceremonies and rituals. For example, this could be a daily prayer service or meditation session, or a large-scale holiday such as Wesak Day, which celebrates the birth, enlightenment and exaltation of the Buddha. There are also many traditional rituals and ceremonies associated with Buddhist teachings that are regularly performed at Wat Bowonniwet, including collecting alms for the monks, offering food and giving money to the temple. All of these ceremonies are important to the Thai Buddhist community and are a good way to experience Thai culture and religion.
Wat Bowonniwet is an important Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand and is also an important center of monastic education. Many monks live and study here, who focus on Buddhist teachings and tradition. The monks at Wat Bowonniwet follow the monastic precepts and rituals of Theravada Buddhism, and are responsible for conducting daily prayer services and other religious ceremonies at the temple. The residence and life of the monks at Wat Bowonniwet is an important aspect of Thai Buddhist culture and offers visitors the chance to learn more about these traditions and rituals.
Wat Bowonniwet is een boeddhistische tempel in Bangkok, Thailand. Het is een van de oudste en belangrijkste tempels in de stad en staat bekend om zijn prachtige architectuur en religieuze waarde. Het is ook een belangrijk centrum van monnikenonderwijs en wordt gezien als een heilige plaats door veel Thais. Eén van de belangrijkste attracties van Wat Bowonniwet is het standbeeld van de Boeddha dat in de tempel is gehuisvest. Het beeld wordt zeer vereerd en wordt beschouwd als een van de belangrijkste boeddhistische artefacten in Thailand. Het is gemaakt van brons en stelt de Boeddha voor in een zittende positie, met een serene uitdrukking op zijn gezicht. Het beeld is omgeven door ingewikkeld houtsnijwerk en wordt beschouwd als zowel een kunstwerk als een religieus artefact.Wat Bowonniwet is een bezoek waard voor degenen die geïnteresseerd zijn in boeddhistische tempels en Thaise cultuur. De tempel wordt gebruikt voor diverse religieuze ceremonies en rituelen. Dit kan bijvoorbeeld een dagelijkse gebedsdienst of meditatie-sessie zijn, of een grootschalige feestdag zoals Wesak Day, die de geboorte, verlichting en verhoging van de Boeddha viert. Er zijn ook veel traditionele rituelen en ceremonies geassocieerd met de boeddhistische leer die regelmatig worden uitgevoerd in Wat Bowonniwet, waaronder het verzamelen van alms voor de monniken, het offeren van voedsel en het geven van geld aan de tempel. Al deze ceremonies zijn belangrijk voor de Thaise boeddhistische gemeenschap en zijn een goede manier om de Thaise cultuur en religie te ervaren.
Important local hotel in the Inter War Free Classical style, on the main street and opposite St. Leonards Park and Oval. Interesting example of Free Classical architecture, which in it's context, produces a robust yet natural element in this streetscape.
Source: Dept of Environment NSW - Heritage website
Wall of Megiddo.
Megiddo: an important city in antiquity in the Plain of Esdraelon located in northwestern Palestine. Megiddo (me-gid«doh) is identified with modern Tell el-Mutesellim about twenty miles southeast of Haifa and ten miles northwest of Jenin.
Megiddo is mentioned in a number of Egyptian and Assyrian texts as well as in the Bible. The earliest reference is in the fifteenth-century b.c. annals of Thutmose III on the walls of the Temple of Karnak in Upper Egypt. Megiddo’s defeat is described in detail, elaborating the battle plan, the booty of prisoners, chariots, and household goods, and the tribute of gold, silver, grain, and wine. The Barkal Stele erected at the Fourth Cataract of the Nile further describes this campaign.
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An important corollary to Murphy's Law states: "When you want to photograph a railway subject, it will inevitably escape you; when you no longer care about it, it will appears everywhere."
That's the case of this GTS E191 leased to EVM.
During the winter time, I tried several time to meet one of them until I succeeded: flic.kr/p/2qLWcgr
The hunt was over.
Now, I'm trying to catch one of the first Beacon 193 entered in service in Italy and GTS E191s are everywhere!!!
In this case, "Galileo", the GTS E191.045, is leding a 2400t+ heavy freight directed to Fossano.
Brand-new 7193.808 is supporting the task.
Buggerru is located on the west coast of Sardinia, characterized by small houses arranged in a fan, is located in the scenic sea mouth of a rugged valley, the Malfidano channel, which gave its name to the most important mining zona.La of his birth, in 1864 , it is linked to mining events of Sardinia ..
The early twentieth century, the population was five times that Buggerru starting twenty-first century; This is because in those years the town lived the most prosperous period of its mines. At that time the country was called "petite Paris" or "Little Paris" because the mining executives who had moved in the mining village with their families had recreated a certain cultural environment
Among these Georgiades Achille, a greek Constantinople arrived in Sardinia in 1903 to direct the mines of the Societe des Mines de Paris Malfidano. There was also the Frenchman Georges Perrier who ran a cinema; Also in the village there were also a theater and a club reserved for the elite of the French company executives. On the other side there were the miners who were working in inhuman conditions, underpaid and forced to exhausting shifts, often victims of fatal accidents at work.
On September 4, 1904, following the intensification of treatment imposed by Georgiades, the miners refused to work and made "the first general strike in Italy; The only answer Georgiades called the army that opened fire on the workers, killing three and injuring many more
This fact, even oggui, is remembered as: the "massacre of Buggerru".
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Buggerru si trova sulla costa occidentale della Sardegna, caratterizzato da casette disposte a ventaglio, si trova sullo scenografico sbocco a mare di un impervia valle, il canale Malfidano, che ha dato il nome alla più importante miniera della zona.La sua nascita, nel 1864, è legata alle vicende minerarie della Sardegna..
Agli inizi del XX secolo, la popolazione di Buggerru era cinque volte quella di inizio XXI secolo; questo perché in quegli anni la cittadina viveva il periodo più florido delle sue miniere. In quel periodo il paese veniva chiamato «petite Paris» ovvero "piccola Parigi" in quanto i dirigenti minerari che si erano trasferiti nel borgo minerario con le rispettive famiglie avevano ricreato un certo ambiente culturale
Fra questi Achille Georgiades, un greco di Costantinopoli arrivato in Sardegna nel 1903 per dirigere le miniere della Societé des mines de Malfidano di Parigi. C'era anche il francese Georges Perrier che gestiva un cinema; inoltre in paese vi erano anche un teatro e un circolo riservato alla ristretta élite dei dirigenti della società francese. Dall'altra parte c'erano i minatori che lavoravano in condizioni disumane, sottopagati e costretti a turni di lavoro massacranti, spesso vittime di incidenti mortali sul lavoro.
Il 4 settembre 1904, a seguito dell'inasprimento del trattamento imposto dal Georgiades, i minatori si rifiutarono di lavorare e fecero “il primo sciopero generale in Italia; per tutta risposta Il Georgiades chiamò l'esercito che fece fuoco sugli operai uccidendone tre e ferendone molti altri
Questo fatto, ancora oggui, viene ricordato come: l’eccidio di Buggerru.
To the uninformed, this might look like a Southern Ground Hornbill with a few frogs as prey. Well, that might be true, but this is not just another bird with just prey. The Southern Ground Hornbill is endangered, and the prey is food for the nestling! We came across three of them in the wild in the Kruger National Park, scanning the the veld for food, and then noticed that they do not eat the prey themselves. That is when we realised that this was "important freight"! We followed them for maybe 2 kilometres, and then the took off, crossed the road and we noticed them landing in a tree where the offloaded (dropped from above) the food to the mother that was in the nest with the nestling!
Two important conclusions from my recent ruminations:
1. I don't take enough happy pictures.
2. I need to start shooting self-portraits again.
I also have a huge roll of film that will be developed some time in the coming week. (:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
~ Albert Einstein
a memory from Sankeien Gardens in Yokohama (Japan)
In France, the Centre des Monuments Nationaux (“CMN”) is a State-run organization that manages many of the most important historic monuments. As such, it is composed mostly of civil servants, some truly knowledgeable and in love with the monument they’re administering, others with a decidedly and predominantly “administrative” (read: fussy and regulations-loving) mindset. Anyway, having learned my lesson the hard way, I now never approach a CMN-run monument with my photo tripod without having made prior contact, gained as much legitimacy as possible, and secured the authorization to take photos on site. With that in mind, one is, most of the time, very welcome, and even given access to very interesting parts the general public doesn’t get to see.
That is just what happened in Le Puy-en-Velay, the starting point of the Via Podiensis to Compostela and home to many Romanesque wonders, some of which I had never seen but firmly intended to photograph on this trip. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t cooperating and it rained most of the day. Furthermore, the Saint Michael of Aiguilhe chapel wasn’t accessible owing to works being underway. In other words, another trip to Le Puy will need to be scheduled in March, but for the time being, I will upload the photos I managed to take in the canons’ cloister next to the Notre-Dame cathedral, as well as in other, more “secret” parts of the cathedral complex. I hope you will enjoy them.
During the Middle Ages, the cathedral of Le Puy-en-Velay was a major Marian pilgrimage site, thanks to the devotion of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims for a small statue of the Virgin Mary, one of those “Black Marys” of Auvergne that made miracles. That one was supposedly brought back from the Holy Land Crusade by Saint Louis himself (i.e., French King Louis IX), and it may have come originally from Coptic Egypt, or even Ethiopia. There’s no way to tell now, as the wooden statue was burned by revolutionaries in 1794. The Black Virgin one can still see in the cathedral today was made in the 19th century to replicate the genuine one, using descriptions made by visitors who had the opportunity to see it before the French Revolution.
Because of this pilgrimage, it was easy for Le Puy to also become a starting point of a path to Compostela when that pilgrimage took off, and because people consequently thronged the cathedral, it had to be enlarged several times. A cloister was also built next to the nave, on the northern side, for the canons. They were secular canons, a number of them from the highest nobility, and their chapter both carried out the Opus Dei in the cathedral and served as an advisory body to the bishop. This means most of them lived in the city in very comfortable, sometimes even luxurious, accommodations, and I personally believe that, given those circumstances, the construction of a cloister and other “monastery-like” buildings was more for show than anything else. A cloister is meant for solitary meditation, and I’m not sure that that cloister got a lot of it...
It remains a magnificent monument well worthy of a visit and of an in-depth study.
The southern and western galleries of the cloister. The pouring rain did not permit to step into the garden and shoot from there. This will have to be for the next trip.
The important things are always simple: the simple things are always hard.
- Murphy's Laws for Grunts
Have a terrific labor day weekend my flickr friends.
Traditional weaving is an extremely important craft for Peru. The locals have been using woven garments and household items for thousands of years by now. And there’s even more to it. The native language of Andean people is Quechua, and originally it was an oral language, so Andeans needed some instrument to save and pass the stories, local history, and their thoughts and ideas to the next generations of just other communities. The woven textiles became a mean of communication between people and recording the knowledge.*
*http://nationalclothing.org/america/27-peru/147-traditional-weaving-in-peru-the-main-clothing-craft-of-quechua-people.html
I decided to stop making customs because Mr.Super Clear is no longer reliable.
A while ago Mr.Hobby changed the famous MSC from "FLAT" to "MATT" but they didn't only change the labeling, they also changed the formula.
All the dolls I made with the old MSC FLAT remains perfect even after 6 years but the dolls I made with the new MSC MATT starts to crack after a while.
This can take 3 months or a year but the cracks starts to appear. Sometimes they are evident and sometimes you have to watch carefully under a direct light to see them but they are or will be there.
This is happening to a lot of awesome custom artists in the Pullip, Blythe and Bjd communities (and more each day) so I decided to talk to Mr.Hobby about this and they have confirmed to me the obvious: They changed the formula and it can't be used the same as before.
I'm looking for alternatives and making tests to other sealers but this can take a while...
When I find a sealer that works for me I will start making new dolls and remaking the ones that cracked.
If anyone knows about good alternatives to MSC that works and last in plastic I'd appreciate the info.
I'd also like to take the opportunity to ask, especially customizers, that you get in touch with Mr.Hobby (you can change the language from japanese to english in their web and there is a form contact) about this. Personally I think it's a budgetary issue and they won't change it, but if they receive many complaints we may have a chance.
Finally I would like to thank my awesome customers and followers for their encouragement and support, specially now. THANK YOU!
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He decidido dejar de hacer customs porque el Mr.Super Clear ya no es fiable.
Hace un tiempo Mr.Hobby cambió el famoso MSC de "FLAT" a "MATT" pero ellos no solo cambiaron el nombre y las etiquetas, también cambiaron la fórmula.
Las muñecas que hice con el antiguo MSC FLAT siguen perfectas incluso después de 6 años, pero las que he hecho con el nuevo MSC MATT empiezan a agrietarse después de un tiempo.
Ésto puede pasar a los 3 meses o incluso después de un año pero las grietas empiezan a aparecer. A veces son muy evidentes y otras veces hay que mirar la muñeca bajo una luz directa para verlas pero ahí están o estarán.
Ésto le esta pasando a muchos customizadores en el mundo Pullip, Blythe y Bjd (y más cada dia) así que me puse en contacto con Mr.Hobby y me han confirmado lo que era obvio: Han cambiado la fórmula y ya no se puede usar como antes.
Estoy buscando alternativas y haciendo pruebas a otros selladores pero ésto puede tomar un tiempo...
Cuando encuentre un sellador que me funcione seguiré haciendo nuevas muñecas y rehaciendo las que se hayan agrietado.
Si alguien conoce buenas alternativas al MSC que funcionen y duren bien en plástico os agradecería mucho la información.
Aprovecho la oportunidad para pedir, especialmente a los customizadores, que os pongáis en contacto con Mr.Hobby (podeis hacerlo desde el formulario de contacto de su web, que también está en inglés). Personalmente creo que es un problema presupuestario y que no lo van a volver a cambiar pero si reciben muchas quejas quizás tengamos una oportunidad.
Finalmente me gustaría agradecer a mis clientes y seguidores todo su ánimo y su apoyo, especialmente ahora. Muchas muchas gracias!
"Town hall, free-standing gable roof building on three sides with plastered half-timbered structure protruding on consoles to the west, solid narrow sides, with stepped gables, clock tower with pointed helmet, house Madonna and outside staircase with late Gothic tracery parapet, before 1497 to around 1513, with an eastern, two-story extension with a gable roof and stepped gable, 1514– 1515, with furnishings.
Ochsenfurt (German: [ˈɔksn̩ˌfʊʁt]) is a town in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. Ochsenfurt is located on the left bank of the River Main and has around 11,000 inhabitants. This makes it the largest town in Würzburg district.
Like Oxford, the town of Ochsenfurt is named after a ford where oxen crossed the river.
The town is situated on the left bank of the River Main, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of Würzburg.
Ochsenfurt was one of the places in Germany where King Richard I of England was detained in 1193 while on his way to England from the Third Crusade.
A monastery, Tückelhausen Charterhouse, dedicated to Saints Lambert, John the Baptist, and George, was founded in 1138 by Otto I, Bishop of Bamberg, as a double canonry of the Premonstratensians. From 1351 it belonged to the Carthusians and was secularised in 1803.
The charterhouse was largely converted for private residential use and since 1991 contains a museum of Carthusian life.
Ochsenfurt also features several Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, among them that of St Michael (Michaelskapelle), a Gothic edifice.
In 1911 there was a considerable trade in wine and agricultural products, other industries being brewing and malting. Ochsenfurt also has one of the largest sugar factories in Germany.
Lower Franconia (German: Unterfranken) is one of seven districts of Bavaria, Germany. The districts of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia make up the region of Franconia. It consists of nine districts and 308 municipalities (including three cities).
After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally reorganised and, in 1808, divided into 15 administrative government regions (German: Regierungsbezirke, singular Regierungsbezirk), in Bavaria called Kreise (singular: Kreis). They were created in the fashion of the French departements, quite even in size and population, and named after their main rivers.
In the following years, due to territorial changes (e. g. loss of Tyrol, addition of the Palatinate), the number of Kreise was reduced to 8. One of these was the Untermainkreis (Lower Main District). In 1837 king Ludwig I of Bavaria renamed the Kreise after historical territorial names and tribes of the area. This also involved some border changes or territorial swaps. Thus the name Untermainkreis changed to Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg, but the city name was dropped in the middle of the 20th century, leaving just Lower Franconia.
From 1933, the regional Nazi Gauleiter, Otto Hellmuth, (who had renamed his party Gau "Mainfranken") insisted on renaming the government district Mainfranken as well. He encountered resistance from Bavarian state authorities but finally succeeded in having the name of the district changed, effective 1 June 1938. After 1945 the name Unterfranken was restored.
Franconia (German: Franken, pronounced [ˈfʁaŋkŋ̍]; Franconian: Franggn [ˈfrɑŋɡŋ̍]; Bavarian: Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: Fränkisch).
Franconia is made up of the three Regierungsbezirke of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia in Bavaria, the adjacent, Franconian-speaking, South Thuringia, south of the Thuringian Forest—which constitutes the language boundary between Franconian and Thuringian— and the eastern parts of Heilbronn-Franconia in Baden-Württemberg.
Those parts of the Vogtland lying in Saxony (largest city: Plauen) are sometimes regarded as Franconian as well, because the Vogtlandian dialects are mostly East Franconian. The inhabitants of Saxon Vogtland, however, mostly do not consider themselves as Franconian. On the other hand, the inhabitants of the Hessian-speaking parts of Lower Franconia west of the Spessart (largest city: Aschaffenburg) do consider themselves as Franconian, although not speaking the dialect. Heilbronn-Franconia's largest city of Heilbronn and its surrounding areas are South Franconian-speaking, and therefore only sometimes regarded as Franconian. In Hesse, the east of the Fulda District is Franconian-speaking, and parts of the Oden Forest District are sometimes regarded as Franconian for historical reasons, but a Franconian identity did not develop there.
Franconia's largest city and unofficial capital is Nuremberg, which is contiguous with Erlangen and Fürth, with which it forms the Franconian conurbation with around 1.3 million inhabitants. Other important Franconian cities are Würzburg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Ansbach and Coburg in Bavaria, Suhl and Meiningen in Thuringia, and Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg.
The German word Franken—Franconians—also refers to the ethnic group, which is mainly to be found in this region. They are to be distinguished from the Germanic people of the Franks, and historically formed their easternmost settlement area. The origins of Franconia lie in the settlement of the Franks from the 6th century in the area probably populated until then mainly by the Elbe Germanic people in the Main river area, known from the 9th century as East Francia (Francia Orientalis). In the Middle Ages the region formed much of the eastern part of the Duchy of Franconia and, from 1500, the Franconian Circle. The restructuring of the south German states by Napoleon, after the demise of the Holy Roman Empire, saw most of Franconia awarded to Bavaria." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
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Dear friends, like millions of people I was watching the most anticipated regular season football match in the NFL today between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter we were all stunned to see 24 year old Buffalo corner, Damar Hamlin, make a tackle and then collapse to the ground. Medical personnel immediately began administering CPR as the players and staff of both teams gathered around to pray. There were plenty of tears. Tonight Damar Hamlin is in a critical condition on life support in the University of Cincinnati Hospital. Fans from both teams are holding a vigil. The game was cancelled.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWCgr3I8Q7k
Please pray that this vibrant young man makes a full recovery. He recently launched a toy drive for young poor kids, aiming to raise $2500. Tonight that fund has raised $4.4 million!
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Once alongside the wharf at the terminal here, the ship is able to make a lateral move to port and is then fixed by ropes. Then the passengers are able to disembark.