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Walking from Cambridge to Grantchester.
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On display at the Fitzwilliam museum. The museum labels can tell us the following about these marble heads:
[The left one, the head of a warrior] The hand which violently pulls the hair of this head, and the expression of pain on the face, suggest that this was part of a battle scene. The piece was only roughly worked on the back and was probably cut out of a deep relief. Made in Greece about 300-100 BC.
[The middle one, the head of an Amazon] This head belongs to a female warrior who was lying on her side, after being struck down in battle. The right side of the head is only roughly carved and was not intended to be visible in the original composition. Made in Greece about 150-250 AD.
[The right one, the head of a bearded man] This head is from a small relief, perhaps a coffin decoration. The luxuriant beard and wild hair suggest that this may not be a human, but rather a god, giant or centaur from a mythological scene. Made in Attica, Greece, about 100-200 AD,
With the bridge over Bin Brook.
At the outskirts of Cambridge,
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Also known as the Sundial Garden, at Wolfson College, Cambridge.
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Regno Unito, Londra, Wapping, Inverno 2015
Wapping è un quartiere a East London in Inghilterra. La vicinanza di Wapping con il fiume le ha dato un forte carattere marittimo, che conserva osservando gli edifici lungo il fiume stesso. Molti degli edifici originali sono stati demoliti durante la costruzione dei Docks di Londra e Wapping è stato ulteriormente danneggiato seriamente durante il blitz. Quando i Docklands di Londra hanno perso d’importanza dopo la seconda guerra mondiale, l'area divenne abbandonata, con i grandi magazzini lasciati vuoti. Le fortune della zona sono iniziate nuovamente negli anni ‘80 quando la London Docklands Development Corporation, ha iniziato a convertire i magazzini in appartamenti di lusso.
Wapping is a district in East London, England. Wapping's proximity to the river has given it a strong maritime character, which it retains through its riverside public houses. Many of the original buildings were demolished during the construction of the London Docks and Wapping was further seriously damaged during the Blitz. As the London Docklands declined after the Second World War, the area became run down, with the great warehouses left empty. The area's fortunes were transformed during the 1980s by the London Docklands Development Corporation when the warehouses started to be converted into luxury flats.
I have so many favourite walks that it would be difficult to make a list of my top 10, but this one from Tyneham to Kimmeridge would have to be on it.
This stretch of coast is of interest to geologists because cliffs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods are well exposed here. On this walk you get to travel in time, starting with the white chalk cliffs of the Cretaceous, then moving down through the coloured sands and clays of the Greensand and Wealden, pale Portland limestone to the grey Kimmeridge Clay you see on the lower cliff here.
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A very perpendicular styled ceiling - a form of late Gothic style which this church is a prime example of.
The church is mostly known as Bath abbey - but the full name is the Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It is now an Anglican church, but it started out as an abbey church to a Benedictine monastery. A church was first built on this spot in the 7th century - but the current building dates from the 12th to the 16th century (with some major restorations made in the 1860s).
Francia, Bretagna, Abbazia di Beauport, Primavera 2022
L'abbazia di Beauport è un'affascinante abbazia nel nord della Bretagna, in Francia. È una delle abbazie più imponenti della Bretagna e un esempio del primo utilizzo dell'architettura in stile gotico. Fu fondata nel XIII secolo e controllava vaste terre sia in Bretagna che in Inghilterra (queste furono un dono al fondatore dell'abbazia da parte di Guglielmo il Conquistatore, per il suo aiuto nella conquista dell'Inghilterra). L'abbazia aveva anche entrate dagli agricoltori locali e dal commercio nella baia di Paimpol, quindi divenne piuttosto ricca per diverse centinaia di anni.
Beauport Abbey is a charming abbey in northern Brittany, France. It is one of the most impressive abbeys in Brittany and an example of the early use of gothic style architecture. It was founded in the 13th century and it controlled extensive lands both in Brittany and in England (these were a gift to the founder of the abbey from William the Conqueror, because of his help in the conquering of England). The abbey also had income from local farmers and from trade in Paimpol Bay, so became quite wealthy for several hundred years.
The entrance to the church in the village Grantchester, within walking-distance of Cambridge.
The church is formally called St Mary and St Andrew and the earliest part of it dates back to the 12th century - but most of it is from the middle of the 14th century (and the church saw some major work in the late 19th century - though this doorway does not seem to have been part of that).
The church is also the one actually used in the TV-series Grantchester, set in the village.
The little bit of light you can see through the open door is a stained glass window.
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The house is a part of Gonville and Caius College, and the corner on the right is part of Trinity Hall.
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The Millennium Bridge, designed by a consortium of British engineering firms, is a steel suspension pedestrian bridge. Construction began in 1998 and opened on 10 June 2000. It crosses the Thames and its southern end is close to the Globe Theater and Tate Modern, while the other end ends near the City of London School under St's Paul Cathedral.
Londoners dubbed it "Wobbly Bridge" after pedestrians experienced an alarming swaying movement on opening day. Following this problem, the bridge was closed two days after the inauguration and remained closed for works for almost two years. The work was carried out by a US multinational, the same that designed the arms connecting the Saturn V rocket to the launch pad, which installed large shock absorbers capable of damping oscillations and ensuring its stability.
sembrano fatte di LEGO quegli edifici?
Cambridge UK
scusate per l'ennesimo HDR... ma adoro giocare con questo effetto!!
Regno Unito, Tyne and Wear, Gateshead, Estate 2014
L' Angelo del Nord è una scultura completata nel 1998 e progettata da Sir Antony Gormley, situata vicino a Gateshead, in Inghilterra. Si tratta di una scultura in acciaio di un angelo, alto 20 metri, con le ali che misurano 54 metri di diametro. Secondo Gormley, il significato di questa opera è triplice: in primo luogo, un omaggio ai minatori di carbone che qui hanno lavorato per due secoli; secondo, di segnare il passaggio dall’epoca della rivoluzione industriale all'era dell'informazione, e la terza, per servire da punto di riferimento per le nostre speranze e paure.
The Angel of the North is a sculpture completed in 1998 and designed by Sir Antony Gormley, located near Gateshead in England. It is a steel sculpture of an angel, 20 metres tall, with wings measuring 54 metres across. According to Gormley, the significance of an angel was three-fold: first, to signify that beneath the site of its construction, coal miners worked for two centuries; second, to grasp the transition from an industrial to information age, and third, to serve as a focus for our hopes and fears.