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Latin Bridge (Latinska ćuprija) - Ottoman bridge over the river Miljacka in Sarajevo, and where the pink building stands is the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip in 1914, which was the starting point of World War I.
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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"LA LUPE". Reconocimiento a ésta Afro-Cubana Cantante. 1936-1992.
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Querétaro - México.
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Jabiru - at Pantanal - MT - 2019.
The jabiru (/ˌdʒæbɪˈruː/ or /ˈdʒæbɪruː/; Latin: Jabiru mycteria) is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It sometimes wanders into the United States, usually in Texas, but has been reported as far north as Mississippi. It is most common in the Pantanal region of Brazil and the Eastern Chaco region of Paraguay. It is the only member of the genus Jabiru. The name comes from a Tupi–Guaraní language and means "swollen neck". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabiru
Will they have a chance?
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As my November trip is coming up (natural disasters permitting of course), I thought I could share a photo from my last year's November trip, which was the last one I did packing my old Nikon. I have been to Ireland before, many years ago, but it was just Dublin. This time I decided to stay a few more days there and do some day trips to explore the countryland. Well worth it I will say. Galway is a beautiful city, full of vibe especially during the holiday season. Parking was a bit of a nightmare, however once I started walking Quay street towards Eyre square I instantly felt that festive vibe. Maybe it was a little too crowded for me to enjoy photographing the Latin Quarter. That didnt matter much though. Food was excellent, lots of little stores to browse and buy souvenirs etc and bars to enjoy a few pints of Irish stout.
Mutefish - Wellies in the Air
Photo Manipulated, from one of
my original paintings.
" Latin Roots " 2007
Acrylics on Acrylite AR Sheet
33"h x 23 1/2"w
The term "Latin Quarter" originates from Paris and refers to the arrondissement where the university was located, with instruction delivered in Latin. The Montreal usage of this expression dates back to 1876, when a branch of Laval University, the precursor to the University of Montreal, settled in this area.
Le terme "Quartier latin" est d'origine parisienne et désigne l'arrondissement où s'élevait l'université, dont l'enseignement était dispensé en latin. L'usage montréalais de cette expression remonte à 1876 lorsqu'une filiale de l'Université Laval, l'ancêtre de l'Université de Montréal vient s'installer dans ce secteur.
Rue St-Denis, Montreal, Canada
It was the first time I met a car with Latin winged expressions. As you can see, the credo of the owner is "Per aspera ad astra" ("Through thorns to the stars"), and the car itself, apparently, is "Alter Ego"😎
Classic school building in Stockholm. From 1880. Designed by Helgo Zettervall. Today known as Stockholm International School. Photographed as a panorama with the Canon 77D, using the 60mm lens. It took 14 photos. Shot over a fence.
racing your father's footsteps in your mother's shoes,
going up and over and across your latin roots.
Silhouette, loose sundress, low sunset, baby
Desert heat, come with me, just one drink, thirsty
This city ain't safe at sundown
Crow in the spotlight ...
Sony ILCE-7R
300mm F2.8 G
The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species found in East Asia. It is medium-sized, at 41–49 cm (16–19 in) long with a 65–75 cm (26–30 in) wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, the only other member of the genus Aix. Aix is an Ancient Greek word used by Aristotle to refer to an unknown diving bird, and galericulata is the Latin for a wig, derived from galerum, a cap or bonnet.
The adult male is a striking and unmistakable bird. It has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face and "whiskers". The breast is purple with two vertical white bars, and the flanks ruddy, with two orange "sails" at the back. The female is similar to female wood duck, with a white eye-ring and stripe running back from the eye, but is paler below, has a small white flank stripe, and a pale tip to its bill.
Both the males and females have crests, but the crest is more pronounced on the male.
Like many other species of ducks, the male undergoes a moult after the mating season into eclipse plumage. When in eclipse plumage, the male looks similar to the female, but can be told apart by their bright yellow-orange beak, lack of any crest, and a less-pronounced eye-stripe.
Mandarin ducklings are almost identical in appearance to wood ducklings, and very similar to mallard ducklings. The ducklings can be distinguished from mallard ducklings because the eye-stripe of mandarin ducklings (and wood ducklings) stops at the eye, while in mallard ducklings it reaches all the way to the bill.
The hooded crow (Corvus cornix) (also called hoodie is a Eurasian bird species in the Corvus genus. Widely distributed, it is also known locally as Scotch crow and Danish crow. In Ireland it is called grey crow, just as in the Slavic languages and in Danish. In German it is called "mist crow" ("Nebelkrähe"). Found across Northern, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, as well as parts of the Middle East, it is an ashy grey bird with black head, throat, wings, tail, and thigh feathers, as well as a black bill, eyes, and feet. Like other corvids, it is an omnivorous and opportunistic forager and feeder.
It is so similar in morphology and habits to the carrion crow (Corvus corone), for many years they were considered by most authorities to be geographical races of one species. Hybridization observed where their ranges overlapped added weight to this view. However, since 2002, the hooded crow has been elevated to full species status after closer observation; the hybridisation was less than expected and hybrids had decreased vigour. Within the hooded crow species, four subspecies are recognized, with one, the Mesopotamian crow, possibly distinct enough to warrant species status itself.
Except for the head, throat, wings, tail, and thigh feathers, which are black and mostly glossy, the plumage is ash-grey, the dark shafts giving it a streaky appearance. The bill and legs are black; the iris dark brown. Only one moult occurs, in autumn, as in other crow species. The male is the larger bird, otherwise the sexes are alike. Their flight is slow and heavy and usually straight. Their length varies from 48 to 52 cm (19 to 20 in). When first hatched, the young are much blacker than the parents. Juveniles have duller plumage with bluish or greyish eyes and initially a red mouth. Wingspan is 98 cm (39 in) and weight is on average 510 g.
The mallard or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, the Falkland Islands and South Africa. This duck belongs to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae.
The male birds (drakes) have a glossy green head and are grey on wings and belly, while the females (hens or ducks) have mainly brown-speckled plumage. Both sexes have an area of white-bordered black speculum feathers which commonly also include iridescent blue feathers especially among males. Mallards live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and are social animals preferring to congregate in groups or flocks of varying sizes. This species is the main ancestor of most breeds of domesticated ducks.
The mallard is a medium-sized waterfowl species although it is often slightly heavier than most other dabbling ducks. It is 50–65 cm (20–26 in) long (of which the body makes up around two-thirds), has a wingspan of 81–98 cm (32–39 in),[16] and weighs 0.72–1.58 kg (1.6–3.5 lb). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 25.7 to 30.6 cm (10.1 to 12.0 in), the bill is 4.4 to 6.1 cm (1.7 to 2.4 in) and the tarsus is 4.1 to 4.8 cm (1.6 to 1.9 in).
The breeding male mallard is unmistakable, with a glossy bottle-green head and white collar which demarcates the head from the purple-tinged brown breast, grey brown wings, and a pale grey belly. The rear of the male is black, with the dark tail having white borders. The bill of the male is a yellowish orange tipped with black while that of the female is generally darker ranging from black to mottled orange. The female mallard is predominantly mottled with each individual feather showing sharp contrast from buff to very dark brown, a coloration shared by most female dabbling ducks, and has buff cheeks, eyebrow, throat and neck with a darker crown and eye-stripe.
Owing to their highly 'malleable' genetic code, Mallards can display a large amount of variation, as seen here with this female, who displays faded or 'apricot' plumage.
Both male and female mallards have distinct iridescent purple blue speculum feathers edged with white, prominent in flight or at rest, though temporarily shed during the annual summer moult. Upon hatching, the plumage colouring of the duckling is yellow on the underside and face (with streaks by the eyes) and black on the back (with some yellow spots) all the way to the top and back of the head. Its legs and bill are also black. As it nears a month in age, the duckling's plumage will start becoming drab, looking more like the female (though its plumage is more streaked) and its legs will lose their dark grey colouring. Two months after hatching, the fledgling period has ended and the duckling is now a juvenile. Between three and four months of age, the juvenile can finally begin flying as its wings are fully developed for flight (which can be confirmed by the sight of purple speculum feathers). Its bill will soon lose its dark grey colouring and its sex can finally be distinguished visually by three factors. The bill colouring is yellow in males, black and orange for females. The breast feathers are reddish-brown for males, brown for females. The centre tail feather is curled for males (called a drake feather), straight for females.[citation needed]
During the final period of maturity leading up to adulthood (6–10 months of age), the plumage of female juveniles remains the same while the plumage of male juveniles slowly changes to its characteristic colours.[citation needed] This plumage change also applies to adult mallard males when they transition in and out of their non-breeding eclipse plumage at the beginning and the end of the summer moulting period. The adulthood age for mallards is 14 months and the average life expectancy is 3 years, but they can live to twenty.
In captivity, domestic ducks come in wild-type plumages, white, and other colours. Most of these colour variants are also known in domestic mallards not bred as livestock, but kept as pets, aviary birds, etc., where they are rare but increasing in availability.
A noisy species, the female has a deeper quack stereotypically associated with ducks. Male mallards also make a sound which is phonetically similar to that of the female, but it is a deep and raspy sound which can also sound like mek or whak. When incubating a nest, or when offspring are present, Females vocalise differently, making a call which sounds like a truncated version of the usual quack. They will also hiss if the nest or their offspring are threatened or interfered with.
The mallard is a rare example of both Allen's Rule and Bergmann's Rule in birds. Bergmann's Rule, which states that polar forms tend to be larger than related ones from warmer climates, has numerous examples in birds. Allen's Rule says that appendages like ears tend to be smaller in polar forms to minimize heat loss, and larger in tropical and desert equivalents to facilitate heat diffusion, and that the polar taxa are stockier overall. Examples of this rule in birds are rare, as they lack external ears. However, the bill of ducks is very well supplied with blood vessels and is vulnerable to cold.[citation needed]
Due to the malleability of the mallard's genetic code, which gives it its vast interbreeding capability, mutations in the genes that decide plumage colour are very common and have resulted in a wide variety of hybrids such as Brewer's duck (mallard × gadwall, Anas strepera).
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Tournai (en neerlandés Doornik, en alemán Dornick, en latín Tornacum) es una ciudad francófona de Bélgica situada en la Región valona, cabecera de arrondissement en la provincia de Henao y sede del obispado de Tournai.
Tournai es una de las ciudades más antiguas de Bélgica junto con Arlon y Tongeren. Tuvo un papel histórico, económico y cultural importante en el Condado de Flandes durante la Edad Media.
Tanto el campanario cívico de Tournai (Beffroi en francés; Belfort en neerlandés), el más antiguo de Bélgica, como la Catedral de Notre-Dame de Tournai están incluidos en la lista del patrimonio mundial de la UNESCO. La catedral, imponente construcción de arte románico y de arquitectura gótica, es célebre por sus cinco campanarios así como por su tesoro. Junto a la ciudad francesa de Lille y la ciudad flamenca de Cortrique forman la Eurometrópolis Lille-Tournai-Kortrijk.
Cuenta entre sus monumentos más importantes el Belfort o Beffroi, torre desde la que se domina la ciudad y sus alrededores y la catedral de Nuestra Señora, de amplias naves, y en la que se están realizando trabajos arqueológicos (año 2007) y de restauración (año 2014).
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www.cuadernodeviaje.net/destinos/belgica/tournai
Tournai or Tournay is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies 89 km (55 mi) by road southwest of the centre of Brussels on the river Scheldt, and is part of Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai, In 2022, the municipality of Tournai had an estimated population of 68,518 people.
Tournai is one of the oldest cities in Belgium and has played an important role in the country's cultural history. It was the first capital of the Frankish Empire, with Clovis I being born here.
Tournai lies 89 km (55 mi) by road southwest of the centre of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Administratively, the town and municipality is part of the Province of Hainaut, in the Wallonia region of southwest Belgium. The municipality has an area of 213.75 km2 (82.53 sq mi).
Tournai is considered to be one of the most important cultural sites in Belgium. The mixed Romanesque- and Gothic-style Cathedral of Our Lady and the city's Belfry, considered the oldest in Belgium, have been designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. Inside the cathedral, the Châsse de Notre-Dame flamande, a beautifully ornate 12th-century reliquary, gives witness to Tournai's wealth in the Middle Ages.
Other places of interest are the 13th-century Scheldt bridge (Pont des Trous) and the main square (Grand-Place), as well as several old city gates, historic warehouses, and a variety of museums. As in many Belgian cities, there are a number of cafés and pubs on the Grand-Place. In the middle of the square, there are a series of water fountains, while a circular staircase to the top of the Belfry can be climbed.
On the Rue Barre-St-Brice are two of the oldest private houses in Europe, dating from between 1175 and 1200 and built in the Romanesque style, while the Rue des Jésuites includes a Gothic house from the 13th century. There are also several buildings in the Art Nouveau style across the city.
Some of the great Flemish Primitives are from Tournai: Robert Campin, Rogier van der Weyden, and Jacques Daret.
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Il Quartiere Latino è il centro tradizionale di Parigi dei grandi pensatori. Molti dei più importanti artisti, filosofi e scrittori hanno vissuto in questo quartiere nel corso della storia, frequentando l’Università della Sorbona o uno dei leggendari caffè della zona. Il Quartiere Latino conserva l’atmosfera nostalgica degli anni passati, e nel frattempo è ancora un importante centro educativo e fabbrica di idee dei nostri giorni. Oltre a questo è anche una lussureggiante e pittoresca area di Parigi, con molte tranquille piazze e giardini come i Giardini del Lussemburgo o i Jardin Des Plantes e vibranti mercati all’ aperto.
Lungo il Boulevard St-Michel, epicentro del Quartiere Latino, pullulano negozi folcloristici, fast food, negozi economici, teatri e cinema.
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Locución latina que significa "en palabra de nadie", se interpreta también como "mira por ti mismo", llamando a buscar la verdad con experimentos, más allá de las presiones políticas, sociales, religiosas u otras.
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