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Hotel Onomo.
Da qua parte la nostra avventura africana.
Un albergo con caratteristiche europee ma arredato con bei mobili in legno pregiato massello e con tanti oggetti di artigianato locale di ottima fattura.
Hotel Onomo.
This is where our African adventure begins.
A hotel with European features but furnished with beautiful solid wood furniture and many local handicrafts of excellent workmanship.
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One day of relief.
A break from winter. This Friday it was over 5C. Next day, it was -15C. What kind of country do I live in!
La iglesia de Sant Joan Baptista fue construida entre finales del siglo XIX y finales del XX. Para su construcción se emplearon rocas volcánicas de la Garrotxa, como se puede comprobar por el color oscuro de sus muros.
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Sant Joan de les Fonts, Girona.
Composizione estremente realistica simile a un Accelerato degli anni '60 in ingresso a Monte Antico. In realtà si trattava di un invio a vuoto di parte del materiale che il giorno prima aveva svolto uno speciale da Grosseto a San Giovanni d'Asso.
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Cliente / Client: Autoridades Locales – Local Authorities
Arquitecto / Architect: Foster + Partners
Tipo / Type: Oficinas – Office
Plantas / Floors: 11
Uso / Use: Mixto – Mixed
Superficie / Surface: 12.000 m² – 129.171 ft²
ESPAÑOL
El City Hall se encuentra localizado en South Bank, en el margen sur del río Támesis a la altura de la Torre de Londres y el famoso Puente Torre. El edificio acoge la nueva Sede del Ayuntamiento de Londres y cuenta con oficinas destinadas a la Administración Local, así como diferentes espacios como un Salón de Plenos, una Biblioteca Pública, un Restaurante y varias Salas de Congresos y Conferencias.
Una rampa de forma helicoidal de 730 metros de longitud y que se va reduciendo a medida que va ascendiendo, se abre al público de forma ocasional para dar acceso superior a una terraza con vistas panorámicas en la planta número 11; esta rampa ofrece también acceso inferior a nivel de sótano por donde se puede salir al exterior del recinto donde se encuentra un Anfiteatro en el que se celebran todo tipo de actos públicos y conciertos durante gran parte del año.
La forma del edificio consta de una serie de plantas ovales descentradas, que se sitúan de manera estratégica para que la fachada que da a la parte sur tenga salientes que dan sombra y la zona norte aproveche la luz natural en su interior. El edificio también aprovecha el agua subterránea del río para que el sistema de aire acondicionado la enfríe; además, el agua empleada en este sistema es reciclada y posteriormente se reutiliza para los propios servicios sanitarios del edificio. Por todas estas innovaciones importantes el City Hall se ha convertido en uno de los primeros edificios ecológicos del Siglo XXI.
El diseño del edificio se eligió de entre 55 propuestas diferentes y se ha convertido en muy poco tiempo en todo un auténtico icono para la ciudad. Norman Foster optimizó el uso de la energía en estas modernas instalaciones ahorrando hasta un 75 % más que en un edificio de tipo convencional.
ENGLISH
The City Hall is located in South Bank, on the south bank of the River Thames at the height of the Tower of London and the famous Tower Bridge. The building houses the new headquarters of the City of London and has offices for Local Government and various sites as a Plenary Hall, Public Library, a restaurant and various Boards of Congresses and Conferences.
A helical ramp 730 meters in length and tapers as it goes up, it opens to the public occasionally to give greater access to a terrace with panoramic views in the plant number 11, this ramp also provides lower access basement level where you can go outside the compound where there is an amphitheater which held all sorts of public events and concerts throughout much of the year.
The shape of the building consists of a series of oval decentered plants, which are strategically placed so that the façade on the south side has protrusions that provide shade and northern advantage of natural light inside. The building also uses ground water from the river so that the air conditioning system to cool down, plus the water used in this system is recycled and then reused for building own health services. For all these important innovations City Hall has become one of the first green building of the XXI Century.
The building's design was chosen from 55 proposals and has become different in no time at all a true icon for the city. Norman Foster optimized the use of energy saving in these modern facilities up to 75% higher than a conventional building.
© José Miguel Hernández Hernández
The site of the Birch Creek Historic Ranch on the Owyhee Wild and Scenic River serves multiple uses: floating launch; fishing hole; photographer’s dream landscape; camping locale; hiking; wildlife viewing; and much more.
The ranch was founded in 1900 and purchased by the BLM in 1988 in order to preserve the remarkable site along the wild and scenic Owyhee River.
An excerpt from a BLM website on the history of the ranch describes the scenery:
Its green fields contrast strongly with the sun-drenched cream- and chocolate-colored formations and the red and black volcanic rocks that soar up from the edges of its narrow meadows. Prepare yourself for an astonishing, world-class beauty that changes through the day.
More information on how to visit: www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/site_info.php?siteid=313
More historic information: www.blm.gov/or/resources/heritage/culbirchcreek.php
A travel brochure on Birch Creek Historic Ranch: www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/files/brochures/Birch...
All photos and videos were captured Sept. 30, 2015, by Larry Moore, BLM
Un drole d'engin, qui je suppose sert au graissage des caténaires, traverse la gare de Timisoara-Nord
Molfetta Puglia Italy Eu © 2014 All rights reserved
Oil painting effect make with FotoSketcher
Nikon coolpix p 7100
Molfetta
Molfetta (Melfètte in dialetto locale) è un comune italiano di 60.542 abitanti della provincia di Bari, in Puglia. La città, che sorge 25 km a nord-ovest di Bari, sulla costa del mare Adriatico, ha sempre avuto un rapporto simbiotico con il mare. L'origine della città vera e propria risale presumibilmente all'era romana. Alcuni ritrovamenti fanno pensare all'esistenza di un villaggio di pescatori già intorno al IV secolo a.C. Il nucleo antico detto Isola di Sant'Andrea forma il primo nucleo urbano attorno al III secolo ed è caratterizzato da una singolare pianta a spina di pesce: qui sorge il Duomo di San Corrado, la più grande chiesa a (tre) cupole in asse del romanico pugliese coronate da due torri campanarie, edificato tra XI e XII seco Il borgo antico
Il borgo antico
Il centro storico presenta una pianta a spina di pesce con strade strette e ricurve, tipica di molti centri costieri del basso Adriatico. Esso è nettamente distinto dalla città extra moenia - sviluppatasi, soprattutto a partire dalla seconda metà del XVII secolo, per formare la città come appare oggigiorno - attraverso la cosiddetta muraglia, antica e massiccia fortificazione di origine medievale. Il confine nord dell'abitato storico è costituito dal mare Adriatico: questa circostanza nei secoli passati ha consentito una naturale difesa dagli attacchi provenienti da quella direzione, soprattutto da parte della pirateria turca. Ma proprio per questo motivo, una volta venuto meno il pericolo, a partire dal XVIII secolo, e quando contemporaneamente si è innescato il processo di sviluppo ed espansione dell'abitato fuori delle mura, il nucleo storico è rimasto emarginato rispetto alle zone di espansione invece che inglobato in essa.
Molfetta
Molfetta (Melfètte in local dialect) is an Italian municipality of 60,542 inhabitants in the province of Bari, Puglia, Italy. The city, which is located 25 km northwest of Bari, on the Adriatic coast, has always had a symbiotic relationship with the sea. The origin of the city itself dates back presumably to the Roman era. Some findings suggest the existence of a fishing village around the 4th century BC. The ancient nucleus said Sant'Andrea Island forms the first urban core around the 3rd century and is characterized by a unique herringbone plant: here stands the Duomo di San Corrado, the largest church in (three) domes at the axis of the Apulian Romanesque crowned by two towers, built between the XI and XII seco
The ancient village
The old town has a herringbone plant with narrow, curved streets, typical of many coastal centres of the lower Adriatic. It is clearly distinct from the city extra moenia-developed, especially since the second half of the 17th century, to form the city as it appears today-through the so-called wall, ancient and massive medieval fortifications. The North border of the town is the historic Adriatic Sea: this condition in past centuries has allowed a natural defense against attacks coming from that direction, particularly on the part of the Turkish piracy. But precisely for this reason, once again failed to fulfil the danger, since the eighteenth century, and when at the same time it is triggered the process of development and expansion of the town outside the walls, the old town has remained marginalized compared to expansion areas rather than incorporated in it.
Hong Kong is exotic and beautiful by moonlight.
This lovely Blythe doll is Patty Patch, wearing Brenda’s stock dress for the theme “exotic” in the Blythe a Day group on Flickr. The background is a mini travel poster.
Juvenile
American Robin AMRO (Turdus migratorius)
with trace fluffiness still apparent on head
Brentwood Bay
Central Saanich
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The Yardbirds Locale
sitting quietly and patiently in the same spot on branch as adjacent photo
back to my locale and the New Forest for a misty sun rise with all the ferns changing from green to gold and russet, hello autumn. I'm never sure with a sunrise exactly what I'm going to get and I was very lucky with the clouds that drifted over just as the sun cleared the elevated horizon producing this stunning yellow out of the original pinks
This photo taken from a Civil Air Patrol plane Thursday shows some of the terrain in Pend Oreille County where crews are searching for a pilot and plane missing out of Colville since Monday, Nov. 11. Search efforts also include ground crews working in the heavily forested areas with elevations up to 6,000 feet.
Incrocio tra un Malpensa Express sulla linea diretta e un TAF in servizio come locale tra Milano Cadorna e Saronno.
Continuing my Southern Arizona Adventure 2024 with a visit to Bisbee Arizona. This is stage 6 of 9.
Walking around Bisbee, the Cochise County Courthouse is a compelling landmark.
sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AZ-01-003-0016-05
Arizona » Cochise County » Cochise County Courthouse
1931, Roy Place. Quality Hill Rd. at Oak Ave.
"The Cochise County Courthouse is a prime example of the Southwest regional variation of the Art Deco style that was popular internationally in the interwar decades. The decorative motifs found across the elevations are stylizations of native desert flora, signifying the geophysical context of the locale; the jagged roofline is vaguely reminiscent of a Plateresque cathedral, alluding to the region’s Hispanic heritage; and the massive whitewashed walls with small apertures refer to the region’s vernacular adobe building traditions.
The seat of Cochise County’s government originally was located in nearby Tombstone, a mining encampment chosen when the county was formed in 1881. The county seat was relocated in 1929, in a move that signified the supersession of Tombstone by Bisbee. The Phelps Dodge Corporation, which owned the majority of property in Bisbee and operated the lucrative Copper Queen Mine, donated land on Quality Hill for the construction of a new courthouse. Roy Place, a leading Tucson architect who also responsible for the Spanish Colonial Revival Pima County Courthouse of 1929, designed the edifice. Governor G.W.P. Hunt delivered the keynote speech at its dedication in 1931.
"Perched on an artificial plateau, this powerful expression of governmental authority looms over the commercial core to the east. The Iron Man, a statue by Scottsdale sculptor R. Phillips Sanderson, graces the intersection in front of the building. This tribute to the town’s miners was dedicated in 1935, in a ceremony presided over by Arizona Congresswoman Isabella Greenway. The courthouse is fronted by a raised, semicircular plaza edged by a massive balustrade, accessed by two curving sets of stairs, and with a fountain at its center. From the plaza, another grand stair rises to the four-story building. The building is roofed in copper; this material, the town’s lifeblood, is used throughout the building, notably on the ornate copper doors of the main entrance, which bear stylized figures of Justice.
"The structure is symmetrical, with concrete walls that spring from a basement and rise to a stepped parapet, forming a tripartite facade in which the tall central pavilion is flanked by shorter wings. On the central pavilion, the symmetrical fenestration is separated vertically with chevron-topped pilasters. The side elevations are divided into several narrow window bays by similar pilasters, the verticality of which is mirrored by the wispy height of mature cypresses. The rectangular annex, also erected in the 1930s, is a two-story masonry addition placed to the rear and connected to the main pavilion by a wide pedestrian bridge embossed with chevrons. Its rear elevation, although much plainer than the facade, displays the same regional Art Deco detailing as the original block.
"Place’s stylized cacti designs adorn relief panels on the parapet and cornice line and the main doors, which are encased in an earthen-colored stone surround that contrasts with the whitewashed exterior; the surround holds a tympanum with stylized cacti topped by the carved reliefs of two miners, another reference to the area’s primary industry. Geometric, Art Deco lamps further embellish the exterior.
"Inside, the lobby features tile floors and marble-paneled walls with fluted marble pilasters. Decorative bronze grilles encase the windows and glazed doors. Vegetal, Art Deco-styled reliefs adorn the clerestory, between the marble pilasters. The courtrooms are minimally decorated although heavy geometrical ornamentation appears in the door surrounds and chair rails. Throughout the courthouse are examples of art funded by the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project and added several years after the building’s completion. These include A Cavalcade of Cochise County History in the lobby, a six-panel bas relief by R. Phillips Sanderson, and George Seller’s relief map of Cochise County on the second-story stair landing.
"The building remains in use as the Cochise County Courthouse.
Author: Heather N. McMahon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisbee,_Arizona
Bisbee is a city[5] in and the county seat of Cochise County[6] in southeastern Arizona, United States. It is 92 miles (148 km) southeast of Tucson and 11 miles (18 km) north of the Mexican border.
Bisbee was founded as a copper, gold, and silver mining town in 1880, and named in honor of Judge DeWitt Bisbee, one of the financial backers of the adjacent Copper Queen Mine.
Natural vegetation around Bisbee has a semi-desert appearance with shrubby acacia, oak and the like, along with cacti, grass, ocotillo and yucca. The town itself is much more luxuriant with large trees such as native cypress, sycamore and cottonwood plus the introduced ailanthus and Old World cypresses, cedars and pines. Palms are capable of growing tall, but are not reliably hardy. At least one mature blue spruce may be seen.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisbee_Historic_District
The Bisbee Historic District is a historic district located in Bisbee, Arizona, and has all the essential features of a prosperous, early twentieth century mining town.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[2] The district has 80 contributing buildings, with various architectural styles including Colonial Revival, Mission Revival/Spanish Revival, and Italianate architecture.[2]
Haiku thoughts:
Dusty streets wind tight,
Colors spill from old brick walls,
Echoes of the past.
Southern Arizona Adventures 2024
Il nome originale era "Cabaret des Assassins". Tra il 1879 et 1880, il proprietario del locale affida ad un caricaturista, André Gill, l'incarico di disegnare un'insegna per il locale. L'artista dipinge un coniglio che scappa dalla padella in cui avrebbe dovuto essere cucinato e da allora il cabaret viene conosciuto con il nome di Au Lapin à Gill, da cui la successiva trasformazione in Lapin Agile.
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Le nom original était "Cabaret des Assassins". Entre 1879 et 1880, le propriétaire du club a chargé un caricaturiste, André Gill, de concevoir une enseigne pour le lieu. L'artiste a peint un lapin s'échappant de la poêle dans laquelle il devait être cuit. Dès lors, le cabaret s'est appelé Au Lapin à Gill, d'où sa transformation ultérieure en Lapin Agile.
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The original name was "Cabaret des Assassins". Between 1879 and 1880, the owner of the cabaret commissioned a caricaturist, André Gill, to design a sign for the cabaret. The artist painted a rabbit that escaped from the frying pan in which it was to be cooked and from then on the cabaret was known as Au Lapin à Gill, hence the subsequent transformation into Lapin Agile.