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Picture taken at a scene of the Machinima Open Studio Project at LEA20
The project is described as following:
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Open during the building stage with an official opening by the beginning of October, MOSP is part of the Artist in Residents Program. Housed at LEA20, the region is a collection of environments and sound stages geared toward the making of machinima.
Pictures from the Project on the Flickr-Group
www.flickr.com/groups/atthemosp/
if your film calls for a city, you can find various locales all in one 64 x 64 meter spot at City Lights.
Stroll down a quaint shopping street. Rest for a moment and gaze at the city in the early morning hours. Venture down to the subway. Travel to the next town via a tunnel that spans three quarters of the sim.
It's all there, only in need of your imagination!
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(More information about the LEA project on the LEA-Website - follow this link)
The "Somewhere in sl" picture series (or "The Adventures of WuWai in Second Life") is my guide and bookmark folder to wonderful, artful, curious or in other way remarkably sims of second life with travel guide WuWai Chun.
Un drole d'engin, qui je suppose sert au graissage des caténaires, traverse la gare de Timisoara-Nord
Au nord de Miami se trouve le quartier coloré et artistique de Wynwood, non loin des plages et des hôtels de South Beach. Ce dernier est devenu depuis quelques années la Mecque du street art, avec pour point culminant l’évènement Art Basel qui a lieu chaque année en décembre. D’un peu plus de 2km² et surtout constitué de petites rues, le quartier se concentre autour de « Wynwood Walls », une collection de murs géants de six bâtiments devenus une toile vierge pour de célèbres artistes du monde entier. Inaugurée en 2009 par le fondateur de Goldman Properties, Tony Goldman (1943-2012). C’est une galerie à ciel ouvert d’œuvres d’artistes réputés dont les murals sont institutionnalisés, ceints de grilles fermées la nuit. Depuis sa création, le programme Wynwood Walls a rassemblé plus de 50 artistes représentant 16 pays et couvrant plus de 8 000 mètres carrés de murs.
À proximité des murs Wynwood, des bars, des cafés et des restaurants sont à la disposition des visiteurs. C’est sur l’avenue principale orientée nord-sud, NW 2nd Avenue, que sont concentrés la plupart des murals de street artists reconnus. On retrouve dans les galeries d’art environnantes des œuvres en vente, le mur servant de « tête de gondole » visible 24 h/24. Les tags et graffitis sont transformés à Wynwood en levier de développement urbain. Les murs, et l’art dont ils sont porteurs, sont ainsi instrumentalisés à des fins de valorisation économique. C’est un cercle vertueux qui semble s’être installé en quelques années avec une hausse de fréquentation et une augmentation d’activité commerciale. Souhaitons que cette revitalisation par l’art d’un quartier, ne se fasse pas au détriment des populations locales d’origine latino-américaine, notamment cubaine et portoricaine.
North of Miami is the colorful arts district of Wynwood, not far from the beaches and hotels of South Beach. The latter has become for some years the Mecca of street art, culminating in the Art Basel event which takes place every year in December. A little over 2km² and mostly made up of small streets, the district is centered around "Wynwood Walls", a collection of giant walls of six buildings that became a blank canvas for famous artists from around the world. Inaugurated in 2009 by the founder of Goldman Properties, Tony Goldman (1943-2012). It is an open-air gallery of works by renowned artists whose murals are institutionalized, girdled with grilles closed at night. Since its inception, the Wynwood Walls program has brought together more than 50 artists representing 16 countries and covering more than 8,000 square meters of walls.
Close to the Wynwood Walls, there are bars, cafes and restaurants available to visitors. On the main north-south avenue, NW 2nd Avenue, is concentrated most of the recognized street artists murals. In the surrounding art galleries, there are works for sale, with the wall serving as a "gondola head" visible 24 hours a day. Tags and graffiti are transformed in Wynwood into a lever of urban development. The walls, and the art they carry, are thus instrumentalized for the purpose of economic valuation. It is a virtuous circle that seems to have settled in a few years with a rise in attendance and an increase in commercial activity. Let's hope that this revitalization by the art of a district, is not done to the detriment of the local populations of Latin-American origin, in particular Cuban and Puerto Rican.
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.
* Brightside Station
The run of a Network Rail Test Train, operated by GBRf, around the south and west Yorks rails from Derby, 19 late at 13:22, via a handful of locales in the area and back to Derby RTC for 21:21.
GBRf, class 73 hauled, 'The Minions', 73951 'Malcolm Brinded' and at the other end, 73952, 'Janis Kong'. This is the canary yellow Infra-Structure Monitoring, Mentor Test Train, operating on the 3Q60, Derby RTC via all over S.Yorks to Derby RTC, with Coaches- 6397 GSA blue barrier coach, 96608, 6262, 999606, UTU-4, Ultra Sonic Test Unit #4 and stating on the side, 'Improving Your Railway', and finally an ex-D.B.S.O., Driving Break Second Open, 9702..
With the Sheffield PSB signal, S0190 showing single yellow with feather illuminated, meaning a restricted speed turn-out, the colourful set runs through a not so colourful 'Brightside in the Gloom' with 73951, ex-E3572 bringing up the rear. 'The Railway' public house, with old train picture on the outside and which must have seen some sights during its tenure stands atop in the gloom, is a still open public house, rather strange these days as it looks like the sort of place which may well have shut in recent times. Sheffield City centre is invisible in gathering murk and a short distance along the tracks, the Test Train set will turn off for a 40 minute sojourn in the old Brightside sidings where access to the equally of 'Coopers Scrapyard', now the European Metal Recyclers and the Cemex Cement works are accessible via a short spur of line, once the access to the L.D.E.C.R.'s goods depot via the Sheffield District line from Treeton Junction, Tinsley and Brightside Junction just the other side of the footbridge in the picture. Another bit of rail infrastructure, the access to the EMR and Cemex, it is still good to have around and which theses days is used moderately frequently by both scrap metal trains to and from the Liverpool area and aggregate workings to and from the Hope Valley.
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.
.... in the church of St. Agatha In Prison, according to tradition in this place was held captive sant'Agata before suffering martyrdom in January of 251, here are two footprints imprinted in volcanic rock, again according to tradition, the footprints were left by holy Catania, also credited the hypothesis that the tracks are man-made on blood footprints left by the young girl Agatha, to testify the painful transition; beside them opens a narrow passage leading to a local Roman, it seems to be the prison of Sant'Agata which gives rise to the name of the church; in the same church there is the case which contained the relics of St. Agatha reported from Constantinople to Catania, by Gisliberto and Goselmo soldiers in 1126, after an absence of over 86 years ....
.... nella chiesa di Sant'Agata al Carcere, la tradizione vuole che in questo luogo venne tenuta prigioniera sant'Agata prima di subire il martirio nel gennaio del 251, qui si trovano due impronte impresse nella pietra lavica, anche in questo caso secondo la tradizione, le impronte sarebbero state lasciate dalla santa catanese, anche accreditata l'ipotesi che le orme sono manufatte su orme di sangue lasciate dalla giovanetta Agata, per testimoniarne il passaggio doloroso; accanto ad esse si apre un angusto passaggio che conduce in un locale di epoca romana, attiguo alla chiesa, considerato il carcere di Sant'Agata da cui discende la denominazione della chiesa; nella stessa chiesa è conservata la cassa in cui erano contenute le reliquie di sant'Agata riportate a Catania, da Costantinopoli, dai soldati Gisliberto e Goselmo nel 1126, dopo un'assenza di oltre 86 anni ....
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Fear of the unknown, the fear of losing own physical or mental health, or worse, having already lost it, possible problems with work (if a work has it), old age advancing, awareness of the existence of a Higher Being, are just some of the reasons that push people to search for a contact with the Divine, with the supernatural, leading them to plead for help, but this is not enough to completely explain the close link fact of absolute devotion and enormous affection that the people of Catania (province) have towards their young martyr Agatha; an entire city partecipate in these days to ceremony and procession, one can not help but ask this question, what binds in such a profound and peculiar citizens to their Patron Saint Agata? Maybe I was lucky enough to capture photographically what is a partial response: a child at a very early age is brought to the window from her mother while passing the float of St. Agatha, so it's easy to understand... the devotion and attachment to the Martyr starts very young , transmitted by their parents as a treasure to be preserved and grow throughout their lives, which leads you in the days of the feast to a great collective.
This is a short-long report I did this year 2016, in the city of Catania (Sicily) in occasion of the feast of her patron saint Agatha, which took place on the 3, 4 and 5 February (this dates commemorates the martyrdom of the young Saint), and on 17 August too (this date celebrates the return to Catania of her remains, after these had been transferred to Constantinople by the Byzantine general Maniaces as war booty, and there remained for 86 years), when the Sicilian city is dressed up to feast, with a scent of orange blossom and mandarins, and its citizens show that they possess an extraordinary love and bond with the young martyr saint Agatha.
The religious sicilian feast of Saint Agatha is the most important feast of Catania, its inhabitants from five centuries, during the three days of the feast in honor of her "Santuzza" (young Saint), create a unique setting, with celebrations and rituals impressive, which means that this event is regarded as the third religious festival in the world (some say the second ...) after the "Semana Santa" in Seville and the "Corpus Christi" in Cuzco, Peru. Unlike other religious holidays, more sober, to Sant'Agata highlights a vocation exuberant typical of the south Italy, who loves to combine the sacred with the profane.
The cult of the young Santa dates back to the third century, when the teenager Agatha was martyred for refusing the roman proconsul Quintiziano. One year after the death of the young Agatha, on 5 February of the year 252, his virginal veil was carried in procession, and it is said it was able to save Catania from destruction due to a devastating eruption of Mount Etna.
The festivities begin with the procession of Candlemas (this year were in greater number, perhaps 14 instead of the 11 years of the other years); the "Candlemas" are giant Baroque wooden "candlesticks" paintings in gold, each representing an ancient guild (butchers, fishmongers, grocers, greengrocers, etc.), which are brought by eight devotees; the "cannalore" (candlemas) anticipate the arrival of the "float" of Saint Agatha during the procession. Devotees, men and women, wearing a traditional garment similar to a white bag, cinched at the waist by a black rope, gloves and a white handkerchief, and a black velvet cap, and it seems that such clothing evoke nightgown with the qule the Catanese, awakened with a start by the touch of the bells of the Cathedral, welcomed the naval port, in 1126, the relics of the Holy which fell from Constantinople. On float, consisting of a silver chariot sixteenth of thirty tons, which is driven by a double and long line of devotees with the robust and long ropes, takes place the bust of Saint Agatha, completely covered with precious stones and jewels. On February 4, the parade celebrates the so-called "external path" that touches some places of martyrdom in the city of Catania; the next day, the 5 instead the procession along the "aristocrat path", which runs along the main street, Via Etnea, the parlor of Catania. On this day the devotees carry on their shoulders the long candles of varying thickness, there are some not very big, others are fairly heavy, but some skim exceptional weights.
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La paura dell’ignoto, il timore di perdere la salute fisica o psichica, o peggio, averla già persa, possibili problemi col lavoro (per chi un lavora l’ha) o peggio non averlo dovendo così “inventarsi” la giornata, la vecchiaia che avanza, la consapevolezza dell’esistenza di un Essere Superiore, sono solo alcuni dei motivi che spingono gli uomini a cercare un contatto col Divino, col Sovrannaturale, portandoli ad invocare il Suo aiuto, ma tutto ciò non basta assolutamente a spiegare lo stretto legame fatto di assoluta devozione ed enorme attaccamento che gli abitanti di Catania (e provincia) hanno nei confronti della loro “Santuzza” la giovanissima martire Agata; nel vedere partecipare quella che sembra essere una città intera a questi giorni di rito e processione, non ci si può non porre questa domanda, cosa lega in maniera così profonda e peculiare i cittadini Catanesi alla loro Santa Patrona Agata? Forse ho avuto la fortuna di cogliere fotograficamente quella che è una risposta parziale e certamente non unica alla domanda: un bimbo in tenerissima età viene portato alla finestra dalla sua mamma mentre passa la vara di S.Agata, ecco… la devozione e l’attaccamento alla giovanissima Martire inizia da piccolissimi, trasmessa dai propri genitori (e non solo…) come un tesoro da custodire e coltivare per tutta la vita, che porta che nei giorni della festa ad un fantastico rito collettivo al quale nessun Catanese sembra non possa o non voglia rinunciare.
Questa è un breve e lungo report, da me realizzato nel febbraio di quest’anno 2016, nella città di Catania (Sicilia) in occasione della festa della sua giovane santa patrona Agata, che ha avuto luogo come ogni anno il 3, il 4 ed il 5 di febbraio (questa data commemora il martirio della Santa giovinetta), festa che viene ripetuta anche il 17 agosto (questa data rievoca il ritorno a Catania delle sue spoglie, dopo che queste erano state trasferite a Costantinopoli da parte del generale bizantino Maniace come bottino di guerra, spoglie che ivi rimasero per 86 anni); per questa occasione la città siciliana è vestita a festa con profumi di fiori d'arancio e mandarini, coi suoi cittadini che mostrano di possedere uno straordinario amore e legame con la giovane martire Agata.
Gli abitanti di Catania, oramai da cinque secoli, nei tre giorni della festa in onore della "Santuzza", danno vita ad una scenografia unica, con celebrazioni e riti imponenti, che fanno si che questo evento sia considerato come la terza festa religiosa al mondo (qualcuno dice la seconda ...) dopo la "Semana Santa" di Siviglia ed il "Corpus Domini" a Cuzco, in Perù. A differenza di altre feste religiose, più sobrie, quella di Sant'Agata mette in luce una vocazione esuberante tipica del meridione, che ama unire il sacro col profano.
Il culto della giovane Santa risale al terzo secolo, quando l'adolescente Agata fu martirizzata per aver rifiutato il proconsole romano Quintiziano. Un anno dopo la morte della giovane Agata, avvenuta il 5 febbraio dell'anno 252, il suo velo virginale venne portato in processione, e si narra esso riuscì a salvare Catania dalla sua distruzione a causa di una devastante eruzione del vulcano Etna.
I festeggiamenti iniziano con il corteo delle "candelore", queste sono dei giganteschi e pesanti "candelabri" in legno, in stile barocco, dipinti in oro, ognuna rappresentante una antica corporazione (macellai, pescivendoli, pizzicagnoli, fruttivendoli, ecc.), che vengono portati da otto devoti, le quali "cannalore" durante la processione anticipano l'arrivo della "vara" di Sant'Agata. I devoti, sia donne che uomini, indossano un tipico indumento simile ad un sacco bianco, stretto in vita da una cordicella nera, guanti ed un fazzoletto bianchi, ed infine una papalina di velluto nero, sembra che tale abbigliamento rievochi la camicia da notte con la quale i Catanesi, svegliatisi di soprassalto dal tocco improvviso delle campane del Duomo, accolsero al porto navale, nel 1126, le reliquie della Santa che rientravano da Costantinopoli. Sulla vara, costituita da un carro argentato cinquecentesco di trenta quintali, trainata da una doppia e lunghissima fila di devoti tramite delle robuste e lunghe funi, prende posto il busto di Sant'Agata, completamente ricoperto di pietre preziose e gioielli. Il 4 febbraio, il corteo compie il cosiddetto "giro esterno" che tocca alcuni luoghi del martirio nella città catanese; il giorno dopo, il 5, il corteo percorre il "giro aristocratico", che percorre la strada principale, la via Etnea, salotto buono di Catania. In questo giorno i devoti portano in spalla dei lunghi ceri di vario spessore, ce ne sono alcuni non molto grossi, altri sono discretamente pesanti, ma alcuni sfiorano pesi eccezionali.
Frankreich / Provence / Côte d’Azur - Île de Porquerolles
Fort du Petit Langoustier
Port-Cros National Park (French: Parc national de Port-Cros) is a French national park established on the Mediterranean island of Port-Cros, east of Toulon. It also administers natural areas in some surrounding locales.
History
The park was founded in 1963 after the island of Port-Cros was bequeathed to the state; it became France's second national park after Vanoise National Park. The state is the sole land owner on the island, which is a natural protected area. The park's boundaries were extended in 2012 to encompass most of Porquerolles.
Geography
Port-Cros National Park is the first national park in Europe that unites terrestrial and maritime protection zones. The protected area is about 1,700 hectares of land and 2,900 hectares of sea at a 600 metre (656 yard) zone from the coast. Most of the area of the main islands of Port-Cros and Porquerolles are protected, as well as the small islands of Bagaud, Gabinière and Rascas. Until 2012, about 1,000 hectares of land on the island of Porquerolles had since 1971 been under the national park's administration (Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen de Porquerolles).
Regulations
There are strict behaviour rules for the few inhabitants as well as daily tourists there. Sea bathing is only permitted on three beaches and smoking or taking dogs can result in an extensive fine.
(Wikipedia)
Porquerolles (French pronunciation: [pɔʁkəʁɔl]; Occitan: Porcairòlas), also known as the Île de Porquerolles, is an island in the Îles d'Hyères, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Its land area is 1,254 hectares (12.54 km2; 4.84 sq mi) and in 2004, its population has been about 200.
Porquerolles, the largest and most westerly of the Îles d'Hyères, is about 7 km (4.3 miles) long by 3 km (1.9 miles) wide, with five small ranges of hills. The south coast is lined with cliffs, and on the north coast are the port and the beaches of Notre Dame, La Courtade and Plage d'Argent.
History
The island's village was established in 1820, with its lighthouse constructed in 1837 and church in 1850. The entire island was purchased in 1912 by François Joseph Fournier, apparently as a wedding present for his wife; he planted 200 hectares (500 acres) of vineyards, which produced a wine that was among the first to be classified as vin des Côtes de Provence.
In 1971, the state bought 80 percent of the island to preserve it from development. Much of the island is now part of a national park (the Port-Cros Parc National) and nature conservation area (Conservatoire botanique national méditerranéen de Porquerolles).
Porquerolles is the setting for Georges Simenon's novels Le Cercle des Mahé ("The Mahe Circle") (1946) and My Friend Maigret (My Friend Maigret) (1949) and for the 1964 novel Valparaiso by Nicolas Freeling.
Some scenes of the film Pierrot le fou, by Jean-Luc Godard (1965) were filmed in Porquerolles.
Since 2010, the island also hosts a jazz festival each summer ("Jazz à Porquerolles").
Climate
Porquerolles has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Porquerolles is 16.8 °C (62.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 605.7 mm (23.85 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 24.8 °C (76.6 °F), and lowest in February, at around 10.3 °C (50.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Porquerolles was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 7 August 2003; the lowest temperature ever recorded was −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) on 2 February 1956.
Points of interest
Conservatoire botanique national méditerranéen de Porquerolles
Port-Cros Parc National
(Wikipedia)
Der französische Nationalpark Port-Cros (französisch Parc national de Port-Cros) wurde am 14. Dezember 1963 von Staatspräsident Pompidou dekretiert. Das Gebiet um die Inseln Porquerolles, Port-Cros und andere, liegt zehn Kilometer vor der französischen Côte d’Azur, östlich von Toulon und Hyères.
Geographie, Artenreichtum, Naturschutz
Der Nationalpark Port-Cros umfasst die beinah vollständig unter Naturschutz stehende Inseln Porquerolles, Port-Cros und die vorgelagerten kleinen Inseln Bagaud, Gabinière und Rascas einschließlich eines 600 Meter breiten marinen Schutzgürtels um die Küstenlinie, insgesamt 700 Hektar Land und 1288 Hektar umliegende Wasserflächen. Der Nationalpark ist der erste Nationalpark Europas, der terrestrische und maritime Zonen vereint. Seit 1971 stehen auch ein 1000 Hektar großes Gebiet auf der Nachbarinsel Porquerolles und das dort ansässige staatliche Institut für Meeresbotanik (Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen de Porquerolles) unter der Verwaltung des Nationalparks. Die etwa 30 ständig auf der Insel lebenden Einwohner sind den strengen Auflagen der Nationalparkverwaltung ebenso unterworfen wie die per Schiff ankommenden Tagesgäste. Das Baden ist an genau drei Stränden erlaubt. Rauchen oder das Mitführen von Hunden ist weitgehend, teils unter Androhung erheblicher Strafen verboten.
Laut dem Botanik-Institut auf Porquerolles gibt es auf Port-Cros circa 530 einheimische Pflanzenarten, darunter einige, die nur auf der Insel vorkommen. Da das Gebiet seit 1890 nicht mehr landwirtschaftlich genutzt wird, ist es fast vollständig waldbedeckt, vorwiegend mit Steineichenwäldern (der ursprünglichen Hartlaubvegetation des Raumes), sowie Strandkiefern und Erdbeerbäumen.
Die vom Aussterben bedrohte Mittelmeer-Mönchsrobbe soll im Nationalpark wieder angesiedelt werden.
Port-Cros hat große Anziehungskraft für Hobby-Ornithologen. Von den 114 Vogelarten, die in Port-Cros stetig gesichtet werden, brüten 21 auf der Insel, darunter mehrere Falkenarten, Alpensegler, Wiedehopfe, Blaumerlen, Nachtigallen, Provencegrasmücken und Stieglitze.
Es gibt mehrere Gecko-Arten, eine kleine, überwiegend dämmerungsaktive Echsenart. Der Europäische Halbfinger-Gecko ist auch an der Festlandküste zu finden. Der auf der Insel heimische Europäische Blattfinger-Gecko und der Sardische Scheibenzüngler, eine besonders große Froschart, kommen auf dem französischen Festland nicht vor.
Geschichte
Die Insel, deren Natur und Schönheit Anfang der 1920er-Jahre einer Hotelbebauung zum Opfer zu fallen drohte, wurde von der Eigentümerfamilie der Französischen Republik überschrieben mit der Auflage, dort einen Nationalpark einzurichten und für alle Zukunft zu unterhalten. In den Jahrzehnten zuvor waren hier regelmäßig renommierte Künstler wie André Gide und Paul Valéry zur Sommerfrische. Der ehemalige, zum Gästehaus umgestaltete Herrensitz, Maison d’Hélène, ist noch heute das einzige zugelassene Hotel. Früher kam auch der ehemalige französische Staatspräsident François Mitterrand regelmäßig in das Maison d’Hélène und brachte bei einem Besuch den damaligen Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl mit.
(Wikipedia)
Die Île de Porquerolles ist die größte Insel der Inselgruppe von Hyères (Îles d’Hyères bzw. Îles d’or). Sie liegt vor der französischen Mittelmeerküste im Bereich der Côte d’Azur in der Nähe von Toulon.
Porquerolles ist von der Halbinsel Giens und anderen naheliegenden Häfen in wenigen Minuten mit dem Schiff zu erreichen. Die Insel hat eine Größe von 1254 ha und liegt auf der gleichen geografischen Breite wie das Cap Corse. Hieraus ergibt sich ein besonders südliches Klima. Die Insel ist ca. 7,5 km lang und ca. 3 km breit. Die Küste ist rund 30 km lang. Die höchste Erhebung misst 142 m. An der Nordseite der Insel befindet sich ein kleiner Hafen und der Inselort (ca. 350 Einwohner) mit Restaurants und Geschäften. Die Kirche stammt aus den Jahren 1849–1851.
Ebenfalls an der Nordseite der Insel befinden sich einige schöne Sandstrände: die Plage d’Argent im Westen, die Plage de la Courtade an der Ostseite des Ortes und die Plage de Notre-Dame ganz im Osten der Insel. Die Südküste ist zum Baden eher ungeeignet, da das Ufer steil abfällt. An der Südspitze, dem Cap d’Arme, befindet sich ein alter Leuchtturm.
Besiedelt wurde die Insel durch ehemalige Soldaten Napoleons III. Im 20. Jahrhundert, bis Ende der 1930er Jahre, gehörte die gesamte Insel dann dem belgischen Ingenieur Jean-Francois-Joseph Fournier. Er schenkte sie seiner Frau zur Hochzeit. Fournier war mit dem Fund von Gold- und Silberminen in Mexiko zu Wohlstand gekommen und wollte, dass die Insel autark sein sollte. Er baute ein Kraftwerk, siedelte Handwerker aller Art auf der Insel an und gründete Schulen für deren Kinder.
1971 überzeugte Claude Pompidou ihren Mann, den französischen Staatspräsidenten Georges Pompidou, die Insel von den Töchtern Fourniers im Namen des Staates zu kaufen. Sie wurde unter den Schutz des Nationalparks Port-Cros und des staatlichen Instituts für Meeresbotanik (Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen de Porquerolles) gestellt. Die Insel hat daher trotz der besonders im Sommer täglich auf sie anstürmenden Touristenströme (auf jeden der Inseleinwohner kommen bis zu 30 Festlandbesucher) ihren ursprünglichen Charme bewahrt.
Zum Schutz vor der unkontrollierten Ausbreitung von Waldbränden wurde ein Streifen Land gerodet und an einen elsässischen Winzer zur Anpflanzung von Reben verpachtet. Der aus diesen Reben gekelterte Domaine de la Courtade genießt mittlerweile einen ausgezeichneten Ruf.
An die bewegte Vergangenheit der Insel erinnern einige über die Insel verstreute Befestigungsanlagen. Das über dem Inselort thronende Fort Sainte-Agathe kann von Juni bis September besichtigt werden. Hier werden unter anderem zahlreiche antike Fundstücke vom Meeresgrund gezeigt. Jährlich im Juli findet dort an fünf aufeinander folgenden Tagen das Konzertprogramm des Musikfestivals Jazz à Porquerolles statt.
Ein Hauptanziehungspunkt ist das Museum der Fondation Carmignac. Es liegt in der Mitte der Insel, umgeben von einem großen Skulpturenpark.
Die Romane Mein Freund Maigret (Originaltitel: Mon ami Maigret) und Die Ferien des Monsieur Mahé (Originaltitel: Le cercle des Mahé) von Georges Simenon spielen auf der Insel, zudem die Reiseerzählung Landkrankheit (dänisch Landsyge) von Nikolaj Schultz.
(Wikipedia)
Ojo esta es la galería donde a la entrada venden adornos de bautizo etc... para no confundirse.
En esta galería hay dos locales donde compro frecuentemente... en "paquetería aguilera" venden el paño lenci por mayor a $210 y por unidad $280 tienen muchos colores y eso es bastante bueno...
Y "emanuel", lo bueno del local es el surtido de mostacillas, las redondas estan a la vista en una vitrina de vidrio y eso es bastante cómodo
See locale on Google Maps.
Author / Creator: Peter Wille 1931-1971 photographer.
Contributor(s): Bud Alekna
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Series / Collection: Peter Wille collection of architectural slides
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Rara apparizione di una E.424 sulla linea Lecco-Sondrio con materale ordinario
Era frequente che in composizione a questo treno (di solito era titolare una E.636)cera oltre il bagagliaio e il postale anche carri Interfrigo ( come da foto) o di diverso tipo.
In seguito,le E.424 sono state usate su questa linea con composizioni navetta con vetture a piano ribassato con un treno festivo Milano-Tirano e VV
Fotografato nei pressi di Rogolo nel Luglio 1981
Purtroppo la fotografia ne risente del tempo
da fotografia
Ohio Covered Bridges - Ashtabula County [Olin's Covered Bridge]
Coordinates41°51â²46â³N 80°43â²15â³W
LOCALE: Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States
CHARACTERISTICS::
DESIGN: single span, Town truss
TOTAL LENGTH: 115 feet (35.1 m)
HISTORY:
CONSTRUCTION BEGIN: 1873
Olin's Bridge, or Olin Bridge, or Olin-Dewey Road Bridge[1] is a covered bridge that carries Dewey Road over the Ashtabula River in Plymouth Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The bridge, one of currently 16 drivable bridges in the county, is a single span Town truss design, and is currently the only bridge in the county named for a family. The Olin family has owned property next to the bridge since it was built.[2] Members of the Olin family also operate a small museum and gift shop just east of the bridge at the house previously owned by Joyce Grandbouche. The bridgeâs WGCB number is 35-04-03,[3] and it is located approximately 3.6 mi (5.7 km) east of Ashtabula. [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olin%27s_Covered_Bridge]
El palacio Elguín es una palacio residencial de estilo ecléctico de Santiago de Chile, localizado en la esquina de Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins y avenida Brasil. Fue mandado a construir como residencia de Nazario Elguín, un acaudalado empresario minero, al reconocido arquitecto Teodoro Burchard en 1887.
El edificio mezcla elementos bizantinos, góticos y renacentistas en una grandiosa fachada de tres pisos más una elaborada cúpula. En su primer piso, con estuco tratado a manera de almohadillado, hay 8 accesos, 2 de ellos destinados a locales comerciales, los otros eran las diferentes entradas a la residencia y salones. La parte central lo ocupa un balcón con un gran arco de medio punto, salida monumental del gran salón del Palacio. El segundo piso tiene columnas compuestas, anilladas y estriadas al tercio y, sobre su centro otro balcón de dintel recto, antiguamente hermosamente decorado con vitrales y esculturas. El tercer piso era una extensa y elaborada galería con vitrales y diversos diseños de ventanas, sobre la cual se levantaban las 2 cúpulas menores y la monumental cúpula central.
En su interior un gran vestíbulo románico central de triple altura, estaba rodeado por salones de todos los estilos como Luis XV, árabe, oriental, italiano renacentista. Reconocido y famoso fue su alhajamiento interior, compuesto por decenas de obras de arte, muebles importados, tapices europeos y orientales, etc. Una muestra de esto es el comedor, amoblado en estilo francés renacimiento compuesto por un majestuoso bufé con altorrelieves de la reina Isabel la Católica entregando sus joyas a Cristóbal Colón, una enorme mesa corredera con 24 sillas de cuero claveteado, un credence y cofre italiano, una mesa tallada renacentista de B. Aimone, 2 jarrones con pie de alabastro con columnas y un gran reloj de pie con la figura de Atlas y diversas figuras de mayólica, lámparas de bronce.
El eclecticismo estaba presente en cada rincón de este palacio, elementos aun apreciables a pesar del gran deterioro que presenta. Diversos incendios, terremotos y la mutilación del ala oriente para construcción de apartamentos, no han podido reducir la impronta y magnificencia de la construcción, que sigue dominando la ajetreada Alameda
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The Elguín Palace is an eclectic-style residential palace in Santiago, Chile, located on the corner of Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins and Avenida Brasil. It was ordered to be built as the residence of Nazario Elguín, a wealthy mining businessman, by the renowned architect Teodoro Burchard in 1887.
The building mixes Byzantine, Gothic and Renaissance elements in a grandiose three-story façade plus an elaborate dome. On its first floor, with stucco treated as padding, there are 8 entrances, 2 of them for commercial premises, the others were the different entrances to the residence and halls. The central part is occupied by a balcony with a large semicircular arch, a monumental exit from the great hall of the Palace. The second floor has compound columns, ringed and grooved at the third and, on its center, another balcony with a straight lintel, formerly beautifully decorated with stained glass windows and sculptures. The third floor was an extensive and elaborate gallery with stained glass windows and various window designs, on which the 2 smaller domes and the monumental central dome rose.
Inside, a large triple-height central Romanesque hall was surrounded by rooms of all styles such as Louis XV, Arabic, Oriental, Italian Renaissance. Recognized and famous was its interior furnishings, made up of dozens of works of art, imported furniture, European and Oriental tapestries, etc. A sample of this is the dining room, furnished in French Renaissance style, consisting of a majestic buffet with high reliefs of Queen Isabella the Catholic delivering her jewels to Christopher Columbus, an enormous sliding table with 24 studded leather chairs, a credence and Italian chest, a Renaissance carved table by B. Aimone, 2 alabaster footed vases with columns and a large floor clock with the figure of Atlas and various majolica figures, bronze lamps.
Eclecticism was present in every corner of this palace, still appreciable elements despite the great deterioration it presents. Various fires, earthquakes and the mutilation of the east wing for apartment construction have not been able to reduce the imprint and magnificence of the construction, which continues to dominate the busy Alameda
Taken on the eastern side of US Route 67/90, just about 0.2 road mi (0.3 km) northwest of the road leading into the Baptist Encampment. This spot is very close to the boundary of Presidio and Brewster Counties.
Few peope who travel this stretch of road between the towns of Marfa and Alpine realize that they're driving into the maw of an ancient volcano. At the height of its eruptive activity, in the Late Eocene (ca. 35 Ma ago), this great mass of igneous rock towered some 2,500 ft (760 m) above the surrounding terrain. It was composed of both lava flows and pyroclastic deposits, and it produced an impressive variety of both mafic and felsic lithologies.
In one of its early pyrocalstic phases, the Paisano Volcano suffered internal collapse as its magma chamber emptied. The result was a caldera, a yawning crater measuring 3 mi (4.8 km) across.
The roadcut shown here reveals a jumble of rock types that fell into throat of the caldera during that collapse. This sort of petrological chaos, known in my day by the informal name of FUBARite, resembles the farrago of construction materials found in the rubble of a demolished building.
Visible here is a white tuff and a darker, maroonish rock that probably is an ignimbrite. As we'll see in a succeeding photo of this set, there are various signs of faulting caused by one rock unit sliding past another during the implosion.
In many places in this outcrop I found large chunks of older basalt that had been broken free in eruptions and subsequently embedded in the lighter-colored ash that formed the tuff. Other images to come will show those fragments at much closer range.
To see the other photos and descriptions in this series, visit my Glimpses of Chaos album.
Il ponte delle Torri è un maestoso monumento in calcare locale lungo 236 metri e alto 80. É un ponte-acquedotto che, sorretto da dieci arcate e nove poderosi pilastri in pietra, unisce il Colle Sant'Elia, il punto più alto della città di Spoleto, con Monteluco. Secondo alcuni fu costruito tra XIII e il XIV sec. su un precedente acquedotto romano che serviva probabilmente a portare l'acqua dalle sorgenti di Cortaccione a Spoleto. Quest'opera deve verosimilmente il proprio nome alle due fortezze poste alle estremità, motivo per cui nell'antichità veniva chiamato "pons inter Turres": la Rocca Albornoziana e il Fortilizio dei Mulini.
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The Bridge is an imposing monument 236 meters long and 80 meters high, which connects Colle Sant'Elia with Monteluco. It is made of local limestone and supported by ten arches and nine piers. Some say it was built between the 13th and 14th century on a former Roman aqueduct, which probably served to bring water from the source of Cortaccione into Spoleto. Some scholars also think the bridge owes his name to the two forts placed at the sides, which might explain the reasons why it was once called "Pons inter Turres": the Rocca Albornoziana and the Fortilizio dei Mulini.