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root of oldest myths…
poetic lovers parted
earth and sky once one
lush earth now plundered
ancient pillar dark with ruin...
soon the sky must fall
*in explore
. . . outside the Santa Rita gift shop, Madera Canyon, Arizona. We just happened to witness this creature's first visit to the hummingbird feeders, but learned on a subsequent visit it had become a "regular".
Castel del Monte is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated near Andria, in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It stands on a promontory, where it was constructed during the 1240s by the Emperor Frederick II, who had inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily. Described by the Enciclopedia Italiana as "the most fascinating castle built by Frederick II", the site is protected as a World Heritage Site.
Frederick II (26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250), was one of the most powerful Holy Roman Emperors of the Middle Ages and head of the House of Hohenstaufen. His political and cultural ambitions, based in Sicily and stretching through Italy to Germany, and even to Jerusalem, were enormous. However, his enemies, especially the popes, prevailed, and his dynasty collapsed soon after his death. Historians have searched for superlatives to describe him, as in the case of Professor Donald Detwiler, who wrote:
A man of extraordinary culture, energy, and ability – called by a contemporary chronicler "Stupor mundi" (the wonder of the world), by Nietzsche the first European, and by many historians the first modern ruler – Frederick established in Sicily and southern Italy something very much like a modern, centrally governed kingdom with an efficient bureaucracy.
Castel del Monte is situated on a small hill close to the monastery of Santa Maria del Monte, at an altitude of 540 m. When the castle was built, the region was famously fertile with a plentiful supply of water and lush vegetation. It lies in the comune of Andria, occupying the site of an earlier fortress of which no structural remains exist.
The castle's construction is mentioned in only one contemporary source, a document dating to 1240, in which the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II ordered the governor of Capitanata to finish some works in it. It was never finished and there is no proof that the emperor used it as a hunting lodge as commonly stated. It was later turned into a prison, used as a refuge during a plague, and finally fell into disrepair. It originally had marble walls and columns, but all were stripped by vandals or re-used in constructions nearby.
Because of its relatively small size, it was once considered to be no more than a "hunting lodge", but scholars now believe it originally had a curtain wall and did serve as a citadel. Frederick was responsible for the construction of many castles in Apulia, but Castel del Monte's geometric design was unique. The fortress is an octagonal prism with an octagonal tower at each corner. The towers were originally some 5 m higher than now, and they should perhaps include a third floor. Both floors have eight rooms and an eight-sided courtyard occupies the castle's centre. Each of the main rooms have vaulted ceilings. Three of the corner towers contain staircases. The castle has two entrances, an unobtrusive service entrance and an ornate main entrance. Frederick's main entrance featured elements from classical design, and may have been influenced by Frederick's interest in Greco-Roman architecture.
The octagonal plan is unusual in castle design. Historians have debated the purpose of the building and it has been suggested that it was intended as a hunting lodge. Another theory is that the octagon is an intermediate symbol between a square (representing the earth) and a circle (representing the sky). Frederick II may have been inspired to build to this shape by either the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, which he had seen during the Sixth Crusade, or by the Palace Chapel of Aachen Cathedral.
«La musique repose sur l'harmonie entre le Ciel et la Terre, sur la coïncidence du trouble et du clair.»
Herman Hesse - Extrait de Narcisse et Goldmud
Vitra Design Museum
Architecte : Frank O. Gehry (1989)
più di un omphalos
giuro che non ho tutta quella panzissima
sono la più panzuta, ma anche la più matusa delle quattro,e forse la più bassa
Silverton and surrounds in late March 2022.
Mundi Mundi lockout has an uninterrupted view toward the Flinders Ranges - approximately 300 kilometres away to the west.
Salón principal del Palacio de Gosálvez. El suelo se halla totalmente hundido, dejando ver la estructura de los sótanos en los que se acumulan los escombros. Toda un arquitectónico "memento mori", en magno modo representativo del fin de las mundanas glorias.
-English:
Main hall of the Palace of Gosálvez. Its floor is totally collapsed, revealing the structure of the basement where rubble and debris accumulate. An authentic architectonic "memento mori", highly representative of the end of the earthly glories.
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The Human Abstract
(William Blake)
Pity would be no more
If we did not make somebody poor,
And Mercy no more could be
If all were as happy as we.
And mutual fear brings Peace,
Till the selfish loves increase;
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.
He sits down with holy fears,
And waters the ground with tears;
Then Humility takes its root
Underneath his foot.
Soon spreads the dismal shade
Of Mystery over his head,
And the caterpillar and fly
Feed on the Mystery.
And it bears the fruit of Deceit,
Ruddy and sweet to eat,
And the raven his nest has made
In its thickest shade.
The gods of the earth and sea
Sought through nature to find this tree,
But their search was all in vain:
There grows one in the human Brain.
Taken near São Luiz Gonzaga-RS (southern Brasil). Lomo script applied.
Note: posted in Cream of the Crop as a personal favorite.
Mural entitled “Axis Mundi” by @mac_arte and @aiseborn seen on the wall of the Akron Civic Theatre at 128 South Main Street in Akron, Ohio.
Drone photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee.
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