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This art object shows the "Neanderthal-Man".
The Neandertal (Valley of the Neander-creek), near Mettmann, is an archaeological find of the Neanderthals.
A reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton using parts from two different individuals who lived 10,000 years apart (National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC)
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Here is my version of the "Neanderthal Comet" (technically C/2022 E3 ZTF). I must say that contrary to forecasts, the Comet is very faint and absolutely not visible to the naked eye... let's say that finding it gave me more satisfaction than photographing it. Surely the fact of being in the center with maximum light pollution didn't help me, but since these days around 9 pm it is still low in the sky, I tried to place it in a landscape context, obviously with my beloved Ancona. The photo is the result of 3 single shots (taken with a 200mm telephoto lens) side by side horizontally to create the classic vertical panorama effect. To process the comet instead I made about 240 shots of 10 seconds each, capturing about 40min of signal. To process it I used 2 software, with manual alignment of each single pose. By doing this I enhanced the classic emerald green color and the gas trails (although not very visible). Fortunately (or unfortunately given the weather these days) while I was photographing the middle part of the sky to carry out the merger, I managed to capture a beautiful bolt of lightning that was particularly slow in real life and lit up the whole sea behind the Duomo.
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Nikon D750 Astro modified, with AFS NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II @ 200mm
iOptron Sky Guider Pro
3 shots merged panorama with Photoshop:
City = Single 10 sec, ISO 100, f/9
Lightning = Single 10 sec, ISO 635, f/7.1
Sky = Single 10 sec, ISO 635, f/2.8, tracked with iOptron
Comet = 241 x 10 sec, ISO 635, f/2.8, tracked with iOptron and manually processed with DSS and Sequator
This digital drawing is based on my photo taken of a skull at Chicago's Natural History Museum's Neanderthal exhibit.
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Were there Neanderthal kitties too?
I loved this book...a page turner believe it or not! And according to "23 and me" I have more Neanderthal DNA markers than 95 % of their customers...so cool
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Unfortunately this tree does not exist anymore...what you see here is history.
It is so sad that many of the wonderful trees I have discovered and photographed along the coast were victimised by Neanderthals. It has become an obsession for me to capture these "beaudies"...it's like a race against time. I hope you enjoy this one.... it was taken at Wellington Point.
The two neanderthals strode down the hill. The limestone landscape was uneven underfoot, the grass hiding hollows and cracks under their feet which were bound in tough animal skins. Ahead of them their grey animal bounced over the hillocks and rocks that were scattered about. They chatted amiably as they walked, the two men, "That's never a wolf cub, "said one. "I think your white socks has coupled and had jiggy jiggy with a grey squirrel...Just look at it? It doesn't even bark like an angry animal should!" "Ha!" exclaimed the friend, insulted at the criticism of his new hunting friend. "Wait and see! One day she will be legendary, many fireside stories re-told about her prowess and adventures far and wide. I tell you, just wait and see!"
He cast his eyes around the boulder field, scattered and fragmented boulders littered the landscape, and his dedicated little companion was now out of sight, her grey hair merged into the grey of the rocks. Suddenly his eyes were drawn to one large rock that magically stood on little legs out to his left side. It moved. No, it was moving! He grabbed his friend by the elbow and pulled him back to a halt. "Look!" he said pointing. The rock was moving slowly, left to right in front of them, it's rocky legs moving slowly and carefully under such an enormous weight. They advanced towards it, the first man patting his hand down on the shoulder of the rock.. "Where you going mate?" he said one hairy eyebrow climbing up his forehead with the cheeky question
The voice when it came was deep and slow as if of an old man. For he was known in those parts as Norber big-Nose. "I'm off to the barn down there before it gets too late". Too late for what mate? enquired the other Neanderthal. "Er too late to see the baby born in the barn"
"Oh yeah?" queried one of the hunters, dismissively. "How do you know a babe is going to be born there?" Again there was a rumble of sound in the core of the rock, "I know because I have been watching the stars and planets every night for thousands of years as I sit in the cold night air up on this shelf above the valley. And tonight Jupiter and Saturn are in conjunction in the sky closer than at any other time in many many hundreds of years. It is a sign! It is the star of Bethlehem!"
This was information a little over the heads of the Neanderthals and caused both to scratch their beards at the same time as they tried to digest what the great rock was saying. "That's a shame. If only it harked to herald the end of Covid or Brexit " as well. Eventually said one. " I suppose Climate change is a problem for you too. If the glacier recedes you'll never make it down to the barn. Mind you, we are done too. We Neanderthals will die out due to climate change too! Hmm, well, I suppose you can say, what goes around comes around! I blame this guy here, he said patting his mate on the shoulder. He's just discovered how to make fire and has been log burning day and night emitting far more CO2 than is good for our environment".
"Well, aren't things shit at the moment?" said Norber the Great. "Things have been moving so slowly while they grind things down. It's been getting me down too, in exposed isolation up on this hilltop. I know it will take me ages to get there but if I don't start now I will never get down to the barn by the time they open a shop in it. It's exactly the sort of place an entrepreneurial immigrant family will want to take advantage of with a locked down population wanting to get out and about in the hills to exercise their new won freedoms. In a couple of thousand years from now. If they're lucky!"
The Norber Erratics are glacially-transported sandstone boulders found near Austwick in North Yorkshire. They were eroded from cliffs 1km away to the north in Crummackdale and were deposited at Norber on Carboniferous limestones when the ice melted about 15000 years ago. Some of the larger erratics have protected the limestone beneath them while the surrounding surface has slowly been dissolved away by acid soil-water. These erratics now rest on upstanding blocks of limestone, known as pedestals, some of which reach 60cm in height.
Frankreich / Provence / Côte d’Azur - Menton
Basilique Saint-Michel Archange de Menton (left) and Chapelle des Pénitents blancs (middle)
Basilique Saint-Michel Archange de Menton (links) und Chapelle des Pénitents blancs (Mitte)
Menton (French: [mɑ̃tɔ̃]; Occitan: Menton in classical norm or Mentan in Mistralian norm, pronounced [menˈta], locally [mɛ(n)ˈtã]; Italian: Mentone [menˈtoːne]; Ligurian: Menton or Mentun depending on the orthography) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italian border.
Menton has always been a frontier town. Since the end of the 14th century, it has been on the border between the County of Nice, held by the Duke of Savoy, and the Republic of Genoa. It was an exclave of the Principality of Monaco until the disputed French plebiscite of 1860 when it was added to France. It had been always a fashionable tourist centre with grand mansions and gardens. Its temperate Mediterranean climate is especially favourable to the citrus industry, with which it is strongly identified.
Etymology
Although the name's spelling and pronunciation in French are identical to those for the word that means "chin", there does not seem to be any link with this French word. According to the French geographer Ernest Nègre, the name Menton comes from the Roman name Mento. However, it is possible that the name of the city comes from Mons Ottonis (reconstituted) from the name of Otton II, the count of Ventimiglia from 1162-1200. In Mentonasc, the city's name is Mentan, and in Italian Mentone.
An inhabitant of Menton, un mentonnais or un mentonasque in French, would be o mentonasc in the local dialect.
History
The Menton area has been inhabited since the Paleolithic era, and is the site of the original "Grimaldi Man" find of early modern humans, as well as remains of Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons. In Roman times, the Via Julia Augusta, a road connecting Placentia (now Piacenza) with Arelates (now Arles) passed through Menton, running along the Rue Longue in the old town.[6] The first major settlement occurred during the 11th century CE, when the count of Ventimiglia constructed the Château de Puypin (Podium Pinum) on the Pépin hill, north and west of the modern town centre. During the 13th century, the seigneury of Puypin fell to the Vento family of Genoa who built a new castle along the Roman road, now the site of the Vieux-Château cemetery, providing the core around which the current town grew. Menton was thus incorporated into the Republic of Genoa. The first mention of Menton dates from 21 July 1262, in the peace treaty between Charles of Anjou and Genoa. Its position on the border between the Angevin-ruled Provence and the Republic of Genoa, which at the time claimed Monaco as its western limit, made it a coveted location.
Acquired in 1346 by Charles Grimaldi, Lord of Monaco, Menton was ruled by the princes of Monaco until the French Revolution. Annexed during the Revolution, Menton remained part of France through the First Empire. It belonged to the district of Sanremo in the department of Alpes-Maritimes, which at the time included Monaco and Sanremo.
In 1814, Menton was included in a reconstituted principality of Monaco which, after Napoleon's Hundred Days in 1815, became a protectorate of the king of Sardinia. The princes of Monaco were obliged to do homage to the king for Menton, although not for Monaco itself.
In 1848, Menton, along with its neighbour Roquebrune, seceded from Monaco, due at least in part to a tax imposed on lemon exports. They proclaimed the Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune during the 1848 revolutions related to the Italian Risorgimento. The Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune hoped to be part of the Italian kingdom of Sardinia. Two years later placed themselves under the protection of the Italian kingdom of Sardinia where they were administered by the House of Savoy for ten years.
The Treaty of Turin concluded on 24 March 1860 between the Kingdom of Mauricio and Napoleon III's France called for the annexation of the County of Nice to France, subject to a plebiscite, as a reward for French assistance in Italy's war against Austria. The plebiscite, with universal adult male suffrage, was held on 15 and 16 April 1860, and resulted in an overwhelming vote in favour of annexation (833 for versus 54 against in Menton and Roquebrune),[ The County of Nice was thus annexed to France that June, and Napoleon III paid 4 million francs in compensation to the prince of Monaco, who renounced his rights in perpetuity on 2 February 1861. Nice-born Giuseppe Garibaldi, who promoted the union of the County of Nice to Italy, complained that the plebiscite was not done with "universal vote" and consequently Menton was requested by Italian irredentists.
The publication of Winter and Spring on the Shores of the Mediterranean (1861) by the English doctor James Henry Bennett had a profound effect on Menton, making it a destination for sufferers of tuberculosis. By the end of the 19th century, tourism was an important factor in Menton's growth. The town was popular with British and Russian aristocrats who built many of the hotels, villas, and palaces which still grace Menton today. Many of these hotels and palaces were pressed into service as hospitals during World War I to allow injured troops to recuperate in a pleasant climate.
Menton was the only sizable settlement captured by Italy during its invasion of France in June 1940. Following the armistice of 22 June 1940, two-thirds of the territory of the commune was annexed by Italy as terra irredenta. The annexation lasted until 8 September 1943.
Although officially returned to Vichy France, Menton was in fact occupied by Nazi Germany until its liberation by American and Canadian troops of the First Special Service Force on 8 September 1944.
Geography
Menton, nicknamed the Pearl of France, is located on the Mediterranean Sea at the Franco-Italian border, just across from the Ligurian town of Ventimiglia.[ Menton station has rail connections to Paris, Marseille, Cannes, Antibes, Nice and Ventimiglia. The smaller Menton-Garavan station is situated between Menton and Ventimiglia.
The fishing industry was devastated in the 1980s and 1990s due to a combination of overfishing and hypoxia in the bay. At the time, the devastation was erroneously attributed to the dubiously nicknamed "killer algae" Caulerpa taxifolia (a non-native Asian tropical green alga first discovered in the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco in 1984) spread throughout the coastal sea floor. Later, sound scientific findings revealed that the seaweed was adept at absorbing pollutants and excess nutrients, actually aiding the recovery of native Posidonia sea grass and enhancing local fish populations and overall biodiversity.
Climate
Menton has a very mild subtropical microclimate with an average of 316 clear or mostly clear/mostly sunny days per year. Under the Köppen system, Menton features a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). However, the milder winters (on average) and the warmer nights in summer (on average), compared to the rest of the French Mediterranean coastal area, provide Menton with a particular micro-climate, with significant warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb) influences and characteristics, like coastal Southern California. This is usually experienced along the coast between Nice and Menton, toward the Italian border town of Ventimiglia and as far as San Remo). It is favourable to groves of hardy clementines, mandarin oranges, satsuma orange, tangerines, oranges and lemons (SRA 625 is protected Citron de Menton variety), hence one of the town's symbols, the lemon. Winter frosts are extremely rare but may occasionally occur at ground level, and snow falls on average once every 10 years. Likewise, summer temperatures are relatively moderate with day temperatures of 28 °C to 32 °C, but rarely rising above 32 °C.
Menton is sheltered from the west winds by Mont-Agel, and the steep foothills of the Alps, to the north and the north-east, protect the town from freezing winter cold. The winters are therefore very mild and sunny; the thermometer rarely drops below 0°C, and the lowest average temperature is 11.3°C in January. Summers are hot at 25°C on average in July and August but tempered by the sea breeze.
Menton holds the French record for the highest average temperature in July with an average temperature of 24.8°C.
Townscape
Menton is known for its gardens, including the Jardin Serre de la Madone, the Jardin botanique exotique de Menton ('Le Val Rahmeh'), the Fontana Rosa, the Maria Serena garden, and the modernist gardens of Les Colombières.[18] Le Val Rahmeh was established in 1905 by Englishman Sir Percy Radcliffe, the first owner of the gardens, and named for his wife. Villa Fontana Rosa was built in 1922 by Blasco Ibáñez, a Spanish novelist and the gardens of the villa are now open to the public.
The baroque basilica of Saint-Michel-Archange, with its bell tower, was built in 1619 by the Genoese architect Lorenzo Lavagna.
The Bastion Museum, which features decoration by Jean Cocteau, is located in the Bastion of the port of Menton. The bastion, built overwater in 1636 as an advance defence for the port by the Princes of Monaco, is now located at the shoreline.
The wedding room at the Mairie (town hall) was painted in the 1950s by Cocteau, transforming it into a giant work of art.
Menton is home to at least half a dozen beaches.
Menton is notable for its Palissy majolica pottery depicting lemons.
The historic covered market was built in 1898 by local architect Adrien Rey. The market is open every day from 5 am until 1 pm in the summer; in the winter, it opens at 5:30 am. Over 30 kiosks both inside and around the market sell local and imported vegetables. The Belle Époque structure was one of buildings constructed by the architect in the region.
Next to the beach and the covered market is the Jean Cocteau Museum. It opened in 2011 and is close to the Bastion Museum.
Mirazur is a French haute cuisine restaurant with three Michelin Guide stars. The World's 50 Best Restaurants list ranks Mirazur as the best restaurant in the world.
Mentonasc language
The Mentonasc dialect is currently spoken by about 10% of the population in Menton, Roquebrune, and the surrounding villages.[citation needed] It is taught within the French educational system, as a variety of Niçard (i.e. Provençal and Occitan). However, in nineteenth-century linguistic descriptions, as well as in contemporary linguistic scholarship, Mentonasc is described as an intermediate between Niçard and the Intemelio dialect of Ligurian. Some scholars insist that Mentonasc is, at its base, a Ligurian dialect, with French influences coming only later.
Annual town events
The Fête du Citron (Lemon Festival) takes place every February. The event follows a given theme each decade; past themes include Viva España, Disney, Neverland, and India. The carnival lasts a few days, with different bands passing through Menton's streets on foot or on truck trailers. The Casino Gardens in the centre of town are decorated in the theme of the festival, using lemons and oranges to cover the exhibits, and huge temporary statues are built and covered with citrus fruit.
The Casino Gardens are also the location for Menton's Christmas Festival.
The Menton Classical Musical Festival is also held every year in the centre of the old town.
Also in Menton, celebrated on the first weekend of July, is the procession and celebration of Saint-Pierre (Sant Pie), the patron of fishermen. The procession begins in the Basilique Saint-Michel de Menton. Dancers, singers, and musicians in traditional costumes from La Capelina de Menton perform in the basilica. The crowds then head to a dock where boats are filled with people throwing flowers into the port. They then pay tribute to those who have lost their lives at sea. After the boats return, they start celebrating with the traditional fish soup.
(Wikipedia)
Menton [mɑ̃ˈtõ] (italienisch Mentone [menˈtoː.ne]) ist eine französische Gemeinde, zugleich Stadt, mit 30.326 Einwohnern (Stand: 1. Januar 2022) im Département Alpes-Maritimes in der Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Menton liegt an der Côte d’Azur (französischen Riviera), einem Teil der französischen Mittelmeerküste. Die Gemeinde liegt an der Grenze zu Italien gegenüber von Ventimiglia. Menton ist der erste französische Ort nach der italienischen Grenze und damit der erste bzw. östlichste französische Ort an der Côte d’Azur.
Der örtliche Dialekt heißt Mentonasque bzw. Mentonnais. Der Ortsname Menton wird auf Mentonasque [meⁿˈtaⁿ] ausgesprochen. In Menton wird der Ortsname Mentan geschrieben (auf Okzitanisch: Menton in der klassischen Norm bzw. Mentan in der Norm von Frédéric Mistral). Die Einwohner werden Mentonnais bzw. Mentonasques genannt.
Lage und Klima
Geschützt durch die Ausläufer der Seealpen im Hinterland zeichnet sich Menton durch ein besonders mildes Klima (Mittelmeerklima) aus.
Durch die geschützte Lage ist Menton im Winter der wärmste Ort an der französischen Côte d’Azur. Die angenehmsten Reisemonate sind der Mai und Mitte September bis Mitte Oktober. Die regenreichste Zeit sind die Monate Februar und März. Im Allgemeinen liegen die Temperaturen einige Grad über den Temperaturen in Deutschland. Die Monate Juni bis August können sehr heiß werden. Viele Veranstaltungen und Ausstellungen finden allerdings im August statt, dem Ferienmonat der Franzosen und Italiener. Die Winter sind mild, es gibt in Menton kaum Frost, Schnee fällt etwa alle zehn Jahre.
Geschichte
Zur römischen Zeit trug die Bucht von Menton den Namen Pacis Sinus („friedliche Bucht“); über eine Besiedlung aus dieser Zeit ist allerdings nichts bekannt.
Bis 1146 war die Stadt im Besitz der Grafen von Ventimiglia. Danach stand Menton unter der Herrschaft der Kommune von Genua bzw. des genuesischen Geschlechts Vento, bis es 1346 zusammen mit Roquebrune an die Grimaldi von Monaco kam.
Die monegassische Herrschaft währte bis 1848. Im gleichen Jahr erhoben sich die Stadt Menton und Roquebrune gegen die von Monaco verlangten Steuern und riefen eine unabhängige Republik aus. Daraufhin griff der französische Kaiser Napoleon III. ein und kaufte Menton dem monegassischen Fürstenhaus ab.
1861 stimmten die Bewohner von Menton für die Zugehörigkeit zu Frankreich. Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts setzte der Fremdenverkehr ein. Das Klima an der Côte d’Azur wurde damals von Ärzten als heilungsfördernd bei Tuberkulose empfohlen. Deshalb war diese Stadt im 19. Jahrhundert ein beliebtes Winterquartier für Briten und Russen. Unter anderem hielt sich hier die britische Königin Victoria in ihren Winterurlauben auf. Noch heute können die großen Hotels und Gärten bewundert werden, die damals für die Engländer errichtet wurden. Menton hat auch eine orthodoxe Kirche.
1872 wurde die Stadt über die Bahnstrecke Marseille–Ventimiglia an das Eisenbahnnetz angebunden. Menton war neben Modane der einzige internationale Grenzbahnhof nach Italien. Über den Ponte San Luigi/Pont Saint-Louis oder den ab 1879 bestehenden Grenzbahnhof Ventimiglia wanderten hier hunderttausende Italiener nach Frankreich ein. Ab 1946 war das ehemalige Hotel Garavan Palace ein Auffangzentrum für Immigranten, in dem alle Italiener einquartiert wurden, die bei ihrer Einreise keinen bestehenden Arbeitsvertrag vorweisen konnten. Hier warteten sie auf Anwerber. Komfort gab es keinen.
Im Ersten Weltkrieg hielten sich in Menton auch viele verwundete Soldaten zur Genesung auf. Am 28. Januar 1939 starb in Menton der irische Dichter William Butler Yeats. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde Menton mit der Kapitulation Frankreichs rasch von Italienern besetzt, 1943 nach der Kapitulation Italiens von den Deutschen, denen es 1944 unter schweren Kämpfen abgenommen wurde. Menton lag in Trümmern und es dauerte bis Mitte der 1960er Jahre, bis die Stadt wieder aufgebaut war. Seitdem entwickelt sich der Tourismus in Menton kräftig weiter. Mit der wachsenden Mobilität der wohlhabenden Bevölkerung Norditaliens gelangt Menton nach und nach wieder unter italienischen Einfluss. Seit dem Wegfall der Grenzkontrollen und der Einführung des Euro als Währung finden hier viele italienische Bürger eine neue Heimat.
1970 fand in Menton die erste europäische Umweltkonferenz statt, initiiert vom vietnamesischen, buddhistischen Mönch Thích Nhất Hạnh und dem Friedensaktivisten Alfred Hassler. Die Konferenz mündete in der Menton-Erklärung.
Wirtschaft
Die Wirtschaft Mentons ist von Tourismus- und Dienstleistungsangeboten geprägt. Viele Einwohner Mentons arbeiten im zwölf Kilometer entfernten Monaco und im 25 Kilometer entfernten Nizza. Das Baugewerbe ist seit dem Fortfall der innereuropäischen Grenzen fest in italienischer Hand.
Die klimatisch begünstigte Lage ließ im 19. Jahrhundert den Zitronenanbau zum wichtigsten Erwerbszweig werden. Heute ist die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung des immer noch traditionell betriebenen Anbaus gering. Die Zitrone, der seit 1934 die Fête du Citron („Zitronenfest“) gewidmet ist (Ende Februar bis Anfang März), ist das Symbol der Stadt. Mehr als 1000 Tonnen Zitrusfrüchte werden für die Zubereitung der Umzugswagen und die Dekoration des Parc Biovès benötigt. Die Zitrusfrüchte werden wegen der riesigen benötigten Menge heute größtenteils aus Spanien importiert. Ein beliebtes touristisches Souvenir ist die Zitronenmarmelade aus Menton.
In Grenznähe befindet sich das Drei-Sterne-Restaurant Mirazur, das 2019 vom Restaurant Magazine zum „weltbesten Restaurant“ gekürt wurde.
Kultur und Sport
Traditionen
Das jährliche Fête du Citron („Zitronenfest“) wird seit 1930 gefeiert.
Im August wird ein internationales Kammermusikfestival veranstaltet.
Einheimische Sprache
In Menton wird noch eine Art der provenzalischen Sprache gesprochen, die Mentonasque bzw. Mentonnais genannt wird und den Übergang zur ligurischen Sprache darstellt.
Sport
In Menton werden Segelsportwettbewerbe ausgetragen. Außerdem findet alljährlich im Juli oder August ein Kartrennen in der Nähe des neuen Hafens statt.
Menton ist der südliche Endpunkt des Fernwanderwegs GR 52, der auch als alternativer Abschluss des europäischen Fernwanderwegs E 2/GR 5 begangen wird.
Sehenswürdigkeiten
Die Altstadt mit ihren pastellfarbenen Häuserfassaden vermittelt ein stark italienisches Flair. Die Stadt besitzt zahlreiche Gärten und Parks, vor allem im Vorort Garavan mit zum Teil seltenen subtropischen Pflanzen, die im günstigen Mikroklima von Menton besonders gut gedeihen. Die Promenade du Soleil („Sonnenpromenade“), die Uferpromenade in Menton, mit schönem Strand ist weniger touristisch als z. B. jene Uferpromenaden in Nizza und Cannes.
Kirchen
Die barocke Basilika Saint-Michel von 1675. Vor der Kirche befindet sich ein Mosaik mit dem Wappen der Grimaldis, die die Stadt jahrhundertelang beherrschten.
Das Kapuzinerkloster L’Annonciade aus dem 18. Jahrhundert mit Ausblick über Menton.
Museen
Musée Jean Cocteau: Von Jean Cocteau selbst zu Lebzeiten entworfenes und mit eigenen Gemälden und Keramiken ausgestattetes Kunstmuseum in der ehemaligen Bastion direkt am Hafen
Rathaus (Hôtel de ville): von Jean Cocteau gestalteter Hochzeitssaal (Salle des Mariages)
Prähistorisches Museum (Musée de Préhistoire Régionale): enthält unter anderem den Schädel des sogenannten Grimaldi-Menschen, der in den Grotten östlich von Menton gefunden wurde.
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Menton, Musée des Beaux-Arts du Palais Carnolès: Gemäldegalerie mit italienischen, französischen und flämischen Malern des 14. bis 17. Jahrhunderts
Musée Jean Cocteau Collection Severin Wunderman: Die Sammlung Séverin Wunderman mit vielen Werken von Jean Cocteau im neuen Museum am östlichen Ende der Strandpromenade vor der alten Markthalle – seit November 2011
Gärten
Jardin du Palais Carnolès: älteste Gartenanlage der Stadt mit zahlreichen Zitrusbäumen und Skulpturen
Jardin de la Villa Marina Serena: Der Garten der 1880 von Charles Garnier entworfenen Villa enthält zahlreiche seltene subtropische Pflanzen.
Jardin Fontana Rosa: ehemals privater Garten des spanischen Schriftstellers Vicente Blasco Ibáñez mit illustrierten Keramiken zu Don Quijote von Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), in den 1990er-Jahren in den Besitz der Stadt Menton übergegangen und seitdem ab und zu öffentlich zugänglich. Teile der Anlage Fontana Rosa sind vom Bahnhof Garavan sichtbar.
Jardin Botanique Val Rameh in Garavan: botanischer Garten mit einer Sammlung subtropischer Pflanzen
Serre de la Madone: der restaurierte Garten des englischen Gartenplaners Sir Lawrence Johnston (1871–1958)
Le Jardin des Colombières: restaurierter Privatgarten, Hauptwerk des Gartenkünstlers Ferdinand Bac (1859–1952)
Denkmäler
Statue Ulysse von Anna Chromy
(Wikipedia)
Die Basilika St-Michel-Archange ist eine römisch-katholische Kirche im historischen Zentrum von Menton an der Côte d’Azur, gelegen in der französischen Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Die dem Erzengel Michael gewidmete Pfarrkirche des Bistums Nizza hat den Rang einer Basilica minor. Die im 17. Jahrhundert errichtete Kirche ist ein hervorragendes Beispiel für die barocke Architektur der Stadt und ist vom Meer aus über eine Treppe zu erreichen, die auf einen eleganten Platz mit Blick auf die darunter liegende Landschaft und Risseu-Verzierungen im Pflaster führt. Mit ihrem 53 Meter hohen Glockenturm ist sie für diejenigen, die vom Meer aus kommen, ein zentraler Punkt im Stadtbild. Seit 1947 steht die Basilika mit dem Friedhof unter Denkmalschutz.
Geschichte
Für die vom genuesischen Architekten Lorenzo Lavagna entworfene Kirche wurde am 27. Mai 1619 mit der Grundsteinlegung in Anwesenheit von Honoré II., Fürst von Monaco, und Nicola Spinola, Bischof von Ventimiglia, gelegt. Sie wurde nach dem Baubeginn 1639 um 1653 fertiggestellt und am 8. Mai 1675 von Bischof Mauro Promontorio geweiht. Der Glockenturm wurde 1701 von Emmanuel Cantone entworfen, während die Fassade im Geiste des Barocks des 17. Jahrhunderts aus dem Jahr 1819 stammt. Im Jahr 1999 wurde sie von Papst Johannes Paul II. zu einer Basilika minor erhoben und im Januar 2000 feierlich geweiht. 2019 wurde die Kirche renoviert.
Beschreibung
Äußeres
Die markante Fassade ist mit einem zentralen venezianischen Fenster und einem gebrochenen Tympanon gestaltet, das durch Voluten mit den Seitenpfeilern verbunden ist. Geschmückt mit Statuen, Zwillingssäulen (ionisch in der ersten, korinthisch in der zweiten Ordnung) und kleinen Obelisken an den Seiten, befindet sich rechts davon der Glockenturm. Dieser wird von einer Kuppel überragt und ist mit Pilastern und Gesimsen verziert. Auf der linken Seite erhebt sich ein mit 35 m niedrigerer Glockenturm, dessen Basis aus dem 15. Jahrhundert noch von einer Vorgängerkirche stammt.
Innenraum
Der Innenraum der Basilika ist in drei Schiffe mit vier Jochen gegliedert und bildet ein lateinisches Kreuz. Das 10 m breite Mittelschiff mit Tonnengewölbe und Lünettenfenstern wird durch einen Triumphbogen vom 8 m breiten Chor getrennt, der mit Stuck und Marmorpilastern verziert ist. Der mehrfarbige Marmoraltar wird von einer bemalten und vergoldetem Holzstatue aus dem Jahr 1820 überragt, die den Heiligen Michael darstellt, der den Dämon tötet. Hinter dem Altar am Ende der Apsis hängt eine Empore, die ein Orgelgehäuse im italienischen Stil trägt. Das Chorgestühl stammt aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, darüber hängen beidseitig je drei große Gemälde, eines noch aus der Vorgängerkirche. Von den 10 m hohen Seitenschiffen mit Kuppelgewölben gehen die Seitenkapellen aus und sind mit Altarbildern geschmückt, von denen eines der Schutzheiligen von Monaco, der hl. Devota, gewidmet ist. In der Kapelle von Santa Croce ist ein Christus am Kreuz von Orazio De Ferrari zu sehen. Ebenfalls von ihm stammt die Anbetung der Hirten in der Kapelle des hl. Josef.
Orgel
Die Orgel hinter dem Altar wurde von der Orgel-Manufaktur Michel, Merklin & Kuhn 1930 in das Gehäuse der ursprünglichen Orgel von 1666 eingebaut. 1972 erfolgte eine Restaurierung durch die Manufacture Ruche, 1998 restaurierte Giovanni Tamburini die Orgel erneut. Das Instrument verfügt über 16 Register auf zwei Manualen und Pedal.
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ETA 515 615 mit Beiwagen hält als N6271 nach Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen Einfahrt in den Bahnhof Neanderthal. Die Akku-Triebwagen rollten noch bis Ende der 1980er Jahre auf diesem Teil der Rheinischen Eisenbahn. Die Bundesbahn hatte die Absicht, die Strecke stillzulegen. Stattdessen nahm die 1992 von den Kommunen Düsseldorf, Wuppertal und Mettmann gegründete Regiobahn den Betrieb als RE28 wieder auf. Die Bedienung des Gleisanschlusses der Kalkwerke (s. bereitgestellte Wagen rechts im Bild) wurde bereits Mitte der 1980er Jahre aufgegeben.
Tandra Quinn (USA 1931-2016) was a model and starlet whose stunning beauty lit up the cinema screen briefly in the early 1950s, in four Hollywood films; most notably the now-cult surreal science fiction picture, Mesa of Lost Women (USA 1953).
Born Derline Jeanette Smith in South Los Angeles in the Depression, her mother was determined that her daughter would not suffer the hardship she had herself experienced in her childhood; the best way as she saw it, ensuring that her child became a successful Hollywood actress.
Derline had an auspicious start winning Number 1 Perfect Baby in America award (as declared by the Chiropractors Association); and her subsequent childhood steps into show business were fashion modelling and attending acting lessons with the Meglin Kiddies, a famous drama studio for children.
However, even before these early curtain calls, Derline had suffered a tragic burning accident that would leave her physically and mentally ( she suffered a constant fight with depression) all her life; and ultimately undermine her confidence in her Hollywood career.
That is not to say that there was plenty of bright hope at the beginning: the startlingly pretty youngster auditioned alongside her contemporary, Elizabeth Taylor (USA 1932-2011) for the role that the 'well-connected' Taylor would win in National Velvet (USA 1944); and then had a small role as a schoolgirl in Weekend at The Wardolf (USA 1945), starring Lana Turner (USA 1921-1995).
After 20th Century Fox had signed her up to a 7 year contract, the spectre of her early tragedy reared its head, leading to her being dropped by the studio, after casting directors complained that a screen test highlighted an imbalance in her features, when photographed ( Derline had been told that the burns had hampered bone development). She was deeply hurt - but on screen there is no evidence that her beauty was marred; just evidence of the rife insensitivity and brutality of the studio system.
Happily, in 1950 she was chosen as “Goose Girl” at Hollywood Park; to 'preside over the geese in the Hollypark infield'; and as 'Goose Girl' she guested on the television show, Turf Topics, on KTTV. Publicity stills reveal her blossoming beauty.
Around this time the esteemed photographer Paul Hesse arranged an appointment for her at RKO to meet Howard Hughes. Hughes wanted her to pose in bright light while he hid behind a curtain, but she refused; and she would say in a 2006 interview, that she was probably the only girl ever to stand up Howard Hughes; known for his enticement of so many Hollywood beauties.
The road of B-movies inevitably lay ahead and interspersing modelling with acting, she tried various names including Tundra Nova, Jeanette Quinn - as she was billed in The Neanderthal Man (USA 1953), in which she played, with great sensitivity, a deaf mute - before settling on Tandra Quinn.
The irony was that in all her movie roles she had no dialogue, despite having an exquisite velvet voice which had impressed producers, to accompany her expressive beauty - and which, as can be confirmed by those who knew in her later years (including myself), endured agelessly.
Tandra Quinn crossed paths with a plethora of Hollywood stars during her brief film career; and in her last years recalled knowing Joi Lansing (USA 1928-1972), at drama school, working alongside fellow pin up model, Mara Corday (USA 1933 -), Beverly Garland (USA 1926-2008) & Helen Walker ( USA 1922-1968) in Problem Girls (USA 1953); and Dolores Fuller, Ed Wood Jr's muse (USA 1923-2011) in Girls of The Night (USA 1954). She also knew Marilyn Monroe (USA 1926-1962), with whom she shared a photographer and Rock Hudson (USA 1925-1985) & John Wayne (1905-1979) were amongst her neighbours, around 1960, whilst she lived in Newport Beach - where she would also see resident Mamie Van Doren (USA 1931-)
In 1954, she married a Beverly Hills builder Herbert Smithson ( who passed in 1995) who also taught tennis to the Hollywood Stars, including Gary Cooper (USA 1901-1961) and became a mother to two children. She then retired from films - and quite the entrepreneur, she embarked on various projects, never quite getting the right financial backing; but taking her all around the world - including to Australia and Tahiti. In the 1970s she became interested in gold mining which occupied her and her companion Phillip for the rest of her life.
As a classic Hollywood film buff I was fascinated with the B-movie, Mesa of Lost Women, which I first saw on video in the late 1990s - and was intrigued to research any of the surviving actors; especially Tandra Quinn (Derline). Research on the internet lead me to contact Derline's younger sister Loretta in California in 2005. As an artist I had created cartoon tributes featuring Derline in her heyday as Tandra Quinn ( I had even depicted her with her own Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame) - and I was eager to surprise her and hopefully uplift her.
She was delighted - though humbly bemused and incredulous that anyone would remember let alone celebrate her - which only warmed me to her all the more. She had virtually forgotten "that corny old movie" as she called it, until one day in the 1990s, she walked into a half price book & video store in Dallas, spotted the cover featuring her pin up pose and said to herself, " I guess I'll buy one". Lightly mentioning to the cashier that she was buying it "..'cause this is me" provoked much excitement - "you're kidding?!" - and he and his co-workers asked her to sign the cover of another tape of the movie, as 'Tandra Quinn'.
We quickly became firm friends, initially through long letters (she wrote in beautiful script from her Texas home…. "I came here hoping to find a cute cowboy, but…") and then later by long telephone calls - sharing care, support (we both fought depression and suffered knocks in life), our Christian faith - and laughs; always thanking God for humour. Derline had the most wicked dry sense of humour that would be accompanied by the most infectious peel of laughter.
Derline had suffered much hardship in her later years and ever wanting to lift her from a sense of worthlessness , I would always remind her that she was a beautiful piece of film history, from a Golden Era of Hollywood; forever preserved on film. She was usually dismissive and I so wanted her to receive more recognition; so with her permission I contacted film historians Tom Weaver and Alan 'Al' Doshna to tell then that I had discovered Tandra Quinn- and she agreed to wonderful revealing interviews with them, respectively in 2006 and 2015.
Tom Weaver's interview, conducted both through a meeting and telephone calls was first published in Starlog (Issue 365 - May 2008); then again ( with a 'Tandra Quinn today' photograph, showing the former actress as a voluptuous blonde) in his book of Hollywood interviews, I Talked With a Zombie (McFarland & Co. Inc, 2009). Alan Doshna's interview, conducted by phone and in writing containing even more revelations from Derline's film past was published in FilmFax (No.141 - Summer 2015).
Tandra Quinn is forever preserved on celluloid but the lady behind the starlet was so much more: she was a loving, caring, generous, compassionate, often ingenious and feisty human being. She had an extraordinary knowledge of health foods and was an advocate for alternative therapies (although her one personal vice was sugar - "I'm an ice cream & cookies gal!") and a great passion for fighting against injustice . She also protested against cruelty to animals in which she took an active part in highlighting in no uncertain terms, when she tentatively joined Facebook in 2011; at the encouragement of her niece.
Derline and I sadly never got to meet in person - though our hearts most definitely met and bonded. I am completing and posting this tribute on what would be the 73rd birthday of my late beautiful mother Marjorie J. Whatley (1943- 1981), about whom Derline showed so much interest; and compassionate care for me, in my early bereavement
Whilst Derline had deteriorating health problems, she hid from everyone - including her sister - how widespread the cancer was becoming, that claimed her life on October 21, 2016. She passed away peacefully in Florida as she wished (" I'm an ocean gal!" she shared) supported by her son Scott.
I was naturally distressed to hear this past August that she had been admitted to hospital as an emergency - and with prayers, painted this portrait tribute ( photographed just after completion), primarily inspired by her role of Tarantella in Mesa of Lost Women (USA 1953), for which she was most known; determined that it would be painted in her lifetime. Two months later Derline was released from her trial of suffering.
I was deeply honoured to know Derline as my dear friend; though as a film fan I would I have loved a dedicated photograph I never wanted to bother her( I have a treasured batch of letters) - so I conclude this tribute with the inscription Tom Weaver arranged for Tandra Quinn to write in the cover page of his book in 2009:
" To my dear Sir Stephen ~ This one of Tom's Zombies has awakened to send her love! ~ Tandra Quinn (your Derline)"
Peace.
See the complete portrait here:
www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbwhatley/29235992841/in/date...
Stephen B. Whatley, November 18, 2016.
Tandra Quinn. 2016
Oil on canvas
20 x 16in/51 x 40.6cm
Regiobahn 1009 en 1001 komen als S28 van Kaarster See naar Mettmann Stadtwald langs het voormalige seinhuis aan de oostkant van Neanderthal; 29 februari 2020.
A few gentlemen enjoy the finest of cigars at the headquarters of RoMa Craft Tobac. Cigar manufactures of Intemperance, CroMagnon, Neanderthal, CRAFT and Wunder|Lust brand cigars
La Cotte de St Brelade is a Paleolithic site of early habitation in St Brelade, Jersey. Neanderthals lived there from around 250,000 years ago until between 100,000 and 47,000 years ago - making it the earliest known occupation of the Channel Islands by a hominim species, and also possibly one of the last Neanderthal sites in northwestern Europe. It is the only site in the British Isles to have produced late Neanderthal fossils.
Auto-Klassiker werden von der Natur gefressen.
Nature takes posession of former dreamcars.
Autoskulpturenpark Neanderthal
41,000 years ago (approximately), Kents Cavern, Torquay, Devon, England. One of the first Neanderthal couple's takes shelter in a cave to have a meal.
During these times bears and saber tooth lions still roam the, making dangerous for the Neanderthal people. The first Neanderthal people find shelter and protection in the naturally formed caves where they lived ate and died.
Kent Caverns were first explored around 1825AD and then onwards up to today. Finds include:
* 'Heidleberg man' large flints worked into hand axes nearly half million years old.
* Neanderthal flint tools.
* An early modern human upper jawbone which has been dated at over 41,000 years old. This is the oldest evidence of a modern human settlement in northwestern Europe.
* Ancestral Cave bear
* Cave Lion
* Saber Tooth Cat
The model was built for Bright Bricks and is on display at Milestones until 27th April 2014
A classic car gathering in the Neanderthal (Neander valley), east of Düsseldorf and a walk in the surronding area.
That was the immediate verdict of the scholars in mid-19th century seeing a Neanderthal's skull. In fact, homo neanderthalensis had a brain larger than ours, but less frontal lobes. Where did the brain growth go into? It seems into those areas having to do with emotions and social connectivity. Neanderthal man and woman may have been rather social and tender beings. They received homo sapiens sapiens (us) with open arms - literally. About 3% of our genes (with the exception of the Africans) come from the Neanderthals. They were probably good people to party with. Therefore I gave this skull (Museum of Natural History NYC) some psychedelic extra color. Apologies to the community of prehistorians.
Recreated prehistoric scene that could have taken place, but at least 40,000 years ago, because that's when homo sapiens neanderthalensis became extinct. A young homo sapiens sapiens is visiting with his Neanderthal friend. He is offering a small token of appreciation, which apparently leaves the young Neanderthal unimpressed. The Neanderthal mother is in the background.
The whole exhibit was in a dark corner in a recreated Neanderthal hut. It was quite a challenge to photograph, even with Delta 3200.
Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum, Mannheim, Germany
I have used Kodak TMZ extensively but this was the first roll of Ilford Delta 3200 I shot. I find that both are very tame, forgiving films. TMZ has stronger grain and contrasts, while Ilford Delta has lesser contrasts but surprisingly little grain.
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Camera: Zeiss Ikon Contarex (built in 1965-1966)
Lens: Carl Zeiss Planar 1:2 50mm Contarex Mount
Ilford Delta 3200 professional grade black & white negative film, exposed at ISO 1000
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de