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Josephi Pitton Tournefort ... Institutiones rei herbariæ..
Parisiis :E Typographia Regia,1700-[1703].
PRIMER CROSS MEDIA MONTAÑA DE LA ASOCIACIÓN DE ESCLEROSIS MÚLTIPLE DE TOLEDO = ADEM-TO
Cross Solidario www.ademto.org
+ INFO en atletismotoledano.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/cross-ademto-el...
VIDEOS DE AURELIO GOMEZ CASTRO www.youtube.com/user/augocas
CRÓNICA DE Sergio Miguel - lunes, 13 de mayo de 2013 para La Tribuna de Toledo
El deporte sigue siendo un motor solidario en la ciudad y la última prueba se pudo recoger ayer en el paraje natural conocido como la Fuente del Moro, en el barrio de Santa María de Benquerencia. En esta ocasión, la gran beneficiada fue la Asociación de Esclerosis Múltiple de Toledo (Ademto), que se ocupó de llevar a cabo su I Cross de Media Montaña que contó con el seguimiento cerrado del mundo del atletismo y las victorias de Óscar Martín y Miriam Guijarro en las categorías absolutas.
Ya desde el comienzo de la mañana el ambiente en los alrededores del centro comercial Luz del Tajo denotaba ambiente festivo. Sin embargo, para algunos las alegrías se transformaron en un puntito de sufrimiento cuando se situaron en la línea de salida y divisaron la primera de las cuestas que debían sortear.
Y es que, nada más emprender la marcha por el circuito de seis kilómetros, los atletas se tuvieron que enfrentar a una subida de un enorme desnivel que empezó a establecer las primeras diferencias entre los favoritos. Sin embargo, hubo que esperar hasta pasar por el segundo kilómetro para que el gran candidato al triunfo comenzase a marcar el ritmo.
Óscar Martín tomó la cabeza y empezó a abrir una contundente brecha sobre el resto de sus rivales, entre los que se encontraba un Jesús Lungarán que tiene un hechizo especial con el Polígono. No en vano, se ha proclamado en varias ocasiones vencedor de las populares que se celebran en el barrio toledano y ayer no quería dar su brazo a torcer a las primeras de cambio.
Con todo, en el Cross de Media Montaña de Ademto tenía a un rival muy experimentado que en ningún momento flaqueó para adjudicarse una brillante victoria. De esta forma, Óscar Martín se ocupó de controlar bien a sus rivales y no bajar nunca el ritmo hasta que cruzó triunfante la línea de meta.
Por detrás, a unos segundos de distancia y sin posibilidades de echarle el guante, Jesús Lungarán, Miguel Ángel Pulido y Noé Romero Funchal se tuvieron que conformar con ocupar puestos de honor en sus respectivas categorías.
En la carrera de las féminas, el dominio incontestable le correspondió a Miriam Guijarro Leo, que siguió una estrategia similar a la que utilizó Óscar Martín. Como en el caso del fondista toledano, a la ganadora en la Fuente del Moro le bastó imponer un poderoso ritmo para que el circuito se aliara con ella en la selección de favoritas.
Tanto es así que Guijarro consiguió llevarse la victoria por delante de una atleta que, en las últimas semanas, está tocada por una varita mágica. Se trata de Sonia Ruiz Andrade, perteneciente al TrainingRey, quien se tuvo que conformar con la segunda plaza en la categoría sénior, por delante de Susana Romero Hernández, que completó el podio.
Próximo objetivo. Nada más recuperar el resuello, Óscar Martín reconoció que «es un circuito duro, pero me he entrenado aquí en alguna ocasión y estoy encantado de poder correr en Toledo y por una buena causa como ésta», en referencia a la recaudación benéfica en favor de Ademto.
Aunque no destacó ningún punto especialmente duro en el circuito, porque «había muchas pendientes», admitió que «me he marchado en el segundo kilómetro y luego he ido a mi ritmo». Buena estrategia para lograr una victoria que le debe servir de acicate para su siguiente objetivo, que no es otro que «ganar por cuarto año consecutivo la Carrera del Corpus, que para mí es una clásica, al igual que la San Silvestre». De acuerdo con sus propias palabras, «según estoy, creo que podré llegar bien para disputarla».
Autor: José-María Moreno García. Fotógrafo humanista y documentalista. Una de las mejores formas de conocer la historia de un pueblo es a través de sus imágenes; en ellas se conserva no sólo su realidad tangible, calles, plazas, monumentos, sino también sus costumbres, fiestas, tradiciones, lenguaje, indumentaria, gestos y miradas, que nos dicen sin palabras como se vivía, cuales eran sus esperanzas y temores, qué había en su pasado, qué esperaban del futuro. Uno de los objetivos más ambiciosos es recuperar y catalogar todo el material gráfico existente en nuestra familia desde 1.915, para después ponerlo a disposición de vosotros, que la historia volviera a sus protagonistas, y los que aún siguen con nosotros pudieran disfrutar con ello. VISITA La colección "CIEN AÑOS DE FOTOGRAFÍA FAMILIA MORENO (1915-2015)" en www.josemariamorenogarcia.es y www.madridejos.net
SI ALGUIEN NO DESEA APARECER EN EL ÁLBUM POR FAVOR COMUNICALO A josemariamorenogarcia@gmail.com
bundeling / tangeling experiment using eerkit
( www.volatileprototypes.com/projects-2/eerkit )
inspired by otto frei's woolthread experiments
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/734658
These photographs are related to the Kopystianskys' 2006 videos "Pink and White" and "Portrait", in which the artists superimposed two versions of the same snippet of film run forward and backward simultaneously. As the artists have described their process, "The effect is that most of the time the image is doubled, but in the middle of the program for 1/24th of a second the images merge in one single still. This moment has been determined by the movement of the film in the projection camera." The results are an inventive use of film's flexible reversibility--how motion can unfurl forward or backward depending on how the print is run through the projector."
Title: Portraits
Artist: Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky (American, born 1954 and 1950)
Artist: Igor Kopystiansky (American, born 1954)
Artist: Svetlana Kopystiansky (American, born 1950)
Date: 2006
Medium: Gelatin silver prints
Dimensions: Image: 70 × 68 cm (27 9/16 × 26 3/4 in.), each
Frame: 71.1 × 72.4 cm (28 × 28 1/2 in.), each
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gift of Joao Tovar, 2012
Gift of Gloria Naftali, 2016
Object Number: 2012.554.1a–c / 2016.398.1a–c
Rights and Reproduction: © Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky
Exhibited: Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky. Lisson gallery. London. 2006
Portrait is a still image from the motion picture. The set of 6 is in the collection of the Metropolitan museum. Date: 2006
Image: 70 × 68 cm (27 9/16 × 26 3/4 in.),
These images were made without any use of photographic camera.
Sources of these images were taken from a fragment of pre-existing found movie showing men’s head in a motion, which was originally shot at the film and was digitalized later. From the digitalized motion pictures material were exported selected 6 still images, captured at 6 different moments and from each such still were made prints. In this way were produced 6 different photographs, from which set 3 are in the Metropolitan collection.
These stills were captured from the motion pictures material played in two time directions simultaneously as we explain below in this note.
We made several motion pictures works based at short fragments from various existing movies. Each fragment was an image of a portrait in a motion and had to be played as an endless loop without any sound.
Only from one such work we made stills, which were printed as photographs, which are now in the collection. After stills were printed, we decided that these photographs have to replace the source motion picture material, which cannot be used anymore.
As we mentioned, as a source of this kind of works were used selected fragments of various existing movies. Each such fragment was an image in a motion of any simple action by an actor cut off from the original context which become by that non-existing.
The selected film footage was shown from beginning to end and over again in reverse, from the end to the beginning simultaneously and both flows of time are visible to the viewer in every moment of the presentation.
We incorporated the footage as a found object and re-considered our reception of time in the cinema. By that we have investigated the way film itself is apprehended.
At the mid-point, each footage becomes one as the superimposed films line up and become a single film. Both time flows heading in opposite directions join for a very brief moment which duration has been defined by a speed of a film presentation: 1/24th of the second.
Deconstruction of an original content worked at the same time as a constructive force by creating a new visual quality of the work and producing a new visual object.
After creating a method and applying it to the chosen material, we become spectators of all results as anybody else from the audience. What emerged, are new compositions, new visual qualities, new nuances of form.
In that new work characters interact with themselves being present at the screen in two times at once. Every next image is an unpredictable visual combination.
Each such construction was played as an endless loop.
We applied the idea described above first to selected short fragments of various movies and used them to make an installation consisting from multiple screens. At each such screen the two time directional material was played as an endless loop which duration was defined by the duration of the selected footage.
After accomplishing of this installation, we decided to apply the same idea to a complete movie and realized it in 2008 two different works on the basis of two classical film works: the entire Alfred Hitchcock film “The Birds”(1963) and the entire film by Jean-Luc Godard “Breathless”(1960).
In these works all the music, all noises and each spoken word in the film always have been played twice: in a regular direction and in a reverse. An important part of this work is a verbal language.
The sound has been bound to the image and has been played equally either in a regular direction or reversed. In that second case spoken words have been changed to a not recognition and by loosing their communication means gained new qualities and have been turned into abstract “Sounds”.
The work based on a film by Jean-Luc Godard entitled “Fiction Double” become a part of the Center Pompidou collection.
Chinon is a commune located in the Indre-et-Loire department in the Region Centre, France. The regional area is called the Touraine, which is known as the "garden of France".
It is well known for its wine, castle, and historic town. Chinon played an important and strategic role during the Middle Ages, having served both French and English kings.
Chinon is in the Loire valley, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.
The historic town of Chinon is on the banks of the Vienne River about 10 kilometres (6 mi) from where it joins the Loire. Settlement in Chinon dates from prehistoric times, with a pronounced importance for both French and English history in the Middle Ages. At this period rivers were the main trade routes, and the Vienne River joins both the fertile regions of the Poitou and the city of Limoges, and is a tributary of the Loire, which acted as a traffic thoroughfare. The site was fortified early on, and by the 5th century a Gallo-Roman castrum had been established there.
Towards the mid 5th century, a disciple of St Martin, St Mexme, established first a hermitage, and then a monastery to the east of the town. This religious foundation bearing his name flourished in the medieval period, being rebuilt and extended four times. The eventual complex contained a large and highly decorated church and a square of canons' residences. Closure and partial demolition during and after the Revolution of 1789 have damaged this once very important church. The imposing second façade still stands, with its nave dating from the year 1000 A.D. Its important remains have been restored as historical monument and a cultural centre.
During the Middle Ages, Chinon further developed, especially under Henry II (Henry Plantagenêt, Count of Anjou, and crowned King of England in 1154). The castle was rebuilt and extended, becoming his administrative center and a favourite residence. It was where court was frequently held during the Angevin Empire.
On Henry's death at the castle in 1189, Chinon first passed to his eldest surviving son from his marriage with Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard I the Lionheart. On Richard's death in 1199, it then passed to the youngest of their children, John Lackland. King John would lose the castle in a siege in 1205 to the French king Philip II Augustus, from which date it was included in the French royal estates as the royal duchy of Touraine.
The castle in Chinon served as a prison for a time when Philip IV the Fair ordered the Knights Templar arrested in 1307. Jacques de Molay, Grand Master, and a few other dignitaries of the Order of the Temple were incarcerated there prior to trial and eventual execution.
Chinon again played a significant role in the struggle for the throne between the French and the English during the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) when the heir apparent, the future Charles VII of France sought refuge and installed his court in there in 1425. The province remained faithful to him and he made lengthy stays with his court there. In 1429, the 17-year-old Joan of Arc came to Chinon to meet and to acknowledge him as the rightful heir to the throne. After interrogation to prove she had been sent on a mission from God and with the men and arms then accorded to her, she would go on to break the siege of Orleans in June and open the way for Charles to be crowned at Reims in July 1429. The meetings in Chinon with the future Charles VII of France and his acceptance of her was the turning point of the war, helping to establish both firmer national boundaries and sentiment.
Chinon also served Louis XII as he waited for the papal legate Caesar Borgia to bring the annulment papers from Jeanne de France, enabling him to marry Anne of Brittany in 1498, and thus solidifying an even more coherent French territory
At the end of the 15th century, the commune of Chinon was the birthplace of the writer, humanist, philosopher and satirist François Rabelais, author of Gargantua and Pantagruel amongst other works, which figure in the canon of great world literature. The region is the scene of these fantastic, critical and observant adventures.
From the sixteenth century, Chinon was no longer a royal residence, and in 1631 it became part of the estates of the Duke of Richelieu, who neglected the fortress. Apart from townhouses and convents that were built, the city changed little up to the Revolution. In the 1820s, however, the fortifications were pulled down and the banks of the Vienne River were opened up to the outside.
In the late 19th and 20th centuries, Chinon grew to the east, towards the railway station, and to the north on the hill. The historic centre was registered as a conservation area in 1968, and since that time has been undergoing restoration in order to preserve its historic, natural and architectural identity.
Rue Jeanne d'Arc
Hotel Torterue de Langardiere
18th Century
Old style BW Treatment of this photo - my preference for most elephant shots, where the colour of the soil where they live seems to dominate the image.
Born from one family’s passion for Kenya and its wilderness, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is today the most successful orphan-elephant rescue and rehabilitation program in the world and one of the pioneering conservation organisations for wildlife and habitat protection in East Africa. (see www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/index.asp). Feeding time in the Nairobi centre for the youngest of the orphan elephants.
God Mode, a new interactive installation I made for the Ludic Rooms Coventry Mysteries Trail project. Video here: vimeo.com/67753942
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duwisib_Castle
Duwisib Castle, sometimes spelt Duwiseb or Duweseb, is a grand pseudo-medieval looking fortress in the hills of the semi-arid Southern Namib region of Namibia. It was built by 'Baron' Captain Hans Heinrich von Wolf (born in Dresden, 1873), who was posted to (then) German West Africa. After the German-Nama war Captain von Wolf went home to Dresden and married the stepdaughter of the US consul, Miss Jayta Humphreys, on 8 April 1907. They decided to settle in South West Africa and bought eight farms in the Maltahöhe area. Eminent architect Wilhelm Sander was commissioned to design a building and construction commenced in 1908. Most materials were imported from Germany and stonemasons were hired from Italy, Sweden and Ireland.
It was hoped that the castle would bear a resemblance to some of the existing German Forts in Namibia. Much of the raw materials for the construction of the fort were imported from Germany, landing at Lüderitz. The resulting edifice consisted of 22 rooms.[1]
While they were travelling to Europe in 1914, the First World War broke out and the ship carrying Von Wolf and his wife was diverted to Rio de Janeiro. Jayta Humphreys had retained her American citizenship and found passage to Europe on a Dutch ship; legend has it the Baron had to travel disguised as a woman. On arrival in Europe the Baron rejoined the German army, and was killed at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, just two weeks after signing up. His wife could not bring herself to return to Namibia alone and never again laid claim to the majestic castle. She spent the rest of her life in the South of England. What are said to be descendants of their fine thoroughbred horses can be seen today roaming free and wild as Namib Desert Horses along the roadside and in the restricted diamond areas, although whether this is the origin of these herds is not accurately known.
Toulouse is a city in the department of Haute-Garonne in southwestern France. It lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the Mediterranean Sea and 230 km (143 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean, and 580 km (360 mi) away from Paris. With 1,202,889 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008, the Toulouse metropolitan area is the fourth-largest in France, after Paris (12.1 million), Lyon (2.1 million), and Marseille (1.7 million).
Toulouse is the centre of the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus, Galileo positioning system, the SPOT satellite system, EADS, ATR and the Aerospace Valley, considered as a global cluster.
Toulouse was the capital of the former province of Languedoc (provinces were abolished during the French Revolution), the former Visigothic Kingdom and was the capital of the historical region of Occitania (Southern France). It is now the capital of the Midi-Pyrénées region, the largest region in metropolitan France. It is also the capital of the Haute-Garonne department. en.wikipedia.org
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Occitania is a region of France that was created on 1 January 2016 from former French regions Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées. It was initially given the temporary name "Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées"; on 24 June 2016 , the regional assembly in Toulouse adopted the name Région Occitanie, with the long-form Région Occitanie (Pyrénées-Méditerranée), as the name of the region. The name adopted by the regional council must be approved by the Council of State by 1 October 2016, before the name can become official.
The new region covers an area of more than 72,724 km2 with a population of 5,626,858. en.wikipedia.org
Sensuous Steel, Art Deco Automobiles at the Frist center for the Visual Arts in Nashville Tennessee. fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/sensuous-steel
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,731,571 in 2016, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,245,438 people (as of 2016) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) proper had a 2016 population of 6,417,516. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.
People have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by American troops. York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of Toronto. It was designated as the capital of the province of Ontario in 1867 during Canadian Confederation. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of 630.2 km2 (243.3 sq mi).
The diverse population of Toronto reflects its current and historical role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. More than 50 percent of residents belong to a visible minority population group, and over 200 distinct ethnic origins are represented among its inhabitants. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language, over 160 languages are spoken in the city.
Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canada's major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Its varied cultural institutions, which include numerous museums and galleries, festivals and public events, entertainment districts, national historic sites, and sports activities, attract over 43 million tourists each year. Toronto is known for its many skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, the CN Tower.
The city is home to the Toronto Stock Exchange, the headquarters of Canada's five largest banks, and the headquarters of many large Canadian and multinational corporations. Its economy is highly diversified with strengths in technology, design, financial services, life sciences, education, arts, fashion, aerospace, environmental innovation, food services, and tourism.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland_Park
Ireland Park is located on the shores of Lake Ontario on Éireann Quay, adjoining the Canada Malting Silos, at the foot of Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Officially opened in the summer of 2007, Ireland Park commemorates the tens of thousands who fled Ireland during the Great Famine. In 1847 over 38,000 Irish men, women and children landed on the shores of Toronto, where Ireland Park now stands, fleeing famine and eager to start a new life. Although Toronto only had 20,000 inhabitants, the city welcomed the newcomers with open arms. Over 1,100 new immigrants did not survive to make Canada their new home, with many perishing in fever sheds during the Typhus epidemic of 1847. Ireland Park is a tribute to all the Irish ancestors who came with only hope, for a new life in a promising country.
The park was designed to be an emotional and evocative place calling up long-lost memories of destitute ancestors who arrived from blight ravaged Ireland on our Canadian shore with hopes for a new life in a new land. The park was designed by Toronto Architect Jonathan Kearns, who is an Irish immigrant himself. The park features oak trees, a cylinder of stacked glass that serves as a beacon of hope and five bronze sculptures created by renowned Irish sculptor Rowan Gillespie. The sculptures mirror a similar Famine Memorial in Dublin at the Custom House Quays. The figures in Dublin represent The Departure with Toronto's sculptures being The Arrival. The Hamilton Spectator described the work as follows:
"The early immigrants are now honoured at the Toronto waterfront park by five haunting bronze statues created by Irish sculptor Rowan Gillespie...One figure depicts a man lying on the ground, emaciated; another shows a pregnant woman clutching her bulging stomach, while behind her a meek child stands wide-eyed. One frail figure is bent over with hands clasped in prayer, contrasted by a man whose arms are extended to the sky in salvation."
The park also features an imposing wall made exclusively of limestone imported from Kilkenny with has the names of those who died in 1847. The wall includes many of Toronto's citizens who gave their life to the Irish cause, including Bishop Michael Power.
The park was officially opened during a ceremony on June 21, 2007, which featured the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Toronto Mayor David Miller, and the Chairman of the Ireland Park Foundation, Robert Kearns. Mary McAleese described the park as "a memorial that links Ireland and Canada in a very, very powerful way, and brings that story right into the 21st century."
In 2009, a film entitled Death or Canada features Ireland Park and the dark story of 1847 and how it impacted the young city of Toronto. The Chairman of Ireland Park, Robert Kearns, is a featured contributor.
In Dominican Republic hundreds of people in white gathered to raise their
voices and commitment to the climate crisis. The message conveyed was the
threat of sea level rise to an island nation as Dominican Republic and was
part of one of the 350 EARTH events happening worldwide, a week before the
climate negotiations. This day, November 21st will always be remembered as
the day that Dominicans came together for Planet Earth, our only home.
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Arquidiócesis de México
Sitio Oficial de la Arquidiócesis de México
www.arquidiocesismexico.org.mx/
Ex Convento San Bernardino de Siena
Av. Nuevo León 24 Bis
Col. Barrio Santa Crucita C.P. 16070
Del. Xochimilco
Tel. 5676-0148
Tel. 5676-8646
Tomado del libro: Xochimilco y sus monumentos Históricos.
De Araceli Peralta Flores y Jorge Rojas Ramírez,
Departamento del Distrito Federal Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1992, México.
Situado en el centro de Xochimilco ya que en torno a el ha girado una buena parte de la historia de pueblo. "Tanto a los conquistadores como a los evangelios, la construcción de esta iglesia les sirvió como punto de cohesión e identidad social, en cuanto que le permitió una armonía entre el indígena, el español y los primeros mestizos.
Xochimilco hacia 1524. George Kubler, en su libro: Arquitectura Mexicana del siglo XVI señala, que la iglesia y en convento tuvieron varias etapas constructivas que abarcaron desde 1530 hasta el año 1600. Para 1538 San Bernardino contaba ya con convento; hacia 1546 fray Francisco de Soto, uno de los once compañeros de fray Martín de Valencia, tomo la dirección y la supervisión de la obra; en 1585 se terminaron los dormitorios, la iglesia, las celdas, las viviendas y las dependencias. Para 1609 funcionó el colegio conventual de Xochimilco en donde se dieron clases de retórica, teología, artes y oficios.
Gran parte del dinero que se requirió para llevar a cabo la obra fue aportado por los indios principales de Xochimilco, siendo Martín Cerón de Álvaro uno de los más generosos .
Ante la escasez de frailes, en 1538, los franciscanos decidieron retirar los que habían en Xochimilco, dejando el convento como visita del grande de México. Los indios se opusieron con ruegos y llantos a esta determinación, logrando que se quedaran dos frailes para su convento.
En 1569 moraban en el convento cuatro religiosos que tenían a su cargo el adoctrinamiento de cinco mil indios. Cuando Fray Jerónimo de Mendieta fue guardián del convento, los indios del pueblo se agruparon por barrios en el atrio para adoctrinarse y contarse. Hacia 1585 el número de evangelizadores aumentó a seis.
La iglesia y el convento de San Bernardino tuvo trece pueblos de visita: Santiago Tepalcatlalpan, San Lucas Xochimanca, San Mateo Pochtla, San Miguel Topilejo, San Francisco Tlalnepantla, San Salvador Cuautenco, Santa Cecilia Ahuautla, San Andrés Ocoyoacac, San Lorenzo Tlatecpan, San Martín Tiatilpan, Santa Maria Nativitas Zacapan y Santa Cruz Acalpixcan.
Otro suceso importante de índole religioso se dio en el siglo XVII. En este siglo había fuertes diferencias entre los frailes peninsulares y criollos por querer ocupar los cargos mas altos, por lo que los criollos de la Provincia del Santo Evangelio, escribieron a Paulo V desde Xochimilco -en enero de 1614- solicitándole que los favoreciera con estos cargos. Lograron obtener un orden a través de la cual tanto criollos como peninsulares podían turnarse cada tres años en el provincialato y otras jerarquías.
En cuanto a los bienes muebles de San Bernardino destaca el retablo mayor de Xochimilco, que data del siglo XVI solo comparable en calidad con el de Huejotzingo, Puebla y del que se han hecho estudios muy detallados de su composición, y es considerado como una obra de gran valor artístico e iconográfico.
Por lo que toca a los retablos laterales tenemos el de Cristo, ubicado en el segundo tramo del lado norte. Data del siglo XVI; esta incompleto en su base y en sus calles laterales. El de la Sagrada Familia localizado en el segundo tramo del lado sur, corresponde a los siglos XVII-XVIII. El de la Virgen Purísima ubicada en el tercer tramo del lado sur, es del siglo XII-XVIII (no se encuentra en el lugar original y esta incompleto en su base). El de Cristo situado en el cuarto tramo del lado sur, data del siglo XVI - XVII. Otro de Cristo localizado en el quinto tramo del lado sur, corresponde a finales del siglo XVII (esta incompleto en su base). El de la Virgen del Carmen con las ánimas del purgatorio ubicado en el quinto tramo del lado norte, es del siglo XVII. El del Martirio de San Pedro situado en el sexto tramo del lado sur, data del siglo XVII-XVIII, este retablo fue hecho sin tener un diseño arquitectónico y no tiene columnas, arquitrabes ni frasos. El de la pasión de Cristo situado en el sexto tramo del lado norte corresponde al siglo XVII (esta incompleto y se encuentra en malas condiciones de estabilidad): El de San Sebastián Mártir ubicado en el séptimo tramo del lado, es del siglo XVIII. Sobre la historia de este ultimo retablo García Granados dice que en 1576 la población de Xochimilco fue afectada seriamente por el cocolixtle, por lo que Fray Jerónimo de Mendieta echó suerte para saber a que santo debían encomendarse, saliendo agraciado el Apóstol Santiago. Pasado un año y en vista que la peste no disminuía decidió encomendarlos a San Sebastián, con lo que el cocolixtle desapareció. En agradecimiento a estos santos les mandó construir sus retablos a ambos lados del altar mayor.
Tanto en el templo como en el convento existen pinturas, esculturas y tallas de gran calidad realizadas por grandes artistas. De las pinturas destacan las de Echave Orio, padre e hijo probablemente Simón Pereyns, Sánchez Salmerón Caravaggio y Francisco Martínez. Sobresalen las culturas de Luis Arciniegas y Juan Martínez Montañés.
La fina silleria tallada en cedro rojo, compuesta por seis sítiales divididos por brazos, así como los dos púlpitos que se encuentran en el templo, fueron hechos por el ebanista Juan Rojas en el siglo XVIII.
A finales del siglo XIX, el arquitecto Mariano Lezano construyó un ciprés de estilo neoclásico que cubría buena parte del retablo mayor. Años más tarde el arquitecto Roberto Álvarez Espinoza realizó unos estudios y elaboró unos planos con objeto de retirar el ciprés argumentando que éste tapaba el retablo del siglo XVI.
La década de los sesentas fue una de las más difíciles en lo que corresponde a la restauración del templo y del convento, ya que se realizaron en ellos intervenciones que afectaron tanto elementos arquitectónicos como a los retablos, pinturas y esculturas. Dicho trabajos se hicieron sin contar con un proyecto de restauración que científicamente apoyará los criterios de conservación y tampoco se consideró aplicar la tecnología más apropiada para cada caso.
Cabe señalar que en los años sesenta el atrio de la iglesia suscitó conflictos al quererse utilizar este espacio para otros fines. De hecho la esquina suroeste se encontraba ocupada por las escuelas primarias Vicente Riva Palacio y la Ignacio Ramírez, lo que dio pauta para que surgieran solicitudes en las que se pedía construir en lo quedaba del atrio un deportivo, y poder utilizar ese espacio para llevar acabo exposiciones ganaderas. De los dos últimos proyectos ninguno fue aprobado y hasta los años setenta. Las primeras fueron reubicadas quedando de ese modo el atrio libre de construcciones ajenas a su uso original.
... Complementar el exconvento franciscano de Xochimilco es situarse en la mística del encuentro del hombre consigo mismo, con el universo y con lo sobrenatural. ... Los alarifes lograron con su modestia una obra sobria realizada con ayuda indígena en sus acabados, fundiéndose el arte indígena y la cultura occidental, reafirmando así el nuevo pensamiento español. ... El conjunto guarda los cánones y la organización especial clásica de los conventos de la Nueva España: El Templo tiene vista al oriente y el claustro al costado sur, que lo protege de los vientos dominantes. ... El atrio es una típica solución americana .
Servia como espacio intermedio entre el interior y el exterior, para llevar acabo en el ceremonias que permitieran una gran concentración de gente. ... El espacio interior... Originalmente tenía techumbre y alfarje de madera, que fueron posteriormente sustituidos por bóvedas. Esto hizo necesario un nuevo entendimiento en el acomodado de su necesario un nuevo entendimiento acomodado geometría integrado estribos y botares a la estructura, destacando una cuyo forma de arco llamarían los estudios de "por tranquil o rampante", el cual sigue en empuje natural de la bóveda como si fuera caída de agua .
... cabe señalar que este tipo de solución estructural fue típica de Xochimilco, con la idea de reforzar las capillas y los templos, contra el hundimiento y desplome, ya que el suelo es altamente compresible y débil. ...El templo cuenta con una fachada en la que destaca la portada... un arco de medio punto, pilastras empotradas y enjutas, rematando a las pilastras una ventana coral de perfil mixtilínea. La fachada culmina con un almenado que la asemeja a una construcción militar; de ahí la idea equivocada de haber sido este tipo de conventos mal llamados conventos fortaleza. Casi al nivel del almenado se encuentra un reloj que muestra el aporte del siglo XIX. ...Hay que destacar los contrafuertes y arbotantes que flanquean la construcción porque representan el avance tecnológico de la época y el perfecto conocimiento de los materiales utilizados. La cúpula del templo, se terminó er. 1700... El doctor Atl nos dice "es probable que (sea) la cúpula más antigua de México y por una rara coincidencia la que parece derivarse más directamente del gran domo de Bruneleschi". ...Cada espacio al interior de las crujías es necesario imaginarlo con su humilde mobiliario de madera aparente o acabado con aceite de linaza, compuesto por una lámpara de aceite para iluminar el recinto, una cama de tablas y una especie de cómoda o ropero.
En la parte exterior encontramos la capilla de la Tercera Orden, compuesta por una sola nave de cuatro tramos que corresponden a finales del siglo XVII, cuya portada en cierta forma nos recuerda la porciúncula puerta de acceso lateral a la nave del templo principal, misma que guarda un significado especial para la orden franciscana.
El convento de San Bernardino muestra en su conjunto, con orgullo, la mano de obra de quienes lo pensaron y lo hicieron, convirtiendo en poemas sintetizados en su arquitectura.
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The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Scotland. It connects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. Named after the nearby town of Falkirk in central Scotland, the lift opened in 2002. The two canals it serves were previously connected by a series of 11 locks, but by the 1930s these had fallen into disuse. The locks were filled in and the land built upon.
The plan to regenerate central Scotland's canals and reconnect Glasgow with Edinburgh was led by British Waterways with support and funding from seven local authorities, the Scottish Enterprise Network, the European Regional Development Fund, and the Millennium Commission.
Planners decided early on to create a dramatic 21st-century landmark structure to reconnect the canals, instead of simply recreating the historic lock flight. Designs were submitted for a boat lift to link the canals; the Falkirk Wheel design won. As with many Millennium Commission projects the site includes a visitors' centre containing a shop, café, and exhibition centre.
The difference in height at the wheel is 24 metres (79 ft), roughly equivalent to the height of an eight-storey building. The Union Canal is still 11 m higher than the aqueduct which meets the wheel, and boats must pass through a pair of locks to descend from this canal onto the aqueduct at the top of the wheel.
The structure is near the Rough Castle Fort; the closest village is Tamfourhill. On 24 May 2002, Queen Elizabeth II opened the Falkirk Wheel as part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations. The opening was delayed a month due to flooding caused by vandals who forced open the wheel's gates. en.wikipedia.org See also www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk
UNESCO Tentative List;
whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5406/
Aphrodisias lies in southwestern Turkey, in the fertile valley of the Dandalas River, a tributary of the Meander, about 150 kilometres east (inland) of the Aegean Sea. It is situated at the base of the Babadag mountain range, at 500 m above sea level. The city was the capital of the ancient Roman province of Caria.
The ancient city of Aphrodisias is one of the most important archaeological sites of the Greek and Roman periods in Turkey. Famous in antiquity for its sanctuary of Aphrodite, the city's patron goddess, Aphrodisias enjoyed a long and prosperous existence from the second century B.C. through the sixth century A.D. Today, many of the city's ancient monuments remain standing, and excavations have unearthed numerous fine marble statues and other artifacts. The great beauty and extraordinary preservation of this site combine to bring the civic culture of the Greco-Roman world vividly to life.
Aphrodisias was founded on the site of an ancient local sanctuary in the second century B.C., according to the date of the earliest coins and inscriptions found in the site. In the late first century B.C., the city came under the personal protection of the Roman emperor Augustus, and a long period of growth and good fortune ensued. The first several centuries A.D. were especially prosperous, and most of the surviving buildings of the city date to this period. In the fourth century, Aphrodisias became the capital of the Roman province of Caria. The cosmopolitan character of the age is demonstrated by the presence in this city of an active Jewish community, attested in a famous inscription listing benefactors of the local Synagogue.
The first systematic excavations at the site were begun in 1961 under the aegis of New York University, and yielded many remains of the city's central monuments. In addition to the Temple of Aphrodite, major areas of investigation included the Bouleuterion or Council House, and the Sebasteion. The Sebasteion, a religious sanctuary dedicated to Aphrodite and the Roman emperors, is one of the most remarkable discoveries of Roman archaeology. It is one of the best-preserved examples of a Roman imperial cult complex, and is decorated with an extraordinary series of life-size marble reliefs (originally almost 200), which depict Roman emperors and imperial family members from ca. A.D. 20 to 60, as well as, personifications of the subject peoples of the Roman empire, and mythological heroes and gods. The reliefs provide an unparalleled insight into how Roman imperial power was understood from a local perspective. Other important public buildings are the Theatre, the Hadrianic Baths, and the Stadium; the latter seated 30,000 people, and is the best-preserved of all ancient stadiums. The buildings of the site are remarkable not only for the preservation of their architecture, but also for the many inscriptions, statues, reliefs, and other objects associated with them.
Aphrodisias is well-known for its fine sculpture. Good marble quarries are located only a few kilometres away from the city, and by the Late Hellenistic period, a strong local tradition of marble sculpture had already taken root. In later generations, Aphrodisian sculptors are known to have worked abroad on prestigious commissions, for example, at Hadrian's villa at Tivoli. The sculpture from the site is characterized by virtuosity and variety. Excavation has uncovered statues of, for example, gods, heroes, emperors, orators, philosophers, and boxers, as well as a great range of ornamental and figured relief. The finds range from grave reliefs of the second century B.C. to statues of the last Roman governors of the sixth century A.D. Many sculptures from the site already occupy key positions in the history of ancient art.
The studies for a site management plan were started according to a protocol between the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Geyre Foundation dated to 08.11.2007.
www.nyu.edu/projects/aphrodisias/home.ti.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodisias
Advanced Beauty project test render images. These screengrabs are from the most recent working version of my contribution which you can read a bit about here.
The final piece runs about 4.5 minutes at 25fps.
Stills from VJ projects performed last night at the Mighty Gallery to Bitshifter's gameboy-driven audio.
All visuals were run as Processing-exported OSX applications controlled live with an M-Audio Trigger Finger. Someone buy me a Lemur so I can do this properly.
Note: Parts of this particular project were HEAVILY influenced by Toxi (Karsten Schmidt). His work puts mine to shame!
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Querido Horacio, amado amigo… compañero, hoy contemplando estas gotas llenas de vida que tú escudriñabas con tanta pasión, llegaron como olas tus recuerdos con cariño.
Y en el mar que tanto amabas, una estrella brilla por ti, encendiendo para siempre tu presencia generosa, tu legado más precioso que con ella se hace luz.
Asomado al microscopio, como tú, rememoro las horas que pasaste recorriendo estos paisajes, descubriendo a los demás la belleza de estos mundos que nuestros ojos no ven, cuando tantas veces fuiste los nuestros, abriendo los horizontes a la vida y al misterio de lo hermoso.
Hoy, una estrella de Obelia se abre hacia el infinito por ti, regalándonos su armonía y poniéndote para siempre en nosotros…
¡ Gracias por todo, allá donde estés, amigo… !
La medusa Obelia es mucho más que diminuta y hoy se desprendió de su rama como vilano de gelatina, para dejar llevarse por el mar, imitando a las estrellas en el infinito del océano, firmando las gotas saladas con su impronta de belleza.
Siempre minúsculas, las medusas del género Obelia se han echado a la mar lloviendo desde los fondos hacia el cielo, con una nieve viva de copos blandos.
Soles de gelatina palpitante que extienden sus blandos brazos para abrazar el agua y que hoy pintan de estrellas vivas el infinito ondulante del mar, allí donde la brisa lo acuna con su canto de espumas blancas.
Al igual que en muchas otras medusas, el ciclo de vida de estos hidrozoos no está condicionado por su minúsculo tamaño, y durante un tiempo, en forma de pólipo, como céspedes blandos y blanquecinos, sus ramas finas recubren algunas superficies de los fondos a los que llega la luz.
Vive en zonas no muy profundas, reproduciéndose asexualmente en nuevos brotes, alimentándose de los restos de cualquier banquete, de cualquier presa viva o muerta que el océano les regaló.
Pero llegado un tiempo, cuando maduran, la vida sedentaria se abre paso a otra viajera, de aventura y de plenitud sexual, y cada pólipo, buscando esa vida libre se desgajará en estas pequeñas medusas flotantes, que inician su vuelo errante y cazador.
Obelia ya no depende de quien quiera regalarle de propina un alimento, tendrá que ganarlo, y así emprende su singladura por la inmensidad del océano, con su umbrela como globo del que como flecos ordenados y precisos penden hasta treinta y dos tentáculos móviles que son sus brazos cazadores.
Obelia es un género de hidrozoos que vive en los mares de todo el mundo excepto en el Ártico y Antártico, se trata de organismos principalmente marinos, con alguno dulceacuícola que presentan en su ciclo vital etapas de pólipo y medusa.
Los hidrozoos pertenecen al filo Cnidaria , organismos acuáticos de estructura relativamente simple y aparato digestivo y sistema nervioso muy rudimentario, con un diámetro de alrededor de 1 mm.
Se reconocen hasta 120 especies dentro de este género, conocido comúnmente como piel del mar, aunque como ahora, en determinadas épocas del año, su etapa de pólipo aparece con relativa frecuencia formando parte del plancton en las zonas costeras y de alta mar, donde se puede encontrar hasta los 200 metros de profundidad.
Hoy una hermosa forma estrellada de uno de esos pólipos quiere rendir homenaje a un gran amigo y maestro, Horacio Abellán...para ti, siempre.
La fotografías que mostramos, realizadas en vivo a 100 aumentos con la técnicas de contraste de interferencia, contraste de fases , campo oscuro y polarización, se han tomado sobre una muestra de fondo recogida a 3 metros de profundidad en la costa de la ría de Arousa el día 26 de agosto de 2024, en la playa de Balea junto a San Vicente do Mar en Pontevedra.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
New York City (NYC), often called the City of New York or simply New York (NY), is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2018 population of 8,398,748 distributed over about 302.6 square miles (784 km2), New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the U.S. state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With almost 20 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and approximately 23 million in its combined statistical area, it is one of the world's most populous megacities. New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, significantly influencing commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, fashion, and sports. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy.
Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City is composed of five boroughs, each of which is a county of the State of New York. The five boroughs—Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island—were consolidated into a single city in 1898. The city and its metropolitan area constitute the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. New York is home to more than 3.2 million residents born outside the United States, the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world as of 2016. As of 2019, the New York metropolitan area is estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of $2.0 trillion. If greater New York City were a sovereign state, it would have the 12th highest GDP in the world. New York is home to the highest number of billionaires of any city in the world.
New York City traces its origins to a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. New York was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the largest U.S. city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the U.S. by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a symbol of the U.S. and its ideals of liberty and peace. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a global node of creativity and entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability, and as a symbol of freedom and cultural diversity. In 2019, New York was voted the greatest city in the world per a survey of over 30,000 people from 48 cities worldwide, citing its cultural diversity.
Many districts and landmarks in New York City are well known, including three of the world's ten most visited tourist attractions in 2013. A record 62.8 million tourists visited New York City in 2017. Times Square is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theater District, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. Many of the city's landmarks, skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. Manhattan's real estate market is among the most expensive in the world. New York is home to the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, with multiple distinct Chinatowns across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service and contributing to the nickname The City that Never Sleeps, the New York City Subway is the largest single-operator rapid transit system worldwide, with 472 rail stations. The city has over 120 colleges and universities, including Columbia University, New York University, Rockefeller University, and the City University of New York system, which is the largest urban public university system in the United States. Manhattan is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization, namely the New York Stock Exchange, located on Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, and NASDAQ, headquartered in Midtown Manhattan.
www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/2011 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Flower_Show The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, officially the Great Spring Show,[1] is a garden show held each year on five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London. It is the most famous such show in the United Kingdom, perhaps the most famous gardening event in the world[1] and part of London's summer social season.
Popular parts of the Chelsea Flower Show include the show gardens designed by leading names and the centrepiece of the floral marquee.
Montreal (est. 1642, pop. 1.7 MM)
• Habitat 67 • designed by Israeli-Canadian architect, Moshe Safdie (b.1938)
• 12 story apartment complex • 15 models varying between 1 & 5 modules • located at the Marc-Drouin Quay on Cité du Havre, a man-made peninsula
• overlooks the St. Lawrence River with views of Downtown Montreal & the Old Port
• Home
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Borda el agua de una charca Tetraspora con sus botones, siempre de cuatro en cuatro, sembrando de flores verdes los campos de cada gota hasta perderse, nebulosas de lunares bajo el cielo, durmiendo al raso.
BebeTetraspora con alegría la luz del sol de este invierno primavera con sus pétalos redondos, emparejados también con la vida. Gemas del agua que tejen nubes de gelatina en la belleza de un ábaco que no hace cuentas, mientras la extiende multiplicando.
Los cuerpos verdes y redondos, minúsculos de Tetraspora se agrupan así, en tétradas. En vez de vivir solitarios prefieren la compañía de sus hermanos gemelos, lo que tienes sus ventajas y es además un paso tímido pero importante en la evolución hacia la formación de los organismos pluricelulares.
Cuatro además pueden más que uno y cuatro veces cuatro, más de cuatro veces más, y ya casi son legión, y de este modo, los posibles depredadores dejarán mucho espacio para que la vida de Tetraspora continúe y siga expandiéndose al menos cuatro veces, de cuatro en cuatro.
Las células de Tetraspora gelatinosa , siempre son esféricas y de un tamaño bastante variable que suele oscilar entre las seis y doce micras, presentan un cloroplasto simple parietal en forma de copa y pirenoide en la base recubierto por una fina lámina de almidón; no presentan estigma y las que se sitúan en la periferia de la colonia, suelen agruparse de forma más densa y presentar unas expansiones gelatinosas como hilos -que a veces resulta difícil distinguir- que recuerdan a largos flagelos y que incrustados en la masa gelatinosa en la que viven ayudan a dar mayor consistencia a las finas cortinas que van tejiendo.
Las colonias de Tetraspora gelatinosa suelen dar lugar a formaciones que permanecen fijas y sumergidas sobre cualquier soporte y a medida que se van desarrollando, comienzan a ocupar la superficie y flotan libremente en zonas en las que no existe una fuerte corriente de agua.
Todo parece indicar que Tetraspora gelatinosa es una especie cosmopolita, la más extendida por el continente europeo de las 21 que conforman este género. Vive con frecuencia en lagos, lagunas, e incluso pequeños cursos de agua con poca corriente y charcas, como ésta que mostramos aquí recolectada en unas praderas encharcadas en la periferia de Logroño, junto al Camino de Santiago.
Quizá sus constelaciones, aunque invisibles orienten a peregrinas y peregrinos a encontrar algo bueno en este Camino..
Las fotografías, realizadas en vivo el día 10 de enero de 2025 con las técnicas de contraste de interferencia, contraste de fase y epifluorescencia, proceden de una muestra de agua recogida en una pradera encharcada junto a juncos y carrizos y dando lugar en el agua a pequeños velos transparentes y flexibles.
The grassy summit is now mostly covered with the Tree Lomatia (Lomatia arborescens). (September 2016). Fire is the grass' friend, and it looks like there's been no fire up here for ages. The rainforest regenerator plant is slowly taking over.
If the grassy summit is worth protecting, fire is required to clear the area. This could be done by the National Parks with consultation with the local indigenous Australians and the UNESCO World Heritage people.
Or the fire could occur naturally with lightning. I'd be happy if the Lomatia colonize the summit, and it reverts to rainforest, as at nearby Mount Royal. The grassy balds at Mount Royal are now larger, and several are totally surrounded by rainforest.
Mr. David Martino accepts the "Commander's Cup" trophy from Maj. Gen. Richard Mustion and Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Smith on behalf of the Officer Personnel Management Directorate. OPMD won the overall award with the most points scored throughout the day's events.
Viengthong is a district and a town in Houaphan Province in north-eastern Laos. It is the gatway for the Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area, which is home to a number of endangered species including tiger. The protected area headquarters are located in the Viengthong (Muang Hiem) town. Source: wikitravel.org
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Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, or commonly referred to its colloquial name of Muang Lao, is a landlocked country in the heart of the Indochinese peninsula of Mainland Southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (Burma) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west.
Laos is a one-party socialist republic. It espouses Marxism and is governed by a single party communist politburo dominated by military generals. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Vietnam People's Army continue to have significant influence in Laos. The capital city is Vientiane. Other large cities include Luang Prabang, Savannakhet, and Pakse. The official language is Lao.
Laos is a multi-ethnic country with the politically and culturally dominant Lao people making up approximately 60 percent of the population, mostly in the lowlands. Mon-Khmer groups, the Hmong, and other indigenous hill tribes, accounting for 40 percent of the population, live in the foothills and mountains. Source: en.wikipedia.org