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Origin: France. Circa: 1720. Period: 18th Century. Rare and magnifiscent Pewter Fountain from the French Regence Period composed of three pieces.
The water reservoir shows double curved lines on each side with a convex front engraved with a stylilized Heart surrounded by foliated scrolls and by an Eagle having its two wings spread above two torches.There is a crown on the Eagle, but has been worn by time and is only slightly visible now.The reservoir has its two original bronze taps and shows the same great moldings on its bottom that we see on the cover and the basin. Shop @ The HighBoy.
Tabebuia .Bignoniacées. Mes origines sont d'Amérique du sud, et pour cette raison il est préférable de me planter dans un jardin situé sous climats tempérés à chauds.Pour une belle floraison , il me faut de la lumière et pour protéger mes pétales protégez moi des vents.Sur un tronc unique et grisâtre, mes rameaux font un port évasé.J'aime les sols riches et humides.Je fleurie avant que mon feuillage ne pousse, de bouquets de fleurs en corolles roses pâles et à l'intérieur moucheté de jaune. Mais des floraisons blanches et jaunes existent aussi. Je vivrais environ 120 ans...Je suis un arbre de taille moyenne, adulte, en 10 ans je peut atteindre 6 à 10 mètres de hauteur.
Tabebuia est un genre végétal qui comprend une centaine d'espèces d'arbres natifs des régions tropicales d'Amérique et qui s'étendent depuis le Mexique jusqu'au nord de l'Argentine.
Il est connu en Guyane sous le nom d'ébène, au Paraguay sous le nom de lapacho et en langue guarani sous celui de tajÿ. Il existe des arbres à fleurs jaunes, blanches et roses.
Il est connu aussi sous le nom Trumpet tree.
Certaines espèces donnent des bois précieux connus sous le nom d'ipé.
Tabebuia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. The common name "roble" is sometimes found in English. Tabebuias have been called "trumpet trees", but this name is usually applied to other trees and has become a source of confusion and misidentification.
Tabebuia consists almost entirely of trees, but a few are often large shrubs. A few species produce timber, but the genus is mostly known for those that are cultivated as flowering trees.
Tabebuia is native to the American tropics and subtropics from Mexico and the Caribbean to Argentina. Most of the species are from Cuba and Hispaniola. It is commonly cultivated and often naturalized or adventive beyond its natural range. It easily escapes cultivation because of its numerous, wind-borne seeds.
In 1992, a revision of Tabebuia described 99 species and one hybrid. Phylogenetic studies of DNA sequences later showed that Tabebuia, as then circumscribed, was polyphyletic. In 2007, it was divided into three separate genera. Primavera (Roseodendron donnell-smithii) and a related species with no unique common name (Roseodendron chryseum) were transferred to Roseodendron. Those species known as ipê and pau d'arco (in Portuguese) or poui were transferred to Handroanthus. Sixty-seven species remained in Tabebuia. The former genus and polyphyletic group of 99 species described by Gentry in 1992 is now usually referred to as "Tabebuia sensu lato".
Anchor Passage. In French Passage de l’Ancre is a fortified alley that separates the Old palace of Romanesque origin, from the Nou Palace of Gothic origin. The entrance is through the Town Hall Square, between the tower of San Marcial and that of Magdalena, and leads to the cloister and the cathedral.
The name Anchor Passage is due to the anchor suspended on one of the arches of the alley. This anchor symbolized the archbishop’s rights over fishing.
A tithing was paid to the archbishop, such as the entrance fee to the port and for the fishing made. The anchor was hung in front of the Madeleine courtyard and it was lowered when the tithing was delivered. The anchor is the symbol of the rights that the archbishops of Narbonne had over the port.
The eastern arch of the alley belonged to an old chapel of the 9th century, which formed the base of the Carolingian bell tower. At the end of the passage, the fortified western arch separates the two parts of the building; A gallery located above allows communication between the two palaces.
Behind this second arch, there are some steps that lead to the cloister, and from there to the cathedral.
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On August 17th, 1994 my family got our first cat. I was going into the fifth grade.
We named her Dusty because the first thing she did when we brought her home was run in the basement and get covered in dust.
Dusty now lives with my parents and another cat (Kitty) in Dunnellon, FL.
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The film program put together for ORIGIN Cinema includes works using a wide array of styles, formats and narrative techniques. What they have in common are plots that move in the direction of the origin of developements and stories.
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origin: Queensland
Primitive Plant Garden, Strybing Arboretum - San Francisco Botanical Garden: Golden Gate Park, February 19, 2009
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Origin of the museum
The origin of the AfricaMuseum dates back to the Brussels International Exposition of 1897.
At King Leopold II’s behest, The ‘Colonial Section’ of the exhibition was moved to the ‘Colonial Palace’ in Tervuren. The exhibition halls were home to naturalised animals, geographic samples, commodities, Congolese ethnographic and artistic objects and art objects created in Belgium. An African village was recreated in the park and this was home to Congolese individuals during the day. Seven of these Congolese died during their time in the village.
Leopold II saw the museum as a propaganda tool for his colonial project, aimed at attracting investors and winning over the Belgian population. It was in 1898 that the temporary exhibition became the first permanent museum of the Congo. The institute has always served the dual purpose of a museum and scientific institute.
An ambitious construction project
Very early on, the Palace of the Colonies turned out to be too small. Leopold II called on the services of Charles Girault, architect of the Petit Palais in Paris, and embarked upon an ambitious construction programme. The plans were for a complete site with a new museum of the Congo, a world school, a congress centre, a station, Chinese pavilions and a sports centre.
The majority of the profits from the royal private domain of the Congo were used for the construction projects in Belgium.
In 1908, the Congo Free State became Belgian Congo and the museum, the Museum of Belgian Congo. Construction works were brought to a halt.
The inauguration in 1910
As Leopold II had died before the works were completed, it was King Albert 1st who inaugurated the museum on 30 April 1910.
The museum benefited from all modern comforts and was a real architectural masterpiece.
The Royal Museum of Central Africa
By the Royal Decree of 10 March 1952 the museum became the Royal Museum of the Belgian Congo.
When independence was declared, its name was changed to the Royal Museum of Central Africa, offering a broader range of studies. Even today, two thirds of the staff and the budget of the AfricaMuseum are dedicated to scientific research.
Menier est une entreprise chocolatière française fondée en 1816 par Antoine Brutus Menier qui a commencé à fabriquer les tablettes en 1856.
C'est Jean Antoine Brutus Menier qui fonde en 1816, l’entreprise chocolatière qui porte son nom. Celle-ci, installée à l’origine dans le quartier du Marais à Paris (rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie), vend des produits pharmaceutiques et des médicaments à base de chocolat aux vertus thérapeutiques.
En 1825, la firme déménage à Noisiel, sur le site de l’ancien moulin. En 1836, elle est la première à créer la tablette de chocolat. En 1867, Emile-Justin, fils d'Antoine Brutus Menier, décide de recentrer son usine sur la fabrication de chocolat. C’est aussi le moment de l’essor de la production et des effectifs de l’entreprise qui passent de 50 ouvriers en 1856 à 325 en 1867 (ils seront plus de 1 500 dans les années 1950).
Le moulin est conçu par l'architecte Jules Saulnier et construit (1869-1872) par l'ingénieur Armand Moisant. C'est le premier bâtiment au monde à structure métallique apparente. Il est aussi caractérisé par les motifs de sa façade en carreaux de céramiques.
À la mort d'Emile-Justin, en 1881, ce sont ses fils, Gaston, Albert et surtout l'ainé, Henri, qui assurent les destinées de l'entreprise familiale. La fortune des Menier est telle, que Henri Menier, qui est par ailleurs maire de Noisiel, consacre une grande partie de son temps et de son argent à ses deux passions que sont le yachting et la course automobile. En 1895, il achète même l'Île d'Anticosti dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent au Canada pour en faire une réserve privée de chasse et de pêche et y fonde Port-Menier. En avril 1913, il acquiert le domaine et le château de Chenonceau qui, à sa mort, au mois de septembre suivant, est transmis à son frère Gaston, qui revend l'île d'Anticosti à une compagnie forestière canadienne en 1926. La chocolaterie cesse d'innover tandis que débute la Première Guerre mondiale. Gaston meurt en 1934, ses fils Georges, puis Jacques, lui succèdent, mais le Front populaire, fait perdre la mairie de Noisiel à la famille en 1938.
Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la firme commence à décliner, concurrencée par les barres chocolatées venues des États-Unis. Un an après la mort d'Hubert Menier (le troisième enfant de Georges) survenue en 1959, l'entreprise est contrainte de fusionner avec la société Rozan qui rachète la firme dans sa totalité en 1965. Deux ans plus tard, Antoine, le frère ainé d'Hubert et qui était cogérant de l'entreprise depuis 1953, meurt sans enfant à Paris, le 12 août 1967 à l'âge de 62 ans.
Quatre ans plus tard, en 1971, Menier est rachetée progressivement par Rowntree Mackintosh (en) (créateur des célèbres Smarties en 1937 et de la barre Lion en 1976) laquelle est acquise à son tour en 1988 par Nestlé. Le Moulin Saulnier est classé Monument historique en 1992.
Depuis 1996, le site Menier, au bord de la Marne, est le siège de la division pour la France de Nestlé.
La marque Menier subsiste encore grâce à ses tablettes de chocolat pâtissier, ainsi qu'au chocolat en poudre, mais elle n'est plus guère mise en avant, notamment parce que la marque n'est connue que sur le marché français. La multinationale lui préfère donc son produit « Nestlé dessert ».
The Menier Chocolate company (French: Chocolat Menier) was a chocolate manufacturing business founded in 1816 as a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Paris, France, at a time when chocolate was used as a medicinal product and was only one part of the overall business.