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A lovely period scene at some London terminus were a line up of three AEC RTs is headed up by roof box fitted KLB 501. Without Clem's notes to work from, I can't give the exact location but I'm sure someone out there in Flickrland will recognise it. The un-cluttered wide road and the sparsety of parked cars is probably the opposite of what you'd find today at the same location. The Round-about road sign adds to the whole capture.
Every weekend, and sometimes during the week, reenactors dress in 1863 fashions and walk the streets of Gettysburg, PA Left to right: General Lee, General Patrick, Mrs Patrick. Pretty authentic photo, except General Lee is checking his email! LOL
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Période Ourartéenne (Est de la Turquie) . Kef Kalesi.
VII ème siècle av.J.C.
Inscription en cunéiforme. 2 lions affrontés avec un dieu sur les épaules.
Well, my school's cumulative final period is officially over, and my M1919s came in the mail two days ago. So, without further ado, I proudly present to you (finally as the time allowed) my Higgins torpedo boat of the United States Navy from World War II! Man, this was such a ride. Agreeably it's very slightly short of how it should be scaled in 1:35th, and I do need to order some proper propellers for the thing... but man, for refusing to go to Bricklink this whole process, I think it turned out pretty nicely! It's equipped with two rooms (well three if you count the white door in the bunk room that leads to the tiny bathroom LOL), one equipped with living space and the other being the sunken bridge. Of course, I have torpedo canisters on there, simulated primarily large wheel inserts, along with some two by two round plates/bricks. As for the gunnery, the M1919s are in their proper place, and I even approximated a heavy anti-aircraft gun at the stern. The hull itself is actually very sturdy and approximated with slopes at its bow. Speaking of which, the red underside, holding a lot of the boat together, has three simulated driveshafts with their propellers (again, still need to order some actual specified boat propellers that LEGO molds as one element), and two rudders surrounding them for steering of course. All in all, this was just a phenomenal build. I thank all the people who have contributed with constructive criticism and compliments on its previous posts depicting its progress, and tried to meet as many demands as possible, while, however, refusing to order from Bricklink! Man, what a challenge... but I think I am satisfied with it for now. It might go into a big airfield display I plan on doing at some point down the line, hint hint (:. Anyways, that's pretty much it for my Higgins PT-Boat... I'll be working on a lot of LEGO now that school has quieted down. Peace out!
Noticed this attractive lady and her pleasant new(?) husband on a day trip to Broughty Castle, Dundee.
The period of good weather is about to end in a few days so I headed west to some new locations. This is Restormel just to the east of Lostwithiel where the line curves towards the station running pretty much north west to south east giving an opportunity for afternoon shots. This is the 2C68 11.42 Plymouth - Penzance with 43198 leading and 43097 on the rear.
The talaiots are Bronze Age megaliths on the islands of Mallorca and Menorca (two of the Balearic Islands) forming part of the Talaiotic Culture or Talaiotic Period. They date back to the late second millennium and early first millennium BC. The Talaiot shown in this picture is located in Son Serra (Santa Margalida - Mallorca).
I admit I'm a bit surprised by the museum's view of the Hellenistic period in Dobruja which they push forward into the 2nd century AD, but I am keeping their description of the item (in the title)
SOOC (straight out of the camera with only the watermark added)
Period photo taken in front of a Cracker frame home somewhere in Clearwater.
© Original 35mm Kodachrome slide
Swindon CrossCountry 3-car DMU approaches the signal box at Weston Rhyn in March 1982
The signal box is now to be found at the Llangollen Railway.
The loop is long removed.
The smoke in the background is coming from the Kronospan works at Chirk.
Not the best quality but it captures the essence of tis beautiful line.
The treasury dedicated by the Athenians at Delphi is a representative example of the votive buildings that reproduced on a much smaller scale the form of a temple, with sculpted decoration on the highest parts of the structure (metopes, pediments, acroteria).
Archaic Period
510 BC - 480 BC
Delphi, Archaeological Site
......En période de crise économique on réduit tous les budgets, en conséquence, le catalogue low cost s'enrichit !!
En réalité, le sentier de grande randonnée 4 (GR 4) part de Royan (Charente-Maritime) et se termine à Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes), reliant l'Atlantique à la Provence.
Le GR 4 traverse 13 départements : la Charente-Maritime, la Charente, la Dordogne, la Haute-Vienne, la Creuse, le Puy-de-Dôme, le Cantal, la Lozère, l'Ardèche, le Gard, le Vaucluse, les Alpes-de-Haute-Provence et les Alpes-Maritimes.
Wooden platforms on the UK national network are a rare feature and the survival of wooden boards on this Platform 8 at Brighton is particularly noteworthy at such a key station. On 5th September 2019, Southern "Coastway" Class 313/2 313205 had just arrived, the 2L39 14:53 from Lewes. The Class 313s commenced operations with Southern on 23rd May 2010 causing some controversy because of their age and lack of toilet facilities. Providing services on the "Coastway" lines, they were at the time the oldest electric multiple units still in regular use on Network Rail lines.
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Multi-span bridges are structures of two or more arches supported on piers. They were constructed throughout the medieval period for the use of pedestrians and packhorse or vehicular traffic, crossing rivers or streams, often replacing or supplementing earlier fords.
During the early medieval period timber was used, but from the 12th century stone (and later brick) bridges became more common, with the piers sometimes supported by a timber raft. Most stone or brick bridges were constructed with pointed arches, although semicircular and segmental examples are also known. A common medieval feature is the presence of stone ashlar ribs underneath the arch. The bridge abutments and revetting of the river banks also form part of the bridge. Where medieval bridges have been altered in later centuries, original features are sometimes concealed behind later stonework, including remains of earlier timber bridges. The roadway was often originally cobbled or gravelled. The building and maintenance of bridges was frequently carried out by the church and by guilds, although landowners were also required to maintain bridges. From the mid-13th century the right to collect tolls, known as pontage, was granted to many bridges, usually for repairs; for this purpose many urban bridges had houses or chapels on them, and some were fortified with a defensive gateway. Medieval multi-span bridges must have been numerous throughout England, but most have been rebuilt or replaced and less than 200 examples are now known to survive. As a rare monument type largely unaltered, surviving examples and examples that retain significant medieval and post-medieval fabric are considered to be of national importance.
Despite some later alterations and repair work, Aylesford Bridge is a well preserved medieval multi-span bridge. It is a good example of its type and will retain evidence relating to medieval bridge construction and masonry techniques. Deposits buried underneath the bridge will preserve valuable artefactual, ecofactual and environmental evidence, providing information about the human and natural history of the site prior to the construction of the bridge.
History
See Details.
Details
This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 15 December 2014. The record has been generated from an "old county number" (OCN) scheduling record. These are monuments that were not reviewed under the Monuments Protection Programme and are some of our oldest designation records.
The monument includes a medieval multi-span bridge situated over the River Medway at Aylesford.
Aylesford Bridge is constructed of Kentish ragstone with seven arches including a central segmental arch and six pointed and double-chamfered outer arches. The bridge is about 4m wide between the centres of the stone-coped parapet. The end arches are partly buried by the river bank. The stone piers have cutwaters on the upstream and downstream sides on rebuilt concrete foundations. On each side are octagonal and triangular canted pedestrian refuges resting on buttresses over the piers. Below the bridge is a barge-bed constructed from large baulks of timber.
Aylesford Bridge is thought to have been constructed in about the 14th century, and is situated downstream from the probable site of an earlier ford. A grant of pontage was issued in 1331, although it is possible that this relates to a timber predecessor. In about 1824, the two centre arches were replaced by a single arch of 18m span, removing a pier to allow passage for larger river traffic.
Aylesford Bridge is Grade I listed.
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) stand and paw at each other as they engage in a play period near the mouth of their den. Image taken in Jackson County, Colorado.
Al centro di Piazza della Repubblica, si trova la fontana delle Naiadi, un’opera architettonica che fu molto discussa, soprattutto durante periodo della Roma Papalina del 1800 perché considerata troppo sexy. Il complesso di grandi dimensioni è composto da quattro figure femminili bronzee rappresentanti : la Ninfa dei Laghi, facilmente riconoscibile perché tiene con se un cigno, la Ninfa dei Fiumi sdraiata su un mostro acquatico, la Ninfa delle acque sotterranee sdraiata sopra un drago e la Ninfa degli Oceani a cavallo di un cavallo personificazione del mare. Un grande zampillo fuoriesce dalla prima vasca interna e va a ricadere sulle statue. Nel gruppo centrale ritroviamo Glauco, eseguito nel 1912 che stringe tra le mani un delfino per indicare la superiorità umana sulla natura.
At the center of Piazza della Repubblica, it is the fountain of the Naiads, architectural work that was much discussed, especially during the period of Papal Rome in 1800 because it was considered too sexy. The large complex consists of four female figures bronze representatives: the Nymph of the Lakes, easily recognizable because it takes with it a swan, the Nymph of the Rivers lying on a water monster, the Nymph of groundwater lying on top of a dragon and the Nymph Oceans riding a sea horse personification. A big spurt comes out first indoor bathtub and goes to fall back on the statues. In the central group we find Glaucus, executed in 1912 who holds in her hands a dolphin to indicate human superiority over nature.
En el centro de la Plaza de la República, que es la fuente de las Náyades, trabajo arquitectónico que fue muy discutido, sobre todo durante el período de la Roma papal en 1800, ya que se consideró demasiado atractiva. El amplio complejo tiene cuatro representantes figuras de bronce femeninos: la Ninfa de los Lagos, fácilmente reconocible, ya que lleva consigo un cisne, la ninfa de los ríos se extiende sobre un monstruo del agua, la ninfa de las aguas subterráneas que está encima de un dragón y la Ninfa océanos que montan una personificación caballito de mar. Un gran chorro sale primero bañera cubierta y va a caer de nuevo en las estatuas. En el grupo central nos encontramos con Glauco, ejecutado en 1912, que sostiene en sus manos un delfín para indicar la superioridad humana sobre la naturaleza.
No centro da Piazza della Repubblica, é a fonte dos Naiads, obra arquitetônica que foi muito discutido, especialmente durante o período de Roma papal em 1800 porque foi considerado muito sexy. O grande complexo é composto por quatro representantes figuras de bronze feminina: a ninfa dos Lagos, facilmente reconhecível, porque leva com ele um cisne, a ninfa dos rios encontram-se em um monstro de água, a ninfa das águas subterrâneas deitado em cima de um dragão e da ninfa Oceans montando uma personificação cavalo de mar. Um grande surto sai primeiro banheira coberta e vai voltar a cair nas estátuas. No grupo central encontramos Glaucus, executado em 1912, que tem em suas mãos um golfinho para indicar superioridade humana sobre a natureza.
These bold colors (my favorites), dynamic duo dancers, and a touch of asymmetrical composition (e.g. the banners) from this Japanese woodblock print triptych from the Edo period caused my mouth to drop in modern awe nearly two hundred years after its creation.
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Woodblock print title: The Seventh Month, from the series The Five Festivals, 1830s
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865, Japan, Edo period)
Material: Woodblock print, Japan
Venue: Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN
Cinematic toy photography, captured with a 2x anamorphic lens combined with an 85mm
Prints available via my website, www.tommilton.co.uk
Period: End of the Clone War / Great Jedi Purge
Year: 19 BBY
This scene represents some clone troopers about to execute Bultar Swan (Plo Koon apprentice) on Cato Neimoidia.
Bultar Swan will survive to the Order 66 but not for long... This Moc has been build for the @cdlstudios contest.
One of the most important objects in a tomb was naturally the coffin that would protect its owner's mummy and incidentally preserve important information and research material for modern-day Egyptologists. During the New Kingdom coffins were often human-shaped. A deceased could have as many as three nested coffins.
Nakhtkhonsueru's wooden meticulously crafted coffin is representative of a typical Late Period coffin style. The maker has spread a layer of white plaster on the wooden lid and executed the paintings on the plaster. The coffin was discovered in the tomb of Prince Khaemwaset, son of Ramses III, among several other coffins. According to the inscriptions on the coffin, Nakhtkhonsueru was an important Theban person, "the Lord of the Necropolis at the temple of Amun".
25th dynasty
Egypt of Glory exhibition, Amos Rex Art Museum, Helsinki
From the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy
9.10.2020-21.3.2021
Period photo taken on Clearwater Memorial Causeway (or RT. 60/Gulf-to-Bay) facing east from Clearwater Beach. I don't think there's any way you could do this today, unless you got up very early, or were very brave.
© Original 35mm Kodachrome slide
This is not a real Meiji period street scene-- it is a in a diorama on display at the Bunkyo Historical Museum in Hongo, Tokyo. I shot it in monochrome within the camera, with a sepia pre-set, giving the photo its vintage look.
Tomorrow Napoleon's ordering / crowdfunding period will ENDS! Also we still need one more 43cm Napoleon to make a new goal 🙏
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Italien / Belluno - Tofane
Hike around the Tofana di Rozes
Wanderung um die Tofana di Rozes
Tofane is a mountain group in the Dolomites of northern Italy, west of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the province of Belluno, Veneto. Most of the Tofane lies within Parco naturale delle Dolomiti d'Ampezzo, a nature park.
Peaks
The highest peaks of the Tofane group are Tofana di Mezzo (3,244 m (10,643 ft)), Tofana di Dentro (3,238 m (10,623 ft)), and Tofana di Rozes (3,225 m (10,581 ft)). Tofana di Mezzo is the third highest peak in the Dolomites, after Marmolada (3,343 m (10,968 ft)) and Antelao (3,262 m (10,702 ft)). All three peaks were first climbed by Paul Grohmann along with local mountain guides, in 1863 (Tofana di Mezzo - with Francesco Lacedelli), 1864 (Tofana di Rozes - with Francesco Lacedelli, Angelo Dimai and Santo Siorpaes) and 1865 (Tofana di Dentro - with Angelo Dimai).
Geology
The Dolomites were formed during the Cretaceous Period, approximately 60 million years ago, due to the collision of the African and European continents. The Tofane is largely formed from the Upper Triassic rock Dolomia principale. The strata are perceptibly folded, and the mountains are finally formed by wind, rain, glaciers and rivers.
Tourism
Access
A cable lift system (Freccia nel Cielo, "Arrow in the sky") goes from Cortina almost to the top of Tofane di Mezzo. There is only a short walk from the top cable car to the summit. Alternatively the via ferratas VF Punta Anna and VF Gianna Aglio can be used to reach Tofane di Mezzo.
Cabins (rifugi)
Some of the cabins in the Tofane are the Rifugio Angelo Dibona (2,083 m (6,834 ft)), the Rifugio Giussani (2,580 m (8,465 ft)), the Rifugio Duca d'Aosta (2,098 m (6,883 ft)), and the Rifugio Pomedes (2,303 m (7,556 ft)).
Via ferratas
The via ferratas of Tofane are VF Punta Anna and VF Gianna Aglio on Tofana di Mezzo, VF Lamon and VF Formenton on Tofana di Dentro, and VF Giovanni Lipella on Tofana di Rozes, where there also are tunnel systems from World War I.
History
During the First World War, the Tofane was a battlefield of the Italian Front for clashes between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian forces. The front lines went through the mountains.
At the 1956 Winter Olympics, Mount Tofane hosted five of the six alpine skiing events. It regularly hosts women's speed events on the World Cup circuit, and hosted the World Championships in 2021. The men's 1956 downhill and the current women's World Cup races are on the Olimpia delle Tofane ski race course (often referred to as “Tofana” for short); it is famous for the Tofana Schuss, where athletes can reach speeds over 130 kilometres per hour (81 mph).
(Wikipedia)
Tofana di Rozes (3,225 metres (10,581 ft)) is a mountain of the Dolomites in the Province of Belluno, Veneto, Italy. Located west of the resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, the mountain's giant three-edged pyramid shape and its vertical south face, above the Falzarego Pass, makes it the most popular peak in the Tofane group, and one of the most popular in the Dolomites.
History
From May 1915 to July 1916, the mountain and its surroundings was the location of fierce fighting between Italian and German, later Austrio-Hungarian, troops, as part of the Italian front in World War I.
West of the main face, and separated from the mountain by a steep and rocky gully, is the Castelletto, a narrow, long rock 700 feet high. In 1915 it was occupied by a German platoon, which, armed with a machine gun and sniper rifles, wreaked havoc on the Italian troops in the valley. They were soon replaced by Austrian soldiers, and from their strategic position they prevented any Italian plans for a push north. For the Alpini, the Italian mountain infantry specialists, retaking the Castelletto became a prime objective. Two of their climbers, Ugo Vallepiana and Giuseppe Gaspard, climbed up the Tofana to a ledge a few hundred feet above the Castelletto, but their guns were not very successful. One summer night four Alpini climbed up the Castelletto but they were discovered and shot. An attack through the gully, taking advantage of the morning fog, was also unsuccessful (machine gunners shot the advancing soldiers when the fog thinned a little), as was a massive attack from three sides in the fall of 1915. So, in February 1916 the Italians, led by Lt. Luigi Malvezzi [it], started tunneling into the Castelletto, first with hammers and chisels and then, in March, with pneumatic drills, and with teams of over two dozen men, working four six-hour shifts, they tunneled up to 30 feet per day. The steep tunnel was 500 meters long, and 2,200 cubic meters of rubble were removed. Its adit was in a "sheltered position within a natural ravine", accessed by a long ladder and thus logistically very demanding. One part of the tunnel brought them under the Austrian position, where they filled a cavern, 16 by 16 feet and 7 feet high, with 77,000 pounds of gelignite. The other led to what was to be an attack position, to be opened with a smaller batch of explosives.
On July 11, at 3:30 AM, the gelignite was exploded, with King Victor Emmanuel III and the army's chief of staff, General Luigi Cadorna, looking on. The Austrian commander was Hans Schneeberger, an orphan from Brandberg, Tyrol, who at age 19 replaced a commander who had been killed by an Italian sniper. When the explosions happened, some two dozen Austrian soldiers were killed instantly, but Schneeberger and a few survivors had rifles and grenades, and were able to repel the Italians from the edge of the crater. The attack as a whole was a failure: soldiers were to lower themselves from the Tofana to attack the Castelletto, but the explosion destroyed their ropes. To make matters worse, the explosion used up so much oxygen that Malvezzi and his men, going through the attack tunnel, passed out because of toxic gases including carbon monoxide; some of the men died. Finally, the explosion damaged the rock face on the east, sending huge boulders down the gully and killing incoming Italian soldiers. The next day, Italians had hauled machine guns up the face of the Tofana; Schneeberger sent one of his men to ask for reinforcements, which arrived that night. A few hours later the Italians attacked the relief platoon, and the Austrians withdrew to the Castelletto's northern end, and pulled their troops away altogether after a few days.[2] Malvezzi received the Military Order of Savoy.
Climbing
Most climbs start from the north, where the mountain is a relatively easy hike, or the west face, where the summit can be reached by a via ferrata. The south face, however, is a much more difficult challenge, with many of the routes being either fifth or sixth graded climbs. The mountain was first climbed in 1864 by Paul Grohmann and local hunter Francesco Lacedelli. The south face was first climbed in 1901.
Via Ferrata
A via ferrata starts at the restored entrance to the mine tunnel at the Castelletto, and leads to the summit of the mountain; along the way one finds a memorial to Giovanni Lipella,[8] an Italian soldier who died on the mountain on 15 June 1918 and was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valour.
Cave
The Grotta di Tofana is one of only a few natural caves in dolomite rather than regular limestone. It is accessible by way of a via ferrata that starts some 40 minutes from Rifugio Dibona. The cave is some 300 meters deep, and the roof is up to 10 meters high. The cave has been quite popular with tourists, and was listed by Baedeker as "a large cavern accessible by ladders" and as an interesting visit.
(Wikipedia)
Das Dreigestirn der Tofane (italienisch Tofane, deutsch auch Tofana) gehört zu den bekanntesten und markantesten Dolomitenmassiven. Die Tofane liegen westlich von Cortina d’Ampezzo und überragen das Valle del Boite (Boitetal). Eine gewisse Bekanntheit erlangte der Name durch die Skirennstrecke Olimpia delle Tofane, 1956 Austragungsort der olympischen Herrenabfahrt.
Lage und Umgebung
Das Tofane-Massiv liegt westlich von Cortina d’Ampezzo über dem oberen Valle del Boite und ist Teil des Parco Naturale delle Dolomiti d’Ampezzo. Während die beiden höheren Gipfel Tofana di Mezzo und Tofana di Dentro ein kompaktes Massiv bilden, wirkt die südliche Tofana di Rozes einigermaßen eigenständig. Zwischen diesen Felsgiganten schneidet sich die Forcella Fontananegra (2561 m) ein. Im Westen und Norden trennt das Val Travenanzes das Gebirgsmassiv von der Fanesgruppe, im Osten das obere Valle del Boite vom Pomagnonzug (und der Cristallogruppe) und im Süden das Falzaregotal von der Nuvolaugruppe. Von Cortina gesehen ist den beiden höheren Tofane eine Wandstufe vorgelagert, die mit dem Südostgrat der mittleren Tofana eine Art „Felsenring“ bildet.
Gipfel
Das Massiv besteht im Wesentlichen aus den drei Dreitausender-Gipfeln, die allesamt beliebte Tourenziele darstellen. Alle drei rangieren unter den zehn höchsten Gipfeln der Dolomiten.
Die in der Mitte gelegene Tofana di Mezzo (auch Tofana II) ist mit einer Höhe von 3244 m s.l.m. die höchste der drei Tofane und zugleich nach der Marmolata (3343 m) und dem Antelao (3264 m) der dritthöchste Dolomitenberg.
Die Tofana di Dentro (hintere Tofana, auch Tofana III) hat eine Gipfelhöhe von 3238 m s.l.m. und bildet den nördlichsten der drei Felsriesen.
Die Tofana di Rozes (vordere Tofana, auch Tofana I) ist 3225 m s.l.m. hoch und vor allem für ihre imposante Südwand (Tofana Sud) bekannt.
Geologie
Bereits 1873 setzte sich Hermann Loretz geologisch mit dem Gebiet um die Tofane auseinander. Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár lieferte mit seiner Arbeit zu den Dolomit-Riffen (1879) weitere wichtige Aufschlüsse, die Leopold Kober 1908 vertiefte.
Die Tofane werden aus mächtigem triassischem Hauptdolomit (Dachsteindolomit) aufgebaut, der leicht Richtung Norden einfällt. In den Gipfelbereichen wird er von jurassischen Kalken (früher als Lias bezeichnet) überlagert. Der Grat zwischen Tofana II und III gewährt gute Einblicke in die Schichtfolge und lässt Neokom und Oberjura erkennen, während in den untersten Bereichen ältere Gesteine wie Sandsteine, Kalkmergel und Tuffe zu Tage treten, die ein auffälliges grünes Band formen. Der Komplex von Tofana II und III wird außerdem von einer nach Westen überschlagenen Falte geprägt, deren Mächtigkeit allerdings nur die obersten 200 Meter umfasst. Nach Süden hin setzt sich diese tektonische Störung fort. Am Südgrat der Tofana II befindet sich mit dem Bus de Tofana eines der größten Felsenfenster der Alpen.
Geschichte
Die Erstbegehungen der drei Gipfel erfolgten nacheinander in den Jahren 1863 bis 1865. Paul Grohmann bestieg mit verschiedenen Führern zuerst die Tofana di Mezzo (1863), dann die Tofana di Rozes (1864) und schließlich die Tofana di Fuori (1865), allesamt von Cortina aus. Alpinistisch war in der Folge vor allem die Südwand der Tofana di Rozes von Interesse, die 1901 durch Ilona und Rolanda von Eötvös mit Führern erstmals durchstiegen wurde.
Während des Ersten Weltkriegs bildeten die Tofane eines der Zentren der Ersten Dolomitenoffensive. Die italienischen Alpini besetzten im Juli 1915 die Gipfel von Tofana II und Tofana III und versuchten von dort aus die österreich-ungarische Sperre im Travenanzestal zu erobern. Die Tofana I wurde wiederum kurzzeitig von Jägern des Deutschen Alpenkorps eingenommen. Kriegsrelikte wie Stollen und verfallene Stellungen zeugen heute noch von den erbitterten Kämpfen.
Mit den Olympischen Winterspielen 1956 in Cortina d’Ampezzo hielt der Massentourismus erstmals Einzug in die Gegend. Während die Skigebiete mit der heute noch als Weltcupstrecke genutzten Olimpia delle Tofane am Osthang von Tofana di Mezzo/Dentro entstanden, blieb die Spitze bis zum Bau der Seilbahn Freccia nel cielo (deutsch: Himmelspfeil) 1971 verschont. Davor waren bereits mehrere Klettersteige angelegt worden, die sich heute großer Beliebtheit erfreuen, darunter die Via ferrata Giuseppe Olivieri auf die mittlere Tofana (1957), die Via ferrata Giovanni Lipella auf die Tofana di Rozes (1967) und die Via ferrata Formenton auf die Tofana di Dentro.
(Wikipedia)
Die Tofana di Rozes (auch Vordere Tofana oder Tofana I) ist ein 3225 m s.l.m. hoher Berg in den Dolomiten in der italienischen Provinz Belluno. Mit ihrer berühmten Südwand bildet sie die eindrucksvollste, wenn auch niedrigste Erhebung der dreigipfeligen Tofane westlich von Cortina d’Ampezzo.
Lage und Umgebung
Die Tofana di Rozes ist der südlichste der drei Tofana-Gipfel und von der Tofana di Mezzo durch die Forcella Fontananegra (2561 m) getrennt. In diesem Bereich liegen das Rifugio Giussani und das nicht mehr bewirtschaftete Rifugio Cantore. Im Westen trennt die Forcella Bois (2331 m) den Felskoloss vom Lagazuoistock, im Westen und Norden bildet das Val Travenanzes die Grenze zur Fanesgruppe. Von Norden gesehen erscheint der Berg als dreikantige Felspyramide, nach Süden zeigt er eine der imposantesten Wände der Dolomiten, die meist als Tofana Sud bezeichnet wird. Trotz der niedrigsten Gipfelhöhe ist der Berg gerade aufgrund dieser 800 Meter hohen Südwand das bekannteste Motiv der Tofane. Im unteren Wandabschnitt liegt mit der Grotta della Tofana eine mehrere Meter tiefe Höhle, die bereits von Paul Grohmann besucht wurde.
Alpinismus
Die Erstbesteigung gelang am 29. August 1864 Paul Grohmann mit den Einheimischen Francesco Lacedelli, Angelo Dimai und Santo Siorpaes. Grohmann und Lacedelli hatten im Jahr zuvor bereits die Tofana di Mezzo erstbestiegen. Ähnlich wie bei deren Erschließung wählten sie den Anstieg aus der Forcella Fontananegra über die Nordostflanke, den heutigen Normalweg. Grohmann äußerte sich begeistert über die Aussicht vom Gipfel:
„Ich bin kein Freund davon zur Schilderung einer Aussicht zahllose Bergspitzen herzuzählen, und unterlasse dieses auch hier, unvergesslich aber bleibt mir ein Detailbild der Rundsicht: die furchtbaren Schrofen der beiden anderen Tofanaspitzen in nächster Nähe, und zwischen diesen blickt weiter hinten der Gaisl vor, die Croda rossa der Ampezzaner; nur der oberste Theil, aber dieser blutroth, ein seltsamer Contrast gegen die grauen Kalkwände der Tofana!“
Im August 1901 meisterten Ilona und Rolanda von Eötvös mit Antonio Dimai, Giovanni Siorpaes und Agostino Verzi erstmals die kolossale Südwand. Die Via Eötvös-Dimai (IV) gilt heute als eine der klassischen Routen in den Dolomiten. Die durch wuchtige Pfeiler auffällig gegliederte Wand wurde im Laufe des 20. Jahrhunderts auf fast 30 verschiedenen Routen durchstiegen. Zu den bedeutendsten gehören etwa der zweite Pfeiler (Secondo Pilastro, VI), der 1946 von Ettore Constantini und Luigi Ghedina erstmals bewältigt wurde, oder die 1952 durch Walter Bonatti und P. Contini erschlossene Via delle Tridentina (ebenfalls VI). Weitere wichtige Erstbegehungen gelangen Angelo Dibona, Walter Stößer und Attilio Tissi.
Im Ersten Weltkrieg galt die Tofana di Rozes als besonders umkämpfter Berg. Am 22. Juli 1915 nahm eine Patrouille des dritten Jäger-Regiments im Deutschen Alpenkorps im Zuge der Ersten Dolomitenoffensive den bis dahin unbesetzten Gipfel ein. Man konnte die Tofana I bis zum 18. September gegen die Italiener verteidigen.
Aufstieg
Trotz der imposanten Erscheinung ist die Tofana di Rozes – sieht man von der Seilbahn-Erschließung der Tofana di Mezzo ab – von den drei Tofana-Gipfeln am leichtesten zu ersteigen. Dem Nicht-Kletterer bieten sich für den Aufstieg zur Tofana di Rozes zwei Möglichkeiten.
Der Normalweg führt vom Rifugio Giussani (2580 m) unschwierig über geröllbedeckten Fels zum Nordwestgrat und über diesen schließlich zum Gipfel. Firnreste sind im oberen Bereich keine Seltenheit.
Eine zweite Variante bietet die 1967 eröffnete Via ferrata Giovanni Lipella (Schwierigkeit C/D). Diese wird zumeist vom Rifugio Angelo Dibona (2083 m) aus in Angriff genommen. Der Weg führt zunächst unter der mächtigen Südwand entlang zum Einstieg, wo gleich ein steiler Stollen durchquert werden muss. Danach verläuft der Steig an der Westseite des Berges Richtung Norden zu den Tre Dita (2694 m) und macht schließlich einen Knick nach Süden. Nach dem Ausstieg erreicht man den Normalweg und über diesen den Gipfel.
(Wikipedia)
During the whole production period many car designers and coach building companies were inspired by the possibilities Fiat 600/850/900 models offered.
Carrozzeria Fissore, Saviglano (It.) was one of them.
This Fissore Sabrina was the taxi version of the Sabrina Familiare, which was developed in the late 1950s It was based on the 1956 Fiat 600 D Multipla.
The Sabrina was intended for goods and passenger transport.
It was quite successful. Available models were a passenger estate with folding rear seats, a six-seater taxi version and a commercial/publicity minivan.
This taxi cab was painted in black and green two-tone, the typical Italian taxi colours in the 1950s and 1960s.
633 cc L4 rear engine (from Fiat 600).
Production Fiat 600: 1955-1969 (in Italy).
Production Fiat 600 Multipla: 1956-1967.
Production Fissore Sabrina: 1960-1963.
Picture is taken from a photograph, found in the book: Paolo Fissore, Carrozzeria Fissore, Giorgio Nada Editore, Vimodrone (Milano), 1991.
Original photographer, place and date unknown.
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