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Le château, situé au centre du village. C'est le troisième construit sur ce site et ils ont tous appartenu à la famille de Cardevac d'Havrincourt. Le premier a été brûlé pendant la Révolution française. Le second a été construit en 1880 a été détruit par l'armée allemande à la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale. Le vaste château reçoit notamment la visite du Kaiser Guillaume II et de son état-major en octobre 1916.
Gênant la réalisation de la ligne Hindeburg, il est dynamité au printemps 1917.
L'édifice actuel a été construit en 1928 et est une réplique du château de Saint-Loup-sur-Thouet.
Un parterre à la française est aménagé entre deux communs et la façade arrière est précédée d’une terrasse monumentale et d’un escalier à double volée. La grille d'entrée provient de l’ancien château de Vélu détruit pendant la guerre.
Comme le château de Cheverny, il a inspiré celui de Moulinsart imaginé par Hergé pour ses albums Tintin28.
Nuestra Señora del Rivero, San Esteban de Gormaz, Soria, Castilla y León, España.
La iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rivero, de la Virgen del Rivero o, simplemente, el Rivero, es obra románica del siglo XII, se localiza dentro del núcleo urbano de San Esteban de Gormaz (Provincia de Soria, España), sobre un altozano, en un espléndido emplazamiento, rodeada por el antiguo cementerio, totalmente cerrado por un muro de mampostería, y con entrada independiente desde la rampa de acceso al conjunto.
Consta de una sola nave, con ábside semicircular, precedido de tramo recto, y galería porticada al Sur.
La iglesia ha sufrido diversas reformas y ampliaciones, siendo añadidos posteriores la sacristía, el camarín, la capilla y la espadaña-campanario.
El ábside queda oculto tras estos añadidos, por lo que es visible en un sector muy limitado, un solo lienzo, con ventana abocinada, decorada con ajedrezado, al igual que la cornisa, apoyada en rudos canecillos.
El pórtico sigue en todos los detalles la estructura de la vecina iglesia de San Miguel, sólo queda, de su disposición original, la puerta y dos tramos, uno de dos arcos y otro de tres.
Portada de la iglesia.
La portada, situada en posición elevada respecto al pórtico, consta de tres arquivoltas, la interior baquetonada, descansa sobre jambas lisas; la central formada por un doble sogueado, sobre fustes también sogueados, y la exterior decorada con temas florales.
En su interior, la nave se divide en tres tramos, cubiertos por bóvedas de lunetos, que se apoyan en pilastras. El presbiterio, muy alterado por la adición de la capilla, tiene bóveda de cañón apuntado.
El ábside, semicircular, se cubre con bóveda de cuarto de esfera.
A los pies se sitúa el coro.
The church of Nuestra Señora del Rivero, of the Virgen del Rivero or, simply, El Rivero, is a Romanesque work from the 12th century, it is located within the urban center of San Esteban de Gormaz (Province of Soria, Spain), on a hillock, in a splendid location, surrounded by the old cemetery, totally enclosed by a masonry wall, and with an independent entrance from the access ramp to the complex.
It has a single nave, with a semicircular apse, preceded by a straight section, and a porticoed gallery to the south.
The church has undergone various reforms and extensions, with later additions to the sacristy, the alcove, the chapel and the belfry-bell tower.
The apse is hidden behind these additions, so it is visible in a very limited sector, a single canvas, with a flared window, decorated with checkered pattern, like the cornice, supported by rude corbels.
The portico follows in every detail the structure of the neighboring church of San Miguel, only the door and two sections remain, from its original layout, one with two arches and the other with three.
Church front.
The doorway, located in an elevated position with respect to the portico, consists of three archivolts, the interior one with baquetonada, rests on smooth jambs; the central formed by a double roped, on shafts also roped, and the exterior decorated with floral themes.
Inside, the nave is divided into three sections, covered by lunette vaults, which are supported by pilasters. The presbytery, greatly altered by the addition of the chapel, has a pointed barrel vault.
The semicircular apse is covered with a quarter sphere vault.
At the foot is the choir.
During the breeding season, American alligators call for mates with a deep loud roar. It's preceded by a pulse of infrasound that sets the water dancing. The phenomenon might create waves that help potential mates find the gators they like best.
“Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.” — Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Taken on a beautiful and peaceful morning on New Year's Day along Lakeshore, Toronto.
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bicycle pedal (reflector)
The Macmillan came on the market in 1839. A Scottish blacksmith was the first to think that a set of pedals could work in order to be able to move. He connected the pedals to the connecting rods and levers on the rear axle, so that he no longer had to push off with his feet as with the balance bikes that preceded this.
Fun fact: On June 6, 1840, this Scottish blacksmith hit a girl with the Macmillan while trying to avoid a group of people. He was fined 5 shillings for dangerous driving. This fine was the first fine in history to be handed out to a cyclist.
Goldcrest - Regulus regulus
The goldcrest (Regulus regulus) is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the king of the birds in European folklore. Several subspecies are recognised across the very large distribution range that includes much of Eurasia and the islands of Macaronesia. Birds from the north and east of its breeding range migrate to winter further south.
The goldcrest is the smallest European bird, 8.5–9.5 cm (3.3–3.7 in) in length,[2] with a 13.5–15.5 cm (5.3–6.1 in) wingspan and a weight of 4.5–7.0 g (0.16–0.25 oz).
Several small passerine species survive freezing winter nights by inducing a lower metabolic rate and hypothermia, of a maximum of 10 °C (18 °F) below normal body temperature, in order to reduce energy consumption overnight. However, in freezing conditions, it may be that for very small birds, including the tiny goldcrest, the energy economies of induced hypothermia may be insufficient to counterbalance the negative effects of hypothermia including the energy required to raise body temperature back to normal at dawn. Observations of five well-fed birds suggest that they maintain normal body temperatures during cold nights by metabolising fat laid down during the day, and that they actually use behavioural thermoregulation strategies, such as collective roosting in dense foliage or snow holes to survive winter nights. Two birds roosting together reduce their heat loss by a quarter, and three birds by a third. During an 18‑hour winter night, with temperatures as low as −25 °C (−13 °F) in the north of its range, goldcrests huddled together can each burn off fat equivalent to 20% of body weight to keep warm.
Until the severe winter of 1916–17 the Goldcrest was abundant and widespread, nesting in all the wooded portions of our islands; in 1920 it could have little more than an obituary notice, for the nesting stock was practically wiped out. ... and for some years, even as a winter visitor, the Goldcrest remained rare, absent from most of its nesting haunts. It is, however, now fully re-established.
Conversely, populations can expand rapidly after a series of mild winters. In lowland Britain, there was an increase of 48% following the 1970/71 winter, with many pairs spreading into deciduous woodlands where they would not normally breed.
In culture
Aristotle (384–322 BC) and Pliny (23–79 AD) both wrote about the legend of a contest among the birds to see who should be their king, the title to be awarded to the one that could fly highest. Initially, it looked as though the eagle would win easily, but as he began to tire, a small bird that had hidden under the eagle's tail feathers emerged to fly even higher and claimed the title. Following from this legend, in much European folklore the wren has been described as the king of the birds or as a flame bearer. However, these terms were also applied to the Regulus species, the fiery crowns of the goldcrest and firecrest making them more likely to be the original bearers of these titles, and, because of the legend's reference to the smallest of birds becoming king, the title was probably transferred to the equally tiny wren. The confusion was probably compounded by the similarity and consequent interchangeability of the Greek words for the wren (βασιλεύς basileus, and the crests (βασιλισκος basiliskos, In English, the association between the goldcrest and Eurasian wren may have been reinforced by the kinglet's old name of gold-crested wren.
This tiny woodland bird has had little other impact on literature, although it is the subject of Charles Tennyson Turner's short poem, The Gold-crested Wren first published in 1868. An old English name for the goldcrest is the woodcock pilot, since migrating birds preceded the arrival of Eurasian woodcocks by a couple of days. There are unfounded legends that the goldcrest would hitch a ride in the feathers of the larger bird, and similar stories claimed that owls provided the transport. Suffolk fishermen called this bird herring spink or tot o'er seas because migrating goldcrests often landed on the rigging of herring boats out in the North Sea
La façade principale, place de l'Evêché est précédée d’un porche du XIVe siècle, décoré de sculptures de différentes époques, dont des figures de prophètes dues aux ciseaux des sculpteurs tournaisiens du XIVe siècle.
L’actuelle église d’Audresselles a été construite au XIIe siècle. Elle avait été précédée d’un autre édifice, la Chapelle de la Sainte-Trinité, annexe au château de Guy d’Oderselles qui se trouvait au centre géographique du village, emplacement maintenant gagné par la mer.
Église Sainte-Marie de Nasbinals (Classée MH, 1921)
L'église a été construite aux 11e et au 12e siècle dans le style roman auvergnat puis a été remaniée au 14e siècle. Elle est en granite de Margeride (feldspaths) avec quelques éléments en basalte et en tuf volcanique. Les toits sont en lauses de schiste.
Elle présente un plan en nef unique compris par un transept sur lequel se greffe l'abside principale, elle même précédée d'une travée droite et de deux absidioles. Le clocher est de forme octogonale et surplombe la croisée.
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Church of Saint Mary of Nasbinals (Classified MH - French National Heritage, 1921)
The church was built in the 11th and 12th century in the Auvergne Romanesque style and then was partly rebuilt in the 14th century. It is made of Margeride granite with some elements of basalt and volcanic tuff. The roofs are in schist lauses.
It has a single nave plan comprising a transept on which is grafted the main apse, itself preceded by a right span and two apsidioles. The bell tower is octagonal and overhangs the transept crossing.
An enchanting curve of Rua Faria in the historic center of Guimaraes
Guimarães, as it is properly spelled (sorry, I don't have the right accents on my keyboard), is a historic town in Northern Portugal. Its well-preserved center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001.
The history of Guimarães is associated with the foundation and identity of the Portugal. Guimarães precedes the foundation of Portugal and is known as the "cradle of the Portuguese nationality". For this reason, in one of the old towers of the city's old wall it is written "Aqui nasceu Portugal" (Portugal was born here). [Edited and condensed from Wikipedia] It is an enjoyable day trip if you are in Porto.
Goldcrest - Regulus regulus
The goldcrest (Regulus regulus) is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the king of the birds in European folklore. Several subspecies are recognised across the very large distribution range that includes much of Eurasia and the islands of Macaronesia. Birds from the north and east of its breeding range migrate to winter further south.
The goldcrest is the smallest European bird, 8.5–9.5 cm (3.3–3.7 in) in length,[2] with a 13.5–15.5 cm (5.3–6.1 in) wingspan and a weight of 4.5–7.0 g (0.16–0.25 oz).
Several small passerine species survive freezing winter nights by inducing a lower metabolic rate and hypothermia, of a maximum of 10 °C (18 °F) below normal body temperature, in order to reduce energy consumption overnight. However, in freezing conditions, it may be that for very small birds, including the tiny goldcrest, the energy economies of induced hypothermia may be insufficient to counterbalance the negative effects of hypothermia including the energy required to raise body temperature back to normal at dawn. Observations of five well-fed birds suggest that they maintain normal body temperatures during cold nights by metabolising fat laid down during the day, and that they actually use behavioural thermoregulation strategies, such as collective roosting in dense foliage or snow holes to survive winter nights. Two birds roosting together reduce their heat loss by a quarter, and three birds by a third. During an 18‑hour winter night, with temperatures as low as −25 °C (−13 °F) in the north of its range, goldcrests huddled together can each burn off fat equivalent to 20% of body weight to keep warm.
Until the severe winter of 1916–17 the Goldcrest was abundant and widespread, nesting in all the wooded portions of our islands; in 1920 it could have little more than an obituary notice, for the nesting stock was practically wiped out. ... and for some years, even as a winter visitor, the Goldcrest remained rare, absent from most of its nesting haunts. It is, however, now fully re-established.
Conversely, populations can expand rapidly after a series of mild winters. In lowland Britain, there was an increase of 48% following the 1970/71 winter, with many pairs spreading into deciduous woodlands where they would not normally breed.
In culture
Aristotle (384–322 BC) and Pliny (23–79 AD) both wrote about the legend of a contest among the birds to see who should be their king, the title to be awarded to the one that could fly highest. Initially, it looked as though the eagle would win easily, but as he began to tire, a small bird that had hidden under the eagle's tail feathers emerged to fly even higher and claimed the title. Following from this legend, in much European folklore the wren has been described as the king of the birds or as a flame bearer. However, these terms were also applied to the Regulus species, the fiery crowns of the goldcrest and firecrest making them more likely to be the original bearers of these titles, and, because of the legend's reference to the smallest of birds becoming king, the title was probably transferred to the equally tiny wren. The confusion was probably compounded by the similarity and consequent interchangeability of the Greek words for the wren (βασιλεύς basileus, and the crests (βασιλισκος basiliskos, In English, the association between the goldcrest and Eurasian wren may have been reinforced by the kinglet's old name of gold-crested wren.
This tiny woodland bird has had little other impact on literature, although it is the subject of Charles Tennyson Turner's short poem, The Gold-crested Wren first published in 1868. An old English name for the goldcrest is the woodcock pilot, since migrating birds preceded the arrival of Eurasian woodcocks by a couple of days. There are unfounded legends that the goldcrest would hitch a ride in the feathers of the larger bird, and similar stories claimed that owls provided the transport. Suffolk fishermen called this bird herring spink or tot o'er seas because migrating goldcrests often landed on the rigging of herring boats out in the North Sea
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Goldcrest - Regulus regulus
The goldcrest (Regulus regulus) is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the king of the birds in European folklore. Several subspecies are recognised across the very large distribution range that includes much of Eurasia and the islands of Macaronesia. Birds from the north and east of its breeding range migrate to winter further south.
The goldcrest is the smallest European bird, 8.5–9.5 cm (3.3–3.7 in) in length,[2] with a 13.5–15.5 cm (5.3–6.1 in) wingspan and a weight of 4.5–7.0 g (0.16–0.25 oz).
Several small passerine species survive freezing winter nights by inducing a lower metabolic rate and hypothermia, of a maximum of 10 °C (18 °F) below normal body temperature, in order to reduce energy consumption overnight. However, in freezing conditions, it may be that for very small birds, including the tiny goldcrest, the energy economies of induced hypothermia may be insufficient to counterbalance the negative effects of hypothermia including the energy required to raise body temperature back to normal at dawn. Observations of five well-fed birds suggest that they maintain normal body temperatures during cold nights by metabolising fat laid down during the day, and that they actually use behavioural thermoregulation strategies, such as collective roosting in dense foliage or snow holes to survive winter nights. Two birds roosting together reduce their heat loss by a quarter, and three birds by a third. During an 18‑hour winter night, with temperatures as low as −25 °C (−13 °F) in the north of its range, goldcrests huddled together can each burn off fat equivalent to 20% of body weight to keep warm.
Until the severe winter of 1916–17 the Goldcrest was abundant and widespread, nesting in all the wooded portions of our islands; in 1920 it could have little more than an obituary notice, for the nesting stock was practically wiped out. ... and for some years, even as a winter visitor, the Goldcrest remained rare, absent from most of its nesting haunts. It is, however, now fully re-established.
Conversely, populations can expand rapidly after a series of mild winters. In lowland Britain, there was an increase of 48% following the 1970/71 winter, with many pairs spreading into deciduous woodlands where they would not normally breed.
In culture
Aristotle (384–322 BC) and Pliny (23–79 AD) both wrote about the legend of a contest among the birds to see who should be their king, the title to be awarded to the one that could fly highest. Initially, it looked as though the eagle would win easily, but as he began to tire, a small bird that had hidden under the eagle's tail feathers emerged to fly even higher and claimed the title. Following from this legend, in much European folklore the wren has been described as the king of the birds or as a flame bearer. However, these terms were also applied to the Regulus species, the fiery crowns of the goldcrest and firecrest making them more likely to be the original bearers of these titles, and, because of the legend's reference to the smallest of birds becoming king, the title was probably transferred to the equally tiny wren. The confusion was probably compounded by the similarity and consequent interchangeability of the Greek words for the wren (βασιλεύς basileus, and the crests (βασιλισκος basiliskos, In English, the association between the goldcrest and Eurasian wren may have been reinforced by the kinglet's old name of gold-crested wren.
This tiny woodland bird has had little other impact on literature, although it is the subject of Charles Tennyson Turner's short poem, The Gold-crested Wren first published in 1868. An old English name for the goldcrest is the woodcock pilot, since migrating birds preceded the arrival of Eurasian woodcocks by a couple of days. There are unfounded legends that the goldcrest would hitch a ride in the feathers of the larger bird, and similar stories claimed that owls provided the transport. Suffolk fishermen called this bird herring spink or tot o'er seas because migrating goldcrests often landed on the rigging of herring boats out in the North Sea
Toute simple, la chapelle date du XIIe siècle; elle est construite en moellons est précédée d'un porche imposant ajouté lors de la restauration du XVIIe siècle. Elle est soutenue par de massifs contreforts et est surmontée d'un clocher-mur à une seule baie campanaire.
Avec les cyprès qui l'encadrent, elle compose une des images les plus connues de la Provence en général et de l'art roman provençal en particulier.
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Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. Palm Sunday marks the first day of Holy Week. For adherents of mainstream Christianity, it is the last week of the Christian solemn season of Lent that precedes the arrival of Eastertide.
memories of a fantastic morning waiting for. a possible sunrise over the Old Man of Storr. it was made even more special due to the days of wet and wild weather that preceded it. An early drive, an ascent in the dark and a. magical experience. Set the Tigers Free is by Villagers.
Small, short-tailed, flat-headed sparrow found in weedy grasslands. Warm buffy coloration with clean unstreaked breast. Thin white eyering and yellow patch above eye. Back and wings are patterned with gray and rufous. Easy to see when singing atop a shrub, but can be very secretive much of the year. Best detected by its dry, insect like trill preceded by a few introductory notes. Typically not in flocks. (eBird)
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We were looking for Loggerhead Shrikes when we heard the distinctive song of the Grasshopper Sparrow. There it was, singing on top of the thistle before disappearing back into the long grass. It did this several times, to the delight of us and several other birders.
Carden Alvar, Ramara, Ontario, Canada. May 2023.
Nuestra Señora del Rivero, San Esteban de Gormaz, Soria, Castilla y León, España.
La iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rivero, de la Virgen del Rivero o, simplemente, el Rivero, es obra románica del siglo XII, se localiza dentro del núcleo urbano de San Esteban de Gormaz (Provincia de Soria, España), sobre un altozano, en un espléndido emplazamiento, rodeada por el antiguo cementerio, totalmente cerrado por un muro de mampostería, y con entrada independiente desde la rampa de acceso al conjunto.
Consta de una sola nave, con ábside semicircular, precedido de tramo recto, y galería porticada al Sur.
La iglesia ha sufrido diversas reformas y ampliaciones, siendo añadidos posteriores la sacristía, el camarín, la capilla y la espadaña-campanario.
El ábside queda oculto tras estos añadidos, por lo que es visible en un sector muy limitado, un solo lienzo, con ventana abocinada, decorada con ajedrezado, al igual que la cornisa, apoyada en rudos canecillos.
El pórtico sigue en todos los detalles la estructura de la vecina iglesia de San Miguel, sólo queda, de su disposición original, la puerta y dos tramos, uno de dos arcos y otro de tres.
Portada de la iglesia.
La portada, situada en posición elevada respecto al pórtico, consta de tres arquivoltas, la interior baquetonada, descansa sobre jambas lisas; la central formada por un doble sogueado, sobre fustes también sogueados, y la exterior decorada con temas florales.
En su interior, la nave se divide en tres tramos, cubiertos por bóvedas de lunetos, que se apoyan en pilastras. El presbiterio, muy alterado por la adición de la capilla, tiene bóveda de cañón apuntado.
El ábside, semicircular, se cubre con bóveda de cuarto de esfera.
A los pies se sitúa el coro.
The church of Nuestra Señora del Rivero, of the Virgen del Rivero or, simply, El Rivero, is a Romanesque work from the 12th century, it is located within the urban center of San Esteban de Gormaz (Province of Soria, Spain), on a hillock, in a splendid location, surrounded by the old cemetery, totally enclosed by a masonry wall, and with an independent entrance from the access ramp to the complex.
It has a single nave, with a semicircular apse, preceded by a straight section, and a porticoed gallery to the south.
The church has undergone various reforms and extensions, with later additions to the sacristy, the alcove, the chapel and the belfry-bell tower.
The apse is hidden behind these additions, so it is visible in a very limited sector, a single canvas, with a flared window, decorated with checkered pattern, like the cornice, supported by rude corbels.
The portico follows in every detail the structure of the neighboring church of San Miguel, only the door and two sections remain, from its original layout, one with two arches and the other with three.
Church front.
The doorway, located in an elevated position with respect to the portico, consists of three archivolts, the interior one with baquetonada, rests on smooth jambs; the central formed by a double roped, on shafts also roped, and the exterior decorated with floral themes.
Inside, the nave is divided into three sections, covered by lunette vaults, which are supported by pilasters. The presbytery, greatly altered by the addition of the chapel, has a pointed barrel vault.
The semicircular apse is covered with a quarter sphere vault.
At the foot is the choir.
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Michel de Montaigne (Fr., 1533-1592), Journal de voyage, 1580-1581 (édition de Fausta Garavini). Pag. 363-365. Etape 23 du retour en passant d’Italie en Franca en gravissant le col du Mont-Cenis, où, rappelons-le, Hannibal l’avait précédé – encore que dans l’autre sens. Il a gravi le col du Mont-Cenis (2100 mètres) en chaise à porteur
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Michel de Montaigne (Fr., 1533-1592), Diario de viaje, 1580-1581 (edición de Fausta Garavini). Pag. 363-364. Etapa 23 del regreso, pasando de Italia a Francia por el puerto del Monte-Cenis, por donde, recordémoslo, Anibal lo había precedido – aunque en sentido contrario. El paso de este puerto de 2.100 metros lo hizo en silla de manos.
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Photo : L’inimitable bleu de la gentiane bleue ou gentiane acaule (gentiana acaulis)
Foto: El inimitable azul de la genciana azul de montaña (gentiana acaulis)
le Martin pêcheur d'Europe est un oiseau qui se nourrit de petits poissons et de petits animaux aquatiques. C'est pourquoi il vit à proximité des étendues d'eau, où il peut se nourrir en abondance. Sa proie repérée, généralement depuis un perchoir, il plonge en percutant violemment la surface de l'eau, l'attrape, puis l'avale tête la première dans le sens des écailles . Si elle n'est pas dans le bon sens, il la lance en l'air et la rattrape avec agilité dans le sens qui lui convient. Il ingurgite sa proie d'un seul coup. Après digestion, il rejette par la bouche une pelote de réjection constituée des arêtes des derniers poissons digérés. Le rejet de cette pelote est précédé de ce qui ressemble à des bâillements.
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the Martin Fisherman of Europe is a bird that feeds on small fish and small aquatic animals. This is why he lives close to water bodies, where he can feed in abundance. Its spotted prey, usually from a perch, plunges violently into the surface of the water, catches it, then swallows it head first in the direction of the scales. If it is not in the right direction, it throws it in the air and catches it with agility in the direction that suits it. He swallowed his prey in one fell swoop. After digestion, it rejects by the mouth a ball of rejection constituted of the edges of the last digested fishes. The rejection of this ball is preceded by what looks like yawning.
We stopped at a picturesque clearing in Pench to watch a troop of monkeys frolic when another troop entered the scene and the action started. There was a lot of posturing until a major fight erupted - with the low light I didn't get any of the good fight scenes but this standoff that preceded the action says it all!
Royal Tomb-Tomb of Urn
It takes its name from the urn located on the pediment. It was built around 70 AD. The Tomb is preceded by a deep courtyard with arcades on the 2 sides.
At the top of the façade there are 3 niches in front of small burial chambers. In 446 AD this tomb was used as a Byzantine church.
UNESCO world Heritage site from 1985
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Prende il nome dall'urna situata sul frontone . Fu realizzata intorno al 70 AD . . La Tomba è preceduta da un profondo cortile con portici ai 2 lati . In alto nella facciata ci sono 3 nicchie antistanti a piccole camere funerarie . Nel 446 DC
questa tomba fu adibita a chiesa Bizantina .
Patrimonio dell'Umanità dell'UNESCO dal 1985
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“L'ora più buia è quella che precede il sorgere del sole.”
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"The darkest hour is the one before sunrise."
PAULO COELHO
Our Lady of Sorrows Church (Latvian: Sāpju Dievmātes Romas katoļu baznīca) is a Roman Catholic church in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The church is situated at the address 5 Pils Street. It was built in 1785.
The white and blue Our Lady of Sorrows Church was the first stone church built in Riga after the Reformation had reached Livonia (a historic region once encompassing present-day Latvia and Estonia). The idea of constructing the church was especially supported by Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II. The Classicism-style building was dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows symbolising the oppressed Catholic Religion in Terra Mariana.
Our Lady of Sorrows Church was preceded by a modest and small chapel build under Father Isidor Schmidt and noticed by Emperor Joseph II, who paid a visit to Riga in 1780. Emperor promised to talk to Catherine II in order to get her consent to building a new Catholic church. The construction began after four years and was finished in 1785.
According to an order by the Empress of Russia, the church was designed in the Classicism style like the all surrounding buildings on Pils Square. It was dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows as a symbol to the oppressed Catholic Religion in Terra Mariana. The name also applies to the bellfry which was erected rather low and unpretentious.
From 1858 to 1860, the church was rebuilt according to design of Riga architect Johann Felsko - the presbytery was located in the SW wing, with a new sacristy being added and the facade being changed into the Pseudo-Roman style. Only the white and blue colours still remind one of its Classicism past.
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la France brûle : une grosse pensée pour les terres détruites par les incendies, et les personnes impactées ainsi que les courageux pompiers, comme en Gironde (+ 20 000 ha), le Gard ( 5 000 ha), en Normandie et notamment aussi en Finistère, dans les monts d'Arrhée (déjà 1 700 ha)
L'église St Ronon de Locronan a été construite entre 1430 et 1480 par les seigneurs du Nevet, avec les dons des ducs de Bretagne Jean V, Pierre II et François II. Elle est érigée à l'emplacement de la chapelle du prieuré dépendant de l'abbaye Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé. Sa flèche, foudroyée par trois fois, fut définitivement démolie en 1808.
L'édifice fait l’objet d’un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis 1846.
L'église est longue de 43 mètres. La largeur de l'édifice s'accroît au niveau des dernières travées du collatéral sud. La grosse tour occidentale, qui a perdu sa flèche, est précédée par un porche surélevé de plusieurs marches.
Goldcrest - Regulus regulus
The goldcrest (Regulus regulus) is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the king of the birds in European folklore. Several subspecies are recognised across the very large distribution range that includes much of Eurasia and the islands of Macaronesia. Birds from the north and east of its breeding range migrate to winter further south.
The goldcrest is the smallest European bird, 8.5–9.5 cm (3.3–3.7 in) in length,[2] with a 13.5–15.5 cm (5.3–6.1 in) wingspan and a weight of 4.5–7.0 g (0.16–0.25 oz).
Several small passerine species survive freezing winter nights by inducing a lower metabolic rate and hypothermia, of a maximum of 10 °C (18 °F) below normal body temperature, in order to reduce energy consumption overnight. However, in freezing conditions, it may be that for very small birds, including the tiny goldcrest, the energy economies of induced hypothermia may be insufficient to counterbalance the negative effects of hypothermia including the energy required to raise body temperature back to normal at dawn. Observations of five well-fed birds suggest that they maintain normal body temperatures during cold nights by metabolising fat laid down during the day, and that they actually use behavioural thermoregulation strategies, such as collective roosting in dense foliage or snow holes to survive winter nights. Two birds roosting together reduce their heat loss by a quarter, and three birds by a third. During an 18‑hour winter night, with temperatures as low as −25 °C (−13 °F) in the north of its range, goldcrests huddled together can each burn off fat equivalent to 20% of body weight to keep warm.
Until the severe winter of 1916–17 the Goldcrest was abundant and widespread, nesting in all the wooded portions of our islands; in 1920 it could have little more than an obituary notice, for the nesting stock was practically wiped out. ... and for some years, even as a winter visitor, the Goldcrest remained rare, absent from most of its nesting haunts. It is, however, now fully re-established.
Conversely, populations can expand rapidly after a series of mild winters. In lowland Britain, there was an increase of 48% following the 1970/71 winter, with many pairs spreading into deciduous woodlands where they would not normally breed.
In culture
Aristotle (384–322 BC) and Pliny (23–79 AD) both wrote about the legend of a contest among the birds to see who should be their king, the title to be awarded to the one that could fly highest. Initially, it looked as though the eagle would win easily, but as he began to tire, a small bird that had hidden under the eagle's tail feathers emerged to fly even higher and claimed the title. Following from this legend, in much European folklore the wren has been described as the king of the birds or as a flame bearer. However, these terms were also applied to the Regulus species, the fiery crowns of the goldcrest and firecrest making them more likely to be the original bearers of these titles, and, because of the legend's reference to the smallest of birds becoming king, the title was probably transferred to the equally tiny wren. The confusion was probably compounded by the similarity and consequent interchangeability of the Greek words for the wren (βασιλεύς basileus, and the crests (βασιλισκος basiliskos, In English, the association between the goldcrest and Eurasian wren may have been reinforced by the kinglet's old name of gold-crested wren.
This tiny woodland bird has had little other impact on literature, although it is the subject of Charles Tennyson Turner's short poem, The Gold-crested Wren first published in 1868. An old English name for the goldcrest is the woodcock pilot, since migrating birds preceded the arrival of Eurasian woodcocks by a couple of days. There are unfounded legends that the goldcrest would hitch a ride in the feathers of the larger bird, and similar stories claimed that owls provided the transport. Suffolk fishermen called this bird herring spink or tot o'er seas because migrating goldcrests often landed on the rigging of herring boats out in the North Sea
Le pont Valentré (en occitan pont de Balandras), également appelé pont du Diable, est un pont fortifié du xive siècle franchissant le Lot à l'ouest de Cahors, en France. Il offre aujourd'hui, avec ses trois tours fortifiées et ses six arches précédées de becs aigus, un exemple de l'architecture de défense du Moyen Âge.
Le pont Valentré est classé au titre des monuments historiques par la liste de 1840 et depuis 1998 au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, au titre des chemins de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle en France. Depuis 2012, avec le viaduc de Millau, le pont du Gard, le pont du Diable et le viaduc de Garabit, il fait partie des ponts remarquables du Sud de la France.
Construit aux temps des guerres franco-anglaises, le pont Valentré, par lequel on pénètre, mais seulement à pied, toujours dans la ville de Cahors, constitue un exemple rare d'architecture militaire française de cette époque, et l'un des plus beaux ponts médiévaux fortifiés subsistant encore.
Il fut décidé par les consuls de la ville en 1306, et la première pierre fut posée le 17 juin 1308. Il avait une fonction de forteresse, destinée à défendre la ville contre les attaques en provenance du sud. Toutefois, ni les Anglais, ni Henri IV ne l'attaquèrent.
La construction pouvait entraîner la création d'un second axe commercial est-ouest, qui était jusqu'alors nord-sud. La ville subit ainsi une importante modification qui allait se répercuter sur toute la cité. Le pont était protégé spirituellement par une chapelle dédiée à la Vierge dans le châtelet occidental.
Il fut achevé en 1378, son aspect initial a été sensiblement modifié au cours des travaux de restauration entrepris en 1879. En 1930, il est mentionné d'être dans un parfait état de conservation, lors de la parution d'un guide touristique.
Il est situé sur la Via Podiensis du pèlerinage de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle et sur le sentier de randonnée GR 36.
En dos-d'âne, long de 138 mètres, avec six grandes arches ogivales gothiques de 16,50 mètres, ce pont est flanqué d'avant-becs crénelés et surmonté de trois tours carrées à créneaux et mâchicoulis dominant l'eau de 40 mètres. Deux barbacanes protégeaient son accès, mais seule celle du côté de la ville (à l'Est) a été conservée.
Le pont Valentré est un pont fortifié du XIV ème siècle franchissant le Lot à Cahors. Il offre aujourd’hui, avec ses trois tours fortifiées et ses six arches précédées de becs aigus, un exemple de l’architecture de défense du Moyen-Âge.
La lenteur de sa construction donne naissance à la légende du diable.
Commencé en 1308, la dernière pierre du pont ne sera posée que 70 ans plus tard. Désespéré, l’architecte sollicite le diable pour l’aider à terminer l’ouvrage , en échange de quoi il abandonnerait son âme en guise de paiement. L’architecte joue un tour malin au diable ce qui lui permet de sauver son âme. Mais , Satan , furieux, revient chaque nuit arracher la dernière pierre du pont que les maçons ont mis en place. Il tente de se venger en essayant de démanteler le pont.
Macro Mondays 26/02/18 theme Less Than An Inch
For this theme I used a N Gauge size Mini cooper and a 15mm copper pipe to recreate the sewer scene in the Italian Job.
The 'in the sewer' scene was filmed near Coventry in Stoke Aldermoor, where several miles of the Birmingham-Coventry sewer was being constructed. The camera car was a Mini Moke that preceded the Coopers and was driven by one of Rémy Julienne's team. Remy was excited about the scene as he wanted to complete a 360 barrel roll, essentially getting the Cooper upside down on the ceiling of the sewer. Remy tried three times, but the slippery algae caused problems and the Mini ended up on it's roof three times. The car was so badly damaged, that a forth attempt was ruled out. John Aldred, the Sound Mixer, claims that Remy did complete a barrel roll on one rehearsal, but the cameras weren't rolling, and it was the only stunt in the finished film to defeat Remy.
Goldcrest - Regulus regulus
The goldcrest (Regulus regulus) is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers gives rise to its English and scientific names, and possibly to it being called the king of the birds in European folklore. Several subspecies are recognised across the very large distribution range that includes much of Eurasia and the islands of Macaronesia. Birds from the north and east of its breeding range migrate to winter further south.
The goldcrest is the smallest European bird, 8.5–9.5 cm (3.3–3.7 in) in length,[2] with a 13.5–15.5 cm (5.3–6.1 in) wingspan and a weight of 4.5–7.0 g (0.16–0.25 oz).
Several small passerine species survive freezing winter nights by inducing a lower metabolic rate and hypothermia, of a maximum of 10 °C (18 °F) below normal body temperature, in order to reduce energy consumption overnight. However, in freezing conditions, it may be that for very small birds, including the tiny goldcrest, the energy economies of induced hypothermia may be insufficient to counterbalance the negative effects of hypothermia including the energy required to raise body temperature back to normal at dawn. Observations of five well-fed birds suggest that they maintain normal body temperatures during cold nights by metabolising fat laid down during the day, and that they actually use behavioural thermoregulation strategies, such as collective roosting in dense foliage or snow holes to survive winter nights. Two birds roosting together reduce their heat loss by a quarter, and three birds by a third. During an 18‑hour winter night, with temperatures as low as −25 °C (−13 °F) in the north of its range, goldcrests huddled together can each burn off fat equivalent to 20% of body weight to keep warm.
Until the severe winter of 1916–17 the Goldcrest was abundant and widespread, nesting in all the wooded portions of our islands; in 1920 it could have little more than an obituary notice, for the nesting stock was practically wiped out. ... and for some years, even as a winter visitor, the Goldcrest remained rare, absent from most of its nesting haunts. It is, however, now fully re-established.
Conversely, populations can expand rapidly after a series of mild winters. In lowland Britain, there was an increase of 48% following the 1970/71 winter, with many pairs spreading into deciduous woodlands where they would not normally breed.
In culture
Aristotle (384–322 BC) and Pliny (23–79 AD) both wrote about the legend of a contest among the birds to see who should be their king, the title to be awarded to the one that could fly highest. Initially, it looked as though the eagle would win easily, but as he began to tire, a small bird that had hidden under the eagle's tail feathers emerged to fly even higher and claimed the title. Following from this legend, in much European folklore the wren has been described as the king of the birds or as a flame bearer. However, these terms were also applied to the Regulus species, the fiery crowns of the goldcrest and firecrest making them more likely to be the original bearers of these titles, and, because of the legend's reference to the smallest of birds becoming king, the title was probably transferred to the equally tiny wren. The confusion was probably compounded by the similarity and consequent interchangeability of the Greek words for the wren (βασιλεύς basileus, and the crests (βασιλισκος basiliskos, In English, the association between the goldcrest and Eurasian wren may have been reinforced by the kinglet's old name of gold-crested wren.
This tiny woodland bird has had little other impact on literature, although it is the subject of Charles Tennyson Turner's short poem, The Gold-crested Wren first published in 1868. An old English name for the goldcrest is the woodcock pilot, since migrating birds preceded the arrival of Eurasian woodcocks by a couple of days. There are unfounded legends that the goldcrest would hitch a ride in the feathers of the larger bird, and similar stories claimed that owls provided the transport. Suffolk fishermen called this bird herring spink or tot o'er seas because migrating goldcrests often landed on the rigging of herring boats out in the North Sea
Nef unique en forme de croix latine orientée, précédée d’une tour avec flèche sur porche, chœur fermé par abside à 3 pans.
I decided on my 2022 calendar theme - Western / Clark's Grebes, so you'll probably see a few more posts from my grebe sessions over the last three years or so. The "rush" is a super exciting courting behavior common to these two grebe species. It's preceded by all kinds of moves - water throwing, bobbing heads, among others. Then they line up, look at each other and they're off for the 100-yard dash. I probably posted another from this series, but they're closer to completely overlapping here, which I thought was kinda cool.
Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.
Elie Wiesel
Doi Inthanon, Thailand
Having finally got the shots I wanted at Corfe about this time last year I was itching to do it again. So a couple of inevitable failed attempts, and a few frustrating mornings where I have been laid low with a horrid flu bug.
I now just rely on the Met Office app, if it's showing a sunny day preceded by moderate visibility around sunrise then its a good bet.
Climbing up West Hill with a hacking cough was hard but it was totally worth it!!
I hope everyone is having a great Easter.
La cathédrale de l'Assomption, située dans l'aire de protection d'un bien classé monument historique, est un lieu de culte de tradition catholique bâti de 1854 à 1858, puis parachevé successivement en 1882, en 1904 et en 1905. Ce vaste édifice en pierre, de style néogothique, remplit à la fois les fonctions d'église paroissiale et d'église mère du diocèse. Il présente un plan en croix latine terminé par un choeur en saillie et une abside à pans coupés, à laquelle se greffent des chapelles rayonnantes. Il est coiffé d'un toit en cuivre à deux versants droits qui couvre également les bas-côtés. La façade, aménagée dans un mur pignon, est précédée d'une massive tour-clocher de trois niveaux dont les angles sont marqués par des tourelles octogonales percées de fenêtres en meurtrière et surmontées de pinacles. Cette tour est coiffée d'une flèche et ornée d'horloges; elle possède trois entrées, dont le portail du centre comprenant un tympan en pierre sculptée. Les angles de cette cathédrale sont soulignés par des tourelles semblables à celles du clocher, tandis que les transepts possèdent des contreforts et sont percés de rosaces. La façade principale et les divers éléments architecturaux et ornementaux sont en granit lisse gris clair, alors que les longs pans sont en pierre plus foncée. Le clocher et les longs pans sont percés d'ouvertures ogivales. À la jonction du choeur s'élève un clocheton gothique orné de crochets. Enfin, une sacristie rectangulaire est aménagée perpendiculairement au choeur, avec les mêmes matériaux et formant une unité de style avec le lieu de culte. La cathédrale de l'Assomption est située en bordure de la voie publique, face au parc Champlain et entourée d'édifices institutionnels d'importance, dans le noyau urbain de Trois-Rivières
Regno Unito, Londra, London Bridge, Autunno 2014
Nel corso della storia, diversi ponti chimati London Bridge hanno attraversato il Tamigi tra la City di Londra e Southwark, nel centro di Londra. Quello attuale, aperto al traffico nel 1974, ha sostituito un ponte di pietra ad arco 19° secolo, che a sua volta sostituiva la vecchia struttura medievale resistita più di 600 anni. Il ponte medievale, era caratterizzato dalla presenza di abitazioni, negozi e altri edifici funzionali, per tutta la sua lunghezza e su entrambi i lati, come Ponte Vecchio a Firenze. Questo ponte è stato preceduto da una serie di ponti in legno, il primo costruito dai romani.
Several historical bridges named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London. The current one, opened to traffic in 1974, replaced a 19th-century stone-arched bridge, which in turn superseded a 600-year-old medieval structure. The medieval bridge was furnished with houses, traders and other functional buildings, along its length on both side like Ponte Vecchio in Florence. This bridge was preceded by a succession of timber bridges, the first built by the Romans.
-Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I really wanted to extend a special thank you and I love you to all my new and old Flickr friends. This year has been tough for most, if not all of us. This circle of friends we have created here, to lean on and gain positivity has really filled me with hope. It has aided me all through the hard times and is a sail for me to bring me straight into the new year. It is these little things we do for each other on here that can help make a difference in our mental well being. So again, thank you all for your friendship. Peace and God bless!