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The Grade I Listed Provosts House & 4 Churchyard, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, East Anglia.
Formerly known as The Clopton Asylum it was built in 1744 under the will of Dr Poley Clopton. On the frieze is a panel with a Latin inscription recording Dr Poley's bequest for the founding of the almshouses.
Number 4 Churchyard (Clopton Cottage) was apparently the house of the master of the almshouse. It has slightly more high-status fittings, notably the decorative fireplace in the principal ground storey room.
From 1890 it was converted into the Vicarage of St James’s Church, which itself in 1914 became St Edmundsbury Cathedral after the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich were created
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Ueno Tōshō-gū (上野東照宮) is a Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine located in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan.
First established in 1627 by Tōdō Takatora and renovated in 1651 by Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shrine has remained mostly intact since that time, making it a great example of Shinto architecture in the Edo period. Several of those surviving structures have been designated Important Cultural Properties.
Tōshō-gū shrines are characterized by enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu with the name Tōshō Daigongen (東照大権現). Ueno Tōshō-gū also enshrines two other Tokugawa shōguns, Tokugawa Yoshimune and Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Located inside of Ueno Park, Ueno Tōshō-gū has become a popular attraction.
There is no admission fee for visitors to enter most of the shrine precincts, but there is a fee (as of 2017, 500 yen) in order to go beyond the karamon. This allows you see the back of the karamon and to get closer to the honden, but the hall itself remains closed. There is an extra admission fee (as of 2017, 700 yen) to enter the peony garden.
The shrines opens at 9 am and closes at 4:30 pm (from October to February) or 5:30 pm (from March to September). The peony garden is open from January 1st to mid-February, and from mid-April to mid-May.
Ueno Tōshō-gū is located inside of Ueno Park. As such, access is easy from the many exits to the park at Ueno Station (JR Line, Tokyo Metro Hibiya and Ginza Lines, or Keisei Line).
Ueno Tōshō-gū - Wikipedia
Ueno Tōshō-gū (上 野 東 照 宮) es un santuario sintoísta Tōshō-gū ubicado en el barrio Taitō de Tokio, Japón.
Establecido por primera vez en 1627 por Tōdō Takatora y renovado en 1651 por Tokugawa Iemitsu, el santuario se ha mantenido prácticamente intacto desde entonces, lo que lo convierte en un gran ejemplo de la arquitectura sintoísta en el período Edo. Varias de esas estructuras supervivientes han sido designadas como propiedades culturales importantes.
Los santuarios Tōshō-gū se caracterizan por consagrar a Tokugawa Ieyasu con el nombre Tōshō Daigongen (東 照 大 権 現). Ueno Tōshō-gū también consagra a otros dos shōgun Tokugawa, Tokugawa Yoshimune y Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Ubicado dentro del Parque Ueno, Ueno Tōshō-gū se ha convertido en una atracción popular.
No hay tarifa de admisión para que los visitantes ingresen a la mayoría de los recintos del santuario, pero hay una tarifa (desde 2017 de 500 yenes) para ir más allá del karamon. Esto permite ver la parte posterior del karamon y acercarse al honden, pero la sala permanece cerrada. Hay una tarifa de admisión adicional (desde 2017 de 700 yenes) para ingresar al jardín de peonías.
Los santuarios abren a las 9 a. M. Y cierran a las 4:30 p. M. (De octubre a febrero) o a las 5:30 p. M. (De marzo a septiembre). El jardín de peonías está abierto desde el 1 de enero hasta mediados de febrero y desde mediados de abril hasta mediados de mayo.
Ueno Tōshō-gū se encuentra dentro del Parque Ueno. Como tal, el acceso es fácil desde las numerosas salidas al parque en la estación de Ueno (línea JR, líneas Hibiya y Ginza del metro de Tokio o línea Keisei).
From an old ghost town in Indiana Ontario.
Indiana is an old village site—a ghost town—now within the precincts of the Ruthven Park National Historic Site, 1 km north of Cayuga, in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. The site was also referred to as "Deans" as late as 1940-1951, when it was marked on a map published by C. Tarling & Co (Archives of Ontario 2006). The Indiana site lies on the north-east bank of the Grand River, south of Regional Road 54.
We had the opportunity yesterday to break away from the house and birds and head into the city (Brisbane, Queensland) for a wander about and photos. I was starting to have photo withdrawal symptoms! Yesterday, Monday is a public holiday in Australia and makes up the fourth and last day of the Easter break. Businesses and many shops were shut although it was still very busy. We decided to use the bus so at the end of our day, walked across the Victoria Bridge which joins the top of the City mall (Queen Street, Brisbane's main street) with Southbank and South Brisbane etc. to pick up the bus at it's starting stop.
This view which has changed dramatically over the past couple of years and is still evolving looks downstream of the Brisbane River, the self same that flooded the city so badly early last year. On the extreme left is the still under construction Queen's Wharf project, consisting of casino, hotels, entertainment and eating precincts. Not open yet but parts of it at least can't be far off as I can see gardens on the exterior of one of the buildings. The next pointy building is Queensland Government administrative offices and commercial businesses. Right in the middle of the river is the new and uncompleted Neville Bonner pedestrian bridge that links Queen's Wharf and Southbank. Neville Bonner was the first indigenous (First Nations) person elected to the Australian parliament. He was a Senator in the upper house and passed away in 1999. I am sure he would be absolutely ashamed of the antics concerning our First Nations people in national politics at the moment had he still been alive. The bridge lifts towards the left by the way, my shot isn't crooked.
The river flows downstream from this point to the far end of Southbank before taking a hard 90+ degree left turn down the other side of the city. This river and the Thames in London could almost be twins in terms of their meandering course through both cities. On the far right are the Southbank Parklands, site of the 1988 World Expo and now a massive park and open air entertainment venue of many facets including massive swimming pools, restaurants, pubs and parkland of course.
Nanzen-ji (南禅寺 Nanzen-ji), or Zuiryusan Nanzen-ji, formerly Zenrin-ji (禅林寺 Zenrin-ji), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Emperor Kameyama established it in 1291 on the site of his previous detached palace. It is also the headquarters of the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. The precincts of Nanzen-ji are a nationally designated Historic Site and the Hōjō gardens a Place of Scenic Beauty. (Wikipedia)
As part of the temple ground, there is a little garden. If I remember correctly, you had to pay an entrance fee. I really liked this garden.
Although no records survive of the chapel's construction, the chapel has been dated in style to the late 14th century, the same time as Abbotsbury's tithe barn was built. The chapel is built on a definite platform which could have been originally for a pagan temple.
St Catherine's Chapel was built as a place of pilgrimage and retreat by the monks of the nearby Benedictine monastery Abbotsbury Abbey, which the chapel overlooks high up on the hilltop. Its position on the top of a hill about 80 m (260 ft) high, overlooking the coast from Portland Bill to Bridport, meant that it was a prominent feature for seafarers.
Only a handful of chapels of the same kind are located outside the precincts of the monasteries who constructed them. The isolated setting of the chapel granted the monks to withdraw from the monastery during Lent for private prayer and meditation.
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Some worshippers light candles in the south side chapel of St Hrispime Church in Etchmiadzin.
Widely "considered one of the great achievements of medieval Armenian architecture”, a "gem", and "one of the most complex compositions in Armenian architecture”, Saint Hripsime Church is a 7th Century church in the Armenia’s ecclesiastical capital, Etchmiadzin. Along with the cathedral precincts and other historic churches in the city, it is part of the ‘Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots’ UNESCO World Heritage Site.
One of the oldest surviving churches in the country, it stands as a "model of the austere beauty of early Armenian ecclesiastical architecture."
The current structure was completed in 618, erected by Catholicos Komitas to replace the original mausoleum built by Catholicos Sahak the Great in 395 that contained the remains of the martyred Saint Hripsime to whom the church is dedicated. The dome was probably restored in the 10th[2] or 11th centuries, although some scholars have argued that it is the original 7th century construction.
A Hellenistic temple, similar to the Temple of Garni and dedicated to a pagan goddess, stood at this site prior to the 4th Century. During excavations in 1958 the foundation of a monumental stone building with Hellenistic ornaments was found under the supporting column. Hripsime, along with the abbess Gayane and 38 unnamed nuns, are traditionally considered Armenia's protomartyrs.
The church was dilapidated and abandoned by the early 17th Century. According to an inscription on the western façade, the church was renovated by Catholicos Philipos, in 1653. Under his commission a gavit, a traditional Armenian narthex was erected in front of the western entrance. A bell tower was built on the narthex in 1790 under the commission of Catholicos Ghukas I of Karin. In 1776 the church was fortified with a brick wall and towers on the corners by Catholicos Simeon I of Yerevan. In 1880 the eastern and southern walls were built of smoothly hewn stone.
The church underwent considerable renovation in 1898. Its foundations were strengthened and the roof and dome were repaired in 1936, an astonishing event at the height of Stalin’s anti-religious repression. In 1958 plaster from was removed from the interior walls and the interior floor was lowered. The bell tower was renovated in 1987.
St. Hripsime Church is a domed tetraconch enclosed in a rectangle, with two angular niches on the northern and southern side. German art historian Wilhelm Lübke wrote that the church is built on "a most complicated variation of the cruciform ground-plan."
The church is not the earliest example of this architectural form, although it is considered one of the best exemplars of it. Similar church forms are found widely in Georgia as well as Armenia.
This description incorporates text from the English Wikipedia.
Ueno Tōshō-gū (上野東照宮) is a Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine located in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan.
First established in 1627 by Tōdō Takatora and renovated in 1651 by Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shrine has remained mostly intact since that time, making it a great example of Shinto architecture in the Edo period. Several of those surviving structures have been designated Important Cultural Properties.
Tōshō-gū shrines are characterized by enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu with the name Tōshō Daigongen (東照大権現). Ueno Tōshō-gū also enshrines two other Tokugawa shōguns, Tokugawa Yoshimune and Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Located inside of Ueno Park, Ueno Tōshō-gū has become a popular attraction.
There is no admission fee for visitors to enter most of the shrine precincts, but there is a fee (as of 2017, 500 yen) in order to go beyond the karamon. This allows you see the back of the karamon and to get closer to the honden, but the hall itself remains closed. There is an extra admission fee (as of 2017, 700 yen) to enter the peony garden.
The shrines opens at 9 am and closes at 4:30 pm (from October to February) or 5:30 pm (from March to September). The peony garden is open from January 1st to mid-February, and from mid-April to mid-May.
Ueno Tōshō-gū is located inside of Ueno Park. As such, access is easy from the many exits to the park at Ueno Station (JR Line, Tokyo Metro Hibiya and Ginza Lines, or Keisei Line).
Ueno Tōshō-gū - Wikipedia
Ueno Tōshō-gū (上 野 東 照 宮) es un santuario sintoísta Tōshō-gū ubicado en el barrio Taitō de Tokio, Japón.
Establecido por primera vez en 1627 por Tōdō Takatora y renovado en 1651 por Tokugawa Iemitsu, el santuario se ha mantenido prácticamente intacto desde entonces, lo que lo convierte en un gran ejemplo de la arquitectura sintoísta en el período Edo. Varias de esas estructuras supervivientes han sido designadas como propiedades culturales importantes.
Los santuarios Tōshō-gū se caracterizan por consagrar a Tokugawa Ieyasu con el nombre Tōshō Daigongen (東 照 大 権 現). Ueno Tōshō-gū también consagra a otros dos shōgun Tokugawa, Tokugawa Yoshimune y Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Ubicado dentro del Parque Ueno, Ueno Tōshō-gū se ha convertido en una atracción popular.
No hay tarifa de admisión para que los visitantes ingresen a la mayoría de los recintos del santuario, pero hay una tarifa (desde 2017 de 500 yenes) para ir más allá del karamon. Esto permite ver la parte posterior del karamon y acercarse al honden, pero la sala permanece cerrada. Hay una tarifa de admisión adicional (desde 2017 de 700 yenes) para ingresar al jardín de peonías.
Los santuarios abren a las 9 a. M. Y cierran a las 4:30 p. M. (De octubre a febrero) o a las 5:30 p. M. (De marzo a septiembre). El jardín de peonías está abierto desde el 1 de enero hasta mediados de febrero y desde mediados de abril hasta mediados de mayo.
Ueno Tōshō-gū se encuentra dentro del Parque Ueno. Como tal, el acceso es fácil desde las numerosas salidas al parque en la estación de Ueno (línea JR, líneas Hibiya y Ginza del metro de Tokio o línea Keisei).
location : Kyoto Daitokuji Koto-in Temple Zen garden ,Kyoto city,Kyoto Prefecture,Japan
Koto-in South garden facing hojo
Edo period ; Karesansui ( dry landscape) garden
京都 紫野 大徳寺塔頭 高桐院 方丈南庭
Kotoin Zen Temple
Koto-in was established in 1601 at the behest of the famed military leader Hosokawa Tadaoki(1563-1645).It is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji located within the precincts of the main temple. Hosokawa was one of the greater warriors of his time. And one of the few to survive the bloody wars which culminated in the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1868) in the beginning of the seventeenth century.in addition to martial skills ,he was a man of great intellectual attainment and taste. Although his wife,Gratia(1563-1600) was a devout believer in outlawed Catholic faith and the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582) ,notorious as the leader of an unsuccessful revolt, it is a tribute to Hosokawa’s brilliane that he was unaffected by his wife’s associations. He fought under the banner of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598) in Koriea and was aleading figure in the ward which led to the establishment of the Tokugawa house.
Rewarded with vast domain, in his later life he devoted himself to the study of Zen under the famouse Daitoku-ji abbot,Seigan(1588-1661)and was noted also as one of the most distinguished disciples of the eminent tea master ,SenRikyu(1521-1594).
The famous tea house known as Shoko-ken which stands at this temple was built by Hosokawa. Equally admired is the tea-house ,known as Horai,Next to it stands a famous wash-basin,hollowed from a stone brought to Japan from the Imperial Palace in Koria.In the prencincts of this temple are the remains of Lord Hosokawa and his wife,Lady Gratia. The grave is a stone lantern which Hosakawa loved before his death.
Koto-in has in its possession numerous rare paintings and art objects, both Chinese and Japanese. Many of these are classed as National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties, and are of prime importance in the cultural and artistic history of Japan. The garden of this temple is a masterpiece of elegant simplicity, and is famed for the beauty of its maples .
- Koto-in Temple
禅。この言葉が拡大解釈されるようになって久しい。例えば日本式庭園という言葉の「日本式」＝Japanese。 この語彙そのものが「禅」という概念として捉えられていたり、或いは単純さ＝simplicityイコール禅と捉えられていたり、本来私達日本人が持つ概念とは少しかけ離れているように思う。
私は日本人として、本来の禅の意味するところを表現したい。
だが、禅寺や禅庭にあっていつも戸惑う。
- その空気感と閑寂さ、侘寂。真剣に対峙していく程にその表現は難しい。。- Masako.I ( handle name Maco-nonch★R on Flickr/macononch2 on Instagram)
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Nanzen-ji (南禅寺 Nanzen-ji), or Zuiryusan Nanzen-ji, formerly Zenrin-ji (禅林寺 Zenrin-ji), is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Emperor Kameyama established it in 1291 on the site of his previous detached palace. It is also the headquarters of the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen. The precincts of Nanzen-ji are a nationally designated Historic Site and the Hōjō gardens a Place of Scenic Beauty. (Wikipedia)
As part of the temple ground, there is a little garden. If I remember correctly, you had to pay an entrance fee. I really liked this garden.
The Melbourne skyline framed through a hole in the back of a vibrant red plastic chair along the Southbank corniche. It was a moment of inspiration. I hope you like it too.
I had a lovely late afternoon into evening outing at Melbourne's famous Southbank with the Flickr Famous Five + Group. Walking along the corniche by the Yarra River provides some beautiful views of the Melbourne central business district, also known as "the grid" because the original Melbourne city was based on a grid of main streets.
Southbank is a vibrant arts and dining precinct built along the Yarra River on the former site of the Allan's Sweets factory and other industrial buildings. It was transformed into a densely populated district of high rise apartment and office buildings beginning in the early 1990s, as part of an urban renewal program. With the exceptions of the cultural precinct along nearby St Kilda Road, few buildings built before this time were spared by redevelopment. Today, Southbank is dominated by high-rise development. It is one of the primary business centres in Greater Melbourne. Southbank Promenade and Southgate Restaurant and Shopping Precinct, on the southern bank of the Yarra River is one of Melbourne's major entertainment precincts.
location :Kitano -tenmangu Shrine ,Kyoto city,Kyoto prefecture,Japan
京都 北野天満宮
In the precincts we can see lots of dedicated lanterns on which the plum motif and the names of dedicators who prays ( or prayed) humbly for peace,health,longevity,safety, academic achievement..e.g... .They are all lit up in the evening and offers a glow that's atmospheric and religious. And the softly light heals me anytime.
Thank you for your interest and seeing my photo.
Masako Ishida ( maco-nonch★R)
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The shrine was first built in 947 to appease the angry spirit of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political maneuvers of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan.
The shrine became the object of Imperial patronage during the early Heian period. In 965, Emperor Murakami ordered that Imperial messengers be sent to report important events to the guardian kami of Japan. These messenger, called heihaku, were initially presented to 16 shrines;and in 991, Emperor Ichijō added three more shrines to Murakami's list — including Kitano. -wikipeia
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Finally getting round to processing my photos from March's London Flickr photowalk. The route included Smithfield Market, the Barbican and the Broadgate Circus area.
A photo of the very atmospheric medieval interior of St Bartholomew the Great Church. I thought it looked like it could be straight out of a Dan Brown novel (not that I've ever read one.....).
By the way, the next London Flickr Group photowalk is being held on Saturday 24th June, more details here if that sounds something you'd be interested : www.flickr.com/groups/londonflickrgroup/discuss/721577219...
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From Wikipedia, "The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, sometimes abbreviated to Barts the Great, is a medieval church in the Church of England's Diocese of London located in Smithfield within the City of London. The building was founded as an Augustinian priory in 1123. It adjoins St Bartholomew's Hospital of the same foundation.
St Bartholomew the Great is so named to distinguish it from its neighbouring smaller church of St Bartholomew the Less, which was founded at the same time within the precincts of St Bartholomew's Hospital to serve as the hospital's parish church and occasional place of worship. The two parish churches were reunited in 2012 under one benefice."
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The Govind Dev Ji Temple attracts thousands of devotees daily, who flock to seek blessings, participate in religious ceremonies, and experience the profound spiritual atmosphere within its sacred precincts. practice of washing before praying, known as "abhishek," is an integral part of worship at the Temple. Devotees cleanse themselves with water before entering the temple sanctum to offer prayers to Lord Krishna. This ritual symbolizes purification of the body, mind, and soul, preparing worshippers for spiritual communion with the divine.
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Finally getting round to processing my photos from March's London Flickr photowalk. The route included Smithfield Market, the Barbican and the Broadgate Circus area.
A photo of the very atmospheric medieval interior of St Bartholomew the Great Church. I thought it looked like it could be straight out of a Dan Brown novel (not that I've ever read one.....).
By the way, the next London Flickr Group photowalk is being held on Saturday 24th June, more details here if that sounds something you'd be interested : www.flickr.com/groups/londonflickrgroup/discuss/721577219...
Click here to see more of my London photos : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157601900466587
From Wikipedia, "The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, sometimes abbreviated to Barts the Great, is a medieval church in the Church of England's Diocese of London located in Smithfield within the City of London. The building was founded as an Augustinian priory in 1123. It adjoins St Bartholomew's Hospital of the same foundation.
St Bartholomew the Great is so named to distinguish it from its neighbouring smaller church of St Bartholomew the Less, which was founded at the same time within the precincts of St Bartholomew's Hospital to serve as the hospital's parish church and occasional place of worship. The two parish churches were reunited in 2012 under one benefice."
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The Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque, or Iron Mosque is the second principal mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia after Putra Mosque. It is located in Putrajaya's Precinct 3, opposite the Palace of Justice. Construction began since April 2004 and was fully completed on August 2009. The mosque was built to cater to approximately 24,000 residents including the government servants working around the city center as well as areas within Precincts 2, 3, 4 and 18. Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque area is twice that of Putra Mosque, which is located 2.2 kilometers north.
location : Kyoyochi Pond ,Ryoanji temple , Kyoto city , Kyoto Prefecture ,Japan
Kyoyochi means "Mirror shaped" in Japanese
Kyoyochi Pond located on the left of the precincts is a kind of the Chisen Kaiyu style garden 池泉回遊式庭園 ,a style of Japanese garden with a path around a central pond.
This pond was made in the late 12th century,and has been very famous for the beauty of lotuses and mandarin ducks since then.
京都 龍安寺 鏡容池
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Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺, The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The Ryōan-ji garden is considered one of the finest surviving examples of kare-sansui ("dry landscape"),a refined type of Japanese Zen temple garden design generally featuring distinctive larger rock formations arranged amidst a sweep of smooth pebbles (small, carefully selected polished river rocks) raked into linear patterns that facilitate meditation. The temple and its gardens are listed as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The site of the temple was an estate of the Fujiwara family in the 11th century. The first temple, the Daiju-in, and the still existing large pond were built in that century by Fujiwara Saneyoshi. In 1450, Hosokawa Katsumoto, another powerful warlord, acquired the land where the temple stood. He built his residence there, and founded a Zen temple, Ryōan-ji. During the Ōnin War between the clans, the temple was destroyed. Hosokawa Katsumoto died in 1473. In 1488, his son, Hosokawa Matsumoto, rebuilt the temple.
The temple served as a mausoleum for several emperors. Their tombs are grouped together in what are today known as the "Seven Imperial Tombs" at Ryōan-ji. The burial places of these emperors -- Uda, Kazan, Ichijō, Go-Suzaku, Go-Reizei, Go-Sanjō, and Horikawa—would have been comparatively humble in the period after their deaths. These tombs reached their present state as a result of the 19th century restoration of imperial sepulchers (misasagi) which were ordered by Emperor Meiji.
There is controversy over who built the garden and when. Most sources date the garden to the second half of the 15th century.[3] According to some sources, the garden was built by Hosokawa Katsumoto, the creator of the first temple of Ryōan-ji, between 1450 and 1473. Other sources say it was built by his son, Hosokawa Masamoto, in or around 1488. Some say that the garden was built by the famous landscape painter and monk, Sōami (died 1525),.but this is disputed by other authors.Some sources say the garden was built in the first half of the 16th century.[7] Other authors say the garden was probably built much later, during the Edo Period, between 1618 and 1680.[6] There is also controversy over whether the garden was built by monks, or by professional gardeners, called kawaramono, or a combination of the two. One stone in the garden has the name of two kawaramono carved into it.
The conclusive history, though, based on documentary sources, is as follows: Hosokawa Katsumoto (1430-1473), deputy to the shogun, founded in 1450 the Ryoan-ji temple, but the complex was burnt down during the Onin War. His son Masamoto rebuilt the temple at the very end of the same century. It is not clear whether any garden was constructed at that time facing the main hall. First descriptions of a garden, clearly describing one in front of the main hall, date from 1680-1682. It is described as a composition of nine big stones laid out to represent Tiger Cubs Crossing the Water. As the garden has fifteen stones at present, it was clearly different from the garden that we see today. A great fire destroyed the buildings in 1779, and rubble of the burnt buildings was dumped in the garden. Garden writer and specialist Akisato Rito (died c. 1830) redid the garden completely on top of the rubble at the end of the eighteenth century and published a picture of his garden in his Celebrated Gardens and Sights of Kyoto (Miyako rinsen meisho zue) of 1799, showing the garden as it looks today. One big stone at the back was buried partly; it has two first names carved in it, probably names of untouchable stone workers, so called kawaramono. There is no evidence of Zen monks having worked on the garden, apart from the raking of the sand,
Ryōan-ji (jap. 龍安寺, dt. „Tempel des zur Ruhe gekommenen Drachen“) ist ein 1499 gegründeter Zen-Tempel im Nordwesten der japanischen Stadt Kyōto in deren Stadtbezirk Ukyō.
Erbaut wurde er 1450 von Hosokawa Katsumoto, einem hohen Staatsbeamten der Muromachi-Zeit, auf einem Grundstück, das ursprünglich der Fujiwara-Familie als Landsitz diente. Seit 1994 gehört er zusammen mit anderen Stätten zum UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe Historisches Kyōto (Kyōto, Uji und Ōtsu). Der Tempel gehört zur größten Schule des Rinzai-Zen mit dem Muttertempel Myōshin-ji.
Hauptattraktion des Tempels ist der hier befindliche und wohl berühmteste Zen-Garten Japans, der Hojo-Teien im Kare-san-sui-Stil aus der Mitte des 15. Jahrhunderts. Der Garten besteht aus einer Fläche (30 mal 10 Meter) aus fein gerechtem Kies mit 15 scheinbar zufällig platzierten Steinen in 5 bemoosten Gruppen. Aus keinem Blickwinkel sind alle 15 Steine sichtbar. Die südliche und westliche Seite des Gartens ist von einer rötlichen Mauer gesäumt, über welcher der Blick auf die Bäume und Sträucher des begehbaren Gartens fällt. Auf der nördlichen Seite befindet sich das Tempelgebäude mit der Sitzterrasse, von der aus man den Steingarten überschaut. Die umgebende Mauer ist mit ölgetränktem Mörtel erbaut worden. Im Laufe der Jahrhunderte ist das Öl aus dem Stein ausgetreten und hat so das charakteristische Muster auf dem Stein hinterlassen.
Zur Tempelanlage gehört auch ein großer Teich, der auf eine allererste Tempelgründung an dieser Stelle im 10. Jahrhundert zurückgeht. In der Mitte des Teiches befindet sich eine kleine, begehbare Insel mit einem Schrein, der der Gottheit Benzaiten gewidmet ist.
Ryōan-ji (龍安寺 o 竜安寺 El templo del dragón tranquilo y pacífico) es un templo Zen situado en Kioto, Japón. Forma parte del conjunto de Monumentos históricos de la antigua Kioto (ciudades de Kioto, Uji y Otsu) declarados Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco en el año 1994. El templo fue creado por la escuela Myoshinji de los Rinzai, pertenecientes al Budismo Zen.
Dentro de este templo existe uno de los karesansui (jardines secos) más famosos del mundo, construido a finales del siglo XV, en torno al 1488. El creador de este jardín no dejó ninguna explicación sobre su significado, por lo que durante siglos ha sido un misterio descubrir el verdadero sentido o el porqué de su gran belleza.
Se trata de un jardín rectangular construido frente al edificio principal. La composición utiliza arena rastrillada, musgo, y rocas. Existe un predominio de formas alargadas colocadas en paralelo a la posición del edificio.
Los tres lados restantes están cerrados por muros, lo que junto a la línea inferior de la plataforma desde la que se debe contemplar el edificio, permite acotar la visión del jardín en un marco longitudinal
El jardín se ubica frente al salón Hojo, en el extremo sur, como una extensión del salón perteneciente al abad.
En total hay 15 piedras dispuestas en 3 grandes grupos. El primero comprende las 3 rocas de más a la derecha. El segundo, las 5 siguientes, y el tercero, las 7 restantes. En cada grupo destaca una piedra mayor que las demás. El musgo se utiliza como base de algunos grupos para dar unidad.
Existe una idea de movimiento, según miramos los grupos de derecha a izquierda, se van volviendo cada vez más dispersos, hasta llegar a las últimas dos piedras que no tienen musgo. No se puede ver todo de un sólo vistazo, hay que ir moviendo la vista.
El árbol oculto
Durante muchos años se pensó que la mejor interpretación del sentido de la disposición de las piedras en el jardín era el de una especie de Tigre cruzando un río. En el 2002, unos científicos de la Universidad de Kioto utilizaron ordenadores para buscar formas usando la disposición de las zonas vacías del jardín en vez de la disposición de las piedras. El resultado es que encontraron el patrón de un árbol escondido dentro de la estructura del jardín. Dicen que por eso es tan placentero presenciar el jardín, nuestro subconsiciente capta el patrón del árbol sin que lo notemos.
El mismo equipo de investigación probó moviendo algunas piedras de forma aleatoria y vieron que enseguida se perdía la armonía de la configuración inicial. Por ello creen que la construcción del jardín está muy bien pensada y no es un acto de la casualidad.
Ryōan-ji (竜安寺 / 龍安寺, littéralement « Temple du repos du dragon ») est un monastère zen situé dans le Nord-Ouest de Kyōto, construit au xvie siècle, à l'époque de Muromachi. Il fait partie du Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, étant l'un des monuments historiques de l'ancienne Kyoto. Le temple appartient à l'école Myōshin-ji de la branche rinzai du bouddhisme zen. Le site du temple appartenait à l’origine au clan Fujiwara.
Le monastère a été fondé en 1450 par Hosokawa Katsumoto. Détruit lors de la guerre d'Onin par un incendie, il est rebâti par son fils, Hosokawa Masamoto, à partir de 1488. Après un nouvel incendie en 1797, le monastère est profondément remanié.
Pour beaucoup, le nom du temple évoque son célèbre jardin de pierres, de style karesansui, qui est considéré comme l’un des chefs-d’œuvre de la culture zen japonaise.
Le jardin a été construit à la fin du XVe siècle ou au début du xvie siècle, entre 1499 et 1507. Sa superficie est d'environ 200 mètres carrés. Il est entouré au sud et à l'ouest d'un muret couvert d'un toit de tuile, à l'est d'un autre muret, et au nord d'une véranda en bois derrière laquelle se trouve le hōjō (les appartements du supérieur du monastère). À l'extérieur se trouvent des érables et des pins rouges qui n'étaient sans doute pas présents à l'origine. La construction sur un terrain plat est une nouveauté à l'époque. Quinze pierres, entourées de mousse, y sont disposées en groupes, d'est en ouest, de cinq, de deux, de trois, de deux puis de trois. Le petit nombre de pierres est aussi une nouveauté par rapport aux autres jardins secs de la même période : celui du Daisen-in par exemple en compte plus de cents, sur une surface deux fois plus petite. Le jardin de pierres du Ryoanji appartient à la catégorie des « jardins de néant » (mutei).
La paternité du jardin a été attribuée diversement à Hosokawa Katsumoto ou au peintre Sōami. Ces attributions sont probablement légendaires. Sur l'une des pierres du jardin sont gravés les noms de deux kawaromono (ja) (une sorte d'intouchables japonais) : Kotarō et Hiko jirō. On sait par ailleurs qu'un Kotarō et un Hikojirō ont travaillé au jardin du Shōsenken (au monastère Shōkokuji) dans les années 1490-1491. Aussi ces deux personnes pourraient bien être les véritables auteurs du jardin de pierres du Ryoanji.
Les pierres ont été disposées de telle sorte qu’il ne soit pas possible de voir les quinze pierres à la fois, d’où que se trouve l’observateur5.
Le jardin se compose simplement d’un lit de fins graviers de kaolin harmonieusement ratissés. Le kaolin ratissé symbolise l’océan, les rochers les montagnes.
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I really adore smooth surface of this pond.. it's amazingly beautiful..
The Winter Palace was the official residence of the Russian Emperors from 1732 to 1917. Today, the palace and its precincts form the Hermitage Museum. Situated between Palace Embankment and Palace Square, in Saint Petersburg, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immediately rebuilt. The storming of the palace in 1917, as depicted in Soviet propaganda art and Sergei Eisenstein's 1927 film October, became an iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution.
The palace was constructed on a monumental scale that was intended to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia. From the palace, the Tsar ruled over 22,400,000 square kilometers (8,600,000 sq mi) (almost 1/6 of the Earth's landmass) and over 125 million subjects by the end of the 19th century. It was designed by many architects, most notably Bartolomeo Rastrelli, in what came to be known as the Elizabethan Baroque style. The green-and-white palace has the shape of an elongated rectangle, and its principal façade is 215 metres (705 ft) long and 30 m (98 ft) high. The Winter Palace has been calculated to contain 1,886 doors, 1,945 windows, 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases. Following a serious fire, the palace's rebuilding of 1837 left the exterior unchanged, but large parts of the interior were redesigned in a variety of tastes and styles, leading the palace to be described as a "19th-century palace inspired by a model in Rococo style".
Went in to Wellington by train this morning. It's always a pleasant 45 minute journey, but this morning was especially nice: not a breath of wind nor a cloud in the sky...!!!
This is the Hutt River estuary; when the river flows through Upper Hutt precincts some 20 kilometres up-stream, it's bouncing and frothing over stones worn smooth with age and water action.
Here at Seaview, the river has aged and matured and now flows gently and quietly into Wellington Harbour; the (road) bridge centre left (above) marks the journey's end...
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Located halfway up Otowa Mountain in the eastern part of Kyoto City, Kiyomizu-dera is a historic temple that was established in 778, even before Kyoto became the capital of Japan.
Since its foundation, the temple has burned down many times. Most of the current buildings were rebuilt by the third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu in the early Edo period (1631 to 1633).
The Main Hall (Hondo) of the temple is designated as a national treasure. The temple has many other important cultural properties including the Deva gate, west gate, three-storied pagoda and bell tower. In 1994, it was registered on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto.
The two most famous places of the temple are the Main Hall, where the Eleven Headed and Thousand Armed Kannon Bodhisattva - which is famous for the power of answering prayers - is enshrined and Kiyomizu Stage, which is the veranda of the Main Hall extended over a precipice.
Kiyomizu Stage was built using a special method; huge 12-meter high keyaki (Japanese Zelkova) pillars were assembled without using a single nail and the floor was installed using more than 410 cypress boards. The View of the city center of Kyoto from the Stage is magnificent.
Kiyomizu-dera (the temple of clear water) was named after Otowa Waterfall. Water from a spring in the mountain has been falling there since its foundation. Fifteen colorfully-painted halls and pagodas stand in its verdant precincts.
The beauty of Kiyomizu-dera is enhanced by the cherry blossoms and fresh verdure in spring and colored leaves in autumn. It is well known as a landscape that represents Kyoto.
It would be our pleasure if you took the time to visit and deepen your understanding of the Japanese culture and spirit.
A hot summer evening with strong light giving stark shadows on the brand new Church of the Holy Angels in Etchmiadzin, flanked by its churchyard wall to the left and by the Gate of Vazgen I to the right.
The Gate of Vazgen I (Vazgenian Darbas): erected in March 1961 at the eastern wall of the complex, near where the open air altar now stands. In 2002, the gate was moved to its present location at the northern entrance.
The Church of the Holy Archangels (Armenian: Սրբոց Հրեշտակապետաց եկեղեցի), is a church located in the precincts of Etchmiadzin Cathedral, the mother church of Armenia.
It was designed by Jim Torosyan and built from 2007-11.
It is a circular-cylindrical church with an intentionally minimalist design. It has a diameter of 15 meters. The small, high, windows give an intentionally soft and filtered quality to the interior light.
It occupies the northeastern corner of the Mother See complex, the area between the Gevorkian Seminary and the Gate of Vazgen I.
The consecration of the church took place on 5 November 2011 by Catholicos Karekin II. The church is mainly used by the deacons and students of the seminary to hold their daily liturgical services and divine worship, although it is also open for secular worshippers. It is currently (summer 2022) very busy as Etchmiadzin Cathedral is closed for renovation.
This description incorporates text from the English Wikipedia and a few machine translations the Armenian Wikipedia.
Southbank was formerly an industrial area and part of South Melbourne. It was transformed into a densely populated district of high rise apartment and office buildings beginning in the early 1990s, as part of an urban renewal program. With the exceptions of the cultural precinct along St Kilda Road, few buildings built before this time were spared by redevelopment.
Today, Southbank is dominated by high-rise development. It is one of the primary business centres in Greater Melbourne, being the headquarters of Foster's, Treasury Wine Estates, Crown Limited, Alumina, Incitec Pivot, The Herald and Weekly Times (including the Herald Sun), as well as regional offices of many major corporations, in a cluster of towers with over 340,000 square metres of office space in 2008. It is also one of the most densely populated areas of Melbourne, with a large cluster of apartment towers, including Australia's tallest tower measured to its highest floor, the Eureka Tower.
Southbank Promenade and Southgate Restaurant and Shopping Precinct, on the southern bank of the Yarra River, extending to Crown Casino, is one of Melbourne's major entertainment precincts. Southgate's landmark Ophelia sculpture by Deborah Halpern has been used to represent Melbourne in tourism campaigns [Wikipedia.org]
Hosen-in (宝泉院) is a Tendai sect temple in Ohara, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
There are white pine (Pinus parviflora) of 700 years old and a garden named Bankan-en which is famous as picture frame garden.
Having a cup of green tea and viewing the bamboo grove and white pine, you can spend a quiet and peaceful time.
Autumn leaves are best view about the middle of November.
In spring and autumn, special night visit will be held.
My website Click links below to get the guide about Hosen-in.
English site en.calmtripguide.com/kyoto/hosen-in/
Japanese site calmtripguide.com/kyoto/hosen-in/
Ashford Castle on the bank of Lough Corrib, where we had our afternoon tea, County Galway, Ireland
Some background information:
Ashford Castle is a large medieval and Victorian castle that has been expanded over the centuries and turned into a five star luxury hotel. It is located near the village of Cong on the County Galway side of Lough Corrib, directly bordering the County Mayo side of the lake. Today, Ashford Castle, which was previously owned by the Guinness family, is a member of the Red Carnation Hotels organisation.
We just had an afternoon tea in the castle’s Connaught Room. The afternoon tea offers guests a wide selection of speciality teas, delicate finger sandwiches, freshly baked scones and delectable pastries, presented on a silver three-tier stand,. whereby every guest is served their own three-tier stand. On the lowest tier, there are the sandwiches. On the middle tier, guests will find three different scones, served with two types of clotted cream. And on the top tier, the elegantly presented pâtisserie is displayed.
I had an Irish Whiskey Cream Tea accompaning the delicacies and if you don’t manage to eat all of them, the leftovers are packed for you in a neat box, so that you can take them home. We had our afternoon tea at a table next to one of the windows, with view into the gardens and onto Lough Corrib. By the way, if you want to take your afternoon tea there, you have to order it in advance. Just dropping by would be pointless and you wouldn’t even be able to pass the gatekeepers of the estate.
In 1228, Ashford Castle was built on the perimeter of a monastic site by the Anglo-Norman noble House de Burgo. After having been more than three-and-a-half centuries in possession of the Burke family, the castle passed into the hands of Sir Richard Bingham, Lord President of Connaught, in 1589. A battle between the forces of the de Burgo family and those of Bingham had been preceded the change of the owner. Following the battle and thereby also the owner change, Bingham added a fortified enclave within Ashford Castle‘s precincts.
In 1670, Dominick Browne, Baron Oranmore and Browne, received the estate in a royal grant. In 1715, the estate of Ashford was established by the Browne family and a hunting lodge in the style of a 17th-century French chateau was constructed. In the late 18th century, a branch of the family inhabited the castle.
In 1852, the Irish brewer and philanthropist Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, who later received the title 1st Baronet of Ashford, purchased the estate. He added two large Victorian style extensions, extended the estate to 110 square kilometres (26,000 acres), built new roads and planted thousands of trees. After Sir Benjamin's death in 1868, the estate passed to his son Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, who expanded the building further in the neogothic style.
Arthur Guinness was an avid gardener who oversaw the development of massive woodlands and rebuilt the entire west wing of the castle, designed by architects James Franklin Fuller and George Ashlin. The new construction connected the early 18th-century part in the east with two de-Burgo-time towers in the west. Additionally, battlements were added to the whole castle. After being rebuilt, Ashford Castle welcomed many famous guests such as the British King George V, among others who stayed with the Guinness family.
After having been sold to Noel Huggard in 1939, the new owner opened the estate as a hotel. Since then, the hotel has hosted many famous guests, such as Queen Mary, the author Oscar Wilde, the actors Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne, UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Ronald Reagan, US Senator Ted Kennedy, Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his wife Princess Grace, Prince Edward, the Beatles members John Lennon and George Harrison, as well as the actors Robin Williams, Pierce Brosnan and Brad Pitt. Professional golfer Rory McIlroy even married there in 2017.
In July 2015, Ashford Castle was voted third best world hotel by "Travel + Leisure magazine", US. In August 2015, it was voted world's best hotel during "Virtuoso Travel Week". Furthermore, in 2020 and 2022, the hotel claimed top spot in the prestigious World’s Best Resort Hotel in the UK & Ireland awards. And in 2023, it has been hailed as one of the world's best hotels by "Forbes Travel Guide", from which it received the maximum rating of five stars – just like only a handful of other hotels.
Lough Corrib, on whose bank Ashford Castle is located, is a lake in the west of Ireland connected to the sea at Galway by the River Corrib. It is the largest lake within the Republic of Ireland and the second largest on the island of Ireland (after Lough Neagh). Lough Corrib covers 176 km² and lies mostly in County Galway with a small area of its northeast corner in County Mayo. The main tributaries draining into Lough Corrib include the Cornamona, Bealanabrack, Owenriff, Drimneen, Cong, Clare, Annacourta, Black and Cross rivers.
The lake is rather popular with anglers because it has a large fish population. Among the fishes in the lake are trouts, pikes, perches and salmons. Furthermore, the wildlife in Lough Corrib includes birds and hawks, otters, mink, stoat, frogs and bats. In 1996, Lough Corrib was designated a Ramsar site and it has also been designated a Special Area of Conservation.
The lake is also of international importance as a marine archaeological site. Surveys have uncovered a number of objects of historical significance, which have been investigated by the Underwater Archaeology Unit of the National Monuments Service. These include Bronze Age and Iron Age vessels as well as the "Carrowmoreknock Boat", a well preserved 10th century vessel carrying three Viking battle axes. There are also a lot of islands on the lake. Among them are Inchagoill with ist Early Christian abbey ruins, Inishquin, Inishmicatreer, Inishdoorus and Rabbit Island, to name just the largest ones.
"St Catherine's Chapel was built (probably in the 14th century) as a place of pilgrimage and retreat by the monks of the nearby Benedictine monastery Abbotsbury Abbey, which the chapel overlooks high up on the hilltop.
Its position on the top of a hill about 80 m (260 ft) high, overlooking the coast from Portland Bill to Bridport, meant that it was a prominent feature for seafarers. Only a handful of chapels of the same kind are located outside the precincts of the monasteries who constructed them. The isolated setting of the chapel granted the monks to withdraw from the monastery during Lent for private prayer and meditation.
The medieval strip lynchets etched into the side of the hill are known locally as the Chapel Rings." [Wikipedia]
The Winter Palace was the official residence of the Russian Emperors from 1732 to 1917. Today, the palace and its precincts form the Hermitage Museum. Situated between Palace Embankment and Palace Square, in Saint Petersburg, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immediately rebuilt. The storming of the palace in 1917, as depicted in Soviet propaganda art and Sergei Eisenstein's 1927 film October, became an iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution.
As completed, the overriding exterior form of the Winter Palace's architecture, with its decoration in the form of statuary and opulent stucco work on the pediments above façades and windows, is Baroque. The exterior has remained as finished during the reign of Empress Elizabeth. The principal façades, those facing the Palace Square and the Neva river, have always been accessible and visible to the public. Only the lateral façades are hidden behind granite walls, concealing a garden created during the reign of Nicholas II. The building was conceived as a town palace, rather than a private palace within a park, such as that of the French kings at Versailles.
The palace was constructed on a monumental scale that was intended to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia. From the palace, the Tsar ruled over 22,400,000 square kilometers (8,600,000 sq mi) (almost 1/6 of the Earth's landmass) and over 125 million subjects by the end of the 19th century. It was designed by many architects, most notably Bartolomeo Rastrelli, in what came to be known as the Elizabethan Baroque style. The green-and-white palace has the shape of an elongated rectangle, and its principal façade is 215 metres (705 ft) long and 30 m (98 ft) high. The Winter Palace has been calculated to contain 1,886 doors, 1,945 windows, 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases. Following a serious fire, the palace's rebuilding of 1837 left the exterior unchanged, but large parts of the interior were redesigned in a variety of tastes and styles, leading the palace to be described as a "19th-century palace inspired by a model in Rococo style".
The ensemble of the fortified church from Biertan is made up of three concentric walls, the inner ones being circular. This walls were connected by tower - gates. Thus the second and the third walls are connected by the Townhall Tower. Between this tower and the first tower of the gate (found on the second wall of the precincts)there is a cart track,that could be blocked at any time by a vertical gate.
Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York.
Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is home to some of the city's most prominent buildings, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, the headquarters of the United Nations, Grand Central Terminal, and Rockefeller Centre, as well as tourist destinations such as Broadway and Times Square.
It is the largest central business district in the world and ranks among the most expensive pieces of real estate; Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan commands the world's highest retail rents, with average annual rents at US$3,000 per square foot ($32,000/m2) in 2017. However, due to the high price of retail spaces in Midtown, there are also many vacant storefronts in the neighbourhood. Midtown is the country's largest commercial, entertainment, and media centre, and a growing financial centre.
Most New York City's skyscrapers, including its tallest hotels and apartment towers, are in Midtown. The area hosts commuters and residents working in its offices, hotels, and retail establishments, tourists, and students. Times Square, the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theatre District, is a major centre of the world's entertainment industry. Sixth Avenue also has the headquarters of three of the four major U.S. television networks.
Midtown is part of Manhattan Community District 5. It is patrolled by the 14th and 18th precincts of the New York City Police Department.
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Nikko Toshogu is a Shinto shrine situated in Nikko, Tochigi . The shrine was listed in 1999 as a World Heritage site. It is the mausoleum of Ieyasu Tokugawa, who founded the Tokugawa Shogunate in early 17th century . The original temple was rebuilt into the spectacular complex by the third Shogun Iemitsu in 1636 to demonstrate the power of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The buildings in the precincts are world-famous for an abundance of colorful and elaborate sculptures depicting plants and animals as well as imaginary creatures.
Kuhonbutsu Joshinji Temple is located in Setagaya, Tokyo. This temple was held in 1678. In the precincts there are buildings at the time of the opening of the mountain, 9 Amitabha Nyorai and 1 Buddha Buddha statue are contained.
The oldest bell in the cathedral is Bell Harry, which hangs in a cage atop the central tower to which the bell lends its name. The central "Bell Harry" tower of brick faced with stone was built between 1494 and 1503 and is one of the first brick structures. This bell was cast in 1635, and is struck at 8am and 9pm every day to announce the opening and closing of the cathedral, and also occasionally for services as a Sanctus bell. Christchurch Cathedral.
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MOMOTE SHIKI (百々手式)
Momote-shiki, an archery ritual to commemorate Seijin-no-hi (Coming-of-Age Day) in the precincts of Meiji Shrine. The ceremony is held near Homotsuden (Treasure House).
The Momote-shiki ceremony is conducted by the Ogasawara-Ryu, one of the oldest schools of Japanese-style archery and has long been associated with martial arts training.
Keppel's Ocean Financial Centre, one of Singapore's premium office properties located at the heart of the Raffles Place and Marina Bay precincts.
A view from "1 Altitude" rooftop bar at One Raffles Place.
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Hosen-in (宝泉院) is a Tendai sect temple in Ohara, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
There are white pine (Pinus parviflora) of 700 years old and a garden named Bankan-en which is famous as picture frame garden.
Having a cup of green tea and viewing the bamboo grove and white pine, you can spend a quiet and peaceful time.
Autumn leaves are best view about the middle of November.
In spring and autumn, special night visit will be held.
My website Click links below to get the guide about Hosen-in.
English site en.calmtripguide.com/kyoto/hosen-in/
Japanese site calmtripguide.com/kyoto/hosen-in/
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The Pearl-Qatar (TPQ) in Doha, Qatar, is an artificial island spanning nearly four million square metres. It is the first land in Qatar to be available for freehold ownership by foreign nationals.As of spring 2012, there are more than 5,000 residents,compared to more than 3,000 residents in spring of 2011. Once fully completed, The Pearl will create over 32 kilometers of new coastline, for use as a residential estate with an expected 15,000 dwellings and 45,000 residents by 2015.
Developed by United Development Company and planned by architecture and design firm Callison, the island is located 350 metres offshore of Doha’s West Bay Lagoon area.
In 2004, when the project was first revealed, the initial cost of constructing the island stood at $2.5 billion. It is now believed the project will cost $15 billion upon completion.
The name "The Pearl" was chosen because the island is being built on one of Qatar's previous major pearl diving sites. Qatar was one of the major pearl traders of Asia before the Japanese introduced cheaper more affordable pearls just before Qatar's oil boom. The Pearl Qatar will help represent Qatar's rich past in the pearl industry. Once completed The Pearl will resemble a string of pearls.
Residential development
View from the Pearl Residential development on the island is intended to incorporate various national and international themes, including aspects of Arabic, Mediterranean, and European culture. There are ten precincts that make up The Pearl-Qatar Island. Total number of towers will be 31 with a total of 4,700 apartments.
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St Edmundsbury Cathedral is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is the seat of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in Bury St Edmunds. A church has stood on the site of the cathedral since at least 1065, when St Denis's Church was built within the precincts of Bury St Edmunds Abbey. In the early 12th century the Abbot, Anselm had wanted to make a pilgrimage along the Way of St James to Santiago de Compostela. He was unsuccessful and instead rebuilt St Denis's and dedicated the new church to Saint James, which served as the parish church for the north side of Bury St Edmunds. This church was largely rebuilt, starting in 1503, with more alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. When the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich was created in 1914, St James Church was made the cathedral. In 1959 Benjamin Britten wrote the Fanfare for St Edmundsbury for a "Pageant of Magna Carta" held in the cathedral grounds. From 1960 onwards, there was renewed building work designed to transform the parish church into a cathedral building, with the rebuilding of the chancel and the creation of transepts and side chapels. The cathedral architect from 1943 to 1988 was Stephen Dykes Bower and he left £2 million for the completion of the cathedral. In the cathedral grounds a new choir school and visitor's centre were built which were opened in 1990. A Gothic revival tower was built between 2000 and 2005. The font was designed in 1870 by George Gilbert Scott, constructed on a medieval shaft, with a cover by F. E. Howard of Oxford. The decoration was added in 1960.
In addition to guided tours of the cathedral itself, visitors can view changing exhibits of art in the Edmund Gallery, and an exhibit of historic and religious regalia and artefacts in the Cathedral Treasures display. The painting "The Martyrdom of St Edmund" by Brian Whelan hangs in the Lady Chapel.
From the time of St Augustine's mission to refound Christianity in AD 597 to the reign of Henry VIII, monasteries formed an important facet of both religious and secular life in the British Isles. Monasteries were built to house communities of monks, canons (priests), and sometimes lay-brothers, living a common life of religious observance under some form of systematic discipline. It is estimated from documentary evidence that over 700 monasteries were founded in England. These ranged in size from major communities with several hundred members to tiny establishments with a handful of brethren. They belonged to a wide variety of different religious orders, each with its own philosophy. As a result, they vary considerably in the detail of their appearance and layout, although all possess the basic elements of church, domestic accommodation for the community, and work buildings. Monasteries were inextricably woven into the fabric of Medieval society, acting not only as centres of worship, learning, and charity, but also, because of the vast landholdings of some orders, of immense wealth and political influence. They were established in all parts of England, some in towns and others in the remotest of areas. Many monasteries acted as the centre of a wide network including parish churches, almshouses, hospitals, farming estates and tenant villages. Some 75 of these religious houses belonged to the Cistercian Order founded by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in the twelfth century. The Cistercians - or "white monks on account of their undyed habits" - led a harsher life than the earlier monastic orders, believing in the virtue of a life of austerity, prayer and manual labour. Seeking seclusion, they founded their houses in wild and remote areas where they undertook major land improvement projects. Their communities were often very large and included many lay brethren who acted as ploughmen, dairymen, shepherds, carpenters, and masons. The Cistercians' skills as farmers eventually made the Order one of the most rich and influential. They were especially successful in the rural north of England where they concentrated on sheep farming. Boxley is one of the most complete of the group of Cistercian Abbeys which were established as daughter houses by larger monasteries. Of these daughter houses virtually nothing is known other than the layouts of the church and cloisters. Few Abbey precincts survive sufficiently extensively to allow an understanding of the range of agricultural and industrial activities undertaken at such a site to support the community of monks and lay-brethren. The degree of survival and diversity of features in the example at Boxley provide a potentially outstanding opportunity to do so. At the same time, the small scale excavation of parts of the cloisters and church at Boxley means that it is well documented archaeologically.
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The monument includes the abbey and monastic precinct at Boxley. The remains of the Abbey, which was founded in 1143, are enclosed within an angular wall which preserves the line and many of the features such as door-openings of the original precinct wall, although some of its fabric is clearly recent. The main gatehouse is on the western side, and features Tudor brickwork as well as a quantity of original medieval stonework, showing that it was rebuilt not long before the abbey's dissolution in 1538. Many features of the abbey have been disguised by later landscaping but were identified during small-scale excavations in 1897-8 and 1971-2. Both the east range of the cloister and the south aisle of the church are marked by embankments within the present garden whilst the E-W drain from the latrine has been incorporated into a walled garden. The nave of the church is marked by a former water garden. Further remains of the abbey are considered likely to survive beneath the present ground level, such as stables, granaries and other agricultural buildings, many originally built of timber. Fishponds and other watercourses survive as earthworks at several locations. The main upstanding feature inside the 9ha. precinct is the Hospitium. This building, thought originally to have been a hostel for visitors to the Abbey, is now used as a barn; it is included in the scheduling as well as being listed Grade I. Excluded from the scheduling are the cottages, which are listed Grade II, near the gatehouse, and the present house, which is listed Grade II*, (except the lengths of medieval stone walling of the W range of the cloister), and also the metalling of the access roads and the service trenches below them. The ground beneath each, however, is included. Also excluded from the scheduling are all post-Dissolution stonework used for garden features etc. unless part of repairs to medieval structures.
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George Street is Sydney, Australia's oldest and one of its most significant thoroughfares, stretching three kilometers from The Rocks near Sydney Harbour to Railway Square in the south. Originally known as "High Street," it was named George Street in 1810 in honor of King George III. It serves as the heart of the city's financial district and a major hub for commerce and transportation.
The street is lined with an impressive blend of historic architecture and modern skyscrapers. It's home to iconic buildings such as the General Post Office, Sydney Town Hall, and the Queen Victoria Building. Along George Street, you'll find key precincts like Martin Place, Circular Quay, and Chinatown. With the recent addition of the light rail system, it has been transformed into a more pedestrian-friendly and vibrant space, solidifying its status as a primary artery and a symbol of Sydney's urban evolution.
The fortified evangelical church of Valchid was built in the 14th century, on the site of a much older Romanesque basilica.
Situated on a small tributary of Târnave Mari, the settlement of Valchid owes its first documentary mention to a conflict of 1345 in which the peasants from Valchid were interrogated in the process of robbing the Saxons from Curciu and other villages belonging to the neighboring localities, the Nou Sasesc and Roandola. .
The church is long and narrow, surrounded by ten buttresses erected specially to support the walls of the hall. The enclosure has a gray-yellow color, a color given by the reddish-brown sandstone from which it is built. The walls were dated to the beginning of the 16th century.
The watchtowers are located in the middle of the sides of the walls, the watchtower continuing on their façades. This is completely different from most fortified churches that have towers usually located at the corners of the precincts. The main portal on which a finely carved embrasure is seen, similar to the western portal of the evangelical church in Sibiu, is located on the blackened facade of smoke on the west side of the church. The church itself was never fortified, due to the height of the curtains of about 10 meters which led to the deterrent of the attackers.
The original vault of the ship was destroyed by the 1916 earthquake and was replaced by with a baroque vaulted vault that shows the ornaments in the stucco, with double arches. The boys' grandstand built in the west was built in the 19th century and was renovated in 1922 when another grandstand supported by two brick arches was erected along the north wall.
Le Tōfuku-ji (東福寺) est un temple bouddhiste de l'arrondissement de Higashiyama-ku au sud-est de Kyoto, au Japon. Fondé par Enni en tant que siège de l'école Rinzai de la tradition du bouddhisme zen japonais. Il fut construit entre 1236 et 1255 sur les ruines du Hosshō-ji, appartenant aux Fujiwara. C'est le quatrième des gozan (五山, cinq grands temples) de Kyōto.
Le moine Enni (1202 - 1280), également connu sous son nom posthume Shōichi Kokushi (聖一国師), rapportera de son apprentissage en Chine auprès du moine Wuzhun Shifan (en japonais : Bujun Shiban, 1177 - 1249), entre 1235 et 1241, une forme dérivée du Rinzai, la branche Shōichi, dont le Tōfuku-ji sera le siège. Il y ramènera également un portrait de son maître, offert par ce dernier lors de son séjour en Chine et qui y est encore conservé. C'est l'un des plus anciens portraits chan chinois parvenus au Japon et il fut un modèle fidèlement imité par la suite.
Le Tōfuku-ji fut de nombreuses fois détruit, notamment en 1319, en 1334 et en 1881. Il fut partiellement reconstruit en 1347, après les incendies de 1319 et de 1334 et un certain nombre de dirigeants politiques (Fujiwara, Ashikaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Ieyasu Tokugawa...) y firent construire de nouveaux bâtiments par la suite.
L'école de peinture Kanō-ha (狩野派) a également travaillé au Tōfuku-ji. Kanō Takanobu (1571 - 1618) y complète, à la demande de l'empereur Go-Yōzei, la série des cinquante peintures représentant les Cinq Cents Rakan commencée par Minchō.
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Il y a un certain nombre de jardins dans les différentes parties de Tofuku-ji. Le jardin actuel a été conçu par l'architecte paysagiste Mirei Shigemori dans les années 1930. Le jardin de mousse en particulier a été emblématique du renouveau des principes de jardinage japonais dans le 20ème siècle.
Le temple dispose d'un grand nombre d'arbres d'érable japonais, et est le plus fréquenté pendant la saison d'automne lorsque les gens affluent pour voir le feuillage d'automne. Il est une tradition pour les feuillages depuis le pont Tsuten-kyō.
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Tōfuku-ji (東福寺) is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. Tōfuku-ji takes its name from two temples in Nara, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji.[1] It is one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto". Its honorary sangō prefix is Enichi-san (慧日山).
Tōfuku-ji was founded in 1236 by the imperial chancellor Kujō Michiie. He appointed the monk Enni as founding priest, who had studied Rinzai Zen Buddhism in China under the monk Wuzhun Shifan. The temple was burned but rebuilt in the 15th century according to original plans. Tofuku-ji was one of the five temples of the Five Mountain System.
There are a number of gardens in the various precincts of Tōfuku-ji. The current garden was designed by landscape architect Mirei Shigemori in the 1930s. The moss garden in particular has been emblematic of the renewal of Japanese gardening principles in the 20th Century.
The temple features a large number of Japanese maple trees, and is most crowded during the autumn season when people flock to see the autumn foliage. It is a tradition to view the leaves from the Tsūten-kyō bridge.
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Taken during Shinagawa Shrine Festival
Shinagawa Shrine Festival, Shinagawa-ku. On the 6th, the shrine's mikoshi (a portable shrine) parades on the main streets from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Local Shinto dance with music will be perform in the precincts from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the 6th.
Access: The Keihin Kyuko Line to Shin-Bamba Sta. (North Exit), and then walk 1 min.