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2021-07-25_10-41-49_ILCE-7C_DSC07208_DxO by Miguel Discart & Kiri Karma

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City trip In Amsterdam - July 2021 - Moco Museum

We Are Moco

The Moco Museum focuses on proven artists with a unique vision.

The Moco Museum in Amsterdam is a boutique museum with a wide range of inspiring modern and contemporary art. With artists like Banksy, Jean-Michel Basquiat, JR, KAWS, Keith Haring, Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama, Andy Warhol, and more, we offer visitors an unparalleled collection of subversive art in which irony and humor are used to reflect on modern society. A one-of-a-kind experience aimed at a wide audience, a visit to Moco is a true eye-opener.

Studio Irma. Reflecting Forward expresses endless connections to reveal what the future can look like. Studio Irma x Moco introduces Connectivism as a new art movement. Through compassion and empathy, we arrive at a shared understanding. So, in our collective choice to experience this digital immersive art exhibition, we are Reflecting Forward in search of Connectivism.

Brightly colored lights, movement, and music drive you through these interactive, digital spaces: Diamond Matrix, Kaleidoscope, We All Live in Bubbles, Connect the Dots & Universe.

Connectivism stresses that internet technologies like web browsers, search engines, and social media contribute to new ways of understanding and learning in our digital age. - Studio Irma

Banksy. A mysterious British artist known for his humorous and political street art. The Banksy exhibition at Moco contains several of his infamous street pieces, as well a large number of his indoor works, including work on canvas. One of these is his giant 'Beanfield' painting, a beautiful piece that is displayed on the ground floor. An impossible-to-miss eye-catcher as you enter the Banksy exhibition. Other highlights include 'Girl with Balloon', 'Laugh Now' and 'Keep It Real'. The Banksy collection at Moco Museum: come check it out!

The Modern Contemporary (Moco) Museum has made its home in Villa Alsberg, a townhouse overlooking Museumplein in the heart of Amsterdam. The building was designed in 1904 by Eduard Cuypers, nephew of the renowned Pierre Cuypers who designed Amsterdam's Central Station and the Rijksmuseum, which is at the opposite end of the square. This privately-owned residence was one of the first family homes built along Museumplein and retained this function until 1939. Subsequently, the house was let to priests who taught at the Saint Nicolas School in Amsterdam, and later it was converted into an office for a law firm.

No effort is spared to ensure that this breathtaking mansion makes an impact on visitors, adding an extra layer to the Moco experience. There is one small drawback, though: charming as the building is, its compact size does mean it can feel crowded during peak hours.

The Moco Museum is a private initiative of Lionel and Kim Logchies. The exhibited works of art are on loan from their carefully cultivated international network of art collectors. Part of the proceeds from the museum will be donated to charities that are close to the hearts of the initiators.

( A little city trip in Amsterdam

Un petit city trip a Amsterdam )

05022015-7378 - SNCF - BB27052 @Nancy by Renaud CHODKOWSKI

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27052 ; Nancy (54) Quai de la Bataille ; 482127 Perrigny - Hausbergen. La BB27052 est photographiée en tête d'une rame de céréales en provenance de Perrigny et à destination d'Hausbergen.

PUBLIC NOTICE AND WARNING TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS by ROBERT HUFFSTUTTER

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History has proven that in any nation where government control becomes the number one priority in a nation, removal of guns from private citizens is paramount to successful and total control.

Never, under any circumstances, let U.S. Government officials change the Second Amendment through domestic modifications to favor political causes.

Likewise, citizens must be aware of any treaties and negotiations with other nations or any body of nations like the United Uations which would restrict Second Amendment rights.

Remember, those who are against gun rights will stoop to the lowest levels to amend the Constitution to remove the Second Amendment.

Tinkering with the Second Amendment in any way, shape or form is the first warning sign that there are those in power who do not want citizens to have the power to enforce and protect this Democracy and Republic. Suspect any and all who want to change the Second Amendment.

Azur - Mercedes-Benz Citaro C2 - 10/07/19 by Jérémy P

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Ligne A du réseau Yégo Plages en provenance de d'Azur Les Cigales et à destination de Messanges Plage arrivant au lac d'Azur.

Málaga - Iveco Bus UrbanWay 18 - 10/06/19 by Jérémy P

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Ligne A du réseau EMT Málaga en provenance de Aeropuerto et à destination de Paseo del Parque sur l'Avenida de Andalucía.

Dash of Sunset 2010 by Greg Reed

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DHC-8-100/200

Details

Country of Origin

Canada

Type

Turboprop regional airliner

History

Bombardier's de Havilland Dash 8 has proven to be a popular player in the regional turboprop airliner market. De Havilland Canada began development of the Dash 8 in the late 1970s in response to what it saw as a considerable market demand for a new generation 30 to 40 seat commuter airliner. The first flight of the first of two preproduction aircraft was on June 20 1983, while Canadian certification was awarded on September 28 1984. The first customer delivery was to norOntair of Canada on October 23 1984. Like the Dash 7, the Dash 8 features a high mounted wing and Ttail, and has an advanced flight control system and large full length trailing edge flaps. Power meanwhile is supplied by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 series (originally designated PT7A) turboprops. Initial Dash 8 production was of the Series 100, which was followed by the Series 100A in 1990. The 100A introduced a revised interior with extra headroom and PW120A turboprops. The Series 100B was offered from 1992 with more powerful PW121s for better climb and airfield performance. Production since switched to the improved performance Dash 8-200. Announced in 1992 and delivered from April 1995 the -200 features more powerful PW123C engines which give a 56km/h (30kt) increase in cruising speed, as well as greater commonality with the stretched Dash 8300. The 200B derivative has PW123Bs for better hot and high performance. From the second quarter of 1996 all Dash 8s delivered have been fitted with a computer controlled noise and vibration suppression system (or NVS). To reflect this the designation was changed to Dash 8Q (Q for `quiet'). In 1998 that was changed again to Dash 8 Q200 when a new interior was introduced.

Powerplants

100 - Two 1490kW (2000shp) Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120A turboprops driving four blade constant speed Hamilton Standard propellers. 100B - Two 1605kW (2150shp) PW121As. 200 - Two 1605kW (2150shp) PW123Cs in 200A, or two PW123Ds in 200B.

Performance

100A - Max cruising speed 490km/h (265kt), long range cruising speed 440km/h (237kt). Initial rate of climb 1560ft/min. Range with full passenger load, fuel and reserves 1520km (820nm), range with a 2720kg (6000lb) payload 2040km (1100nm). 100B - Same except max cruising speed of 500km/h (270kt). 200A & 200B - Same except max cruising speed 546km/h (295kt). Initial rate of climb 1475ft/min. Range with 37 passengers 1795km (970nm).

Weights

100A - Operating empty 10,250kg (22,600lb), max takeoff 15,650kg (34,500lb). 100B - Operating empty 10,273kg (22,648lb), max takeoff 16,465kg (36,300lb). 200A & 200B - Operating empty 10,434kg (23,004lb), max takeoff 16,465kg (36,300lb).

Dimensions

Wing span 25.91m (85ft 0in), length 22.25m (73ft 0in), height 7.49m (24ft 7in). Wing area 54.4m2 (585.0sq ft).

Capacity

Flightcrew of two. Typical passenger seating for 37 at four abreast and 79cm (31in) pitch, max seating for 40.

Production

347 Dash 8-100s/-200s in service or on order at late 1998.

Source: www.airliners.net/aircraft-data/de-havilland-canada-dhc-8...

Chesapeake Bay

-was formed nearly 12,000 years ago when glaciers melted and flooded the Susquehanna River valley;

-is—most historians believe—named after the Algonquin word chesepiooc, meaning "great shellfish bay;"

-is approximately 200 miles long, stretching from Havre de Grace, Maryland, to Norfolk, Virginia;

-has an average depth of 21 feet (the deepest part of the Bay, a.k.a. "The Hole," is 174 feet deep and located off of Bloody Point, southeast of

Annapolis, Maryland;

-ranges from 3.4 to 35 miles wide;

-holds more than 15 trillion gallons of water;

-supports 348 species of finfish and 173 species of shellfish;

-supports more than 3,600 species of plant and animal life, including 2,700 types of plants and more than 16 species of underwater grasses;

-is fed by 50 major tributaries (or streams and rivers) every day—the largest of these are the Susquehanna, Potomac, Rappahannock, York, and James;

-produces more than 500 millions pounds of seafood harvest each year.

Source: www.cbf.org/about-the-bay/chesapeake-bay-watershed-geogra...

Luscious® Royale Piña Colada Lantana camara by Stephen Walters

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England / Cornwall - Tintagel by Michael Kemper

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England / Cornwall - Tintagel

Beach below Tintagel Castle

Strand unterhalb Tintagel Castle

Tintagel Castle (Cornish: Dintagel) is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel, North Cornwall in the United Kingdom. The site was possibly occupied in the Romano-British period, as an array of artefacts dating to this period have been found on the peninsula, but as yet no Roman era structure has been proven to have existed there. It was settled during the early medieval period, when it was probably one of the seasonal residences of the regional king of Dumnonia. A castle was built on the site by Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall in the 13th century, during the later medieval period. It later fell into disrepair and ruin.

Archaeological investigation into the site began in the 19th century as it became a tourist attraction, with visitors coming to see the ruins of Richard's castle. In the 1930s, excavations revealed significant traces of a much earlier high status settlement, which had trading links with the Mediterranean during the Late Roman period.

The castle has a long association with legends related to King Arthur. This began in the 12th century when Geoffrey of Monmouth described Tintagel as the place of Arthur's conception in his fictionalized account of British history, the Historia Regum Britanniae. Geoffrey told the story that Arthur's father, King Uther Pendragon, was disguised by Merlin's sorcery to look like Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall, the husband of Igraine, Arthur's mother.

Tintagel Castle has been a tourist destination since the mid-19th century. Owned by Charles, Prince of Wales as part of the landholdings of the Duchy of Cornwall, the site is managed by English Heritage.

In the 1st century AD, southern Britain was invaded and occupied by the Roman Empire. The territory of modern Cornwall was assigned to the Roman administrative region of civitas Dumnoniorum, named after the local British tribal group whom the Romans called the Dumnonii. At the time, this south-westerly point of Britain was "remote, under-populated... and therefore also unimportant [to the Roman authorities] until, during the 3rd century AD, the local tin-streaming industry attracted attention." Archaeologists know of five milestones or route-markers in Cornwall erected in the Romano-British period. Two of these are in the vicinity of Tintagel, indicating that a road passed through the locality.

Cornish historian and archaeologist Charles Thomas noted in 1993: "So far, no structure excavated on [Tintagel] Island... can be put forward as a Roman-period settlement, native-peasant or otherwise." Despite this, a quantity of apparently Romano-British pottery has been unearthed on the site, as has a Roman-style drawstring leather purse containing ten low denomination Roman coins dating between the reigns of Tetricus I (270–272) and Constantius II (337–361). This suggests that "at face-value... either the Island or the landward area of the later Castle (or both...) formed the scene of third-fourth century habitation" even if no evidence has been found of any buildings dating from this period.

Roman control collapsed in southern Britain following the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the early 5th century and it split into various different kingdoms, each with its own respective chief or king. The former Roman district of civitas Dumnoniorum apparently became the Kingdom of Dumnonia, which would have been ruled over by its own monarchy during this early medieval period between the 5th and 8th centuries. It was in this regional background that settlement continued at Tintagel Castle, with the creation of what is known by archaeologists as Period II of the site. However, there has been some dispute amongst archaeologists as to what the site of Tintagel Island was used for in this period. In the mid-20th century, it was typically thought that there was an early Christian monastery on the site, but "since about 1980... [this] thesis... has... had to be abandoned", with archaeologists now believing that it was instead an elite settlement inhabited by a powerful local warlord or even Dumnonian royalty.

Devon archaeologist Ralegh Radford excavated at the site from 1933 through to 1938, and he pioneered the hypothesis that Tintagel Castle had been a monastery during Period II. He came to this conclusion based upon some similarities in the structures of the early medieval elements of Tintagel Castle and the 7th-century monastery at the site of Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire.

Archaeologists no longer accept this viewpoint, however. Instead, they now believe that this was an elite settlement in the early medieval period that was inhabited by Dumnonian royalty and their entourage. Archaeologist and historian Charles Thomas believed that they did not stay at Tintagel year-round but that they moved around: "A typical king with his family, relatives, dependants, resident hostages, officials and court-followers, and a private militia or war-band—in all, probably between a hundred and three hundred souls at least—moved around with his cumbersome entourage; at least, when not busy with inter-tribal campaigning or in repelling invaders and raiders." The site was also made more defensible during this period with a large ditch at the entrance to the peninsula, leaving only a narrow trackway that had to be traversed by anyone approaching the peninsula.

Various luxury items dating from this period have been found at the site, namely African and Phocaean red slip, which had been traded all the way from the Mediterranean. Examining this pottery, Charles Thomas remarked that "the quantity of imported pottery from Tintagel [was]... dramatically greater than that from any other single site dated to about 450–600 in either Britain or Ireland". Carrying on from this, he noted that the quantity of imported pottery from Tintagel was "larger than the combined total of all such pottery from all known sites [of this period in Britain and Ireland]; and, given that only about 5 per cent of the Island's accessible surface has been excavated or examined, the original total of imports may well have been on a scale of one or more complete shiploads, with individual ships perhaps carrying a cargo of six or seven hundred amphorae." This evidence led him to believe that Tintagel was a site where ships docked to deposit their cargo from southern Europe in the early medieval period.

In 1225, Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall traded with Gervase de Tintagel, swapping the land of Merthen (originally part of the manor of Winnianton) for Tintagel Castle. A castle was built on the site by Earl Richard in 1233 to establish a connection with the Arthurian legends that were associated by Geoffrey of Monmouth with the area and because it was seen as the traditional place for Cornish kings. The castle was built in a more old-fashioned style for the time to make it appear more ancient. However, the dating to the period of Earl Richard has superseded Ralegh Radford's interpretation which attributed the earliest elements of the castle to Earl Reginald de Dunstanville and later elements to Earl Richard. Sidney Toy suggests an earlier period of construction in Castles: a short history of fortifications from 1600 B.C. to A. D. 1600 (London: Heinemann, 1939).

John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter was appointed constable of Tintagel Castle in 1389. After Richard, the following Earls of Cornwall were not interested in the castle, and it was left to the High Sheriff of Cornwall. Parts of the accommodation were used as a prison and the land was let as pasture. The castle became more dilapidated, and the roof was removed from the Great Hall in the 1330s. Thereafter, the castle became more and more ruinous and there was progressive damage from the erosion of the isthmus that joined the castle to the mainland. John Leland visited in the early 1540s and found that a makeshift bridge of tree trunks gave access to the Island. England was threatened with invasion from Spain in the 1580s, and the defences were strengthened at the Iron Gate. The manor of Tintagel was among those seized by the Commonwealth government of the 1650s as Duchy of Cornwall property, returning to the Duchy in 1660. The letting for sheep pasture continued until the 19th century.

There was a fascination with the Arthurian legends during the Victorian era, and the ruins of the castle became a tourist destination. The modern day village of Tintagel was known as Trevena until the 1850s when it was found convenient by the Post Office to use the name of the parish rather than the name of the village. Tintagel is only the name of the headland; Tintagel Head itself is the extreme southwest point of Castle Island and the castle ruins are partly on the 'island' and partly on the adjoining mainland. The head of the island pointing out to sea is Pen Diu (Cornish: Penn Du "Black Head").

The Rev. R. B. Kinsman (d. 1894) was honorary constable and built the courtyard wall and a guide was employed to conduct visitors into the castle. Until his time, the steps were unsafe on either side of the isthmus, though the plateau could be reached by those who grazed sheep there. From 1870, a lead mine was worked for a short time near Merlin's Cave. In the 20th century, the site was maintained by the Office of Works and its successors (from 1929 onwards). In 1975, the access across the isthmus was improved by the installation of a wooden bridge.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, nothing had been excavated except the chapel, and so ideas were given currency such as the garden being a cemetery and King Arthur's Footprint being a place for King Arthur to leap to the mainland. "King Arthur's Footprint" is a hollow in the rock at the highest point of Tintagel Island's southern side. It is not entirely natural, having been shaped by human hands at some stage.[20] It may have been used for the inauguration of kings or chieftains, as the site has a long history stretching back to the Dark Ages.

In 1999 there was some controversy regarding Tintagel Castle and other sites in Cornwall under the management of English Heritage. Members of the pressure group Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament removed several signs because they objected to the use of the name "English Heritage", stating that Cornwall is rightfully a nation on its own. Three men involved in removing the signs were bound over for a year for £500 each and to pay English Heritage £4,500 compensation.

Over three months in 2015–16, artist Peter Graham carved a foot-high bearded face representing Merlin into a rock near a cave known as "Merlin's cave" (after its mention in Tennyson's Idylls of the King). This was done as part of a project by English Heritage to "reimagine Tintagel's history and legends across the island site". The project also includes a larger-than-life statue of King Arthur (by Rubin Eynon) and a compass sculpture referencing the Round Table. A local councillor accused English Heritage of degrading the site's archaeology and landscape, although many local people are content with the image. Plans for a cantilevered steel footbridge to link Tintagel Island and the mainland, designed (by Ney & Partners and William Matthews Associates) to evoke Arthur's sword, were approved in 2017 and the bridge is due to open in spring 2019.

Tintagel is one of English Heritage's top five attractions, with around 200,000 visitors a year and up to 3,000 a day in the peak summer season. According to figures released by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, 246,039 people visited Tintagel Castle in 2017.

The castle has a long association with the Arthurian legends, being first associated with King Arthur by Welshman Geoffrey of Monmouth in his book the Historia Regum Britanniae ("History of the Kings of Britain'"), written circa 1135–38, which includes a detailed account of the legend. According to Geoffrey and the legend, Arthur's father was Uther Pendragon, the king of all Britain. He goes to war against Gorlois, the Duke of Cornwall, to capture Gorlois' wife Igraine, with whom Uther has fallen in love. Gorlois defends himself against Uther's armies at his fort of Dimilioc, but he sends Igraine to stay safely within Tintagel Castle which is his most secure refuge, according to the legend and the Historia Regum Britanniae. Uther besieges Dimilioc, telling his friend Ulfin how he loves Igraine, but Ulfin replies that it would be impossible to take Tintagel, for "it is right by the sea, and surrounded by the sea on all sides; and there is no other way into it, except that provided by a narrow rocky passage—and there, three armed warriors could forbid all entry, even if you took up your stand with the whole of Britain behind you." Geoffrey of Monmouth's story goes on to explain how the wizard Merlin is summoned and magically changes Uther's appearance to that of Gorlois to help get them into Tintagel Castle, while also changing his own and Ulfin's appearances to those of two of Gorlois's companions. Disguised thus, they are able to enter Tintagel where Uther goes to Igraine, and "in that night was the most famous of men, Arthur, conceived."

Geoffrey's History mentions Tintagel Castle as the site of Arthur's conception, but "it nowhere claims that Arthur was born at Tintagel, or that he ever visited the place in later life, or that in any sense the stronghold became his property when he was king." However, the legend and the book continued to become hugely popular, spreading across Britain in the Late Medieval period, when more Arthurian texts were produced, many of them continuing to propagate the idea that Arthur himself was actually born at Tintagel. There is now a footpath from the site to Cadbury Castle in Somerset called Arthur's Way.

However, many continue to argue against these legends. For example, archaeologist C.A. Ralegh Radford refused to believe in the legend and all of the associations, declaring in 1935 that "no concrete evidence whatsoever has yet been found to support the legendary connection of the Castle with King Arthur". Charles Thomas, a specialist in Cornish history, was unable to find solid links, mainly due to the fact that legends and stories would have been handed down only verbally during this period. Thomas stated in 1993 that "there simply is no independently attested connection in early Cornish folklore locating Arthur, at any age or in any capacity, at Tintagel."[35] Many others disagree,[who?] maintaining that the legendary figure would essentially have been an Early Medieval British leader, involved in fighting the migrating Anglo-Saxons who were settling in Britain at that time. A stone was found at Tintagel bearing the inscription PATERN[--] COLI AVI FICIT ARTOGNOU , and it has been claimed by some to provide evidence for a historical Arthur, but most historians reject this view.

Tintagel is used as a locus for the Arthurian mythos by the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the poem Idylls of the King. Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poem A Legend of Tintagel Castle (1832) is another variation on the story of Lancelot and Elaine. Algernon Charles Swinburne's Tristram of Lyonesse is a literary version of the Tristan and Iseult legend in which some events are set at Tintagel. Thomas Hardy's The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall at Tintagel in Lyonnesse, a one-act play which was published in 1923, is another version of the same legend with events set at Tintagel (the book includes an imaginary drawing of Tintagel Castle at the period).

In the 1930s, it was decided to begin a major archaeological excavation at the site, and so HM Office of Works employed Devon archaeologist Courtenay Arthur Ralegh Radford (1900–1999) to work as site director. He had been employed as the Inspector of Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire from 1929 and 1934, and from 1936 was Director of the British School at Rome. Excavation began in 1933, and in 1935 Ralegh Radford wrote an interim report and a guidebook entitled Tintagel Castle, published by H. M. Stationery Office. The excavators employed former quarry workers (the last Tintagel cliff quarry was closed in 1937) who worked under a trained foreman. They were instructed to clear the land on the Island, following and exposing any walling that they came across and keeping any finds. Excavation was forced to cease in 1939 due to the outbreak of the Second World War. Radford was required to take part in the war effort abroad, and many of the original site reports were destroyed when his house in Exeter was bombed by the Luftwaffe during the conflict.

In the mid-1980s, a fire on Tintagel Island led to considerable erosion of the topsoil, and many more building foundations could be seen than those recorded by Ralegh Radford.[40] In 1998, the "Artognou stone", a slate stone bearing an incised inscription in Latin, was discovered on the island, demonstrating that Latin literacy survived in this region after the collapse of Roman Britain.

Excavations during the summer of 2016 found the remains of various Dark Ages structures including well-constructed buildings of relatively large size dated to the 5th and 6th centuries, with pottery and glass finds indicating that the people who lived at Tintagel were of an elite status, drinking wine imported from the eastern Mediterranean and using food vessels from North Africa and Gaul. In 2017, archaeologists discovered at the castle a 7th century slate window ledge inscribed with a mix of Latin, Greek and Celtic words, names and symbols.

(Wikipedia)

Die Burg Tintagel [tɪnˈtædʒəɫ] (englisch: Tintagel Castle, Kornisch: Kastell Dintagell = Festung des schmalen Zugangs) liegt auf einer Halbinsel an der Westküste Cornwalls, nicht weit vom Dorf Tintagel entfernt. Zu ihr führen steile Zu- und Abgänge, sie ist nur durch eine schmale Landzunge mit dem Festland verbunden. In der Sage wird sie mit der Zeugung des mythischen König Artus (englisch: Arthur) verbunden.

Nach der Artussage, die im Wesentlichen von Geoffrey von Monmouth in den 1130er Jahren verfasst wurde, fand in Tintagel die Zeugung von König Artus statt. In den Tagen von Uther Pendragon gehörte die Burg Tintagel demnach einem gewissen Gorlois, dem Herzog von Cornwall. Hier versteckte Gorlois seine Frau, Igraine, die Uther für sich selbst begehrte. Um sich unbemerkt Igraine nähern zu können, verlieh Merlin ihm das Aussehen des Herzogs. Der Plan ging auf, und Igraine empfing den späteren König Artus.

In der Tristan-Sage ist Tintagel die Burg König Markes und ein wichtiger Handlungsschauplatz.

In Tintagel finden sich kaum Hinweise auf vorrömische und römerzeitliche Besiedlung. Möglicherweise existierte in römischer Zeit eine an Tintagel vorbeiführende Handelsroute, worauf zwei römische Meilensteine aus der Umgebung hinweisen könnten.

Erste ältere Grabungen fanden unter C. A. Ralegh Radford (Ministry of Works) in den 1930er Jahren statt. Lagen die Schwerpunkte zuerst auf der "Suche nach König Artus", fand schließlich durch Radford eine Neuinterpretation des Ortes als einer "frühchristlichen keltischen Klosteranlage" des 5. – 8. Jahrhunderts statt.

Neuere Grabungen zwischen 1990 und 1999 lassen aufgrund der großen Fülle und hohen Qualität des gefundenen Importmaterials (z. T. aus dem östlichen Mittelmeerraum und Spanien) und der angetroffenen Gebäudestrukturen inzwischen eher auf einen bedeutenden "Fürstensitz" mit zentralörtlicher Funktion schließen, der vermutlich ab der Mitte des 5. Jahrhunderts bis Anfang des 7. Jahrhunderts bestand und in dem man sich bemühte, an römisch-antiken Traditionen sowie an Kontakten zum Mittelmeerraum festzuhalten.

Ein 1998 ausgegrabenes Bruchstück eines Schiefergesteins mit spätantiker lateinischer Inschrift ("PATER … COLIAVIFICIT … ARTOgNOV … COLI FICIT") weist dabei wohl weniger auf die Anwesenheit des mythischen Königs Artus hin, als vielmehr auf den Fortbestand lateinischer Schrift und spätantiker Kultur in Südengland.

Im Mai 1233 erwarb Richard von Cornwall, ein jüngerer Bruder des englischen Königs Heinrich III., die Burgstelle im Tausch gegen drei seiner Landgüter. Wohl inspiriert durch die im 12. Jahrhundert verfasste Artus-Legende ließ er eine neue Burg errichten. Richard von Cornwall war 1227 zum Earl of Cornwall ernannt worden und wollte wohl seine Herrschaft in Südwestengland festigen, indem er sich auf die Tradition des durch die Legende damals populären Artus berief. Die kleine und nur relativ schwach befestigte Anlage lag abseits der mittelalterlichen Handelswege und Schifffahrtsverbindungen, wodurch sie nur geringen militärischen und strategischen Wert besaß. Richard von Cornwall nutzte die Burg auch nur selten. 1242 empfing er den walisischen Fürsten Dafydd ap Llywelyn in der Burg. Schon bald nach ihrer Erbauung galten die Mauern der exponiert gelegenen Burg jedoch als instabil, und 1337 wurde sie als verfallen bezeichnet. Der Thronfolger Edward of Woodstock, der 1337 zum Duke of Cornwall erhoben worden war, ließ die Burg wiederherstellen und die hochmittelalterliche Wohnhalle durch kleinere Gebäude ersetzen. Ende des 14. Jahrhunderts wurde die Anlage als Gefängnis für hochrangige Gefangene genutzt. 1583 wurde empfohlen, die Halbinsel gegen Angriffe von See her zu befestigen, doch bereits vor 1600 war die Burg endgültig verlassen und verfiel.

Von der frühmittelalterlichen Anlage sind kaum Reste erhalten, da die Anlage durch die hochmittelalterliche Burg überbaut wurde. Vor der Burg befinden sich noch weitere Erdwälle, deren Entstehungszeitraum nicht genau bekannt ist. Die hochmittelalterliche Burg bestand aus einer Vorburg auf dem Festland und der auf der vorgelagerten Halbinsel gelegenen Hauptburg, die durch eine schmale Landbrücke mit dem Festland verbunden ist. Die Vorburg war wiederum in einen unteren und in einen oberen, auf einer Klippe gelegenen Hof unterteilt. Der untere Hof diente als Zugang zur Burg, während der obere Burghof verschiedene kleinere Gebäude enthielt. Von dem unteren Burghof aus führte auch der Zugang zur Hauptburg. Dieser Zugang war durch einen Graben, der bereits im Frühmittelalter angelegt worden war, und wahrscheinlich durch ein hochmittelalterliches Torhaus befestigt, von dem jedoch wegen der Küstenerosion keine Reste mehr erhalten sind. Heute sind von der Burg nur noch wenige Mauerreste erhalten. Aufgrund ihrer Lage war die Anlage nur klein, dazu waren die Mauern im Vergleich zu anderen mittelalterlichen Anlagen schmal. Die Hauptburg enthielt eine Wohnhalle, die auf einer künstlich angelegten Terrasse angelegt wurde, sowie weitere Wohnräume. Am nördlichen Ende der Halbinsel befanden sich im Hochmittelalter weitere Gebäude, darunter ein rundes, wohl als Kornspeicher genutztes Bauwerk. Dieses belegt, dass die kleine Halbinsel im Hochmittelalter vermutlich zeitweilig landwirtschaftlich genutzt wurde. Auf dem höchsten Punkt der Halbinsel befand sich eine Kapelle, die St Juliot, einem lokalen Heiligen geweiht war. Die vorhandenen Mauerreste wurden offensichtlich zusammen mit der hochmittelalterlichen Burg errichtet, doch die separate Lage sowie mehrere in den Felsgrund gehauene Gräber deuten darauf hin, dass der Ursprung der Kapelle wesentlich älter ist. Um die Kapelle befinden sich die Reste von mehreren Gebäuden, die offensichtlich zu verschiedenen Zeiten errichtet wurden. Nördlich der Hauptburg befindet sich die einzige Anlegemöglichkeit der Halbinsel, die durch eine Mauer mit einem Tor, dem sogenannten Iron Gate gesichert war.

Sowohl auf dem Gelände der Vorburg wie vor allem auf dem Gelände der Hauptburg wurden bei Ausgrabungen Scherben von frühmittelalterlichen Tongefäßen gefunden, die ursprünglich aus dem Mittelmeerraum stammten. Das Zentrum der frühmittelalterlichen Anlage befand sich wahrscheinlich auf dem Gelände der hochmittelalterlichen Hauptburg, da dort besonders viele Tonscherben gefunden wurden. Auf dem weiteren Gelände der Halbinsel befinden sich jedoch Überreste von frühmittelalterlichen, rechteckigen Hütten, von denen die meisten anscheinend nur als vorübergehende Wohnungen dienten. Einige Mauern dieser Hütten wurden nach Ausgrabungen in den 1930er Jahren wiederhergestellt, die meisten Überreste wurden jedoch durch einen Waldbrand 1983 freigelegt.

(Wikipedia)

Biarritz - HeuliezBus GX 337 BHNS - 10/07/19 by Jérémy P

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Ligne L/Littoral du réseau Chronoplus en provenance de Biarritz Mairie et à destination de Bidart Plage quittant la mairie de Biarritz.

20140623-Captrain37519 by Nicolas Hoffmann

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CAPTRAIN E37519, Forbach (ligne Saarbrücken - Forbach), 23 Juin 2014.

La 37519 de CAPTRAIN Deutschland en tête du train de bouteilles vides en provenance de Steinbach am Wald et à destination de Champigneulles dans la région de Nancy, vient de passer la frontière Franco-Allemande il y a quelques minutes et entre maintenant en gare de Forbach. Après relais conducteur, le train poursuivra sa route vers Champigneulles avec la même locomotive.

BB17055 + VB2N 240 - AR140 - Train n°136970 Mantes-la-Jolie > Paris-St-Lazare by Nicolas C.

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En provenance de Mantes-la-Jolie, la BB17055 assure le dernier PUCA de la journée avec la VB2N 240 s'apprête à marquer l'arrêt en gare de La Frette Montigny.

Going Down Memory Lane 1 by williambrickalliance

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The planet of Dantooine have proven themselves vital for the growth of the Imperial Consortium. The Zann Consortium has been occupying the planet and exploiting the system. The TIC has decided to send small military detachments to secure the planet and push the crime syndicate out for good. Arthur Greyford has been given command of a small group of storm troopers to secure a communication station held by the crime syndicate. The communication station was near a clone memorial dedicated to the clone soldiers that died protecting Dantooine during the Clone Wars. The communication station was lightly defended. Arthur along with his men made short work of the thugs that were protecting the station. After securing the station Arthur communicated to TIC high command about his victory. They informed him that reinforcements were coming to help secure the planet. Arthur reflected near the clone memorial. He hoped this victory would honor the fallen clones before him. Another step closer to restabling order and peace in the galaxy!

// This has been one of my largest builds that I have done and I am happy with the build overall. The story and lighting of the build could be improved on when I look back at it. Though overall I am quit happy with how everything turned out. Comments and Criticism Welcomed! //

Maison Gauthier-Dickinson (1857) a Saint-Romuald (Levis), Quebec by Ullysses

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Maison Gauthier-Dickinson ou Maison Maire Roberge (1857) a Saint-Romuald (Levis), Quebec, Canada.

Construite en 1857, la maison "Gauthier-Dickinson" présente un grand intérêt en raison de sa position et de son histoire.

Elle appartenait à l’origin eau chantier Benson et fut longtemps connue sous le nom de "Maison des capitaines de bateaux". Cette appellation lui vient du fait que les capitaines des navires mouillant à l’anse Benson y séjournaient et s’en servaient à des fins administratives.

C’est aussi face à ce bâtiment que se trouvait le "quai du bateau" d’où partait le traversier reliant Saint-Romuald au quai Frontenac à Sillery. D’esprit québécois, la maison "Gauthier-Dickinson" fut construite avec les surplus de la pierre provenant de l’érection de l’église. Cette pierre est du même type que celle ayant servi pour la construction des fortifications de Québec (le grauwacke du Groupe de Sillery).

Aucune carrière de la région n’exploite cette pierre qui tend à se desquamer sous l’action du froid.

Le bâtiment a subi de légères modifications au cours des années 1950. Une porte et une fenêtre fenêtre du rez-de-chaussée lui ont été retranchées. Les travaux de réfection du chemin du Fleuve ont permis de mettre à jour les fondations d’une forge qui aurait été en opération pendant plusieurs décennies sur le terrain situé à l’est de la maison. Cela vient expliquer pourquoi la maison était munie, à l’origine, de murs coupe-feu semblables à ceux que l’on retrouve sur les bâtiments du Vieux-Québec.

La maison "Gauthier-Dickinson" a subi un grave incendie en 1981. Elle a depuis, fait l’objet d’une restauration de grande qualité par ses nouveaux propriétaires.

Source: www.ville.levis.qc.ca/fileadmin/Documents_PDF/brochure-pr...

RENAULT Tonneau Byrrh 1954 "Tour de France" by Claude LACOURARIE

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Véhicule publicitaire provenant de la caravane du "Tour de France». Dans les années soixante, Cette caravane publicitaire précédait les coureurs cyclistes. Elle faisait la joie des très nombreux spectateurs.

Advertising vehicle coming from the caravan of the “Tour de France”. In the Sixties, This advertising caravan preceded the cyclists racings. It made the joy of the thousands of spectators.

Vu sur le Tour de Bretagne ABVA 2016

helping hand by Robert Grove

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Knucklehead by Mark Peacock

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Proven road warrior .......................

2021-07-25_10-15-15_ILCE-7C_DSC07025_DxO by Miguel Discart & Kiri Karma

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