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Representa a Latona, madre de Apolo y Diana siendo increpada por los hombres que como castigo se van convirtiendo en ranas.
Historia:Este conjunto de mármol esculpido por los hermanos Marsy en 1670 es una las obras más famosas de Versalles y representa a Latona y sus hijos, dando nombre al estanque sobre el que se erige. Inspirado en Las metamorfosis de Ovidio, el estanque de Latona ilustra la metamorfosis de los campesinos de Licia en anfibios tras haber impedido a la diosa y a sus hijos Diana y Apolo beber en un estanque. El estanque y el parterre que lo rodean –diseñado por André Le Nôtre– fueron íntegramente restaurados en el año 2015.
Fado is currently a world wide known symbol of Portugal, being represented for many years in foreign countries by Amália Rodrigues, and more recently by Dulce Pontes, Mariza and Katia Guerreiro, among others. Throughout the world, to the name of Portugal, there were two things immediately referred: the Fado and soccer. Although taking many forms, as it is sung differently in Porto, Coimbra and Lisbon, the Fado is, by self-earned right, the very expression of the Portuguese soul.
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Amália Rodrigues known as the 'Rainha do Fado' ("Queen of Fado") was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career. Amália remains the best-selling Portuguese artist in history.
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The Portuguese guitar or Portuguese guitarra (Portuguese: guitarra portuguesa) is a plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings, strung in six courses of two strings. It is one of the few musical instruments that still uses watch-key or Preston tuners. It is iconically associated with the musical genre known as Fado, and is now an icon for anything Portuguese.
The drinks in the back ground:
Beer lovers who come to Portugal are often disappointed by the range of Portuguese beers that are on offer. Essentially, there are just two: Super Bock and Sagres. Although they do taste different, enough that most people form a preference for one or the other, they’re both the same style of beer: a light-bodied pale lager.
Ginginha: If you are planning to visit Lisbon, Portugal, you will certainly run into a hole-in-the-wall shop selling shots of “ginginja, ” also known as ginginha or ginja, is a sour cherry liquor native to Portugal, particularly central Portugal around Lisbon and the town of Óbidos. Ginginja is 100% Portuguese and you will not find ginginja anywhere else!
Licor Beirão, is a Portuguese liqueur from the Beira region of Portugal. Originating in the 19th century, it’s a herbal liqueur flavoured with multiple botanicals, herbs and spices. It’s pretty popular in Portugal where it can be drank neat, in cocktails, in your coffee, and even in recipes for desserts and sweets. The exact recipe is still a family secret, but it’s known to include eucalyptus, cinnamon, rosemary, lavender, aniseed and mint.
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* EXPLORE Julio 2020
* Castillo de Medellín. Medellín. Provincia de Badajoz. Extremadura. Ruta de los Conquistadores. España.
* El Castillo de Medellín comenzó siendo un campamento romano en 74 d.C. En el siglo XIII se convirtió en una fortaleza medieval. Después de la reconquista del castillo en el año 1234 por Fernando III el Santo, perteneció a varios dueños durante el siglo XIV. El castillo lo reconstruyó el rey Enrique II, en el año 1357, si bien no alcanzó su forma definitiva hasta la segunda mitad del siglo XV. Entre los años 1475 y 1479, tomó parte a favor de Juana la Beltraneja al igual que la mayoría de la nobleza extremeña.
Se encuentra emplazado sobre una colina junto al río Guadiana. Fue declarado monumento histórico artístico y bien de interés cultural en 1931.
* Nada mejor para evocar esta foto que un fragmento del texto poético que Francisco García escribió sobre el mismo.
…El Castillo de Medellín, cual otro Arca Bíblico colocado en la cima de un montículo, es algo así como otro signo representativo de una historia que es fortaleza, que es heroísmo, que es religión, que es poesía, que es drama, que es cementerio, que sintetiza una gama de matices difícil de sintetizar en unas cuartillas periodísticas…
(FRANCISCO GARCÍA. El Castillo de Medellín.)
Un alligator dans la « Big Cypress National Preserve »...
La photo est prise en bord de route... le long de la Loop Road qui traverse sur plus de 10 miles ce paysage de forêt immergé... Les alligators sont là facile à voir et peu farouche... ceci-dit, c’est toujours très impressionnant combien ils parviennent à se rendre invisible malgré leur taille et alors même qu’ils sont très proches.. A cet égard, la photo de cet individu qui se fond sur le reflet des cyprès est très représentative de l’impression un peu angoissante qu’ils laissent... « oh mon dieu... il était si proche... comment ai je pu ne pas le voir??!! »
The picture represents the feelings and point of view of the intelligence behind the camera. This disease of our age is boredom and a good photographer must combat it. The way to do this is by invention – by surprise. When I say a good picture has surprise value I mean that it stimulates my thinking and intrigues me. The best way to achieve surprise quality is by avoiding clichés. Imitation is the greatest danger of the young photographer.
Alexey Brodovitch
Photography, February 1964
HMM! Ukraine Matters!
prunus, Blireana plum, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
C'est une représentation du « Sema-Taouy », ce qui signifie la « Réunion des Deux-Terres ». Les deux génies de l'Inondation, "les hâpy" (représentations divines du Nil), lient le lis et le papyrus, les deux plantes héraldiques de Haute et de Basse-Égypte en un superbe symbole de paix et de prospérité.
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Thank you all for taking a look at my images, much appreciated!
... but we do not represent hope for them!
Let us keep the flowers in the soil; no plucking!
― Mehmet Murat ildan
Topaz Studio
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Please, don't fave and run, you will get yourself blocked.
Painted ceramic benches representing all the provinces in Spain are arranged round the square.
It was built because of the Ibero-american Exhibition of 1929, held in Seville. Its creator was Aníbal González. He mixed a style inspired by the Renaissance with typical elements from the city: exposed brick, ceramics and wrought iron (worked by Domingo Prida). Its floor plan is semicircular. It is dominated by 2 towers, one on each side of the enclosed area, which frame the central building where the main rooms are. Between the two towers runs a network of galleries with an arcade of semicircular arches leading to exits in different parts of the square, where a fountain stands.
The Darling Buds of May by H E Bates
ANSH 117 (19) represent a book title
Weekly Alphabet Challenge 'season'
Representante de la arquitectura de finales del siglo XIX, obra del arquitecto Santiago Rebollar, que finalizó su construcción en 1892. Destaca la fachada principal, rematada con el escudo de la ciudad, y la de la Merced, con una tribuna de columnas jónicas coronadas por un frontón. Toda la parte baja del edificio es de piedra caliza blanca y la superior de ladrillo visto y piedra caliza.
En el interior una impresionante escalera, desarrollada en dos vertientes y cubierta por una cúpula decorada por Ángel Andrade y Samuel Luna. En sus galerías, como exposición permanente, destaca la obra de Andrade junto a otros pintores y escultores de la provincia.
Iglesia de Santa María la Real de Olite (Navarra).
La fachada principal es uno de los conjuntos más importantes de la escultura gótica navarra. Se acabó sobre el año 1300 y tiene claras influencias de la Catedral de Notre Dame de París. Contiene una portada de arco ojival que está flanqueada por un friso con un apostolado (representación de los doce apóstoles). La decoración del arco está presidida por una imagen de María con el Niño, flanqueada con representaciones de varios pasajes de la biblia. La Anunciación de María, el nacimiento de Jesús, la matanza de los inocentes, la huida a Egipto y el bautismo de Jesús.
Sobre el arco de la portada se ubica un segundo arco ojival que contiene un rosetón de gran tamaño y dos rosetones menores para rellenar el hueco de la parte inferior del arco. Los vitrales del rosetón son modernos (se repusieron en 1998) y están formados por mosaicos que forman un patrón abstracto con cierta simetría radial.6
El atrio se añadió hacia 1432, y tiene un arco de entrada flanqueado por dos esculturas de Doña Blanca de Navarra y la Virgen con el Niño, que descansan sobre ménsulas con las armas de Doña Blanca y Juan II de Aragón, atribuidas al taller del maestro escultor Jehan de Lome.
Fuente: wikipedia
The word sail, a monument to poetry, is the name of a steel sculpture by Heinrich Popp.
The sculpture stands on an open field northwest of Sotzweiler, the birthplace of the sculptor and today a district of the Saarland municipality of Tholey in the district of St. Wendel. On an elevation of about 338 metres above NHN, the sculpture represents a landmark visible from afar.
The word sail consists of two sail-shaped triangles, one of which stands on the top and which are twisted against each other. The two halves of the sail, made of stainless steel, are welded together at their highest point. At the same time, the empty space between the two steel plates also has a sail-like shape, depending on the point of view.
The monument, a gift from Heinrich Popp to his home community, was erected in 2005 after several years of planning and execution. The two steel plates were cast in the Dillinger Hütte and rolled to a thickness of 3 cm. The sculpture has a height of 13 meters and a total weight of approx. 30 tons.
The term word sail is also the name of a writing and poetry competition initiated by the artist at participating schools in Saarland.
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Das Wortsegel, ein Denkmal für Poesie, ist der Name einer Stahlplastik von Heinrich Popp.
Die Skulptur steht auf offenem Feld nordwestlich von Sotzweiler, dem Geburtsort des Bildhauers und heute ein Ortsteil der saarländischen Gemeinde Tholey im Landkreis St. Wendel. Auf einer Anhöhe von etwa 338 Metern über NHN stellt die Plastik eine weithin sichtbare Landmarke dar.
Das Wortsegel besteht aus zwei jeweils segelförmigen Dreiecken, von denen eins auf der Spitze steht und die gegeneinander verdreht/verspiegelt aufgestellt sind. An ihrer obersten Stelle sind die beiden aus rostendem Stahl erschaffenen Segelhälften miteinander verschweißt. Gleichzeitig besitzt auch der sich zwischen den beiden Stahlplatten befindende leere Raum abhängig vom Betrachtungsstandpunkt ebenfalls eine segelähnliche Form.
Das Denkmal, ein Geschenk von Heinrich Popp an seine Heimatgemeinde, wurde nach mehrjähriger Planungs- und Ausführungsphase 2005 errichtet. Die beiden Stahlplatten wurden in der Dillinger Hütte gegossen und bis auf eine Stärke von 3 cm gewalzt. Die Skulptur hat eine Höhe von 13 Metern und besitzt ein Gesamtgewicht von ca. 30 Tonnen
Der Begriff Wortsegel ist gleichzeitig der Name eines von dem Künstler ins Leben gerufenen Schreib- und Lyrikwettbewerbs an teilnehmenden Schulen im Saarland.
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El Arco de Tito situado en la Vía Sacra justo al sureste del Foro, en Roma, Italia, fue construido hacia el año 82 d.C. por el emperador romano Domiciano para conmemorar las victorias de Tito contra los judíos. El arco tiene una estructura sencilla de un único vano flanqueado por dos grandes pilares con bóveda de cañón artesanado, en el interior el valor del Arco de Tito esta puesto en su decoración escultórica, sobria en el exterior y desbordante bajo la bóveda, donde el altorrelieves de gran formato representan la entrada triunfal de Vespasiano y tito. En lo alto del intradós del Arco un relieve muestra a Tito transportado por un águila a los cielos.
The Thurisaz rune (ᚦ) represents the ability to confront obstacles, the strength to endure adversity, and the protection of mighty forces. Like the thorn it symbolizes, this rune reminds you that true strength lies not just in attack, but in defense and resilience. It suggests that you have the inner fortitude to face any challenge that stands in your way, urging you to stand firm and embrace your power.
Thurisaz is a rune of both conflict and transformation, showing that through struggle, growth is achieved. It calls on you to harness your inner strength wisely, channeling your energy to break through barriers and drive positive change. More than just a force of destruction, Thurisaz is a guardian—its presence in your path signifies that you are not alone, as unseen forces shield and guide you. Whether in battle, personal trials, or major life transitions, this rune is a reminder that your resilience is your greatest weapon, and through perseverance, victory is within reach.
"Thurisaz is the force that breaks and the strength that endures—embrace the storm, for it forges the warrior within."
Taking artistic license here, using a delightful illustration that was done by Eleanor Tomlinson. This is for the ANSH scavenger19 "represent a book".
I really think someone needs to write a book about Paddington having tea with the Queen on her birthday!! Or her Platinum Jubilee
see the first comment box for some information about the sketch and the artist.
The design for the Japanese Garden was conceived in 1970, construction started in 1971 and it was completed in 1974. It represents a gentle, horticultural gesture of sister ship between two sister cities, Buffalo and Kanazawa, Japan. Located on 6 acres along Delaware Park’s Mirror Lake, the original design contained over 1,000 plantings, nearly 20 globe-type lights, three small islands connected to the mainland by bridges.
Noter la finesse de la représentation du plumage. Le bas de l'image manque un peu de netteté du fait que la crypte est peu lumineuse et oblige à avoir une grande ouverture (f1.8) d'ou une faible profondeur de champ.
Svrzo House represents the culture of living of city Muslim family from the end of XVII century.
After the siege of Sarajevo, the house was rebuilt and reopened again in 1997; during 2005 another bigger reconstruction has been done: roof, pavement, installations and restoration of pictures.
All three paint schemes applied to Iowa Interstate's ES44AC's are represented on BICB-05 crossing the Mississippi River on April 6, 2022.
Theme Song ::: Jeremih - Planez ft. J. Cole
Tattoo ::: { Speakeasy } King Tattoo
Hat ::: REPRESENT - THE 6LACK CAP "Noir" - NEW @ Man Cave
Chain ::: Ecstasy & Oxycodone - "BLESSED"Bible Pendant + Cuban(Gold)
Shorts ::: REPRESENT - Drawstring Pods Short "Noir"
Represented in a warrior's pose and costume this shaman battles opposing forces with his magic arrows. The hero stands on a snuff tablet used to inhale hallucinogec substances that facilitated his passage over the threshold of consciousness.
Representing the three lions in the menagerie of Henry lll at The Tower of London in the 13th century and included on his crest. Still visible to this day on the England football shirt.
There was a zoo here until the 19th century when animal welfare concerns saw the remaining animals transferred to more suitable accommodation in the new London Zoo at Regents Park.
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* Detalle del mosaico representando La Fuente del Río, en la ciudad de Cabra de Córdoba, (La Igabrum tartesso-romana). Centro geográfico de Andalucía.
* La Fuente del Río, es el lugar donde brota el curso del Río Cabra (Afluente del Genil y subafluente del Guadalquivir)). Desde este lugar, el romano egabrense, Tribuno Militar de la VI Legión, Marco Cornelio, hizo construir un acueducto que condujo estas aguas hasta la población de Igabrum. Y así consta en la epigrafía que se puede encontrar en dicho lugar.
La Fuente del Río está declarada paraje de interés natural a nivel internacional.
* Traeremos a colación otro soneto del poeta egabrense Ángel Murillo, como ya dábamos el primero en evocaciones anteriores.
IMPRESIÓN LÍRICA DE LA FUENTE DEL RÍO
Apacible rincón donde el reposo,
la sombra y la frescura, confundidos
dan paz al corazón y a los sentidos
y el alma llenan de encendido gozo.
Refugio sosegado y deleitoso
con trinos, con susurros, con latidos,
con trémulos silencios escondidos
en pálpito que estalla tembloroso.
Del roquedal abierta en la ladera
una gruta colgada como un nido
sobre el verde y azul de la fontana.
Y el fluir de la linfa plañidera
que una alfombra de espumas ha tendido
a los pies de la Virgen Soberana. .
(ÁNGEL MURILLO. Poemario.)
And to represent the meaning of things, that represent the true reality, not external aspects!
Sadly not anymore for the LTB is a non-profit diy Arts, Music & Community venue - we’re a showcase for Coventry’s grassroots culture!
The premises were originally built in 1910 as prestigious showrooms for The Rover Company - and have had various uses since then. A Food Office for collecting ration stamps and council hq during wartime, then (following a major facelift in 1955) several department store occupations - then, most recently, The Litten Tree Pub.
Now under demolishment and redevelopment is planned, with the building set to be replaced as part of the City Centre South residential scheme - Coventry City Council has however granted us ‘meanwhile use’ foc, until 10/1/25.
It was a wonderful privilege for me, to go through this building, with the Coventry Photography Group and share with them their loss of this very fine community venue building, in which many of their photos were on display there and I was glad to provide some of my photos to a photographer (Bill Savage) who is writing a book and making a publication of this place; Titled: Shooting the Photographer!
Many thanks to you all, for your wonderful kind comments and compliments from you here, my dear good flicker friends !!!
CLNA 119 crosses Runyon Creek in Washington, NC, with a pair of CLNAs' relatively new GP15 locomotives painted to represent the heritage of the Original Norfolk Southern. This railroad once ran on current-day CLNA tracks.
Flickr Blog Post #12
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Shoes - [VALE KOER] "SPEEDSTER" SNEAKERS (Collabor 88)
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[VEX] Figaro Bracelet (24k) (ManCave)
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Another view of the Royal Chapel, looking towards the altar this time.
The Royal Chapel was built during the 18th century and it is the parish church for the members of the Royal Parish. The church is situated in the east half of the southern row of the palace. It is as wide as the building and two and a half stories high. The entrance of the church is in the South Portal (or Arch). Service is held every Sunday and holy day, and the Royal Family use the church for ceremonies. Before the old Tre Kronor castle burned down, the Royal Chapel was in the northern row, some benches and silver decorations from the old church are still preserved in the chapel. After fire in 1697, when Tessin planned the new palace, the Royal Chapel and the Hall of State were placed in the southern row and these, including the grand stairs, occupies the first and second floor. The chapel represented the divine power and the hall the worldly, or the king's, power. (Wikipedia)
Le Rouge-gorge familier (Erithacus rubecula) est une espèce de passereaux. Auparavant placé dans la famille des Turdidae, il figure actuellement, avec d'autres représentants de celle-ci (particulièrement les tariers et les traquets), dans celle des Muscicapidae. La liste de la Commission de l'Avifaune française utilise l'orthographe rougegorge.
Red Deer - Cervus elaphus
In Rut!
The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red deer have been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Peru, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. In many parts of the world, the meat (venison) from red deer is used as a food source.
The red deer is the fourth-largest deer species behind moose, elk and sambar deer. It is a ruminant, eating its food in two stages and having an even number of toes on each hoof, like camels, goats and cattle. European red deer have a relatively long tail compared to their Asian and North American relatives. Subtle differences in appearance are noted between the various subspecies of red deer, primarily in size and antlers, with the smallest being the Corsican red deer found on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and the largest being the Caspian red deer (or maral) of Asia Minor and the Caucasus Region to the west of the Caspian Sea. The deer of central and western Europe vary greatly in size, with some of the largest deer found in the Carpathian Mountains in Central Europe.Western European red deer, historically, grew to large size given ample food supply (including people's crops), and descendants of introduced populations living in New Zealand and Argentina have grown quite large in both body and antler size. Large red deer stags, like the Caspian red deer or those of the Carpathian Mountains, may rival the wapiti in size. Female red deer are much smaller than their male counterparts.
The European red deer is found in southwestern Asia (Asia Minor and Caucasus regions), North Africa and Europe. The red deer is the largest non-domesticated land mammal still existing in Ireland. The Barbary stag (which resembles the western European red deer) is the only member of the deer family represented in Africa, with the population centred in the northwestern region of the continent in the Atlas Mountains. As of the mid-1990s, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria were the only African countries known to have red deer.
In the Netherlands, a large herd (ca. 3000 animals counted in late 2012) lives in the Oostvaarders Plassen, a nature reserve. Ireland has its own unique subspecies. In France the population is thriving, having multiplied fivefold in the last half-century, increasing from 30,000 in 1970 to approximately 160,000 in 2014. The deer has particularly expanded its footprint into forests at higher altitudes than before. In the UK, indigenous populations occur in Scotland, the Lake District, and the South West of England (principally on Exmoor). Not all of these are of entirely pure bloodlines, as some of these populations have been supplemented with deliberate releases of deer from parks, such as Warnham or Woburn Abbey, in an attempt to increase antler sizes and body weights. The University of Edinburgh found that, in Scotland, there has been extensive hybridisation with the closely related sika deer.
Several other populations have originated either with "carted" deer kept for stag hunts being left out at the end of the hunt, escapes from deer farms, or deliberate releases. Carted deer were kept by stag hunts with no wild red deer in the locality and were normally recaptured after the hunt and used again; although the hunts are called "stag hunts", the Norwich Staghounds only hunted hinds (female red deer), and in 1950, at least eight hinds (some of which may have been pregnant) were known to be at large near Kimberley and West Harling; they formed the basis of a new population based in Thetford Forest in Norfolk. Further substantial red deer herds originated from escapes or deliberate releases in the New Forest, the Peak District, Suffolk, Lancashire, Brecon Beacons, and North Yorkshire, as well as many other smaller populations scattered throughout England and Wales, and they are all generally increasing in numbers and range. A census of deer populations in 2007 and again in 2011 coordinated by the British Deer Society records the red deer as having continued to expand their range in England and Wales since 2000, with expansion most notable in the Midlands and East Anglia.
Olympus mju 9010 - f/3.9- 1/160sec - 7mm - ISO 64
- The four leaf clover is the most well known lucky symbol around the world and across many very different cultures, with its origin ages old.
- According to legend, Eve carried a four leaf clover from the Garden of Eden.
- Druids held the 4 leaf clover in high esteem and considered them a sign of luck.
- If consumed, a genie appears. This genie grants you three wishes. These three wishes must be used in one year.
- In addition, each leaf is believed to represent something: the first is for faith, the second is for hope, the third is for love, and the fourth is for luck.
- Marsilea quadrifolia, Four Leaf Clover or European Water Clover has its natural habitat in Europe and Southern Asia. It is found growing both submersed and emersed along marshlands, riverbanks (such as the Loire, Po and parts of the Danube) and streams. Considered an invasive exotic in North America.
This aquatic fern bears a 4 parted leaf resembling '4-leaf clover' (Trifolium). Leaves floating in deep water or erect in shallow water or on land.
Une femme représente la force, celle que l’on retrouve dans l’arcane XI du Tarot. Elle semble maitriser un lion qui lui-même pose ses pattes sur deux serpents entrecroisés. Sa main ne tient devant la gueule de l’animal et elle n’a besoin d’aucune violence ou d’effort physique pour empêcher le lion d’ouvrir ou fermer ses mâchoires. C’est la puissance du haut état de conscience qui maitrise et contrôle la force de base. Les serpents s’enroulant ramènent au Caducée d’Hermès et représentent les deux polarités cosmiques et telluriques.
Artista malagueño. Dadi Dreucol, leído de atrás hacia delante, es "locuerdidad", concepto que el artista refleja en sus obras. Estudió en la Escuela de Bellas Artes de Málaga aunque actualmente se ha trasladado a Valencia para acabar allí sus estudios artísticos.
Sus trabajos se caracterizan por la utilización de un personaje peculiar. Un hombre barbudo y semidesnudo que según el artista representa una persona que no se deja guiar por las normas establecidas en la ciudad.
Un personaje fetiche como representante de la esencia existencial del ser humano.
Creo que dentro de poco desaparece este graffiti están derrumbando el muro. youtu.be/Mv9LQqus8DYVer vídeo
Wampeler (represent winter) in their typical bent forward position with a stick in their hand, moving carefully on the street. The riders (represent spring) try to lay them with their back on the street. Axams, Tyrol 2018.
Las Tablas son uno de los últimos representantes de un ecosistema denominado tablas fluviales que se forman al desbordarse los ríos en sus tramos medios, favorecidos por fenómenos de semiendorreísmo y la escasez de pendientes. El humedal se forma en la confluencia del río Guadiana y su afluente Cigüela y es uno de los ecosistemas acuáticos más importantes de la península ibérica por la variedad y calidad de la fauna y flora que habitan en ella, así como por aquellas aves que la emplean en los pasos migratorios. Las Tablas sirve de refugio a más de 2.000 especies (plantas, aves, insectos, peces, réptiles... ).
Sin embargo, la supervivencia del parque peligra debido a la sobreexplotación de los acuíferos. Debido a esta degradación, el 22 de octubre de 2009 la Comisión Europea abre un expediente a España,6 mientras que la Unesco ya había expresado con anterioridad la posibilidad de retirar la figura de Reserva de la Biosfera. La Unesco abrió un expediente contra España a instancias de la denuncia presentada en noviembre de 2007 por las organizaciones ecologistas (Ecologistas en Acción, Greenpeace, SEO/BirdLife y WWF); en ella se argumentaba que la Reserva de la Biosfera de La Mancha Húmeda y, en especial, Las Tablas de Daimiel, presentaban un alto nivel de degradación que suponía la pérdida de los valores que las habían hecho merecedoras de la calificación como Reserva de la Biosfera.
'I have not tried to reproduce nature: I have represented it.'
Paul Cezanne
textures thanks to Kerstin Frank and TCP.
Il représente un obélisque encadré par deux aigles, décapités depuis. Il comportait à l’origine deux stèles. Sur la première, on peut encore lire l’inscription :
« DEN GEFALLENEN DER 13. RES.-DIVISION GEWIDMET VON IHREM KOMMANDEUR UND IHREN KAMARADEN 1914-15 »
(« Aux morts de la 13e Division de Réserve 1914-1915 leur commandant et leur camarades »).
Holi represents the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil. It is also said to be the enactment of a game the Hindu god Lord Krishna played with his consort Radha and the gopis, or milkmaids. The story represents the fun and flirtatiousness of the gods but also touches on deeper themes: of the passing of the seasons and the illusory nature of the material world.
Millions of Indians celebrated Monday the Hindu Holi festival all over india, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of color..From red to green to indigo, each color provides festival-goers with a sense of beauty, ritual and tradition.
If you land in India anytime in late February or March, it’s wise to check the dates of the annual Holi festival, and bring a spare set of clothes. That’s because for a few days in spring, people crowd the streets and splash brilliantly colored dyes on anyone walking by. “The colors never come out of your clothes,” he said. “And you might be having purple hair for many days. It is a complete liability.” It’s hard to avoid the fun—and paint—unless you stay inside or look menacing enough to discourage the custom.
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