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The Zollern Colliery
A castle of labour
At first sight palatial redbrick facades and artistically adorned gables on buildings dotted around a grassy square are more reminiscent of an aristocratic residence than a coal mine. This was exactly one of the ideas behind the architecture.
Today the “mansion of labour” in the west of Dortmund is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and impressive testimonies to Germany’s industrial history. The engine house with its famous Jugendstil (art nouveau) doorway is already an icon. But the museum’s outstanding industrial architecture is only one of many different attractive facets. The various sections of the exhibition will take you into a world of harsh working conditions, and the stories of the men and women who worked in coalmining during the 20th century will bring this vividly to life.
The ruins of a medieval gotic castle built by the Teutonic Knights in 14-th century. In 1772 Radzyn troved under prussian authority. From that moment started successive demolition of the fortress, it's bricks were assigned to built new houses and town hall. In 1837, works were hold up. In sixtiests of XIX century the castle was secured, 100 years later curtains were restored and now there is museum.
I like this castle a lot. Inside is many place for walking and, of course, beautiful view from the tower :))
Zamek zaskoczył mnie pozytywnie. W środku jest więcej miejsc do połażenia, niż by to się mogło wydawać. Korytarze, rozmaite przejścia i zaułki, a na wieżę włazi się przejściem wysokości metra (a nawet mniej, bo w kucki trzeba) i jest tam dosyć ciasno. Ale warto, bo widoczki ładne :))
In EXPLORE - 11 May 2007, # 416
Its stare fixed on the coffee shop door through which its owner had disappeared, this dog sat patiently for at least 15 minutes before I left, not sure how long it had to wait.
55.0mm, f/5.6, 1/80, iso100
View on the St. Mary Magdalene Cathedral from the window of the hotel where we lived in Wrocław :)
St. Mary Magdalene Cathedral in Wrocław, Poland, is a gothic church located between Szewska and Łaciarska street close to the central market square, established in the 13th century. Currently it is a cathedral of the Polish Catholic Church. During the Second World War the church was seriously damaged. In 1945 the legendary Sinner's Bell, which was the biggest Silesian bell, was also damaged. St Mary Magdalene was rebuilt during the period 1947-1953. The bridge connecting the two towers is called "Mostek Pokutnic" (The Penitents Bridge) and it's a great viewpoint on the city. A legend says that the shadows visible on the bridge are the souls of the girls who used to seduce men without wanting to be married, being scared of housekeeping.
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Widok na Katedrę Św. Marii Magdaleny z okien hotelu, w którym mieszkaliśmy we Wrocławiu :)
Katedra św. Marii Magdaleny we Wrocławiu – gotycki kościół między ulicami Szewską i Łaciarską w pobliżu wrocławskiego Rynku, dawniej jedna z dwóch far miejskich. Pierwszy kościół w tym miejscu powstał już pod koniec XI wieku, jednak już w czasie najazdu mongolskiego w 1241 uległ on zniszczeniu. Kolejny kościół, zapewne w romańsko-gotyckim stylu przejściowym, powstał w latach 1242-1248. Po pożarze z 8 maja 1342 zdecydowano się zbudować nowy, większy, późnogotycki już kościół wykorzystujący wiele starszych fragmentów, który powstał w latach 1342-1362 i poza górnymi kondygnacjami wież uzyskał współczesny kształt. W ostatnich dniach II wojny światowej kościół stracił w pożarze hełmy wież i dach nawy, jednak mury zachowały się w stosunkowo dobrym stanie. Kościół prowizorycznie zabezpieczono w 1947, odbudowując południową wieżę (pionowa rysa rozpoznawalna jest do dziś), zaś całkowitej odbudowy dokonano w latach 1960-1970. Między wieżami kościoła znajduje się łącznik zwany Mostem Pokutnic. Znajduje się na wysokości 45 m, od początku pełnił funkcję punktu widokowego. Nazwa pochodzi od jednej z legend, według której po zmroku na mostku miały się pojawiać dusze próżnych dziewcząt, które spędziły życie na zabawach i kokietowaniu adoratorów zamiast na wychowaniu dzieci i prowadzeniu domu.
Designed by Jesse Hartley, Stanley Dock opened on 4 August 1848. The dock is the only one in Liverpool which was built inland, all the others being built out from the foreshore. The original quay warehouses are of a similar design to those at Albert Dock and are grade II* listed buildings. The warehouses were built to five storeys, covering an area of 12,000 sq yd (10,000 m2). Between 1897-1901, the southern part of the dock was filled in to build the large Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse by Anthony George Lyster. The northern warehouse has since been developed in to a hotel devoted to the White Star Line's RMS Titanic liner, which has strong links to the area's history of docks and shipping.
La Hauptkirche Sankt Katharinen est située au Katharinenkirchhof 1, quartier Speicherstadt, dans le port de la cité-État d’Hambourg (Hamburg), en Allemagne.
Une vue à partir de la rue Zippelhaus bordant la rive nord du Zollkanal.
Cette église fut construite (et reconstruite) en brique aux 14e et 15e siècle. dans le style gothique. Sa jolie tour baroque bulbeuse et ajourée domine le vieux port.
Deuxième ville d’Allemagne après Berlin et dotée d'un statut de Land, Hambourg (Hamburg) est l’un des plus grands ports du monde. Elle a d'ailleurs été fondée au 9e siècle à l'embouchure de la rivière Alster qui lui servait de port. L'Alster fut endiguée dès 1190, à l'origine pour alimenter un moulin à eau. En 1235 un autre barrage a été construit pour une deuxième usine, ce qui transforma la rivière en lac. Elle doit son essor économique à l'autorisation de commercer sur l'Elbe accordée par l'empereur Frédéric Barberousse en 1189 et son adhésion à la ligue hanséatique en 1321. Cette cité-Etat fut détruite à plus de 80 % lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Elle fut par la suite reconstruite et représente aujourd’hui une métropole fort intéressante.
Ville très riche (avec un revenu par habitant le plus élevé d'Europe), capitale de l’édition et des médias en Allemagne, Hambourg se révèle surprenante. Parmi ses caractéristiques, on compte plus de 64 kilomètres de canaux (d'où son surnom de la Venise du Nord) et 2500 ponts, une réputation comme ville la plus verte du pays tout en étant un livre ouvert d'architecture contemporaine (dont on peut voir les déclinaisons à Neustadt et, plus encore, à Fleet Insel - îlot nouveau construit sur le canal) avec aussi un quartier de nuit très chaud…
Built 1911.
Opened 1912.
Closed 1989.
Later used as a Community Centre then briefly occupied by the local Historical Society.
Now a private residence.
The DeSoto County Courthouse is an historic redbrick courthouse building located at 115 East Oak Street in Arcadia, Florida. Designed by architects Bonfoey & Elliott of Tampa in the Classical Revival style, it was built in 1912-1913 by the Read-Parker Construction Company to serve as DeSoto County's third courthouse and the second one built in Arcadia. It was restored in 1976 and is a contributing property in the Arcadia Historic District.
The building was designed by the Tampa architectural firm of Bonfoey & Elliott. In 1989, the DeSoto County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
I didn't know what this building was when I thought of the title but this is the home of the Department for Work and Pensions, Wear View House, 1 Eden Street, West Sunderland SR1 3EY. The office for Universal Penury.
My irony meter just exploded.
In 25 November in my hometown was unveiled a monument to Philippe Henri de Girard. His name took the name of the town - Żyrardów :)
Philippe Henri de Girard - was a French engineer and inventor of the first flax spinning frame in 1810. He was also the uncredited inventor of food preservation using tin cans. In 1825 he was hired by the government of the Kingdom of Poland to develop the Polish textile industry. He became the expert of the Polish government, as well as the Bank of Poland. Because of financial support of the latter, in 1831 he organised the first major factory of his project in Marymont near Warsaw. Two years later he moved with his business to the village of Ruda Guzowska, where the factory had better prospects. Soon it became a great success and brought fame and prosperity both to the settlement and to Girard. In honour of Girard, Ruda Guzowska was renamed to Żyrardów, a toponym derived of the polonised spelling of Girard's name. In 1844 Girard returned to France, where he planned to open more factories. However, he died the following year. Apart from the town of Żyrardów (currently one of the biggest satellite towns of Warsaw), Girard became a name-sake for a street and a college in 18th arrondissement of Paris and two lycea in Żyrardów and Avignon.
Od 25 listopada mamy w Żyrardowie nowy pomnik - Filipa de Girarda, od którego nazwiska wzięło nazwę miasto :)
Filip de Girard - francuski inżynier i wynalazca. W wieku 14 lat skonstruował urządzenie do pozyskiwania energii z fal morskich. 1810 roku brał udział w rozpisanym przez rząd francuski konkursie na zbudowanie przędzarki włókien lnianych. Wynaleziona przez niego przędzarka potrafiła z jednego kilograma lnu uprząść 150 km nici. Urządzenie to zrewolucjonizowało proces produkcji tkanin lnianych. Przebywał na ziemiach polskich w latach 1825–1844, powołany przez księcia Franciszka Ksawerego Druckiego-Lubeckiego, ministra skarbu rządu Królestwa Polskiego, na stanowisko naczelnego mechanika przy Wydziale Górniczym Komisji Rządowej Przychodów i Skarbu. Do jego zadań należało instalowanie w kopalniach i hutach urządzeń mechanicznych oraz ulepszanie już istniejących. Był dyrektorem technicznym zakładów lniarskich w Marymoncie, które w 1833 przeniesiono do wsi Ruda Guzowska. Od jego nazwiska wzięło nazwę miasto Żyrardów, powstałe na terenie Rudy Guzowskiej i okolicznych wsi. W 1880 roku w przędzalni tej pracowało 16 tysięcy wrzecion.
The amazing 'Great Stairway' Drainage system is one of Australia's finest. consisting of many features throughout the system. The stairs themselves are very impressive with about 7 knee high stairs giving an overall climb of about 3 meters. Once climbed, it leads to this large redbrick chamber. Enormous in size!
I love this church window. The red brick wall, the greenery around, the mini steeple, the cemetery - it exudes peacefulness to me. A quiet, soothing atmosphere.
The old Bethlehem Steel Headquarters Building on Third Street in Bethlehem, Pa.
This was the night of the supermoon, the brightest of the year, and the sky was luminous, amazingly so for a bright city. The reddish glow on the bricks here comes from the street lights and a concert being held a block away in front of the blast furnaces.
The company actually left two vacant HQ buildings in this city. The Martin Tower, built across the river in 1972, replaced this one, which dates to 1916. Redevelopment proposals have been offered for both buildings but there are major obstacles at both: Asbestos in the Martin Tower and general decay here. I opened the chained front doors of this building as far as they would go and a wave of moldy air came wafting out at me.
The DeSoto County Courthouse is an historic redbrick courthouse building located at 115 East Oak Street in Arcadia, Florida. Designed by architects Bonfoey & Elliott of Tampa in the Classical Revival style, it was built in 1912-1913 by the Read-Parker Construction Company to serve as DeSoto County's third courthouse and the second one built in Arcadia. It was restored in 1976 and is a contributing property in the Arcadia Historic District.
The building was designed by the Tampa architectural firm of Bonfoey & Elliott. In 1989, the DeSoto County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
The Zollern Colliery
A castle of labour
At first sight palatial redbrick facades and artistically adorned gables on buildings dotted around a grassy square are more reminiscent of an aristocratic residence than a coal mine. This was exactly one of the ideas behind the architecture.
Today the “mansion of labour” in the west of Dortmund is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and impressive testimonies to Germany’s industrial history. The engine house with its famous Jugendstil (art nouveau) doorway is already an icon. But the museum’s outstanding industrial architecture is only one of many different attractive facets. The various sections of the exhibition will take you into a world of harsh working conditions, and the stories of the men and women who worked in coalmining during the 20th century will bring this vividly to life.
This, now disused, Italianate sewage pumping station is alongside the Chesterfield canal in Worksop. It really is a very imposing construction and is in excellent condition, I hope another use can be found for the building as it would be a shame to lose it.