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Bussum, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
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Behind a large historical house at the Ohio River city of Warsaw, Kentucky. Cooking in this kitchen kept one from heating the house, more, during the summer.
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
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The Mikkeli Cathedral (Finnish: Mikkelin tuomiokirkko) is a striking landmark situated on Ristimäki hill in the center of Mikkeli, Finland. Constructed between 1896 and 1897 out of red brick and wood, this impressive three-nave church was designed by the prominent Finnish architect Josef Stenbäck. It is considered one of the purest and finest examples of Gothic Revival (Neo-Gothic) architecture in the country.The elegant bell tower located on the western gable towers over the town at a height of 64 meters. Originally built as a local town church, the building was elevated to cathedral status in 1945 when the seat of the Evangelical Lutheran diocese was relocated from Viipuri to Mikkeli. The spacious interior accommodates around 1,200 worshipers and features a notable altarpiece titled "Crucified", painted by Pekka Halonen in 1899.
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De Domkerk van Mikkeli (Fins: Mikkelin tuomiokirkko) is een opvallende verschijning op de Ristimäki-heuvel in het hart van de Finse stad Mikkeli. Deze imposante, driebeukige kerk is gebouwd tussen 1896 en 1897 van rode bakstenen en hout. Het bouwwerk is ontworpen door de bekende Finse architect Josef Stenbäck en geldt als een van de zuiverste en meest representatieve voorbeelden van de neogotische architectuur in Finland.De gracieuze kerktoren in de westelijke gevel reikt tot een hoogte van 64 meter. Oorspronkelijk deed het gebouw dienst als gewone stadskerk, maar in 1945 kreeg het de status van kathedraal (domkerk) toen de bisschopszetel van het evangelisch-lutherse bisdom Viipuri naar Mikkeli werd verplaatst. Het interieur biedt plaats aan circa 1.200 personen en herbergt onder andere een altaarstuk geschilderd door Pekka Halonen in 1899.
Hamburg, Deutschland
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Bydgoszcz is a city in central Poland. The part of city centre is called Bydgoszcz Venice (Bydgoska Wenecja).
Havenstraat, IJsselstein, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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The Octagon Building is an historic redbrick octagonal building in Santa Cruz, California, located at 118 Cooper Street, at the corner of Front Street. It was built in 1882, adjacent to the first (1866) County Court House, to serve as the County Hall of Records. In 1894, a major fire destroyed most of the nearby buildings, including the adjacent courthouse, but the brick Octagon survived.
In 1968, the records were moved to a new County Government Center. Many historic brick buildings on the Pacific Garden Mall were damaged during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, but again the Octagon survive
Founded in 1416 by royal charter from Henry V, the Worshipful Company of Cutlers is on of the most ancient livery companies in the city of London.
This building was commission in the 19th century, and opened its doors to the company in March 1888. It is available to hire by the public.
The terracotta frieze above the windows was created by the Sheffield sculptor Benjamin Creswick
The french motto means "To achieve good faith".
The nearest station to Paternoster Square is City Thameslink or St Pauls Underground.
Broadway Mansions Hotel (百老汇大厦), Hongkou, Schanghai
Architekten: B. Flazer, John William Barrow (Palmer & Turner), 1930-34
La Great Gatehouse (Grande Guérite), l’entrée principale au centre de la façade ouest du château de Hampton Court, Hampton Court Way, East Molessey, l'arrondissement londonien de Richmond upon Thames, Angleterre. Une vue à partir de l’entrée principale du domaine.
La construction de cette entrée, partie la plus ancienne du château, fut commencé par le cardinal Wolsey et achevé par Henri VIII. Elle fait partie de la tour de garde et est dominée par un haut-relief comportant les armes d’Henri VIII. Deux haies de ces mêmes animaux héraldiques bordent d’ailleurs le pont jeté au-dessus des douves et menant à la Grande Guérite.
À l’origine, ces dix statues surnommées King's Beasts représentaient l'ascendance du roi Henri VIII et de sa troisième épouse Jane Seymour, soient le lion d'Angleterre, le lion Seymour, le dragon royal, le taureau noir de Clarence, le yale de Beaufort, le lion blanc de Mortimer, le lévrier blanc de Richmond, le dragon Tudor, la panthère Seymour et le Licorne Seymour. Au moment du couronnement de la reine Elizabeth II, les Queens Beasts, soient le griffon d'Edouard III, le cheval de Hanovre, le faucon des Plantagenêts et la licorne d'Écosse, ont remplacé ceux des Seymour et l'un des dragons.
Situé au sud-ouest du Grand Londres, proche de la frontière avec le comté de Surrey en Angleterre, ce château fut la résidence favorite du roi Henri VIII. Pendant près de 200 ans, le château de Hampton Court a été au centre de la cour royale, de la politique, ainsi que l'histoire de la nation.
En 1518, le cardinal Thomas Wolsey (v. 1475-1530) devient archevêque d'York et choisit Hampton Court comme sa résidence principale. En 1523, Wolsey finit la construction des appartements d'Henri VIII (1509-1547) mais trois ans plus tard, tombé en disgrâce, il est forcé d'abandonner sa propriété au roi. Le fils unique du roi, Édouard, le futur Édouard VI d'Angleterre, naît à Hampton Court en 1537, et est baptisé dans la chapelle église royale. Sa mère, Jeanne Seymour, meurt au palais quelques jours plus tard.
En 1649, le roi Charles Ier, fait prisonnier par l'armée d'Oliver Cromwell, est amené à Hampton Court. En 1657, Oliver Cromwell est proclamé Lord Protecteur de la république d'Angleterre, d'Irlande et d'Écosse et vient habiter à Hampton Court.
En 1689, le roi Guillaume III, et sa reine, Marie II, ordonnent à Sir Christopher Wren de construire un nouveau palais aux façades palladiennes décorées de style baroque. En 1717, le prince et la princesse de Galles (futurs roi George II et reine Caroline) viennent s'installer à Hampton Court et ordonnent des travaux pour aménager leurs appartements. Ils sont les derniers souverains à y habiter.
En 1838, la reine Victoria ouvre au public le château de Hampton Court, aujourd’hui palais d'État, rempli de nombreuses merveilles (tableaux, sculptures, etc.) mais aussi extrêmement riche en culture.
Zutphen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
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Rue de la Tour, Lézat-sur-Lèze, Ariège, France
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Sturminster Marshall, Dorset UK.
White Mill is a National Trust Property.
An 18th-century corn mill in a peaceful, rural setting. Rebuilt in 1776 on a site marked in the Domesday Book, this substantial mill was extensively repaired in 1994 and still retains its original elm and applewood machinery (now too fragile to be used).
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
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The Golden Passage
Descending from the noisy street level, I stepped into the shadowed, cobbled underworld of the Rochdale Canal. Overhead, the monstrous lattice of railway iron provided a dark, rhythmic frame, like the ribs of an ancient leviathan. My footsteps on the wet brick towpath were the only sound, until a soft ripple disturbed the dark water ahead.
Suddenly, the world exploded into amber. As I rounded the curve, the low sun burst through an open bridge, setting the opposite bank on fire. The rugged, industrial brick of the converted mill burned with a intense, fiery orange glow. The water, once a murky drain, became a flowing sheet of liquid gold, reflecting the burning facade perfectly.
Into this incandescent frame, a grace appeared. A pair of regal mute swans, their white plumage stained with the golden light, glided serenely. Following faithfully behind, like small, grey shadows against the brilliance, was their entire brood of cygnets. For one magical, fleeting minute, nature and industry achieved a perfect, silent truce, creating a golden memory in the dark heart of the city.
Nieuwe Kerklaan, Huizen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
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Locked up in The Kleine Koppel, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
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The castle in Malbork seen from the other side. We are going to the castle museum now :)
The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, the largest Gothic castle complex in the world, is a 13th-century Teutonic castle and fortress located near the town of Malbork on the river Nogat in Poland. It was originally constructed by the Teutonic Knights, a German Catholic religious order of crusaders, in a form of an Ordensburg fortress. The Order named it Marienburg in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. In 1457, during the Thirteen Years’ War, it was sold by the Bohemian mercenaries to King Casimir IV of Poland in lieu of indemnities and it since served as one of the several Polish royal residences and the seat of Polish offices and institutions, interrupted by several years of Swedish occupation, and fulfilling this function until the First Partition of Poland in 1772. From then on the castle was under German rule for over 170 years until 1945. The castle is a classic example of a medieval fortress and, on its completion in 1406, was the world's largest brick castle. UNESCO designated the "Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork" and the Malbork Castle Museum a World Heritage Site in December 1997.
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Kolejny widok zamku w Malborku. Idziemy teraz zwiedzać muzeum zamkowe :)
Zamek w Malborku – jeden z największych zamków na świecie, położony na prawym brzegu Nogatu, wzniesiony w kilku etapach od 1280 do poł. XV w. przez zakon krzyżacki. Początkowo konwentualna siedziba komtura, od 1309 po przeniesieniu przez Siegfrieda von Feuchtwangena stolicy zakonu do Malborka, siedziba wielkich mistrzów zakonu krzyżackiego i władz Prus Zakonnych do 1457, w latach 1457–1772 rezydencja królów Polski, od 1466 siedziba władz Prus Królewskich, od 1568 siedziba Komisji Morskiej, w 1772 zajęty przez administrację Królestwa Prus i zdewastowany w latach 1773–1804; rekonstruowany w latach 1817–1842 i 1882–1944, zniszczony w 1945, ponownie rekonstruowany od 1947; w 1949 wpisany do rejestru zabytków, w 1994 uznany za pomnik historii, w 1997 wpisany na listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO jako jeden z najznakomitszych przykładów średniowiecznej architektury obronno-rezydencyjnej w Europie Środkowej. Od 1961 zamek jest siedzibą Muzeum Zamkowego w Malborku.
We were out roaming the countryside yesterday evening and ran across this really well maintained brick school building at an area called Five Points. The stone above the top windows is dated 1876. Apparently there are activities held throughout the year and they have a Facebook page.
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The Mikkeli Cathedral (Finnish: Mikkelin tuomiokirkko) is a striking landmark situated on Ristimäki hill in the center of Mikkeli, Finland. Constructed between 1896 and 1897 out of red brick and wood, this impressive three-nave church was designed by the prominent Finnish architect Josef Stenbäck. It is considered one of the purest and finest examples of Gothic Revival (Neo-Gothic) architecture in the country.The elegant bell tower located on the western gable towers over the town at a height of 64 meters. Originally built as a local town church, the building was elevated to cathedral status in 1945 when the seat of the Evangelical Lutheran diocese was relocated from Viipuri to Mikkeli. The spacious interior accommodates around 1,200 worshipers and features a notable altarpiece titled "Crucified", painted by Pekka Halonen in 1899.
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De Domkerk van Mikkeli (Fins: Mikkelin tuomiokirkko) is een opvallende verschijning op de Ristimäki-heuvel in het hart van de Finse stad Mikkeli. Deze imposante, driebeukige kerk is gebouwd tussen 1896 en 1897 van rode bakstenen en hout. Het bouwwerk is ontworpen door de bekende Finse architect Josef Stenbäck en geldt als een van de zuiverste en meest representatieve voorbeelden van de neogotische architectuur in Finland.De gracieuze kerktoren in de westelijke gevel reikt tot een hoogte van 64 meter. Oorspronkelijk deed het gebouw dienst als gewone stadskerk, maar in 1945 kreeg het de status van kathedraal (domkerk) toen de bisschopszetel van het evangelisch-lutherse bisdom Viipuri naar Mikkeli werd verplaatst. Het interieur biedt plaats aan circa 1.200 personen en herbergt onder andere een altaarstuk geschilderd door Pekka Halonen in 1899.
IJzerbaan, Eenum, Groningen, The Netherlands
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A dozen mini-minimalist (like it?!) :-) i.e. twelve-part collage pairing coastal calm with urban geometry. I've chosen pale skies over a rocky islet, waves breaking on shingle, a striped umbrella caught against the wind, and a sun bleeding gold across still water.
Elsewhere, the eye turns inland – a curved red-brick façade, twin grey-shuttered windows, a wall of weathered yellow slats, and pale benches curling through a shaded plaza. Together they trace a quiet dialogue between sea, sky and found architectural minimalism.
Multiple locations also including La Manga del Mar Menor and the Alicante coastline.
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[ES] Hoy, saco el tema del minimalismo: un collage de doce escenas que combina la calma del mar con la geometría urbana: cielos pálidos sobre un islote rocoso, olas rompiendo en la orilla, una sombrilla a rayas resistiendo el viento, y un sol que tiñe de oro las aguas quietas.
Más allá, la mirada se adentra en tierra firme – una fachada curva de ladrillo rojo, dos ventanas con persianas grises, un muro de listones amarillos desgastados, y bancos blancos que serpentean por una plaza en sombra. Juntas, estas imágenes trazan un diálogo sereno entre mar, cielo y el minimalismo urbano hallado por casualidad.
También incluye la costa alicantina y la de las provincias de Cartagena y San Javier (region de Murcia).
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Part of Tatton Park in Cheshire, this unassuming but rather large cottage sits at the edge of the walled garden, presumably used by the head gardener?
Two viaducts south of Montrose were designed by Sir Thomas Bouch, the architect of the original Tay Bridge but, due to delays in building the Tay Bridge and the line by Dundee, they were not built until 1879.[ Construction was by Gilkes Wilson and Company, supervised by Bouch's son, William. The more northerly bridge, the South Esk Viaduct, was of iron lattice girder construction.
Following the Tay Bridge disaster of 1879, the viaduct was inspected and, although the plans showed a straight structure, it was found to have a distinct curve. As well, many of the piers were not perpendicular. Tests in 1880, over a period of 36 hours, using both dead and rolling loads, led to the structure becoming seriously distorted, and eight of the piers were declared unsafe. Before the line could be opened to traffic in 1881, the bridge had to be dismantled and rebuilt by Sir William Arrol, to a design by W. R. Galbrait