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The Kabelsteg is a 76.50 m long pedestrians bridge over a side arm of the Isar river, built in 1898.
The name derives from its former secondary use as a cable bridge (Kabel = cable, steg = small bridge). It is an early example of a reinforced concrete bridge in Art Nouveau style and a listed structure.
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Well, actually the "1933" complex is the fomer Municipal Slaughterhouse from colonial times. Built in 1933 out of reinforced concrete by British architect C.H. Stableford in cooperation with others.
After an intermediate career as medicine factory, followed by much disrepair and decay, now the building is restored as an arts and restaurant center. And here you can see the roof of this building.
Located in Hongkou, No. 10 Shajing Road (上海1933老场坊，虹口区沙泾路10号)
It's a complex structure featuring an outer building in an about square footprint and an inner round core building, multiple levels, all interconnected by an amazing maze of spiral and straight staircases, ramps and walkways.
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man among the heavy columns of reinforced concrete under the bridge. .The modern bridge over the Mokva River (Krasnogorsk).
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DSC04946. Castillo Templario de Ponferrada. Declarado Monumento Nacional de Interés Histórico y Artístico in 1924, el castillo es el resultado de una larga serie de ampliaciones, reformas y adiciones que van desde el primero llevado a cabo cerca de la planta cuadrada a principios del siglo 12, hasta las últimas zonas construidas a finales de los siglos 15 y principios de los 16. Tan pronto como Ponferrada pasó a depender de la Orden del Temple en 1178, por el regalo de los Reyes de León, los caballeros templarios encontraron una pequeña fortaleza que en un principio actuó como un asentamiento celta. Los caballeros reforzaron y reconstruyeron el recinto amurallado con el fin de proteger y guardar el camino de los peregrinos de Santiago y defender la entrada a la zona noroeste de la península. El castillo alberga ahora la exposición permanente "Templum Libri" en libros y facsímiles. Esta es una de las mejores colecciones del mundo de su tipo.
Declared a National Monument of Historic and Artistic Interest in1924, the Castle is the result of a long series of enlargements, refurbishments and additions ranging from the first one carried out near the square ground plan in the early 12th century, up to the last areas built in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. As soon as Ponferrada became dependent on the Order of the Temple in 1178, by gift of the Kings of León, the Templar knights found a small fortress that originally acted as a Celtic settlement. The knights reinforced and rebuilt the walled enclosure in order to protect and guard the Way of St. Jame’s pilgrims ad defend the entrance to the Northwest area of the peninsula. The rehabilitates palace suites host now the permanent exhibition “Templum Libri” on books and facsimiles, graphic cart and authors collections. This is one of the world’s best collections of its kind.
CORNWERD - The Afsluitdijk, length 32 km (19,88 miles) is protecting the Netherlands from the Sea for more than eighty years. However, the dyke no longer meets the current requirements for flood protection.
Rijkswaterstaat is therefore going to reinforce the Afsluitdijk. The body of the dyke will be widened and raised by about 2 metres and the cladding on the outer side will be replaced. Concrete blocks will be placed over the existing basalt blocks on the lower slope. These 'Level blocks X Plus' weight 6,500 kilograms each and have a wave retardant effect. Because of their symmetry and the regular way they are positioned, the blocks have a tranquil appearance that reinforces the austere and autonomous character of the dyke. Every block will be GPS chipped, making them easy to inspect and maintain.
view of Zamek Lubelski (Lublin Castle) from the arcade viaduct on Zamkowa (Castle) Street
The Lublin Castle (Zamek Lubelski) is a medieval castle in Lublin, Poland, adjacent to the Old Town district and close to the city center. It is one of the oldest preserved royal residencies in Poland, initially established by High Duke Casimir II the Just. Its contemporary Gothic Revival appearance is largely due to a reconstruction undertaken in the 19th century.
The hill it is on was first fortified with a wood-reinforced earthen wall in the 12th century. In the first half of the 13th century, the stone keep was built. It still survives and is the tallest building of the castle, as well as the oldest standing building in the city. In the 14th century, during the reign of Casimir III the Great, the castle was rebuilt with stone walls. Probably at the same time, the castle's Chapel of the Holy Trinity was built as a royal chapel.
In the first decades of the 15th century, King Władysław II Jagiełło commissioned a set of frescoes for the chapel. They were completed in 1418 and are preserved to this day. The artist was a Ruthenian, Master Andrej, who signed his work on one of the walls. Because of their unique style, mixing Western and Eastern Orthodox influences, they are acclaimed internationally as an important historical monument.
Under the rule of the Jagiellon dynasty the castle enjoyed royal favor and frequent stays by members of the royal family. The sons of King Casimir IV Jagiellon were brought up in the castle under the tutelage of Jan Długosz. In the 16th century, it was rebuilt on a grandiose scale, under the direction of Italian masters brought from Kraków. The most momentous event in the castle's history was the signing in 1569 of the Union of Lublin, the founding act of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
As a consequence of the wars in the 17th century (The Deluge), the castle fell into disrepair. Only the oldest sections, the keep and the chapel, remained intact. After Lublin fell under Russian rule following the territorial settlement of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the government of Congress Poland, on the initiative of Stanisław Staszic, carried out a complete reconstruction of the castle between 1826 and 1828. The new buildings were in the English neo-Gothic style, completely different from the structures they replaced, and their new purpose was to house a criminal prison. Only the keep and the chapel were preserved in their original state.
The castle was a prison for the next 128 years: as a Tsarist prison from 1831 to 1915, in independent Poland from 1918 to 1939, and most infamously during the Nazi German occupation from 1939 to 1944. Under Tsarist Russia prisoners included Polish resistance members, one of the most notable being writer Bolesław Prus. When between 40,000 and 80,000 inmates, many of them Polish resistance fighters and Jews, passed through. During World War II, the Castle Chapel was the location of a German court. Many prisoners were sent from the castle to concentration camps, including nearby Majdanek. Just before withdrawing on 22 July 1944, the SS and German prison officers massacred over 300 of the remaining prisoners. After 1944, the castle continued as a prison of the Soviet secret police and later of the Soviet-installed communist regime of Poland and, until 1954, about 35,000 Poles fighting against the new communist government (especially cursed soldiers) passed through it, of whom 333 died.
In 1954, the castle prison was closed. Following reconstruction and refurbishment, since 1957 it has been the main site of the National Museum.
I went back to Miami and finally got some nice perspectives of Dame Zaha Hadid's building. Previously the sidewalk views were closed due to construction.
The lines and curves are spectacular, as you can see.
(I'll visit when I can. Those 13 hour drives are exhausting, especially in a U-Haul)
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Two years ago I went back to my hometown Schuders, a small village in the Swiss Alps. A windy one-lane mountain road leads up to the village. On the way you pass the Salginatobel Bridge, a reinforced concrete arch bridge designed by Swiss civil engineer Robert Maillart. It was constructed across an alpine valley between 1929 and 1930. In 1991, it was declared an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, the thirteenth such structure and the first concrete bridge so designated. Get the details on Wikipedia at bit.ly/2fn2au3
I processed a balanced and a paintery HDR photo from three RAW exposures, merged them, and carefully adjusted the color balance and pulled the curves.
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n the early Middle Ages, the reinforced castle of Poeke (Flanders - Belgium) served as a real bastion where knights from Flanders county assembled. The castle, which was the residence of the "Heren Van Poucke" ("Gentlemen of Poeke - mention the old-Dutch spelling of the word "Poeke") was at that time governed from Bruges. However, combative Ghent rebels repeatedly attacked the castle. Consequently, after the year 1453 Poeke castle felt into ruin for many years. One and a half century late, in 1597, the family Preud'homme d'Hailly from Rijsel (North of France) bought the castle from a family called "Delrye" and governed Poeke for more than 2 centuries. They made the castle the centre of their increasingly growing properties.
It was in the same year 1597 that heirs of this nobility introduced the title "Burggraven of Nieuwpoort" ("Viscounts of Nieuwpoort"). Although their cultural wealth was initially suppressed because of the 16th and 17th century wars, successive generations of viscounts led the Baronny of Poucques to a short, but uncontested peak in 1765. From 1762 up to 1774, Karel Florent Idesbald de Preudhomme was not onlyViscount of Nieuwpoort and Oombergen, Baron of Poeke, Sir of Axpoele, Neuville, Sint-Lievens-Esse, Velaines, etc., but also chamberlain of the Austrian king.
At that time, the kingdom of the Netherlands was governed by Austria and looked as a rigid and hierarchic society, where the aristocracy was able to maintain their privileges up to the French Revolution (1789). Even after the French-Napoleonic empire collapsed (1815) and after Belgium came into being (1830), the aristocracy could maintain its position as the high social class on the Flemish countryside.
The isolated location of Poeke, the steady decrease of the number of its inhabitants and the stable agricultural character of Poeke, which mainly consisted of farmsteads, all these reasons caused the aristocratic power system to continue to function until after the Second World War (1945).
In the second half of the 19th century, the family Preudhomme D'Hailly was once and for all past its peak and financial problems weakened its position inside as well as outside the village. As a consequence, they had to abandon the castle in 1872.
The family Pycke de Peteghem - which was raised to the peerage in 1730 - bought the castle and gradually dominated the small East-Flemish agricultural village. Its political representation mainly focused on the mayoralty, a position that was rarely assigned to someone who was not a member of the aristocratic family.
The castle largely survived both World Wars, but the aristocratic influence during the 20th century died out when the last Baroness of Poeke, Inès Pycke de Peteghem deceased (1955). The property structure of the castle changed for the last time in 1977, when Poeke fused with Aalter. From then on, the castle was owned by the community and became a public domain. Up to now, it is part of an extraordinary recreation facility.
But the more powerful point of the contrapasso that attaches appropriate schemes of punishment to different species of sin is that your condition in Hell conforms exactly to the shape and form of your own desires,14 of those desires of yours acting upon which got you there in the first place. In that sense you make your own Hell for yourself.
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Areatzako zubia, Bilbao, Vizcaya, País Vasco, España.
El puente del Arenal es un puente sobre la ría de Bilbao, en Vizcaya (País Vasco, España).
Desde él pueden verse el Teatro Arriaga, El Arenal, la Estación de Santander o de La Concodia y en la calle Bailén n.º 1, el primer rascacielos de Bilbao, destinado a oficinas.
En 1876 se aprobó uno de los proyectos del ingeniero Adolfo de Ibarreta, un puente formado por tres arcos de piedra, que sustituyese al deteriorado puente de fundición. Fue inaugurado el 1 de diciembre de 1878. Con la estructura fija, el tránsito fluvial ría arriba, se limitó al paso exclusivo de gabarras y pequeñas embarcaciones a vapor. Este puente de Isabel II, ampliado la superficie de su tránsito, permitía el paso de tranvías y de viandantes y tenía una anchura inicial entre barandillas de 12,4 m. Hacia 1903 se amplió, añadiendo unos arcos de hierro.
En junio de 1937, durante la Guerra Civil, se voló el puente y se construyó uno provisional por medio de gabarras y tablones, muy cerca del puente ya dinamitado.
Entretanto, se construía el actual puente de hormigón armado, que fue inaugurado en 1940, con el nombre de puente de la Victoria.
En 1980 pasó nuevamente a llamarse puente del Arenal. En esos años se eliminan los elementos decorativos originales que le otorgaban personalidad y coherencia de diseño (hitos de acceso, barandillado, etc.) de temática relativa al régimen de Franco, degradándose la imagen original del puente.
The Arenal Bridge is a bridge over the Bilbao estuary, in Vizcaya (Basque Country, Spain).
From it you can see the Arriaga Theater, El Arenal, the Santander or La Concodia Station and on Bailén Street No. 1, the first skyscraper in Bilbao, intended for offices.
In 1876, one of the projects of the engineer Adolfo de Ibarreta was approved, a bridge made up of three stone arches, to replace the deteriorated cast iron bridge. It was inaugurated on December 1, 1878. With the fixed structure, river traffic upstream was limited to the exclusive passage of barges and small steam boats. This Isabel II bridge, with its traffic surface expanded, allowed the passage of trams and pedestrians and had an initial width between railings of 12.4 m. Around 1903 it was expanded, adding some iron arches.
In June 1937, during the Civil War, the bridge was blown up and a temporary one was built using barges and planks, very close to the already dynamited bridge.
Meanwhile, the current reinforced concrete bridge was being built, which was inaugurated in 1940, with the name Victoria Bridge.
In 1980 it was renamed the Arenal Bridge again. In those years, the original decorative elements that gave it personality and design coherence (access milestones, railings, etc.) related to the Franco regime were eliminated, degrading the original image of the bridge.
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Tekovské Lužany - Želiezovce
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Vypuknutím pandémie koronavírusu nastalo nielen obmedzenie pohybu ľudí, ale aj tovarov, keďže dochádzalo k uzatváraniu štátnych hraníc. A tak pandémia dala príležitosť
k presmerovaniu prepráv z ciest na železnicu. Aj pravdepodobne takto vznikla preprava betonárskej ocele vo zvitkoch z Rakúska, určených pre firmu YSSEL STEEL sídliacu v Želiezovciach,
v bývalom závode SES Tlmače. Firma ponúka produkty betonárskej výstuže, betonárskej ocele a železobetónu. Spomínané prepravy započali začiatkom roka 2020 a pokračujú
aj v súčasnosti. Prepravu z Levíc do Želiezoviec zabezpečuje levická staničná záloha ZSSK Cargo, ktorá býva obsadená rušňom radu 742, poprípade výnimočne 736 alebo 751.
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The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has restricted not only the movement of people but also of goods, as state borders have been closed. And so the pandemic provided an opportunity
to divert traffic from road to rail. This is probably how the transport of reinforcing steel wire coils from Austria for the company YSSEL STEEL, based in Želiezovce in
the former SES Tlmače plant. The company offers products of concrete reinforcement, reinforcing steel and reinforced concrete. The photo shows one of the very first transports. Transport from Levice to Želiezovce
provided by the station reserve ZSSK Cargo from Levice, on which a locomotive of the 742 series is usually deployed, or exceptionally 736 or 751.
The New Hondsbossche Dunes, Petten, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands.
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The New Hondsbossche Dunes [by Adriaan Geuze/West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture] is a huge project that will replace existing dikes at Hondsbossche and the Pettemer seawalls - the last weak links in the extensively and heavily reinforced Dutch coast.
Thirty-five million cubic meters of sand will be used to sculpt this vulnerable stretch of beach into a new recreational area that will attract wildlife and provide protection from the North Sea for another 50 years. Once the eight-kilometer project is completed, it will become Europe’s longest uninterrupted dunescape.
Dragon's teeth (German: Drachenzähne) are square-pyramidal fortifications of reinforced concrete first used during the Second World War to impede the movement of tanks and mechanised infantry. The idea was to slow down and channel tanks into killing zones where they could easily be disposed of by anti-tank weapons.
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Inside the Evoluon museum, shot towards the structuralist reinforced concrete skeleton of the roof. The building, which looks like a UFO or flying saucer, was built as a showcase for technological progress, particularly those in which the originally Eindhoven-based company Philips was involved. It was designed by Louis Kalff and Leo de Bever and transferred to the municipality of Eindhoven in 1966 on Philips' 75th anniversary.
The building was an educational technology museum from 1966 to 1989 and attracted many visitors until the 1970s. This was partly because they were allowed to experiment and operate the showcased models themselves. This was new then and particularly attractive to schoolchildren and other young people. Many schools traditionally organised an 'Evoluon trip' once a year.
In 2022, the Evoluon reopened as a museum under the leadership of the Next Nature Foundation. This organisation focuses on researching the impact of technology on our lives and the planet. Next Nature makes future scenarios tangible for a wide audience in the Evoluon through exhibitions and educational programmes for schools and companies.
This is number 16 of the Eindhoven abum.
Taken from a helicopter ride over the canyon which was
absolutely fantastic once they had got me on the helicopter.
In 1869, Major John Wesley Powell led the first expedition down the canyon. Powell set out to explore the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. Powell ordered a shipwright to build four reinforced Whitewall rowboats from Chicago and had them shipped east on the newly completed Continental railroad. He hired nine men, including his brother Walter, and collected provisions for ten months. They set out from Green River, Wyoming on May 24. Passing through (or portaging around) a series of dangerous rapids, the group passed down the Green River to its confluence with the Colorado River, near present-day Moab, Utah. Most of their food spoiled after getting wet in the waves or by heavy rains. Beaten up by ferocious whitewater and nearly out of food, three men left the expedition in the Grand Canyon, electing to walk 75 miles out across a desert to a Mormon settlement. Never seen again, their disappearance remains one of the most enduring mysteries of American western history.
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Texture's & Effect's by William Walton & Topaz.
This is a double exposure of two shots I took in the Thar desert in India. In the vicinity of our desert camp, where we were staying in a full, albeit luxurious, tent, I found a concrete block with reinforcing irons peeking out of it. Since the sun was just setting behind it, I took a picture of it. One day later we had the pleasure of riding camels through sand dunes, which always gives spectacular shots anyway. I created this image from both shots.
Richmond Park is London's largest Royal Park, covering an area of 2,500 acres. It is a National Nature Reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest, of both national and international importance for wildlife conservation.
Richmond Park was established in its present form by King Charles I, who in 1637 turned the area on the hill above Richmond into a hunting park for red and fallow deer. He enclosed the Park with high walls, an action that was not popular with the local residents, although he did allow pedestrians to exercise historic rights of way across it. To this day most of the wall remains, although some sections have been removed over the centuries and the remainder has been rebuilt and reinforced.
Legal action in 1758 by John Lewis, a public-spirited brewer of Richmond, confirmed the right of access for pedestrians at all times and frustrated attempts by the Royal Ranger to prevent such access.
The Park has changed little over the centuries and, although it is surrounded by human habitation, the varied landscape of hills, woodland gardens and grasslands set among ancient trees abounds in wildlife. This incredible environment has been created by centuries of grazing by herds of red and fallow deer.
Some features have been added to the Park. The Isabella Plantation is a stunning woodland garden, which was created after World War II from an existing woodland, and is organically run, resulting in a rich flora and fauna.
Richmond Park is a site of both national and international importance for wildlife conservation. It is London's largest Site of Special Scientific Interest, a National Nature Reserve and a Special Area of Conservation. The Park also incorporates the most important area of lowland acid grassland in the Greater London region. Lowland acid grassland is a priority habitat in the Government's Biodiversity Action Plan.
The Park is a top UK site for ancient trees, particularly oaks, which have great historic and wildlife importance. The trees and associated decaying wood support nationally endangered species of fungi, as well as a remarkable range of nationally scarce invertebrates such as the cardinal click beetle and the stag beetle. Over one thousand species of beetle (more than one quarter of the British list) have been recorded in the Park.
Se encuentra en el municipio de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, Francia, sobre una roca que domina el rio Dordoña y el pueblo de Castelnaud. Fue construido a principios del siglo XII, siendo su propietario Bernard de Casnac, seguidor de la causa Cátara o Albigense.
En 1214, el castillo fue tomado por las tropas de Simon de Montfort, un barón del norte, durante su cruzada contra el Catarismo. Poco después, la fortaleza fue reconstruida.
Durante la Guerra de los Treinta Años el castillo estuvo en manos inglesas. Finalmente, fue tomado por los franceses en 1442, tras un asedio ordenado por Carlos VII. Una vez finalizadas las hostilidades, fue restaurado por la familia Caumont, quien lo había poseído desde 1368. Potenciaron sus defensas: troneras artilleras fueron abiertas en muros bajos y la nueva barbacana y la gran torre artillera fue construida.
Durante las Guerras de Religión (1562-98) el castillo estaba en manos de Geoffroy de Vivans, un soldado protestante llamado El Batallador, natural de Castelnaud. Era tan temido que nunca fue atacado en todo ese tiempo. En el siglo XVII el castillo ya estaba raramente habitado. Abandonado definitivamente tras la Revolución (1789) comenzó su ruina y en el siglo XIX llegó a servir de cantera de materiales. En 1966 una familia francesa compró el castillo arruinado. Poco después fue declarado Monumento de Interés Artístico e Histórico, y se ha sometido a dos campañas de restauración.
Is located in the municipality of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, France, on a rock overlooking the river Dordogne and the village of Castelnaud. It was built at the beginning of the century XII, being its owner Bernard of Casnac, follower of the Cathar cause or Albigensian. In 1214, the castle was taken by the troops of Simon de Montfort, a baron of the North, during the Crusade against Catharism. Shortly after, the fortress was reconstructed. During the Thirty Years War the castle was in the hands of the English.
Finally, was taken by the French in 1442, after a siege ordered by Carlos VII. Once hostilities have ceased, was restored by the Caumont family, who had owned since 1368. Reinforced their defenses: embrasures artilleras were opened in walls and the new low Barbican and the great artillery tower was built.
During the Wars of Religion (1562-98) the castle was in the hands of Geoffroy of Vivans, a Protestant soldier called El Batallador, natural of Castelnaud.
It was so feared that was never attacked in all that time. In the XVII century the castle was already rarely inhabited. Definitively abandoned after the Revolution (1789) began his ruin and in the nineteenth century came to serve as a quarry of materials. In 1966 a French family bought the castle ruins. Shortly after it was declared a Monument of artistic and historical interest, and has been subjected to two campaigns of restoration.
The Elite, or Lotus Type 14, was the first purpose-designed road coupe from the innovative mind of Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars (1952). This endeavor followed his open Six and Seven roadsters and a series of very successful sports racers, starting with his first fully enclosed aerodynamic 1954 Lotus Mk VIII.
Chapman’s approach was always to “add lightness,” instead of moving to bigger, heavier engines. He achieved this for the Elite by pioneering an all-fiberglass monocoque with only localized steel reinforcement. The 1953 Corvette showed the potential of a fiberglass body on a steel chassis, but Chapman took it a step further. The Elite was entirely fiberglass, including its load-bearing structure. Suspension parts and the front subframe supporting the engine, bolted directly to three box sections molded into the fiberglass body. His advanced glass-reinforced composite body panels were lightweight and cost-effective but, more importantly, it was the world’s first fiberglass monocoque production car.
The curvaceous body style was the work of Peter Kirwan-Taylor, John Frayling, and aerodynamicist, Frank Costin. The resulting design had a low drag coefficient of only 0.29. Underneath was an advanced suspension derived from Lotus 12 Formula 2 racing car and used “Chapman struts” at the rear. You can see their tops poking up through the rear window. The resulting build, and combined lighter weight, gave the Elite a nimble, exhilarating performance out of its 75hp 1.2-liter Coventry Climax “Feather Weight Elite” (FEW) inline four-cylinder engine. 1960 Motor magazine road test noted its maximum speed at 111.8 mph with 0–60 mph in 11.4 seconds. “Speed, controllability in all conditions and comfort in all its aspects make this compact two-seat coupe an extremely desirable property,” concluded the road test, calling it a “mettlesome thoroughbred.”
At roughly $5500 with tax, the Series 1 Elite was pricey, but it was gorgeous and fast! Series 2 developments included an improved design of rear suspension, and a better body build by Bristol Aircraft. In 1960, one could option a higher performance, special equipment (SE) Lotus model, like the one seen here. This included a ZF all-synchromesh close-ratio gearbox, two SU carburetors, and a modified exhaust manifold. Altogether, the package developed 85 bhp.
The Lotus Elite offered outstanding performance, but it was expensive to build and nearly bankrupted Lotus. In September 1963, after a mere five years, Elite production came to a halt. Road & Track magazine even ran “An Appreciation and an Obituary” for the elegant little car.
À l'est d'Agrigente, à une distance de seulement 25 km se trouve le chef-lieu Palma di Montechiaro. "Ville du Gattopardo", comme il est universellement connu par le titre du célèbre roman de Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa et l'adaptation du film de Luchino Visconti "Le Guépard"
De lointaines origines, son plurimillennial passé émerge de la découverte de ruines archéologiques qui remontent au 2ème millénaire av. JC et par la présence d'un grand nombre de tombes Sicane (1240 av.JC.).
Dans le territoire on a également trouvé des traces de colonies rhodium-crétois du XIIe siècle av. JC.
En 1350 le château Chiaramonte est construit, il marque le début du chemin historique de Palma. La fondation subséquente de la colonie de la ville, par les frères jumeaux Giulio et Carlo Tomasi, remonte au 3 mai 1637.
Dans le contexte actuel Palma de Montechiaro est un centre agricole très connu, renforcé par un patrimoine archéologique, artistique, naturaliste et paysager d'une rare beauté. Un territoire riche de témoignage qui excelle pour sa beauté naturelle, la mer propre, le soleil, le beaux paysages, les plages de sable fin et la côte sauvage variée et ses caractéristiques falaises d'argile.
To the east of Agrigento, at a distance of only 25 km is the capital of Palma di Montechiaro. "City of Gattopardo", as it is universally known by the title of the famous novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and the adaptation of the film by Luchino Visconti "The Cheetah"
From distant origins, its multi-millennial past emerges from the discovery of archaeological ruins that date back to the 2nd millennium BC. JC and by the presence of a large number of Sicane tombs (1240 BC).
In the territory we also found traces of rhodium-Cretan colonies from the 12th century BC. JC.
In 1350 the Chiaramonte castle was built, it marked the start of the historic route to Palma. The subsequent foundation of the city's colony, by the twin brothers Giulio and Carlo Tomasi, dates back to May 3, 1637.
In the current context Palma de Montechiaro is a very well-known agricultural center, reinforced by an archaeological, artistic, naturalist and landscaped heritage of rare beauty. A territory rich in testimony which excels for its natural beauty, the clean sea, the sun, the beautiful landscapes, the sandy beaches and the varied wild coast and its characteristic cliffs of clay.
L'Église Mère, emblème et réalité précieuse de la ville, date du XVIIe siècle. Expression du baroque sicilien, un grand escalier lui ajoute de la grandeur.
WW2/Cold War defensive anti-submarine barrier.
Steel reinforced concrete pilings.
This surviving 2km section on the Essex side of the Thames estuary marks the border of the MoD Shoeburyness firing range.
LR4163 © Joe O'Malley 2021
Ganter Bridge is a reinforced concrete road bridge which is the longest spanning bridge in Switzerland, located along the Simplon Pass road in the canton of Valais about 10 km (6 mi) south of Brig.
The overall length is 678 m (2,224 ft) with a main span of 174 m (571 ft), and a maximum tower height of 150 m (492 ft).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganter_Bridge
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganterbr%C3%BCcke
The Simplon Pass (French: Col du Simplon; German: Simplonpass; Italian: Passo del Sempione) (2,005 m or 6,578 ft) is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland. It connects Brig in the canton of Valais with Domodossola in Piedmont (Italy).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplon_Pass
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" My name is "ΥΠΑΡΧΩ = I EXIST ... ", said the little Boat in the Messenian Gulf.
Look at Her! Isn't She Charming?
Loved her name and her White-Blue Apparel of Summer.
Yes, ΥΠΑΡΧΩ = I EXIST,for those who have sent Flickr e-mails wondering where I have been.Exciting travel adventures and the prolonged Greek summers always keep me away from Flickr.
Well,I exist ... ,you exist,we all exist and enjoy our temporal infinity as we evolve and devolve our experiences.Our life is a virtuous circle,a loop of actions and events,which allow the loop to be repeated with self-reinforcing practices and processes.
Eternal Return
If Space and Time are Infinite,then Logic follows that our Existence must Recur an Infinite number of Times ...
Yes,I am still alive & thankful to you all for your concern.
"Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence." Pythagoras
" Όλοι ελεύθεροι σαν τα πουλιά ... "
From the Land of Grace ...
C-FFAL, a Boeing 737-2R8C, on approach to runway 23 at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario. It was arriving as RAG100 (Glencore Canada Corporation) from Montreal, Quebec. This aircraft supports the Raglan nickel mine near Kattiniq, Quebec - 1,270 statute miles north northeast of her base at Mississauga.
She began her career as 5H-MRK with Air Tanzania way back in May 1979. The 40-year-old still looked great.
C-FFAL has been worn on this airframe since it arrived in Canada back in January 2005, when it was registered to Falconbridge Limited in Toronto. That mining company was later acquired by Glencore.
Akrokórinthos(High Corinth) is a 575 m high rocky hill on the isthmus of Corinth in Greece, which dominates the area and can be seen for miles around.
During antiquity and the Middle Ages, the hill served as the acropolis of the city of Corinth, to which it was connected by ramparts. From Akrokorinthos long walls ran around the city, all the way to Lechaion, the harbour on the Corinthian Gulf. The Akrokorinthos controlled the only land link with the Peloponnese and for this reason, since Roman times, all successive occupiers have reinforced it and left their mark: Byzantines, Crusaders, Venetians and Turks.
The fortress plateau at the top of Akrokorinthos is surrounded by a wall with a perimeter of 5 km. The entrance to the plateau is on its western flank, where the natural defences are weakest. It is a steep climb to the gatehouse, but once at the top, one has a view up to 60 km in circumference in good weather.
(Dutch Wikipedia translated)
Telecom Tower - London UK
Sony a7r (720nm IR) Olympus Zuiko 21mm f/3.5 @ f/8
Firecrest Ultra 16 Stop ND Filter
Three workers install the steel reinforcing rebars for one of several concrete columns for the second and third floors of an old one-story chapel building under renovation.
Started three years ago, the construction project on about 200-sqm lot was stopped for a few times in the recent past due mainly to coronavirus pandemic.
Captured in Subic, Zambales, Philippines.
For about one hundred feet into the tunnel the surfaces are reinforced with limestone blocks in an arch. Past that, the walls and celling are rough hone, which is shown in the following picture.
#AbFav_RUBBISH_ART_ ⁉️
Reinforced bonds, a METAPHOR OF LIFE, of knots and ropes and hooks.
In one go my favourite colour-combinations.
So, when back from the Continent, having reinforced the bonds with family ... with old friends and new friends...
Yes, the feeling is good!
And this image of some mended nets on the quayside in the harbour in Ostend/ Flanders is the perfect illustration of I how feel and what I mean.
The industrial fishing harbour of Ostend is one of our old hunting-grounds, we still love going there, as there is always something that catches the eye.
With love to you and thank you for ALL your faves and comments! M, (* _ *)
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A Futuro house, or Futuro Pod, is a round, prefabricated house designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen, of which fewer than 100 were built during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The shape, reminiscent of a flying saucer, and the structure's airplane hatch entrance has made the houses sought after by collectors. The Futuro is composed of fiberglass-reinforced polyester plastic, polyester-polyurethane, and poly(methyl methacrylate), measuring 4 metres (13 feet) high and 8 metres (26 feet) in diameter.