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Matera is a city in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy.
As the capital of the province of Matera, its original settlement lies in two canyons carved by the Gravina River. This area, the Sassi di Matera, is a complex of cave dwellings carved into the ancient river canyon. Over the course of its history, Matera has been occupied by Greeks, Romans, Longobards, Byzantines, Saracens, Swabians, Angevins, Aragonese, and Bourbons.
By the late 1800s, Matera's cave dwellings became noted for intractable poverty, poor sanitation, meager working conditions, and rampant disease. Evacuated in 1952, the population was relocated to modern housing, and the Sassi (Italian for "stones") lay abandoned until the 1980s. Renewed vision and investment led to the cave dwellings becoming a noted historic tourism destination, with hotels, small museums and restaurants – and a vibrant arts community.
Known as la città sotterranea ("the underground city"), the Sassi and the park of the Rupestrian Churches were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. In 2019, Matera was declared a European Capital of Culture.Though scholars continue to debate the date the dwellings were first occupied in Matera, and the continuity of their subsequent occupation, the area of what is now Matera is believed to have been settled since the Palaeolithic (10th millennium BC). This makes it potentially one of the oldest continually inhabited settlements in the world. Alternatively it has been suggested by architectural historian Anne Parmly Toxey that the area has been "occupied continuously for at least three millennia and occupied sporadically for 150–700 millennia prior to this".
The town of Matera was founded by the Roman Lucius Caecilius Metellus in 251 BC who called it Matheola. In AD 664 Matera was conquered by the Lombards and became part of the Duchy of Benevento. Architectural historian Anne Parmly Toxey writes that "The date of Matera's founding is debated; however, the revered work of the city’s early chroniclers provides numerous, generally accepted accounts of Goth, Longobard, Byzantine, and Saracen sieges of the city beginning in the eighth century and accelerating through the ninth century AD." In the 7th and 8th centuries the nearby grottos were colonised by both Benedictine and Basilian monastic institutions. The 9th and 10th centuries were characterised by the struggle between the Byzantines and the German emperors, including Louis II, who partially destroyed the city. After the settlement of the Normans in Apulia, Matera was ruled by William Iron-Arm from 1043.
After a short communal phase and a series of pestilences and earthquakes, the city became an Aragonese possession in the 15th century, and was given in fief to the barons of the Tramontano family. In 1514, however, the population rebelled against the oppression and killed Count Giovanni Carlo Tramontano. In the 17th century Matera was handed over to the Orsini and then became part of the Terra d'Otranto, in Apulia. Later it was capital of the province of Basilicata, a position it retained until 1806, when Joseph Bonaparte assigned it to Potenza.
In 1927 it became capital of the new province of Matera.
Key West Cemetery was relocated from Higgs Beach to this site in 1847 after being ravaged by a hurricane the previous year.Over 75000 people are interred here in in-ground and crypt style graves,given the closeness to sea level.Some prominent memorials in the cemetery include those to the Battleship Maine Disaster and one honoring those who served in the 1868 Cuban Revolution.Cultural diversity is in prominent display here as sites range from elaborate markers to simple headstones.
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Volkswagen Transporter Type 2 T2 Camper (1967-79) Engine 1600cc
Registration Number UNU 542 K (Derbyshire)
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The Type 2 Panel vans design was credited to Dutch Volkswagen importer Ben Pon and dates back to drawings he made on a visit to Wolfsburg in 1946. However production had wait as the factory was at capacity building the Volkswagen Type 1 (Beetle). Available in numerous guises the Type 2 came as a Panel Van, Pick Up truck, Bus and Camper van of numerous types
The second generation of the Type 2 the T2 was introduced in 1969. The T2 lost the split screen of the T1 and is slightly larger and is heavier than the earlier T1. At 1.6 L and 35 kW (48 PS; 47 bhp) DIN, the engine was also slightly larger. The new model also did away with the swing axle rear suspension and transfer boxes previously used to raise ride height.
A mid-life face lift updated it to a T2b introducing rounded bumpers and doing away with the step ahead of the front wheel.
In 1972, for the 1973 model year, exterior revisions included relocated front turn indicators, squared off and set higher in the valance, above the headlights. Also, square-profiled bumpers, which became standard until the end of the T2 in 1979, were introduced in 1973 with a compressible structure behind the front bumpers, in order to comply with new US safety regulations
Production of the T2 ceased in Europe and USA in 1979. Not produced in Mexico until 1971 production continued until 1996. Brazilian production commenced in 1976 and is still current, and Argentinian production spanned 1981-86
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Shot 17.04.2022 Weston Park (Classic Car Show), Weston-under-Lizard, Salop 157-404
This amazing Prairie Falcon is getting ready to 'relocate'...it's such a thrill to see these cool birds up close and personal!
I was once told, early in my birding days, that these falcons were common...I never found that to be true!?
Thank you for your visit and comments.
Compare this with the previous shot I took of it (LR2823) from earlier in 2018.
It appears demolition will soon follow for this gem of Georgian British heritage.
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In a very surprising announcement, ServiceMaster recently announced that they would be relocating their corporate offices (including their brands of Terminix and American Home Shield) to Peabody Place in 2017.
BNSF 7520 leads this DOD/Military train of all containers south out of Clarksville, MO. on the BNSF Hannibal Sub. Initially I was hoping for a train of equipment but got snubbed with containers.
I fortunately relocated from Parsons Heath to the station in order to capture this service two hours later top and tailed by 90 019 and the ONE liveried sister. The Anglia Railways liveried buffet vehicle spoils the otherwise uniform Virgin Trains red rake.
Happy Arachtober 17th! Another Giant House Spider relocation mission, we were inundated with these spiders for a time.
Cemetary
In 1942, the United States government ordered more than 110,000 Japanese to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps. Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps.
On October 9, 1990, a ceremony was held to present the first reparations checks. Nine elderly Japanese received $20,000 each and a formal apology signed by President George H. W. Bush. Payments to surviving internees or their heirs continued until 1993, Clinton Administration.
The site was the largest pre-Columbian settlement in Argentina, occupying about 30 hectares. The area dates back to ca 850 AD and was inhabited by the Quilmes people. It is believed that about 5,000 people lived here during its heights.
The site is flanked by two foothills which were fortified.
The Quilmes people fiercely resisted the Inca invasions of the 15th century, and continued to resist the Spaniards for 130 years, until being defeated in 1667.
Spanish invaders relocated the last 2,000 survivors to a reservation (reducción) 20 km south of Buenos Aires. This 1,500 km journey was made by foot, causing hundreds of Quilmes to die in the process. Merely 200 families (about 1,000 people) arrived eventually. By 1726, there were only 141 people. The population was decimated by the high rate of infant mortality and epidemics. According to the last parish priest of the reserve, the last natives died in the late 18th century.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruins_of_Quilmes; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilmes_people
Trying for something new on the Short North. Taken from the carpark at Warnervale Station just up from Wyong was C509 C506 and RL307 on 1491 service to Sandgate from Port Botany otherwise known as Stapo.
Not that we stole anything. We were moving this historical treasure to another location.
You can also check its 1:1 replica from here : maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Galerie%20Gaillard/51/30/152
Moments after the previously shared image, John D and I relocated to a meadow above the dry meandering Sand Creek, to wait for some post sunset colors. The creek passes diagonally across the mid ground, outlined by several tree species including Oak and Almond. That is the majestic Mount Diablo on the horizon...but you already knew that if you follow my stream.
This is a multi-frame pano, 2-exposure(0 & -1.7ev), manually blended as before. Lens is the FA 150mm f/2.8 on the 645Z.
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The relocated and repainted Falls Junction station in Glenwillow gleams in the morning sun as the light power from Wheeling & Lake Erie train 663 passes while running around its train before heading south to Akron.
On February 12, 1991 the C&IM's Manito Road switcher with SD38-2s 70-75-73 are pulling an empty BN coal train from the Powerton Generating station located just south of Pekin. The BN train is symboled 14-DD-017, or the 14th train-West Decker Mine, Montana- Powerton Generating station. There is an SW1200 (23) in the consist because the Manito job is moving it from the engine shed to the south end of the Powerton B yard. The Manito Road switcher began operations in September 1990 to handle the dwindling coal traffic on the C&IM in 1991 and 1992. Manito was a small town located about 7 miles south of Powerton yard. The C&IM believed the new road switcher could cover the Powerton and Havana coal train assignments rather than station three SDs at Powerton, and operate a crew from Springfield with three SDs to handle the Havana coal trains and other miscellaneous business. During the short duration of the Manito RS, the Midland did run an Extra North from Shops about 2 to 3 days a week relaying freight and repaired bad order coal hoppers to Union siding which were interchanged with the Manito RS. The operation lasted a little over a year and by mid-November 1991 the Manito job was abolished and the road switcher was relocated to Powerton where most of the work was anyway. This was at a time when the C&IM was really down on its knees due to a lack of coal traffic. I chased the Manito RS three different times and I am sure glad I did. Not only is the equipment in this photograph long gone, but so is the obscure operations of the C&IM trying to desperately stay afloat after becoming an independent common carrier some four years after the sale of the railroad by Commonwealth Edison. Photo by Ryan Crawford
This is one of my first digital photographs. I’m standing on the ground of the Topaz Internment Camp, where Japanese and Japanese Americans who resided on the West Coast were relocated and interned during World War II. The land is isolated and harsh, sealed off by walls of mountains to the west.
I was experimenting with taking digital photographs on trips while phasing away from SLR film photography. I was not pleased with the quality of the photos with this point-and-shoot digital camera compared to my old Nikon SLR film camera, but digital was convenient.
"The Seven Foot Knoll Light was built in 1855 and is the oldest screw-pile lighthouse in Maryland. It was located atop Seven Foot Knoll in the Chesapeake Bay until it was replaced by a modern navigational aid and relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor as a museum exhibit.
It was initially installed on a rocky shoal called Seven Foot Knoll (at 39.1572°N 76.4034°W), in the mouth of the Patapsco River. The northern tidal reach of this river is the Baltimore Harbor, where the now-decommissioned lighthouse has been placed as a museum exhibit. In 1997 the lighthouse was transferred to the Baltimore Maritime Museum (now the Historic Ships in Baltimore museum) and is permanently installed at the south end of Pier 5.
Constructed of 1-inch (25 mm) rolled iron, the lighthouse consists of three main sections. The gallery deck was located 9 feet (2.7 m) above the average high tide waters. The house was the second section, sitting directly atop the gallery deck. This is where the keeper and his family would live. Atop the housing area was the third section of the lighthouse, the light beacon. A 4th order Fresnel lens was housed in the small light compartment. It was visible for 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi).
The first requests for a light came in 1848, with initial appropriations in 1851. Delays in planning and bidding pushed the start of construction to 1854. The house consisted of a cylindrical structure of wrought iron plates, with the ninth pile in the center. Total construction costs came to $43,000 by its completion the following year. Most parts were fabricated in Baltimore at the Murray and Hazelhurst iron foundry. The parts were then shipped to Seven Foot Knoll by boat where they were assembled atop of the screw piles. Ice, the perennial threat to screw-pile structures, caused damage in 1884 and 1894, leading to the piling of 790 cubic yards (600 m3) of riprap around the piles.
The light was automated in 1949, and fell into disrepair, eventually being supplanted by a skeleton tower. In 1988, the lighthouse was removed from Seven Foot Knoll, carried by a 1000 Ton Capacity Shearleg derrick, and placed ashore in Baltimore's Inner Harbor where it was donated to the city. On August 22, 1989 the lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Aided by the Lady Maryland Foundation (now the Living Classrooms Foundation), many members of the Steinhice family descendants worked to restore the structure prior to its re-opening.
The lighthouse is a contributing element in the Baltimore National Heritage Area and part of the Historic American Engineering Record." (Wikipedia)
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I have just relocated to Prescott, Arizona and have been trying to get situated. It is lovely here and I have been experimenting with landscape photography some more. Thanks for looking!
Prescott, Arizona Photographer
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Toujours partants pour un petit tour de capsule spatiale ! La journée a commencé avec un tour de piste, à proximité de l’ISS (une soixaine de mètres), pour changer de place de parking (Shane a maintenant sa chambre à l’étage, sur le dessus de l’ISS, plutôt que sur le devant). C’était agréable (et une très sérieuse opération) d’enfiler nos scaphandres et de réaliser toutes les procédures de départ… mais pour mieux revenir, il n’est pas encore temps de rentrer !
A good day to take our spacecraft for a spin! Just a short trip around the block, to re-dock to the zenith Space Station port and free up the forward parking spot for upcoming spacecraft, yes, there’s a lot of traffic up here! It felt good to put on our spacesuits and leave the International Space Station… just for a little while, it’s not time to go home just yet. 😃
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Since my boyfriend moved in with me in January the closet/doll room was reassigned as his computer room/ mancave. Since my house is not that big, all of the dolls now live in the living room. It is kinda nice that i can now see them from the couch when i watch t.v.
On our way to find Qwim Qwizzle we ran into the Qwimble Brothers. They were also very interested in Kenzie. They told us a little about the history of Grimwood Burrough. The residents here were older people that once lived in a Northern Kingdom. When they reached the age of 80 they were required to relocate in Grimwood Burrough. So it was a retirement community of sorts. We asked them how it was possible to live amongst the dead trees. They told us that trees only looked dead on the surface. Below ground was a vibrant root system that provided water and and a mealy substance that they used for their porridge. One of the brothers handed us a little bag containing some roots. He said the roots in certain circumstances exhibited magical powers. They were kind enough to point us toward Qwim Qwizzle's house.
Image imagined in MidJourney AI and finished with Topaz Studio and Lightroom Classic.
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Cuyahoga Valley's "Fall Flyer" passes the relocated Boston Mill station and its new parking lot on a beautiful fall afternoon. H/T to Dave Beach for pointing out this new photo angle.
There's a sort of Forest Gumpian function to our lives. A lot of stuff that happens is not probable. If you rewind, stuff that happened seems unbelievable. This is about the past.
Finding a place to live has been a life-long problem in California made worse today by rental housing being converted to short term rentals. In an upscale part of Silicon Valley, I was renting an industrial, former ambulance quarters: set back from the street and within walking distance of everything. A local government official who knew me had introduced me to the landlord. Window air conditioner? TV antenna? The owner could care less if I customized the place. Best of all, the rent was about half of the market rate.
Meanwhile, I stumbled on information about another local deal: a cottage on an abandoned estate (above). I told a friend who taught undergraduate classes. He reported the property had been foreclosed and was owned by a financial institution. The friend quickly moved in.
About a month later he had an opportunity which included relocation. He called me. "This place is tied up in a lawsuit. It's going to be vacant for years. You should move here," he counseled. "I already called the property manager and told them you're moving in." Well, then. I guess it's a done deal.
It was two and a half acre oak woodland in an area of 1-acre minimum lots. There were several buildings. The main house was over 8,000 square feet. You couldn't see the main house from the street. There was a functional, but cold, swimming pool maintained by a pool service. The place was somewhat overgrown and run down but also unreal. The original owner had been a retail chain tycoon. The garage had been built for carriages so my big Dodge would not fit inside the narrow doorways. I joked about it being a 'safe house.' In reality, it wasn't.
My neighbor had a Rolls Royce Silver something-or-other. Another neighbor had an elevator in their house and a diesel generator set that would light up whenever the power failed. There was a Ferrari in the neighborhood. The trappings of wealth were all over. Almost everyone was friendly.
I lived in one of several out buildings (not shown). The main house is shown. The only furniture in the main house was a table and recliner in the dining room used by me for reading. The dining room is the right portion of the building between the two chimneys. The restaurant-sized kitchen is out of frame to the right. The master bedroom is beyond the two-story portion of the home out of frame at left. There had been a lawn and irrigation at one time. These were weeds during the rainy season. I lived there for several years. At the end of my stay, the place was fully renovated. There was structural work. A note, "The leprechauns have been here and everything of value has been removed," was found behind fire brick during repair of one fireplace. Missing gargoyle heads were replaced. You get the picture.
There were many deer. A large, arthritic buck and I developed an understanding. There was a Great Horned Owl. Stellars Jays and Scrub Jays owned the place. Ravens? Yes. I found a fawn's head and vertebrae in the yard which I much later realized was a mountain lion kill.
The chief of a police department inquired about having a bachelor party. Invite a dozen people with guns over for some heavy drinking and running around the swimming pool? No, thank you.
Whoever has the goods to allocate never forgets himself.
- Leon Trotsky
Journalism grade images.
Source: newly scanned grainy 35mm film negative scanned on 4,000 DPI scanner.
Please do not copy this image for any purpose.
iss065e431136 (Sept. 28, 2021) --- The Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft carrying three Expedition 65 crewmates is pictured during its relocation maneuver from the Rassvet module to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.
Under the near unrelenting summer heat, C504 with G513, GM27 and GM22 head into Springhurst as D677v.
2/1/2019