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Trackside Apartments ~ Pathum Wan District ~ Bangkok, Thailand
Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 125, f/13.0, 30mm, .4s
Historical country house also to be opened to the public
As of 1 September, the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam will be using the historical country house, Trompenburg, as an extra location. Trompenburg, which is close to Hilversum, was built after 1677 by Admiral Cornelis Tromp (1621-1691), the son of the legendary Admiral Maarten Harpertsz Tromp. The residence, that was built to resemble a ship, will be open for use by the Rijksmuseum from 1 April to 1 October for holding lectures, small conferences and small-scale exhibitions. In addition, Trompenburg will also be opened to the public a few times each year.
A monument for the Tromp family
Throughout the years, Trompenburg House has been a home to different families, and has been in the care of the Government Buildings Agency as a monument since 1938. Cornelis Tromp, who was the commander-in-chief of the Dutch and Danish fleet, built Trompenburg as a monument for himself and his ancestors, his father in particular. The Tromp family's glory is the theme of the dome hall - which can be seen as the maritime answer to the Oranjezaal, the central chamber in Huis ten Bosch Palace. The dome hall contains the portraits of father and son Tromp and both their wives, portraits of the ships and the naval battles.
Decoration and exhibitions
Trompenburg will not be used for large exhibitions, as the country residence is too small. However, the Rijksmuseum is considering whether the house could be decorated with art works on a limited scale. Where possible, any art work that is selected will be in keeping with the themes of life on a 17th Century country estate and the maritime history of the period of 1630 and 1690.
Due to the limited capacity of Trompenburg House, the exhibitions as well as the lectures and conferences will all be small-scale. The house will be opened to the public once a month during the April-October season (six times in total). A steward will reside at Trompenburg House.
The tallest building in the world designed by a woman, Arq. Jeanne Gang.
101 stories, 1191 feet tall
Floor 83 is a blow through floor that together with 6 tanks (400,000 gallons of water) in the tower top counter act the sway of the blowing wind
This desirable residence is adjacent to the River Wharfe in Wetherby, West Yorkshire.This view is from the opposite bank in the sports field
Taken on my weekly shopping trip to replenish the food stocks
Wetherby is a market town situated close to the county's border with North Yorkshire. The town stands on the River Wharfe, and for centuries has been a crossing place and staging post on the Great North Road midway between London and Edinburgh
The 900 block of N. McClean Street, on the east side of Bloomington's Franklin Square, has an interesting history in terms of Illinois politics. Of the four stately residences on this block, three were home to late 19th and early 20th century gubernatorial candidates: Joseph W. Fifer, who served one term as Illinois Governor from 1889 to 1893; Adlai Stevenson I, who served as Vice President of the United States under Grover Cleveland from 1893 to 1897, but then lost a close race for governor in 1908; and Frank H. Funk, who ran and lost as the Progressive "Bull Moose" Party candidate for Illinois Governor in 1912.
This post looks at the Queen Anne style Bates-Funk House which was built about 1891 for T. M. Dates, the superintendent of transportation for the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company. Frank H. Funk (1869-19, grandson of McLean County pioneer Isaac Funk, lived in the house from 1897 to 1924.
Frank Funk was born in Bloomington in 1869. He was a Yale graduate, managed over 2,000 acres of farmland, and also had an extensive political career. He was elected state senator to the Illinois General Assembly in 1909, and held that position until 1913. As previously noted, Funk ran for Illinois governor on the Bull Moose ticket in 1912 making him the third person living in the 900 block of N. McClean St. to be a party-nominated candidate for the Illinois governorship between 1888 and 1912. Frank Funk finished his political career as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representative from 1921 to 1927. Funk died in Bloomington at the age of 71 in 1940.
The Bates-Funk House is a contributing property in Bloomington's Franklin Square Historic District, which is located northwest of downtown Bloomington. The Square is named in honor of Franklin Price, who was the mayor of Bloomington Mayor in 1856 when land for the Square was gifted to the city.
Franklin Square was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and was designated a local historic district in 1979. The houses of Franklin Square were built in a variety of architectural styles from the mid 19th century through the early 20th century, including Georgian Revival, Italianate, Colonial, Queen Anne, and Richardsonian Romanesque.
Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. It is adjacent to Normal, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area. Bloomington is 135 miles (217 km) southwest of Chicago, and 162 miles (261 km) northeast of St. Louis. The estimated population of Bloomington in 2019 was 77,330, with a metro population of 191,067.
Rows of balconies at the Park Lake Residences located on Lakeshore Boulevard West. Completed in 2010, the condo was designed by Burka Architects Inc and developed by Pemberton Group.
The village of Varik with its mill. The name of the mill is Bol. The Bol is a grain mill in Varik in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
particulier. Build in 1867. The mill's sails are 21.5 meters long and feature traditional Dutch fencing. The mill's interior consists of a pair of millstones. The mill is also used as a private residence.
I used Samyang 12mm lens on my Fujifilm XE3
Property of the Crown, then royal residence, Chenonceau Castle is an exceptional site not only because of its original design, the richness of its collections, its furniture and its decorations, but also because of its destiny, since it was loved, administrated and protected by women, who were all extraordinary and who, for the most part have marked history.
For the historical background, the “Château des Dames” was built in 1513 by Katherine Briçonnet, and successively embellished by Diane de Poitiers then Catherine de Medici. Chenonceau was protected from the hardship of the revolution by Madame Dupin.
The iron, but very feminine, fist in the velvet glove has always preserved Chenonceau during times of conflict and war in order to make it forever a place of peace.
Chenonceau Castle has an exceptional museum collection of the Old Masters’ paintings: Murillo, Le Tintoret, Nicolas Poussin, Le Corrège, Rubens, Le Primatice, Van Loo... as well as an extremely rare selection of Flanders Tapestries from the 16th century.
Throughout its history, this emblematic Castle has always attracted talent and inspired great artists. Conveying beauty and combining the elegance of architecture with that of the spirit is also sharing an elegant way of life.
At Chenonceau Castle, the flower display in every sumptuously furnished room adds to its elegance. The room of Five Queens, the living room of Louis XIV, the grand gallery overlooking the River Cher, fabulous kitchens constructed in the piers of the bridge, the Green Cabinet of Catherine de Medici...Step by step, Chenonceau takes you back in time to share its dreams and reveal its secrets.
[...] Da gik de højeste til Domstole,
hver hellig Gud, og paa det grunded:
Nat og Næde Navn blev givet,
Navn fik Morgen og Midjedag,
Unden og Aften, Aar at tælle. [...]
(Translation:
[...] Then sought the gods | their assembly-seats,
The holy ones, | and council held;
Names then gave they | to noon and twilight,
Morning they named, | and the waning moon,
Night and evening, | the years to number [...])
[VǪLUSPÁ - The Wise Woman's Prophecy - Chap. 6]
The Royal Residence @ Mus.A. (Museum of Archeology), center for Archaeology and Ancient History. Educational Region.
A Timeline photo charter at Didcot MPD. 6998 Burton Agnes Hall and 5900 Hindeton Hall side by side in the depot.
Dear friends ushered us on a tour around York PA. I asked for a stop on rural Knights Run road so I could take this 18 image pano overlooking the Susquehanna river. I'm sure the residence of these houses enjoy the daily view.
Koizumu Yagumo (小泉八雲) is a pseudonym of Patric Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) who was born in Lafcada island, Greece to an Irish father and a greek mother. He emigrated to the USA and worked as journalist. He came to Japan as correspondent, visited Matsue, had a Japanese wife from a Samurai family in Matsue, and lived in this Samurai house. Koizumi is the family name of his wife. Yagumo means Izumo province.
He cancelled the correspondent contract, worked as writer and English lecturer, naturalised to Japan and died in Tokyo.
He was a pioneer Japanologist who developed a deep understanding of Japanese cultures. His best known work is "Kwaidan (怪談 spooky stories)" which is a collection of Japanese folk tales on ghosts and spectres.
His former residence is now converted to a museum for his achievements.
Looking down from our perch on sandstone bluffs above camp, appreciating how these boulders had tumbled downhill at some point in the last three million years and taken up residence among the trees.
Located in Scoharie Village New York. The dog provided by Flouffy, an Unsplash.com photographer. I thank him for his generosity. Tha car was photographed in one of our local antique car shows by myself.
Résidence Higher Roch is a 57 metres tall residential building completed in 2022 and located next to Saint-Roch railway station in Montpellier. It was designed by Philippe Bonon and A+ Architecture.
Die 1470 geweihte Burgkapelle St. Peter und Paul wurde im gotischen Baustil aus rotem Backstein errichtet Im Inneren der Kirche findet sich hinter dem Altar ein Heiligenrelief. Die Wände und die spitzbogige Gewölbedecke sind mit reichen Verzierungen bemalt. Die Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz bezeichnet die Burg Ziesar insbesondere wegen ihrer fast vollständig erhaltenen Gewölbe- und Wandmalereien in der Burgkapelle als „ein Kunstdenkmal von europäischem Rang.
Eine gemauerte Empore erstreckt sich auf der westlichen und auf Rundbögen ruhend auf der nördlichen Seite. In der Westwand befinden sich zwei segmentbogige Verblendungen.
In den Jahren 2002 bis 2008 wurden im Inneren der Burgkapelle umfangreiche Restaurierungsmaßnahmen durchgeführt. Dabei wurden die Wandmalereien im Kircheninneren unter der Kalkfarbe wieder zum Vorschein gebracht. Die Kapelle zeigt sich heute in ihrem Zustand von 1530, als sie neu ausgemalt wurde. Dass sich bereits in den 1930er Jahren die Wandmalereien unter der Kalktünche abzeichneten, zeigt die Beschreibung des Kunsthistorikers Udo von Alvensleben:
„Auf der Burg von Ziesar, einst eine Residenz der Bischöfe von Brandenburg, entdecke ich eine spätgotische Backsteinkapelle, die mit St. Stephan in Tangermünde und Brandenburger Bauten verwandt ist. Es ist eine der eigentümlichsten und schönsten Innenräume der nordischen Backsteingotik. Nie kommt jemand in das sehr entlegene und völlig unbekannte Ziesar. Die Kapelle ist ganz leer, bis auf einen gemauerten, mit einer Steinplatte bedeckten Altar, über dem ein Weihrelief mit fünf Heiligen von 1470 eingelassen ist. Die spätgotische Bemalung ist fast vollständig erhalten – dargestellt waren Maßwerkornamente, Rosen, Fischblasenmuster – und überzieht die Wände und Gewölbe mit einem unbestimmten grünlichen Ton. Dazu das warme, bläuliche Rot des alten Backsteins und die strenge, noch ursprüngliche Bleiverglasung der Fenster. Ein schmales Holzkreuz von edlen Proportionen schließt die gerade Chorwand ab. Diese Kapelle könnte neben den berühmtesten der Christenheit bestehen.…“ Nach der Reformation gingen Burg und Kapelle in kurfürstlichen Besitz über. Nach dem Verkauf der Burg 1819 an private Besitzer verblieb die Kapelle in staatlichem Besitz. : Sie wurde den Calvinisten als Gotteshaus übergeben, die als Bilderfeinde zunächst die Wandmalereien übertünchten, aber sie dadurch auch konservierten. Nach Gründung der Unierten Kirche 1817 und dem Auszug der Calvinisten diente sie zunächst als Lagerraum, bis August Stüler und Ferdinand von Quast (als erster Denkmalsschützer Preußens) ihren Wert erkannten und von 1859 – 1864 eine erste Restauration veranlassten. Ab 1953 wurde sie der katholischen Gemeinde von Ziesar übergeben, die sie auch heute noch nutzt.
Verschiedene Quellen, vor allem de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Ziesar
The castle chapel of St Peter and Paul, consecrated in 1470, was built in the Gothic style using red brick. Inside the chapel, behind the altar, there is a relief depicting a saint. The walls and the pointed-arch vaulted ceiling are painted with rich decorations. The German Foundation for Monument Protection describes Ziesar Castle as ‘an artistic monument of European significance’, particularly due to the almost completely preserved vault and wall paintings in the castle chapel.
A brick gallery extends along the western side and, resting on round arches, along the northern side. The west wall features two segmental-arched false arches.
Between 2002 and 2008, extensive restoration work was carried out inside the castle chapel. During this work, the wall paintings inside the chapel were revealed once more from beneath the lime wash. Today, the chapel appears as it did in 1530, when it was repainted. The fact that the wall paintings were already visible beneath the lime wash as early as the 1930s is evident from the description by the art historian Udo von Alvensleben:
‘At Ziesar Castle, once a residence of the Bishops of Brandenburg, I discover a late-Gothic brick chapel akin to St Stephen’s in Tangermünde and other Brandenburg buildings. It is one of the most distinctive and beautiful interiors of Northern Brick Gothic architecture. No one ever visits the very remote and completely unknown Ziesar. The chapel is completely empty, apart from a masonry altar covered with a stone slab, above which is set a consecration relief depicting five saints, dating from 1470. The late-Gothic painting is almost entirely preserved – depicting tracery motifs, roses and fish-bladder patterns – and covers the walls and vaults in an indistinct greenish hue. Added to this is the warm, bluish-red of the old brickwork and the austere, still original leaded glazing of the windows. A slender wooden cross of elegant proportions crowns the straight chancel wall. This chapel could stand alongside the most famous in Christendom…’
Following the Reformation, the castle and chapel passed into the possession of the Elector. Following the sale of the castle to private owners in 1819, the chapel remained in state ownership. It was handed over to the Calvinists as a place of worship; as opponents of images, they initially whitewashed the murals, but in doing so also preserved them. Following the founding of the United Church in 1817 and the departure of the Calvinists, it initially served as a storeroom until August Stüler and Ferdinand von Quast (Prussia’s first monument conservationist) recognised its value and commissioned an initial restoration between 1859 and 1864. From 1953, it was handed over to the Catholic parish of Ziesar, which still uses it today.
Various sources, in particular de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Ziesar
Painterly conversion of an underexposed shot of a section of the Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos Residence in Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
Galerie sous arcades du Palais-Royal à Paris, nommée ainsi en l'honneur de Louis-Philippe, Duc de Valois.