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The earliest structure appears to have been built on the site at the end of the 5th century.[ A subsequent Romanesque structure was built on its ruins. The current structure, built upon the original one, dates to the first half of the 12th century.
Between the 12th and 15th centuries the cathedral was reshaped in the form of late Gothic architecture. It was restructured in the 15th century. The most important renovation dates to 1652 to repair the damage caused by earthquakes in 1626. The last major restoration was between 1867 and 1878.
remodulated, restructured, redistilled, red eye'd gravy, red eye flight, ready for prime time.
the panels following in the stream should be easier for recognizing icons and to add notes too.
bon apetite, amis!
i'm taking a break for a few days, so i'll see y'all in the new week. cheers and good shootin'
please - there is plenty of room for notes on the following images. :)
Tiger and Turtle nimmt über die in ihm angelegte Dialektik von Geschwindigkeit und Stillstand Bezug auf die Umbruchsituation in der Region und deren Wandel durch Rückbau und Umstrukturierung. Indem die Skulptur die dem Bild der Achterbahn anhaftenden Erwartungen ad absurdum führt, reflektiert sie ihre eigene Rolle als potentielles überregionales Wahrzeichen, welches zwangsläufig als Bild vereinnahmt wird. Sie stellt der Logik des ewigen Wachstums eine absurd‐widersprüchliche Struktur entgegen, die sich einer eindeutigen Interpretation widersetzt.“
– Heike Mutter und Ulrich Genth: PM der Künstler vom 19. November 2011 auf phaenomedia.org
Tiger and Turtle, through the dialectic of speed and stillness, is referring to the upheaval situation in the region and its change through dismantling and restructuring. By sculpturing the absurdity of the image of the roller coaster, the sculpture reflects its own role as a potential supraregional landmark, which is inevitably taken as an image. It counteracts the logic of eternal growth with an absurdly contradictory structure that opposes a clear interpretation. "
- Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth: PM of the artists of 19 November 2011 on phaenomedia.org
The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark. Augustusburg Palace (German: Schloss Augustusburg) and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.
The palaces were built at the beginning of the 18th century by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Clemens August of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family. The architects were Johann Conrad Schlaun and François de Cuvilliés. The main block of Augustusburg Palace is a U-shaped building with three main storeys and two levels of attics. The magnificent staircase was designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann.
The gardens were designed by Dominique Girard. An elaborate flower garden for an area south of the palaces was also designed, but it was restructured by Peter Joseph Lenné in the 19th century and turned into a landscape garden. Attempts to renovate the area have proven difficult, due to poor source material availability.
Falkenlust hunting lodge was designed by François de Cuvilliés and built from 1729 to 1740, in the style of the Amalienburg hunting lodge in the park of Nymphenburg Palace.
From shortly after World War II until 1994, Augustusburg was used as a reception hall for guests of state by the German President, as it is not far from Bonn, which was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany at that time.
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De voorbije week doken er berichten op dat het erg interessante spoorwegmuseum van Chabówka in Polen een zware herstructurering te wachten staat. Hoe dit ook afloopt, het toont weer maar eens aan dat niks meer vanzelfsprekend is in een wereld waar enkel het economische belang nog lijkt te tellen. Hopelijk worden er oplossingen gevonden, want dit museum ligt midden in één van de meest toeristische regio’s van Polen en is een bezoek meer dan waard.
Hoe dan ook zijn de fantastische ritten op de berglijn van Chabówka naar Nowy Sącz in hun klassieke vorm voorbij, want de ooit knappe spoorlijn wordt momenteel gemoderniseerd en geëlektrificeerd. Bochten worden daarbij rechtgetrokken, de telegraafmasten en mechanische beveiliging werden op de meeste plaatsen al verwijderd. In de zomer van 2021 kon voor het laatst worden genoten van de jaarlijkse toeristische ritten op de authentieke berglijn. Tot mijn groot plezier werd op alle vier dagen van mijn bezoek de bijzonder indrukwekkende Okz32-2 ingezet voor deze toeristische ritten.
Deze tenderlocomotief heeft een bijzonder indrukwekkend geluid, waarbij ter plekke vaak minutenlang van de luide en vet klinkende cilinderslagen kon worden genoten. Het allermooiste punt om deze koningin te fotograferen was toch wel deze S-bocht nabij Przymiarki. De stoker mag goed aan de bak, want het gaat in één ruk over 9km erg steil bergop vanaf Mszana Dolna tot Kasina Wielka.
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Last week, worrying news was spread that the very interesting railway museum of Chabówka in Poland is facing heavy restructuring. However this turns out, it shows once again that nothing can be taken for granted anymore in a world where only economic interests seem to count. Hopefully solutions will be found, as this interesting museum is situated in the middle of one of Poland's most touristic regions and really deserves the attention of local visitors.
Anyway, the fantastic rides on the mountain line from Chabówka to Nowy Sącz in their classic form are over, as the impressive mountain line is currently being modernised and electrified. Curves are being straightened in the process, telegraph masts and mechanical semaphores have already been removed in most places. In summer 2021, the annual tourist rides on the authentic mountain line could be enjoyed for the last time. Much to my delight, on all four days of my visit, the particularly impressive Okz32-2 was used for these tourist rides.
This tender locomotive has a very heavy sound, where the loud and fat-sounding cylinder strokes could often be enjoyed for minutes on the spot. Surely the very best point to photograph this queen was this S-curve near Przymiarki. The stoker gets to work well, as it goes in one stretch over 9km of very steep uphill from Mszana Dolna to Kasina Wielka.
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John Pierpont Morgan or J.P. Morgan was born in Hartford Connecticut in 1837 to a very distinguished and well off New England family which already contributed greatly to the fledgling United States. Morgan’s mother Juliet Pierpont was related to James Pierpont who founded Yale University down in New Haven Connecticut. J.P.’s paternal grandfather founded Aetna Insurance right in Hartford where he was born. His father Junius Spencer Morgan operated a successful Hartford dry-goods company before becoming a partner in a London-based merchant banking firm. J.P. Morgan after finishing high school in Boston was off to Germany to the University of Göttingen in Germany. He returned to the states and trained as an accountant for New York banking firm of Duncan, Sherman and Company. J.P. then went to work with his dad and form an alliance with Philadelphia banker Drexel to form Drexel, Morgan and Company which would eventually be reorganized in 1895 as J.P. Morgan and Company one of the most powerful and important banking houses in the world that today still exists as J.P. Morgan Chase.
J.P. Morgan always had an eye on the big picture financially, after the Civil War he eyes the limping railroad industry. Morgan purchased many of the small railroad companies that were on the verge of collapse, restructured most of them imposing his own standards to the railroad industry. Among his railroad holdings were New York Central, the New Haven and Hartford, Pennsylvania, Southern and North Pacific Railroads. J.P. Morgan fostered the merger of the Edison General Electric Company with the Thompson-Houson Electric Company to form General Electric the new company would go on to become the primary electrical-equipment company of the United States. Morgan financed the creation of the Federal Steel Company which he would eventually merge with Carnegie Steel Company to form the power United States Steel Company (US Steel) which was the big gun in steel until foreign steel started entering this country.
Morgan though was also an ardent art collector and a collector of fine literature and books and particularly in the last two decades of his life it took a life of its own. J.P. would spend over $60 million dollars on art (~$900 million today). What was his taste so to speak? Well he put together a collection of Western civilization that spanned the full range of artistic and human achievement. The thousands of pieces he acquired ranged from bronzes, porcelains, watches, ivories, and paintings to furniture, tapestries, armor, and ancient Egyptian artifacts as well as the rare books, manuscripts, drawings, prints, and ancient artifacts. As his collection that were both in London and New York grew, in New York in particular it outgrew the treasure room of his basement at 219 Madison Avenue. J.P. Morgan commissioned the McKim, Mead and White Firm in 1902 to build the proper edifice for the collection. The design was undertaken by Charles McKim himself, who was instructed to build a separate magnificent building adjacent to his New York home to house the collections with the instructions from J.P. himself “I want a gem.”
When J.P. Morgan passed away in 1913, and estimated two thirds to three quarters of his $60 million dollar fortune was his collections of arts and books. His son J.P. Morgan Junior or Jack Morgan as he was know was left the ultimate disposition of his late father’s collections. The instructions in J.P. Morgan’s will? To make said objects “permanently available for the instruction and pleasure of the American people” So Jack did have to liquidate some of the art to pay taxes and maintain the liquidity of the estate, he donated large portions to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Connecticut, but the books, manuscripts and drawings remained intact and became the core of the Morgan’s collection. In 1924 Jack Morgan transferred the ownership to a board of trustees and established the Morgan as a public institution the Morgan Library & Museum . This image I have taken here is of the library, H. Siddons Mowbray's decorative scheme on the ceilings, the beautiful stacks, just a gem as J.P. had requested. The Morgan holds musical performances, and readings, there are ample activities throughout the year. A beautiful often overlooked museum just a few blocks east of the Empire State Building.
Taken with Olympus E-5 with Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD lens handheld processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
Essar Steel Algoma is currently, again, under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act: A Canadian law that allows financially troubled corporations the opportunity to plan and restructure their affairs to avoid bankruptcy.
il piccolo vecchio ex teatro "san carlo" a silvano pietra (pv), edificio costruito attorno agli anni 1920/1930, unico esempio di edificio in stile "liberty" della provincia di pavia.
recentemente acquistato dal comune di silvano pietra, in attesa di ristrutturazione.
the little old ex theater "san carlo" in silvano pietra (pv), which was built around the year 1920/1930, perhaps unique example of building in style "liberty" of the province of pavia.
recently bought by the "silvano pietra" city, waiting for restructuring.
Our old tent (RIP) at Basin Creek.
The NPS built a new site here that put the tent pad and cooking area right underneath the bear pole -- thus violating a number of its own regulations and recommendations.
So we found a lower-impact site out here, with a nice sunrise view.
The NPS also restructured the campsite access, which involved a quarter-mile or so without a spur trail. That was fine, but the new access is on the opposite side of a junction than the old access on all the maps. That's an important detail we would have liked to know when we picked up our permit, but fortunately another party warned us.
Originally intended for subsidiary Silk Air, the group's order of of 737 MAXes was transferred to SQ following the restructuring of the group during COVID.
Vistula River viewed from the Tyniec Abbey near Kraków.
The Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec is picturesquely situated on a limestone hill on the bank of the Vistula River, today in administrative city limit of Kraków, 12-13 km off the city centre.
The Tyniec Abbey was founded in 1044 by Kazimierz Odnowiciel (Casimir the Restorer), the son and the successor of the King Mieszko II Lambert and Richeza of Lotharingia, daughter of Emperor Otto II. It was probably through her intermediation that the first monks came to Kraków from Cologne (her hometown).
The monastery played an important role in the restauration of the Polish state and Church after the pagan come back and the Czech invasion. The first abbot of Tyniec, Aron, becomed a Bishop of Cracow. He received the title of an archbishop, which suggests his responsibility for the renovation of the Church structures in the whole Poland.
In the second half of the 11th century a Romanesque monastery complex was created, including a three-aisle basilica. Very quickly it became a centre of spiritual and cultural life, but it also served as a stronghold on the outskirts of Krakow and was often put to test by enemy forces.
In the early 14th century, when Władysław Łokietek (Vladislaus the Elbow-High) fought for the throne in Krakow, Tyniec supported his cause, gaining the favour of the prince and future king. The rule of Kazimierz Wielki (Casimir III the Great) and the Jagiellonian era formed a golden period in the history of Tyniec Abbey. The late 14th and early 15th centuries are the time of ecclesiastic reform undertaken by Piotr Wysz, the Krakow Bishop. In the second half of the 15th century, Tyniec Abbey was ruled by two outstanding abbots: Maciej of Skawina and Andrzej Ożga. They deserve the credit for building the Gothic church and restructuring the monastery buildings.
The political events of the latter half of the 18th century in Poland did not omit or spare Tyniec Abbey. During the fights of the Bar Confederates, the abbey was turned into a modern fortress, whose focal point was the monastery hill, protected by a system of earthworks on the nearby hillocks. The main period of fights over Tyniec began on 20 May 1771 and went on for over a year, until the capitulation which the Confederates entered into with the Austrian troops. The ongoing warfare wreaked considerable destruction in the abbey. The war campaigns led by Napoleon Bonaparte finally brought about its decline.
On 8 September 1816, the Austrian Emperor Francis I signed a decree dissolving the abbey. In the ensuing years, the monastery furnishings, the church treasury, the library and the archives were removed from the site. Abandoned, the monastery buildings turned into ruins. The only part that remained operational was the church, where the authorities moved the parish.
The Benedictines returned to Tyniec on 30 July 1939. The rebuilding of the monastery commenced after World War II, in 1947. The difficult conditions of the post-war reality made it possible to complete the work only at the start of the 21st century. The architecture of the abbey is indicative of its long and turbulent history. Partly preserved are the Romanesque foundations dating back to the latter half of the 11th century (church) and the late 11th/early 12th centuries (parts of the monastery, including the wall of the Romanesque church and the portal seen from the cloister). The cloistered walkways and the main part of the church (the uncovered Gothic windows in the presbytery and fragments of the portal) date back to the latter half of the 15th century. The decoration of the church is primarily the outcome of the 17th-century redevelopment while much of its furnishings date back to the mid-18th century (large altar, pulpit, side chapels).
I have been part of Shutterstock’s success for the past 13 1/2 years. To be told, “We respect your love of photography, but due to restructuring, we have to let you go….”. This, just before the holidays. How does one digest this? I have over 45 years of experience in the photo industry. I have, had, no intention of stopping. I am not going to. For the past year I seemingly trained my replacements. I am not a high salary employee by any means. Shutterstock got more than their money’s worth with me. I have a family to support. A young son. My employment gave us health insurance. I have 30 days to find affordable insurance as COBRA is ridiculously expensive.
The economy stinks. With the new administration coming in, with all its bluster, it is almost a guarantee to worsen. When the CEO spoke to the company back in September, he said,” We have to learn to live with ambiguity.” Well, we all knew what was going to happen.
I’m angry. I’m sad. I’m scared. I feel alone. I know what I need to do and am reaching out to all that can. Getting through this as an older adult looking for work, just adds another layer. I so appreciate those who have reached out and have had conversations with. This helps so much. Time feels limited, but I know I have a period of adjustment to get through.
Studio... "Built in 1536 to a design by the architect of Palazzo Te, they were dedicated to the fish trade. The building consisted of two porticoes with round arches in the typical Julian ashlar, with an attic above where there are rectangular windows framed by pilasters. The fishmongers were placed on the sides of the medieval bridge that spanned the Rio, a stream that crosses the city of Mantua from Lake Superior to Lake Inferiore.
They were also connected to the Beccherie, the public slaughterhouse built in the same years, again based on designs by Giulio Romano between the Pescherie and San Silvestro bridges. However, the slaughterhouse was demolished in 1872, creating a pedestrian passage under which a long row of columns was preserved, remaining evidence of the splendid building designed by Giulio Romano. Towards the end of the 19th century, the Pescherie too were restructured, losing their original function. Studio... Built in 1536 to a design by the architect of Palazzo Te, they were dedicated to the fish trade. The building consisted of two porticoes with round arches in the typical Julian ashlar, with an attic above where there are rectangular windows framed by pilasters. The fishmongers were placed on the sides of the medieval bridge that spanned the Rio, a stream that crosses the city of Mantua from Lake Superior to Lake Inferiore." (Wikipedia)
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"Edificate nel 1536 su progetto dell'architetto di palazzo Te, erano dedicate al commercio del pesce. La costruzione era costituita da due porticati ad archi tondi nel tipico bugnato giuliesco, con attico sovrastante dove si aprono finestre rettangolari incorniciate da lesene. Le pescherie erano poste ai lati del ponte di epoca medievale che scavalcava il Rio, corso d'acqua che attraversa la città di Mantova dal lago Superiore al lago Inferiore.
Erano altresì collegate alle Beccherie, il macello pubblico realizzato negli stessi anni, sempre su disegni di Giulio Romano tra i ponti delle Pescherie e di San Silvestro. Il macello fu però demolito nel 1872, creando un passaggio pedonale sotto il quale è stata salvaguardata una lunga fila di colonne, residua testimonianza dello splendido edificio progettato da Giulio Romano. Verso la fine del secolo XIX anche le Pescherie furono ristrutturate, perdendo la loro originaria funzione." (Wikipedia)
Tata Steel has ceased operations of Blast Furnace 5 (seen on the left) at its Port Talbot plant in south Wales, as part of its ongoing restructuring programme. Blast Furnace 4 (on the right) will shut down in a matter of days at the end September 2024 and will thus end Port Talbot's (and the UK’s) ability to produce liquid iron from iron ore.
The decision is driven not so much by climate change but by the need to cut financial losses, reportedly exceeding £1 million per day. An electric arc furnace will be commissioned around 2027 in a move towards more sustainable production methods.
In this scene, Class 66 No. 66105, is seen passing the Blast Furnaces with steel coil in tow, on the 06:40 Margam to Trostre working (6B26).
"Hallbera Viking". 2023-01-29 Last service for SAS Amsterdam-Arlanda as SK1556.
2023-02-01 Ferry flight Arlanda-Chateauroux as SK9223. Returned to lessor in order to reduce costs.
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Netherlands, Amsterdam Zuid Oost, Arena Boulevard, Mageastores and offices (Sjoerd Soeters), Tree.
Shot during a Arena Boulevard & Bijlmer walk and lunch with Arlette.
Best viewed: LARGE.
Intitolata ai 12 principali discepoli di Gesù, è l’unica basilica di Roma che non sia stata costruita su edifici romani preesistenti, anche se furono utilizzati materiali di spoglio. Fondata probabilmente nel VI secolo da papa Pelagio e distrutta da un terremoto a metà del Trecento, fu ristrutturata nel XV secolo da Martino V, che apparteneva alla potente famiglia Colonna e che destinò il palazzo contiguo a sede pontificia. Allo stesso secolo risalgono il portico che precede la facciata e il grandioso affresco dell’abside con l’Ascensione di Melozzo da Forlì, rimosso nel 1711, i cui frammenti sono oggi divisi tra i Musei Vaticani e il Palazzo del Quirinale.
Named after the 12 main disciples of Jesus, it is the only basilica in Rome that was not built on pre-existing Roman buildings, even if bare materials were used. Probably founded in the sixth century by Pope Pelagius and destroyed by an earthquake in the mid-fourteenth century, it was restructured in the fifteenth century by Martin V, who belonged to the powerful Colonna family and who destined the adjoining building as a papal seat. The portico that precedes the facade and the grandiose fresco in the apse with the Ascension of Melozzo da Forlì, removed in 1711, date back to the same century, the fragments of which are now divided between the Vatican Museums and the Quirinal Palace.
The windmill Rosa in the centre of the municipality of Gettorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Some background information:
Rosa is a former grist mill in the municipality of Gettorf, which is located in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde between the city of Kiel and the town of Eckernförde. The windmill was built in 1869 by the millwright Carl Friedrich Trahn at the request of the miller Wilhelm Theodor Johannsen. Until 1946, the mill was used for grinding grain. Between 1977 and 1982, it was restored by the "Association for the Preservation of the Gettorf Windmill". Today, the windmill Rosa serves as a community library and is used as a wedding location, but has also become the landmark of Gettorf.
Technically speaking, Rosa is a typical Dutch smock mill. It consists of a of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, shingled tower with six sides. The cap on top rotates to bring the sails into the wind. This type of windmill got its name from its resemblance to smocks worn by farmers in an earlier period. But in Germany, it is called "Galerieholländer", which can be translated as "gallery Dutchman" because this type of windmill with a gallery is rather common in the Netherlands. Furthermore, it was the Dutch engineer and millwright Jan Adriaanszoon Leeghwater, who invented the rotating cap.
The community of Gettorf, where the windmill Rosa is located, has more than 7,700 residents. It was likely founded between 1190 and 1220 by Jutish and Saxon settlers. Its development was driven by the increasing deforestation of the Jarnwith region and its advantageous geographic location. The town is situated approximately seven kilometres (4.4 miles) north of the former isthmus between the old Levensau and the Eider rivers and is intersected by a secondary military road running northward.
In 1259, Gettorf was first mentioned in a document under the name "Ghetdorpe". However, the parish church of St Juergen was already erected around 1250. At that time it was named after Saint Nicholas of Myra and the Virgin Mary, but later it was renamed after Saint George. In the 14th and 15th centuries, it became a church of pilgrimage, which meant that a lot of pilgrims had to be provided for in Gettorf.
In 1523, the Reformation found its way into the community and after the pilgrimage chapel attached to the church was knocked down in 1619, the influx of pilgrims came to a halt. Only little is known about Gettorf’s history in the following centuries, but in 1876, Gettorf was granted the right to self-administration. In 1889, it even became an independent administrative district. At that time, the municipality had more than 1,200 inhabitants.
From 1918 to 1922, Gettorf station served as the starting point for the military railway line Gettorf–Stohl. Between 1925 and 1932, it was also used for freight transport by the Dänischer Wohld Railway Cooperative, connecting to the Neu-Bülk estate. Additionally, a 600-mm narrow-gauge military railway operated from Stohl (now part of Schwedeneck) to Marienfelde (now part of Strande), supplying munitions to the Marienfelde artillery and supporting operations at the Kiel harbor.
From 1948, the municipalities of Gettorf, Lindau, and Neudorf-Bornstein formed the administrative unit of Gettorf. Following administrative reforms in 1970, Gettorf transitioned from the Eckernförde district to the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, In 1979, the adminstrative unit of Gettorf was dissolved, making Gettorf an independent municipality. As part of Schleswig-Holstein's administrative restructuring, Gettorf rejoined the administrative unit of Dänischer Wohld (in English: "Danish Wahld") in 2008, which it had already served as the administrative seat.
Today, Gettorf is a vibrant community on the Dähnischer Wohld, a peninsula that is located between bays of Eckernförde in the north and Kiel in the south. Its economy is characterized by small craft businesses and medium-sized service and commercial enterprises. The municipality has mainly gained regional recognition for the Gettorf Zoo, a privatly owned animal park with more than 120 animal species.
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“To understand is to perceive patterns.” - Isaiah Berlin
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[This image is a sequel to this older one of mine: www.flickr.com/photos/kindranikole/8576087001/ .
This is the third year running where I've shot a self-portrait in the same cherry-blossom tree just as it blooms. I like the idea of returning to the same exact location to shoot and leaving with wildly different results each time due to circumstance, artistic evolution, stagnancy, whatever. It reminds me of how no two sunsets are the same, of how the earth is undergoing constant restructuring, of how nothing is permanent or certain. Being human, I'm always seeking stability and certainty, creating my own rituals and meanings in my life and in everything. And yet I find solace in the certainty of uncertainty. It's all very confusing, and I'm all very tired now. Goodnight.]
Caught a break in the clouds to snag a decent shot of the NS 1074 as it works Luther Yard in St. Louis, Missouri. Currently restructuring NS train 111 on a bitter cold morning.
The Rochdale Canal in Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
It is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first two attempts to obtain an act failed after being opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. The promoters, to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and in 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and its construction.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974.
The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park. They worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal.
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After getting permission from BNSF DS3 onto Running Track 5, more commonly referred to as 5 Rail, the Virginian Railway heritage locomotive leads NS train 115 approaches 25th St. at Santa Fe JCT as it begins to leave the KCT North-South Corridor, heading towards the BNSF Emporia Sub for the short remaining trip to Argentine. They're also about ready to cross the state line here from Missouri into Kansas, the Virginian goes from being a "Missourian" to becoming a "Kansan".
115 had previously been a train that terminated at UP's 18th St. Yard here in Kansas City, originating in Decatur, IL. Over the summer, NS restructured some of their numbered symbols, and while this train still runs out of Decatur, it now delivers interchange traffic to the BNSF in KC. 8/13/24.
This was an ancient castle built many years ago. Nowdays, after years of complete state of abandon the castle is being restructured and converted into a luxury spa hotel.
Europe, Belgium, Vlaanderen, Antwerpen, Schelde, Vintage harbour cranes (slightly cut from all sides)
Back to the Antwerp travelogue.
Ah, I can't bet enough of these vintage Schelde harbour cranes, harking back to the times before containerization. They're maintained by the MAS. Behind them a redeveloped part of an Antwerp kaai (quay).
A capture of these cranes taken from the inner city is here.
This is number 75 of the Antwerpen album and 109 of Urban restructuring (World).
The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark. Augustusburg Palace (German: Schloss Augustusburg) and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.
The palaces were built at the beginning of the 18th century by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Clemens August of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family. The architects were Johann Conrad Schlaun and François de Cuvilliés. The main block of Augustusburg Palace is a U-shaped building with three main storeys and two levels of attics. The magnificent staircase was designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann.
The gardens were designed by Dominique Girard. An elaborate flower garden for an area south of the palaces was also designed, but it was restructured by Peter Joseph Lenné in the 19th century and turned into a landscape garden. Attempts to renovate the area have proven difficult, due to poor source material availability.
Falkenlust hunting lodge was designed by François de Cuvilliés and built from 1729 to 1740, in the style of the Amalienburg hunting lodge in the park of Nymphenburg Palace.
From shortly after World War II until 1994, Augustusburg was used as a reception hall for guests of state by the German President, as it is not far from Bonn, which was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany at that time.
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The complex formed by the church and the convent of San Francesco d’Assisi gives its name to the extremely Islamic quarter with its twisting alleyways and courtyards. The church, initially dedicated to San Biagio in Norman times, underwent a renovation of the façade in 1216 and the addition of the convent the second francescano convent in Sicily; baroque times (1680) it was again restructured and enriched with fine stuccoes and paintings which completely cover the internal walls, wall hangings and the vault with sacred and profane subjects. Worth noting it the eighteenth century doorway which contains a circle with the La Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco, by Francesco Incrivaglia (1730).
Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam Zuid, Kop van Zuid, Wilhelminapier, De Rotterdam, Crane, New Orleans (slightly cut from T).
The business end of a crane showing itself between two high rises: ‘De Rotterdam' (OMA/Rem Koolhaas) and 'New Orleans' (Alvaro Siza). It flags the construction of the Boston and Seatle high rises. The partial translucent character (in some light even slightly ethereal) of Koolhaas' 'De Rotterdam' nicely contrasts with the stone façade of the building of the old Portuguese master - as if theý've changed positions on the 'modernist - post modernist' scale.
The Kop van Zuid is an urban restructuring project in progress which has converted major parts of the old harbour area on the South bank of the Maas (with its defunct ports, warehouses and railway heads) into a integrated living, recreative and commercial service quarter. It’s comparable with the Docklands in London and the waterfront re-developments in Barcelona and New York.
Check out: High density (UF83), captured during the early phases of the construction of De Rotterdam, and also including a red crane ;-)
The Port of San Francisco was once the largest and most congested port on the entire West Coast. It featured numerous piers perpendicular to the coast where cargo was unloaded manually or by cranes and transported to nearby warehouses. The port received and shipped cargoes to trans-Pacific and Atlantic destinations, and was the center of the West Coast Timber Trade. The West Coast Port Strike of 1934, a major episode in America's labor movement, brought the port to a standstill.
Many docks remained abandoned until the demolition of the Embarcadero Freeway reopened the dock area in the center of the city, thus allowing its development to resume. The centerpiece of the port, the Ferry Building, which still hosts worker-hauling ferries, has been restructured and rebuilt as a gourmet produce market.
El Puerto de San Francisco fue antaño el puerto más grande y congestionado de toda la costa oeste. Presentaba numerosos muelles perpendiculares a la costa donde la carga era descargada manualmente o mediante grúas y transportada a los almacenes cercanos. El puerto recibía y mandaba cargas a destinos transpacíficos y atlánticos, y era el centro del Comercio de madera en la costa oeste. La Huelga portuaria de la costa oeste de 1934, un importante episodio en el movimiento laboral de Estados Unidos, llevó al puerto a un estancamiento.
Muchos muelles permanecieron abandonados hasta que la demolición del Embarcadero Freeway reabrió la zona de muelles en el centro de la ciudad, y permitiendo así retomar su desarrollo. La pieza central del puerto, el edificio Ferry, el cual todavía recibe ferrys de transporte de trabajadores, ha sido reestructurado y reconstruido como un mercado de productos gourmet.
San Francisco (California/ USA).
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Parish Background
In the early 1900's, thousands of Albanians emigrated from their homeland to the United States. As a result St. John Chrysostom Albanian Orthodox Church was established in its present building in 1931 through the efforts of Fr. Mark Kondili. Prior to that the faithful had worshipped in a Serbian Orthodox Church and even a saloon. The present structure, built in 1848 was designed by noted architect, Napolean LeBrun who also had designed St. Peter and Paul's Cathedral across the street. Originally St. John's was the "Episcopal Church of the Epiphany". In 1947, after incorporation, the Orthodox Community bought the building for $25,000.
In the early 50's the annual budget was around $2000. In 1957 English was used once a month. During the 60's continued growth and activity--the Sunday School had 100 students--marked St. John's as a "community" Church. In the 70's the "Franklin Town" neighborhood restructuring stripped away the private homes forcing the parish to face new challenges. In 1990, after years of Communism and the brutal suppression of the Orthodox Faith, Albanian emigration to the United States and the Philadelphia area presented St. John's with new families. Seemingly overnight, the aging congregation doubled with young Albanian families.
Since 1931 twelve priests have served St. John's which is a parish of the Albanian Archdiocese [Boston] within the OCA [Orthodox Church in America] under Metropolitan Herman.
Today St. John's is very much a "family parish" with approximately 200 family units. The last several years have shown an upward trend in Sunday School to 70 this year. The mission thrust exists on three fronts: the present families, the immediate neighborhood and the "New American-Albanian families." Although its families live throughout the Greater Philadelphia area, St. John Chrysostom Albanian Orthodox Church is a community committed to the witness of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the fullness of the Orthodox Faith in the City of Philadelphia.
L'ARTE NEL CUORE
Piazza IV Novembre è la piazza centrale del centro storico di Perugia, tra le piazze storiche più belle d’Italia.
La sistemazione della piazza risale al XII Secolo, quando il comune andò a ristrutturare il progetto di urbanizzazione della città e dei luoghi della vita collettiva.
Oltre alla Cattedrale di San Lorenzo che ha un’apertura sulla piazza, il simbolo di questa piazza è la Fontana Maggiore, costruita nel 1275, tra i monumenti più importanti di Perugia.
Il Centro storico di Perugia iniziò a crescere a partire dal X Secolo con il trasferimento della Sede episcopale presso la Cattedrale di San Lorenzo. Con i successivi interventi per l’ampliamento della cattedrale, si aprì una nuova strada che dava accesso alla piazza, successivamente ampliata nel 1591.
La piazza,ampia e animata, costituisce il centro civile e religioso della città. Si apre sul luogo del Foro romano e fin dalle origini ha rappresentato il perno dell'organizzazione viaria urbana, tanto da divenire in età medievale il punto di partenza delle cinque «vie regali» che davano accesso alle maggiori direttrici territoriali. Il fascino della piazza deriva dal rapporto tra i monumenti che vi affacciano: Cattedrale, Fontana Maggiore e palazzo dei Priori si bilanciano in un gioco di asimmetrie e di alternanze dei volumi.
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Piazza IV Novembre is the central square of the historic center of Perugia, one of the most beautiful historic squares in Italy.
The arrangement of the square dates back to the 12th century, when the municipality went to restructure the urbanization project of the city and the places of collective life.
In addition to the Cathedral of San Lorenzo which opens onto the square, the symbol of this square is the Fontana Maggiore, built in 1275, one of the most important monuments in Perugia.
The historic center of Perugia began to grow from the 10th century with the transfer of the Episcopal See to the Cathedral of San Lorenzo. With the subsequent interventions for the expansion of the cathedral, a new road was opened that gave access to the square, which was later enlarged in 1591.
The large and lively square constitutes the civil and religious center of the city. It opens on the site of the Roman Forum and since its origins it has represented the pivot of the urban road organization, so much so that in the Middle Ages it became the starting point of the five "royal roads" that gave access to the major territorial routes. The charm of the square derives from the relationship between the monuments that overlook it: the Cathedral, Fontana Maggiore and Palazzo dei Priori are balanced in a game of asymmetries and alternating volumes.
CANON EOS 600D con ob. SIGMA 10-20 f./4-5,6 EX DC HSM
With Arriva Kent & Surrey restructuring their routes around Sevenoaks in March 2018 using cheaper to operate Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, Go-Coach took the difficult decision to withdraw route 452 from Seal and Kemsing after Saturday 14th April 2018.
Go-Coach 5007 YN53 SUF is seen turning into Castle Drive from Knave Wood Road, Kemsing whilst working route 452. Saturday 14th April 2018.
Optare Solo M850 - Optare Solo 8.8m (Ex-Epsom Coaches Group - Quality Line OP14 & Epsom Buses EB04 (Registered E4 HRR).
"Rothenburg ob der Tauber (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːtn̩bʊʁk ʔɔp deːɐ̯ ˈtaʊbɐ]) is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world. It is part of the popular Romantic Road through southern Germany. Today it is one of only three towns in Germany that still have completely intact city walls, the other two being Nördlingen and Dinkelsbühl, both also in Bavaria.
Rothenburg was a free imperial city from the late Middle Ages to 1803. In 1884 Johann Friedrich (von) Hessing (1838–1918) built Wildbad Rothenburg o.d.T. 1884–1903.
The name "Rothenburg ob der Tauber" is German for "Red castle above the Tauber", describing the town's location on a plateau overlooking the Tauber River. Rothenburg Castle, in close vicinity to the village and also called Alte Burg (old castle), gave the city its name.
Around 32% of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, mainly in the eastern half of the town, had to be repaired or rebuilt after being bombed in World War II (with most outer walls still standing and used for the rebuild houses). Many of the rebuilt facades can now be distinguished from the surviving medieval structures as being plainer, reconstruction aiming not to replicate exactly what stood before, only to rebuild in the same style as the surviving buildings so that the new buildings would still fit into the overall aesthetic of the town. Any surviving walls of bombed-out buildings were kept in their reconstructed facades as much as possible. In the case of more significant or iconic structures, such as the town hall, whose roof was destroyed, and parts of the town wall, restoration to their original state was done as accurately as possible, and they now appear exactly as they did before the war. Donations for the rebuilding works in Rothenburg were received from all over the world, and rebuilt parts of the walls feature commemorative bricks with donor names.
The older western section from which the medieval town originated and contains most of the town's historic monuments, did not suffer from the bombing. Thus, most of the buildings in the west and the south of Rothenburg still exist today in their original medieval or prewar state. It is also noteworthy that while the eastern walls and towers received bomb damage, they, unlike the houses in that part of town, remained relatively intact; many parts even survived completely because of their sturdy stone construction. In most cases, only the wooden upper portions or roofs of the eastern towers and walls needed to be rebuilt, and most of their stone structure had been preserved.
Middle Franconia (German: Mittelfranken, pronounced [ˈmɪtl̩ˌfʁaŋkŋ̍]) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia, Germany, in the west of Bavaria bordering the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; the most populous city is Nuremberg.
After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally reorganised and, in 1808, divided into 15 administrative government regions (German: Regierungsbezirke (singular Regierungsbezirk)), in Bavaria called Kreise (singular: Kreis). They were created in the fashion of the French departements, quite even in size and population, and named after their main rivers.
In the following years, due to territorial changes (e. g. loss of Tyrol, addition of the Palatinate), the number of Kreise was reduced to eight. One of these was the Rezatkreis (Rezat District). In 1837 king Ludwig I of Bavaria renamed the Kreise after historical territorial names and tribes of the area. This also involved some border changes or territorial swaps. Thus the district name of Rezatkreis changed to Middle Franconia.
Next to the major city Nuremberg, the capital Ansbach and the former residence city Erlangen, the towns of the Romantic Road Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Dinkelsbühl belong to the major tourist attractions. The Lichtenau Fortress, Rothenberg Fortress, Hohenstein and Cadolzburg belong to the most important castles of Middle Franconia. The Franconian Jura and the northern valley of the River Altmühl are among the scenic attractions.
Franconia (German: Franken, pronounced [ˈfʁaŋkŋ̍]; Franconian: Franggn [ˈfrɑŋɡŋ̍]; Bavarian: Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: Fränkisch).
Franconia is made up of the three Regierungsbezirke of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia in Bavaria, the adjacent, Franconian-speaking, South Thuringia, south of the Thuringian Forest—which constitutes the language boundary between Franconian and Thuringian— and the eastern parts of Heilbronn-Franconia in Baden-Württemberg.
Those parts of the Vogtland lying in Saxony (largest city: Plauen) are sometimes regarded as Franconian as well, because the Vogtlandian dialects are mostly East Franconian. The inhabitants of Saxon Vogtland, however, mostly do not consider themselves as Franconian. On the other hand, the inhabitants of the Hessian-speaking parts of Lower Franconia west of the Spessart (largest city: Aschaffenburg) do consider themselves as Franconian, although not speaking the dialect. Heilbronn-Franconia's largest city of Heilbronn and its surrounding areas are South Franconian-speaking, and therefore only sometimes regarded as Franconian. In Hesse, the east of the Fulda District is Franconian-speaking, and parts of the Oden Forest District are sometimes regarded as Franconian for historical reasons, but a Franconian identity did not develop there.
Franconia's largest city and unofficial capital is Nuremberg, which is contiguous with Erlangen and Fürth, with which it forms the Franconian conurbation with around 1.3 million inhabitants. Other important Franconian cities are Würzburg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Ansbach and Coburg in Bavaria, Suhl and Meiningen in Thuringia, and Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg.
The German word Franken—Franconians—also refers to the ethnic group, which is mainly to be found in this region. They are to be distinguished from the Germanic people of the Franks, and historically formed their easternmost settlement area. The origins of Franconia lie in the settlement of the Franks from the 6th century in the area probably populated until then mainly by the Elbe Germanic people in the Main river area, known from the 9th century as East Francia (Francia Orientalis). In the Middle Ages the region formed much of the eastern part of the Duchy of Franconia and, from 1500, the Franconian Circle. The restructuring of the south German states by Napoleon, after the demise of the Holy Roman Empire, saw most of Franconia awarded to Bavaria." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
...when it falls into such disuse that the city council decide to close it.
After 139 years, the Central Library was closed on 9 June 2018 as part of Derby City Council's restructuring of their library services. The new Riverside Library, located within the city's Council House, opened in July 2018.
Built in the then (and possibly now) fashionable Gothic style, the Central Library is undergoing repurposing renovation...I see city centre flats in its future.
Tiger and Turtle nimmt über die in ihm angelegte Dialektik von Geschwindigkeit und Stillstand Bezug auf die Umbruchsituation in der Region und deren Wandel durch Rückbau und Umstrukturierung. Indem die Skulptur die dem Bild der Achterbahn anhaftenden Erwartungen ad absurdum führt, reflektiert sie ihre eigene Rolle als potentielles überregionales Wahrzeichen, welches zwangsläufig als Bild vereinnahmt wird. Sie stellt der Logik des ewigen Wachstums eine absurd‐widersprüchliche Struktur entgegen, die sich einer eindeutigen Interpretation widersetzt.“
– Heike Mutter und Ulrich Genth: PM der Künstler vom 19. November 2011 auf phaenomedia.org
Tiger and Turtle, through the dialectic of speed and stillness, is referring to the upheaval situation in the region and its change through dismantling and restructuring. By sculpturing the absurdity of the image of the roller coaster, the sculpture reflects its own role as a potential supraregional landmark, which is inevitably taken as an image. It counteracts the logic of eternal growth with an absurdly contradictory structure that opposes a clear interpretation. "
- Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth: PM of the artists of 19 November 2011 on phaenomedia.org
The earliest structure appears to have been built on the site at the end of the 5th century.[ A subsequent Romanesque structure was built on its ruins. The current structure, built upon the original one, dates to the first half of the 12th century.
Between the 12th and 15th centuries the cathedral was reshaped in the form of late Gothic architecture. It was restructured in the 15th century. The most important renovation dates to 1652 to repair the damage caused by earthquakes in 1626. The last major restoration was between 1867 and 1878.
Detroit is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County. The municipality of Detroit had a 2019 estimated population of 670,031, making it the 23rd-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music and as a repository for art, architecture and design.
Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Detroit Metropolitan Airport is among the most important hubs in the United States. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional economy in the Midwest, behind Chicago and ahead of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, and the 13th-largest in the United States. Detroit and its neighboring Canadian city Windsor are connected through a highway tunnel, railway tunnel, and the Ambassador Bridge, which is the second busiest international crossing in North America, after San Diego–Tijuana. Detroit is best known as the center of the U.S. automobile industry, and the "Big Three" auto manufacturers General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler are all headquartered in Metro Detroit.
In 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, the future city of Detroit. During the 19th century, it became an important industrial hub at the center of the Great Lakes region. The city became the 4th-largest in the nation in 1920, after only New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia with the influence of the booming auto industry. With expansion of the auto industry in the early 20th century, the city and its suburbs experienced rapid growth, and by the 1940s, the city remained as the fourth-largest in the country. However, due to industrial restructuring, the loss of jobs in the auto industry, and rapid suburbanization, Detroit lost considerable population from the late 20th century to the present. Since reaching a peak of 1.85 million at the 1950 census, Detroit's population has declined by more than 60 percent. In 2013, Detroit became the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, which it successfully exited in December 2014, when the city government regained control of Detroit's finances.
Detroit's diverse culture has had both local and international influence, particularly in music, with the city giving rise to the genres of Motown and techno, and playing an important role in the development of jazz, hip-hop, rock, and punk music. The rapid growth of Detroit in its boom years resulted in a globally unique stock of architectural monuments and historic places. Since the 2000s conservation efforts have managed to save many architectural pieces and achieved several large-scale revitalizations, including the restoration of several historic theatres and entertainment venues, high-rise renovations, new sports stadiums, and a riverfront revitalization project. More recently, the population of Downtown Detroit, Midtown Detroit, and various other neighborhoods has increased. An increasingly popular tourist destination, Detroit receives 19 million visitors per year.] In 2015, Detroit was named a "City of Design" by UNESCO, the first U.S. city to receive that designation.
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RA-85763 - Tupolev TU-154M - Omskavia
(in basic Sibir Airlines c/s)
at Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN)
c/n 93A946 - built in 1993 for Aeroflot -
operated by Sibir Airlines from 1998 - transferred to Omskavia in 07/2002 - wfu in Iran, scrapped 08/2016
Omskavia was split off from Aeroflot in the early 1990s and was formed as a result of the separation of Omsk State Air Enterprise into airline and airport enterprises. It was established and started operations on 1 February 1994. The airline was owned by KrasAir (71%) and other shareholders (29%). Omskavia was based at Omsk and Moscow-Domododovo airports. In summer of 2005 Omskavia was restructured as AiRUnion - all flights were suspended in 2008 Since 1996 Omskavia has been leasing airplanes to Iranian airlines (Mahan Air/ERAM Air)
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Me and Disco~Stu took a wander along the seafront tonight with our Nikons, which was just what was needed after today.
I had my interview for the jobs I've gone for in the restructure at work, we've post preferenced for up to three posts and the four top HR managers have been interviewing for the last week.
I arsed my interview up big-time though, and with no news likely to be forthcoming until mid-May I won't know how badly or otherwise my interview will have affected my chances until I'm told which job I've got. The silver lining is that I'm fairly certain I'll have a job at the end of it, but whether I'll be dropping a couple of pay grades or not is an unknown at the moment.
I'm quite happy in some ways as the interview's been hanging over me for a while now and it's a relief to have it out of the way. It's out of my hands now and I can only hope that my post preferencing form did me enough justice to ignore the awful interview.
So here I am, with my Alfred Hitchcock shadow. Waiting . . .
Here are the other shots I've posted from tonight: Another telephone pole, Retired for the night and This is how we do bokeh Weymuff style.
Strobist info: SB600 to camera left on Disco~Stu stand at 1/4 power.
Prato della Valle
is a 90,000 square meter elliptical square in Padova, Italy (Veneto region, northern Italy). It is the largest square in Italy, and one of the largest in Europe. Today, the square is a large space with a green island at the center, l'Isola Memmia, surrounded by a small canal bordered by two rings of statues.
Prior to 1635, the area which would come to be known as the "Prato della valle" was largely a featureless expanse of partially swampy terrain just south of the old city walls of Padova. In 1636 a group of Venetian and Veneto notables financed the construction there of a temporary but lavishly appointed theater as a venue for mock battles on horseback. The musical entertainment which served as prologue to the jousting is considered to be the immediate predecessor of the first public opera performances in Venice which began the following year.
In 1767 the square, which belonged to the monks of Santa Giustina became the public property of the city of Padua. In 1775 Andrea Memmo, whose statue is in the square, decided to reclaim and restructure the entire area. The entire project, which was never fully completed, is represented in a famous copper engraving by Francesco Piranesi from 1785. It seems that Memmo had commissioned this and other representations and kept them on exhibition at the Palazzo Venezia, the headquarters of the Embassy of the Republic in Rome. He did this in order to entice other important figures into financing the construction of statues to decorate the square. The project was approved by Domenico Cerato, professor of architecture at Vicenza and Padova.
The preliminary excavations done to install the plumbing system and reclaim the area were directed by Simone Stratico. These excavations brought to light the remains of an ancient Roman theater. These findings conferred a sense of historical dignity to the initiative, and transformed it into a project of reclamation for its natural public use. Andrea Memmo resided at Palazzo Angeli, constructed in the 15th century and located in Prato della Valle at an angle with the avenue Umberto I. Today, the monumental palazzo, the property of the city of Padova, hosts the Museum of Precinema, Minici Zotti Collection.
Of particular interest are the benedictine Abbey of Santa Giustina, the neoclassical style Loggia Amulea, and the many interesting palazzi constructed between the 14th and the 18th centuries that surround the square.
For more informations:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prato_della_Valle
For the Place:
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The Rochdale Canal, in Luddendenfoot a town located close to Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first two attempts to obtain an act failed after being opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. The promoters, to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and in 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and its construction. Rennie's estimated cost in the second bill was £291,000, and the company was empowered to raise the money by issuing shares, with powers to raise a further £100,000 if required.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974.
The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park. They worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal.
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Lloyd Triestino, originally founded as Österreichischer Lloyd, is a famous shipping company with its head office in Trieste, Italy, and run by Evergreen Marine Corporation.
It was founded as "Österreichischer Lloyd" (or "Austrian Lloyd") in 1836 and became one of the world's biggest shipping companies by managing most oversea trade and passenger travel of Austria-Hungary until 1918. The Austrian Lloyd was running regular services from Trieste to the Near East, India, China and the Far East, Brazil, the USA and Northern Europe. It also was one of the first to use steam ships.
The company's name was changed to "Lloyd Triestino" in 1919, when Trieste became a part of Italy. At this time, the company also faced major restructuring in order to recover losses incurred during World War I. By the end of the 1930s, Lloyd Triestino, with its offshoot Marittima Italiana, was once again a major world shipping power, owning a fleet of 85 vessels with 17 services to east Africa, southern Africa, Asia, and Australia.[2] The company was once again crippled by the devastation of World War II in the 1940s. During the War, Lloyd Triestino lost 68 ships and 1,000 sailors. At the end, they were reduced to a fleet of just 5 ships and were once again faced with a massive recovery operation. By 1956, the Lloyd Triestino fleet had grown to 31 ships.
Lloyd Triestino entered into a partnership with Taiwanese shipping giant, Evergreen Marine, Corp., in 1993.[3] This successful partnership has grown over the years, and now also includes Evergreen's British based line, Hatsu Marine Ltd., which was created in 2000.
On March 1, 2006, Lloyd Triestino's name officially changed to Italia Marittima. Ship names are gradually being changed from the prefix "LT" to "Ital" to reflect this change (e.g. LT Cortesia and Ital Contessa).
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italia_Marittima and www.italianliners.com/lloyd-triestino-en
These paintings were just some of the many fascinating exhibits at a special exhibition titled “Lloyd. Trieste and its Ships round the World" which we visited back in April this year. For more information please visit eng.lloydtrieste.it/
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste and throughout history it has been influenced by its location at the crossroads of Germanic, Latin and Slavic cultures. In 2009, it had a population of about 205,000 and it is the capital of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trieste province.
Trieste was one of the oldest parts of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century, it was the most important port of one of the Great Powers of Europe. As a prosperous seaport in the Mediterranean region, Trieste became the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (after Vienna, Budapest, and Prague). In the fin-de-siecle period, it emerged as an important hub for literature and music. However, the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Trieste's union to Italy after World War I led to some decline of its "Mittel-European" cultural and commercial importance. Enjoying an economic revival during the 1930s and throughout the Cold War, Trieste was an important spot in the struggle between the Eastern and Western blocs. Today, the city is in one of the richest regions of Italy, and has been a great centre for shipping, through its port (Port of Trieste), shipbuilding and financial services.
For further information on this fascinating city please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trieste
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The ruins of Schloss Rafenstein can be seen on the mountain in the distance.
Autonomous Province of Bolzano (Bozen), Italy.
Runkelstein Castle (German: Schloss Runkelstein; Italian: Castel Roncolo) is a medieval fortification on a rocky spur in the territory of Ritten, near the city of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy. In 1237 Alderich Prince-Bishop of Trent gave the brothers Friedrich and Beral Lords of Wangen permission to construct a castle on the rock then called Runchenstayn.
In 1277 it was damaged during a siege by Meinhard II of Tirol, who after winning the war against Heinrich Prince-Bishop of Trent, entrusted the castle to Gottschalk Knoger of Bozen. In 1385 the Niklaus and Franz Vintler wealthy merchant brothers from Bozen bought the castle. Niklaus was counselor and financier of the Count of Tyrol, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, which allowed them to buy the castle, a type of residence unfitting – in those times – for people of their rank. The brothers Vintler commissioned a vast restructuring of the castle: a new defence wall, moat, a cistern and more rooms were built. In 1390 the construction of the Summer House began. The house was painted with frescos, for which the castle is most famous today, inside and outside. The frescos topics were of literary nature, depicting i.e. King Arthur and his knights, Tristan and Isolde, Dietrich von Bern. The family also commissioned the frescoes in the Western and Eastern Palace. They were created by an unknown master and some of them depict scenes from Pleiers romance Garel (Wikipedia).
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The earliest structure appears to have been built on the site at the end of the 5th century.[ A subsequent Romanesque structure was built on its ruins. The current structure, built upon the original one, dates to the first half of the 12th century.
Between the 12th and 15th centuries the cathedral was reshaped in the form of late Gothic architecture. It was restructured in the 15th century. The most important renovation dates to 1652 to repair the damage caused by earthquakes in 1626. The last major restoration was between 1867 and 1878.
Lancaster used to generate its own electricity, having built a generating station at Caton Road, adjacent to the National Projectile Factory (using the River Lune to cool the turbines). The National Electricity Grid was completed in 1935, and the Local Government Act of 1974caused the corporation to restructure. So - when was this inspection cover installed? A moot point, but an interesting piece of street furniture for all that. This is just opposite the baptist church, near Bulk Road.
You can see a picture of the power station and factory, here:
The southern part of Northgate Street, the Roman main road of the city.
Black and White Revival architecture built at various times and by different architects in the early 1900s.
They are a mixture of new builds and the restructuring of existing buildings that formed a medieval row reached by steps, but not as high as the usual first storey rows of the city. A number sit above medieval undercrofts, some of which may contain earlier Roman work.
The buildings incorporate some wonderful wood carvings and figurines, those on the ground floor pillars are depicted in Elizabethan dress.
Below is a photo pre 1900 of the row before it was largely rebuilt.
Autonomous Province of Bolzano (Bozen), Italy.
Runkelstein Castle (German: Schloss Runkelstein; Italian: Castel Roncolo) is a medieval fortification on a rocky spur in the territory of Ritten, near the city of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy. In 1237 Alderich Prince-Bishop of Trent gave the brothers Friedrich and Beral Lords of Wangen permission to construct a castle on the rock then called Runchenstayn.
In 1277 it was damaged during a siege by Meinhard II of Tirol, who after winning the war against Heinrich Prince-Bishop of Trent, entrusted the castle to Gottschalk Knoger of Bozen. In 1385 the Niklaus and Franz Vintler wealthy merchant brothers from Bozen bought the castle. Niklaus was counselor and financier of the Count of Tyrol, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, which allowed them to buy the castle, a type of residence unfitting – in those times – for people of their rank. The brothers Vintler commissioned a vast restructuring of the castle: a new defence wall, moat, a cistern and more rooms were built. In 1390 the construction of the Summer House began. The house was painted with frescos, for which the castle is most famous today, inside and outside. The frescos topics were of literary nature, depicting i.e. King Arthur and his knights, Tristan and Isolde, Dietrich von Bern. The family also commissioned the frescoes in the Western and Eastern Palace. They were created by an unknown master and some of them depict scenes from Pleiers romance Garel (Wikipedia).
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