Castel Nuovo, is a medieval castle located in front of Piazza Municipio and the city hall (Palazzo San Giacomo) in central Naples, Campania, Italy. Its scenic location and imposing size makes the castle, first erected in 1279, one of the main architectural landmarks of the city. It was a royal seat for kings of Naples, Aragon and Spain until 1815.

It is the headquarters of Neapolitan Society of Homeland History and of the Naples Committee of the Institute for the History of the Italian Risorgimento. In the complex there is also the civic museum, which includes the Palatine Chapel and the museum paths on the first and second floors.

The construction of its former nucleus -today partly re-emerged following restoration and archaeological exploration work- is due to the initiative of Charles I of Anjou, who in 1266, defeated the Hohenstaufens, ascended to the throne of Sicily and established the transfer of the capital from Palermo to the city of Naples.

The presence of an external monarchy had set the town planning of Naples around the center of the royal power, constituting an alternative urban core, formed by the port and by the two main castles adjacent to it, Castel Capuano and Castel dell'Ovo. This relationship between the royal court and town planning had already manifested itself with Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, who in the 13th century, in the Swabian statute had concentrated greater attention on castles neglecting the city walls. To the two existing castles the Anjevins added the main, Castel Nuovo (Chastiau neuf), which was not just a fortification but above all his magnificent palace.

The royal residence of Naples had been until then the Castel Capuano, but the Norman ancient fortress was judged as inadequate to the function and the king wanted to build a new castle near the sea.

The project was designed by the French architect Pierre de Chaulnes, the construction of the Castrum Novum started in 1279 to finish just three years later, a very short time considering the techniques of construction of the period and the overall size of the work. However, the king never lived there: following the War of the Sicilian Vespers, which cost to the House of Anjou the crown of Sicily, conquered by Peter III of Aragon and other events, the new palace remained unused until 1285, the year of the death of Charles I.

The new king Charles II of Naples moved with his family and the court to the new residence, which he enlarged and embellished. During his reign the Holy See was particularly linked to the House of Anjou, in a turbulent relationship, which also in the following years will be marked by pressure, alliances and continuous ruptures. On December 13 of 1294 the Main Hall of the Castel Nuovo was the scene of the famous abdication of Pope Celestine V (the hermit Pietro da Morrone), from the papal throne, called by Dante Alighieri the great refusal and the following December 24, in the same hall the board of cardinals elected Benedetto Caetani, who assumed the name of Pope Boniface VIII and immediately moved its headquarters to Rome to avoid the interference of the Anjevin family.

With the ascent to the throne of Robert, King of Naples, in 1309, the castle, which he renovated and expanded, became a remarkable center of culture, because to his patronage and his passion for the arts and literature: the Castel Nuovo hosted important personalities of the culture of the time, such as the writers Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio in their Neapolitan stays, while the most famous painters of the time that they were called to paint its walls: Pietro Cavallini, Montano d'Arezzo, and above all Giotto, who in 1332 painted the Palatine Chapel.

From 1343 it was the residence of Joanna I of Naples, who in 1347, fled to France, abandoned it to the assaults of the army of the King Louis I of Hungary. He had come to avenge the death of his brother Andrew, the Giovanna's husband, killed by a palace plot that the queen herself was suspected of instigating it. The castle was looted and on its return the queen was forced to a radical restructuring. During the second expedition of Louis against Naples the castle, where the queen had found refuge, resisted the assaults. In the following years the fortress underwent other attacks: on the occasion of the taking of Naples by Charles III of Naples and then that of Louis II of Naples, who subtracted it from the son of Charles III, Ladislaus of Naples. The latter, regained the throne in 1399, lived there until his death in 1414.

Joanna II of Naples succeeded her brother Ladislaus and ascended the throne as the last Anjevin dynasty. The queen, depicted as a dissolute, lustful, bloody woman, would have hosted in her alcove lovers of all kinds and social backgrounds, even rounded up by her emissaries among young, handsome people. To protect her good name, Joanna II would not hesitate to get rid of them as soon as she satisfied her cravings. Precisely for this purpose it has been narrated for centuries that the queen had a secret trapdoor inside the castle: her lovers, having exhausted their task, were thrown into this well and devoured by sea monsters. According to a legend, it would have been a crocodile from the Africa to the castle's dungeons after crossing the Mediterranean Sea, the perpetrator of the horrendous death of the Joanna's lovers.

In 1443 Alfonso V of Aragon, who had conquered the throne of Naples, established a court in the castle, such as to compete with the Florentine court of Lorenzo de' Medici and the fortress was completely rebuilt in its present form, maintaining its function as the center of royal power.

King Alfonso V entrusted the restructuring of the Angevin fortress-palace to the Majorcan architect Guillem Sagrera, who rebuilt it in Catalan-Majorcan-Gothic style. The five round towers, four of which incorporated the previous Anjevin construction with a square plan, suitable to support the blows of the guns of the time, reiterated the defensive role of the castle. The importance of the palace as a center of royal power was instead emphasized by rebuilding the Main Gate in a Triumphal Arc shape, a masterpiece of the Neapolitan Renaissance architecture and work of Dalmatian Francesco Laurana, together with many artists of various origins. The works took place starting from 1453 and only after the king's death was completed in 1479.

In the Hall of the Barons there was the epilogue of the famous Conspiracy of the Barons, war against the King Ferdinand I of Naples, son of Alfonso V, by many nobles, led by Antonello Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno, and Francesco Coppola, Count of Sarno. In 1486 the king invited all the conspirators to this room under the pretext of a wedding party, which marked the overcoming of hostilities and definitive reconciliation. The barons ran, but the king, ordered his soldiers to bar the doors, had them arrested, punishing many of them, including Coppola and his sons, with the death sentence.

Conspiracy of the Barons

The Conspiracy of the Barons was a movement of reaction against the policies of centralization of the State adopted by the new sovereign dynasty of Naples, i.e. the Aragonese. The lawsuits against Ferdinand I of Naples were that these began the recovery of populated areas, taking them away from the Barons' property and supplying them with that of the Aragonese court. In fact, the maneuver was a royal delivery of power.

The internal struggle between barons and dynasty took place in a political and hidden manner and the same culminated definitively in 1487 in the homonymous hall of the Castel Nuovo. Ferdinand I of Naples, during his throne, he found himself facing the barons, beating them in skill and cunning after plots, assassins and double games.

The castle was again looted by Charles VIII of France, during his expedition in 1494. First with the fall of Ferdinand II of Naples (1496) and later of Frederick of Naples (1503), the kingdom of Naples was annexed to the Kingdom of Spain by Ferdinand II of Aragon, who established the Viceroyalty of Naples. The Castel Nuovo lost its function as a royal residence, becoming a military garrison, due to its strategically important position. However, it hosted the Kings of Spain who came to visit Naples, like Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who lived there for a short time in 1535. The castle remained the residence of the Spanish Viceroy until the early 17th century when the new palace (now the Royal Palace of Naples) replaced it.

Castel Sant'Elmo is visible on the hill in the background,

The castle was again arranged by Prince Charles of Bourbon, the future Charles III of Spain, ascended to the throne of Naples in 1734, but lost its role of a royal residence, in favor to the new royal palaces that went building in Naples itself and its surroundings (the Royal Palace of Naples at the Piazza del Plebiscito, Palace of Capodimonte, Palace of Portici and Royal Palace of Caserta) and became essentially a symbol of the history and greatness of Naples.

The last important event dates back to 1799, when it was proclaimed the birth of the Parthenopean Republic (Neapolitan Republic). Renovated for the last time in 1823 by Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, it later hosted the "artillery arsenal" and a "pyrotechnic office" which in 1837 estimated to be more prudent transfer of the guns factory of the Torre Annunziata.

In the 1920s was made the wide range of flower gardens that ran along the Maschio Angioino until the end-20th century: in the early months of 1921 Count Pietro Municchi, an engineer then councilor of urban decor, presented to the City Council the proposal for the isolation of the Castel Nuovo.

Finally the Italian State obtained the entire castle for civil purposes, the works began in 1923 and also affected the factories and warehouses built near the square in place of the demolished bastions: already the following year all the various buildings were eliminated and the esplanade was created where gardens were built on the side of current Vittorio Emanuele III street.

Only the door of the citadel was saved, the original Aragonese access to the complex, rebuilt in 1496 by Frederick of Naples (as evidenced by its emblem on the arch): isolated and distorted of its function, is visible among the flower garden square along Via Vittorio Emanuele III. The work related to the restoration of the castle, which eliminated the many superficies added over time, lasted until 1939.

I was rest-day on Friday and unusually sun was forecast for my neck of the woods so I made some plans.

The plans did not contain getting up to phot' the 05.46 BIF - CAR but I'd been on "earlies" through the week so woke up at the same time way ahead of my alarm so decided to head out for it at Workington Main.

Sun wasn't fully out there so I had a look north and it looked a lot better so I restructured.

I was in full sun by Flimby so I decided to shoot the train, headed by 37425, from the recently refurbished station footbridge.

Annoyingly I discovered that part of this refurbishment included the raising of the sides so I had to return to my car for my telescopic ladder.

The National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia was founded in 1889 as a section of the National Roman Museum for the ancient extra-urban civilizations of the province of Rome, Umbria and Sabina, its collections grew at the beginning of the twentieth century. After a project to transfer headquarters to the EUR, the institute was restructured by Franco Minissi (1955-60).

The villa that houses the museum was built by Giorgio Vasari, Bartolomeo Ammannati and Vignola for the Florentine pope Giulio III (1551-55). The two-storey building is equipped with a forepart, a nymphaeum and is surrounded by the garden.

Villa Giulia was considered, in the mid-nineteenth century, "the eighth wonder of the world". The villa was built by the will of Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, Pope with the name of Julius III (1550-55), who had it built between 1551 and 1553 as a country residence, beyond the Tiber, where he arrived in the boat and where he loved to happily spend a day of rest a week.

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Fondato nel 1889 come sezione del Museo Nazionale Romano per le antiche civiltà extraurbane, della provincia di Roma, Umbria e Sabina, le sue collezioni crebbero a inizio Novecento. Dopo un progetto di trasferimento sede all’EUR, l’istituto venne ristrutturato da Franco Minissi (1955-60).

La villa che ospita il museo fu realizzata da Giorgio Vasari, Bartolomeo Ammannati e Vignola per il papa fiorentino Giulio III (1551-55). L’edificio a due piani è dotato di un avancorpo, di un ninfeo ed è circondato dal giardino.

Villa Giulia era considerata, nella metà dell'Ottocento, "l'ottava meraviglia del mondo". La villa fu costruita per volontà di Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, papa con il nome di Giulio III (1550-55), il quale la fece costruire tra il 1551 ed il 1553 come residenza di campagna, al di là del Tevere, dove arrivava in barca e dove amava passare allegramente un giorno di riposo alla settimana.

This beautiful church was incorporated in 1923. Work was started the same year toward a new edifice and was completed in 1924. The rectory was moved north to parallel the construction, facing the lake.

L. Phillips Clarke, of Harvey and Clarke, was the architect for the new church, as he was later for the new parish hall in 1929 and for the new rectory and Sunday School rooms built later. Wilcox Bros. Inc., the contractor, built the church and also did repair work after it suffered hurricane damage in 1928.

The marble and mosaic work was done by craftsmen from Italy, who brought much of the material with them. Louis S. Clarke (whose father, C. J. Clarke, had donated the community building in which the original church group met, and whose son was the architect for the present building) made the chandeliers for the church by hand, together with the chains by which they hang, all of which he forged himself. The marble altar and the original Skinner organ were made possible by generous donations.

On February 24, 1924, the first service was held in the new church. The old church building was then used as a parish hall until it was destroyed in the hurricane of September 1928.

Some features that identify it as the original church building are the arch detail over the entrance, the screen doors, and one of the small front windows.

In May 1929 work was started on the first two units of a new parish hall. The cornerstone was laid on July 14th and work was completed in September. A choir room, kitchen quarters, and a new rectory were added in 1939. Funding for and work on the Sunday school rooms which frame the current courtyard commenced in 1948.

The collapse of the land boom in 1926, the killer hurricane in 1928, and the stock market crash of 1929 brought development to a halt in the region. Holy Trinity, holding a large debt for the new building, endured a very difficult struggle and at one point foreclosure was threatened. However, in 1938 as the depression waned, the debt was restructured and disaster was averted.

The formal consecration of the church was held on April 29, 1945, after the mortgage was retired. The event was hailed in the press as "the high point in the history of the Episcopal congregation in West Palm Beach." The consecration services were conducted by Bishop John D. Wing of the Diocese of South Florida, before a congregation that packed the building. The Rev. William S. Turner was rector at that time.

Memorials and gifts throughout the years, too numerous to detail in this limited space, have enhanced the beauty of the church. A large Skinner organ was added to the original organ in 1939, and other additions were subsequently made. The stained glass windows were installed over a period spanning sixty years, with the first window, the large rose window over the altar, being installed in 1924. The most ambitious window addition program occurred in the 1950s with the Rev. James Stirling as Rector. The most recently installed windows, in the south wall of the Baptistry, were installed in 1984.

Having originally been started with the help of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Holy Trinity has in turn through the years helped start five other Episcopal churches in the area: St. Andrews Church, Lake Worth, St. Georges, Riviera Beach, St. Marks, Palm Beach Gardens, The Church of the Holy Spirit, West Palm Beach, and Grace Episcopal Church, West Palm Beach.

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Some uncertain times ahead for the airline as they undergo fleet restructuring to help combat financial losses.

787s are leaving the fleet but the A320-200Ns are expected to stay though.

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This beautiful church was incorporated in 1923. Work was started the same year toward a new edifice and was completed in 1924. The rectory was moved north to parallel the construction, facing the lake.

L. Phillips Clarke, of Harvey and Clarke, was the architect for the new church, as he was later for the new parish hall in 1929 and for the new rectory and Sunday School rooms built later. Wilcox Bros. Inc., the contractor, built the church and also did repair work after it suffered hurricane damage in 1928.

The marble and mosaic work was done by craftsmen from Italy, who brought much of the material with them. Louis S. Clarke (whose father, C. J. Clarke, had donated the community building in which the original church group met, and whose son was the architect for the present building) made the chandeliers for the church by hand, together with the chains by which they hang, all of which he forged himself. The marble altar and the original Skinner organ were made possible by generous donations.

On February 24, 1924, the first service was held in the new church. The old church building was then used as a parish hall until it was destroyed in the hurricane of September 1928.

Some features that identify it as the original church building are the arch detail over the entrance, the screen doors, and one of the small front windows.

In May 1929 work was started on the first two units of a new parish hall. The cornerstone was laid on July 14th and work was completed in September. A choir room, kitchen quarters, and a new rectory were added in 1939. Funding for and work on the Sunday school rooms which frame the current courtyard commenced in 1948.

The collapse of the land boom in 1926, the killer hurricane in 1928, and the stock market crash of 1929 brought development to a halt in the region. Holy Trinity, holding a large debt for the new building, endured a very difficult struggle and at one point foreclosure was threatened. However, in 1938 as the depression waned, the debt was restructured and disaster was averted.

The formal consecration of the church was held on April 29, 1945, after the mortgage was retired. The event was hailed in the press as "the high point in the history of the Episcopal congregation in West Palm Beach." The consecration services were conducted by Bishop John D. Wing of the Diocese of South Florida, before a congregation that packed the building. The Rev. William S. Turner was rector at that time.

Memorials and gifts throughout the years, too numerous to detail in this limited space, have enhanced the beauty of the church. A large Skinner organ was added to the original organ in 1939, and other additions were subsequently made. The stained glass windows were installed over a period spanning sixty years, with the first window, the large rose window over the altar, being installed in 1924. The most ambitious window addition program occurred in the 1950s with the Rev. James Stirling as Rector. The most recently installed windows, in the south wall of the Baptistry, were installed in 1984.

Having originally been started with the help of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Holy Trinity has in turn through the years helped start five other Episcopal churches in the area: St. Andrews Church, Lake Worth, St. Georges, Riviera Beach, St. Marks, Palm Beach Gardens, The Church of the Holy Spirit, West Palm Beach, and Grace Episcopal Church, West Palm Beach.

Credit for the data above is given to the following people and websites:

www.flickr.com/photos/59081381@N03/https://en.wikipedia.o...www.holytrinitywpb.org/our-history

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Bournemouth Pier - Dorset Coast, U.K.

A real treasure on the Dorset coast and also a popular tourist attraction, Bournemouth Pier had humble origins going back to 1856. The very first pier was a simple jetty that was replaced by a longer wooden pier 6 years later. In 1866, cast iron piles were installed on the pier, but after a series of storms over the years, the pier saw many more additions and restructuring until a new design was made for a new pier by Eugenius Birch.

The new Bournemouth Pier was opened by the Lord Mayor of London on August 11, 1880. It consisted of an open promenade that stretched to a length of 838 ft (255.4 m) and spanned about 35 ft (10.6 m) across the neck of the pier and extending to 110 ft (33.3 m) at the head. Also on the pier are a host of attractions including entertainment and retail outlets.

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Golden Tulip Inntel Hotel in Zaandam, the Netherlands.

March 2010 a new remarkable hotel opened doors in the Dutch city of Zaandam.

Zaandam is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad.

It is located on the river Zaan, close to the capital Amsterdam.

The town centre and station area of Zaandam are currently being radically restructured.

The new Golden Tulip Inntel Hotel in Zaandam is a 12-storey building of 40 m tall and includes 160 rooms.

The hotel tower is without a shadow of a doubt already the main eye-stopper in the revamped town centre and a building that has set many tongues wagging in the Netherlands.

The facility will also house a conference accommodation, slated to complete in late 2010.

The in four shades of the traditional green wooden houses of the Zaan region were the fount of inspiration for the hotel’s designer. The structure is a lively stacking of almost 70 individual little traditional houses, ranging from a notary’s residence to a worker’s cottage.

The bridal suite is recognisable from the outside right at the top as the 'Blue House', inspired by the work Claude Monet painted at Zaandam in 1871, is the ultimate attention-grabber.

Golden Tulip Inntel Hotel in Zaandam

Maart 2010 opende Golden Tulip Inntel Hotels een heel opmerkelijk nieuw hotel in Zaandam, is een blikvanger van de eerste orde. Het 12 etages en 40 meter hoge hotel is opgebouwd uit zeventig Zaanse geveltjes.

Er zijn vijf verschillende Zaanse woningtypen te onderscheiden, van arbeidershuisjes tot notariswoningen.

De kleur van het hotel is groen, in vier verschillende tinten. Duidelijk afwijkend is de blauwe hoekkamer, waar de bruidssuite komt. Het blauwe huis verwijst naar een schilderij dat de Franse schilder Claude Monnet (1840-1926) maakte tijdens zijn verblijf in 1871 in de Zaanstreek.

Eind 2010 is het nieuwe Inntel Hotel helemaal af met ook een congrescentrum in Zaanse stijl.

Naast het hotel wordt momenteel ook het centrum van Zaandam op grote schaal met kenmerkende Zaanse gevels heringericht. Ook van het schuin tegenover het hotel gelegen nieuwe stadhuis wordt steeds meer zichtbaar. Het gebouw wordt eveneens gekenmerkt door Zaanse geveltjes.

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The Rochdale Canal in Sowerby 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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Transports de Barcelona, S.A. (TMB, operado por Sagalés): desde el 1 de enero de 2010, las cuatro líneas que formaban el servicio denominado Bus Nou Barris (líneas 80 a 83), que atendían al barrio del mismo nombre, fueron operadas por contrato por la empresa Sagalés. Desde mayo de 2021 este servicio volvió a ser operado directamente por TMB, incluyendo una reestructuración que supuso la transformación de las cuatro líneas en solo dos (180 y 182). Aquí vemos el midibús número 776 de Sagalés (Solaris Urbino 8.6, matrícula 1843 JCY) prestando servicio en la línea 82.

Transports de Barcelona, S.A. (TMB, operated by Sagalés): since January 1, 2010, the four lines that make up the service called Bus Nou Barris (lines 80 to 83), which serve the neighborhood of the same name, have been operated by contract by the company Sagalés. As of May 2021, this service was again operated directly by TMB, including a restructuring that meant the transformation of the four lines into just two (180 and 182). Here we see the Sagalés midibus number 776 (Solaris Urbino 8.6, registration number 1843 JCY) serving line 82.

In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road. In 1805, the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada bought the lands between Etobicoke and Hamilton from the Mississaugas aboriginal people, except for the land at the mouths of Twelve Mile Creek (Bronte Creek), Sixteen Mile Creek, and along the Credit River. In 1807, British immigrants settled the area surrounding Dundas Street as well as on the shore of Lake Ontario.

In 1820, the Crown bought the area surrounding the waterways. The area around the creeks, 960 acres (3.9 km2), ceded to the Crown by the Mississaugas,[3] was auctioned off to William Chisholm in 1827. He left the development of the area to his son, Robert Kerr Chisholm and his brother-in-law, Merrick Thomas.

Oakville's first industries included shipbuilding, timber shipment, and wheat farming. In the 1850s, there was an economic recession and the foundry, the most important industry in town, was closed. Basket-making became a major industry in the town, and the Grand Trunk Railway was built through it.

The town eventually became industrialized with the opening of Cities Service Canada (later BP Canada, and now Petro Canada) and Shell Canada oil refineries (both now closed), the Procor factory (no longer manufacturing), and, most importantly, the Ford Motor Company's Canadian headquarters and plant, all close to the Canadian National Railway and the Queen Elizabeth Way highway between Toronto and Fort Erie (Buffalo).

In 1962 the town of Oakville merged with its neighbouring villages (Bronte, Palermo, Sheridan, and the remainder of Trafalgar Township) to become the new Town of Oakville, reaching northwards to Steeles Avenue in Milton. In 1973, the restructuring of Halton County into Halton Region brought the northern border southwards to just north of the future Highway 407.

The Zipper is an amusement ride designed by Joseph Brown under Chance Rides in 1968. Chance Rides had manufactured the ride continuously from 1968 to 2001. Popular at carnivals and fairs in the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico and New Zealand, it features strong vertical G-forces, numerous spins, and a noted sense of unpredictability. Most models of the Zipper follow a similar basic format: A long, rotating, oblong boom with a cable around its edge that pulls 12 cars around the ride. Like most carnival equipment, the ride is designed to be portable; it can be disassembled onto a truck and transported from site to site.

Though a staple of amusement parks and carnivals, the original models of this ride garnered a reputation for being unsafe due to their rough nature, and a series of deaths on the rides in the late 1970's after car doors came unlatched led to a series of revisions, primarily restructuring of the door lock system. Nevertheless, the ride has amassed a cult following over its decades in operation, and was named by Popular Mechanics as one of the strangest amusement park rides in the world.

This Zipper was found at the Wilson County Fair in 2019 as part of the Reithoffer Shows, a family-owned and operated traveling midway since 1896 that provides carnival and fair rides, games, and food to fairgrounds located mainly along the East Coast of the United States.

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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This beautiful church was incorporated in 1923. Work was started the same year toward a new edifice and was completed in 1924. The rectory was moved north to parallel the construction, facing the lake.

L. Phillips Clarke, of Harvey and Clarke, was the architect for the new church, as he was later for the new parish hall in 1929 and for the new rectory and Sunday School rooms built later. Wilcox Bros. Inc., the contractor, built the church and also did repair work after it suffered hurricane damage in 1928.

The marble and mosaic work was done by craftsmen from Italy, who brought much of the material with them. Louis S. Clarke (whose father, C. J. Clarke, had donated the community building in which the original church group met, and whose son was the architect for the present building) made the chandeliers for the church by hand, together with the chains by which they hang, all of which he forged himself. The marble altar and the original Skinner organ were made possible by generous donations.

On February 24, 1924, the first service was held in the new church. The old church building was then used as a parish hall until it was destroyed in the hurricane of September 1928.

Some features that identify it as the original church building are the arch detail over the entrance, the screen doors, and one of the small front windows.

In May 1929 work was started on the first two units of a new parish hall. The cornerstone was laid on July 14th and work was completed in September. A choir room, kitchen quarters, and a new rectory were added in 1939. Funding for and work on the Sunday school rooms which frame the current courtyard commenced in 1948.

The collapse of the land boom in 1926, the killer hurricane in 1928, and the stock market crash of 1929 brought development to a halt in the region. Holy Trinity, holding a large debt for the new building, endured a very difficult struggle and at one point foreclosure was threatened. However, in 1938 as the depression waned, the debt was restructured and disaster was averted.

The formal consecration of the church was held on April 29, 1945, after the mortgage was retired. The event was hailed in the press as "the high point in the history of the Episcopal congregation in West Palm Beach." The consecration services were conducted by Bishop John D. Wing of the Diocese of South Florida, before a congregation that packed the building. The Rev. William S. Turner was rector at that time.

Memorials and gifts throughout the years, too numerous to detail in this limited space, have enhanced the beauty of the church. A large Skinner organ was added to the original organ in 1939, and other additions were subsequently made. The stained glass windows were installed over a period spanning sixty years, with the first window, the large rose window over the altar, being installed in 1924. The most ambitious window addition program occurred in the 1950s with the Rev. James Stirling as Rector. The most recently installed windows, in the south wall of the Baptistry, were installed in 1984.

Having originally been started with the help of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Holy Trinity has in turn through the years helped start five other Episcopal churches in the area: St. Andrews Church, Lake Worth, St. Georges, Riviera Beach, St. Marks, Palm Beach Gardens, The Church of the Holy Spirit, West Palm Beach, and Grace Episcopal Church, West Palm Beach.

Credit for the data above is given to the following people and websites:

www.flickr.com/photos/59081381@N03/https://en.wikipedia.o...www.holytrinitywpb.org/our-history

www.flickr.com/photos/59081381@N03/

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Voyages Emile Weber S.à.r.l.: the bus with registration EW 1065 (Mercedes-Benz Intouro II L, put into service in 2021) leaves from Gare Routière Luxexpo, working a service on international line 155 of the RGTR (Régime Général des Transports Routiers) to Merzig (Germany).

After the last phase of the restructuring of the national bus service, from July 17, 2022 this line has become the 404.

This bus is painted in the new unified colors of the Luxembourg bus network (RGTR, Régime Général des Transports Routiers). This new image, presented in July 2021, is based on a common scheme for all buses, in white and gray. Color stripes identify each operator. The chosen color corresponds to the corporate color of each of them: for Emile Weber, maroon.

resampling, restructuring and reappropriating myself

Pavia - O Burro, A Carroça E A Capela / Pavia - The Donkey, The Carriage And The Chapel by Daniel Arrhakis (2022)

Um projeto muito especial para 2023 - "Pavia - Memórias Sem Tempo " / "Pavia - Memories Without Time"

Work based in a photo of mine taken in my homeland Pavia (Mora, Portugal) , modified for this work.

Em destaque a Ermida de São Sebastião – Igreja de São Francisco em Pavia ( Mora, Portugal) , edificada em finais do século XVI por D. João Coutinho e sua esposa Dª. Francisca de Meneses, com a intenção de louvar os desaparecidos na Batalha de Alcácer Quibir, em especial o monarca D. Sebastião.

Nos finais dos anos 800 serviu de teatro, celeiro e escola primária. Apenas em 1950 foi reaberta ao culto religioso, depois de ter sido alvo de algumas reestruturações interiores e exteriores sendo nos dias de hoje dedicada a São Francisco.

The São Sebastião Chapel – São Francisco Church in Pavia (Mora, Portugal) , built at the end of the 16th century by D. João Coutinho and his wife Dª. Francisca de Meneses, with the intention of praising the disappeared in the Battle of Alcácer Quibir, especially the monarch D. Sebastião.

In the late 800s it served as a theater, barn and primary school. It was only reopened to religious worship in 1950, after having been the subject of some interior and exterior restructuring, being nowadays dedicated to San Francisco.

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This beautiful church was incorporated in 1923. Work was started the same year toward a new edifice and was completed in 1924. The rectory was moved north to parallel the construction, facing the lake.

L. Phillips Clarke, of Harvey and Clarke, was the architect for the new church, as he was later for the new parish hall in 1929 and for the new rectory and Sunday School rooms built later. Wilcox Bros. Inc., the contractor, built the church and also did repair work after it suffered hurricane damage in 1928.

The marble and mosaic work was done by craftsmen from Italy, who brought much of the material with them. Louis S. Clarke (whose father, C. J. Clarke, had donated the community building in which the original church group met, and whose son was the architect for the present building) made the chandeliers for the church by hand, together with the chains by which they hang, all of which he forged himself. The marble altar and the original Skinner organ were made possible by generous donations.

On February 24, 1924, the first service was held in the new church. The old church building was then used as a parish hall until it was destroyed in the hurricane of September 1928.

Some features that identify it as the original church building are the arch detail over the entrance, the screen doors, and one of the small front windows.

In May 1929 work was started on the first two units of a new parish hall. The cornerstone was laid on July 14th and work was completed in September. A choir room, kitchen quarters, and a new rectory were added in 1939. Funding for and work on the Sunday school rooms which frame the current courtyard commenced in 1948.

The collapse of the land boom in 1926, the killer hurricane in 1928, and the stock market crash of 1929 brought development to a halt in the region. Holy Trinity, holding a large debt for the new building, endured a very difficult struggle and at one point foreclosure was threatened. However, in 1938 as the depression waned, the debt was restructured and disaster was averted.

The formal consecration of the church was held on April 29, 1945, after the mortgage was retired. The event was hailed in the press as "the high point in the history of the Episcopal congregation in West Palm Beach." The consecration services were conducted by Bishop John D. Wing of the Diocese of South Florida, before a congregation that packed the building. The Rev. William S. Turner was rector at that time.

Memorials and gifts throughout the years, too numerous to detail in this limited space, have enhanced the beauty of the church. A large Skinner organ was added to the original organ in 1939, and other additions were subsequently made. The stained glass windows were installed over a period spanning sixty years, with the first window, the large rose window over the altar, being installed in 1924. The most ambitious window addition program occurred in the 1950s with the Rev. James Stirling as Rector. The most recently installed windows, in the south wall of the Baptistry, were installed in 1984.

Having originally been started with the help of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Holy Trinity has in turn through the years helped start five other Episcopal churches in the area: St. Andrews Church, Lake Worth, St. Georges, Riviera Beach, St. Marks, Palm Beach Gardens, The Church of the Holy Spirit, West Palm Beach, and Grace Episcopal Church, West Palm Beach.

Credit for the data above is given to the following people and websites:

www.flickr.com/photos/59081381@N03/https://en.wikipedia.o...www.holytrinitywpb.org/our-history

www.flickr.com/photos/59081381@N03/

© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.

Fresco of the ceiling - the investiture of Pier Maria II at the head of the France King's troops- Rossi deeds Room - Rocca dei Rossi - San Secondo Parmense

La rocca dei Rossi è un maniero tardo-medievale situato a San Secondo Parmense, in provincia di Parma. A partire dal XV secolo fu la rocca principale dalla quale i Rossi amministrarono i propri feudi, nonché residenza della famiglia dei conti da Pier Maria II de' Rossi in poi.

La rocca fu costruita su di un dosso intorno al 1413 per volere di Pietro de' Rossi, padre di Pier Maria I de Rossi, a difesa del borgo fortificato di San Secondo sul quale i Rossi vantavano diritti sin dal XII secolo ed esercitavano signoria come conti dal 1365.

Rocca dei Rossi is a castle located in the town of San Secondo Parmense, Province of Parma. in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna.

It was begun in 1466 on land donated to Giacomo Rossi, of a highly prominent family in Parma. The stronghold was later turned into a luxurious manor decorated with 16th-century frescoes by important local artists.

Only the northwest wing and the northeast façade remain of the 16th century structure. During the last part of the 19th century, a large part of the castle was destroyed. The Renaissance courtyard, the main staircase and the reception hall, and the frescoes on the piano nobile remain. In 1983, an earthquake caused considerable damage to the building, requiring extensive restructuring.

In the 16th century, the Rossi castle was decorated with frescoes depicting secular themes by prominent disciples of Giulio Romano, including by Baglione, Orazio Samacchini, il Bertoja, Procaccini and Paganino. The estravagant decoration was due to a wish by the Rossi not to appear inferior to the new lords of Parma, the Farnese.

Norcia, the old renovated houses well...

Excerpt from Wikipedia:

The hospital derived its name from Joseph Brant, an early inhabitant of Burlington, member of the nearby Grand River tribe of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) nation and prominent political figure in the early history of Thayendanegea region. Joseph Brant Hospital stands on part of the land bought for him by Upper Canada's Lieutenant Governor, John Graves Simcoe.

Joseph Brant Hospital opened on February 1, 1961, with 228 beds. In 1971, the Hospital expanded to 450 beds. In 1996 due to a major hospital restructuring occurring in Ontario, the Hospital contracted to 273 beds and in 2006 reduced to 256 beds. The hospital now has 245 inpatient beds.

From 2012-2013, the hospital had 13,258 admissions, the Emergency Department had 47,326 visits in 2012-13 and 1,459 births were recorded. The hospital has a skilled staff of 175 physicians, 1,400 full and part-time professional health care staff and more than 600 active volunteers.

Throughout its history, Jo Brant has never wavered from its mission to be the finest possible full-service, acute care community Hospital. On either an inpatient or outpatient basis (or both), Jo Brant offer six distinct categories of patient care: medical services, surgical services, maternal and child care services, emergency and ambulatory services, rehabilitation and geriatric services and mental health services.

The Rochdale Canal in Mytholmroyd, 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.

Information Source:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Canal

Voyages Ecker S.à.r.l.: the electric bus with license plate VE 2035 (MAN 12E Lion's City NL367, commissioned in 2020) leaves from Gare Routière Luxexpo, working a service on line 125 of the RGTR (Régime Général des Transports Routiers) to Oberanven.

After the last phase of the restructuring of the national bus service, from July 17, 2022 this line has become the 321.

In the heart of the historic center of Lecce in Puglia, strolling down its alleys, you may come across some real masterpieces of culture and art. There is a secret place, very big in terms of size albeit invisible, a few steps from the Duomo and from Piazza Sant’Oronzo yet one usually passes by it without seeing it: the Roman Theatre. Why? Because it is hidden amongst the buildings of the Baroque city and to see it you must know where to go. Yes, up till now we have understood that in Lecce besides the beautiful Roman amphitheater there is also a Roman theatre.

The monument was discovered by chance as it often happens in Italian cities: you excavate to restructure a building and from the ground out comes some fragment of history. In the case of Lecce it was 1929 when during some works, the cavea was brought to light, in other words the steps where the spectators took seat. Then the statues that decorated the theatre were found, statues going back to the times of the Antonini. But the actual theatre was thought to have been built in the I-II century after Christ. Today we can only see a part of it having built all around it but it was thought to contain about 5.000 people. As all theatres of that time both comedies and tragedies were performed.

The Rochdale Canal in Rochdale Greater Manchester.

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.

Information Source:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Canal

Transports de Barcelona, S.A. (TMB, operado por Sagalés): desde el 1 de enero de 2010, las cuatro líneas que forman el servicio denominado Bus Nou Barris (líneas 80 a 83), que atienden al barrio del mismo nombre, son operadas por contrato por la empresa Sagalés. Está previsto que en mayo de 2021 este servicio vuelva a ser operado directamente por TMB, incluyendo una reestructuración que supondrá la transformación de las cuatro líneas en solo dos (180 y 182). Aquí vemos el midibús número 776 de Sagalés (Solaris Urbino 8.6, matrícula 1843 JCY) llegando a la terminal de la línea 82 en la Plaça del Virrei Amat.

Transports de Barcelona, S.A. (TMB, operated by Sagalés): since January 1, 2010, the four lines that make up the service called Bus Nou Barris (lines 80 to 83), which serve the neighborhood of the same name, are operated by contract by the company Sagalés. This service is expected to be operated directly by TMB again in May 2021, including a restructuring that will involve the transformation of the four lines into just two (180 and 182). Here we see the midibus number 776 from Sagalés (Solaris Urbino 8.6, registration 1843 JCY) arriving at the terminal of line 82 in Plaça del Virrei Amat.

Stitched image

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.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alba_Cathedral

When the station was moved out of the centre of the city, the building eventually became a government conference centre. When the Senate of Canada had to move out of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill, the building was modified to accommodate the Senate Chamber and related offices. Part of the renovation was the restructuring of this side of the building. The front and west sides of the building retained their original facades to retain their original heritage appearance.

www.dezeen.com/2019/03/05/senate-building-of-canada-ottaw...

Voyages Emile Weber S.à.r.l.: in 2019, this company put into service 14 18-meter articulated electric buses of the Irizar iebus model. Here we see one of them (registration EW 4417) near the Gare-Rocade stop, next to the central railway station, working a service on line 195 of the RGTR (Régime Général des Transports Routiers) to Bettembourg, Gare.

After the last phase of the restructuring of the national bus service, from July 17, 2022 this line has renumbered as 513.

Voyages Emile Weber S.à.r.l.: the bus with license plate EW 1340 (Mercedes-Benz O550 Integro L, put int oservice in 2017) leaves from Gare Routière Luxexpo, working a service on regional line 207 of the RGTR (Régime Général des Transports Routiers) to Dudelange and Volmerange-les-Mines.

After the last phase of the restructuring of the national bus service, from July 17, 2022 this line has become the 507.

The land of the Enchanted Castle is unique in everyway, populated by thousands of heads carved onto the rocks and on the branches and trunks of the olive trees. This kingdom was once territory of and home to Filippo Bentivegna, who was born in Sciacca in 1888 and emigrated to The United States after his teens, moving from Boston to New York and Chicago. An accident at work and an assault marked his life. In 1919, having returned from the USA after the Great War, he withdrew in solitude into this farmhouse structure, giving life to the court of the kingdom populated by sculpted heads, over which he could reign with absolute authority. Filippo Bentivegna spent his life on the site until his lonely death in 1967. The following year, a collaborator of Jean Dubuffet, Art Brut theorist, arrived in Sciacca and recognised the artistic importance of the work by the “Madman of Sciacca” and so the site was restructured and opened to the public.

Today, some of the Bentivegna heads are displayed at the Museum of Art Brut in Lausanne, established in memory of Dubuffet.

September 2016

Meiningen/Thüringen

Hier besteht noch Sanierungsbedarf im sonst so schönen Meiningen! - There is something need of restructuring in this otherwise lovely city of Meiningen!

Europe, Portugal, Lisboa, Tejo, Setúbal district, Almada, Cacilhas, Cais do ginhal, factory ruin (slightly cut from B & R)

Thanx for your creative and humorous comments on the previous post - they were highly appreciated. Back to the Lisbon facing post-industrial edge of the south bank of the Tejo.

Shown here are the hills and cliffs above the Cais do ginhal. The area is being redeveloped. One of the industrial facilities that will be affected is shown here, shot during a delightful and hazy afternoon, the Hugo Parry & Sons ship building- and repair workshops. Other pics of it on my stream are here and here.

The functions to be realized: creative industry, recreational facilities and facilities for the performing arts. An urbanistisc study about the redevelopment of the area is here (in Portuguese).

In the BG, shrouded in the haze, the long Vasco da Gama bridge can be discerned.

Soundtrack : Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding here.

As Norwegian restructures the airline is adding two ex Eastar Jet B737-800's to its fleet leased from BBAM. Both aircraft have been painted by IAC at Shannon and are now being prepared fro delivery, OE-IPV ex HL8325 to be LN-NIK and OE-IPT ex HL8343 to be LN-NIM.

Voyages Josy Clement S.A.: the bus with registration JC 6024 (Setra S 416 LE business, put into service in 2019) leaves from the Mersch station, working a service on line 409 of the RGTR (Régime Général des Transports Routiers) to Stegen.

After the last phase of the restructuring of the national bus service, from July 17, 2022 this line has become the 233.

Fori imperiali il Colosseo in ristrutturazione

Voyages Emile Weber S.à.r.l.: the bus with license plate EW 1353 (Setra S 418 LE business, put into service in 2020) leaves from Gare Routière Luxexpo, working a service on regional line 207 of the RGTR (Régime Général des Transports Routiers) to Dudelange and Volmerange-les-Mines.

After the last phase of the restructuring of the national bus service, from July 17, 2022 this line has become the 507.

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) (reporting marks CP, CPAA, MILW, SOO), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996 and simply Canadian Pacific, is a historic Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001.

NS BD07 shoves a coke train onto Zug Island, home of US Steel's Great Lakes Works blast furnaces. Yesterday was the last day of production on the island as US Steel undergoes major restructuring. It's unknown how long the Great Lakes Works will be offline for, and my thoughts go to the workers who are affected by this. As a result, the Delray Connecting Railroad and NS jobs such as this one will no longer be operating. To find a positive in all of this locals in Delray/River Rouge and Windsor/LaSalle will be able to breath a bit better as Zug Island was one of the heaviest polluters in the region. It will be interesting to see if the mysterious "Windsor Hum" subsides now since Zug Island was thought to be the source of it.

Train: NS BD07 with UP 8034 (ES44AC).

NS/CSX Detroit Belt Line

Detroit, MI

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.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alba_Cathedral

Frescoes of 1555 - Mercury Room (maidens representing the arts of writing and eloquence) - Rocca dei Rossi - San Secondo Parmense

La rocca dei Rossi è un maniero tardo-medievale situato a San Secondo Parmense, in provincia di Parma. A partire dal XV secolo fu la rocca principale dalla quale i Rossi amministrarono i propri feudi, nonché residenza della famiglia dei conti da Pier Maria II de' Rossi in poi.

La rocca fu costruita su di un dosso intorno al 1413 per volere di Pietro de' Rossi, padre di Pier Maria I de Rossi, a difesa del borgo fortificato di San Secondo sul quale i Rossi vantavano diritti sin dal XII secolo ed esercitavano signoria come conti dal 1365.

Rocca dei Rossi is a castle located in the town of San Secondo Parmense, Province of Parma. in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna.

It was begun in 1466 on land donated to Giacomo Rossi, of a highly prominent family in Parma. The stronghold was later turned into a luxurious manor decorated with 16th-century frescoes by important local artists.

Only the northwest wing and the northeast façade remain of the 16th century structure. During the last part of the 19th century, a large part of the castle was destroyed. The Renaissance courtyard, the main staircase and the reception hall, and the frescoes on the piano nobile remain. In 1983, an earthquake caused considerable damage to the building, requiring extensive restructuring.

In the 16th century, the Rossi castle was decorated with frescoes depicting secular themes by prominent disciples of Giulio Romano, including by Baglione, Orazio Samacchini, il Bertoja, Procaccini and Paganino. The estravagant decoration was due to a wish by the Rossi not to appear inferior to the new lords of Parma, the Farnese.

Mura di Grosseto - City walls of Grosseto, town where I live

Ci sono poche città in Italia dotate di mura cittadine, tra esse Lucca, Ferrara e Bergamo ed anche Grosseto la cui storia è stata modificata dalle opere di ristrutturazione del centro cittadino avvenute agli inizi dell'anno 2000; infatti si pensava che la città avesse origini medievali, invece reperti archeologici rinvenuti recentemente indicano nell'alto Medioevo la nascita di Grosseto, ovvero tra il 500 ed il 600 d.C., mentre storicamente si indica nell'anno 800 d.C. la sua reale fondazione.

La città di Grosseto, che si trovava sulla strada consolare Aurelia, era soggetta ad invasioni specie di pirati saraceni che risalivano il mare Tirreno, così nel 1200 avvenne la edificazione di mura medievali ad opera della Repubblica di Siena e successivamente, ad opera di Francesco I° de'Medici, la costruzione di mura cittadine terminata nel 1593 ad opera di Baldassarre Lanci.

Le mura di Grosseto, ancora molto ben conservate e solide, racchiudono la cittadella assieme ai monumenti e le chiese in essa contenuti, come il Duomo o le altre chiese cittadine.

Grosseto ha attualmente più di 82.000 abitanti e, una volta completata la bonifica della Maremma Grossetana, è un luogo ameno con un clima caldo per vari mesi dell'anno in cui si vive bene con un ottimo stile di vita.

There are few cities in Italy with city walls, among them Lucca, Ferrara and Bergamo. Among the walled city there is also Grosseto whose history has been changed by the works of restructuring of the city center which took place at the beginning of the year 2000; In fact, it was thought that the city had medieval origins, however recently unearthed archaeological finds indicate the Grosseto's date of birth in the high Middle Ages, that is between 500 and 600 A.D., while historically is indicated in 800 A.D. its real date of foundation.

The city of Grosseto, which was located on the Aurelia consular road, suffered of invasions by Saracen pirates who sailed up the Tyrrhenian Sea, so in 1200s took place the building of medieval walls by the Republic of Siena and later, by will of Francesco I de'Medici the construction of city walls was completed in 1593 by works of Baldassarre Lanci.

The walls of Grosseto, still very well preserved and solid, enclose the citadel along with monuments and churches in it, such as the Duomo and other churches in the city.

Grosseto currently has more than 82,000 inhabitants, and once completed the reclamation of the Maremma, is a pleasant place with a warm climate for several months of the year in which living is good with a great lifestyle.

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They don't make 'em like this anymore.........

The beautiful Lux Cinema can be found in the Galleria San Federico, an elegant shopping arcade in the centre of Turin.

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Translated from the Italian Wikipedia page : "The Galleria San Federico is a commercial building in the historic center of Turin. Built in the 1930s, it houses numerous business premises, offices and a historical cinema.

In 1931, at the suggestion of the mayor Thaon di Revel, he advanced the hypothesis of the restructuring of the previous Galleria Natta (later Geisser) present in the San Federico Island, creating a new covered commercial area that could be added to the already existing Galleria Subalpina. and Galleria Umberto I. The project was therefore inserted in the context of the imposing restructuring of Via Roma and the surrounding blocks that took place between 1931 and 1937; in 1932 the shipyard was started on the project of architect Federico Canova and engineer Vittorio Bonadè Bottino, who also took care of the simultaneous construction of the nearby Hotel Principi di Piemonte. The project was immediately distinguished by its connotations of modernity and prestige compared to the previous structure, providing ample space for shops, the construction of warehouses and underground garages and, in addition, numerous office spaces and a new cinema, replacing the old Cinema Meridiana . The works were characterized by their fast pace and ended in 1933, just one year after the opening of the construction site."

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A wildflower to be sure

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I lost my job yesterday due to restructuring :(

Europe. Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Wilhelminapier Ventilation shaft, Tree( slightly cut from all sides).

A detail of the array of ventilation shafts of an underground parking on the Wilhelminapier, an integral part of the Kop Zuid urban restructuring project, which transformed a former delipidated harbour area into a lively residential recreative and creative industry and living quarter. A neighbouring shaft, made of another material is here.

This is pic is a part of the 'The taming of the shrew' album - shots captured with the all manual Samyang 84 1,4 lens, again focussed wide open. So this is number 22 of the Taming of the shrew and 964 of the Minimalism / explict Graphism album.

The State Museum of Applied Arts of Uzbekistan is an art museum located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, founded in 1937 as a temporary exhibition for handicrafts. The museum contains over 4,000 exhibits on decorative art in Uzbekistan, including wood carving, ceramics, embossing, jewelry, gold weaving, embroidery, and samples of mass production in local industry.

Until the beginning of the 21st century, the museum was located in the former palace of the Russian diplomat Alexander Alexandrovich Polovtsev Jr..

The museum building, known as the Polovtsev house, was purchased by his secretary Mikhail Stepanovich Andreev from Tashkent merchant Nikolai Ivanovich Ivanov. Under Andreev's guidance, the interiors of the house were readjusted and refurbished to fit an Oriental style. The main architect of this restructuring was A. A. Burmeyster. The house was known colloquially as the "Polovtsev House". The building is an example of Oriental architectural and decorative art, built in the late 19th century. The decoration, carving and painting of the building was done by Uzbek folk artists Usta T. Arsankulov, A. Kazymdzhanov (Tashkent), Usta Shirin Muradov (Bukhara), Usta A. Palvanov (Khiva), and Usta Abdullah (Rishtan).

Since 1990

Linking the gardens with the Grand Louvre

The Cardiff Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerdydd) is a castle located in the center of the city of Cardiff, Wales. The original motte and bailey castle was built at the end of the 11th century by the Norman invaders on top of a strong Roman of the 3rd century. The castle was commissioned by Welliam the Conqueror or by Robert Fitzhamon, and was the heart of the medieval city of Cardiff and the territory of the Marquis Lord of Glamorgan. In the 12th century, the castle began to be rebuilt in stone, probably by Robert of Gloucester, with a shell and large erections of defensive walls. Further work was conducted by Richard de Clare, Count 6 of Gloucester, in the second half of the 13th century. The Cardiff Castle has been repeatedly involved in the conflicts between the Anglo-Normans and the Welsh, having been attacked several times in the 12th century and were engaged in 1404 during the Owain Glyndŵr revolt.

His most famous occupant was Roberto I of Normandy, who here remained a prisoner by order of his brother Henry I of England from 1106 to 1134. Some parts of the structure (like the square walls) are being restructured in 1270 by Gilbert de Clare. A new restoration took place several centuries later, in 1867 when Marquis John Patrick Crichton-Stuart took advantage of the collaboration of architect William Burges.

At the beginning of the 20th century the fourth marquis inherited the castle and construction work continued in the 1920s. The Bute lands and commercial interests around Cardiff were sold or nationalized until, at the end of World War II, little was left except for the castle. During the war, numerous anti-aircraft shelters were built in the walls of the castle; They could contain up to 1,800 people. The Marquis died in 1947, the castle was donated to the city of Cardiff. Today the castle is managed as a tourist attraction, with the gardens hosting the regional museum and the interpretation center of the "Firing Line". The castle is also served as a venue for events, including musical performances and festivals.

Il Castello di Cardiff (gallese: Castell Caerdydd) è un castello situato nel centro della città di Cardiff, in Galles. Il motte originale e il castello bailey fu costruito alla fine del XI secolo dagli invasori normanni in cima a un forte romano del III secolo. Il castello fu commissionato da Gugliemo il Conquistatore o da Robert Fitzhamon, e costituiva il cuore della città medievale di Cardiff e del territorio del marchese Lord di Glamorgan. Nel XII secolo il castello cominciò a essere ricostruito in pietra, probabilmente da Robert di Gloucester, con un guscio di mantenimento e grandi erezioni di pareti difensive. Ulteriori lavori sono stati condotti da Richard de Clare, 6 ° Conte di Gloucester, nella seconda metà del XIII secolo. Il castello di Cardiff è stato ripetutamente coinvolto nei conflitti tra gli anglo-normanni e i gallesi, essendo stati attaccati più volte nel 12 ° secolo e furono impegnati nel 1404 durante la rivolta di Owain Glyndŵr.

Il suo occupante più famoso fu Roberto I di Normandia che qui vi rimase prigioniero per ordine del suo fratello Enrico I d'Inghilterra dal 1106 al 1134. Alcune parti della struttura (come le mura quadrate) sono opera di una ristrutturazione del 1270 ad opera di Gilbert de Clare. Un nuovo restauro avvenne molti secoli dopo, nel 1867 quando il marchese John Patrick Crichton-Stuart si avvalse della collaborazione dell'architetto William Burges.

All'inizio del XX secolo il quarto marchese ereditò il castello e lavori di costruzione continuarono negli anni '20. Le terre Bute e gli interessi commerciali intorno a Cardiff furono venduti o nazionalizzati finché, alla fine della seconda guerra mondiale, poco fu lasciato tranne il castello. Durante la guerra, nelle pareti del castello furono costruiti numerosi rifugi antiaerei; Potevano contenere fino a 1.800 persone. Il marchese morì nel 1947, il castello fu donato alla città di Cardiff. Oggi il castello è gestito come un'attrazione turistica, con i giardini che ospitano il museo regionale e il centro di interpretazione della "Firing Line". Il castello è servito anche come luogo per eventi, tra cui spettacoli musicali e festival.

Ottaviano Nelli (Gubbio, 1375 - 1444) - Episodes of the Life of the Virgin Mary (1424) - frescoes of the chapel of Trinci Palace, Foligno

Palazzo Trinci, residenza della famiglia che governò sulla città tra il 1305 e il 1439, è il risultato di una ristrutturazione di edifici preesistenti realizzata tra il 1389 e il 1407 da Ugolino Trinci. Ora Il Palazzo è sede del Museo Archeologico e della Pinacoteca della città.

La Cappella presenta un'iscrizione sulla parete sopra l'altare che ci fai conoscere datazione e autore: fu fatta realizzare da Corrado Trinci, figlio di Ugolino, nel 1424, è dipinta da Ottaviano Nelli da Gubbio. Le scene raccontano gli Episodi della Vita della Vergine Maria, e sono tratte dai Vangeli Apocrifi e dalla Leggenda Aurea di Jacopo da Varazze. La narrazione inizia nella vele, dove si riconosce la Nascita di Maria. Prosegue come una spirale nelle lunette, dove riconosciamo la scena dello Sposalizio della Vergine e dell'Annunciazione della Nascita di Gesù. Sopra l'altare gli episodi della Nascita di Gesù e dell'Adorazione dei Magi. La storia si conclude con la morte (dormizione) e poi con l'Assunzione al cielo di Maria. Dietro l'altare attorniano la Crocifissione i Santi vicini alla famiglia, tra cui San Feliciano, patrono di Foligno, e San Francesco d'Assisi che riceve le Stimmate.

Trinci Palace, residence of the family that governed on the town between 1305 and 1439, is the result of a restructuring of preexisting buildings realized between 1389 and 1407 from Ugolino Trinci. Now the Palace is center of the Archaeological Museum and the Pinacoteca of the town.

The Chapel presents an inscription on the wall above the altar that makes us know the date and the author: it was made by Corrado Trinci, son of Ugolino, in 1424, it is painted by Ottaviano Nelli da Gubbio. The scenes tell the Episodes of the Life of the Virgin Mary, and are taken from the Apocryphal Gospels and the Golden Legend of Jacopo da Varazze. The narration begins in the sails, where we recognize the Birth of Mary. It continues like a spiral in the lunettes, where we recognize the scene of the Marriage of the Virgin and the Annunciation of the Birth of Jesus. Above the altar the episodes of the Birth of Jesus and the Adoration of the Magi. The story ends with the death (Dormition) and then with the Assumption into heaven of Mary. Behind the altar they surround the Crucifixion the Saints close to the family, among which San Feliciano, patron of Foligno, and San Francesco of Assisi that receives the Stigmata.

Shrewsbury Castle dates back to the early years of the Norman Conquest. Today it is home to the excellent Soldiers of Shropshire Military Museum. The inner bailey provides attractive garden space in the centre of Shrewsbury.

More photographs of Shrewsbury Castle can be found here: www.jhluxton.com/England/Shropshire/Shrewsbury-Castle/

A castle was ordered on the site by William I c. 1067 - a very early date - but it was greatly extended under Roger de Montgomery circa 1070 as a base for operations into Wales, an administrative centre and as a defensive fortification for the town, which was otherwise protected by the loop of the river.]

Town walls, of which little now remains, were later added to the defences, as a response to Welsh raids and radiated out from the castle and surrounded the town; the area known as Town Walls still has a small section of them and a single tower, known as Town Walls Tower, which is in the care of the National Trust.

In 1138, King Stephen successfully besieged the castle held by William FitzAlan for the Empress Maud during the period known as The Anarchy.

The castle was briefly held by Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales, in 1215. Parts of the original medieval structure remain largely incorporating the inner bailey of the castle; the outer bailey, which extended into the town, has long ago vanished under the encroachment of later shops and other buildings.

Having fallen into decay after c. 1300 (at the end of the Welsh wars) the castle became a domestic residence during the reign of Elizabeth I and passed to the ownership of the town council c.1600. The castle was extensively repaired in 1643 during the Civil War and was briefly besieged by Parliamentary forces from Wem before its surrender.

It was acquired by Sir Francis Newport in 1663. Further repairs were carried out by Thomas Telford on behalf of Sir William Pulteney, M.P. for Shrewsbury, after 1780 to the designs of the architect Robert Adam. Much of what is seen today dates from this period.

The Shropshire Horticultural Society purchased the castle from a private owner, then Lord Barnard, and gave it to the town in 1924 and it became the location of Shrewsbury's Borough Council chambers for over 50 years.

The castle was internally restructured to become the home of the Shropshire Regimental Museum when it moved from Copthorne Barracks and other local sites in 1985. The museum was attacked by the IRA on August 25, 1992 and extensive damage to the collection and to some of the Castle resulted.The museum was officially re-opened by Princess Alexandra on May 2nd, 1995.

In 2019 it was rebranded as the Soldiers of Shropshire Museum.

In 2019 and 2020 an archaeology project by Shropshire Council and the University of Chester undertook excavations in the castle. Work in 2019 found the remains of the original ditch surrounding the motte of c.1067, along with a range of medieval pottery and two arrow heads or crossbow-bolt heads. Excavations in 2020 failed to locate St Michael's chapel, but did recover evidence of 'high-status feasting', including the bones of a pike and possibly a swan. (Information from Wikipedia)