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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).
Europe, Spain, Andalusia, Sevilla, Plaza de la Encarnacion, Metropol parasol, El Mirador, People, Clouds (slightly cut from L&B)
This is 'El Mirador'. the fabulous walkway on top of the Metropol Parasol aka 'Setas de Sevilla". Both were designed by Berlin architect Jürgen Mayer and opened in 2011. It's on the location of a demolished market.
In its bowels are a new food market and a museum space where ancient (Roman) foundations of the city can be visited. Another function of the edifice was to refresh and modernize the urban image of Sevilla.
At the planning stage, there was opposition - the Semana Sancta organizers were against it and, strange enough, a Spanish-German trade organization too. Perhaps it was a bit too much of a "fremdkörper" in the middle of town. But in the 6 years of its existence, it has become an organic element of the town. And the view it offers on the town and its surroundings is wonderful. It's, by the way, the largest wooden structure in the world. The wood is covered by a fire retardant layer. Check out an interview with the architect: here.
The soundtrack: 7 Seconds, I was listening to a Youssou N'Dour playlist while editing the Metropol Parasol pics.
This is number 95 of the 'Urban restructuring (World) album about growth and redevelopment in the urbanized world here.
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Una toma del Castillo de Almansa, fortaleza medieval que se yergue sobre el abrupto Cerro del Águila y que tiene sus orígenes en una anterior construcción almohade del siglo XII, reformada en el siglo XIV por el infante Don Juan Manuel, (el autor de la obra "El Conde Lucanor" y también Señor de Villena, entre otros muchos títulos nobiliarios) para ser, en el siguiente siglo, conformada a las hechuras que presenta en la actualidad por Don Juan Pacheco, segundo Marqués de Villena, cuyo escudo de armas figura en la imponente torre del homenaje.
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The Castle of Almansa, a medieval fortress that stands on the rugged "Cerro del Águila" hill, finds its origin in an earlier Almohad construction dating back to the 12th century, it was renovated in the 14th. by the Infante Don Juan Manuel (a famous warrior and writer, author of the work entitled "El Conde Lucanor" and Lord of Villena, among other nobiliary titles). In the next century, the fortress was completely restructured, reaching its present appearance, by Don Juan Pacheco, second Marquis of Villena. His coat of arms appears on the impressive tower keep.
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Grue de chantier déstructurée et restructurée comme un tranformer ;)
Construction crane de-structurated and re-structurated like a transformer ;)
The Ashmolean Museum
Situated in Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH
There was a previous building housing ‘a Cabinet of Curiosities’ as far back as the late 1670’s. These items were given to the University of Oxford by Elias Ashmole in 1677.
That building was erected between 1678-1683 and was in Broad Street, Oxford. Much of the collection was acquired from John Tradescant the elder and younger. They were father and son travellers, collectors and gardeners. One unique item that they had sold was a Dodo, possibly the last ever seen in Europe, but it was so damaged, all that could be recovered was the head and one claw. This exhibit now resides in the University Museum of Natural History. Other notable artefacts include Guy Fawkes Lantern, a wall hanging of Powhatan, the Father of Pocahontas and Jacob’s coat of many colours although this has been lost. This building is now the History of Science Museum.
The current building in Beaumont Street was erected between 1841-1845 and was designed by Charles Cockerell. It appears that a large part of the collection either went missing or was damaged so Sir Arthur Evans was appointed in 1884 to restructure the Museum and with donations from Charles Fortnum of cash of £10,000, a considerable sum also his collection of antiques he was able to turn around the fortunes of the museum. A new extension was built and the collection was moved there. In 1908 the Ashmolean collection and University Galleries were combined, the new title being the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. Evans himself bought to the museum specimens of archaeology from diggings in Crete. He also retired in 1908.
Other notable donations include £1,000 from C B Heberden which helped to create a coin room. In 2012 a grant of $1.1m was awarded to enable teaching and research of the University.
As part of the ongoing renovations in 2000 a Chinese Picture Gallery was created and is the only museum gallery in Great Britain that is devoted to Chinese Artists. The gallery was designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects.
The Sackler Library was opened in 2001. This is collection of Archaeological, Art History and Classical Civilization books only and has given the Museum more space to expand.
During 2006-2009 the Museum was closed for a massive regeneration. Two new floors were added, this gave the Museum much more display space as well as a new education centre and conservation studios.
Subsequently there have been new galleries of Ancient Egypt and Nubia. A collection of Victorian Art and an extension to the restored ‘Ruskin Gallery’
In 2017 the Museum acquired a Viking Hoard with examples of fine coins. As you can probably be aware there is much of the story to tell but I think this is enough for now, just to say it is definitely well worth a visit.
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).
Established in the early 11th CE, Key monastery (4,166 mts) is one of the most prominent Buddhist religious institutions in Himachal Pradesh. Over the years, the main structure suffered considerable damages on account of at least three wars and a devastating earthquake and except a few murals of ancient time and basic structural pattern, the monastery bears the evidences of restructuring and renovation in its architectural content.
Taken in Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Le musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (MuCEM)1 est un musée national situé à Marseille en France. Il est ouvert depuis le 7 juin 2013 lors de l'année de la Capitale européenne de la culture.
Le musée est construit sur le site du fort Saint-Jean et du môle J4 du port de la Joliette. Surplombant la darse entre ces deux sites, une passerelle de 130 m de long relie le fort au musée. Une autre passerelle relie le fort Saint-Jean à l'esplanade de la Tourette. Le bâtiment est accolé à la villa Méditerranée.
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM) (French: Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée) is a national museum located in Marseille, France. It was inaugurated on 7 June 2013 as part of Marseille-Provence 2013, the special year when Marseille was designated as the European Capital of Culture.
The museum is built on reclaimed land at the entrance to the harbour next to the site of the 17th-century Fort Saint-Jean and a former port terminal called the J4. A channel separates the new building and the Fort Saint-Jean, which has been restructured as part of the project. The two sites are linked by a high footbridge, 130m long. Another footbridge links the Fort Saint-Jean to the Esplanade de la Tourette, near the church of St Laurent in the Panier quarter.source wikipédia
Europe, Spain, Andalusia, Sevilla, Plaza de la Encarnacion, Metropol parasol, Clouds (slightly cut from R&B)
This is Metropol Parasol again aka 'Setas de Sevilla" .
It was designed by Berlin architect Jürgen Mayer and opened in 2011. It's on the location of a demolished market. In its bowels are a new food market and a museal space where ancient (Roman) foundations of the city can be visited. Another function of the edifice was to refresh and modernize the urban image of Sevilla.
At the planning stage, there was opposition - the Semana Sancta organizers were against it and, strange enough, a Spanish-German trade organization too. Perhaps it was a bit too much of a "fremdkörper" in the middle of town. But in the 6 years of its existence, it has become an organic element of the town. And the view it offers on the town and its surroundings is wonderful. It's, by the way, the largest wooden structure in the world. The wood is covered by a fire retardant layer. Check out an interview with the architect: here.
This is number 101 of the 'Urban restructuring (World) album about growth and redevelopment in the urbanized world here.....and number 36 of the Valencia/Sevilla set.
The other Metropol parasol shots (b/w) are here, here and here.
The Ashmolean Museum
Situated in Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH
There was a previous building housing ‘a Cabinet of Curiosities’ as far back as the late 1670’s. These items were given to the University of Oxford by Elias Ashmole in 1677.
That building was erected between 1678-1683 and was in Broad Street, Oxford. Much of the collection was acquired from John Tradescant the elder and younger. They were father and son travellers, collectors and gardeners. One unique item that they had sold was a Dodo, possibly the last ever seen in Europe, but it was so damaged, all that could be recovered was the head and one claw. This exhibit now resides in the University Museum of Natural History. Other notable artefacts include Guy Fawkes Lantern, a wall hanging of Powhatan, the Father of Pocahontas and Jacob’s coat of many colours although this has been lost. This building is now the History of Science Museum.
The current building in Beaumont Street was erected between 1841-1845 and was designed by Charles Cockerell. It appears that a large part of the collection either went missing or was damaged so Sir Arthur Evans was appointed in 1884 to restructure the Museum and with donations from Charles Fortnum of cash of £10,000, a considerable sum also his collection of antiques he was able to turn around the fortunes of the museum. A new extension was built and the collection was moved there. In 1908 the Ashmolean collection and University Galleries were combined, the new title being the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. Evans himself bought to the museum specimens of archaeology from diggings in Crete. He also retired in 1908.
Other notable donations include £1,000 from C B Heberden which helped to create a coin room. In 2012 a grant of $1.1m was awarded to enable teaching and research of the University.
As part of the ongoing renovations in 2000 a Chinese Picture Gallery was created and is the only museum gallery in Great Britain that is devoted to Chinese Artists. The gallery was designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects.
The Sackler Library was opened in 2001. This is collection of Archaeological, Art History and Classical Civilization books only and has given the Museum more space to expand.
During 2006-2009 the Museum was closed for a massive regeneration. Two new floors were added, this gave the Museum much more display space as well as a new education centre and conservation studios.
Subsequently there have been new galleries of Ancient Egypt and Nubia. A collection of Victorian Art and an extension to the restored ‘Ruskin Gallery’
In 2017 the Museum acquired a Viking Hoard with examples of fine coins. As you can probably be aware there is much of the story to tell but I think this is enough for now, just to say it is definitely well worth a visit.
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).
Commissioned in 1895 by Giovanni Stucky, the building was used as a mill until 1955. Its story was resumed in 1994 when it became a National Heritage Building and was completely restructured. In 2007 the historical building became a 5-star hotel, the Hilton Molino Stucky.
Saturn entered Aries at 11:36 PM last night. This is my first Saturn Return self-portrait of 3 -- this one taken when it goes into the sign of Aries (00°), the second taken when it reaches 01° (the degree my Saturn is in), the third when it reaches 01.19° (the precise degree my Saturn sits at).
Saturn in Aries is considered to be in Fall, as it's in the opposite sign to its Exaltation -- that's not a good thing, but it can be a good thing if you work it right. Just in a kinda idiosyncratic way.
Saturn is all about hard work and discipline, and Aries is fiery, impatient energy. One of the various strengths of Saturn in Aries is the development of a strong sense of self throughout life via various challenges surrounding identity/self-expression/self-assertion.
People born from roughly April 7th 1996 to June 8th 1998 will be experiencing their first Saturn Return at this time (though for those born later, it won't hit exactitude for quite a while). For those who don't have their Saturn in Aries, they will be experiencing this energy more generally; the hard lessons of life will begin to take on a more Martial tinge.
Identity, self-assertion, and action will be called for, as opposed to the spiritual restructuring that occurred during Saturn's transit through Pisces from 2023-till yesterday.
According to the Ancient Texts, anyway. :)
The Rochdale Canal in 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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The Pacific jumps for joy at Sunset.
”Sun’s not going down—
Earth is turning somersaults!
What wonderful play!”
—Peter Mayer The Play, restructured as haiku.
Explore no.62; 25-05-2025
Dieppe le 03 Juillet 2014, nous sommes un jeudi.
Une heure à tuer, attendant ma Chris.
Dieppe, quai de Norvège.
Soleil bleu et poussières d'argent en suspension.
Un lieu qui fut particulièrement actif lors des importations françaises
de fruits et légumes des colonies ...
Aujourd'hui ...
un vaste espace qui se restructure autour de l'entretien des chaluts,
de la dépose et stocks d'éléments monumentaux d'éoliennes,
de hangars de mareyeurs,
et certainement un avenir en marche pour d'autres et nouvelles activités.
Un entre deux mondes.
Une plaine de solitudes que traversent d'énormes camions.
Un lieu que j'aime pour son histoire architecturale et l'espace qu'il suggère en l'état aujourd'hui....
Mes séries sur Dieppe :
www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/collections/7215764708525...
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Dieppe July 3, 2014, we are a Thursday.
An hour to kill, waiting for my Chris.
Dieppe dock Norway.
Blue sun and silver suspended dust.
A place that was particularly active in the French imports
fruit and vegetable colonies ...
Today ...
a vast space that restructures around maintenance of trawls,
removing and stocks of monumental elements of wind,
fishmongers sheds,
and certainly a future on to others and new activities.
A between two worlds.
A lonely plain that huge trucks cross.
A place that I love for its architectural history and the space it suggests the state today ....
My series on Dieppe
www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/collections/7215764708525...
Not sure if it's a cairn or just a pile of infill for the path that they're restructuring, they appear to be making the last section up, into steps.. it's probably a cairn ;-)
A 1948 Pontiac sedan sitting idle in an apartment parking lot is waiting for a new owner according to a person in the lot that asked me if I wanted to talk to the owner about buying it, I declined. Pontiac was a car brand that was owned, made, and sold by General Motors. Introduced as a companion make for GM's more expensive line of Oakland automobiles, Pontiac overtook Oakland in popularity and supplanted its parent brand entirely by 1933. Amid the late 2000s financial problems and restructuring efforts, GM announced in 2008 it would follow the same path with Pontiac as it had with Oldsmobile in 2004 and discontinued manufacturing and marketing vehicles under that brand by the end of 2010. The last Pontiac badged cars were built in December 2009, with one final vehicle in January 2010. This photo was taken nine days after the previous snow photo.
L'attuale castello duecentesco è sorto sulle strutture di una precedente costruzione fortificata forse anteriore al X secolo. Durante il Medioevo si chiamò di Tricano per via dei tre cani neri presenti sullo stemma nobiliare dei feudatari. Questi avevano ottenuto dal patriarca l'importante carica ereditaria di marescialli e confalonieri della Chiesa Aquileiese e tale posizione li coinvolse in quasi tutte le lotte feudali da XIV al XV secolo. Nel 1420 passò sotto il dominio della Repubblica di Venezia e nel 1511 dopo le vicende della rivolta contadina del "giovedì grasso" fu ristrutturata la parte centrale. Al castello è legata la misteriosa vicenda di Francesco d'Arcano che nel 1635 aveva sposato Todeschina di Prampero e l'aveva uccisa a pugnalate per gelosia. Todeschina prima di morire scrisse col sangue le sue iniziali TP su un muro del castello, queste erano ancora visibili fino al 1976. Francesco fece murare il cadavere che fu ritrovato agli inizi del Novecento durante lavori di restauro. Le strutture del castello sono ben conservate con la notevole doppia cinta murari, il fossato, la torre porta dove un tempo vi era il ponte levatoio in legno. All'interno vi sono la domus residenziale, con bifore duecentesche e gli edifici rustici annessi.
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FVG - Rive d'Arcano, Tricano castle. Unfortunately closed, we could not enter to photograph some glimpses, only this shot through the gate.
The current thirteenth-century castle was built on the structures of a previous fortified construction perhaps prior to the tenth century. During the Middle Ages it was called di Tricano because of the three black dogs present on the noble coat of arms of the feudal lords. These had obtained from the patriarch the important hereditary office of marshals and confaloniers of the Aquileian Church and this position involved them in almost all feudal struggles from the fourteenth to the fifteenth century. In 1420 it passed under the dominion of the Republic of Venice and in 1511 after the events of the peasant revolt of "Fat Thursday" the central part was restructured. The castle is linked to the mysterious story of Francesco d'Arcano who in 1635 married Todeschina di Prampero and stabbed her out of jealousy. Todeschina before dying wrote her initials TP of her in her blood on a wall of the castle, these were still visible until 1976. Francesco had the corpse walled up and it was found at the beginning of the twentieth century during restoration works. The structures of the castle are well preserved with the remarkable double walls, the moat, the gate tower where once there was the wooden drawbridge. Inside there is the residential domus, with 13th century mullioned windows and the annexed rustic buildings.
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
Dieppe le 03 Juillet 2014, nous sommes un jeudi.
Une heure à tuer, attendant ma Chris.
Dieppe, quai de Norvège.
Soleil bleu et poussières d'argent en suspension.
Un lieu qui fut particulièrement actif lors des importations françaises
de fruits et légumes des colonies ...
Aujourd'hui ...
un vaste espace qui se restructure autour de l'entretien des chaluts,
de la dépose et stocks d'éléments monumentaux d'éoliennes,
de hangars de mareyeurs,
et certainement un avenir en marche pour d'autres et nouvelles activités.
Un entre deux mondes.
Une plaine de solitudes que traversent d'énormes camions.
Un lieu que j'aime pour son histoire architecturale et l'espace qu'il suggère en l'état aujourd'hui....
Mes séries sur Dieppe :
www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/collections/7215764708525...
...
Dieppe July 3, 2014, we are a Thursday.
An hour to kill, waiting for my Chris.
Dieppe dock Norway.
Blue sun and silver suspended dust.
A place that was particularly active in the French imports
fruit and vegetable colonies ...
Today ...
a vast space that restructures around maintenance of trawls,
removing and stocks of monumental elements of wind,
fishmongers sheds,
and certainly a future on to others and new activities.
A between two worlds.
A lonely plain that huge trucks cross.
A place that I love for its architectural history and the space it suggests the state today ....
My series on Dieppe
www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/collections/7215764708525...
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.
Information Source:
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
Eastbound NS 272 rolls through an empty Williamson Yard, passing the steam era roundhouse and the new yard office, built in the mid 2000’s. A combination of the implement of PSR, a heavy downtown in coal traffic, and restructuring of the NS system led to the Williamson Yard being massively downgraded in the past several years. What used to be a full yard usually sits mostly empty like this. The Yardmaster is now controlling out of Portsmouth, nothing uses the roundhouse, and only a handful of road crews are based here.
Wheeling and Lake Erie train 535 takes 100 empty coal cars for loading at Rhino Resource's Nelms #2 mine at Hopedale, OH. The train is northbound in Martin's Ferry, OH through a smattering of forlorn buildings and long disused street lights.
Steel making was once the bread and butter of the upper Ohio River Valley and Wheeling Pitt Steel was king. Once the 6th largest steel producer in the US, jobs were plentiful and well paying. But the wolf finally came.
The 1980's saw a decimating decline in domestic steel production nationwide. But Wheeling Pitt had managed to navigate the hard times and remerged from the ashes of a bankruptcy restructuring not only once, but twice. The first in 1985 (re-emerging out of bankruptcy in 1991) and a second time in 2000, before re-emerging again in 2003.
Alas, luck had finally began to run out for Wheeling Pitt Steel. The downward spiral synonymous with the beginning of the end reached a critical point in November 2007, with Esmark Steel Group's successful proxy takeover of the company. Esmark, in return, announced less then a year later in May 2008 that they would idle 2 of the 3 plant's galvanizing lines.
In November 2008, less then 3 months after the announced idling, ownership wound change hands once again. Severstal Steel had bought Esmark's Wheeling Pitt holdings for $1.25B.
Severstal would go on to idle most of the former Wheeling Pitt operations in 2009 to the tune of over 3,100 layoffs in West Virginia and Ohio. It would remain this way until the end. RG Steel would end up later purchasing the former Wheeling Pitt operations from Severstal in 2011. Hopes were high that operations would restart soon there after. But things only got worse, and in a hurry. RG Steel filed for bankruptcy just 13 months later, ending any of the bleak remaining hopes for a large revitalization of steel in the Upper Ohio Valley.
In the post bankruptcy filings from RG Steel, a $2 million purchase by Quay Mull and Joseph N. Gompers led to the opening of a new Austin Master Services facility in the old plant. The company handles waste products from the fracking industry.
Shortly after I took this photo, at the end of Sept. 2025, this Starbucks along with other eight (8) locations in Ottawa were closed as part of a $1-billion restructuring to reduce the company’s North American footprint by about one per cent and eliminate hundreds of jobs.
This Starbucks was my office when I am not commuting to work. It was always busy since there are apartment buildings all around and it was right next to the Elmvale Acre bus station. Not sure it was an underperformer?
Zeiss Super Ikonta III (c.1953) Zeiss Tessar 75mm f/3,5
Zeiss G2 Yellow filter
Kodak TMAX 400 (EI 1600), XTOL (1:1) 20C, semi-stand development
1st minute continuous agitation
18 minutes stand-development with 1 agitation half-way.
CanoScan 9000F
4L-TGC - Boeing B-737-8FH/W - Georgian Airways
(leased from Arena Aviation Capital)
at Duesseldorf International Airport (DUS)
c/n 35.092 - built in 2006 for XL Airways (RBS Aviation Capital)
operated by Georgian Airlines since 06/2019 - returned to lessor 11/2021
Georgian Airways filed for bankruptcy on December 31, 2021, linked to a restructuring procedure and it has been for sale since January 2022.
Europe, Spain, Andalusia, Sevilla, Plaza de la Encarnacion, Metropol parasol, El Mirador, People, Clouds (slightly cut from L&B)
This is not a redeveloped rollercoaster but 'el Mirador'. the fabulous walkway on top of the Metropol Parasol aka 'Setas de Sevilla".
It was designed by Berlin architect Jürgen Mayer and opened in 2011. It's on the location of a demolished market. In its bowels are a new food market and a museal space where ancient (Roman) foundations of the city can be visited. Another function of the edifice was to refresh and modernize the urban image of Sevilla.
At the planning stage, there was opposition - the Semana Sancta organizers were against it and, strange enough, a Spanish-German trade organization too. Perhaps it was a bit too much of a "fremdkörper" in the middle of town. But in the 6 years of its existence, it has become an organic element of the town. And the view it offers on the town and its surroundings is wonderful. It's, by the way, the largest wooden structure in the world. The wood is covered by a fire retardant layer. Checkout an interview with the architect: here.
This is number 94 of the 'Urban restructuring (World) album about growth and redevelopment in the urbanized world here.
Dieppe le 03 Juillet 2014, nous sommes un jeudi.
Une heure à tuer, attendant ma Chris.
Dieppe, quai de Norvège.
Soleil bleu et poussières d'argent en suspension.
Un lieu qui fut particulièrement actif lors des importations françaises
de fruits et légumes des colonies ...
Aujourd'hui ...
un vaste espace qui se restructure autour de l'entretien des chaluts,
de la dépose et stocks d'éléments monumentaux d'éoliennes,
de hangars de mareyeurs,
et certainement un avenir en marche pour d'autres et nouvelles activités.
Un entre deux mondes.
Une plaine de solitudes que traversent d'énormes camions.
Un lieu que j'aime pour son histoire architecturale et l'espace qu'il suggère en l'état aujourd'hui....
Mes séries sur Dieppe :
www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/collections/7215764708525...
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Dieppe July 3, 2014, we are a Thursday.
An hour to kill, waiting for my Chris.
Dieppe dock Norway.
Blue sun and silver suspended dust.
A place that was particularly active in the French imports
fruit and vegetable colonies ...
Today ...
a vast space that restructures around maintenance of trawls,
removing and stocks of monumental elements of wind,
fishmongers sheds,
and certainly a future on to others and new activities.
A between two worlds.
A lonely plain that huge trucks cross.
A place that I love for its architectural history and the space it suggests the state today ....
My series on Dieppe
www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/collections/7215764708525...
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.
This is a five image panorama from inside the Colosseum in Rome. Its design is quite similar or modern sports venues. The inclined areas are seating was arranged. It could hold about 50,000 people or more. Seating was according to status with the senators having the first tier, up to the top level where plebes were seated. Emperor Domitian added a tier that could be used, likely while standing, by slaves, women, poor people and so on. In this photo about 2/3 of the structure that was below the sand covered wooden floor is visible. More details below.
The arena itself was 83 meters by 48 meters (272 ft by 157 ft / 280 by 163 Roman feet) It comprised a wooden floor covered by sand (the Latin word for sand is harena or arena), covering an elaborate underground structure called the hypogeum (literally meaning "underground"). The hypogeum was not part of the original construction but was ordered to be built by Emperor Domitian. Little now remains of the original arena floor, but the hypogeum is still clearly visible. It consisted of a two-level subterranean network of tunnels and cages beneath the arena where gladiators and animals were held before contests began. Eighty vertical shafts provided instant access to the arena for caged animals and scenery pieces concealed underneath; larger hinged platforms, called hegmata, provided access for elephants and the like. It was restructured on numerous occasions; at least twelve different phases of construction can be seen.]
The hypogeum was connected by tunnels to a number of points outside the Colosseum. Animals and performers were brought through the tunnel from nearby stables, with the gladiators' barracks at the Ludus Magnus to the east also being connected by tunnels. Separate tunnels were provided for the Emperor and the Vestal Virgins to permit them to enter and exit the Colosseum without needing to pass through the crowds.
Substantial quantities of machinery also existed in the hypogeum. Elevators and pulleys raised and lowered scenery and props, as well as lifting caged animals to the surface for release. There is evidence for the existence of major hydraulic mechanisms and according to ancient accounts, it was possible to flood the arena rapidly, presumably via a connection to a nearby aqueduct. However, the construction of the hypogeum at Domitian's behest put an end to the practise of flooding, and thus also to naval battles, early in the Colosseum's existence.
The Colosseum was used to host gladiatorial shows as well as a variety of other events. The shows, called munera, were always given by private individuals rather than the state. They had a strong religious element but were also demonstrations of power and family prestige, and were immensely popular with the population. Another popular type of show was the animal hunt, or venatio. This utilized a great variety of wild beasts, mainly imported from Africa and the Middle East, and included creatures such as rhinoceros, hippopotamuses, elephants, giraffes, aurochs, wisents, Barbary lions, panthers, leopards, bears, Caspian tigers, crocodiles and ostriches. Battles and hunts were often staged amid elaborate sets with movable trees and buildings. Such events were occasionally on a huge scale; Trajan is said to have celebrated his victories in Dacia in 107 with contests involving 11,000 animals and 10,000 gladiators over the course of 123 days. During lunch intervals, executions ad bestias would be staged. Those condemned to death would be sent into the arena, naked and unarmed, to face the beasts of death which would literally tear them to pieces. Other performances would also take place by acrobats and magicians, typically during the intervals.[Wikipedia]
Photos taken during a weekend excursion to Scotland by special train, including off train options.
Views of Union Terrace, Aberdeen. Looking south-west from the Union Terrace Gardens, which were completely restructured between 2019 and reopening on 22 December 2022.
The original sunken gardens dated from 1879 and were (and are) bounded on the west by Union Terrace, seen here supported by the arches, and by the Den Burn to the east, although that is now underground and supplanted by a railway and by the Den Burn dual-carriageway.
On the north side is Rosemount Viaduct, noted for the three adjacent buildings known as Education, Salvation and Damnation, the city library, St Marks Church and His Majesty's Theatre.
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).
The Ashmolean Museum
Situated in Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH
There was a previous building housing ‘a Cabinet of Curiosities’ as far back as the late 1670’s. These items were given to the University of Oxford by Elias Ashmole in 1677.
That building was erected between 1678-1683 and was in Broad Street, Oxford. Much of the collection was acquired from John Tradescant the elder and younger. They were father and son travellers, collectors and gardeners. One unique item that they had sold was a Dodo, possibly the last ever seen in Europe, but it was so damaged, all that could be recovered was the head and one claw. This exhibit now resides in the University Museum of Natural History. Other notable artefacts include Guy Fawkes Lantern, a wall hanging of Powhatan, the Father of Pocahontas and Jacob’s coat of many colours although this has been lost. This building is now the History of Science Museum.
The current building in Beaumont Street was erected between 1841-1845 and was designed by Charles Cockerell. It appears that a large part of the collection either went missing or was damaged so Sir Arthur Evans was appointed in 1884 to restructure the Museum and with donations from Charles Fortnum of cash of £10,000, a considerable sum also his collection of antiques he was able to turn around the fortunes of the museum. A new extension was built and the collection was moved there. In 1908 the Ashmolean collection and University Galleries were combined, the new title being the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. Evans himself bought to the museum specimens of archaeology from diggings in Crete. He also retired in 1908.
Other notable donations include £1,000 from C B Heberden which helped to create a coin room. In 2012 a grant of $1.1m was awarded to enable teaching and research of the University.
As part of the ongoing renovations in 2000 a Chinese Picture Gallery was created and is the only museum gallery in Great Britain that is devoted to Chinese Artists. The gallery was designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects.
The Sackler Library was opened in 2001. This is collection of Archaeological, Art History and Classical Civilization books only and has given the Museum more space to expand.
During 2006-2009 the Museum was closed for a massive regeneration. Two new floors were added, this gave the Museum much more display space as well as a new education centre and conservation studios.
Subsequently there have been new galleries of Ancient Egypt and Nubia. A collection of Victorian Art and an extension to the restored ‘Ruskin Gallery’
In 2017 the Museum acquired a Viking Hoard with examples of fine coins. As you can probably be aware there is much of the story to tell but I think this is enough for now, just to say it is definitely well worth a visit.
CN L506, powered by a duo of road EMDs, CN SD75I 5668 & SD70M-2 8913, crosses from Minnesota to Wisconsin over the famed Arcola High Bridge, just north of Stillwater. Originally this shot was hard to get in daylight, but with a restructuring in crew change points makes this shot possible now
After photting the Tug a blast up the M6 saw me in the Carlisle area to shoot the Tyne Valley RHTT.
Having started out with Sheds it currently runs with 68 power and that made it a legitimate target.
The poor forecast meant that I intended to do a wrong-sider at Wetheral Viaduct but as I neared the M6/A69 junction the sun came out big-style so I restructured and aimed for Sandy Lane, the only right-side location achievable in the time available.
For the first time this year the train has been downgraded from 3S77 to 3J77, Sandite evidently no longer considered a necessity on this line.
68033 leads with 68004 at the rear.
"False Depth of Field" is a qualification that Ahab Abdel-Aziz used to describe one of my images. I took his description and restructured it as a prompt to achieve output in our project "Infinite Layering".
Il monastero Tutti i Santi - Comanca a Băile Olănești (Oltenia, Romania) | Mănăstirea Tuturor Sfinților Comanca, Băile Olănești România
La chiesa venne fondata nel 1736 e nel tempo fu riabilitata e servì anche come scuola. Venne costruita con i massi portati dal fiume e mattoni, a forma di nave, senza torre, con un altare absidale pentagonale e copertura in scandole. Da Olăneşti al monastero sono circa 3 chilometri percorribili in 15 minuti di macchina o 40 minuti a piedi. La strada è parzialmente asfaltata, solo un piccolo tratto prosegue attraverso la strada forestale fino al monastero. L'eremo è stato ristrutturato tra il 1997 e il 2007; in tale occasione venne costruito il campanile antistante la chiesa dove risiedono le monache del monastero. Con la ristrutturazione la chiesa fu consacrata e l'eremo fu elevato al rango di monastero. All'interno dell'edificio sono presenti dipinti e altre iscrizioni che si riferiscono ai fondatori e ai pittori. Così, nel pronao, sulla parete ovest, le iscrizioni del 1785 ricordano i fondatori, il monaco Pahomie, gli eromon Teodosie e Grigori. Un'altra iscrizione, trovata nel proscomidiario e datata 1785-1786, riporta: Questa proscomidia è stata dipinta con il meticoloso lavoro del diacono Gherasimu di Olăneşti. Attualmente è tenuto da due monache ortodosse che vivono in totale solitudine se non qualche fedele che riesce ad arrivare fin lassù per passare qualche ora nella pace di queste foreste.
The church was founded in 1736 and over time was rehabilitated and also served as a school. It was built with boulders carried by the river and bricks, in the shape of a ship, without a tower, with a pentagonal apse altar and shingle roof. From Olăneşti to the monastery it is about 3 kilometers that can be covered in 15 minutes by car or 40 minutes on foot. The road is partially asphalted, only a small section continues through the forest road to the monastery. The hermitage was renovated between 1997 and 2007; on that occasion the bell tower was built in front of the church where the nuns of the monastery reside. With the restructuring the church was consecrated and the hermitage was elevated to the rank of monastery. Inside the building there are paintings and other inscriptions referring to the founders and painters. Thus, in the pronaos, on the west wall, the inscriptions of 1785 remember the founders, the monk Pahomie, the eromon Teodosie and Grigori. Another inscription, found in the proscomidiary and dated 1785-1786, reports: This proscomidia was painted with the meticulous work of the deacon Gherasimu of Olăneşti. It is currently held by two Orthodox nuns who live in total solitude if not some faithful who manage to get up there to spend a few hours in the peace of these forests.
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Part of the former Schenley Distillery in Greendale, Indiana. Located in south east Indiana, the city of 4500 is still restructuring after Schenley closing.
Wien was a liner of 7367 tons built by Lloyd Austriaco and served in WWI as a hospital ship.
Following a grounding which damaged her propeller, she was returned to her Lloyd Austriaco on 29 June 1916.
On December 7th, 1917, she was requisitioned again as an accommodation ship for German Navy personnel at Pola.
On November 1st 1918, she was sunk by Italian frogmen.
In 1921 she was raised and renamed Vienna.
Renamed Po in 1935, she served again as an (Italian) hospital ship in WWII.
She was finally sunk by enemy aircraft in Valona Bay, March 14th 1941.
For further information please visit www.albaniamarinecenter.org/pages/po.html
The ship was the property of Lloyd Triestino, originally founded as Österreichischer Lloyd, which is a 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
This painting was just one of 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/
The airglow (or night luminescence) is the emission of light by a planetary atmosphere caused by the restructuring of atoms in the form of molecules that had been ionized by sunlight during the day, or by cosmic rays and is normally green in colour. This occurs in layers of the atmosphere located between approximately 85 and 95 km high.
The most important element for airglow to be generated is the Nitrogen combined with either hydrogen or oxygen.
This is only visible in very long exposures in very high quality skies such as that of the Sierra Norte de Sevilla with little or no light pollution.
Lens Irix 15/2.4 Blackstone
Press Z[oom]
St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, or Dom Church (Dutch: Domkerk) was the cathedral of the Diocese of Utrecht during the Middle Ages. Once the Netherlands' largest church, dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, it is one of the country's two pre-Reformation cathedrals, along with the cathedral in Middelburg, Zeeland. It has been a Protestant church since 1580. The building is the one church in the Netherlands that closely resembles the style of classic Gothic architecture as developed in France. All other Gothic churches in the Netherlands belong to one of the many regional variants. Unlike most of its French predecessors, the building has only one tower, the 112-metre-high (367 ft) Dom Tower, which is the hallmark of the city.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Cathedral,_Utrecht
www.domkerk.nl/domchurch/index.html
Cathédrale Saint-Martin d'Utrecht
La cathédrale Saint-Martin d'Utrecht (en néerlandais Dom van Utrecht) est une des principales églises gothiques des Pays-Bas située dans la ville d'Utrecht. Sa construction fut commencée en 1254 en tant que cathédrale du diocèse d'Utrecht et se poursuivit jusqu'en 1517. Son architecture s'inspire des grandes cathédrales gothiques en France. Elle est dédiée à saint Martin de Tours. Depuis 1580 l'église est protestante. Sa tour haute de 112,32 mètres est la plus haute tour d'église des Pays-Bas.
Jusqu'en 1559, année de la restructuration par repartage des diocèses des Pays-Bas, elle était la seule cathédrale du territoire des Pays-Bas septentrionaux, correspondant plus ou moins au territoire des Pays-Bas actuels (par opposition aux Pays-Bas méridionaux comprenant l'actuelle Belgique, le Luxembourg et l'essentiel de la région française du Nord-Pas-de-Calais).
De l'église du Moyen Âge, il ne reste plus actuellement que le chœur, le transept et la tour. La nef s'écroula en effet lors d'une tornade en 1674. Depuis lors, la tour qui se trouvait au niveau de la façade occidentale, est séparée du reste du sanctuaire. En plus de l'église, le complexe cathédral comporte également un cloître et une salle du Chapitre canonial devenu aujourd'hui aula de l'université d'Utrecht.
Source: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cath%C3%A9drale_Saint-Martin_d%27Ut...
Does the i360 in Brighton have a future?
The observation tower opened on 4 August 2016 and has been very controversial and blighted with problems ever since.
This is the pillar on which the circular viewing platform rises. It wasn't until I converted the colour photo to black and white that I saw the circular patterns. It is 162m (531 ft) tall.
On 27 November 2024 the BBC reported that the i360 viewing pod in Brighton had filed for administration, leaving the future of the seafront tourist attraction uncertain.
Brighton i360 Ltd remains £51m in debt to Brighton & Hove City Council, according to the authority.
Julia Barfield, chair of Brighton i360 Ltd, said the decision was a direct result of escalating costs, unfavourable summer weather conditions and the cost-of-living crisis.
It will remain fully operational while it explores all potential avenues for restructuring.
The council said it expected Brighton i360 Ltd to enter administration in the near future.
Administrators will then review their options, including, if financially viable and sufficient visitor demand exists, to keep the attraction open for the short to medium-term, while the administrators attempt to find a buyer, the authority added.
Silver gelatin print. 9x12" on 11x14 Ilford MGIV / Ethol LPD (replenished)
Canon EOS3 / Pentax Takumar 55mm f/1.8 / Kodak Tri-X / Harvey's Panthermic 777
The danger of Covid-19 has made it necessary also to close the Hortus Botanicus here in Amsterdam to the public. You can walk around it, though, and admire some of the buildings. One of them set on the canal is (inset) the marvellous Palm- and Fern House (1912) designed by Johan Melchior van der Mey (Meij) (1878-1949), founder of the expressionist Amsterdam School of architecture. Among many other projects is also his great Scheepvaarthuis (www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/20819087566/in/photoli...).
Famous Hugo de Vries (1848-1935), botanist, biologist and geneticist, director of the Hortus from 1876, threatened to leave if the town authorities didn't finance the restructuring of the rather dilapidated garden. Given his prominence and fame, he won out and must have taken great pleasure in the new, handsome building just up the street from where he lived. For De Vries see also my: www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/49034815677/in/photoli....
The Hortus is enclosed within a heavy grating, but you can see some of the plants and even reach in to take a photo or two. Here's a Honeybee on Green Alkanet inside blue, so to speak, and inside the Garden. Note the pale green color of Alkanet's pollen (gathered in Bee's corbicula; and you can clearly see the hairs that give that pollen basket its structure).
Wikipedia: Schloss Johannisburg is a castle in Aschaffenburg that was erected between 1605 and 1614 by Georg Ridinger. Until 1803, it was the second residence of the prince bishop of Mainz. It is constructed of red sandstone, the typical building material of the area around Aschaffenburg.
The castle is one of the main attractions of Aschaffenburg and its landmark. It is located in the center of the city, overlooking the waterside of the river Main. A keep from the destroyed 14th century castle that had formerly stood on the site was included in the construction and is the oldest part of the castle. Schloss Johannisburg is one of the most important buildings of the Renaissance period in Germany. At the end of the 18th century, the interior was restructured in the style of classicism.
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.