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Hope you all have been well, unfortunately it is a sad weekend for me, yesterday we lost 5 staff from our group of 20 after a restructuring due to budget cuts. Over the last three years, the Council I work for has had to downsize by over 1700 staff!
I have known many of these people for a number of years and they will all be missed, I wish them all the best.
Wish you all the best too, sorry been a bit slow catching up after returning from a busy and hectic period.
Enjoy your weekend and will catch up with everyone very soon :-)
Wish the world was different and hard working people did not have worry about loosing or finding a job.
Leave you with a verse from "Imagine" by John Lennon.
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
Imagine (UNICEF: World Version)
Awarded to my husband for his participation in the restructuring of the Alaska Marine Highway System. (A limited edition signed and numbered.) HMM!
(Posted for Macro Mondays theme; "Award")
The garden gate. Recently restructured "CASA DEI MASCHERONI" (1907). Architect Giovanni Maria Mosco (1861- 1924). Trieste. Italy.
Europe, France, Ile de France, Paris, 19e arr, Parc de la Villette, Cité de la Musique, Pedestrian (slightly cut)
We are currently planning this year's summer holiday. That means both looking ahead ánd back.
Shot at Parc de la Villette, near the Cité de la Musique (Christian de Portzamparc), after a long walk along the Canal de Saint-Martin and the Canal de Ourcq. Bernard Tschumi, a French architect, designed the park. It was built from 1984 to 1987 in partnership with Colin Fournier on the site of the abandoned and partly demolished extensive Parisian abattoirs (slaughterhouses) and the national wholesale meat market as part of an urban redevelopment project.
This is number 58 of the Paris album and 122 of Urban Restructuring (World).
Photos taken during a weekend excursion to Scotland by special train, including off train options.
Views of Aberdeen, including this illuminated sign in changing colours, facing south in 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, 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, all partially visible in the upper right of this photo.
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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
Den bislang bedeutendsten Fund stellt das 1981 in Bad Dürkheim-Ungstein ausgegrabene römische Weingut „Weilberg“ dar: Entdeckt wurde es im Rahmen von Flurbereinigungsmaßnahmen, also der ab Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges bis in die 1980er Jahre durchgeführten Umstrukturierung und Neuanlegung von Rebland. Diese römische Villa rustica ist zusammen mit weiteren zwischen 1979 und 1981 ausgegrabenen Landgütern (z. B. dem „Osthof“ bei Wachenheim oder einem Weingehöft am Annaberg) der wichtigste Beleg für den römischen Ursprung des nun fast 2000 Jahre bestehenden Weinbaus in der Pfalz.
The most important find to date is the Roman winery “Weilberg”, which was excavated in Bad Dürkheim-Ungstein in 1981: it was discovered as part of land consolidation measures, i.e. the restructuring and new cultivation of vineyards carried out from the end of the Second World War until the 1980s. This Roman villa rustica, together with other estates excavated between 1979 and 1981 (e.g. the “Osthof” near Wachenheim or a wine farm on Annaberg), is the most important evidence of the Roman origin of viticulture in the Palatinate, which has now existed for almost 2,000 years.
IL TEATRO GRECO
Con i 109 m di diametro della cavea è, dopo quello di Siracusa, il teatro più grande non solo della Sicilia, ma della penisola italiana e dell’Africa. L’impianto originario risale come a Siracusa al III secolo a.C. A documentarlo sono i resti del muro a blocchi isodomi, inglobati nell’edificio della scena e tre sedili con iscrizione dalla cavea.
Quanto è visibile appartiene interamente alla ristrutturazione romana, in particolar modo a quella avvenuta nella prima metà del II d.C. sotto Traiano.
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THE GREEK THEATRE
With its 109 m diameter cavea it is, after that of Syracuse, the largest theater not only in Sicily, but in the Italian peninsula and in Africa. The original plant dates back to the 3rd century BC, as in Syracuse. This is documented by the remains of the isodomic block wall, incorporated in the scene building and three seats with an inscription from the cavea.
What is visible belongs entirely to the Roman restructuring, especially to that which took place in the first half of the 2nd century AD. under Trajan.
In EXPLORE il 31/07/2025 al n. 439 Flickr Takeover Tema: structuresandarchitecture
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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.
Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP
Barcelona, Spain
1987 - 1995
Contextually responsive in its scale and orientation, this museum plays a key role in restructuring the Gothic district of Barcelona. Together with the Casa de la Caritat cultural center and a new university building to the north of its sculpture court, the museum helps to consolidate this new arts quarter within the broader urban fabric.
Costantino is a Lagotto Romagnolo dog.
This is the only breed of dog that is officially recognized as specialized in truffle hunting.
He is Italian Beauty Champion.
Constantine the Great is Emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus.
As emperor, Constantine enacted administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strengthen the empire. He restructured the government, separating civil and military authorities. To combat inflation he introduced the solidus, a new gold coin that became the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years. The Roman army was reorganised to consist of mobile field units and garrison soldiers capable of countering internal threats and barbarian invasions.
The age of Constantine marked a distinct epoch in the history of the Roman Empire.
He ruled between 306 and 337 AD and built a new imperial residence at Byzantium and renamed the city Constantinople (now Istanbul).
Bronze head of Constantine, from a colossal statue (4th century) at Capitoline Museum, Rome, Italy.
Adjusting elements of the photograph to rebalance them. Not perfect, but I'd have to completely restructure the photograph in Photoshop.
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183.032 of STK with set of coal wagons enters Zduńska Wola Południowa station. June 28, 2015.
STK as a railway carrier commenced operating on public infrastructure in 2005 and dealt mostly with oversized load between Wrocław and Gdynia Port. Lates on the ambitions grew and the company went into general cargo. In the end of 2016 the operator was taken over by OT Logistics. Couple of years later, in 2020 something rotten was in the company and restructuring process begun. It wasn't completed successfully and finally on May 20, 2022 the company was removed from the register of entrepreneurs.
Photo by Jarek / Chester
Słowacki elektrowóz 183.032 przewoźnika STK ze sznurem węglarek wjeżdża do stacji Zduńska Wola Południowa. 28 czerwca 2015 roku.
STK, czyli Specjalny Transport Kolejowy pojawił się na rynku w 2005 roku, a jego usługi - zgodnie z nazwą - obejmowały transporty ładunków z przekroczoną skrajnią z Wrocławia do portu w Gdyni, słynne "skrajnie" jadące malowniczymi liniami Kaszub.
Spółka w ciągu lat rozbudowywała potencjał i oferowała usługi również klasycznego transportu towarów - co pokazuje na przykład to zdjęcie. W 2016 roku przedsiębiorstwo zostało kupione przez OT Logistics, ale historia nie potoczyła się dobrze dla przewoźnika. W 2020 roku rozpoczęto sądowy proces sanacji spółki który ostatecznie zakończył się bankructwem i wykreśleniem spółki z rejestru, co stało się 20 maja 2022 roku.
Fot. Jarek / Chester
Europe, Germany, Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Weser, Bremen, Überseeinsel, Hochhaus, Weser Tower (Helmut Jahn) (slightly cut from all sides).
The town of Bremen shares many characteristics with Rotterdam. The massive damage of the WW2, the transformation of old city harbour/industry zone. and it's lively alternative art and theatre culture.
Shown here is the 22 story 'Weser Tower' office highrise (hochhaus) (Helmut Jahn, 2009) on the Übreseeinsel, Úberinsel is an extensive urban redevelopment project that's converting the old harbour and industry zone of Bremen into a lliving, recreational and commercial quarter. There are many similarities with the Rotterdam 'Kop van Zui'd' urban renwal project.
This is number 105 of the Urban restructuring (World) album.
La rocca aldobrandesca di Manciano (GR)
La città di Manciano vanta tra i propri edifici storici questa bellissima rocca fatta costruire dagli Aldobrandeschi nel secolo XII; considerata la sua posizione strategica sulla Maremma (da Manciano si può arrivare con lo sguardo sul mare Tirreno e sull'Argentario) fu oggetto di contese per il suo controllo che fu dapprima della repubblica di Siena nel Quattrocento, poi degli Orvietani e quindi degli Orsini di Pitigliano i quali la posero sotto la propria giurisdizione che durò fino al Seicento. Successivamente Manciano e la sua rocca entrarono a far parte del Granducato di Toscana assieme ai territori rimanenti della contea degli Orsini la quale scomparve definitivamente dallo scenario geopolitico locale.
Nel corso del Settecento vennero effettuati dei lavori di consolidamento e ristrutturazione al fine di preservare la rocca dal degrado; un ultimo lavoro di consolidamento venne effettuato nel secolo scorso.
La fortificazione sorge su un basamento quadrangolare delimitato da cortine murarie ed è costituita da due corpi di fabbrica addossati tra loro su un lato, uno più ampio, di altezza minore, a sezione quadrangolare e uno più alto che costituisce la torre della rocca.
E' un castello molto bello e vale la pena visitarlo anche per godere del panorama circostante che si può ammirare dall'alto della sua torre.
The aldobrandesca fortress of Manciano (GR)
Among its historic buildings, the city of Manciano boasts this beautiful fortress built by the Aldobrandeschi family in the 12th century; considering its strategic position on the Maremma (from Manciano you can get a view of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Argentario Mountain) it was site of disputes for its control which was first of the republic of Siena in the fifteenth century, then of the Orvietani and then of the Orsini di Pitigliano who placed it under their own jurisdiction which lasted until the seventeenth century. Subsequently Manciano and its fortress became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany together with the remaining territories of the Orsini county which definitively disappeared from the local geopolitical scenario.
During the eighteenth century consolidation and restructuring works were carried out in order to preserve the fortress from degradation; a final consolidation work was carried out in the last century.
The fortification stands on a quadrangular base delimited by curtain walls and consists of two buildings leaning against each other on one side, a larger one, of lower height, with a quadrangular section and a taller one which constitutes the tower of the fortress.
It is a very beautiful castle and it is also worth visiting to enjoy the surrounding panorama that can be admired from the top of its tower.
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“The White Arrow”, “The Dove of the Orient”, “The Ship of Maharajahs”... these were some of the epithets which were given to the motorship Victoria of the Lloyd Triestino. At the end of the 'Twenties, the company's technical office was faced with a complex but obvious problem: the design of a new liner which would replace the two already obsolete vessels Helouan and Vienna, born before the First World War which, with the exception of those wartime years, had served with dignity on the express route between Italy and Alexandria in Egypt.
The higher speeds obtainable with the latest generation of propulsion machinery, the competition posed by the Società Italiana di Servizi Marittimi (SITMAR) of Genoa which was running its two most recent steamships, Esperia and Ausonia, on the same route, a worrying contraction in traffic and, finally, the restructuring of the Lloyd Triestino by Lloyd Sabaudo, persuaded the company to order just a single ship; the possibility of a sister ship would have to wait for more favourable economic times. Following a favourable experience with some diesel-driven combi-ships, it was decided that the new flagship should be a motor vessel: four powerful Sulzer diesels, built at the famous Fabbrica Macchine Sant'Andrea of Trieste, were connected directly to the same number of propellers with the intention of giving the ship a service speed of 20 knots.
The Victoria (a name chosen after consideration had been given to Alessandrina and Cleopatra) was also one of the very first passenger ships in the World built to the new standards of Safety of Life At Sea (SOLAS 1929); in addition to a cellular double bottom which extended from the fore to the stern peak, she was divided into eleven watertight compartments with the engine room in the middle section and the forward and aft sections devoted to cargo. There was also a garage for cars accessible over a ramp connected to the quay. Despite being much smaller than the great transatlantic liners, the Victoria attracted international attention for several reasons: apart from her speed, she had a particularly graceful and streamlined appearance, her interiors were in the Modern style and the first class main lounge was fitted with air-conditioning: she was indeed the first passenger ship in the World to have this amenity thanks to a plant designed by the Carrier company of America and built in England.
For more information please visit www.italianliners.com/victoria-en
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 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.
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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.
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...
Excerpt from www.citywindsor.ca/residents/Culture/Windsor-Sculpture-Pa...:
Centennial Park
Ian Lazarus
Audio Corridor, 2000
Stainless steel, 213 x 640 x 640 centimetres
The intent of this work is to create a dynamic interaction between the sculpture, its setting or site and the viewer who engages it. The sculpture deals with a lyrical phrasing of space, inviting the viewer to move through it as one would move through music if it could be made visible. The sculptor attempts to restructure the existing landscape to take advantage of its inherent beauty while drawing on his sculptural languages and forms to augment the dialogue.
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...
Another striking found in the outskirts of Paris: Pont de Sèvres Towers, now called Citylights. Delivered in 1975, this office campus has been totally restructured by Dominique Perrault architects in 2016.
Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta (Chapel of the Madonna of Vitaleta) is often described as the most photographed church in Tuscany. There are traces of the chapel for the first time in a document dated 1590. The present appearance is the result of restructuring by architect Giuseppe Partini in 1884.
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Photos taken during a weekend excursion to Scotland by special train, including off train options.
Views of Union Terrace, Aberdeen. Looking north-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.
David Greig was the supermarket (initially grocery shop) chain founded by the Greig family of Hornsey, north London. With its headquarters at Atlantic Road, Brixton (and later at Waterloo Road, London) and grocery shops across southern England, it was a rival to the Sainsbury's chain, John and Mary Sainsbury having opened their first grocery shop in Holborn one year earlier. A deep personal rivalry developed between the two families, because of acrimonious feelings about the Greigs' alleged betrayal of a verbal agreement regarding the purchasing of sites for development. By the late 1960s, there were more than 220 Greig shops across the south of the country, all trading under the David Greig brand. However, the company was sold to Fitch lovell and merged into Fitch Lovell's own Key Markets supermarket brand in 1972 after crippling death duties were incurred when several of the men in the family died in quick succession, with inheritance tax obligatory on their entirely private holdings. Key Markets was later bought by Gateway, and eventually rebranded as Somerfield, although several of the larger stores were taken over by ASDA, including the Sturry Road site, near Canterbury. This was in turn bought by the Co-operative Group. Each of these changes included considerable restructuring, so many ex-Greig stores may now be in different ownership.
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
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Maserati is an Italian automobile manufacturer based in Modena . The company was founded in Bologna in 1914. Today, the brand belongs to the global manufacturer Stellantis . Its trademark is a trident, modeled after the one on the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna .
Maserati racing cars were successful in the 1950s; among other achievements, Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1957 Formula One World Championship in a 250F . Maserati has traditionally been a competitor of Ferrari , but from 1997 to 2005 it was a subsidiary of Ferrari within the Fiat Group, later Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA).
Following the merger of FCA and the PSA Group (Peugeot SA) on January 16, 2021 to form Stellantis , Maserati is the only brand in the "luxury" segment of the new group, with its own global sales organization separate from the multi-brand sales through the national Stellantis organizations, such as Stellantis Deutschland GmbH (based in Rüsselsheim).
Founded in Bologna on December 1, 1914, the Società Anonima Officine Alfieri Maserati (SA Officine Alfieri Maserati) was a family business. Its founder was Alfieri Maserati . Three of his six brothers later joined the company.
Carlo (1881–1910), Bindo (1883–1980), Alfieri (1887–1932) [ 4 ] , Mario (1890–1981), Ettore (1894–1990) and Ernesto Maserati (1898–1975) were born in the Lombard town of Voghera . The parents of the siblings, who became known as the Fratelli Maserati (Maserati Brothers), were Rudolfo and Carolina Maserati. Their father worked as a railway engineer. With the exception of Mario Maserati, who worked as a painter, all the Maserati brothers developed an affinity for technology. [ 5 ]
Carlo Maserati built his first motorcycle in 1898, which he used to participate in several races. At the beginning of the 20th century, he became a test and racing driver for Fiat and worked for a time with Vincenzo Lancia . In 1903, he moved to Isotta Fraschini , in 1907 to Bianchi , and in 1909 to Junior . Carlo Maserati died of tuberculosis in 1910. [ 5 ]
Alfieri and Bindo Maserati followed their brother Carlo to Isotta Fraschini in 1903. In 1910, they went to Argentina on behalf of the Milanese car manufacturer to work at the Isotta branch there. In Buenos Aires, Alfieri designed a racing car using Isotta technology, which he himself used in motor races, but the Maserati brothers returned to Italy as early as 1914.
On December 1, 1914, Alfieri Maserati founded his own company in Bologna, where customer cars from Isotta Fraschini were to be prepared for racing. With Italy's entry into the First World War, the workshop's activities largely ceased. During this time, Alfieri Maserati developed spark plugs, while his brother Ernesto, who had initially also worked for Alfieri, designed aircraft engines for Franco Tosi during the war . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
Beginnings in motorsport
Maserati 8CM
After the war, Alfieri, Ernesto, and Ettore Maserati resumed their workshop operations. They designed several racing cars for Isotta Fraschini [ 6 ] [ 8 ] and, from 1922, for Diatto , achieving some success in Grand Prix races. When Diatto withdrew from motor racing in 1925, the Maserati brothers took over the design work. This project resulted in the Maserati Tipo 26 , the first racing car to bear the Maserati name. [ 7 ] In April 1926, the car driven by Alfieri Maserati achieved the company's first class victory in the 1.5-liter class at the Targa Florio . After initially only sporadic further racing appearances, Maserati participated regularly in motorsport events from 1929 onwards. The company maintained a factory team but also sold its vehicles to independent customers. With the introduction of the Maserati Tipo 6CM in 1936, sustained success followed; Maserati won a total of 19 races before the outbreak of the Second World War . [ 6 ]
The Orsi era: Racing successes and the first road-going sports cars
In 1932, Alfieri Maserati died at the age of 44 from the long-term effects of a racing accident. Subsequently, Bindo Maserati, who had previously worked at Isotta Fraschini, took over the management of Officine Alfieri Maserati, while Ettore was responsible for development and administration. [ 9 ]
Despite the racing successes, the company never regained the dynamism it had enjoyed during Alfieri Maserati's lifetime. [ 9 ] In 1937, the remaining Maserati brothers sold the company to Adolfo Orsi , an industrialist from Modena who owned several steel mills and manufactured agricultural and machine tools in his hometown. [ 9 ] Orsi primarily wanted to use Maserati's racing successes for advertising purposes for his other businesses. [ 10 ] Until the post-war period, the Maserati name appeared not only on automobiles but also on technical equipment produced by the Orsi Group. During this time, Maserati also manufactured motorcycles, among other things. The Maserati brothers Bindo, Ernesto, and Ettore remained with the company as consultants for ten years, and its headquarters were moved to Modena in the early 1940s. In 1947 they separated from Maserati and founded a competing company, Officine Specializzata Costruzioni Automobili (OSCA), in Bologna.
After the end of World War II, the Orsi Group faced economic and political difficulties. These included numerous, sometimes violent, strikes by the workforce, which also led to the temporary closure of the Maserati factory. In 1950, the group underwent a restructuring, resulting in the spin-off of Maserati. From then on, Adolfo Orsi and his son Omar were solely responsible for managing the racing car manufacturer, while the other companies within the group were managed by Orsi's siblings.
Maserati 250F
After the turmoil of the early post-war period subsided, Maserati established itself as a major player in motor racing during the 1950s. This process was facilitated by the withdrawal of the previously dominant Alfa Romeo team. The Maserati 250F, designed in 1953 , was one of the most widely used Formula One cars of its generation; it competed in 46 World Championship races and numerous non-championship Formula One events until 1960. [ 11 ] Maserati regularly fielded a factory team during these years; in addition, numerous private drivers entered Maserati-designed cars. In 1957, Juan Manuel Fangio won the Drivers' World Championship with the Maserati factory team; it was Fangio's fifth world title. In 1958, Maserati withdrew from Formula One for financial reasons. Customer cars, however, remained in use until 1960, and Maserati engines could be found in Cooper's Formula 1 cars until the late 1960s . After a few years without motorsport involvement, Maserati returned to sports car racing success in the early 1960s with cars like the Tipo 61 ("Birdcage") ...Wikipedia
The old bridge was restructured with steel arch rich in modern shape named Sunshine Bridge and also become a specifically landscape bridge, 245 meters length with colorful illuminators only for walkers and bicycles use and go direct to riverside park, now became a spotlight and landmark of leisure place, especially at night. The bridge won the 13th National Building Gold Medal in Oct. 2012
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The church of San Giovanni Battista rises in the upper part of the village, preceded by a vast paved square, with the northern part of the building leaning against the hill.
There are two important dates for the temple. 1340, the year of construction at the behest of Antonio Fieschi, bishop of Luni, at the beginning of his vicariate, as indicated by the inscription on the plaque on the right side of the church; and 1870, when the building was heavily renovated with a neo-Gothic façade.
The original plant is the work of the Antelami Masters, of Lombard origin, admirable in the rose window in Carrara marble and precisely on the right side, with the single lancet windows and the two Gothic doors preceded by short stairways, surmounted by lunettes decorated with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic elements. The neo-Gothic aspect is therefore due to the nineteenth-century restructuring, when the façade was rebuilt, however, relocating the original rose window, and the church extended by a span.
The salient façade therefore reflects the basilica plan with three naves, with a main portal decorated with phytomorphic motifs and two smaller side portals, all with pointed arches, the main one with a lunette without decoration. It is framed by four slopes with corner pillars which host four statues symmetrically in the middle order, between the rose window and two lateral mullioned windows. The upper part ends with a blind mullioned window, surmounted by a statue of Christ the Redeemer.
The three naves inside are separated by elegant ogival arches. Along the left wall there are three rectangular chapels, along the right one there are the entrances. The presbytery opens into a main chapel, enclosed between two communicating side chapels.
Among the works of art preserved are a wooden crucifix by Maragliano, a canvas of the Preaching of the Baptist attributed to Domenico Fiasella and a triptych in the right aisle attributed to Benedetto Antelami depicting the Madonna and Child and Saints Rocco and Sebastian of the fifteenth century, a 16th century bas-relief depicting San Martino on horseback, a fine 18th-century pulpit and an Agati mechanical organ from 1851.
The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark. Augustusburg Palace (German: Schloss Augustusburg) and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.
The palaces were built at the beginning of the 18th century by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Clemens August of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family. The architects were Johann Conrad Schlaun and François de Cuvilliés. The main block of Augustusburg Palace is a U-shaped building with three main storeys and two levels of attics. The magnificent staircase was designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann.
The gardens were designed by Dominique Girard. An elaborate flower garden for an area south of the palaces was also designed, but it was restructured by Peter Joseph Lenné in the 19th century and turned into a landscape garden. Attempts to renovate the area have proven difficult, due to poor source material availability.
Falkenlust hunting lodge was designed by François de Cuvilliés and built from 1729 to 1740, in the style of the Amalienburg hunting lodge in the park of Nymphenburg Palace.
From shortly after World War II until 1994, Augustusburg was used as a reception hall for guests of state by the German President, as it is not far from Bonn, which was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany at that time.
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My elderly neighbor needs to remain in a nursing home - in the old days she worked a family farm and my son used to enjoy helping her with pumpkins and ornamental corn. Now the house is being smashed down to the beams for a complete restructuring.
Der Roche-Turm (Bau 1), auch Roche Tower, ist ein Hochhaus in der Schweizer Stadt Basel. Das Gebäude ist Hauptsitz des Pharmakonzerns Roche Holding, der auch Eigentümer und Bauherr des Bauwerks ist. Mit 178 m übertrifft der Roche-Turm deutlich den 126 Meter hohen Prime Tower in Zürich, das zuvor höchste Hochhaus der Schweiz. Das höchste freistehende Gebäude des Landes ist jedoch weiterhin der nur wenige Kilometer von Basel entfernte Fernsehturm St. Chrischona mit 250 Metern. Das Hochhaus dient rein betrieblichen Zwecken und ist öffentlich nicht zugänglich. Der von den Architekten Herzog & de Meuron entworfene Roche-Turm entstand im Rahmen einer umfangreichen baulichen Neustrukturierung des Basler Stammsitzes, zu dem ab 2021 auch der auf 205 Meter im Bau befindliche Bau 2 gehören soll.
Fotografiert wurde das Gebäude während den Festlichkeiten zum 125 Jahre Jubiläum.
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The Roche Tower (Building 1), also Roche Tower, is a high-rise in the Swiss city of Basel. The building is the headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Roche Holding, which is also the owner and builder of the building. At 178 m, the Roche Tower clearly exceeds the 126-meter-high Prime Tower in Zurich, which was previously the tallest skyscraper in Switzerland. However, the tallest free-standing building in the country is still the St. Chrischona television tower, which is only a few kilometers away from Basel, at 250 meters. The high-rise serves purely operational purposes and is not open to the public. The Roche Tower, designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron, was built as part of an extensive structural restructuring of the Basel headquarters, which will also include Building 2, which is under construction at 205 meters, from 2021.
The building was photographed during the celebrations for the 125th anniversary.
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....
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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 ....
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Dans le chœur existe d’ailleurs une statue de Saint Martin, offerte par Napoléon III en 183. Lors de cette restructuration, avec surélévation et construction des clochers, l’orientation de ce sanctuaire a été inversée en raison de la configuration du terrain
La statue de Saint Antoine ainsi que deux statues du XVIIIe siècle, en bois polychrome, de Saint François d’Assise et Saint Antoine de Padoue, proviennent de cette chapelle conventuelle
Elle a été restructurée dans sa forme présente entre 1850 et 1880, au temps des grands travaux du second Empire
🇬🇧 In the choir, there is also a statue of Saint Martin, donated by Napoleon III in 183. During this renovation, which included raising the height of the building and constructing bell towers, the orientation of the sanctuary was reversed due to the configuration of the land.
The statue of Saint Anthony and two 18th-century polychrome wooden statues of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Anthony of Padua come from this convent chapel.
It was restructured into its present form between 1850 and 1880, during the major works of the Second Empire.
🇩🇪 Im Chor befindet sich übrigens eine Statue des Heiligen Martin, die Napoleon III. 183 gestiftet hat. Bei dieser Umgestaltung, bei der die Glockentürme erhöht und neu gebaut wurden, wurde die Ausrichtung dieses Heiligtums aufgrund der Beschaffenheit des Geländes umgekehrt
Die Statue des Heiligen Antonius sowie zwei Statuen aus dem 18. Jahrhundert aus polychromem Holz, die den Heiligen Franz von Assisi und den Heiligen Antonius von Padua darstellen, stammen aus dieser Klosterkapelle .
Sie wurde zwischen 1850 und 1880, zur Zeit der großen Bauarbeiten des Zweiten Kaiserreichs, in ihrer heutigen Form umgebaut
🇪🇸 En el coro hay una estatua de San Martín, ofrecida por Napoleón III en 183. Durante esta remodelación, con la elevación y construcción de los campanarios, se invirtió la orientación de este santuario debido a la configuración del terreno
La estatua de San Antonio, así como dos estatuas del siglo XVIII, en madera policromada, de San Francisco de Asís y San Antonio de Padua, proceden de esta capilla conventual .
Fue reestructurada en su forma actual entre 1850 y 1880, en la época de las grandes obras del Segundo Imperio.
🇮🇹 Nel coro è presente una statua di San Martino, donata da Napoleone III nel 183. Durante i lavori di ristrutturazione, con sopraelevazione e costruzione dei campanili, l'orientamento del santuario è stato invertito a causa della conformazione del terreno
La statua di Sant'Antonio e due statue del XVIII secolo, in legno policromo, di San Francesco d'Assisi e Sant'Antonio da Padova, provengono da questa cappella conventuale
È stata ristrutturata nella sua forma attuale tra il 1850 e il 1880, al tempo dei grandi lavori del Secondo Impero
"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".
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.
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Torrente Mandola, a mio avviso uno dei più bei torrenti delle mie zone. Basta osservare la foto per comprendere la qualità delle sue acque, azzurre cristalline e molto limpide con un unico (se si vuole chiamarlo così) difetto: essere estremamente fredde anche in piena estate!
Il Mandola non e nient'altro che il torrente Rombonos che scorre sull'Altopiano e sfocia a estuario nel lago di Caldonazzo.
Un tempo il Rombonos era usato dalle lavandaie per lavare i panni e, uno dei piccoli rivoli emissari di quest'ultimo, si chiama proprio Rio delle Lavandaie.
Per maggiori info sulla storia del torrente ed il suo utilizzo, vi lascio il link a Wikipedia. it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rombonos?wprov=sfla1
Infine il Mandola per buona parte del XIX e degli inizi del XX sec. fu la principale fonte lavorativa per gli abitanti del territorio poiché era ricco di pirite e rame. Ci sono ancora i resti della miniera, chiusa da quarant'anni, ma dal 2008 riaperta al pubblico in seguito a lavori di ristrutturazione che però non hanno potuto riportare alla luce l'intero complesso originario.
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Mandola stream, in my opinion one of the most beautiful streams in my area. Just look at the picture to understand the quality of its waters, crystal blue and very clear with a single (if you want to call it that) flaw: be extremely cold even in summer!
The Mandola is nothing more than the Rombonos stream that flows on the plateau and flows into the Caldonazzo lake.
Once the Rombonos was used by washerwomen to wash clothes and, one of the stream's emissaries, is called the Rio delle Lavandaie.
Finally, the Mandola for most of the nineteenth and early twentieth century was the main source of work for the inhabitants of the territory as it was rich in pyrite and copper. There are still the remains of the mine, closed for forty years, but since 2008 reopened to the public following restructuring works that, however, have not been able to bring to light the entire original complex.
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On February 8, 2006, the remains of a beached whale were preserved by a team of specialists who, after obtaining permission from the Mexican authorities, extracted the natural oils from the skeleton’s bones. The next phase of the whale’s afterlife was a repurposing by artist Gabriel Orozco, who restructured the skeleton’s bones onto a metal armature, and deemed it an artwork to be hung in the central lobby of Mexico’s national library. Entitled Mobile Matrix, the whale has remained on permanent display at la Biblioteca José Vasconcelos in Mexico City, with the exception of an excursion to MoMA for Orozco’s 2009 retrospective.
Six thousand pencils were employed by assistants under Orozco’s supervision to create the concentric circles on the skeleton’s 163 bones.
“In the end, it was a lot of labor to fill it with graphite,” Orozco admits, “and I like the graphite because it’s like lead. It has certain qualities that aren’t like painting on the bone, it’s more like dust. I always liked the idea of this dark mineral against the bone, how they contrast.”
“The Cișmigiu Gardens or Cișmigiu Park (Romanian: Grădinile Cișmigiu or Parcul Cișmigiu) are a public park in the center of Bucharest, Romania, spanning areas on all sides of an artificial lake. The gardens' creation was an important moment in the history of Bucharest. They form the oldest and, at 14.6 hectares (36 acres), the largest park in city's central area.
History
The park was built in 1847, at a time when Bucharest was the capital of Wallachia, on a site formerly known as Lacul lui Dura neguțătorul (the "Lake of Dura the merchant"), or simply as Dura. The pool it replaced was a popular site for fishing from as early as the 17th century, and was inhabited by mallard colonies. A part of the present-day gardens was occupied by a vineyard, which was planted around a water source: the latter had been tapped during the bubonic plague epidemic of 1795, when the two sons of Prince Alexander Mourousis took refuge in the largely uninhabited zone.
The decision to replace the lake was taken in 1846, during a period of Imperial Russian administration introduced by Regulamentul Organic. It was based on an earlier proposal made by Russian governor Pavel Kiselyov in 1830, and on various small-scale works had first been undertaken in 1837. The initiative, countersigned by Prince Gheorghe Bibescu, was part of a series of major public works, and the plan dates back to 1844. On 27 February 1845, the area passed into public ownership through a princely decree.
In 1843, Bibescu had called on experts in horticulture and planning to join in the effort to restructure the city gardens. As a result, two citizens of the German Confederation, the horticulturist Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Meyer and his assistant, the gardener Franz Hörer, arrived in Bucharest, where their first work involved the floral arrangements on each side of Șoseaua Kiseleff. They were to become involved in redesigning Dura area: Meyer was responsible for setting up the new lanes, for planting new floral species, as well as for setting up a Romantic landscape with rocks leading down to the lake. The central lake was connected to the Dâmbovița River through a canal. The gardens were ultimately inaugurated on 23 September 1847, and Meyer was appointed their administrator in 1848.
The word cișmigiu comes from Turkish: a Ceșme is a public fountain and a cișmigiu (or cișmegiu) used to be the person responsible for building and maintaining public fountains. The name replaced older references to Dura, and was coined by the public because, at the time, the administrator of Bucharest fountains was living on park grounds, in a house located between the central lake and Sărindar quarter.
Cișmigiu continued to be developed by Meyer long after its official inauguration: in 1870, the horticulturist laid out a plan to redesign the lanes, to introduce an artesian aquifer, and to create a kiosk for an orchestra. He also proposed to have gondolas carrying visitors over the lake. By 1851, new species of trees were brought in: chestnuts from Gorj County, walnuts from Dâmbovița County, and other plants from places such as Vienna and Brașov. At the same time, the lanes were reinforced with debris from the ruins of Curtea Nouă and Zlătari area. Works were completed despite Meyer's sudden death as a result of typhoid fever in August 1852.
The park was clearly delimited after Bucharest became capital of the Kingdom of Romania: in 1871, Academiei Boulevard was extended to its western side, and, in 1890, under Mayor Pache Protopopescu, Elisabeta Boulevard was created on its southern side. During the 1860s, Bucharest was visited by the socialist activist and philosopher Ferdinand Lassalle, who argued that "Cișmigiu exceeds by far anything Germany has to offer".
In 1882, the gardens were fitted with electrical lighting. Seven years later, the Gheorghe Lazăr High School was built on its southwestern corner (it was to be extended during the 1930s). During the late 19th and early 20th century, Cișmigiu became noted for housing the Thierry Restaurant, kept by a Frenchman, and various amateur photographers who made affordable portraits. The building in front of the park was assigned to the City Hall during the communist regime.
Meyer was succeeded in his office of garden administrator by other Germans: Ulrich Hoffman, Wilhelm Knechtel, and Friedrich Rebhuhn. It was Rebhuhn who, after 1910, redesigned many parts of the gardens to their present-day appearance.
In 1990, the park served as the location for Elder Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to pronounce a dedicatory blessing over the country of Romania.” Wikipedia
L’opéra de Lyon, dit parfois l’opéra Nouvel, est une salle d’opéra de la ville de Lyon.
Il est situé place de la Comédie, en face de l'hôtel de ville. Construit en 1831 par Antoine-Marie Chenavard et Jean-Marie Pollet, il a été totalement restructuré et agrandi entre 1989 et 1993 par Jean Nouvel. Le projet architectural fut lauréat du prix de l'Équerre d'argent du Moniteur en 1993.
Il abrite une salle de représentations affectée principalement à l'opéra national de Lyon qui y fait représenter des opéras, ballets et concerts. Il est le lieu de résidence du ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon. L'Opéra de Lyon, subventionné par la ville de Lyon (60 %), le département du Rhône (10 %), la région Rhône-Alpes (10 %) et l'État (20 %), a un budget annuel qui avoisine 35 millions d'euros. En 2011, l'âge moyen des spectateurs était de 47 ans.
The Opera de Lyon, sometimes called Opera Nouvel, is an opera house in the city of Lyon.
It is located Place de la Comedie, in front of the city hall. Built in 1831 by Antoine-Marie Chenavard and Jean-Marie Pollet, it was totally restructured and expanded between 1989 and 1993 by Jean Nouvel. The architectural project was awarded the Prix de l'Equerre d'Argent du Moniteur in 1993.
It houses a performance hall mainly dedicated to the Opéra national de Lyon, where operas, ballets and concerts are performed. It is the place of residence of the Opera de Lyon ballet. The Lyon Opera, subsidized by the city of Lyon (60%), the Rhône department (10%), the Rhône-Alpes region (10%) and the State (20%), has an annual budget that is around 35 million euros. In 2011, the average age of the audience was 47 years old.
The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark. Augustusburg Palace (German: Schloss Augustusburg) and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.
The palaces were built at the beginning of the 18th century by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Clemens August of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family. The architects were Johann Conrad Schlaun and François de Cuvilliés. The main block of Augustusburg Palace is a U-shaped building with three main storeys and two levels of attics. The magnificent staircase was designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann.
The gardens were designed by Dominique Girard. An elaborate flower garden for an area south of the palaces was also designed, but it was restructured by Peter Joseph Lenné in the 19th century and turned into a landscape garden. Attempts to renovate the area have proven difficult, due to poor source material availability.
Falkenlust hunting lodge was designed by François de Cuvilliés and built from 1729 to 1740, in the style of the Amalienburg hunting lodge in the park of Nymphenburg Palace.
From shortly after World War II until 1994, Augustusburg was used as a reception hall for guests of state by the German President, as it is not far from Bonn, which was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany at that time.
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Prato della Valle
is a 90,000 square meter elliptical square in Padova, Italy (Veneto region, northern Italy). It is the largest square in Italy, and one of the largest in Europe. Today, the square is a large space with a green island at the center, l'Isola Memmia, surrounded by a small canal bordered by two rings of statues.
Prior to 1635, the area which would come to be known as the "Prato della valle" was largely a featureless expanse of partially swampy terrain just south of the old city walls of Padova. In 1636 a group of Venetian and Veneto notables financed the construction there of a temporary but lavishly appointed theater as a venue for mock battles on horseback. The musical entertainment which served as prologue to the jousting is considered to be the immediate predecessor of the first public opera performances in Venice which began the following year.
In 1767 the square, which belonged to the monks of Santa Giustina became the public property of the city of Padua. In 1775 Andrea Memmo, whose statue is in the square, decided to reclaim and restructure the entire area. The entire project, which was never fully completed, is represented in a famous copper engraving by Francesco Piranesi from 1785. It seems that Memmo had commissioned this and other representations and kept them on exhibition at the Palazzo Venezia, the headquarters of the Embassy of the Republic in Rome. He did this in order to entice other important figures into financing the construction of statues to decorate the square. The project was approved by Domenico Cerato, professor of architecture at Vicenza and Padova.
The preliminary excavations done to install the plumbing system and reclaim the area were directed by Simone Stratico. These excavations brought to light the remains of an ancient Roman theater. These findings conferred a sense of historical dignity to the initiative, and transformed it into a project of reclamation for its natural public use. Andrea Memmo resided at Palazzo Angeli, constructed in the 15th century and located in Prato della Valle at an angle with the avenue Umberto I. Today, the monumental palazzo, the property of the city of Padova, hosts the Museum of Precinema, Minici Zotti Collection.
Of particular interest are the benedictine Abbey of Santa Giustina, the neoclassical style Loggia Amulea, and the many interesting palazzi constructed between the 14th and the 18th centuries that surround the square.
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Maserati is an Italian automobile manufacturer based in Modena . The company was founded in Bologna in 1914. Today, the brand belongs to the global manufacturer Stellantis . Its trademark is a trident, modeled after the one on the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna .
Maserati racing cars were successful in the 1950s; among other achievements, Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1957 Formula One World Championship in a 250F . Maserati has traditionally been a competitor of Ferrari , but from 1997 to 2005 it was a subsidiary of Ferrari within the Fiat Group, later Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA).
Following the merger of FCA and the PSA Group (Peugeot SA) on January 16, 2021 to form Stellantis , Maserati is the only brand in the "luxury" segment of the new group, with its own global sales organization separate from the multi-brand sales through the national Stellantis organizations, such as Stellantis Deutschland GmbH (based in Rüsselsheim).
Founded in Bologna on December 1, 1914, the Società Anonima Officine Alfieri Maserati (SA Officine Alfieri Maserati) was a family business. Its founder was Alfieri Maserati . Three of his six brothers later joined the company.
Carlo (1881–1910), Bindo (1883–1980), Alfieri (1887–1932) [ 4 ] , Mario (1890–1981), Ettore (1894–1990) and Ernesto Maserati (1898–1975) were born in the Lombard town of Voghera . The parents of the siblings, who became known as the Fratelli Maserati (Maserati Brothers), were Rudolfo and Carolina Maserati. Their father worked as a railway engineer. With the exception of Mario Maserati, who worked as a painter, all the Maserati brothers developed an affinity for technology. [ 5 ]
Carlo Maserati built his first motorcycle in 1898, which he used to participate in several races. At the beginning of the 20th century, he became a test and racing driver for Fiat and worked for a time with Vincenzo Lancia . In 1903, he moved to Isotta Fraschini , in 1907 to Bianchi , and in 1909 to Junior . Carlo Maserati died of tuberculosis in 1910. [ 5 ]
Alfieri and Bindo Maserati followed their brother Carlo to Isotta Fraschini in 1903. In 1910, they went to Argentina on behalf of the Milanese car manufacturer to work at the Isotta branch there. In Buenos Aires, Alfieri designed a racing car using Isotta technology, which he himself used in motor races, but the Maserati brothers returned to Italy as early as 1914.
On December 1, 1914, Alfieri Maserati founded his own company in Bologna, where customer cars from Isotta Fraschini were to be prepared for racing. With Italy's entry into the First World War, the workshop's activities largely ceased. During this time, Alfieri Maserati developed spark plugs, while his brother Ernesto, who had initially also worked for Alfieri, designed aircraft engines for Franco Tosi during the war . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
Beginnings in motorsport
Maserati 8CM
After the war, Alfieri, Ernesto, and Ettore Maserati resumed their workshop operations. They designed several racing cars for Isotta Fraschini [ 6 ] [ 8 ] and, from 1922, for Diatto , achieving some success in Grand Prix races. When Diatto withdrew from motor racing in 1925, the Maserati brothers took over the design work. This project resulted in the Maserati Tipo 26 , the first racing car to bear the Maserati name. [ 7 ] In April 1926, the car driven by Alfieri Maserati achieved the company's first class victory in the 1.5-liter class at the Targa Florio . After initially only sporadic further racing appearances, Maserati participated regularly in motorsport events from 1929 onwards. The company maintained a factory team but also sold its vehicles to independent customers. With the introduction of the Maserati Tipo 6CM in 1936, sustained success followed; Maserati won a total of 19 races before the outbreak of the Second World War . [ 6 ]
The Orsi era: Racing successes and the first road-going sports cars
In 1932, Alfieri Maserati died at the age of 44 from the long-term effects of a racing accident. Subsequently, Bindo Maserati, who had previously worked at Isotta Fraschini, took over the management of Officine Alfieri Maserati, while Ettore was responsible for development and administration. [ 9 ]
Despite the racing successes, the company never regained the dynamism it had enjoyed during Alfieri Maserati's lifetime. [ 9 ] In 1937, the remaining Maserati brothers sold the company to Adolfo Orsi , an industrialist from Modena who owned several steel mills and manufactured agricultural and machine tools in his hometown. [ 9 ] Orsi primarily wanted to use Maserati's racing successes for advertising purposes for his other businesses. [ 10 ] Until the post-war period, the Maserati name appeared not only on automobiles but also on technical equipment produced by the Orsi Group. During this time, Maserati also manufactured motorcycles, among other things. The Maserati brothers Bindo, Ernesto, and Ettore remained with the company as consultants for ten years, and its headquarters were moved to Modena in the early 1940s. In 1947 they separated from Maserati and founded a competing company, Officine Specializzata Costruzioni Automobili (OSCA), in Bologna.
After the end of World War II, the Orsi Group faced economic and political difficulties. These included numerous, sometimes violent, strikes by the workforce, which also led to the temporary closure of the Maserati factory. In 1950, the group underwent a restructuring, resulting in the spin-off of Maserati. From then on, Adolfo Orsi and his son Omar were solely responsible for managing the racing car manufacturer, while the other companies within the group were managed by Orsi's siblings.
Maserati 250F
After the turmoil of the early post-war period subsided, Maserati established itself as a major player in motor racing during the 1950s. This process was facilitated by the withdrawal of the previously dominant Alfa Romeo team. The Maserati 250F, designed in 1953 , was one of the most widely used Formula One cars of its generation; it competed in 46 World Championship races and numerous non-championship Formula One events until 1960. [ 11 ] Maserati regularly fielded a factory team during these years; in addition, numerous private drivers entered Maserati-designed cars. In 1957, Juan Manuel Fangio won the Drivers' World Championship with the Maserati factory team; it was Fangio's fifth world title. In 1958, Maserati withdrew from Formula One for financial reasons. Customer cars, however, remained in use until 1960, and Maserati engines could be found in Cooper's Formula 1 cars until the late 1960s . After a few years without motorsport involvement, Maserati returned to sports car racing success in the early 1960s with cars like the Tipo 61 ("Birdcage") ...Wikipedia
Europe, Ile de France Paris, 19e arr, Bassin de la Villette, Mk2 Quai de Seine cinema, People (uncut)
Mk 2 is an art house multiplex cinema designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte in a former Gustave Eiffel warehouse.
This is number 59 of the Paris album and 123 of Urban Restructuring (World).
NS 251 gets rolling after a meet at Ooltewah, Tennesse with a duo of SD60 variants for power. This train no longer runs due to NS's restructuring of their Roadrailer service.
Países Bajos - Lisse - Jardines Keukenhof
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ENGLISH:
Keukenhof (English: "Kitchen garden" also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the world's largest flower gardens, situated in the municipality of Lisse, in the Netherlands. According to the official website, Keukenhof Park covers an area of 32 hectares (79 acres) and approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted in the gardens annually. Keukenhof is widely known for its tulips, it also features numerous other flowers, including hyacinths, daffodils, lilies, roses, carnations and irises.
Keukenhof is located in the province of South Holland, south of Haarlem and southwest of Amsterdam in the area called the "Dune and Bulb Region" (Duin- en Bollenstreek).
Keukenhof is situated on the 15th-century hunting grounds of Slot Teylingen; it was the castle's kitchen garden (in Dutch: keukentuin), providing game, fruit and vegetables. The most noted inhabitant, and beneficiary of the garden was Countess Jacoba van Beieren (1401-1436).[8] In 1638, the estate was purchased by Adriaen Maertensz Block, captain and governor of the VOC. In 1641 he had a large manor house constructed, which he named Keukenhof, now known as Castle Keukenhof.
In 1857, Baron and Baroness Van Pallandt, at the time owners of the estate, tasked landscape architect Jan David Zocher and his son Louis Paul Zocher, both also designers of Amsterdam's Vondelpark, to restructure the park and grounds around the castle. Those parks, designed in English style, remain the foundations for the gardens.
Keukenhof, the park as it is now known, was established in 1949 by a consortium of bulb growers and flower exporters to showcase their products and support the export industry. The garden opened to the public in 1950 and received 200,000 visitors in its first year. It operates under a charitable foundation of Count Carel De Gaaf van Lynden.
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ESPAÑOL:
Keukenhof ("Jardín de la cocina", en neerlandés), es un extenso parque de más de 32 hectáreas con inmensos jardines de tulipanes, situado entre las localidades de Lisse e Hillegom, en los Países Bajos. También conocido como "el jardín de Europa", es uno de los lugares más bellos del país. Posee una impresionante colección de flores e híbridos de diferentes especies, invernaderos (donde se venden flores, bulbos y semillas), molinos antiguos, lagos, fuentes y grandes paseos. Todo el complejo tiene un bello tratamiento artístico por lo que las flores y lagos se convierten en la base de sus inmensas avenidas.
Los terrenos del parque se encontraban dentro de las posesiones de la noble Jacoba de Baviera y se dice que fue ella misma quien le puso nombre , en uno de sus habituales paseos por la zona, con ese nombre al identificar la fragancia de las hierbas y especias con la cocina de su palacio. Tras su muerte los terrenos pasaron a manos de ricas familias de comerciantes que, conscientes de su atractivo, en el año 1840 encargaron a diversos pintores paisajistas un primer diseño de lo que sería el futuro parque. Para ello los autores se inspiraron fuertemente en el estilo inglés imperante en la época y utilizaron las flores como elemento esencial del diseño.
El parque se encuentra subdividido en cuatro grandes zonas que toman nombre de la familia real neerlandesa de los Oranje:
Pabellón Oranje Nassau
Pabellón Willem Alexander
Pabellón Koningin Beatrix
Pabellón Koningin Juliana