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The fountain was built for the 1937 Special Exhibition, which saw a complete restructuring of the neighborhood, the replacement of the former Trocadero Palace by the Palais de Chaillot and the rearrangement of the Trocadero Gardens. The architects are Roger-Henri Expert, Paul Maître and Adolphe Thiers, sculptors Daniel-Joseph Bacqué and Leon-Ernest Drivier. Largest fountain in Paris, it includes "an impressive device of twenty oblique guns, divided into four groups of five, pointed towards the Eiffel Tower and with a range of fifty meters, to which are added, in strictly aquatic terms, fifty- six sprays of water of four meters and twelve columns of seven meters. Everything works on a motor of a thousand horses. At the 1937 exhibition, 530 spotlights were installed in and around the fountain to create a night show2.
In winter, when the fountain is frozen, it is possible to ice skate and slide on the surface. 327
Tiger and Turtle nimmt über die in ihm angelegte Dialektik von Geschwindigkeit und Stillstand Bezug auf die Umbruchsituation in der Region und deren Wandel durch Rückbau und Umstrukturierung. Indem die Skulptur die dem Bild der Achterbahn anhaftenden Erwartungen ad absurdum führt, reflektiert sie ihre eigene Rolle als potentielles überregionales Wahrzeichen, welches zwangsläufig als Bild vereinnahmt wird. Sie stellt der Logik des ewigen Wachstums eine absurd‐widersprüchliche Struktur entgegen, die sich einer eindeutigen Interpretation widersetzt.“
– Heike Mutter und Ulrich Genth: PM der Künstler vom 19. November 2011 auf phaenomedia.org
Tiger and Turtle, through the dialectic of speed and stillness, is referring to the upheaval situation in the region and its change through dismantling and restructuring. By sculpturing the absurdity of the image of the roller coaster, the sculpture reflects its own role as a potential supraregional landmark, which is inevitably taken as an image. It counteracts the logic of eternal growth with an absurdly contradictory structure that opposes a clear interpretation. "
- Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth: PM of the artists of 19 November 2011 on phaenomedia.org
The Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces form a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which has been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984. The buildings are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark. Augustusburg Palace (German: Schloss Augustusburg) and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.
The palaces were built at the beginning of the 18th century by the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Clemens August of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family. The architects were Johann Conrad Schlaun and François de Cuvilliés. The main block of Augustusburg Palace is a U-shaped building with three main storeys and two levels of attics. The magnificent staircase was designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann.
The gardens were designed by Dominique Girard. An elaborate flower garden for an area south of the palaces was also designed, but it was restructured by Peter Joseph Lenné in the 19th century and turned into a landscape garden. Attempts to renovate the area have proven difficult, due to poor source material availability.
Falkenlust hunting lodge was designed by François de Cuvilliés and built from 1729 to 1740, in the style of the Amalienburg hunting lodge in the park of Nymphenburg Palace.
From shortly after World War II until 1994, Augustusburg was used as a reception hall for guests of state by the German President, as it is not far from Bonn, which was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany at that time.
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De voorbije week doken er berichten op dat het erg interessante spoorwegmuseum van Chabówka in Polen een zware herstructurering te wachten staat. Hoe dit ook afloopt, het toont weer maar eens aan dat niks meer vanzelfsprekend is in een wereld waar enkel het economische belang nog lijkt te tellen. Hopelijk worden er oplossingen gevonden, want dit museum ligt midden in één van de meest toeristische regio’s van Polen en is een bezoek meer dan waard.
Hoe dan ook zijn de fantastische ritten op de berglijn van Chabówka naar Nowy Sącz in hun klassieke vorm voorbij, want de ooit knappe spoorlijn wordt momenteel gemoderniseerd en geëlektrificeerd. Bochten worden daarbij rechtgetrokken, de telegraafmasten en mechanische beveiliging werden op de meeste plaatsen al verwijderd. In de zomer van 2021 kon voor het laatst worden genoten van de jaarlijkse toeristische ritten op de authentieke berglijn. Tot mijn groot plezier werd op alle vier dagen van mijn bezoek de bijzonder indrukwekkende Okz32-2 ingezet voor deze toeristische ritten.
Deze tenderlocomotief heeft een bijzonder indrukwekkend geluid, waarbij ter plekke vaak minutenlang van de luide en vet klinkende cilinderslagen kon worden genoten. Het allermooiste punt om deze koningin te fotograferen was toch wel deze S-bocht nabij Przymiarki. De stoker mag goed aan de bak, want het gaat in één ruk over 9km erg steil bergop vanaf Mszana Dolna tot Kasina Wielka.
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Last week, worrying news was spread that the very interesting railway museum of Chabówka in Poland is facing heavy restructuring. However this turns out, it shows once again that nothing can be taken for granted anymore in a world where only economic interests seem to count. Hopefully solutions will be found, as this interesting museum is situated in the middle of one of Poland's most touristic regions and really deserves the attention of local visitors.
Anyway, the fantastic rides on the mountain line from Chabówka to Nowy Sącz in their classic form are over, as the impressive mountain line is currently being modernised and electrified. Curves are being straightened in the process, telegraph masts and mechanical semaphores have already been removed in most places. In summer 2021, the annual tourist rides on the authentic mountain line could be enjoyed for the last time. Much to my delight, on all four days of my visit, the particularly impressive Okz32-2 was used for these tourist rides.
This tender locomotive has a very heavy sound, where the loud and fat-sounding cylinder strokes could often be enjoyed for minutes on the spot. Surely the very best point to photograph this queen was this S-curve near Przymiarki. The stoker gets to work well, as it goes in one stretch over 9km of very steep uphill from Mszana Dolna to Kasina Wielka.
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John Pierpont Morgan or J.P. Morgan was born in Hartford Connecticut in 1837 to a very distinguished and well off New England family which already contributed greatly to the fledgling United States. Morgan’s mother Juliet Pierpont was related to James Pierpont who founded Yale University down in New Haven Connecticut. J.P.’s paternal grandfather founded Aetna Insurance right in Hartford where he was born. His father Junius Spencer Morgan operated a successful Hartford dry-goods company before becoming a partner in a London-based merchant banking firm. J.P. Morgan after finishing high school in Boston was off to Germany to the University of Göttingen in Germany. He returned to the states and trained as an accountant for New York banking firm of Duncan, Sherman and Company. J.P. then went to work with his dad and form an alliance with Philadelphia banker Drexel to form Drexel, Morgan and Company which would eventually be reorganized in 1895 as J.P. Morgan and Company one of the most powerful and important banking houses in the world that today still exists as J.P. Morgan Chase.
J.P. Morgan always had an eye on the big picture financially, after the Civil War he eyes the limping railroad industry. Morgan purchased many of the small railroad companies that were on the verge of collapse, restructured most of them imposing his own standards to the railroad industry. Among his railroad holdings were New York Central, the New Haven and Hartford, Pennsylvania, Southern and North Pacific Railroads. J.P. Morgan fostered the merger of the Edison General Electric Company with the Thompson-Houson Electric Company to form General Electric the new company would go on to become the primary electrical-equipment company of the United States. Morgan financed the creation of the Federal Steel Company which he would eventually merge with Carnegie Steel Company to form the power United States Steel Company (US Steel) which was the big gun in steel until foreign steel started entering this country.
Morgan though was also an ardent art collector and a collector of fine literature and books and particularly in the last two decades of his life it took a life of its own. J.P. would spend over $60 million dollars on art (~$900 million today). What was his taste so to speak? Well he put together a collection of Western civilization that spanned the full range of artistic and human achievement. The thousands of pieces he acquired ranged from bronzes, porcelains, watches, ivories, and paintings to furniture, tapestries, armor, and ancient Egyptian artifacts as well as the rare books, manuscripts, drawings, prints, and ancient artifacts. As his collection that were both in London and New York grew, in New York in particular it outgrew the treasure room of his basement at 219 Madison Avenue. J.P. Morgan commissioned the McKim, Mead and White Firm in 1902 to build the proper edifice for the collection. The design was undertaken by Charles McKim himself, who was instructed to build a separate magnificent building adjacent to his New York home to house the collections with the instructions from J.P. himself “I want a gem.”
When J.P. Morgan passed away in 1913, and estimated two thirds to three quarters of his $60 million dollar fortune was his collections of arts and books. His son J.P. Morgan Junior or Jack Morgan as he was know was left the ultimate disposition of his late father’s collections. The instructions in J.P. Morgan’s will? To make said objects “permanently available for the instruction and pleasure of the American people” So Jack did have to liquidate some of the art to pay taxes and maintain the liquidity of the estate, he donated large portions to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Connecticut, but the books, manuscripts and drawings remained intact and became the core of the Morgan’s collection. In 1924 Jack Morgan transferred the ownership to a board of trustees and established the Morgan as a public institution the Morgan Library & Museum . This image I have taken here is of the library, H. Siddons Mowbray's decorative scheme on the ceilings, the beautiful stacks, just a gem as J.P. had requested. The Morgan holds musical performances, and readings, there are ample activities throughout the year. A beautiful often overlooked museum just a few blocks east of the Empire State Building.
Taken with Olympus E-5 with Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD lens handheld processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
Essar Steel Algoma is currently, again, under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act: A Canadian law that allows financially troubled corporations the opportunity to plan and restructure their affairs to avoid bankruptcy.
il piccolo vecchio ex teatro "san carlo" a silvano pietra (pv), edificio costruito attorno agli anni 1920/1930, unico esempio di edificio in stile "liberty" della provincia di pavia.
recentemente acquistato dal comune di silvano pietra, in attesa di ristrutturazione.
the little old ex theater "san carlo" in silvano pietra (pv), which was built around the year 1920/1930, perhaps unique example of building in style "liberty" of the province of pavia.
recently bought by the "silvano pietra" city, waiting for restructuring.
Our old tent (RIP) at Basin Creek.
The NPS built a new site here that put the tent pad and cooking area right underneath the bear pole -- thus violating a number of its own regulations and recommendations.
So we found a lower-impact site out here, with a nice sunrise view.
The NPS also restructured the campsite access, which involved a quarter-mile or so without a spur trail. That was fine, but the new access is on the opposite side of a junction than the old access on all the maps. That's an important detail we would have liked to know when we picked up our permit, but fortunately another party warned us.
Originally intended for subsidiary Silk Air, the group's order of of 737 MAXes was transferred to SQ following the restructuring of the group during COVID.
I have been part of Shutterstock’s success for the past 13 1/2 years. To be told, “We respect your love of photography, but due to restructuring, we have to let you go….”. This, just before the holidays. How does one digest this? I have over 45 years of experience in the photo industry. I have, had, no intention of stopping. I am not going to. For the past year I seemingly trained my replacements. I am not a high salary employee by any means. Shutterstock got more than their money’s worth with me. I have a family to support. A young son. My employment gave us health insurance. I have 30 days to find affordable insurance as COBRA is ridiculously expensive.
The economy stinks. With the new administration coming in, with all its bluster, it is almost a guarantee to worsen. When the CEO spoke to the company back in September, he said,” We have to learn to live with ambiguity.” Well, we all knew what was going to happen.
I’m angry. I’m sad. I’m scared. I feel alone. I know what I need to do and am reaching out to all that can. Getting through this as an older adult looking for work, just adds another layer. I so appreciate those who have reached out and have had conversations with. This helps so much. Time feels limited, but I know I have a period of adjustment to get through.
Studio... "Built in 1536 to a design by the architect of Palazzo Te, they were dedicated to the fish trade. The building consisted of two porticoes with round arches in the typical Julian ashlar, with an attic above where there are rectangular windows framed by pilasters. The fishmongers were placed on the sides of the medieval bridge that spanned the Rio, a stream that crosses the city of Mantua from Lake Superior to Lake Inferiore.
They were also connected to the Beccherie, the public slaughterhouse built in the same years, again based on designs by Giulio Romano between the Pescherie and San Silvestro bridges. However, the slaughterhouse was demolished in 1872, creating a pedestrian passage under which a long row of columns was preserved, remaining evidence of the splendid building designed by Giulio Romano. Towards the end of the 19th century, the Pescherie too were restructured, losing their original function. Studio... Built in 1536 to a design by the architect of Palazzo Te, they were dedicated to the fish trade. The building consisted of two porticoes with round arches in the typical Julian ashlar, with an attic above where there are rectangular windows framed by pilasters. The fishmongers were placed on the sides of the medieval bridge that spanned the Rio, a stream that crosses the city of Mantua from Lake Superior to Lake Inferiore." (Wikipedia)
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"Edificate nel 1536 su progetto dell'architetto di palazzo Te, erano dedicate al commercio del pesce. La costruzione era costituita da due porticati ad archi tondi nel tipico bugnato giuliesco, con attico sovrastante dove si aprono finestre rettangolari incorniciate da lesene. Le pescherie erano poste ai lati del ponte di epoca medievale che scavalcava il Rio, corso d'acqua che attraversa la città di Mantova dal lago Superiore al lago Inferiore.
Erano altresì collegate alle Beccherie, il macello pubblico realizzato negli stessi anni, sempre su disegni di Giulio Romano tra i ponti delle Pescherie e di San Silvestro. Il macello fu però demolito nel 1872, creando un passaggio pedonale sotto il quale è stata salvaguardata una lunga fila di colonne, residua testimonianza dello splendido edificio progettato da Giulio Romano. Verso la fine del secolo XIX anche le Pescherie furono ristrutturate, perdendo la loro originaria funzione." (Wikipedia)
Tata Steel has ceased operations of Blast Furnace 5 (seen on the left) at its Port Talbot plant in south Wales, as part of its ongoing restructuring programme. Blast Furnace 4 (on the right) will shut down in a matter of days at the end September 2024 and will thus end Port Talbot's (and the UK’s) ability to produce liquid iron from iron ore.
The decision is driven not so much by climate change but by the need to cut financial losses, reportedly exceeding £1 million per day. An electric arc furnace will be commissioned around 2027 in a move towards more sustainable production methods.
In this scene, Class 66 No. 66105, is seen passing the Blast Furnaces with steel coil in tow, on the 06:40 Margam to Trostre working (6B26).
"Hallbera Viking". 2023-01-29 Last service for SAS Amsterdam-Arlanda as SK1556.
2023-02-01 Ferry flight Arlanda-Chateauroux as SK9223. Returned to lessor in order to reduce costs.
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Netherlands, Amsterdam Zuid Oost, Arena Boulevard, Mageastores and offices (Sjoerd Soeters), Tree.
Shot during a Arena Boulevard & Bijlmer walk and lunch with Arlette.
Best viewed: LARGE.
Intitolata ai 12 principali discepoli di Gesù, è l’unica basilica di Roma che non sia stata costruita su edifici romani preesistenti, anche se furono utilizzati materiali di spoglio. Fondata probabilmente nel VI secolo da papa Pelagio e distrutta da un terremoto a metà del Trecento, fu ristrutturata nel XV secolo da Martino V, che apparteneva alla potente famiglia Colonna e che destinò il palazzo contiguo a sede pontificia. Allo stesso secolo risalgono il portico che precede la facciata e il grandioso affresco dell’abside con l’Ascensione di Melozzo da Forlì, rimosso nel 1711, i cui frammenti sono oggi divisi tra i Musei Vaticani e il Palazzo del Quirinale.
Named after the 12 main disciples of Jesus, it is the only basilica in Rome that was not built on pre-existing Roman buildings, even if bare materials were used. Probably founded in the sixth century by Pope Pelagius and destroyed by an earthquake in the mid-fourteenth century, it was restructured in the fifteenth century by Martin V, who belonged to the powerful Colonna family and who destined the adjoining building as a papal seat. The portico that precedes the facade and the grandiose fresco in the apse with the Ascension of Melozzo da Forlì, removed in 1711, date back to the same century, the fragments of which are now divided between the Vatican Museums and the Quirinal Palace.
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“To understand is to perceive patterns.” - Isaiah Berlin
listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5iO2JRtqp0
[This image is a sequel to this older one of mine: www.flickr.com/photos/kindranikole/8576087001/ .
This is the third year running where I've shot a self-portrait in the same cherry-blossom tree just as it blooms. I like the idea of returning to the same exact location to shoot and leaving with wildly different results each time due to circumstance, artistic evolution, stagnancy, whatever. It reminds me of how no two sunsets are the same, of how the earth is undergoing constant restructuring, of how nothing is permanent or certain. Being human, I'm always seeking stability and certainty, creating my own rituals and meanings in my life and in everything. And yet I find solace in the certainty of uncertainty. It's all very confusing, and I'm all very tired now. Goodnight.]
Caught a break in the clouds to snag a decent shot of the NS 1074 as it works Luther Yard in St. Louis, Missouri. Currently restructuring NS train 111 on a bitter cold morning.
The Rochdale Canal in Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
It is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first two attempts to obtain an act failed after being opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. The promoters, to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and in 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and its construction.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974.
The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park. They worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal.
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After getting permission from BNSF DS3 onto Running Track 5, more commonly referred to as 5 Rail, the Virginian Railway heritage locomotive leads NS train 115 approaches 25th St. at Santa Fe JCT as it begins to leave the KCT North-South Corridor, heading towards the BNSF Emporia Sub for the short remaining trip to Argentine. They're also about ready to cross the state line here from Missouri into Kansas, the Virginian goes from being a "Missourian" to becoming a "Kansan".
115 had previously been a train that terminated at UP's 18th St. Yard here in Kansas City, originating in Decatur, IL. Over the summer, NS restructured some of their numbered symbols, and while this train still runs out of Decatur, it now delivers interchange traffic to the BNSF in KC. 8/13/24.
This was an ancient castle built many years ago. Nowdays, after years of complete state of abandon the castle is being restructured and converted into a luxury spa hotel.
Europe, Belgium, Vlaanderen, Antwerpen, Schelde, Vintage harbour cranes (slightly cut from all sides)
Back to the Antwerp travelogue.
Ah, I can't bet enough of these vintage Schelde harbour cranes, harking back to the times before containerization. They're maintained by the MAS. Behind them a redeveloped part of an Antwerp kaai (quay).
A capture of these cranes taken from the inner city is here.
This is number 75 of the Antwerpen album and 109 of Urban restructuring (World).
The complex formed by the church and the convent of San Francesco d’Assisi gives its name to the extremely Islamic quarter with its twisting alleyways and courtyards. The church, initially dedicated to San Biagio in Norman times, underwent a renovation of the façade in 1216 and the addition of the convent the second francescano convent in Sicily; baroque times (1680) it was again restructured and enriched with fine stuccoes and paintings which completely cover the internal walls, wall hangings and the vault with sacred and profane subjects. Worth noting it the eighteenth century doorway which contains a circle with the La Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco, by Francesco Incrivaglia (1730).
Soundtrack // Bande-son: Sharon VON ETTEN ("For You"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsjM25eSkEY
"I was thinking about my dreams that might come true...
With you... (...) I was hoping that you knew I'd wait FOR YOU... I do... I do... I'd wait for you..."
"Hypnotisant." // "Hypnotizing." (VINCENT / www.flickr.com/photos/58769600@N07/)
"Déstructurée... Restructurée... J'hésite :-))" // "Destructured... Restructured... I'm uncertain." (FLORENCE.V / www.flickr.com/photos/flo59/)
"Etonnant ce traitement." // "Such a surprising treatment." (SOPHIE C. / www.flickr.com/photos/26450367@N04/)
Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam Zuid, Kop van Zuid, Wilhelminapier, De Rotterdam, Crane, New Orleans (slightly cut from T).
The business end of a crane showing itself between two high rises: ‘De Rotterdam' (OMA/Rem Koolhaas) and 'New Orleans' (Alvaro Siza). It flags the construction of the Boston and Seatle high rises. The partial translucent character (in some light even slightly ethereal) of Koolhaas' 'De Rotterdam' nicely contrasts with the stone façade of the building of the old Portuguese master - as if theý've changed positions on the 'modernist - post modernist' scale.
The Kop van Zuid is an urban restructuring project in progress which has converted major parts of the old harbour area on the South bank of the Maas (with its defunct ports, warehouses and railway heads) into a integrated living, recreative and commercial service quarter. It’s comparable with the Docklands in London and the waterfront re-developments in Barcelona and New York.
Check out: High density (UF83), captured during the early phases of the construction of De Rotterdam, and also including a red crane ;-)
The Port of San Francisco was once the largest and most congested port on the entire West Coast. It featured numerous piers perpendicular to the coast where cargo was unloaded manually or by cranes and transported to nearby warehouses. The port received and shipped cargoes to trans-Pacific and Atlantic destinations, and was the center of the West Coast Timber Trade. The West Coast Port Strike of 1934, a major episode in America's labor movement, brought the port to a standstill.
Many docks remained abandoned until the demolition of the Embarcadero Freeway reopened the dock area in the center of the city, thus allowing its development to resume. The centerpiece of the port, the Ferry Building, which still hosts worker-hauling ferries, has been restructured and rebuilt as a gourmet produce market.
El Puerto de San Francisco fue antaño el puerto más grande y congestionado de toda la costa oeste. Presentaba numerosos muelles perpendiculares a la costa donde la carga era descargada manualmente o mediante grúas y transportada a los almacenes cercanos. El puerto recibía y mandaba cargas a destinos transpacíficos y atlánticos, y era el centro del Comercio de madera en la costa oeste. La Huelga portuaria de la costa oeste de 1934, un importante episodio en el movimiento laboral de Estados Unidos, llevó al puerto a un estancamiento.
Muchos muelles permanecieron abandonados hasta que la demolición del Embarcadero Freeway reabrió la zona de muelles en el centro de la ciudad, y permitiendo así retomar su desarrollo. La pieza central del puerto, el edificio Ferry, el cual todavía recibe ferrys de transporte de trabajadores, ha sido reestructurado y reconstruido como un mercado de productos gourmet.
San Francisco (California/ USA).
237 N 17th St,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1292
Parish Background
In the early 1900's, thousands of Albanians emigrated from their homeland to the United States. As a result St. John Chrysostom Albanian Orthodox Church was established in its present building in 1931 through the efforts of Fr. Mark Kondili. Prior to that the faithful had worshipped in a Serbian Orthodox Church and even a saloon. The present structure, built in 1848 was designed by noted architect, Napolean LeBrun who also had designed St. Peter and Paul's Cathedral across the street. Originally St. John's was the "Episcopal Church of the Epiphany". In 1947, after incorporation, the Orthodox Community bought the building for $25,000.
In the early 50's the annual budget was around $2000. In 1957 English was used once a month. During the 60's continued growth and activity--the Sunday School had 100 students--marked St. John's as a "community" Church. In the 70's the "Franklin Town" neighborhood restructuring stripped away the private homes forcing the parish to face new challenges. In 1990, after years of Communism and the brutal suppression of the Orthodox Faith, Albanian emigration to the United States and the Philadelphia area presented St. John's with new families. Seemingly overnight, the aging congregation doubled with young Albanian families.
Since 1931 twelve priests have served St. John's which is a parish of the Albanian Archdiocese [Boston] within the OCA [Orthodox Church in America] under Metropolitan Herman.
Today St. John's is very much a "family parish" with approximately 200 family units. The last several years have shown an upward trend in Sunday School to 70 this year. The mission thrust exists on three fronts: the present families, the immediate neighborhood and the "New American-Albanian families." Although its families live throughout the Greater Philadelphia area, St. John Chrysostom Albanian Orthodox Church is a community committed to the witness of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the fullness of the Orthodox Faith in the City of Philadelphia.
"Rothenburg ob der Tauber (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːtn̩bʊʁk ʔɔp deːɐ̯ ˈtaʊbɐ]) is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world. It is part of the popular Romantic Road through southern Germany. Today it is one of only three towns in Germany that still have completely intact city walls, the other two being Nördlingen and Dinkelsbühl, both also in Bavaria.
Rothenburg was a free imperial city from the late Middle Ages to 1803. In 1884 Johann Friedrich (von) Hessing (1838–1918) built Wildbad Rothenburg o.d.T. 1884–1903.
The name "Rothenburg ob der Tauber" is German for "Red castle above the Tauber", describing the town's location on a plateau overlooking the Tauber River. Rothenburg Castle, in close vicinity to the village and also called Alte Burg (old castle), gave the city its name.
Around 32% of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, mainly in the eastern half of the town, had to be repaired or rebuilt after being bombed in World War II (with most outer walls still standing and used for the rebuild houses). Many of the rebuilt facades can now be distinguished from the surviving medieval structures as being plainer, reconstruction aiming not to replicate exactly what stood before, only to rebuild in the same style as the surviving buildings so that the new buildings would still fit into the overall aesthetic of the town. Any surviving walls of bombed-out buildings were kept in their reconstructed facades as much as possible. In the case of more significant or iconic structures, such as the town hall, whose roof was destroyed, and parts of the town wall, restoration to their original state was done as accurately as possible, and they now appear exactly as they did before the war. Donations for the rebuilding works in Rothenburg were received from all over the world, and rebuilt parts of the walls feature commemorative bricks with donor names.
The older western section from which the medieval town originated and contains most of the town's historic monuments, did not suffer from the bombing. Thus, most of the buildings in the west and the south of Rothenburg still exist today in their original medieval or prewar state. It is also noteworthy that while the eastern walls and towers received bomb damage, they, unlike the houses in that part of town, remained relatively intact; many parts even survived completely because of their sturdy stone construction. In most cases, only the wooden upper portions or roofs of the eastern towers and walls needed to be rebuilt, and most of their stone structure had been preserved.
Middle Franconia (German: Mittelfranken, pronounced [ˈmɪtl̩ˌfʁaŋkŋ̍]) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia, Germany, in the west of Bavaria bordering the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; the most populous city is Nuremberg.
After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally reorganised and, in 1808, divided into 15 administrative government regions (German: Regierungsbezirke (singular Regierungsbezirk)), in Bavaria called Kreise (singular: Kreis). They were created in the fashion of the French departements, quite even in size and population, and named after their main rivers.
In the following years, due to territorial changes (e. g. loss of Tyrol, addition of the Palatinate), the number of Kreise was reduced to eight. One of these was the Rezatkreis (Rezat District). In 1837 king Ludwig I of Bavaria renamed the Kreise after historical territorial names and tribes of the area. This also involved some border changes or territorial swaps. Thus the district name of Rezatkreis changed to Middle Franconia.
Next to the major city Nuremberg, the capital Ansbach and the former residence city Erlangen, the towns of the Romantic Road Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Dinkelsbühl belong to the major tourist attractions. The Lichtenau Fortress, Rothenberg Fortress, Hohenstein and Cadolzburg belong to the most important castles of Middle Franconia. The Franconian Jura and the northern valley of the River Altmühl are among the scenic attractions.
Franconia (German: Franken, pronounced [ˈfʁaŋkŋ̍]; Franconian: Franggn [ˈfrɑŋɡŋ̍]; Bavarian: Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: Fränkisch).
Franconia is made up of the three Regierungsbezirke of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia in Bavaria, the adjacent, Franconian-speaking, South Thuringia, south of the Thuringian Forest—which constitutes the language boundary between Franconian and Thuringian— and the eastern parts of Heilbronn-Franconia in Baden-Württemberg.
Those parts of the Vogtland lying in Saxony (largest city: Plauen) are sometimes regarded as Franconian as well, because the Vogtlandian dialects are mostly East Franconian. The inhabitants of Saxon Vogtland, however, mostly do not consider themselves as Franconian. On the other hand, the inhabitants of the Hessian-speaking parts of Lower Franconia west of the Spessart (largest city: Aschaffenburg) do consider themselves as Franconian, although not speaking the dialect. Heilbronn-Franconia's largest city of Heilbronn and its surrounding areas are South Franconian-speaking, and therefore only sometimes regarded as Franconian. In Hesse, the east of the Fulda District is Franconian-speaking, and parts of the Oden Forest District are sometimes regarded as Franconian for historical reasons, but a Franconian identity did not develop there.
Franconia's largest city and unofficial capital is Nuremberg, which is contiguous with Erlangen and Fürth, with which it forms the Franconian conurbation with around 1.3 million inhabitants. Other important Franconian cities are Würzburg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Ansbach and Coburg in Bavaria, Suhl and Meiningen in Thuringia, and Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg.
The German word Franken—Franconians—also refers to the ethnic group, which is mainly to be found in this region. They are to be distinguished from the Germanic people of the Franks, and historically formed their easternmost settlement area. The origins of Franconia lie in the settlement of the Franks from the 6th century in the area probably populated until then mainly by the Elbe Germanic people in the Main river area, known from the 9th century as East Francia (Francia Orientalis). In the Middle Ages the region formed much of the eastern part of the Duchy of Franconia and, from 1500, the Franconian Circle. The restructuring of the south German states by Napoleon, after the demise of the Holy Roman Empire, saw most of Franconia awarded to Bavaria." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
...when it falls into such disuse that the city council decide to close it.
After 139 years, the Central Library was closed on 9 June 2018 as part of Derby City Council's restructuring of their library services. The new Riverside Library, located within the city's Council House, opened in July 2018.
Built in the then (and possibly now) fashionable Gothic style, the Central Library is undergoing repurposing renovation...I see city centre flats in its future.
Tiger and Turtle nimmt über die in ihm angelegte Dialektik von Geschwindigkeit und Stillstand Bezug auf die Umbruchsituation in der Region und deren Wandel durch Rückbau und Umstrukturierung. Indem die Skulptur die dem Bild der Achterbahn anhaftenden Erwartungen ad absurdum führt, reflektiert sie ihre eigene Rolle als potentielles überregionales Wahrzeichen, welches zwangsläufig als Bild vereinnahmt wird. Sie stellt der Logik des ewigen Wachstums eine absurd‐widersprüchliche Struktur entgegen, die sich einer eindeutigen Interpretation widersetzt.“
– Heike Mutter und Ulrich Genth: PM der Künstler vom 19. November 2011 auf phaenomedia.org
Tiger and Turtle, through the dialectic of speed and stillness, is referring to the upheaval situation in the region and its change through dismantling and restructuring. By sculpturing the absurdity of the image of the roller coaster, the sculpture reflects its own role as a potential supraregional landmark, which is inevitably taken as an image. It counteracts the logic of eternal growth with an absurdly contradictory structure that opposes a clear interpretation. "
- Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth: PM of the artists of 19 November 2011 on phaenomedia.org
The earliest structure appears to have been built on the site at the end of the 5th century.[ A subsequent Romanesque structure was built on its ruins. The current structure, built upon the original one, dates to the first half of the 12th century.
Between the 12th and 15th centuries the cathedral was reshaped in the form of late Gothic architecture. It was restructured in the 15th century. The most important renovation dates to 1652 to repair the damage caused by earthquakes in 1626. The last major restoration was between 1867 and 1878.
Detroit is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County. The municipality of Detroit had a 2019 estimated population of 670,031, making it the 23rd-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music and as a repository for art, architecture and design.
Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Detroit Metropolitan Airport is among the most important hubs in the United States. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional economy in the Midwest, behind Chicago and ahead of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, and the 13th-largest in the United States. Detroit and its neighboring Canadian city Windsor are connected through a highway tunnel, railway tunnel, and the Ambassador Bridge, which is the second busiest international crossing in North America, after San Diego–Tijuana. Detroit is best known as the center of the U.S. automobile industry, and the "Big Three" auto manufacturers General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler are all headquartered in Metro Detroit.
In 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, the future city of Detroit. During the 19th century, it became an important industrial hub at the center of the Great Lakes region. The city became the 4th-largest in the nation in 1920, after only New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia with the influence of the booming auto industry. With expansion of the auto industry in the early 20th century, the city and its suburbs experienced rapid growth, and by the 1940s, the city remained as the fourth-largest in the country. However, due to industrial restructuring, the loss of jobs in the auto industry, and rapid suburbanization, Detroit lost considerable population from the late 20th century to the present. Since reaching a peak of 1.85 million at the 1950 census, Detroit's population has declined by more than 60 percent. In 2013, Detroit became the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, which it successfully exited in December 2014, when the city government regained control of Detroit's finances.
Detroit's diverse culture has had both local and international influence, particularly in music, with the city giving rise to the genres of Motown and techno, and playing an important role in the development of jazz, hip-hop, rock, and punk music. The rapid growth of Detroit in its boom years resulted in a globally unique stock of architectural monuments and historic places. Since the 2000s conservation efforts have managed to save many architectural pieces and achieved several large-scale revitalizations, including the restoration of several historic theatres and entertainment venues, high-rise renovations, new sports stadiums, and a riverfront revitalization project. More recently, the population of Downtown Detroit, Midtown Detroit, and various other neighborhoods has increased. An increasingly popular tourist destination, Detroit receives 19 million visitors per year.] In 2015, Detroit was named a "City of Design" by UNESCO, the first U.S. city to receive that designation.
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RA-85763 - Tupolev TU-154M - Omskavia
(in basic Sibir Airlines c/s)
at Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN)
c/n 93A946 - built in 1993 for Aeroflot -
operated by Sibir Airlines from 1998 - transferred to Omskavia in 07/2002 - wfu in Iran, scrapped 08/2016
Omskavia was split off from Aeroflot in the early 1990s and was formed as a result of the separation of Omsk State Air Enterprise into airline and airport enterprises. It was established and started operations on 1 February 1994. The airline was owned by KrasAir (71%) and other shareholders (29%). Omskavia was based at Omsk and Moscow-Domododovo airports. In summer of 2005 Omskavia was restructured as AiRUnion - all flights were suspended in 2008 Since 1996 Omskavia has been leasing airplanes to Iranian airlines (Mahan Air/ERAM Air)
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
Certaldo, Tuscany, inside Villa Canonica, abandoned for years, now close to a restructuring plan. Plaubel Proshift 69w with schneider Kreuzac 47 mm lens, original 6x9 on slide film.
Me and Disco~Stu took a wander along the seafront tonight with our Nikons, which was just what was needed after today.
I had my interview for the jobs I've gone for in the restructure at work, we've post preferenced for up to three posts and the four top HR managers have been interviewing for the last week.
I arsed my interview up big-time though, and with no news likely to be forthcoming until mid-May I won't know how badly or otherwise my interview will have affected my chances until I'm told which job I've got. The silver lining is that I'm fairly certain I'll have a job at the end of it, but whether I'll be dropping a couple of pay grades or not is an unknown at the moment.
I'm quite happy in some ways as the interview's been hanging over me for a while now and it's a relief to have it out of the way. It's out of my hands now and I can only hope that my post preferencing form did me enough justice to ignore the awful interview.
So here I am, with my Alfred Hitchcock shadow. Waiting . . .
Here are the other shots I've posted from tonight: Another telephone pole, Retired for the night and This is how we do bokeh Weymuff style.
Strobist info: SB600 to camera left on Disco~Stu stand at 1/4 power.
Prato della Valle
is a 90,000 square meter elliptical square in Padova, Italy (Veneto region, northern Italy). It is the largest square in Italy, and one of the largest in Europe. Today, the square is a large space with a green island at the center, l'Isola Memmia, surrounded by a small canal bordered by two rings of statues.
Prior to 1635, the area which would come to be known as the "Prato della valle" was largely a featureless expanse of partially swampy terrain just south of the old city walls of Padova. In 1636 a group of Venetian and Veneto notables financed the construction there of a temporary but lavishly appointed theater as a venue for mock battles on horseback. The musical entertainment which served as prologue to the jousting is considered to be the immediate predecessor of the first public opera performances in Venice which began the following year.
In 1767 the square, which belonged to the monks of Santa Giustina became the public property of the city of Padua. In 1775 Andrea Memmo, whose statue is in the square, decided to reclaim and restructure the entire area. The entire project, which was never fully completed, is represented in a famous copper engraving by Francesco Piranesi from 1785. It seems that Memmo had commissioned this and other representations and kept them on exhibition at the Palazzo Venezia, the headquarters of the Embassy of the Republic in Rome. He did this in order to entice other important figures into financing the construction of statues to decorate the square. The project was approved by Domenico Cerato, professor of architecture at Vicenza and Padova.
The preliminary excavations done to install the plumbing system and reclaim the area were directed by Simone Stratico. These excavations brought to light the remains of an ancient Roman theater. These findings conferred a sense of historical dignity to the initiative, and transformed it into a project of reclamation for its natural public use. Andrea Memmo resided at Palazzo Angeli, constructed in the 15th century and located in Prato della Valle at an angle with the avenue Umberto I. Today, the monumental palazzo, the property of the city of Padova, hosts the Museum of Precinema, Minici Zotti Collection.
Of particular interest are the benedictine Abbey of Santa Giustina, the neoclassical style Loggia Amulea, and the many interesting palazzi constructed between the 14th and the 18th centuries that surround the square.
For more informations:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prato_della_Valle
For the Place:
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The Rochdale Canal, in Luddendenfoot a town located close to Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first two attempts to obtain an act failed after being opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. The promoters, to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and in 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and its construction. Rennie's estimated cost in the second bill was £291,000, and the company was empowered to raise the money by issuing shares, with powers to raise a further £100,000 if required.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974.
The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park. They worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal.
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You know those moments when you're just going to make a couple *small*
adjustments to your lego build, but it ends up falling apart all over the
place and becoming a massive restructuring? Well, I'm 99% ready to be done
with this monstrous, 2-year-plus endeavor and now I don't have a good way
to photograph it -.-'
So, for now, here is a photo without enough backdrop for all you awesome
folks following along at home. While I try to get some help to come over
and make some share-worthy photos, please enjoy, encourage, and be some of
the first to check out a Kickstarter that my friends and I are just
launched for a LEGO museum we want to build here in the Pacific Northwest.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/867669183/brix-a-lego-themed...
I promise it'll be fully documented soon, thanks for all the support and
and to those who came and saw it at BrickCon this year. If you want one for
yourself, I'll build one as a high-tier backer reward through the
Kickstarter ;)
Deceptive entrance hides one of the funkiest offices you can come across in all London. Inside there are not only striking vibrant colours and modern interiors, but things like a bicycle ramp and underground bike park, a basketball court and much more that one would associate with Silicon Valley but not with the solemn financial City of London.
And, no - the building name is not Google's new (parent) brand - this was converted and named a couple of years ago, perhaps before Google's restructuring and rebranding.
The ruins of Schloss Rafenstein can be seen on the mountain in the distance.
Autonomous Province of Bolzano (Bozen), Italy.
Runkelstein Castle (German: Schloss Runkelstein; Italian: Castel Roncolo) is a medieval fortification on a rocky spur in the territory of Ritten, near the city of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy. In 1237 Alderich Prince-Bishop of Trent gave the brothers Friedrich and Beral Lords of Wangen permission to construct a castle on the rock then called Runchenstayn.
In 1277 it was damaged during a siege by Meinhard II of Tirol, who after winning the war against Heinrich Prince-Bishop of Trent, entrusted the castle to Gottschalk Knoger of Bozen. In 1385 the Niklaus and Franz Vintler wealthy merchant brothers from Bozen bought the castle. Niklaus was counselor and financier of the Count of Tyrol, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, which allowed them to buy the castle, a type of residence unfitting – in those times – for people of their rank. The brothers Vintler commissioned a vast restructuring of the castle: a new defence wall, moat, a cistern and more rooms were built. In 1390 the construction of the Summer House began. The house was painted with frescos, for which the castle is most famous today, inside and outside. The frescos topics were of literary nature, depicting i.e. King Arthur and his knights, Tristan and Isolde, Dietrich von Bern. The family also commissioned the frescoes in the Western and Eastern Palace. They were created by an unknown master and some of them depict scenes from Pleiers romance Garel (Wikipedia).
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Frescoes of 1555 - Mercury Room (handmaid that representing the art of painting) - Rocca dei Rossi - San Secondo Parmense
La rocca dei Rossi è un maniero tardo-medievale situato a San Secondo Parmense, in provincia di Parma. A partire dal XV secolo fu la rocca principale dalla quale i Rossi amministrarono i propri feudi, nonché residenza della famiglia dei conti da Pier Maria II de' Rossi in poi.
La rocca fu costruita su di un dosso intorno al 1413 per volere di Pietro de' Rossi, padre di Pier Maria I de Rossi, a difesa del borgo fortificato di San Secondo sul quale i Rossi vantavano diritti sin dal XII secolo ed esercitavano signoria come conti dal 1365.
Rocca dei Rossi is a castle located in the town of San Secondo Parmense, Province of Parma. in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna.
It was begun in 1466 on land donated to Giacomo Rossi, of a highly prominent family in Parma. The stronghold was later turned into a luxurious manor decorated with 16th-century frescoes by important local artists.
Only the northwest wing and the northeast façade remain of the 16th century structure. During the last part of the 19th century, a large part of the castle was destroyed. The Renaissance courtyard, the main staircase and the reception hall, and the frescoes on the piano nobile remain. In 1983, an earthquake caused considerable damage to the building, requiring extensive restructuring.
In the 16th century, the Rossi castle was decorated with frescoes depicting secular themes by prominent disciples of Giulio Romano, including by Baglione, Orazio Samacchini, il Bertoja, Procaccini and Paganino. The estravagant decoration was due to a wish by the Rossi not to appear inferior to the new lords of Parma, the Farnese.
The earliest structure appears to have been built on the site at the end of the 5th century.[ A subsequent Romanesque structure was built on its ruins. The current structure, built upon the original one, dates to the first half of the 12th century.
Between the 12th and 15th centuries the cathedral was reshaped in the form of late Gothic architecture. It was restructured in the 15th century. The most important renovation dates to 1652 to repair the damage caused by earthquakes in 1626. The last major restoration was between 1867 and 1878.
Lancaster used to generate its own electricity, having built a generating station at Caton Road, adjacent to the National Projectile Factory (using the River Lune to cool the turbines). The National Electricity Grid was completed in 1935, and the Local Government Act of 1974caused the corporation to restructure. So - when was this inspection cover installed? A moot point, but an interesting piece of street furniture for all that. This is just opposite the baptist church, near Bulk Road.
You can see a picture of the power station and factory, here:
The southern part of Northgate Street, the Roman main road of the city.
Black and White Revival architecture built at various times and by different architects in the early 1900s.
They are a mixture of new builds and the restructuring of existing buildings that formed a medieval row reached by steps, but not as high as the usual first storey rows of the city. A number sit above medieval undercrofts, some of which may contain earlier Roman work.
The buildings incorporate some wonderful wood carvings and figurines, those on the ground floor pillars are depicted in Elizabethan dress.
Below is a photo pre 1900 of the row before it was largely rebuilt.
Autonomous Province of Bolzano (Bozen), Italy.
Runkelstein Castle (German: Schloss Runkelstein; Italian: Castel Roncolo) is a medieval fortification on a rocky spur in the territory of Ritten, near the city of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy. In 1237 Alderich Prince-Bishop of Trent gave the brothers Friedrich and Beral Lords of Wangen permission to construct a castle on the rock then called Runchenstayn.
In 1277 it was damaged during a siege by Meinhard II of Tirol, who after winning the war against Heinrich Prince-Bishop of Trent, entrusted the castle to Gottschalk Knoger of Bozen. In 1385 the Niklaus and Franz Vintler wealthy merchant brothers from Bozen bought the castle. Niklaus was counselor and financier of the Count of Tyrol, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, which allowed them to buy the castle, a type of residence unfitting – in those times – for people of their rank. The brothers Vintler commissioned a vast restructuring of the castle: a new defence wall, moat, a cistern and more rooms were built. In 1390 the construction of the Summer House began. The house was painted with frescos, for which the castle is most famous today, inside and outside. The frescos topics were of literary nature, depicting i.e. King Arthur and his knights, Tristan and Isolde, Dietrich von Bern. The family also commissioned the frescoes in the Western and Eastern Palace. They were created by an unknown master and some of them depict scenes from Pleiers romance Garel (Wikipedia).
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The Morris Garages {MG} , is a British automotive marque registered by the now defunct MG Car Company Limited . Best known for its two-seat open sports cars, MG also produced saloons and coupés.
The MG business was Morris's personal property until 1 July 1935[3] when he sold MG to his holding company, Morris Motors Limited, restructuring his holdings before issuing (preference) shares in Morris Motors to the public in 1936. MG underwent many changes in ownership starting with Morris merging with Austin in The British Motor Corporation Limited in 1952. MG became the MG Division of BMC in 1967[4] and so a component of the 1968 merger that created British Leyland Motor Corporation. By the start of 2000 MG was part of the MG Rover Group, which entered receivership in 2005. The assets and MG brand were purchased by Nanjing Automobile Group for GB£53 million. Production restarted in 2007 in China. The first all-new model from MG in the UK for 16 years, the MG 6, officially launched on 26 June 2011.
Rome :People Gate and St.Mary of People church
Italiano : Porta del Popolo
Fu per 1500 anni la principale entrata nord della città: Via Emilia,ViaFlaminia,Porta del Popolo ,questo l'asse viario da Piacenza a Roma . La via consolare Flaminia terminava in Piazza Flaminia che era collegata a Piazza del Popolo attraverso questa porta
English : Gate of People
It was the main north entrance or the city for 1500 yearsEmilia Way ,Flaminia Way ,Gate of People .This is the Way From Piacenza to Rome .The Flaminia Wayendedto Flaminia Square with was connected to Square of People through this Gate
Italiano :Chiesa di S.Maria del Popolo
Nata come cappella eretta da Papa Pasquale II nel 1099 come ringraziamento per la liberazione del S.Sepolcro e a spese del popolo Romano ( da cui il nome ) sul mausoleo dei Domizi dove era stato sepolto Nerone .Fu poi ingrandita nel 1227 da papa Gregorio IX.Passata nel 1250 agli Agostiniani della Tuscia e nel 1472 alla Congregazione Lombarda ,fu poi ricostruita nel 1475-77 secondo l'Architettura Sacra Lombarda . Non si sa il nome del progettista e tutti nomi più accreditati sono stati scartati .
Già nel 500' si ebbero le prime modifiche al coro absidato fatte dal Bramante e la costruzione della cappella Chigi su progetto di Raffaello .Le modifiche proseguirono nel 600' in chiave Barocca con l'aggiunta della cappella del transetto e la sostituzione dell'altare maggiore.La sovrapposizione in facciata e all'interno dell'apparato decorativo ( sotto la direzione del Bernini e per volere di papa Alessandro VII ( 1655-59 ) .Nel 1811-13 fu sacrificato il vasto
convento del 400' per sistemare Piazza del Popolo e il Pincio . Fu poi ricostruito dal Valadier .Nel coro del Bramante ci sono gli affreschi del Pinturicchio e il monumento funebre del Sansovino .Nel transetto sinistro di fianco c'è l'Assunzione di Anibale Carracci e ai lati conversione di S. Paolo e Crocifissione di S.Pietro del Caravaggio .
Cappella dei Chigi : Mausoleo di Famiglia su disegno di Raffaello !
English : St.Mary of People church
Founded as a chapel ,built a pope Pasquale II in 1099 as a thanksgiving for the liberation of the Holy Sepulcher and at expense of the Roman People .(henee the name ) .Built in the Domizi
Mausoleum where Nero was buried . It was enlarged in 1227 by Gregory IX ,passed in 1250 to the Agostinian of Tuscia and in 1472 to the Lombard Congregation it was then rebuilt in 1475-77 according to the Lombard religious Architecture . We do not know the named of the designer and all the name accredited have been discarded .
Already in 500' the first changes were made to the apse choir by Bramante and the construction of the Chigi chapel on a project by Raphael . The changes continued in the 17th century
in Baroque style with the addition on the transept chapel and the replacement of the altar greater .The overlap on the facade and inside the decorative apparatus ,under the direction of Bernini and at the behest of pope . Alexander VII Chigi ( 1655-59 )
and the addition of the Cabo chapel by Carlo Fontana .In 1811-13 it was sacrificed in the restructuring of the square and the Pincio ,the vast fifteenth- century convent ,then rebuittby Valadier : in the choir of Bramante the frescoes of Pinturicchio
and funeral monument of Sansovino .
In the side chapel is the painting of the Assunta by Annibale Carracci and on
the sides is the crucifixion of S.Peter and the conversion of S.Paul by Caravaggio .Chapel of Chigi family : mausoleum designed by Raphael .