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With Arriva Kent & Surrey restructuring their routes around Sevenoaks in March 2018 using cheaper to operate Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, Go-Coach took the difficult decision to withdraw route 452 from Seal and Kemsing after Saturday 14th April 2018.
Go-Coach 5007 YN53 SUF is seen turning into Castle Drive from Knave Wood Road, Kemsing whilst working route 452. Saturday 14th April 2018.
Optare Solo M850 - Optare Solo 8.8m (Ex-Epsom Coaches Group - Quality Line OP14 & Epsom Buses EB04 (Registered E4 HRR).
"Rothenburg ob der Tauber (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːtn̩bʊʁk ʔɔp deːɐ̯ ˈtaʊbɐ]) is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world. It is part of the popular Romantic Road through southern Germany. Today it is one of only three towns in Germany that still have completely intact city walls, the other two being Nördlingen and Dinkelsbühl, both also in Bavaria.
Rothenburg was a free imperial city from the late Middle Ages to 1803. In 1884 Johann Friedrich (von) Hessing (1838–1918) built Wildbad Rothenburg o.d.T. 1884–1903.
The name "Rothenburg ob der Tauber" is German for "Red castle above the Tauber", describing the town's location on a plateau overlooking the Tauber River. Rothenburg Castle, in close vicinity to the village and also called Alte Burg (old castle), gave the city its name.
Around 32% of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, mainly in the eastern half of the town, had to be repaired or rebuilt after being bombed in World War II (with most outer walls still standing and used for the rebuild houses). Many of the rebuilt facades can now be distinguished from the surviving medieval structures as being plainer, reconstruction aiming not to replicate exactly what stood before, only to rebuild in the same style as the surviving buildings so that the new buildings would still fit into the overall aesthetic of the town. Any surviving walls of bombed-out buildings were kept in their reconstructed facades as much as possible. In the case of more significant or iconic structures, such as the town hall, whose roof was destroyed, and parts of the town wall, restoration to their original state was done as accurately as possible, and they now appear exactly as they did before the war. Donations for the rebuilding works in Rothenburg were received from all over the world, and rebuilt parts of the walls feature commemorative bricks with donor names.
The older western section from which the medieval town originated and contains most of the town's historic monuments, did not suffer from the bombing. Thus, most of the buildings in the west and the south of Rothenburg still exist today in their original medieval or prewar state. It is also noteworthy that while the eastern walls and towers received bomb damage, they, unlike the houses in that part of town, remained relatively intact; many parts even survived completely because of their sturdy stone construction. In most cases, only the wooden upper portions or roofs of the eastern towers and walls needed to be rebuilt, and most of their stone structure had been preserved.
Middle Franconia (German: Mittelfranken, pronounced [ˈmɪtl̩ˌfʁaŋkŋ̍]) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia, Germany, in the west of Bavaria bordering the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; the most populous city is Nuremberg.
After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally reorganised and, in 1808, divided into 15 administrative government regions (German: Regierungsbezirke (singular Regierungsbezirk)), in Bavaria called Kreise (singular: Kreis). They were created in the fashion of the French departements, quite even in size and population, and named after their main rivers.
In the following years, due to territorial changes (e. g. loss of Tyrol, addition of the Palatinate), the number of Kreise was reduced to eight. One of these was the Rezatkreis (Rezat District). In 1837 king Ludwig I of Bavaria renamed the Kreise after historical territorial names and tribes of the area. This also involved some border changes or territorial swaps. Thus the district name of Rezatkreis changed to Middle Franconia.
Next to the major city Nuremberg, the capital Ansbach and the former residence city Erlangen, the towns of the Romantic Road Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Dinkelsbühl belong to the major tourist attractions. The Lichtenau Fortress, Rothenberg Fortress, Hohenstein and Cadolzburg belong to the most important castles of Middle Franconia. The Franconian Jura and the northern valley of the River Altmühl are among the scenic attractions.
Franconia (German: Franken, pronounced [ˈfʁaŋkŋ̍]; Franconian: Franggn [ˈfrɑŋɡŋ̍]; Bavarian: Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: Fränkisch).
Franconia is made up of the three Regierungsbezirke of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia in Bavaria, the adjacent, Franconian-speaking, South Thuringia, south of the Thuringian Forest—which constitutes the language boundary between Franconian and Thuringian— and the eastern parts of Heilbronn-Franconia in Baden-Württemberg.
Those parts of the Vogtland lying in Saxony (largest city: Plauen) are sometimes regarded as Franconian as well, because the Vogtlandian dialects are mostly East Franconian. The inhabitants of Saxon Vogtland, however, mostly do not consider themselves as Franconian. On the other hand, the inhabitants of the Hessian-speaking parts of Lower Franconia west of the Spessart (largest city: Aschaffenburg) do consider themselves as Franconian, although not speaking the dialect. Heilbronn-Franconia's largest city of Heilbronn and its surrounding areas are South Franconian-speaking, and therefore only sometimes regarded as Franconian. In Hesse, the east of the Fulda District is Franconian-speaking, and parts of the Oden Forest District are sometimes regarded as Franconian for historical reasons, but a Franconian identity did not develop there.
Franconia's largest city and unofficial capital is Nuremberg, which is contiguous with Erlangen and Fürth, with which it forms the Franconian conurbation with around 1.3 million inhabitants. Other important Franconian cities are Würzburg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Ansbach and Coburg in Bavaria, Suhl and Meiningen in Thuringia, and Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg.
The German word Franken—Franconians—also refers to the ethnic group, which is mainly to be found in this region. They are to be distinguished from the Germanic people of the Franks, and historically formed their easternmost settlement area. The origins of Franconia lie in the settlement of the Franks from the 6th century in the area probably populated until then mainly by the Elbe Germanic people in the Main river area, known from the 9th century as East Francia (Francia Orientalis). In the Middle Ages the region formed much of the eastern part of the Duchy of Franconia and, from 1500, the Franconian Circle. The restructuring of the south German states by Napoleon, after the demise of the Holy Roman Empire, saw most of Franconia awarded to Bavaria." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
...when it falls into such disuse that the city council decide to close it.
After 139 years, the Central Library was closed on 9 June 2018 as part of Derby City Council's restructuring of their library services. The new Riverside Library, located within the city's Council House, opened in July 2018.
Built in the then (and possibly now) fashionable Gothic style, the Central Library is undergoing repurposing renovation...I see city centre flats in its future.
Tiger and Turtle nimmt über die in ihm angelegte Dialektik von Geschwindigkeit und Stillstand Bezug auf die Umbruchsituation in der Region und deren Wandel durch Rückbau und Umstrukturierung. Indem die Skulptur die dem Bild der Achterbahn anhaftenden Erwartungen ad absurdum führt, reflektiert sie ihre eigene Rolle als potentielles überregionales Wahrzeichen, welches zwangsläufig als Bild vereinnahmt wird. Sie stellt der Logik des ewigen Wachstums eine absurd‐widersprüchliche Struktur entgegen, die sich einer eindeutigen Interpretation widersetzt.“
– Heike Mutter und Ulrich Genth: PM der Künstler vom 19. November 2011 auf phaenomedia.org
Tiger and Turtle, through the dialectic of speed and stillness, is referring to the upheaval situation in the region and its change through dismantling and restructuring. By sculpturing the absurdity of the image of the roller coaster, the sculpture reflects its own role as a potential supraregional landmark, which is inevitably taken as an image. It counteracts the logic of eternal growth with an absurdly contradictory structure that opposes a clear interpretation. "
- Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth: PM of the artists of 19 November 2011 on phaenomedia.org
The earliest structure appears to have been built on the site at the end of the 5th century.[ A subsequent Romanesque structure was built on its ruins. The current structure, built upon the original one, dates to the first half of the 12th century.
Between the 12th and 15th centuries the cathedral was reshaped in the form of late Gothic architecture. It was restructured in the 15th century. The most important renovation dates to 1652 to repair the damage caused by earthquakes in 1626. The last major restoration was between 1867 and 1878.
Detroit is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County. The municipality of Detroit had a 2019 estimated population of 670,031, making it the 23rd-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music and as a repository for art, architecture and design.
Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Detroit Metropolitan Airport is among the most important hubs in the United States. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional economy in the Midwest, behind Chicago and ahead of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, and the 13th-largest in the United States. Detroit and its neighboring Canadian city Windsor are connected through a highway tunnel, railway tunnel, and the Ambassador Bridge, which is the second busiest international crossing in North America, after San Diego–Tijuana. Detroit is best known as the center of the U.S. automobile industry, and the "Big Three" auto manufacturers General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler are all headquartered in Metro Detroit.
In 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, the future city of Detroit. During the 19th century, it became an important industrial hub at the center of the Great Lakes region. The city became the 4th-largest in the nation in 1920, after only New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia with the influence of the booming auto industry. With expansion of the auto industry in the early 20th century, the city and its suburbs experienced rapid growth, and by the 1940s, the city remained as the fourth-largest in the country. However, due to industrial restructuring, the loss of jobs in the auto industry, and rapid suburbanization, Detroit lost considerable population from the late 20th century to the present. Since reaching a peak of 1.85 million at the 1950 census, Detroit's population has declined by more than 60 percent. In 2013, Detroit became the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, which it successfully exited in December 2014, when the city government regained control of Detroit's finances.
Detroit's diverse culture has had both local and international influence, particularly in music, with the city giving rise to the genres of Motown and techno, and playing an important role in the development of jazz, hip-hop, rock, and punk music. The rapid growth of Detroit in its boom years resulted in a globally unique stock of architectural monuments and historic places. Since the 2000s conservation efforts have managed to save many architectural pieces and achieved several large-scale revitalizations, including the restoration of several historic theatres and entertainment venues, high-rise renovations, new sports stadiums, and a riverfront revitalization project. More recently, the population of Downtown Detroit, Midtown Detroit, and various other neighborhoods has increased. An increasingly popular tourist destination, Detroit receives 19 million visitors per year.] In 2015, Detroit was named a "City of Design" by UNESCO, the first U.S. city to receive that designation.
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RA-85763 - Tupolev TU-154M - Omskavia
(in basic Sibir Airlines c/s)
at Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN)
c/n 93A946 - built in 1993 for Aeroflot -
operated by Sibir Airlines from 1998 - transferred to Omskavia in 07/2002 - wfu in Iran, scrapped 08/2016
Omskavia was split off from Aeroflot in the early 1990s and was formed as a result of the separation of Omsk State Air Enterprise into airline and airport enterprises. It was established and started operations on 1 February 1994. The airline was owned by KrasAir (71%) and other shareholders (29%). Omskavia was based at Omsk and Moscow-Domododovo airports. In summer of 2005 Omskavia was restructured as AiRUnion - all flights were suspended in 2008 Since 1996 Omskavia has been leasing airplanes to Iranian airlines (Mahan Air/ERAM Air)
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.
Lloyd Triestino, originally founded as Österreichischer Lloyd, is a famous shipping company with its head office in Trieste, Italy, and run by Evergreen Marine Corporation.
It was founded as "Österreichischer Lloyd" (or "Austrian Lloyd") in 1836 and became one of the world's biggest shipping companies by managing most oversea trade and passenger travel of Austria-Hungary until 1918. The Austrian Lloyd was running regular services from Trieste to the Near East, India, China and the Far East, Brazil, the USA and Northern Europe. It also was one of the first to use steam ships.
The company's name was changed to "Lloyd Triestino" in 1919, when Trieste became a part of Italy. At this time, the company also faced major restructuring in order to recover losses incurred during World War I. By the end of the 1930s, Lloyd Triestino, with its offshoot Marittima Italiana, was once again a major world shipping power, owning a fleet of 85 vessels with 17 services to east Africa, southern Africa, Asia, and Australia.[2] The company was once again crippled by the devastation of World War II in the 1940s. During the War, Lloyd Triestino lost 68 ships and 1,000 sailors. At the end, they were reduced to a fleet of just 5 ships and were once again faced with a massive recovery operation. By 1956, the Lloyd Triestino fleet had grown to 31 ships.
Lloyd Triestino entered into a partnership with Taiwanese shipping giant, Evergreen Marine, Corp., in 1993.[3] This successful partnership has grown over the years, and now also includes Evergreen's British based line, Hatsu Marine Ltd., which was created in 2000.
On March 1, 2006, Lloyd Triestino's name officially changed to Italia Marittima. Ship names are gradually being changed from the prefix "LT" to "Ital" to reflect this change (e.g. LT Cortesia and Ital Contessa).
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italia_Marittima and www.italianliners.com/lloyd-triestino-en
These paintings were just some of the many fascinating exhibits at a special exhibition titled “Lloyd. Trieste and its Ships round the World" which we visited back in April this year. For more information please visit eng.lloydtrieste.it/
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste and throughout history it has been influenced by its location at the crossroads of Germanic, Latin and Slavic cultures. In 2009, it had a population of about 205,000 and it is the capital of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trieste province.
Trieste was one of the oldest parts of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century, it was the most important port of one of the Great Powers of Europe. As a prosperous seaport in the Mediterranean region, Trieste became the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (after Vienna, Budapest, and Prague). In the fin-de-siecle period, it emerged as an important hub for literature and music. However, the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Trieste's union to Italy after World War I led to some decline of its "Mittel-European" cultural and commercial importance. Enjoying an economic revival during the 1930s and throughout the Cold War, Trieste was an important spot in the struggle between the Eastern and Western blocs. Today, the city is in one of the richest regions of Italy, and has been a great centre for shipping, through its port (Port of Trieste), shipbuilding and financial services.
For further information on this fascinating city please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trieste
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The ruins of Schloss Rafenstein can be seen on the mountain in the distance.
Autonomous Province of Bolzano (Bozen), Italy.
Runkelstein Castle (German: Schloss Runkelstein; Italian: Castel Roncolo) is a medieval fortification on a rocky spur in the territory of Ritten, near the city of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy. In 1237 Alderich Prince-Bishop of Trent gave the brothers Friedrich and Beral Lords of Wangen permission to construct a castle on the rock then called Runchenstayn.
In 1277 it was damaged during a siege by Meinhard II of Tirol, who after winning the war against Heinrich Prince-Bishop of Trent, entrusted the castle to Gottschalk Knoger of Bozen. In 1385 the Niklaus and Franz Vintler wealthy merchant brothers from Bozen bought the castle. Niklaus was counselor and financier of the Count of Tyrol, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, which allowed them to buy the castle, a type of residence unfitting – in those times – for people of their rank. The brothers Vintler commissioned a vast restructuring of the castle: a new defence wall, moat, a cistern and more rooms were built. In 1390 the construction of the Summer House began. The house was painted with frescos, for which the castle is most famous today, inside and outside. The frescos topics were of literary nature, depicting i.e. King Arthur and his knights, Tristan and Isolde, Dietrich von Bern. The family also commissioned the frescoes in the Western and Eastern Palace. They were created by an unknown master and some of them depict scenes from Pleiers romance Garel (Wikipedia).
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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 .
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.
In 1879 Joseph Aloysius Lyons, was born into a devout working class Catholic family in this very house. Who could have known that from such humble beginnings he would become a Premier of Tasmania (1923-1928), and then Prime Minister of Australia (1932-1939). He died in office of a sudden heart attack on a visit to Sydney.
The story of Honest Joe (as he was known to his devoted supporters in Tasmania) is one that is central to the development of 20th century politics in Australia. His significance is understated by many until one sees how much he (and later his wife Enid) reshaped the entire political landscape. I'll give you just a few examples.
After moving from Stanley with his family to Ulverstone on the north coast in 1883, his social opinions were shaped by his working class family. When Joe Lyons became a school teacher, his sympathies still lay with the workers. In 1909 he was elected to the Tasmanian parliament for the Labor Party and proved himself to be an able local member.
In 1916 he became the Opposition Leader, and then Labor won the 1923 election to form a minority government. He must have impressed the constituents because in 1925 his government was re-elected with a majority (very difficult to achieve in the unique Tasmanian electoral system, but that's another matter). In 1929 he was convinced to take the national stage and so resigned his Premiership and was duly elected a Federal member in a landslide Labor victory. But the nation was about to endure some years of extreme hardship known as The Great Depression.
Now this national crisis precipitated a clash of ideologies within the Labor party. As a staunch Catholic, Lyons would have nothing to do with the Communist elements in the Australian Labor Party (ALP) who were calling for revolutionary restructuring of the Australian social and economic landscape. [I should add that a similar crisis occurred again in the ALP during the 1950s when another major Catholic faction split over the issue of Communist sympathies within the party, forming the Democratic Labor Party (DLP).]
Leaving the ALP and sitting as an independent, he was to join forces with another ambitious politician, Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978), to form the United Australia Party (UAP). Lyons was unanimously elected leader, and in the snap election of 1931, he led the UAP to a landslide victory in the Australian parliament. Here are some examples of the successful election posters: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Australia_Party
[One in particular has shades of the current NSW Covid economy.]
Lyons was able to form a valuable coalition with the growing Country Party of Earle Page, which secured most of regional Australia. Lyons proved to be an able Prime Minister, and helped prepare Australia for a looming war against Fascism in Europe and a belligerent Japan.
After Joe Lyons' death on Good Friday April 7, 1939 (for a Catholic there is no more auspicious day to die), his wife Enid (1897-1981) ran for parliament and was the first woman ever elected to the House of Representatives in 1943. She also served in the Menzies Liberal government from 1949-1951.
primeministers.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/joseph-lyons
Once again you can hear the audio commentary:
"Ediger-Eller is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Cochem, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Ediger-Eller lies on the river Moselle. The constituent community of Eller is found at the foot of the Calmont.
The two constituent communities have a history that, according to a documentary mention, stretches at least as far back as the year 639. Potsherds that have been found, which came from a Roman factory near Trier suggest that the municipality may have existed as early as the 2nd or 3rd century AD.
Even older traces of settlement – remnants of a stone wall of a flight castle from Celtic times – can be found on the Hochkessel, the mountain on the other side of the Moselle. On the side of the Moselle facing towards the Hunsrück is a Roman-Gaulish burying ground near Saint Peter's Chapel (Peters-Kapelle) in Neef.
The sparse remnants of a Roman legion's garrison outpost can be found in the heights of the Calmont.
The constituent community of Eller was as early as the 5th century, in Merovingian times, the seat of a monastery consecrated to Saint Fridolin. Built onto the Late Romanesque tower is a Baroque nave with fine furnishings, among them a Stumm organ. In Saint Arnulf's Chapel across the street hangs the picture Verspottung Christi (“Mocking of Christ”) from the 15th century, after a drawing by Martin Schongauer. The Pyrmont and Electoral-Trier manor houses from the 16th century, today the ancestral seat of the Barons of Landenberg-Trimborn, underscore Eller's former importance.
Behind the railway bridge, with a slope of 65%, rises the Calmont, whose south side is the world's steepest vineyard, reaching a height of 378 m. A hike up the via ferrata to the mountain ridge is among the most impressive experiences on the Moselle. On the other side, on the former Insula Sankt Nicolai, stands the ruin of a convent church that once belonged to the Stuben Augustinian convent, founded in 1137. From 1208 to 1788, it housed the famous Limburger Staurothek, a reliquary that is important to art history, allegedly containing bits of the Cross on which Jesus was crucified. Today, it is part of the Limburg cathedral treasury.
Beginning in 1794, Ediger and Eller lay under French rule and were merged to form a single municipality. In 1815 they were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna, and once again became two separate municipalities. Since 1877, Eller has lain near the end of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Tunnel, which begins in Cochem and is named after Emperor Wilhelm I (not his more infamous grandson, Wilhelm II). From the time of its completion until 1987, it was Germany's longest railway tunnel at 4 205 m. The tunnel is part of the Moselstrecke (Moselle line). Not far from the tunnel portal, and before the Moselle bridge, stands Ediger-Eller railway station.
Beginning in 1946, the two municipalities were part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. On 7 June 1969, in the course of administrative restructuring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Ediger and Eller were once again merged to form a single municipality." - 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.
Europe, Spain, Valancia, La Marina de València, Plaza de Agua, La Pamela (slightly cut from T&B)
‘La Pamela’ is type of (historic) ladies’ hat and a sculpture of València born Manolo Valdés depicting it and its proprietress prominently. It is made entirely of aluminum, measures
4,3 x 7,3 x 6, 5 m and weights some 4 metric tons.
It once formed a part of the Manolo Valdés exposition in the CAC (Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències) organized by the Hortensia Herrero Foundation. The Foundation enabled the city of Valencia to keep the statue by buying it and placing in La Marina de València. The statue was partly disassembled for transportation, check out this.
Shot at La Marina de València, the pleasure port of Valencia, once the location of the main harbor of the town.
Luckily not all of the old harbor is redeveloped, the massive but elegant Art Nouveau (in Spain called ‘Modernista’) Tinglado warehouses (on the left bottom part of the frame is one visible) are still there to be be enjoyed and are currently being renovated here. Valencia has two other ‘Modernista’ monuments, the Colon Market and Central Market here are the others.
This is number 98 of the Urban restructuring (World) album : here.
"Much of art is play in the serious sense, like magic, trying to restructure reality so that we can live with the suffering"
-Stephen De Staebler, 1984
(Stephen was my sculpture Teacher when i was earning my MFA degree in San Francisco).
With crime rates skyrocketing in the early 2030s, Japanese Gouvernement officials pushed for a reform of the police force, resulting in the restructuring into several specialized branches. The one most known to the public, especially for their uncompromising use of heavy violence, was Public Security Section 6, the militarized anti crime unit. Armed to the teeth with machine-guns, sniper rifles and state of the art anti riot gear, these masked commando units were sent wherever heavy resistance was to be expected. Their skills ranged from selective target disposal, aka assassinations, over storming enemy bases to defusing bombs. Overall, Section 6 served more as a state army, than a police force, regularly attacking political enemies of the ruling parties and crushing protests on the street.
From left to right: Commanding Officer, Storm Commandos, Sniper, Tech Support, Bomb Disposal
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My entry for the 2021 contest of Figbarf-Central. The theme was modern military. Since I am not too well equipped with parts that suit the genre, I pushed the theme a bit into the realm of cyberpunk, loosely based on the Ghost in the Shell franchise.
La prima notizia scritta su Sant'Antonio Abate (o chiesa "del Pellegrino") risale al 1308, anno in cui venne riconsacrata.
Il terremoto del 1348 la danneggiò seriamente per cui fu ristrutturata ed ampliata con l'aggiunta del coro e della sacrestia. A questi interventi, conclusi nel 1441, seguirono la nuova facciata in pietra d'Istria (1470), arieggiante il tardogotico veneziano, con portale a sesto acuto e rosone traforato e le vetrate a mosaico, le prime del genere in Friuli.
All'interno, splendido ed armonioso, tanto che la chiesa è stata definita la "Piccola Sistina del Friuli", si ammira il più bel ciclo di affreschi rinascimentali della regione, opere di Martino da Udine detto "Pellegrino da San Daniele" (1467 - 1547). Il pittore vi lavorò in varie fasi, dal 1497 al 1522, evidenziando la graduale evoluzione formativa, dalla giovanile maniera "tolmezzina" alle più mature esperienze veneziane, ferraresi ed umbre.
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The first written information on Sant'Antonio Abate (or "del Pellegrino" church) dates back to 1308, the year in which it was rededicated.
The earthquake of 1348 seriously damaged it so it was restructured and enlarged with the addition of the choir and the sacristy. These interventions, completed in 1441, were followed by the new Istrian stone facade (1470), airy in the late Venetian Gothic style, with a pointed arched portal and pierced rose window and mosaic windows, the first of its kind in Friuli.
Inside, splendid and harmonious, so much so that the church has been called the "Little Sistine of Friuli", you can admire the most beautiful cycle of Renaissance frescoes in the region, works by Martino da Udine called "Pellegrino da San Daniele" (1467 - 1547). The painter worked on it in various phases, from 1497 to 1522, highlighting the gradual evolution of training, from the youthful "Tolmezzina" manner to the more mature Venetian, Ferrara and Umbrian experiences.
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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"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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Looking north to the Würzburger Tor. One of my favourite small German towns during my trip.
"Sommerhausen is a market in the Würzburg district of Lower Franconia and a member of the Eibelstadt administrative community. Apart from the main town there are no other parts of the municipality.
Sommerhausen is located on the right bank of the Main, 13 kilometers south of Würzburg. In addition to viticulture, tourism and the art scene play a major role. Sommerhausen is surrounded by Ochsenfurt in the east and south, and Eibelstadt borders the municipality in the north. Directly opposite Sommerhausen, on the west bank of the Main, is the town of Winterhausen. The curious names of the two towns have their origins in the church patrons. The Sommerhäuser church patron Bartholomew has his memorial day in the summer (August 24th), the Winterhäuser church patron Nicholas in the winter (December 6th).
Sommerhausen has been an important community on the Main since the Middle Ages. It was not subordinate to the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg. The Limpurg taverns came to Sommerhausen in 1413 through the marriage of the tavern Friedrich and Elisabetha von Hohenlohe. As part of the Speckfeld rule of the heirs of Counts Schenk von Limpurg (first Counts Pückler, then Counts Rechteren-Limpurg), which was mediated by Bavaria, Sommerhausen belonged to the Franconian Imperial Circle from 1500. From 1540 onwards, the Reformation was introduced in the Limpurg region, so that Sommerhausen became a Protestant enclave in the predominantly Catholic Main Franconia.
In 1810 it came to the Grand Duchy of Würzburg during territorial consolidation, with which it returned to Bavaria in 1814. As part of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818. In 1896/1897 the community had a Main bridge built.
The place, nestled in the valley of the Main under vineyards, has been the flagship of Franconian romanticism for decades. The medieval city wall has been preserved. All the buildings in the town center in the narrow, winding streets look back on several hundred years of history. The town hall dates back to the 16th century.
Lower Franconia (German: Unterfranken) is one of seven districts of Bavaria, Germany. The districts of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia make up the region of Franconia. It consists of nine districts and 308 municipalities (including three cities).
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 8. One of these was the Untermainkreis (Lower Main 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 name Untermainkreis changed to Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg, but the city name was dropped in the middle of the 20th century, leaving just Lower Franconia.
From 1933, the regional Nazi Gauleiter, Otto Hellmuth, (who had renamed his party Gau "Mainfranken") insisted on renaming the government district Mainfranken as well. He encountered resistance from Bavarian state authorities but finally succeeded in having the name of the district changed, effective 1 June 1938. After 1945 the name Unterfranken was restored.
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.
Spain, Valencia, “Plaza de Toros”, the bullfighting posters form Valencia are the most popular in Spain.
The bullfight arena de Valencia was built between 1850 & 1860 on the site of an earlier plaza, which because of budget problems never was completed. It is neoclassical, inspired by the Roman civil architecture. It is a 48 sided polygonal body, with over 5 mtr tall & 16 diameter ring. These dimensions make it one of the largest bullfight arenas in Spain. Inaugurated on June 20. 1859 as reflected in the newspapers of that time.
The arena is situated next to North Train station Valencia. Its current capacity is 10.500 seats after a restructuring in 2010, a fire in 1946 destroyed the stairways & it was not until 1968 when it came to its expansion.
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Post-BP Period: 2004-present[edit]
In 2004 BP decided to divest its worldwide olefins and derivatives business: the sale included the Refinery and connected petrochemicals complex (excluding the Kinneil terminal and Forties Pipeline System, which BP retained until FPS was sold to Ineos in 2017).
In 2005 the new company created to run this business was named Innovene, which later that same year was purchased by Ineos, the largest privately owned chemicals company based in the UK.
Ineos Refining, which included both the Grangemouth and Lavera (outside Marseilles, France) Refineries, in 2011 entered into a 50%/50% joint venture with the Chinese state oil company Petrochina, to form the PetroIneos company.
Grangemouth Refinery today employs around 650 people over a 700 hectare site.
Scenes from the 2013 film World War Z featuring Brad Pitt were filmed near the facility.[3] [4] [5]
In November 2020, the business announced the ”mothballing” of the oldest of the three Crude Oil Distillation Units, and its Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, both of which had been shut down since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This would also be accompanied by the loss of up to 200 jobs, or around 1/3 of the permanent workforce.[6]
The business blamed this restructuring on the reduction in demand for road and jet fuels, a direct result of the pandemic, combined with a gradual long-term increase in the electrification of road vehicles, and a decreased reliance on fossil fuels. This would reduce the total Refinery throughput from 210,000 to 150,000 barrels per stream day.[7]
El Portal de Francia, construido en 1553 por el virrey duque de Alburquerque, es el que mejor se conserva de los seis que tenía el antiguo recinto amurallado de la ciudad. Los viajeros del país vecino, entraban y salían de la ciudad por él, de ahí su nombre. De las dos puertas principales que conforman el portal, la interior conserva un escudo renacentista tallado con el águila bicéfala y las armas imperiales.
Una placa recuerda la salida de Pamplona, en 1833, del general Tomás Zumalacárregui para ponerse al frente de las tropas carlistas. Por ello y desde 1939, este portal se conoce también como portal de Zumalacárregui.
Desde época medieval esta es la puerta que sirve de acceso a los peregrinos que llegan a Pamplona siguiendo el Camino de Santiago.
La ciudad amurallada, encerrada en sí misma, tenía seis “portales”. Hoy solo sobrevive en su emplazamiento original este que vemos aquí. Ya en la época medieval formaba parte del recinto amurallado de la ciudad de la Navarrería. En 1553, tras la conquista de Navarra, el acceso fue reestructurado, lo que explica la presencia del escudo de Carlos V. Dos siglos más tarde se construyó un poco más abajo una segunda entrada con puente levadizo que estuvo en pleno uso hasta 1915.
Actualmente, cada 5 de enero, la puerta levadiza se baja para dar la bienvenida a los Reyes Magos.
www.pamplona.es/turismo/portaldefrancia
The Portal of France, built in 1553 by the viceroy Duke of Alburquerque, is the best preserved of the six that had the old walled enclosure of the city. Travelers from the neighboring country entered and left the city through it, hence its name. Of the two main gates that make up the portal, the inner one preserves a Renaissance coat of arms carved with the double-headed eagle and the imperial arms.
A plaque commemorates the departure of General Tomás Zumalacárregui from Pamplona in 1833 to lead the Carlist troops. For that reason and from 1939, this doorway is also known as Zumalacárregui's doorway.
Since medieval times, this is the gateway that serves as access to pilgrims arriving in Pamplona following the Camino de Santiago.
The walled city, enclosed within itself, had six "portals". Today only the one we see here survives in its original location. Already in medieval times it was part of the walled enclosure of the city of Navarrería. In 1553, after the conquest of Navarre, the access was restructured, which explains the presence of the coat of arms of Charles V. Two centuries later, a second entrance with a drawbridge was built a little further down, which was in full use until 1915.
Today, every January 5, the drawbridge is lowered to welcome the Three Wise Men.
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The Rochdale Canal in Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow vessels of 14 feet width. The canal runs for 32 miles across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire.
The Rochdale Canal was conceived in 1776, when a group of 48 men from Rochdale raised £237 and commissioned James Brindley to conduct a survey of possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester.
The promoters, unsure as to whether to build a wide or a narrow canal, postponed the decision until an Act of Parliament had been obtained. The first two attempts to obtain an act failed after being opposed by mill owners, concerned about water supply. The promoters, to understand the mill owners' position, asked William Jessop to survey the parts of the proposed canal that were causing most concern. Jessop gave evidence to the Parliamentary committee, and in 1794 an act was obtained which created the Rochdale Canal Company and its construction. Rennie's estimated cost in the second bill was £291,000, and the company was empowered to raise the money by issuing shares, with powers to raise a further £100,000 if required.
When an Act of Parliament was sought in 1965, to authorise the abandonment of the canal, the Inland Waterways Association petitioned against it, and when it was finally passed, it contained a clause that ensured the owners would maintain it until the adjacent Ashton Canal was abandoned. Discussion of the relative merits of restoring the canal or the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in 1973 led the formation of societies to promote both schemes in 1974.
The Rochdale Canal Society wanted to see the canal fully re-opened, as part of a proposed Pennine Park. They worked hard both to protect the line of the canal and to begin the process of refurbishing it. A new organisational structure was created in 1984, with the formation of the Rochdale Canal Trust.
In 1997, the Rochdale Canal Trust was restructured, in response to announcements that there might be large grants available as part of the millennium celebrations. The canal was still at this point owned by a private company, and the Millennium Commission would not make grants to a scheme which was for private profit, rather than public benefit. The restructuring would allow the Trust to take over responsibility for the canal. However, the plan was rejected by the Commission, and to access the grant of £11.3 million, the Waterways Trust took over ownership of the canal.
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Built in 1893, this Queen Anne-style structure was one of the original stations to open with the Lake Street Elevated Railroad when it began operation on Chicago’s West Side as the second elevated rapid transit line in the city. The station operated until 1948, when it briefly closed along with nine other stations on the Lake Street Elevated line as part of the restructuring of the system under the newly-formed Chicago Transit Authority, but was reopened in 1951 owing to its location along a major north-south thoroughfare. The station was rebuilt in 1994-1996 as part of the renovation of the Lake Street Elevated line, which added accessibility for those with disabilities and modernized the systems within the station. The station consists of the original head house, clad in corrugated metal with double-hung Queen Anne windows, cupolas, and decorative trim, with an elongated modern platform to the east, which features a second-story walkway to allow for transfer between the eastbound and westbound platforms, as well as providing space for elevators, longer trains than the station was originally designed to accommodate, and additional stairways. The station today is one of the oldest remaining in operation as part of the Chicago Transit Authority’s rapid transit system, known as the L, and presently serves as a stop on both the Pink Line and Green Line.
A set of B&O RDCs pass the ruins of the Liberty Milling company in the late summer of 1972. The structure burned in the summer of 1972, leaving only the large concrete storage silos which stood until the late 1980s. Only a decade and a half prior, this was the second largest mill in the state, and a boon to the local economy. The silos dwarf the tiny passenger station, which also burned in the late 1970s. A replica station was constructed when this entire scene was restructured for a larger and better commuter station center. The scene is wildly different today. No photographer listed, JL Sessa collection.
Worsley Loopline, Monton
The Beeching cuts (also known as the Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.
Like many areas that lost branch lines, my area suffered as well. There is no line that connect Atherton, Tyldesley, Astley, Walkden, Worsley and Monton. Whilst Manchester has been reversing this loss with the ever expanding Metrolink light rail network to the affluent areas of Greater Manchester, the west side has not been as fortunate. So to make amends we have the mis-guided busway that connects with the East Lancs Road and this walking trail that utilises the old railway lines from my home at Mosley Common all the way to Monton.
As part of an exercise regime we have walked this route half a dozen times now - from front door to Costa Coffee in Monton (can't do these things on an empty stomach) and back again - a round trip of about 8.6 miles. I'd taken my camera and tripod this trip with the intention of capturing the Park Runners that set off from the Monton end on their weekly 5km circuit. There are the remnants of the old Worsley station platforms that I hoped to capture them running through, but we arrived too late to setup and the results a bit rushed but promising so another trip beckons.
This is taken on the way back... after coffee and toast!
Narrow, uneven alley in the old town of Cologne, Germany.
The "historic old town" is authentic in the way that it had been rebuild after the destruction of Cologne during the Second World War - but following the restructuring plans the Nazis drew up in the pre war era.
Canon T50 - Fuji Pro 400h
►靈魂解構
Soul Function
►實踐大學 媒體傳達設計學系 /創新媒體設計組 三年級
►2012/1/02~1/06
►11:ÖÖam~17:ÖÖpm
切切地推敲 解構 再重組
殷殷地堆砌 雕塑 再琢磨
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且聽靈魂震耳的細語呢喃
透過作品再現心底感官世界
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以裝置 靈魂擬態
藉互動 心靈反芻
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無限心靈
限量供應
互動發想，來自媒傳系大一必經第一件裝置作品「心靈裝置」。
展出的互動裝置，是經過時間不斷的反覆拆解，反芻成一個新的自我結構。
►請．細．嚼．慢．嚥
►開幕茶會 2012/1/02 12:ÖÖam 吃到沒有
The concept comes from Freshman works Installation art.
This exhibition presents the change freshman to sophomore.
Works by adding interaction. Piece of the soul, restructuring.
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Photos taken during a weekend excursion to Scotland by special train, including off train options.
Views of Aberdeen, including 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.
All is not what it seems in this photo, with a mythical creature at centre.
RITRATTO FUNERARIO DI ANTICO ROMANO
Il Museo è situato all’interno dell'area archeologica altinate. Il percorso espositivo si distribuisce nelle sale I e II, lungo il portico che delimita la piazza e nel piccolo giardino antistante il Museo. A breve termine, presso un complesso rurale in fase avanzata di ristrutturazione, situato nei pressi del Museo, sarà realizzato il nuovo percorso espositivo, molto più esteso e comprendente le sezioni protostorica, romana e tardoantica-altomedievale.
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ANCIENT ROMAN FUNERAL PORTRAIT
The Museum is located within the Altinate archaeological area. The exhibition itinerary is distributed in rooms I and II, along the portico that delimits the square and in the small garden in front of the Museum. In the short term, in a rural complex in an advanced stage of restructuring, located near the Museum, the new exhibition itinerary will be created, much more extensive and including the protohistoric, Roman and late antique-early medieval sections.
CANON EOS 6D Mark II con ob. CANON EF 24-70 f./2,8 L USM
Europe, Spain, Valencia, La Marina de València, Plaza de Agua, Vintage crane, People (slightly cut)
Shot during an evocative Valencian waterfront walk -the shadow of an vintage harbour crane on a modernist utility building - a juxtapo of artefacts of very different stages of modernism : the start and the most recent stage. A scene fitting this redeveloped part the old harbour of Valencia.
Number 15 of the Andalucia (& Valencia) Summer 2018 travelogue
here.
And number 97 of the Urban restructuring (World) album : here.
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), also known formerly as CP Rail CP) between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad incorporated in 1881. The railroad is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001.
Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, it owns approximately 20,000 kilometers (12,500 mi) of track all across Canada and into the United States, stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far north as Edmonton. Its rail network also serves Minneapolis-St. Paul, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, and New York City in the United States.
The railway was originally built between Eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885 (connecting with Ottawa Valley and Georgian Bay area lines built earlier), fulfilling a promise extended to British Columbia when it entered Confederation in 1871. It was Canada's first transcontinental railway, but no longer reaches the Atlantic coast. Primarily a freight railway, the CPR was for decades the only practical means of long-distance passenger transport in most regions of Canada, and was instrumental in the settlement and development of Western Canada. The CPR became one of the largest and most powerful companies in Canada, a position it held as late as 1975. Its primary passenger services were eliminated in 1986, after being assumed by Via Rail Canada in 1978.
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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Hall of Rossiane deeds - Rocca dei Rossi (1570 frescoes) - 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.