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Paleis het Loo in Apeldoorn
Het paleis werd tot 1975 door leden van de Koninklijke familie van Nederland bewoond. Sinds 1984 is het als Nationaal Museum Paleis het Loo opengesteld voor publiek en vinden er tentoonstellingen en evenementen plaats. Het paleis is eigendom van de Staat der Nederlanden.
Paleis Het Loo beschikt over een Hollands-classicistische tuin met Franse invloeden (een vakverdeling afgezet met Japanse hulsthagen). Het is een formele tuin in de stijl van de 17e-eeuwse barok, in navolging van de renaissancetuinen van André le Nôtre, zoals bij het kasteel van Versailles.
De ene kant van de tuin is het spiegelbeeld van de andere. Er zijn meerdere fonteinen in de tuin van paleis Het Loo, met namen die verwijzen naar figuren uit de Romeinse en Griekse mythologie (zoals de Venus- en de Hercules-fontein).
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Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn
The palace was inhabited by members of the Royal Family of the Netherlands until 1975. As the National Museum Paleis het Loo, it has been open to the public since 1984 and exhibitions and events take place there. The palace is owned by the State of the Netherlands.
Paleis Het Loo has a Dutch-Classical garden with French influences (a subdivision trimmed with Japanese holly hedges). It is a formal garden in the style of the 17th century Baroque, echoing the Renaissance gardens of André le Nôtre, such as at the Château de Versailles.
One side of the garden is the mirror image of the other. There are several fountains in the garden of Het Loo Palace, with names that refer to figures from Roman and Greek mythology (such as the Venus and Hercules fountains).
To blur all the people visiting this small museum, people who would inevitably appear in the frame, I had to use a 15-stop ND filter for a longer exposure.
Owain Glyndŵr's Parliament House or in Welsh: Senedd-dy Owain Glyndŵr was traditionally the building where Owain Glyndŵr held a parliament after being crowned Prince of Wales in 1404. The origins of this structure might be later. The existing building may be 15th century in origin, but has been extensively rebuilt particularly by David Davies of Llandinam who purchased it in 1906. On the 20th February 1912 it was opened to provide a social centre for the town. The present rubble exterior is an interpretation of its 15th century appearance probably by the architect Frank Shayler, who may also have designed the adjacent Glyndŵr Institute.
Located in the centre of the town in a continuous row of frontages midway along Heol Maengwyn, opposite the entrance to Plas Machynlleth and to the left of the Owain Glyndwr Institute.
Listed Grade I because of the great importance to Welsh history.
It official name is Owain Glyndŵr's Parliament House
Owain Glyndŵr (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈoʊain ɡlɨ̞nˈduːr]; c. 1359 – c. 1415), or Owain Glyn Dŵr, was a Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru). He instigated a fierce and long-running, yet ultimately unsuccessful war of independence with the aim of ending English rule in Wales. The traditional spelling in English is Owen Glendower (Latin: Oenus de Glendor(dee)).
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This place and it gardens are truly memorable. The Alcázar of Seville (Spanish "Reales Alcázares de Sevilla" or "Royal Alcazars of Seville", (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈkaθar])) is a royal palace in Seville, Spain, originally a Moorish fort. The palace is renowned as one of the most beautiful in Spain, being regarded as one of the most outstanding examples of mudéjar architecture found on the Iberian Peninsula.[1] The upper levels of the Alcázar are still used by the royal family as the official Seville residence and are administered by the Patrimonio Nacional. It is the oldest royal palace still in use in Europe, and was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, along with the Seville Cathedral
A used 15-cent postage stamp from the Netherlands, issued on June 29, 1971, to celebrate the 60th birthday of Prince Bernhard. This stamp is part of a series of four commemorative stamps and features a stylized carnation, which was the symbol for the annual 'Anjeractie' fundraising campaign for the Prince Bernhard Fund. The fund promotes culture and science. The stamp was designed by Jan van Toorn and has the Dutch catalog number NVPH 992 (Scott #490).
Salvation Temple in Riga, Lacplesa Street 117. On July 12, 1925, cornerstone of the largest Baptist church in Latvia was laid in central Riga. On August 7, 1927, the Salvation Temple opened its doors to visitors. Its construction costed then $100,000, money was donated by American ans British Christians through English-American Society of Misione. British Royal House gave a gift of chandelier for the Large Hall.
Soestdijk Palace is a former royal palace in Baarn, The Netherlands. Soestdijk, or actually “Hofstede Aen Zoestdijck”, was named after the Soestdyke which runs along the hamlet Soestdijk.
The center part of the building was the first to be built, around 1650, by order of the mayor of Amsterdam; Cornelis de Graeff. In that era it was quite normal for prominent people to the have a second home away from the dirty and unhealthy city. Remember, in those days there was no sewage system and horse manure covering the streets was rather common.
The palace was further inhabited by prominent historical figures, including Stadhouder Johan Willem Friso, Louis Napoleon (the brother of Napoleon Bonaparte), King William II and Queen Emma. From 1937 it was the residence of Princess and later Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard until 2004. Since 1971 the palace is owned by the Dutch state.
Over time the building was extended several times. One of those extensions included the two wings on either side of the main building with a distinctive semi-circular colonnades like the colonnades of the Tsars palace in Pavlovsk near Saint Petersburg, Russia. This inspiration originated from the wife of King William II, Anna Paulowna from the House of Romanov, who was born and raised in the Pavlovsk’ palace. Initially the colonnades were open as Soestdijk was used as a summer residence. This was still the case untill the death of Queen Mother Emma in 1934. After that numerous modernisations were made, such as closing the colonnades with glass so the palace could also be used outside the summer period and the installation of electrical wiring.
At present its a temporary museum pending major renovations, as it’s recently sold to a consortium called Made by Holland. Part of the palace is to become a hotel. There will also be a space for exhibitions. 65 houses will be built on the grounds of the old Royal Guards barracks and the forest area will be opened to recreational users.
The current museum shows you the most prominent parts of the palace on the main floor and in the basement in an “as is” state. That is, being vacated by the Royals, with no further improvements or restorations and a lot of overdue maintenance. The latter is in fact the charm of the museum. While walking through the building you really get the feeling of how Juliana and Bernard lived in it.
Technical stuff
This HDR consists of 3 handheld photos set at F13 for the depth of field, ISO 1600, 1/180 and with -0,67, +2,33 and -2,67 stops. The initial merge was done with Aurora HDR 2018. Post-production with PS CC included: colour toning, adjusting the gamma, removing the chromatic aberrations and color fringing (due to the wide angle in a backlight situation) by using the gaussian blur overlay technique and fiddling a little with the brightness and vibrance. I finally added a copyright watermark. The latter is, alas, there to stay due to the fact that my photos were frequently copied. So, don't bother commenting on that.
Buckingham Palace, in London, is the principal residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focus for the British people at times of national rejoicing and crisis.
Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705 on a site which had been in private ownership for at least 150 years. It was subsequently acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte, and known as "The Queen's House". During the 19th century it was enlarged, principally by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, forming three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingham Palace finally became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. The last major structural additions were made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the East front which contains the well-known balcony on which the Royal Family traditionally congregate to greet crowds outside. However, the palace chapel was destroyed by a German bomb in World War II; the Queen's Gallery was built on the site and opened to the public in 1962 to exhibit works of art from the Royal Collection.
The original early 19th-century interior designs, many of which still survive, included widespread use of brightly coloured scagliola and blue and pink lapis, on the advice of Sir Charles Long. King Edward VII oversaw a partial redecoration in a Belle Époque cream and gold colour scheme. Many smaller reception rooms are furnished in the Chinese regency style with furniture and fittings brought from the Royal Pavilion at Brighton and from Carlton House. The Buckingham Palace Garden is the largest private garden in London.
A man stands in front of the Seogeodang Hall, one of the buildings at the Deoksugung palace. It is a simple two story wooden house, typical private residence during the Joseon Dynasty, in which King Seonjo lived and died. The building, together with Junmyeongdang and Jeukjodang, was destroyed in a fire in 1904, and was rebuilt later that same year.
Borgholm castle was built in the 1100s to protect the trade along the Swedish coast from attack by the Danes and the Germans. It si built of limestone. It was rebuilt in the 1500s and rebuilt as a royal palace in Baroque style in the 1600s. Most of it burnt down in 1806. It makes for picturesque ruins. Nearby is the Swedish Royal Family summer residence Solliden with its beautiful gardens. Solliden was built in 1903-06 in italianate style. Queen Victoria of Sweden had it built on Oland.
Borgholm castle was built in the 1100s to protect the trade along the Swedish coast from attack by the Danes and the Germans. It si built of limestone. It was rebuilt in the 1500s and rebuilt as a royal palace in Baroque style in the 1600s. Most of it burnt down in 1806. It makes for picturesque ruins. Nearby is the Swedish Royal Family summer residence Solliden with its beautiful gardens. Solliden was built in 1903-06 in italianate style. Queen Victoria of Sweden had it built on Oland.
Juan Diego Flórez as Orphée and Lucy Crowe as Eurydice in Hofesh Shechter and John Fulljames’ production of Orphée et Eurydice, The Royal Opera, 2015/16 Season.
Photograph by Bill Cooper
Find out more about the production here: www.roh.org.uk/productions/orphee-et-eurydice-by-hofesh-s...
Yelp's Bloody Bash, Thursday October 20 7-10pm, at the Tchoup Yard was the culminating party of "Yelp's Battle of the Bloody Mary" where local bars and restaurants all over the city competed for Best Bloody Mary. This monstrous party was host to delicious libations, light bites from local restaurants, an assortment of live performances, contests, giveaways, and more!