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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis
St. Louis is an independent city and inland port in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is situated along the western bank of the Mississippi River, which marks Missouri's border with Illinois. The Missouri River merges with the Mississippi River just north of the city. These two rivers combined form the fourth longest river system in the world. The city had an estimated 2017 population of 308,626 and is the cultural and economic center of the St. Louis metropolitan area (home to nearly 3,000,000 people), which is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri, the second-largest in Illinois (after Chicago), and the 22nd-largest in the United States.
Before European settlement, the area was a regional center of Native American Mississippian culture. The city of St. Louis was founded in 1764 by French fur traders Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau, and named after Louis IX of France. In 1764, following France's defeat in the Seven Years' War, the area was ceded to Spain and retroceded back to France in 1800. In 1803, the United States acquired the territory as part of the Louisiana Purchase. During the 19th century, St. Louis became a major port on the Mississippi River; at the time of the 1870 Census it was the fourth-largest city in the country. It separated from St. Louis County in 1877, becoming an independent city and limiting its own political boundaries. In 1904, it hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the Summer Olympics.
The economy of metropolitan St. Louis relies on service, manufacturing, trade, transportation of goods, and tourism. Its metro area is home to major corporations, including Anheuser-Busch, Express Scripts, Centene, Boeing Defense, Emerson, Energizer, Panera, Enterprise, Peabody Energy, Ameren, Post Holdings, Monsanto, Edward Jones, Go Jet, Purina and Sigma-Aldrich. Nine of the ten Fortune 500 companies based in Missouri are located within the St. Louis metropolitan area. The city has also become known for its growing medical, pharmaceutical, and research presence due to institutions such as Washington University in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. St. Louis has two professional sports teams: the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball and the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. One of the city's iconic sights is the 630-foot (192 m) tall Gateway Arch in the downtown area.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Louis_Zoo
The Saint Louis Zoological Park, commonly known as the Saint Louis Zoo, is in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri. It is recognized as a leading zoo in animal management, research, conservation, and education. The zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Admission is free based on a public subsidy from a cultural tax district, the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District (ZMD); fees are charged for some special attractions. A special feature is the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge Emerson Zooline Railroad with passenger trains pulled by Chance Rides C.P. Huntington locomotives that encircle the zoo, stopping at the more popular attractions.
The city purchased its first exhibit, the Flight Cage, from the Smithsonian Institution following the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. After the zoo was established in 1910, new exhibits, areas and buildings were added through the decades to improve care of the animals, the range of animals and habitats shown, as well as education and interpretation.
A Night shot from down by the River Thames, looking back up towards St.Pauls Cathedral.
St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604.[1] St Paul's sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and is the mother church of the Diocese of London. The present church dating from the late 17th century was built to an English Baroque design of Sir Christopher Wren, as part of a major rebuilding program which took place in the city after the Great Fire of London, and was completed within his lifetime.[2]
The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognisable sights of London, with its dome, framed by the spires of Wren's City churches, dominating the skyline for 300 years.[3] At 365 feet (111m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962, and its dome is also among the highest in the world. In terms of area, St Paul's is the second largest church building in the United Kingdom after Liverpool Cathedral.
St Paul's Cathedral occupies a significant place in the national identity of the English population.[4] It is the central subject of much promotional material, as well as postcard images of the dome standing tall, surrounded by the smoke and fire of the Blitz.[4] Important services held at St Paul's include the funerals of Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Winston Churchill; Jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria; peace services marking the end of the First and Second World Wars; the marriage of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer, the launch of the Festival of Britain and the thanksgiving services for both the Golden Jubilee and 80th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. St Paul's Cathedral is a busy working church, with hourly prayer and daily services.
St James Gate shot from the tracks. Have to admit, I'm pretty pleased with this one. I got the hyperfocal distance just right and I think the image came out pretty moody.
An HDRI comprised of 6 shots. Focal distance was set at 1.2 feet according to my iPhone "DoF" app. This is down a little side street facing the gate. If you go up to the gate, turn left, then right, you'll be with all the other tourists.
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This is a shot from the end of Fishing Point Road in St. Anthony, NL Looking towards the right. This is a terrific spot to watch whales and icebergs.
Grantham, St Wultram's Church.The organ originally by John Harris and John Byfield dates from 1735 and was located in the centre of the church. It was rebuilt by George Pike England in 1809 & 1833, by Forster and Andrews between 1845 and 1868 (when it was moved to its current location), by Norman and Beard in 1906, by Rushworth and Dreaper in 1952, by Cousans of Lincoln in 1972, and by Phillip Wood and Sons of Huddersfield in 1993–94 when a fourth manual was added. It contains 3,294 pipes and has 4 manuals (upgraded from 3 in the 1994 restoration). The case was designed by Sir Walter Tapper during the 1906 restoration. The instrument is regarded as one of the finest in the county.
Grantham, Lincolnshire, East Midlands - Parish Church of St Wulfram, Swinegate and Castlegate
January 2020
A sunbreak lights up the poplars and cottonwoods that line north Idaho's St. Joe river, near St. Maries. It's the canopy of trees all along the river that gives the Joe it's title of the "Shadowy St. Joe."
A very special ecosystem, and favorite local area.
Thanks for taking a look.
Enjoy a wonderful Sunday.
"In those regions on the other side of the mountains I found many valleys of heretics, both Waldensians and the peverse Gazarites, especially in the diocese of Turin.
I visited all of them, preaching in each of them the faith and doctrine of Catholic truth, along with the proof of their errors. By the mercy of God they ardently accepted the truth of the faith with reverence and great sentiments of devotion. The Lord indeed aided and confirmed my preaching.
I discovered that a principle reason for heresies and errors in these places was a lack of preaching. As I correctly perceived from the inhabitants there, thirty years had elapsed during which no one had preached to them but the Waldensian heretics, who would come to them twice a year from Apuleia. Imagine, Reverend Master, what great blame is laid on prelates of the Church and others who, by reason of their office or their profession, are responsible for preaching to such persons, but instead take their ease, enjoying themselves in their pretty rooms in the large towns and villages. In the meantime souls, for whose salvation Christ died, are perishing from lack of spiritual nourishment, since there is no one to break bread for these little ones. The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Hence I pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers into his harvest."
– from a letter of St Vincent Ferrer, whose feast is transferred to this day (5 May) in the Dominican Order.
This painting of St Vincent is in the museum at Santa Sabina in Rome.
St Oswalds Catholic Church lies in a rural setting between Byron Bay and Lennox Head on the NSW North Coast of Australia.
St Lawrence, Ipswich, Suffolk
In 2009 I wrote: 'On the ninth of September, the bells of St Lawrence were returned to their tower for the first time in a quarter of a century. The bells rang out over the rooftops of Ipswich, and there were emotional scenes, because these five bells, all cast in the 1440s, are the oldest circle of five bells in the whole world.
Anyone visiting St Lawrence church today, particularly if they are a visitor to Ipswich, may not realise quite what an extraordinary journey this church has been on over the last 130 years, and particularly in the last couple of decades. For this, above all others, is the Ipswich church which was nearly lost to us, but which has come back from the dead.
In 1846, Thomas Dugdale's County Views series showed Dial Lane in Ipswich (above) lined with old shops, some of which survive today. Above them towers a fine 15th century tower, its windows outlined in brick, curious little 18th century urns topping the corners of what is otherwise a typical Suffolk church tower.
In 1882, the London firm of Barnes and Gaye were commisioned to rebuild the upper part of the tower of St Lawrence's church. They produced one of the most extraordinary confections to grace any Suffolk church, more noticeably so because of the rarity of Victorian towers in Ipswich in particular and Suffolk in general. Angels, flowers and mystical symbols interleave amongst geometric flintwork designs.
Since the tower was cleaned in 1996, the variety of materials used has become apparent, from brilliant whites and soft pinks to the yellow of the stonework and iron grey of the flint. St Lawrence has a more enclosed site than any other Ipswich church, perhaps more so than any other church in Suffolk, and, as a consequence, this wonderful tower constantly disappears and reappears from behind buildings as you walk around Ipswich town centre. Each side of the tower is different; each view and each perspective have something new to offer.
This is not just an important part of the townscape, but has become a symbol of Ipswich itself. At the base of the tower, the west door opens into Dial Lane, an intimate access familiar from City of London churches. The base of the tower also contains north and south doorways, a processional archway beneath the tower exactly like that at the town church of Diss St Mary in Norfolk.
Through these arches the blessed sacrament would have been carried in state on its journey through the medieval town; you can see something similar in Suffolk at Combs and Stanton St John. To stand outside the west door of St Lawrence is to get the beginning of a sense of the meaning and role of churches such as this in times past. Uniquely, the Victorian restorers left the church with no central aisle, in an attempt to defeat the introduction of High Church practices.
However, beautiful towers and aisleless naves are not enough to attract parishioners. By the early 1970s, there was no one left living in the parish, which was a severely small one, sandwiched between St Stephen and St Mary le Tower, and no more than 20m across in places. St Lawrence was closed, declared redundant, and, once the Diocese had washed their hands of it, entrusted by Ipswich Borough Council to the care of the Ipswich Historic Churches Trust, with no doubts that a new use could easily be found for such a central, beautiful and useful landmark building.
But his did not happen, and St Lawrence was soon in big trouble. By 1995, the floor had become so unsafe that it was not possible to walk across it. By the time I visited it in 1998, the side floors had been removed, and the inside (apart from the sanctuary) was now little more than a shell. On a visit in 1999, the church floor was littered with rubble, and was being used to store furniture and garden ornaments. Parts of the bell frame and bell wheels, which had once supported a completely pre-Reformation ring of five bells, were stacked against the college-style pews along the walls. Above, the Victorian stencilling was still readable: Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted... Thereafter, it became much too dangerous for public access, and the building was closed permanently.
Many plans were put forward for the use of this building. But it had no electricity, no running water, and the costs involved for any non-commercial organisation would be prohibitive. IHCT hoped that a use could be found which would preserve the integrity of the building, as has happened at St Stephen 80m away. But by the time St Lawrence had been shut up for more than a quarter of a century, the effects of neglect and decay were overwhelming.
In the Spring of 2000, planning permission was obtained to convert this building into a pub and restaurant. This was about the time I first wrote an account of the church, and I observed then that, despite the long years of neglect, the liturgical integrity of this building would not be saved. I noted that it was not hard to judge that the Churches Conservation Trust might have been a better custodian. St Lawrence could have been kept permanently open, a place for private prayer and a refuge from the busy shopping streets. And at least it would still have a floor.
Shortly after this, in December 2001, I received a letter from John Blatchly, of the Ipswich Historic Churches Trust. He wrote that The developer interested in St Lawrence has withdrawn his original planning application prior to submitting another. We have agreed to extend the period during which we give him priority over other interested parties. The mural memorial there to James Thorndike, several times bailiff of the town in the early nineteenth century, fell from the wall and smashed into many fragments when its fixings perished. Its repair will be expensive, drawing our attention to the need to check the secure mounting of all the monuments in our churches. It will shortly be back in position, and I have found Thorndike's portrait which I shall offer with a press release.This is the real problem church. Town centre, but difficult to service and no parking very close at hand. If this developer, who would be prepared to spend a great deal on the fabric, does clinch a deal, the building will be infinitely improved in condition and given a useful future. The use must be carefully chosen, but it will have to be fully commercial.
I wondered at the time how turning a church into a pub/restaurant constituted a change of use which was carefully chosen. And, as you may imagine, nothing eventually came of the application and the developer, the JD Wetherspoon chain, withdrew completely, not least because of the seven figure sum which would have been necessary to restore the interior to use. The other interested parties that John Blatchly mentioned also seemed to vanish into thin air, and the church continued to decay in the years after.
Without wishing to appear smug, and realising that hindsight has powerful eyes, I must recall that at the time of the 2004 entry for this church on the Suffolk Churches website, I mused that there was no reason why the use had to be fully commercial. Britain is a rich country, I wrote, much richer than it had been in the 1970s when St Lawrence was declared redundant. And Ipswich was a thriving town. This church's tower is a landmark, and it was hardly to the credit of the Borough of Ipswich, who took possession when the Diocese declared it redundant, to have a derelict landmark at its heart.
Light-heartedly, I suggested that perhaps they should take it back from the Historic Churches Trust, bang a few pennies on the council tax, and do something useful with it.
Rather extraordinarily, this is exactly what has happened. In 2006, it was announced that the Borough Council and Suffolk County Council were to help develop St Lawrence as a community resource - not a fully commercial use after all. Involved parties included Age Concern, who had previously had a café in the Town Hall, and the project was co-ordinated by Whitehouse Enterprises, an Ipswich-based 'progressive social enterprise' which enables adults with disabilities to find work. Their two main activities are catering and furniture production, both of which have contributed to the reinvention of this church as the St Lawrence Centre, effectively a community restaurant and gallery. It was opened to the public in July 2008.
The fabulous cost of 1.2 million pounds for the restoration came entirely from the public purse. £400,000 was provided by the council tax payers of Ipswich, the rest coming from central government. In the end, it would not have been possible for a commercial organisation to justify these costs, and so it was that the Borough did do something useful on it, although the cost to council tax payers was more like £10 per household rather than the 'few pennies' I had suggested. Whatever you think about that, there is no question that this is a very happy outcome for the building itself. Since there are no internal partitions, the liturgical integrity has been broadly retained, with kitchens and serving area in the chancel and the nave full of tables and chairs. All the memorials, glass and stencilling have been restored and are still in situ. As at St Stephen a few yards away, you still walk in through the west door past the font. The lights in great circles above and the light wooden floor below create the feel of a space that is at once modern, and yet mindful of its past.The overall effect is splendid.
This means that, for the first time in the quarter of a century since most of them were declared redundant, all of Ipswich's six town centre churches are now being used again - although, of course, none of them is in any sense commercial. And what does that matter, as you stand and listen to those wonderful bells?
St. Florian lived in the time of the Roman emperors Diocletian and Maximian, and was commander of the imperial army in the Roman province of Noricum.
St. Florian is the patron saint of flood victims. In addition to his military duties, he was also responsible for organizing firefighting brigades.
The "Florian Principle" (known in German language areas as "Sankt-Florians-Prinzip") is named after a somewhat ironic "prayer" to Saint Florian: "O heiliger St. Florian verschon mein Haus, zünd andre an", translating to "O holy Saint Florian, spare my house, kindle others".
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St. Florian vissuto ai tempi degli imperatori romani Diocleziano e Massimiano, è stato comandante dell'esercito imperiale nella provincia romana del Noricum.
E' il santo patrono delle vittime delle inondazioni, inoltre è stato anche responsabile per l'organizzazione di brigate antincendio.
"Sankt-Florians-Prinzip" è il nome di una "preghiera" un pò ironica: "O Heiliger St. Florian Haus mein verschon, Zünd andre uno", tradotta come "O santo San Floriano, se devi bruciare una casa, brucia quella del mio vicino" (!!!!)
The sun sets at St.Bees and is reflected off the calm sea as it drops towards the horizon behind a light covering of cloud.
27 023 approaches St Fort in north Fife with 2J11 12.15 Edinburgh to Dundee stopping service.
St Fort was originally a triangular junction for the North Fife line to Glenburnie Junction on the Ladybank to Perth line. The station situated slightly to the north of the shot closed in 1965 with the North Fife line.
19th October 1985
"Born in Northumberland in 634, St. Wilfrid was educated at Lindesfarne and then spent some time in Lyons and Rome. Returning to England, he was elected abbot of Ripon in 658 and introduced the Roman rules and practices in opposition to the celtic ways of northern England. In 664, he was the architect of the definitive victory of the Roman party at the Conference of Whitby. He was appointed Bishop of York and after some difficulty finally took possession of his See in 669. He labored zealously and founded many monasteries of the Benedictine Order, but he was obliged to appeal to Rome in order to prevent the subdivision of his diocese by St. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury. While waiting for the case to be decided, he was forced to go into exile, and worked hard and long to evangelize the heathen south Saxons until his recall in 686. In 691, he had to retire again to the Midlands until Rome once again vindicated him. In 703, he resigned his post and retired to his monastery at Ripon where he spent his remaining time in prayer and penitential practices, until his death in 709. St. Wilfrid was an outstanding personage of his day, extremely capable and possessed of unbounded courage, remaining firm in his convictions despite running afoul of civil and ecclesiastical authorities. He helped bring the discipline of the English Church into line with that of Rome. He was also a dedicated pastor and a zealous and skilled missionary; his brief time spent in Friesland in 678-679 was the starting point for the great English mission to the Germanic peoples of continental Europe. His feast day is October 12th."
This stained glass of the saint is in St Cuthbert's Chapel in Ushaw, the former Catholic seminary near Durham.
Taken in St. Mullins Co. Carlow just beyond the lock gates. Nice few boats in various states of quality.
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Bowlee is a village in Greater Manchester, England. Bowlee is situated along the Heywood Old Road (A6045) on the outskirts of Middleton between Rhodes and Heywood.
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In August 1876, the Foundation Stone was 'masonically laid'.
The following March the first services were held in St. Thomas' Mission Church, or ‘The Mission’ as it was fondly known.
Why it changed from being a school to a church is unclear. Bowlee had had a Methodist Church a number of years and St. Thomas' was built within 20 yards of the boundary of St. Margaret's Parish of Prestwich and 400 yards from St. Mary's, Birch. (This remains the case.) Most of Bowlee village was in the Birch Parish, and nearly all the newer houses facing the Church are still in St. Margaret's. Bowlee was predominantly Methodist and the 'Church' people all went to Birch. Most of the earlier congregation came from Rhodes Green or the poorer part of Rhodes. One lady was told by a Rhodes Churchwarden late last century 'she must go to the Mission' if she could not dress better. Possibly it was for this reason it was built, as were so many Mission Churches in Victorian times. This would account for its (until recently) austere interior.
In 1970, when the Church of England adopted Synodical Government, St Thomas’ became a District Church, responsible to the Parish of All Saints, Rhodes, along with St Mary, Birch in Hopwood, which became a Chapel of Ease.
In 2010, new Pastoral Measures, transferred St Thomas’ and St Mary’s to the new Parish of Langley, where, still remaining a District Church, St Thomas’ is now responsible to All Saints and Martyrs, Langley. All Saints Rhodes has joined with Holy Trinity, Parkfield, in the Parish of Rhodes and Parkfield.
The Aurora, on the night of October 25-26 1917, fired a blank shot at the Winter Palace signalling the start of the revolution. It is now a museum.