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Chania (HAH‑nee‑ah), a historic port city on the northwestern coast of Crete, was a fun place to explore, with narrow pedestrian lanes lined by stone buildings, small café tables, and clusters of potted plants arranged along the walls.
Cet édifice est situé au 9 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario. Il abrite la bibliothèque de l’université de Toronto.
Day 3 Location 3 No sunset in sight!
Crowns Engine Houses, Botallack Mine
Botallack was a submarine mine with tunnels extending under the sea, in places for half a mile. Over its recorded lifetime the mine produced around 14,500 tonnes of tin, 20,000 tonnes of copper, and 1,500 tonnes of arsenic. An estimated 1.5 million tonnes of waste would have been dug up with the minerals. It is unclear how far back mining activity goes in this location. Early records date from the 1500s. Some archaeological evidence points to mining here in the Roman era or even as far back as the Bronze Age.
Henry Boynes was captain of the mine in the early 18th-century and opened a ″deep adit level,″ which was driven to the Corpus Christi lode in the higher mine. The first steam-engine was put to work at Carnyorth Moor (later part of the Botallack sett) in either 1795 or about 1810, depending on the source. In the first half of the 19th-century, the average price of Botallack tin was £64 4s a ton. The abolition of tin duty of 4s per 120 lbs to the Duke of Cornwall in 1838 helped to keep the mine operating despite a decline in the price of tin to £45 per ton. In the 1860s a new diagonal shaft was dug. A visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1865, when they descended the shaft, created a mini-boom in tourism, causing the mine operators to charge visitors a guinea per person.
An increasing supply of tin – initially from Malaysia, Banka Island, and Sumatra, and in the 1870s onwards from Australia – along with a fall in demand for tinplate in the American market, caused the price of tin to fall, causing many Cornish mines to close. The managers decided in January 1883 to stop the Botallack and Crowns engines, because the number of men employed below ground was not sufficient to meet the costs of keeping the engines going. On 2 October 1883 the recently renewed setts, which extended over 2 miles (3.2 km) – comprising Wheal Cock, the Crowns, Carnyorth and Higher Mine – were put up for auction as a ″going concern.″ It included four pumping and three winding engines, two steam stamps, plus other appliances. At the auction it was stated that the mine ″... only needs from £20,000 to £25,000 to be put in good working order, ...″ There were no bids for the mine.
The following shafts were working in 1884,
Botallack engine-shaft, 220 fathoms (1,320 ft; 400 m) deep and worked with a 30 inches (760 mm) cylinder
Crowns engine-shaft, 130 fathoms (780 ft; 240 m) deep and worked with a 36 inches (910 mm) cylinder
Wheal Cock engine-shaft, 160 fathoms (960 ft; 290 m) deep and worked with a 30 inches (760 mm) cylinder
Carnyorth engine-shaft, 130 fathoms (780 ft; 240 m) deep and worked with a 30 inches (760 mm) cylinder
Wheal Cock skip-shaft, 170 fathoms (1,020 ft; 310 m) deep
Botallack skip-shaft, 205 fathoms (1,230 ft; 375 m) deep
Carnyorth skip-shaft, 124 fathoms (744 ft; 227 m) deep
Wheal Hazzard skip-shaft, 100 fathoms (600 ft; 180 m) deep
Chy Cornish skip-shaft, 100 fathoms (600 ft; 180 m) deep
Pearce's skip-shaft, 130 fathoms (780 ft; 240 m) deep
Bullion skip-shaft, 185 fathoms (1,110 ft; 338 m) deep
Durloe skip-shaft, 70 fathoms (420 ft; 130 m) deep
Rodd's skip-shaft, 60 fathoms (360 ft; 110 m) deep
Boscawen diagonal-shaft, about 500 fathoms (3,000 ft; 910 m) long, perpendicular depth 240 fathoms (1,440 ft; 440 m) and 300 fathoms (1,800 ft; 550 m) under the sea
Approximately 10 other shafts varying in depth from a few fathoms to 50 fathoms (300 ft; 91 m) deep.
Other engines
Botallack stamping-engine, 30 inches (760 mm) cylinder
Carnyorth stamping-engine, 24 inches (610 mm) cylinder
Carn whim, 27 inches (690 mm) cylinder
Davy's whim (Botallack), 26.5 inches (670 mm) cylinder
Carnyorth, 22 inches (560 mm) cylinder
saw-mill, 14 inches (360 mm) cylinder
air-compressor, 14 inches (360 mm) cylinder.
A total of 265 workers were employed and the monthly wage was approximately £800 per month.
This beautiful little corner of Kirkby Lonsdale in the south-east of Cumbria is where the narrow lane called Mill Brow runs down to the River Lune. Presumably, there was once a watermill at the bottom. The building on the right is just in the Horsemarket, while just behind the camera on the left is the Swine Market. These are self-explanatory. In the centre of the Swine Market is the town's old market cross. The buildings in this area date from the 1700s or the early 1800s. A high proportion are listed buildings.
The Cagsawa Ruins (also spelled as Kagsawa or Cagsaua) are the remnants of an 16th-century Franciscan church, the Cagsawa church. It was built in 1587 but was burned down by the marauding Dutch in 1636. However, it was reconstructed again in 1724 by Fr. Francisco Blanco. In February 1, 1814, Mayon Volcano caused its most violent and deadly eruption that engulfed the surrounding houses and killed nearly 2,000 people who took refuge inside the church. Only the belfry of the Cagsawa church remains as a grim and silent testimony of that fateful day. For almost two hundred years, it has withstood the test of time and the elements to become one of the most recognizable landmarks of Albay Province. The ruins are located in Barangay Busay, Cagsawa, in the municipality of Daraga, Albay, Philippines.
The island world of St Michael’s Mount is one of the jewels in Cornwall’s crown. Hop on a boat – or walk across the causeway during low tide – to a community where modern life meets over a thousand years of history.
Home to the St Aubyn family as well as a small community, this iconic island is crowned by a medieval church and castle – with the oldest buildings dating to the 12th century. Immerse yourself in history, wonder at the architecture and discover the legend of Jack the Giant Killer.
The island world of St Michael’s Mount is one of the jewels in Cornwall’s crown. Hop on a boat – or walk across the causeway during low tide – to a community where modern life meets over a thousand years of history.
Home to the St Aubyn family as well as a small community, this iconic island is crowned by a medieval church and castle – with the oldest buildings dating to the 12th century. Immerse yourself in history, wonder at the architecture and discover the legend of Jack the Giant Killer.
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Τα πανέμορφα αυτά άλογα είναι μέλη ενός μικρού κοπαδιού το οποίο ζεί ελεύθερα στα λιβάδια της Πατουλιάς Τρικάλων μπροστά από το διακρινόμενο στο βάθος αρχοντικό.
Πρόκειται για παλαιά κατοικία τσιφλικάδων(υποστατικό ή κονάκι) με αναγραφόμενο έτος ιδρύσεως το 1903 και μεταφέρει νοσταλγικές μνήμες αφού εκεί γυρίστηκε η θρυλική ελληνική ταινία “Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο”
Αυτό είχαμε πάει να επισκεφτούμε μαζί με την σύζυγο όταν προέκυψε και η συναρπαστική προαναφερθείσα συνάντηση με τα αξιοθαύμαστα ζώα.
These beautiful horses are members of a small herd that lives freely in the meadows of Patoulias Trikala in front of the mansion in the background
It is an old residence of landlords,its year of foundation is 1903 and carries nostalgic memories because the legendary Greek film "The soil was painted red" was shot there.
That's we had gone to visit with my wife when the fascinating aforementioned encounter with the adorable animals occurred.
The young stallion like to ask for help in the pleasant dilemma which faces: which of the two "top models" mares surrounding chose as erotic companion.
Ο νεαρός επιβήτορας μοιάζει να ζητάει βοήθεια στο ευχάριστο δίλημμα το οποίο αντιμετωπίζει: ποιά από τις δύο "καλλονές" φοράδες που τον περιβάλλουν να επιλέξει ως ερωτική σύντροφό του
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Τα πανέμορφα αυτά άλογα είναι μέλη ενός μικρού κοπαδιού το οποίο ζεί ελεύθερα στα λιβάδια της Πατουλιάς Τρικάλων μπροστά από το διακρινόμενο στο βάθος αρχοντικό.
Πρόκειται για παλαιά κατοικία τσιφλικάδων(υποστατικό ή κονάκι) με αναγραφόμενο έτος ιδρύσεως το 1903 και μεταφέρει νοσταλγικές μνήμες αφού εκεί γυρίστηκε η θρυλική ελληνική ταινία “Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο”
Αυτό είχαμε πάει να επισκεφτούμε μαζί με την σύζυγο όταν προέκυψε και η συναρπαστική προαναφερθείσα συνάντηση με τα αξιοθαύμαστα ζώα.
These beautiful horses are members of a small herd that lives freely in the meadows of Patoulias Trikala in front of the mansion in the background
It is an old residence of landlords,its year of foundation is 1903 and carries nostalgic memories because the legendary Greek film "The soil was painted red" was shot there.
That's we had gone to visit with my wife when the fascinating aforementioned encounter with the adorable animals occurred.
An abandoned church along the highway in Culpeper Virginia. built in 1908 of an interesting style. the rusty metal roof is so unusual for a public building such as this.
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The mid Dorset town of Wimborne Minster, England UK.
"St Cuthburga's Church" is a Saxon church, with Norman and Gothic architecture. It is famed for its chained library and the tomb of King Æthelred, elder brother of Alfred the Great, as well as the tombs of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and his duchess, the maternal grandparents of King Henry VII of England. The tombs are made of Dorset Limestone and New Forest Stone.
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Houses along the rue du Colonel Guérin and the Place du Tribunal ("Courthouse Square"), in the town of Mortagne-au-Perche (the département of Orne, in the Perche region of Normandie / Normandy, in northwestern France), on a clear morning in early October 2016.
The limestone buildings, painted shutters, and small ironwork balconies look characteristically French. At the same time, they represent just a few aspects of the varied architecture of the town and area.
[Mortagne-au-Perche gate houses row 2016 oct 8 f; DSCF0181]
Hazard Memorial Library
Kingstown Road
South Kingstown, Rhode Island - USA
Built: 1891
Style: Romanesque / Victorian
Architect: Frank W. Angell
The castle stands on a limestone bluff overlooking the Carew inlet, part of the tidal estuary that makes up the Milford Haven Waterway. The site must have been recognised as strategically useful from the earliest times, and recent excavations in the outer ward have discovered multiple defensive walls of an Iron Age fort.
The Norman castle has its origins in a stone keep built by Gerald de Windsor around the year 1100. Gerald was made castellan of Pembroke Castle by Arnulf of Montgomery in the first Norman invasion of Pembrokeshire. He married Nest, princess of Deheubarth around 1095. Nest brought the manor of Carew as part of her dowry, and Gerald cleared the existing fort to build his own castle on Norman lines. The original outer walls were timber, and only the keep was of stone. This still exists in the later structure as the "Old Tower".
This is All Saints church in the East Yorkshire village of Bishop Burton. The village is stunning, from the large village pond with the ducks and geese through to the beautiful period designed cottages. Not forgetting the church - up along a narrow street.
Valle D'Itria, Puglia, southern Italy
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I looked through the archway and saw the towers of the building standing clearly against the sky. The stonework appeared crisp in the light and the details became more noticeable as I stepped closer. From where I stood, the symmetry of the front made the entrance feel like the natural point of focus. The building is a well known example of English Gothic architecture in Oxford.
The Monastery of Voulkano in Messinia, Greece.
A peaceful place with traditional stone architecture and a beautiful courtyard, surrounded by nature.
Captured during a bright day, highlighting the textures of the stone and the warm tones of the rooftops.
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1η Οκτωβρίου:Σύναξη Της Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου Της Γοργοεπηκόου
October 1: Gathering Of the most holy Virgin Mary Gorgoepikoos(rapidly obeying)
Η θαυματουργή εικόνα της Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου της Γοργοεπηκόου βρίσκεται στην Ιερά Μονή Δοχειαρίου του Αγίου Όρους.
Η γνωστότερη μετά την «Πορταϊτισσα» θαυματουργή εικόνα του Αγίου Όρους είναι αρχαία τοιχογραφία της Παναγίας που βρίσκεται εξωτερικά στον ανατολικό τοίχο της τράπεζας και προς τα δεξιά της εισόδου της. Το 1664 μ.Χ. ο τραπεζάρης Νείλος, που περνούσε τακτικά μπροστά από την εικόνα κρατώντας στο χέρι αναμμένα δαδιά για την υπηρεσία του στην τράπεζα, άκουσε μια φωνή να του λέει τα εξής: «Να μην ξαναπεράσεις από εδώ με δαδιά καπνίζοντας την εικονα μου». Ο Νείλος δεν έδωσε ιδιαίτερη σημασία στη φωνή, η οποία όμως σύντομα ξανακούστηκε επιτιμώντας τον μοναχό και αφήνοντάς τον τυφλό. Οι αδελφοί άρχισαν να περνούν με πολύ ευλάβεια μπροστά από την εικόνα, της κρέμασαν ακοίμητο καντήλι και διέταξαν το νέο τραπεζάρη να τη θυμιάζει καθημερινά.
Ο τυφλός Νείλος περνούσε όλο τον καιρό του σε ένα στασίδι μπροστά στην εικόνα παρακαλώντας την Παναγία να τον συγχωρέσει και να τον θεραπεύσει, πράγμα το οποίο και έγινε, όταν, για τρίτη πλέον φορά, ακούστηκε φωνή από την εικονα, που πληροφορούσε τον Νείλο ότι η δέησή του εισακούστηκε και ότι στη δική Της μετά Θεόν προστασία και σκέπη θα έπρεπε στο εξής να καταφεύγουν για κάθε τους ανάγκη οι μοναχοί. Αυτή θα τους ακούει γρήγορα γιατί το όνομά της είναι «Γοργοεπήκοος». Πολύ σύντομα το θαύμα αυτό και η υπόσχεση της Θεοτόκου έγιναν γνωστά σε όλο το Όρος και η εικόνα της αυτή έγινε παναγιορειτικό προσκύνημα.
Ο διάδρομος κλείστηκε και η εικόνα συμπεριλήφθηκε σε παρεκκλήσι που κτίστηκε προς τα δεξιά της.
Τα θαύματά της είναι άπειρα και ειδικός «προσμονάριος» ιερομόναχος εξυπηρετεί τις ανάγκες των πολλών προσκυνητών.
The miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary of Gorgoepikos is found in the Monastery of Doheiarios on Mount Athos.
The miraculous icon of Mount Athos, known after the "Portaitissa", is an ancient fresco of the Virgin Mary located outside the east wall of the bank and to the right of its entrance. In 1664 AD. the Nile dining room, passing regularly in front of the picture, holding a lighted hand on his desk for his service in the bank, he heard a voice telling him: "Do not come back here with a dye smoking my picture." The Nile did not pay much attention to the voice, but it was soon recalled by honoring the monk and leaving him blind. The brothers began to spend very reverently in front of the picture, hung her unedged candle, and ordered the new dining room to pamper her every day.
The blind Nile passed all the time on a stall in front of the picture, pleading to the Virgin to forgive him and heal him, which happened when, for the third time, a voice was heard from the image, informing the Nile that His boldness was heard, and that in his own By-God protection and slimes he would now have to resort to every need for the monks. She will hear them quickly because her name is "Gorokepikos". Very soon this miracle and the promise of Theotokos became known throughout the Mount, and this image became a great pilgrimage.
This is St Lawrence church in Scunthorpe. The oldest (well part of it is) church in the town. It's had some additions built onto it over the last 100 years but either way, it still makes a nice view in the February snow.
Stubbins, Rossendale, Lancashire, England
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Wisteria blooms on the wall of a limestone cottage in the Cotswold village of Buckland (Gloucestershire, near the Worcestershire border, in western England), on a partly sunny morning in mid-May.
Buckland sits below the northwestern Cotswolds escarpment, along the Cotswold Way, southwest of the larger village of Broadway (Worcestershire). Its name derives from the Anglo-Saxon for "book-land," reflecting its status based on a formal charter, which was written in 709 AD when the land was given to St Peter's Abbey, Gloucester (Gloucester Abbey). As is typical of the region, its structures are built of Cotswold limestone.
(Historical information from A Vision of Britain through Time database (place number 10443) and Wikipedia, both last consulted 20 April 2020.)
(From the "archive" -- 2010.)
[Buckland wisteria cottage 2010 may 17 c; IMG_2404]
Stone building on Jura, an old croft but what a view they had, I wonder though did they have the time to look.
Church of the Good Shepherd
One of the region’s most famous and photographed icons is the Church Of The Good Shepherd on the stunning lakefront of Lake Tekapo.
This charming church holds a special place in the hearts of locals. It was built in memory of the pioneers of the Mackenzie, from local stone gathered from within 5 miles of the site, with the aim to simply be part of the landscape. It is a treasured heritage building and is also a place of worship.
Locals and visitors gather every Sunday and the church welcomes Christians of all traditions, cultures and backgrounds. It is also still used for weddings and funerals, and visitors can request a private tour directly from the church.
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Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Warkworth in the English county of Northumberland. The village and castle occupy a loop of the River Coquet, less than a mile from England's north-east coast. When the castle was founded is uncertain: traditionally its construction has been ascribed to Prince Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria, in the mid-12th century, but it may have been built by King Henry II of England when he took control of England's northern counties. Warkworth Castle was first documented in a charter of 1157–1164 when Henry II granted it to Roger fitz Richard. The timber castle was considered "feeble", and was left undefended when the Scots invaded in 1173.
Roger's son Robert inherited and improved the castle. Robert was a favourite of King John, and hosted him at Warkworth Castle in 1213. The castle remained in the family line, with periods of guardianship when heirs were too young to control their estates. King Edward I stayed overnight in 1292 and John de Clavering, descendant of Roger fitz Richard, made the Crown his inheritor. With the outbreak of the Anglo-Scottish Wars, Edward II invested in castles, including Warkworth, where he funded the strengthening of the garrison in 1319. Twice in 1327 the Scots besieged the castle without success.
John de Clavering died in 1332 and his widow in 1345, at which point The 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick took control of Warkworth Castle, having been promised Clavering's property by Edward III. Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, added the imposing keep overlooking the village of Warkworth in the late 14th century. The fourth earl remodelled the buildings in the bailey and began the construction of a collegiate church within the castle, but work on the latter was abandoned after his death. Although The 10th Earl of Northumberland supported Parliament during the English Civil War, the castle was damaged during the conflict. The last Percy earl died in 1670. In the mid-18th century the castle found its way into the hands of Hugh Smithson, who married the indirect Percy heiress. He adopted the surname "Percy" and founded the dynasty of the Dukes of Northumberland, through whom possession of the castle descended.
In the late 19th century, the dukes refurbished Warkworth Castle and Anthony Salvin was commissioned to restore the keep. The 8th Duke of Northumberland gave custody of the castle to the Office of Works in 1922. Since 1984 English Heritage has cared for the site, which is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
On Mothers' Day this year we went to Scarborough Castle for a trip out.
It was a gloriously sunny day and the views were amazing.
1 Bulkeley Place, New London, Connecticut
Architect Leopold Eidlitz designed and built this High Victorian Gothic building as a private all-boys high school in 1871-73. It continued in that capacity until 1951. Many additions have been made to the building over the years but are not seen from this view.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
Ref. # 81000613
The Regional Multicultural Magnet School now occupies the site.
This was taken in Langstrothdale, also known as Upper Wharfedale, as we drove south following our short break in the Yorkshire Dales. There had been a considerable amount of snow in the previous week or so, and much of it still clung to the sides of the dry stone walls in the fields.
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From a terrace in Robin Hood's Bay.
The origin of the name is uncertain, and it is doubtful that Robin Hood was ever in the vicinity of the village (if indeed he ever existed). The place is attested in the early sixteenth century as "Robyn Hoodis Baye" in 1544. The English ballad The Noble Fisherman tells a story of Robin Hood visiting Scarborough, taking a job as a fisherman, defeating French pirates with his archery skills, and using half the looted treasure to build a home for the poor. However, the ballad is only attested to in the 17th century at the earliest. It is considered more likely to be a work original to the 17th century rather than an older medieval popular legend passed down, and very unlikely to be based on any historical incident. However, it is possible the author knew of Robin Hood's Bay, and sought to tie the story he wrote to the Scarborough area to explain and justify the name.
During a weekend in Portsmouth, UK, we took a day excursion to the Isle of Wight via hovercraft. A local friend toured us around the island by car. We enjoyed afternoon tea and cake at Carisbrooke Priory, a historical former nunnery. I captured the courtyard from upstairs with a fisheye lens.
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The former Strong City Opera House operated from 1900 to the mid-1920s. By 1926 it was a 200-seat movie theater called The Lyric Theater. In 1928 it was renamed Twin City Theater, and by 1932 it was renamed Uptown Theater with 300 seats. The roof collapsed in 2000, and the city purchased the building and gave it a new roof. Renovation and restoration work began in 2017, but it’s hard to tell what the conditions are inside.
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo is an historic Catholic mission in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The mission was founded in 1720 to serve the Coahuiltecan Natives. The building was not completed until 1782. Rooms for 350 Natives were built into the walls. Mission San José is now part of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. In 2015, along with The Alamo and Mission Concepción, it became one of five missions along the San Antonio River designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Mission San José remains an active parish in the Archdiocese of San Antonio with mass times every Saturday and Sunday. Source: Wikipedia.
Spanish missions were not churches, but communities with the church as the focus. Mission San José captures a transitional moment in history, frozen in time. After the collapse of the roof and dome in the late 1860s, the building was almost fully restored to its original design in the 1930s by the WPA (Works Projects Administration). The U.S. National Park Service posts that, as the largest mission and most complete site of those along the San Antonio River, Mission San José is known as the "Queen of the Missions".
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Εκεί που οι πρόποδες του όρους Νεμέρτσικα συναντούν τον Αώο ποταμό, κοντά στη συμβολή του με το Σαραντάπορο, βρίσκεται η μονή Κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου Μολυβδοσκέπαστης. Το όνομα της Μονής προέρχεται από τις μολύβδινες πλάκες που, αντί για κεραμίδια ή πέτρινες πλάκες, σκέπαζαν το καθολικό της παλιότερα ενώ προσφάτως επανατοποθετήθηκαν και έτσι το μοναστήρι δίκαια συνεχίζει να φέρει τον τίτλο «Μολυβδοσκέπαστη».
Το μοναστήρι, κατά την παράδοση, ιδρύθηκε από τον αυτοκράτορα Κων/νο Πωγωνάτο, καθώς επέστρεφε από την εκστρατεία του στη Σικελία (671–672 μ.Χ) και αργότερα ανακαινίστηκε από τον αυτοκράτορα Ανδρόνικο Παλαιολόγο (1328– 341 μ.Χ.). Στα μετέπειτα χρόνια ανακαινίστηκε από κατοίκους της Πωγωνιανής, οι οποίοι και αγιογράφησαν το καθολικό της, το 1522.
Η μονή υπήρξε έδρα της αρχιεπισκοπής Πωγωνιανής από τον 12ο έως τον 17ο αιώνα. Από τον 14ο αιώνα λειτουργούσε σχολή χειρογράφων στην οποία ιεροδιδάσκαλοι δίδασκαν χειρογραφία σε μοναχούς και λαϊκούς. Πολλοί λόγιοι και συγγραφείς της εποχής αποφοίτησαν από τη συγκεκριμένη σχολή. Τον Ιούλιο του 1943 η μονή βομβαρδίστηκε από τους Ναζί, κάηκαν τα κελιά και η τραπεζαρία και λεηλατήθηκε το καθολικό της.
Το σημερινό μοναστήρι της Μολυβδοσκέπαστης διατηρεί τη φρουριακή του όψη, έχει ανακαινισμένα κελιά, δύο καμπαναριά και ωραίο κήπο. Το καθολικό της είναι βυζαντινού ρυθμού, με ψηλό τρούλο και καλοδιατηρημένες αγιογραφίες του 13ου – 18ου αιώνα, ενώ στη δυτική πλευρά του νάρθηκα υπάρχουν τοιχογραφίες, που απεικονίζουν τον Κωνσταντίνο Πωγωνάτο και τον Ανδρόνικο Παλαιολόγο.
Το ξυλόγλυπτο τέμπλο της εκκλησίας στηρίζεται πάνω σε υπολείμματα παλιότερου μαρμάρινου τέμπλου. Η μονή, σήμερα, είναι ενεργό ανδρικό μοναστήρι και γιορτάζει κάθε χρόνο τον δεκαπενταύγουστο. Προηγείται αγρυπνία από το βράδυ στις 14 Αυγούστου και ακολουθεί λειτουργεία τα ξημερώματα.
Στην αυλή του Μοναστηριού, πίσω από το Ιερό υπάρχει ο τάφος του μακαριστού Μητροπολίτου Δρυϊνουπόλεως, Πωγωνιανής και Κονίτσης Σεβαστιανού,μορφής του Βορειοπηρωτικού αγώνα.
Where the foot of Mount Nemertsika meets the Aoos River, near the junction with Sarantaporo, is the monastery of the Assumption of the Mistress of Molyvdoskepasti. The name of the monastery comes from the lead plates, which, instead of tiles or stone slabs, covered its katholikon earlier and were recently repositioned and so the monastery fairly continues to be titled "Molyvdoskepasti".
The monastery, according to tradition, was founded by emperor Konstantinos Pogonato as he returned from his campaign in Sicily (671-672 AD) and later was renovated by the emperor Andronikos Palaiologos (1328-341 AD). In the later years it was restored by the inhabitants of Pogoniani, who painted their katholikon in 1522.
The monastery was the seat of the Archdiocese of Pogoniani from the 12th to the 17th century. Since the 14th century, a manuscript faculty has been in which priests taught handwriting to monks and lay people. Many scholars and writers of this age graduated from this school. In July 1943 the monastery was bombed by the Nazis, the cells and the dining room were burned and the katholikon was looted.
The current monastery of Molyvdoskepasti maintains its fortuitous appearance, it has renovated cells, two bell towers and a nice garden. Its katholikon is of Byzantine style, with a high dome and well-preserved hagiographies of the 13th-18th century, while on the west side of the narthex there are frescoes depicting Konstantinos Pogonato and Andronikos Palaiologos.
The wood-carved icon screen of the church rests on remnants of an older marble temple. The monastery, today, is an active male monastery and celebrates each year on the 15th of August. Early vigil comes from the evening on August 14th and is operational at dawn.
In the courtyard of the Monastery, behind the Sanctuary there is the tomb of the late Metropolitan of Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa Sevastianos, a form of the Northern epirus' combat.
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Heptonstall main street.
The place-name 'Heptonstall' is first recorded as Heptonstall in the 1274 Wakefield Court Rolls, and in 1316 in the Feudal Aids. The name means "the stall or stable in Hebden". The name 'Hebden' means "rose-hip dene or valley".
Heptonstall initially formed part of the manor of Halifax-cum-Heptonstall, itself subinfeudatory to the manor of Wakefield, and so does not explicitly appear in early taxation records, such as those for the 1379 Poll Tax. In 1626 the manor was spun-off and sold and was extinguished in the late 19th century.
Heptonstall was the site of a battle during the early part of the English Civil War in 1643.
Historically a centre for hand-loom weaving, Heptonstall's cottages and terraced houses are characterised by large first-floor windows to maximise the light for weaving.
The older churchyard claims "King" David Hartley amongst notable graves there. Hartley was founder of the Cragg Coiners and lived as a rogue in the Calderdale area until he was hanged at Knavesmire (Tyburn) near York in 1770.
The foundation stone of its octagonal Methodist chapel, the oldest still in continued use, was laid following the visit of John Wesley in 1764.
In the mid-1980s the paving on a road through Heptonstall was removed, revealing the original stone setts. Although there was a plan to remove the setts, local protests convinced the council to restore them. At the same time the existing concrete street lights were replaced with late 19th-century cast-iron gas lamps. Both developments acted as a traffic calming measure.