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This is St Hybalds in the village of Hibaldstow in North Lincolnshire on a glorious sunny afternoon in April 2017. There's another church in the next village with the same dedication.
The limestone, slate-roof dovecote at Snowshill Manor (Gloucestershire, in the Cotswold Hills in west-central England), on an overcast afternoon in mid-May (2010). A couple of doves perch outside.
Snowshill, which has medieval origins, is probably most famous as a home of architect and extreme collector Charles Paget Wade (1883-1956) from 1919 to 1951. Since 1951, it has been in the care of the National Trust. In addition to Wade's eclectic collection, the garden and dovecote are attractions, as are the views; the estate sits on the northern edge of the Cotswold escarpment above the Worcestershire village of Broadway.
Because the winter of 2010 was unusually hard, the trees and other plants in this 2010 view are not as far along as they usually would be by the middle of May.
[Snowshill Manor Garden dovecote garden walls 2010 may 16 o; P5161297]
"San Gimignano is the Manhattan of the Middle Ages—a city that sought to touch the sky."
— Dante Alighieri
La place du parlement à Bordeaux.
Bordeaux est souvent qualifiée de « perle d'Aquitaine », mais elle traine encore aujourd'hui le surnom de « belle endormie » en référence à son centre-ville historique et à ses monuments qui n'étaient, auparavant, pas suffisamment mis en valeur. Pourtant, Bordeaux s'est « réveillée » depuis maintenant plusieurs années et, en juin 2007, une partie de la ville, le port de la Lune, a été classée au patrimoine mondial de l'humanité par l'Unesco pour l'ensemble urbain exceptionnel qu'elle représente. Elle mérite d'autant moins ce surnom que son aire urbaine est parmi les plus attractives de France avec une croissance d'environ 200 000 habitants en 9 ans (1999 à 2008). En 2013, la ville est classée 2e ville préférée des français dans le cadre d'un sondage BVA réalisé auprès de 6 500 personnes.
La ville est connue dans le monde entier pour son vignoble, surtout depuis le xviiie siècle, qui fut un véritable âge d'or.
Capitale de l'ancienne Guyenne (le Nord de l'Aquitaine actuelle), Bordeaux fait partie de la Gascogne et est située en bordure des Landes de Gascogne.
En 1957, Bordeaux est récompensée du prix de l'Europe, conjointement avec Turin.
Parelement Square in Bordeaux (FRANCE)
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.
The city of Bordeaux, with a population of 239,157 inhabitants in 2010, is the ninth largest city in France; its metropolitan area (aire urbaine) is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 1,127,776. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called "Bordelais" (for men) or "Bordelaises" (women).
The city's nicknames are "La perle d'Aquitaine", "La Belle Endormie" (Sleeping Beauty) in reference to the old center which had black walls due to pollution. Nowadays, this is not the case. In fact, a part of the city, Le Port de La Lune, was almost completely renovated.
Bordeaux is the world's major wine industry capital. It is home to the world's main wine fair, Vinexpo, while the wine economy in the metro area takes in 14.5 billion euros each year. Bordeaux wine has been produced in the region since the 8th century. The historic part of the city is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble" of the 18th century.
That little shop on the corner in Ménerbes, Lubéron, France. worn walls, faded shutters, and that quiet charm you only find in old Provencal villages. The kind of place that makes you slow down and just take it in.
Revisited the church ruin near by. Not too close to Harpers Ferry and the site of a Civil War battle yet it still looks like it was bombed. There are bombed out areas all over Jefferson Co, many stone churches.
A picturesque canal in Venice, Italy, at twilight. The canal is lined with old brick buildings, and there are boats moored along the sides. The sky is a dusky blue-grey. There are people walking around.
The grand view of St Giles in the Derbyshire village of Great Longstone in the Peak District. It was a damp day right until the last hour of daylight and some blue sky broke through the greyness of the clouds.
I first saw this old house from the train years and years ago. I was hooked ever since. I'm glad I've been able to see it up close, but one day I'm going to go in! It is fenced and I didn't want to risk angering a land owner. But one day I'm going inside!
As you can see, I took a lot of close up photos in an attempt to see inside.
Does anyone know anything about this old place? The story behind it? What's with the partial stone facade? It's just so weird and interesting and cobbled together!
Read ahead here: pictureprairieplaces.weebly.com/adventures/late-november-...
This stone structure is all that is left of what was once the largest dual stack charcoal iron furnace in the world.
A number of innovations first used at this furnace by designer Fred Fitch were employed at later furnaces elsewhere. When enhanced by pressure available from the new technology of modern boilers, this furnace could produce the high temperatures needed to produce pig (or crude) iron. The boilers built up gas pressure that boosted temperatures even higher.
After the cessation of active smelting operations in 1874, the structure suffered many years of neglect. Some stones fell out, and a corner was blasted loose by dynamite. In 2004, however, local people raised the money needed to save the core structure, including bringing stone masons over from Scotland who successfully stabilized it.
The Fitchburg Furnace, listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, is managed by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Daniel Boone National Forest near Ravenna, in Estill County, Kentucky.
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One of two castles of Quintin this 17th-century castle’ was rebuilt by the Marquis de la Moussaye from 1643 to 1666, overlooking the lake.
Quintin is a commune in the Cotes-d'Armor department (Brittany region) in the northwest of France 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Saint-Brieuc, the department capital.
The area around Quintin has been occupied since the Neolithic. Early Quintin was originally located near Vieux-Bourg but, following a plague epidemic, the city moved to its current location. Quintin in Roman times was located on a crossroads but significantly developed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, due to the weaving industry and the trade of linen cloth. Still, the decline came with the French Revolution and cotton gradually taking the lead over linen. At the height Quintin had 300 weavers. Quintin was also a monastic center. But despite its monuments and mansions that one can still see the city, it no longer has the importance it once had. The French Revolution and the wars of religion have left the fabric of the ancient and medieval city devastated. In 1843, the geographical and historical dictionary of the province of Brittany, by Jean Ogée explains that the denizens of Quintin speak French and Breton.
A Casa dos Duques de Valência, situada na Plaza de los Golfines, no centro histórico de Cáceres (Estremadura, Espanha), é um edifício histórico que reflete a arquitetura nobre da cidade. Construída em pedra, provavelmente entre os séculos XV e XVI, apresenta uma fachada com elementos arquitetónicos renascentistas, incluindo um frontão triangular sobre a porta principal e brasões nobiliários esculpidos na parte superior. As janelas gradeadas e os varandins em ferro forjado são elementos característicos da arquitetura civil da região. O palácio, que foi residência da Duquesa de Valência até meados do século XX, é atualmente propriedade da Diputación Provincial de Cáceres, tendo sido recuperado para fins institucionais e culturais. Inserido no bairro monumental de Cáceres, classificado como Património Mundial pela UNESCO desde 1986, o imóvel testemunha a importância das famílias nobres na história da cidade, exemplificando a transição entre as casas-fortalezas medievais e os palácios humanistas do Renascimento. A sua construção em pedra granítica e os elementos decorativos de influência renascentista e plateresca são particularmente notáveis.
The House of the Dukes of Valencia, located in the Plaza de los Golfines, in the historic center of Cáceres (Extremadura, Spain), is a historic building that reflects the noble architecture of the city. Built in stone, probably between the 15th and 16th centuries, it has a facade with Renaissance architectural elements, including a triangular pediment over the main door and noble coats of arms carved on the upper part. The latticed windows and wrought iron balconies are characteristic elements of the region's civil architecture. The palace, which was the residence of the Duchess of Valencia until the mid-twentieth century, is currently owned by the Diputación Provincial de Cáceres, having been recovered for institutional and cultural purposes. Inserted in the monumental district of Cáceres, classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1986, the property bears witness to the importance of noble families in the city's history, exemplifying the transition between medieval fortress-houses and Renaissance humanist palaces. Its construction in granite stone and the decorative elements of Renaissance and Plateresque influence are particularly remarkable.
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Η Μονή μέχρι τις αρχές του 1990 ήταν έρημη και εγκαταλελειμμένη αφού παρ όλο που άκμαζε τον 18ο και στις αρχές του 19ου αιώνα, έμεινε για περισσότερο από 60 χρόνια στη αφάνεια και στην εγκατάλειψη.
Το 1992 η Εφορία Βυζαντινών Αρχαιοτήτων σε συνεργασία με τη Μητρόπολη Τρικάλων αναστήλωσαν τα κελιά και τον Σεπτέμβριο του 1995 η μητρόπολη Τρίκκης εγκατέστησε στην Μονή, γυναικεία αδελφότητα με ηγουμένη την μοναχή Ισιδώρα, η όποια εργάζεται ακατάπαυστα για την ανακαίνιση και την συντήρηση του συγκροτήματος.
Η μονή πανηγυρίζει στις 8 Μαΐου και στις 26 Σεπτεμβρίου.
The monastery until the early 1990s was deserted although it flourished in the 18th and early 19th centuries, it remained for more than 60 years in obscurity and abandonment.
In 1992, the Byzantine Antiquities Directorate in cooperation with the Metropolis of Trikala resurfaced the cells and in September 1995 the metropolis of Trikkis settled in the Monastery, a feminine fraternity with the nobility of the nun Isidora, who works incessantly for the renovation and maintenance of the complex.
The monastery celebrates on 8 May and 26 September.
Church has longest Medieval uninterrupted vaulted ceiling
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The old stone stable buildings at Castlecomer Adventure Park.
The shot is a HDR composite of 3 raw images. I think it was -1, 0 and +1 ev but I could be wrong.
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Historic Dutch Reformed church built in 1788 as a replacement of a previous church, which was burned in 1780 during the Revolutionary War. Palatine, New York.
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This is St Peter and St Paul in the village of Sturton le Steeple in northern Nottinghamshire.
You're often advised in the art of photography never to have your subject in the centre of the frame - unless you have something to balance the image out - I think these two sets of trees at either side balance the setting rather well.
Pitigliano, located in southern Tuscany, is renowned for its buildings carved into tuff and its historic Jewish quarter, earning it the nickname “Little Jerusalem.” This unique town preserves centuries of history, architecture, and culture, offering evocative views that tell stories of tradition, resilience, and everyday life perched between rock and sky.
www.thejc.com/life/travel/a-trip-to-tuscanys-little-jerus...
The Cotswold Hills, a 25-by-90-mile chunk of Gloucestershire, are dotted with enchanting villages. Bourton-on-the-Water is home to numerous stone bridges that climb over the River Windrush.
A foggy canal scene in Venice, Italy, with buildings lining the waterway and boats moored along the edges.
Medieval through 19thC elements - Grade I listed redundant Church of England property, now a bookstore and resource centre
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael-at-Plea,_Norwich
www.nhct-norwich.org/our-churches/st-michael-plea/
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Another shot from Fort Ticonderoga. There's so much of this historical site off limits to the public. I'm sure there's a sound, bureaucratic semblance of reason behind these restrictions...
Stott Park Bobbin Mill is a 19th-century bobbin mill and now a working museum located near Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England. Built in 1835 the mill was one of over 65 such buildings in the Lake District, which provided wooden bobbins to the weaving and spinning industry primarily in Lancashire and Yorkshire. The building is today owned and run by English Heritage.
The Inns of Court & City Yeomanry is a British Army unit formed through the amalgamation of The Inns of Court Regiment (The Devil's Own) and The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) in 1961. Its lineage is maintained by 68 (Inns of Court & City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron and the Band of the Royal Yeomanry (Inns of Court & City Yeomanry).
Nickname: The Ice Cream and Chocolate Yeomanry
Queen Mary's Bower Chatsworth.
Tradition holds that Queen Mary’s Bower was constructed in the 1570s when Mary Queen of Scots was held at Chatsworth, in order to provide a raised exercise ground for the captive queen (her presence at Chatsworth is recorded throughout the 1570s). There is no hard evidence to support this tradition, and while it is perfectly possible that the structure was used by the exiled queen there seems little doubt that the Bower was originally built as a garden feature.
The Bower’s original form is uncertain. It was massively restored in the 1820s by Wyatville and the area around the Bower has been changed in many ways since the 16th century. In particular, major alterations in the mid-18th century by Brown and Millican included the removal of the ponds further to the east. This level and featureless area is a testament to the extent of levelling and earth-moving undertaken by Brown and Millican.