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Location: River Regen with trees.
Strukturen am Regenufer
Bearbeitung: Jürgen Krall Photographie
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Italien / Piemont - Lago Maggiore
Isola Madre
In the background you can see the Sasso del Ferro.
Im Hintergrund sieht man den Sasso del Ferro.
Isola Madre, at 220 m wide and 330 m long, is the largest island of the Isole Borromee archipelago which falls within the Italian part of the Alpine Lake Maggiore, in the Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, Piedmont. The island is occupied by a number of buildings and architectural structures and is especially well known for its gardens. In the past it was known as Isola di San Vittore and later as Isola Maggiore.
History
The available historical sources indicate that in the middle of the ninth century the island had a church, a cemetery (whose existence is recalled by the current garden’s so-called scala dei morti, or “Staircase of the Dead”). It is known for certain that olives were cultivated here; the produce may have been employed for sacred purposes. In 1014, Emperor Henry II granted the island to the nuns of the monastery of San Felice of Pavia.
In 1501 Lancillotto Borromeo, one of the five children of Giovanni III Borromeo and Cleofe Pio di Carpi, introduced the cultivation of citrus fruit to the island, the plants being brought from Liguria, along with a gardener (or hortolano) to tend them. Lancillotto began the construction of the family residence on the island, which in the 1580s was extended in the Renaissance style by Renato I Borromeo.
Monuments
The Palazzo Borromeo was built in the sixteenth century on the remains of the early church, cemetery and perhaps castle of San Vittore (named after the martyr Victor Maurus).
The palace is surrounded by impressive gardens, the Giardini Botanici dell'Isola Madre, covering an area of eight hectares whose construction all’Inglese (in the English style) began in the late eighteenth century on the site of a citrus orchard. Particularly prized is the scala dei morti, or staircase of the dead, which in recent decades has been embellished with an important collection of Wisterias.
The family chapel of 1858 is also noteworthy; by contrast to that of Isola Bella, it contains no tombs or funerary monuments.
(Wikipedia)
Sasso del Ferro is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy. It has an elevation of 1,062 metres above sea level.
At its base sits the town of Laveno-Mombello, from which the mountain is served by a funicular cable ride to the top. The top of the mountain has a hotel and restaurant popular with tourists, along with a launch board for hang gliders to descend the mountain.
(Wikipedia)
Die Isola Madre (deutsch: Mutterinsel) zählt zu den Borromäischen Inseln und ist die größte Insel im Lago Maggiore. Die gesamte Insel (220 Meter breit und 330 Meter lang) ist von einem historischen Gebäude-Ensemble und einer Parkanlage bedeckt, dem Palazzo Madre. Ursprünglich hieß die Insel Isola di San Vittore (deutsch: St.-Viktor-Insel) und später Isola Maggiore (deutsch: Große Insel). Die Insel gehört zur Gemeinde Stresa.
Geschichte
Historische Quellen erwähnen im 9. Jahrhundert eine Kirche auf der Insel, die dem heiligen Viktor geweiht war (vermutlich ein Ableger der Pfarrkirche von Verbania), sowie einen Friedhof. Die Existenz einer militärischen Befestigung aus dieser Zeit – ähnlich wie die des Kastells San Angelo auf dem Isolino San Giovanni – ist nicht ausgeschlossen, kann aber archäologisch nicht belegt werden. Als gesichert gilt, dass zu dieser Zeit auf der Insel Olivenöl zu sakralen Zwecken gewonnen wurde.
Ab 1501 begann Lancilotto Borromeo, einer der fünf Söhne von Giovanni III Borromeo und Cleofe Pio di Carpi, auf der Insel Zitrusfrüchte zu züchten, die er zusammen mit einem Gärtner ("hortolano") aus Ligurien kommen ließ. Er befahl außerdem den Bau eines Herrenhauses, das zum Kern der Palastanlagen werden sollte, die ab 1580 unter Renato I Borromeo im Renaissance-Stil erweitert wurden. In diesen Jahren etablierte sich auch eine Dynastie von Gartenverantwortlichen hortolani, der Familie Della Torre, die bis zum Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts auf der Isola Madre lebte.
Ab etwa 1823 bis 1825 wandelten Giacomo und Francesco Rovelli, Gartenbauer aus Monza, die kultivierten Teile der Insel in einen Landschaftsgarten im Englischen Stil um und bewahrten damit auch den ursprünglich erhaltenen Wald im Nordwesten der Insel. Dies geschah auf Anregung der Grafen Giberto V Borromeo und Vitaliano IX Borromeo Arese. Der Englische Garten auf der Isola Madre gilt als herausragendes Beispiel von Gartenbaukunst in Italien.
Bauwerke
Palazzo Madre (erbaut im 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert auf den Resten der ursprünglichen Kirche, dem Friedhof und (vermutet) einem Kastell)
Familienkapelle von 1858 (die im Gegensatz zur Kirche auf der Isola Bella keine Grabmäler enthält)
Landschaftsgarten im englischen Stil auf einer Fläche von fast acht Hektar, auf einem Zitrushain errichtet; berühmt ist die „Totenstiege“ (scala dei morti), benannt wohl nach dem Friedhof der Insel, die in den letzten Jahrzehnten mit einer bedeutenden Glyzinien-Sammlung geschmückt wurde.
Heutige Bedeutung
Die Isola Madre dient heute als Sehenswürdigkeit und Museum, der Palast ist nicht mehr bewohnt. Die Insel ist per Schiff erreichbar, von Stresa aus bedient ein Linienverkehr die Strecke Stresa-Isola Bella-Isola Madre-Isola dei Pescatori-Stresa.
(Wikipedia)
The patterns delineated here have not yet been classified by a Linnaeus of human bondage. They are all, perhaps, strangely, familiar.
In these pages I have confined myself to laying out only some of those I actually have seen. Words that come to mind to name them are: knots, tangles, fankles, impasses, disjunctions, whirligogs, binds.
I could have remained closer to the ‘raw’ data in which these patterns appear. I could have distilled them further towards an abstract logico-mathematical, calculus. I hope they are not so schematized that one may not refer back to the very specific experiences from which they derive; yet that they are sufficiently independent of ‘content’, for one to divine the final formal elegance in these webs of maya.
R.D. Laing "Knots"
Vessel is a structure and visitor attraction built as part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Built to plans by the British designer Thomas Heatherwick, the elaborate honeycomb-like structure rises 16 stories and consists of 154 flights of stairs, 2,500 steps, and 80 landings for visitors to climb. Vessel is the main feature of the 5-acre (2.0 ha) Hudson Yards Public Square. Funded by Hudson Yards developer Related Companies, its final cost is estimated to have been $200 million.
taken from a driving car on the 401 when i went for a photo shoot with Gloria her husband drove us to a garden- scattate in macchina dall'autostrada 401 andando all'ovest di Toronto
Description of Buildings:
Gesu Church is a rectangular structure of structural steel, reinforced-concrete construction and features exterior walls covered with stucco.
An arcaded portico projects from the west façade of the church and is divided by four massive piers into three bays.
The piers and pilasters on the opposite wall rest
on cubical pedestals approximately nine feet high. A chamfered molding serves as a capital for each pier and is repeated, at the same level as a belt course
running completely around the building.
The central bay of the portico projects slightly, and its arch springs from two semi-engaged Doric columns, thus framing
the main entrance of the church.
Articulation of the west wall echoes the tripartite divisions of the portico with semicircular arched portals at each bay. Double doors of wood and glass are recessed within the portal and have dentilled transoms and cartouches above.
The north façade of the church features an elevated basement from which piers rise to the architrave above. Indented panels between the piers contain tall, semi-circular arched stained glass windows.
A tripartite tower complex embellishes the roof. The central tower which is square in plan, rises in a series of steps and contains a belfry with arched windows. Two hipped roof towers flank the central tower.
Gesu Rectory is located directly east of the church and is connected to it. This four story rectangular structure is of structural steel, reinforced concrete construction, and its exterior walls are covered with stucco. Its pedimented gable
roof is covered with Spanish tile.
The main entrance is located in the center bay of the north façade and features a double door with large lights. The majority of windows are three over one double
hung sash. Round arch windows grace the fourth floor.
Gesu School is located east of the rectory. The building is a five story rectangular structure of reinforced concrete construction covered with stucco. A flat roof with parapet tops the building and features a pediment above the main entrance.
The focal point of the building is a grand, three story portico on the north façade. Ionic columns support the portico and are repeated in pilasters separating each bay. The main entrance features a colossal semi-circular arch with double doors.
The Fathers of the Society of Jesus have been instrumental in the establishment of Gesù Catholic Church from its inception. Gesù Parish was established as a result of the large Catholic community present in Miami. The original wooden church was built on land donated by Henry Flagler, and as Miami began to grow the need for a larger Church became a necessity. In 1921, the first cornerstone of this concrete and steel structure was laid to suit the needs of the growing Catholic community in Miami
Through the years, Gesù has been a spiritual ambassador to Catholics living in South Florida. It has taken on many roles aside from being a Church. For more than 75 years, Gesù Church started Gesù School which provided elementary and high school education. The school was run by the Sisters of St. Joseph
In addition, the Centro Hispano Católico at Gesù assisted Cuban refugees and refugees from other Central American countries with basic needs and helped with assimilation into a foreign country. From 1959-1982, the Centro Hispano Católico provided refugees with food, clothes, medical care, jobs, housing, daycare, school tuition, English classes, and immigration assistance. In 1962, Gesù served as headquarters to the Pedro Pan operation which bought more than 14,000 unaccompanied children from Communist Cuba
In September 1961, Gesù housed Belén Jesuit Preparatory School for a year and a half. After being exiled from Cuba, Jesuit Priests opened a school for refugee students who were living in Miami. This was the beginning of Belén Jesuit in South Florida.
Today, Gesù Catholic Church remains the spiritual center of downtown Miami. As the oldest church in South Florida, Gesù invites all to visit this historic landmark that has been serving South Florida’s Catholic community for nearly 120 years.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.halsema.org/places/miami/GesuChurchandRectory.pdf
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View from our apartment while staying in Auckland at the end of our trip, pretty stunning.
The Sky Tower is a telecommunications and observation tower in Auckland, New Zealand. Located at the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets within the city's CBD, it is 328 metres (1,076 ft) tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the second tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere.
I walk down this steep street, looking about me. Some very old houses and buildings, and some more modern.
I see an image in my viewfinder, expose as I see fit, and release the shutter.
Then, later, a few minutes in Lightroom. Et voilà.
Thanks for looking, etc.:)
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