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Bald Eagles live near large bodies of open water such as seacoasts, lakes and rivers where there are plenty of fish to eat and tall trees for roosting. There are approximately 2,000 eagles that migrate to the Middle Mississippi River Valley, making the region's overwintering population the second largest in the continental United States behind the Klamath Basin area of southern Oregon and northern California. The area's eagles come mainly from nesting territories in central Canada and the Great Lake states. When the water freezes up north the eagles migrate south to places like the Melvin Price Locks and Dam, the Alton Lake section of the Mississippi River, the Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge, Pere Marquette State Park, and the Clarksville area where conditions are favorable. The first eagles are usually spotted in December and they migrate back north in March. In Illinois, Bald eagles are seen primarily near large rivers, reservoirs and waterfowl refuges. They spend their days perched in large trees along shorelines, riding chunks of river ice, searching for fish churned up by river vessels or dams, and kettling (soaring) the thermals. In the late afternoons and at night they usually retreat into sheltered valleys and ravines. In the winter, eagles will roost communally in contrast to the territorial nature they exhibit during the breeding season. If an eagle builds a nest, it will stay in the area and won't migrate back north. Currently in Illinois there are approximately 40 active nests compared to 6 in 1990. There is one known active nest the the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Byway area which is located in the Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge. View On Black
In Illinois, Bald eagles are seen primarily near large rivers, reservoirs and waterfowl refuges. They spend their days perched in large trees along shorelines, riding chunks of river ice, searching for fish churned up by river vessels or dams, and kettling (soaring) the thermals. In the late afternoons and at night they usually retreat into sheltered valleys and ravines. In the winter, eagles will roost communally in contrast to the territorial nature they exhibit during the breeding season. If an eagle builds a nest, it will stay in the area and won't migrate back north. Currently in Illinois there are approximately 40 active nests compared to 6 in 1990. There is one known active nest the the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Byway area which is located in the Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge.
The four leaf clover is one of the most common good luck symbols of the Western world.
The four leaves represent hope, faith, love and luck.
A Christian legend tells the story that Eve brought a four leaf clover with her when she was expelled from Paradise.
Anyone lucky enough to be in possession of four leaf clovers has consequently a piece of the blessed Paradise.
A common belief during the Middle Ages was that a person who carried the rare four leaf clover would have the ability to see fairies.
The bearer could also recognize witches and potential evil spirits lurking about.
According to some traditions, a young woman seeking a husband should go in search of a four-leaf clover. If she is fortunate enough to find one, she is to eat it. The first unmarried man she encounters after eating the clover will be the one she will wed. Another tradition of gaining a husband or wife is to find a four-leaf clover and place it in one's shoe first thing in the morning. The first unmarried member of the opposite sex encountered that day will be one's future spouse
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A stroke of luck
La Falce non fa più pensare al grano
il grano invece fa pensare ai soldi.
Magic Shop, "L'era del cinghiale bianco" (1979) - Franco Battiato
This second scrapyard was not accessible last year, our visit was short lived as it was still quite radiated but seemed to be full of interesting vehicles and different types compared to the other scrapyard we visited last year.
Other set of Pripyat Scrapyard here: www.flickr.com/photos/timster1973/sets/72157645592320313/
Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Though Pripyat is located within the administrative district of Ivankiv Raion, the abandoned city now has a special status within the larger Kiev Oblast (province), being administered directly from Kiev. Pripyat is also supervised by Ukraine's Ministry of Emergencies, which manages activities for the entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster as nuclear power stations were seen by the Soviet Union as safer than other types of power plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as being an achievement of Soviet engineering, where nuclear power was harnessed for peaceful projects. The slogan "peaceful atom" (Russian: mirnyj atom) was popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only 25 km (16 mi) from Kiev, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed concern about it being too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat were built at their current locations, about 100 km (62 mi) from Kiev. After the disaster the city of Pripyat was evacuated in two days.
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I have no idea what the significance is of this symbol. It appears on several places on the bullfighting arena at Mijas Pueblo, Costa del Sol. Perhaps somebody can enlighten me?
On a holiday souvenir from India.
I really hoped it didn't say "this bag contains flour...." or something similar. And it doesn't - likely a chant, as this is the Om symbol. And not just any symbol - it's the most important symbol in the Hindu religion, "a sonic representation of the divine". And more - lots to discover about this symbol.
125 in 2025 no 99 symbol
The Phoenix symbol is mounted on a brick wall in front of
San Francisco F.D. Station 34 in the Richmond District of San Francisco.
Symbole fort de la ville de Bagnères, la « Tour des Jacobins » dite Tour de l’Horloge est située en plein centre de la vielle ville. Elle mesure 35 mètres de haut et a été rehaussée d’un étage financée par un particulier au 19° siècle après avoir été rachetée par la municipalité en 1833, elle fut doté d’une horloge trois ans plus tard, d’où son nom, et par la suite de sirènes d’alarme.
Sa construction, de style gothique flamboyant daterait du 14° et elle reste l’unique vestige du monastère des Dominicains fondé en 1344 et qui occupait une bonne partie des Bourgs nord et dont l’emplacement correspond en gros à La résidence de l’Hôtel de France. (Source : bagnères-adour.com).
~Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.~
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Is twitter the new American Symbol? :)
President Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to defend a U.S. missile strike on a Syrian military air base amid reports that the Syrian government was continuing to use the air base to launch attacks.
thehill.com/policy/defense/327963-trump-defends-military-...
This trophy room is decorated with hundreds of ibex and chamois horns. The king Umberto I and his father Vittorio Emanuele II had a big love of hunting, but despite of this they did a lot for repopulate the species and now both ibex and chamois are protected and symbols of these mountains.
Spanish invadors [ starting, in 1312, with Lanzarotto Malocelio, and finally concluded in 1493 under Alonso Fernandez de Lugo ] brought Roman Catholicism to the Canary Islands, and converted the indigenous Guanche people. This faith still plays an important role in modern Canarians' lives. As may be seen, in my picture, it is not uncommon to see large crosses on mountain peaks. I liked how the crosses on the local Chapel in Mogan seemed to look up to one high above at the summit of the Valley side.
[ The Chapel, by the way, was closed, and a hand-written sign on its door informed parishioners that there would be no " high Mass ' that day. ]
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”The marigold, that goes to bed wi' th' sun.
And with him rises weeping.”
(William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale - Perdita at IV, iv)
I often display pictures shot at the flower market which is located in the chowk of Varanasi (Benaras) but I almost never show its flowers.
The courtyard is mostly over-powered by the fragrance of fresh marigolds.
It is one of the traditional flowers used in garlands, offerings and social functions.
In India, the common Hindi name used for marigold is Gendha and it is Sthulapushpa in Sanskrit.
It symbolizes a trust in the divine and a will to overcome obstacles
The saffron/orange colour signifies renunciation and hence is offered to God as a symbol of surrender.
It is said to be in bloom on the calends of every month, this would be why the Romans named the flower Calendula and one of the names by which it is known in Italy, “fiore d'ogni mese”, countenances this derivation.
However it was not named after the Virgin even if the flower is offered to Mother Mary on the Feast of the Annunciation, in fact its name is a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon merso-meargealla, the Marsh Marigold.
Old English authors called it Golds or Ruddes.
Being an edible flower marigolds were used in cookery and medicine and in the old times they were used to color hair yellow
Magical lore tells that putting marigolds under the matress will induce prophetic dreams.
The herb is also said to have the power to make dreams come true.
The marigold was also believed to be protective and was used in wreathes to keep a home safe.
Similar to St. John's Wort, it was thought that marigold could strip a witch of her will.
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On the frame, between the second and third corridor, is depicted a djed pillar (stability - backbone of Osiris ) in a neb-basket, holding two was-sceptres (power) in its hands and two ankh (life) signs hanging on its hands.
This is from the left side of the wall.
20th dynasty, tomb of Ramses III - KV11, Valley of the Kings.
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Orange flowers of nasturtiums,
of late, blooming in the early spring.
Arising from the ground
in a profusion of riotous color.
Orange flower of poppy,
a symbol of the Golden State.
Symbolizing the golden sunshine,
or the dreams of vagabonds.
Orange blossoms of lantana,
a robust bloom, on a rugged plant.
Rough and ready, the bush may be,
but the blossoms have a complex engraving.
Orange blooms of morning glory,
emerging every day to greet the sun.
Which rises earlier,
while the period progresses.
All the oranges, of the season,
reminds us that winter's chill departs.
Stark contrasts, the blue sky and orange flowers,
Mix to astonish us.
I couldn't find anything about the meaning of the symbols, also the function of the third hand is not clear.
Public Clocks by Arjan Richter
Came across this peacock on a trip to Delos a small island in Greece close to Mykonos. The peacock is a symbol of Hera, the Greek goddess. The myth is that when Hera learned that Leto had caught her husband Zeus's eye, and was pregnant, she cursed the girl so no land would accept her. Leto made her way to the island of Delos, which was supposedly not connected to the ocean floor, and thus exempt. There Leto was able to give birth to the twins, Apollo and Artemis.
The Dresden Frauenkirche (German: Dresdner Frauenkirche, literally Church of Our Lady) is a Lutheran church in Dresden, eastern Germany.
Built in the 18th century, the church was destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II. It has been reconstructed as a landmark symbol of reconciliation between former warring enemies. The reconstruction of its exterior was completed in 2004, its interior in 2005 and, after 13 years of rebuilding, the church was reconsecrated on 30 October 2005 with festive services lasting through the Protestant observance of Reformation Day on 31 October.
Once a month, an Anglican Evensong in English is held in the Church of Our Lady, with clergy sent from St. George's Anglican Chaplaincy in Berlin.
A first Kirche zu unser liuben Vrouwen was built in the 11th century in romanesque architecture. It was outside the city walls and surrounded by a grave yard. The Frauenkirche was seat of an archpriest in the Diocese Meißen until Reformation, when it became a Protestant church. This first Frauenkirche was torn down in 1727 and replaced by a new church due to capacity requests. The modern Frauenkirche was built as a Lutheran (Protestant) parish church by the citizenry. Even though Saxony's Prince-elector, Frederick August I, reconverted to Roman Catholicism to become King of Poland, he supported the construction to have an impressive cupola in the Dresden townscape.
The original Baroque church was built between 1726 and 1743, and was designed by Dresden's city architect, George Bähr, who did not live to see the completion of his greatest work. Bähr's distinctive design for the church captured the new spirit of the Protestant liturgy by placing the altar, pulpit, and baptismal font directly centered in view of the entire congregation.
In 1736, famed organ maker Gottfried Silbermann built a three-manual, 43-stop instrument for the church. The organ was dedicated on 25 November and Johann Sebastian Bach gave a recital on the instrument on 1 December.
Church of Our Lady, 1880.
The church's most distinctive feature was its unconventional 96 m-high dome, called die Steinerne Glocke or "Stone Bell". An engineering feat comparable to Michelangelo's dome for St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the Frauenkirche's 12,000-ton sandstone dome stood high resting on eight slender supports. Despite initial doubts, the dome proved to be extremely stable. Witnesses in 1760 said that the dome had been hit by more than 100 cannonballs fired by the Prussian army led by Friedrich II during the Seven Years' War. The projectiles bounced off and the church survived.
The completed church gave the city of Dresden a distinctive silhouette, captured in famous paintings by Bernardo Bellotto, a nephew of the artist Canaletto (also known by the same name), and in Dresden by Moonlight by Norwegian painter Johan Christian Dahl.
In 1849, the church was at the heart of the revolutionary disturbances known as the May Uprising. It was surrounded by barricades, and fighting lasted for days before those rebels who had not already fled were rounded up in the church and arrested.
For more than 200 years, the bell-shaped dome stood over the skyline of old Dresden, dominating the city.
Burials include Heinrich Schütz and George Bähr.
Destruction
Ruins of the Frauenkirche in 1958.
Catalogued fragments of the Frauenkirche ruins, September 1999.
On 13 February 1945, Anglo-American allied forces began the bombing of Dresden. The church withstood two days and nights of the attacks and the eight interior sandstone pillars supporting the large dome held up long enough for the evacuation of 300 people who had sought shelter in the church crypt, before succumbing to the heat generated by some 650,000 incendiary bombs that were dropped on the city. The temperature surrounding and inside the church eventually reached 1,000 degrees Celsius.[1] The dome finally collapsed at 10 a.m. on 15 February. The pillars glowed bright red and exploded; the outer walls shattered and nearly 6,000 tons of stone plunged to earth, penetrating the massive floor as it fell.
The altar, a relief depiction of Jesus’ agony in the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives by Johann Christian Feige, was only partially damaged during the bombing raid and fire that destroyed the church. The altar and the structure behind it, the chancel, were among the remnants left standing. Features of most of the figures were lopped off by falling debris and the fragments lay under the rubble.
The building vanished from Dresden's skyline, and the blackened stones would lie in wait in a pile in the center of the city for the next 45 years as Communist rule enveloped what was now East Germany. Shortly after the end of World War II, residents of Dresden had already begun salvaging unique stone fragments from the Church of Our Lady and numbering them for future use in reconstruction. Popular sentiment discouraged the authorities from clearing the ruins away to make a car park. In 1966, the remnants were officially declared a "memorial against war", and state-controlled commemorations were held there on the anniversaries of the destruction of Dresden.
In 1982, the ruins began to be the site of a peace movement combined with peaceful protests against the East German regime. On the anniversary of the bombing, 400 Dresdeners came to the ruins in silence with flowers and candles, part of a growing East German civil rights movement. By 1989, the number of protesters in Dresden, Leipzig and other parts of East Germany had increased to tens of thousands, and the wall dividing East and West Germany toppled. This opened the way to the reunification of Germany.
Using original plans used by builder Georg Bähr in the 1720s, reconstruction finally began in January 1993 under the direction of church architect and engineer Eberhard Burger. The foundation stone was laid in 1994, the crypt was completed in 1996 and the inner cupola in 2000.
As far as possible, the church – except for its dome – was rebuilt using original material and plans, with the help of modern technology. The heap of rubble was documented and carried off stone by stone. The approximate original position of each stone could be determined from its position in the heap. Every usable piece was measured and catalogued. A computer imaging program that could move the stones three-dimensionally around the screen in various configurations was used to help architects find where the original stones sat and how they fit together.
Of the millions of stones used in the rebuilding, more than 8,500 original stones were salvaged from the original church and approximately 3,800 reused in the reconstruction. As the older stones are covered with a darker patina, due to fire damage and weathering, the difference between old and new stones will be clearly visible for a number of years after reconstruction.
Two thousand pieces of the original altar were cleaned and incorporated into the new structure.
The builders relied on thousands of old photographs, memories of worshippers and church officials and crumbling old purchase orders detailing the quality of the mortar or pigments of the paint (as in the 18th century, copious quantities of eggs were used to make the color that provides the interior its almost luminescent glow).
When it came time to duplicate the oak doors of the entrance, the builders had only vague descriptions of the detailed carving. Because people (especially wedding parties) often posed for photos outside the church doors, they issued an appeal for old photographs and the response—which included entire wedding albums—allowed artisans to recreate the original doors.
The new gilded orb and cross on top of the dome was forged by Grant Macdonald Silversmiths in London using the original 18th-century techniques as much as possible. It was constructed by Alan Smith, a British goldsmith from London whose father, Frank, was a member of one of the aircrews who took part in the bombing of Dresden.[2] Before travelling to Dresden, the cross was exhibited for five years in churches across the United Kingdom including Coventry Cathedral, Liverpool Cathedral, St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh and St Paul's Cathedral in London. In February 2000, the cross was ceremonially handed over by The Duke of Kent,[1] to be placed on the top of the dome a few days after the 60th commemoration of D-Day on 22 June 2004.[3] The external structure of the Frauenkirche was completed. For the first time since the last war, the completed dome and its gilded cross grace Dresden's skyline as in centuries prior. The cross that once topped the dome, now twisted and charred, stands to the right of the new altar.
Seven new bells were cast for the church. They rang for the first time for the Pentecost celebration in 2003.
The church, almost finished, dominates the historic skyline of Dresden.
Interior.
It was decided not to reproduce a replica of the Silbermann organ, despite the fact that the original design papers, description and details exist. The decision resulted in the Dresden organ dispute ("Dresdner Orgelstreit"). A 4,873 pipe organ was built by Daniel Kern of Strasbourg, Alsace, and completed in April 2005. The Kern organ contains all the stops which were on the stoplist of the Silbermann organ and tries to reconstruct them. Additional stops also are included, especially a fourth swell manual in the symphonic 19th century style which is apt for the organ literature composed after the baroque period.
A bronze statue of reformer and theologian Martin Luther, which survived the bombings, has been restored and again stands in front of the church. It is the work of sculptor Adolf von Donndorf from 1885.
The intensive efforts to rebuild this world famous landmark were completed in 2005, one year earlier than originally planned, and in time for the 800-year anniversary of the city of Dresden in 2006. The church was reconsecrated with a festive service one day before Reformation Day. The rebuilt church is a monument reminding people of its history and a symbol of hope and reconciliation.
There are two devotional services every day and two liturgies every Sunday. Since October 2005 , there has been an exhibition on the history and reconstruction of the Frauenkirche at the Stadtmuseum (City Museum) in Dresden's Alten Landhaus
Die Frauenkirche in Dresden (ursprünglich: Kirche Unserer Lieben Frau – der Name bezieht sich auf die Heilige Maria) ist eine evangelisch-lutherische Kirche des Barocks und der prägende Monumentalbau des Dresdner Neumarkts. Sie gilt als prachtvolles Zeugnis des protestantischen Sakralbaus und verfügt über eine der größten steinernen Kirchenkuppeln nördlich der Alpen.
Die Dresdner Frauenkirche wurde von 1726 bis 1743 nach einem Entwurf von George Bähr erbaut. Im Luftkrieg des Zweiten Weltkriegs wurde sie während der Luftangriffe auf Dresden in der Nacht vom 13. zum 14. Februar 1945 durch den in Dresden wütenden Feuersturm schwer beschädigt und stürzte am Morgen des 15. Februar ausgebrannt in sich zusammen. In der DDR blieb ihre Ruine erhalten und diente als Mahnmal gegen Krieg und Zerstörung. Nach der Wende begann 1994 der 2005 abgeschlossene Wiederaufbau, den Fördervereine und Spender aus aller Welt finanzieren halfen.
Am 30. Oktober 2005 fand in der Frauenkirche ein Weihegottesdienst und Festakt statt. Aus dem Mahnmal gegen den Krieg soll nun ein Symbol der Versöhnung werden.
Es wird vermutet, dass der früheste Frauenkirche-Bau eine Missionskirche aus Holz war und kurz nach 1000 errichtet wurde. Von diesem Bau liegen jedoch keine Zeugnisse vor. Im 12. Jahrhundert wurde an der Stelle der heutigen Frauenkirche eine kleine romanische Kirche erbaut, die der Mutter von Jesus, Maria, geweiht war und folglich auf Mittelhochdeutsch Kirche zu unser liuben Vrouwen hieß. Von dieser Kirche wurden bei Grabungen Wandreste gefunden.
Im 14. Jahrhundert wurde die romanische Kirche mit einem neuen Sakralbau im Stil der Gotik umbaut. Er erhielt 1477 eine Choranlage im Stil der Spätgotik und 1497 ihren bis zum Abbruch 1727 letzten Dachreiter.
In der Reformation fiel das Kirchengebäude aus dem Mittelalter an die nun lutherische Gemeinde der Stadt. Bis dahin war sie die einzige Stadtkirche mit Sitz des Erzpriesters des Archidiakonats des Bistums Meißen. Unter anderem wurde in ihrer Vorhalle Heinrich Schütz bestattet. Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts wurde das Gebäude baufällig und reichte für die wachsende Zahl der Gottesdienstbesucher nicht mehr aus. Da der Bau der Bährschen Frauenkirche neben der gotischen Frauenkirche begann, konnte der Gottesdienst während der Bauarbeiten am Neubau aufrechterhalten werden. Erst als die alte Frauenkirche den Weiterbau des Bährschen Baus behinderte, wurde sie 1727 abgetragen. Auch der die Kirche umgebende Frauenkirchhof wurde bis 1727 säkularisiert.
Nach dem Luftangriff auf Dresden durch Bomber der britischen RAF und der amerikanischen USAF in der Nacht vom 13. auf den 14. Februar 1945 brannte die Frauenkirche vollständig aus. Einige Fenster waren zugemauert worden, die anderen wurden durch am Neumarkt einschlagende Sprengbomben beschädigt oder platzten durch die enorme Hitze. Die Frauenkirche war dem Feuersturm schutzlos ausgesetzt, der im Stadtzentrum mit einer Brandhitze von bis zu 1200 Grad Celsius am stärksten wütete.
In den Kellern der Kirche war ein Filmarchiv der Luftwaffe untergebracht. Die Filme bestanden damals aus Zelluloid, das leicht brennbar ist und dabei enorme Hitze erzeugt. Da einige der Filme jedoch bei der archäologischen Trümmerberäumung im Vorfeld des Wiederaufbaus fast unversehrt geborgen werden konnten, geht man nach sorgfältiger Untersuchung heute davon aus, dass diese Filme nicht zur Entwicklung der Brandhitze und damit zum Einsturz des Gebäudes beigetragen haben. Der Hauptgrund dafür war der mit viel Holz ausgestattete Innenraum, der nach dem Schmelzen der Fenster dem Feuer reichlich Nahrung bot. Auch kann Sandstein nicht so große Hitze aushalten wie Hartstein, wie er beispielsweise in der Kreuz- und der Hofkirche eingesetzt ist. Er dehnte sich aus, bis er schließlich Risse bekam und platzte, womit seine Stabilität verloren ging.
Nach dem Großangriff auf die Stadt 1945 stand am Neumarkt kein Haus mehr. Das Martin-Luther-Denkmal vor der Kirche wurde schwer beschädigt. Lange nach dem Angriff brannte die Frauenkirche immer noch, während die Kuppel über den Ruinen thronte. Am 15. Februar um 10 Uhr morgens konnten die ausgeglühten Innenpfeiler schließlich die Last der gewaltigen Gewölbekonstruktion mit der steinernen Kuppel nicht mehr tragen. Aufgrund der Position der nach dem Einsturz noch stehenden Teile, der Umfassungsmauern des Chors bis zum Hauptgesims und der nordwestlichen Ecke, ist davon auszugehen, dass einer der Pfeiler der Südwestecke infolge Materialermüdung in sich zusammenbrach. Die gesamte Last des Gebäudes fiel schlagartig auf die Südwestseite, was weitere Pfeiler zum Einsturz brachte. Unter dem gewaltigen Druck der Kuppel wurden die massiven Außenmauern auseinandergesprengt, das Gebäude fiel mit einem dumpfen Knall in sich zusammen. Eine riesige, schwarze Rauchwolke stieg über der Stadt auf. Dieses Ereignis übertraf in seiner Symbolkraft für viele Dresdner die vorangegangenen Zerstörungen noch; für sie war die letzte Hoffnung, wenigstens etwas vom alten Dresden erhalten zu können, zerstört. Ein riesiger Trümmerberg lag da, wo einmal die Kirche war. Der von Johann Christian Feige geschaffene Altar wurde vor der Zerstörung bewahrt, da herabtropfendes Zinn der schmelzenden Silbermann-Orgel, die völlig zerstört wurde, ihn konservierte und herabstürzende Holzteile der Orgel die Wucht der fallenden Kuppeltrümmer abmilderte.
Umgang mit der Kirchruine nach 1945 [Bearbeiten]
Denkmal Martin Luthers vor der Ruine der Frauenkirche, aufgenommen 1958
Mai 1973:Mahnmal ohne Gestaltung
Nach dem Krieg wurden auf Initiative des damaligen Landeskurators Hans Nadler erste Untersuchungen zum Wiederaufbau durchgeführt. 1947 wurde der Altar gesichert und zugemauert, um ihn vor der Witterung zu schützen. Zudem wurden 850 Steine inventarisiert, zur Salzgasse transportiert und eingelagert. Auf Drängen der Stadtverordneten wurden 1959 diese Steine zur Pflasterung der Brühlschen Terrasse benutzt, wobei die Hälfte gerettet und zum Trümmerberg zurückgebracht werden konnte. Die großflächige Trümmerberäumung in der Dresdner Innenstadt im Sinne neuen sozialistischen Städtebaus zerschlug die Hoffnungen auf einen Wiederaufbau schnell. Der Versuch der Behörden, den Trümmerberg 1962 zu Gunsten einer Parkfläche zu beseitigen, scheiterte. Es kam zu Protesten aus der Bevölkerung, außerdem fehlte das dazu nötige Geld. Der Trümmerberg wurde mit Rosen bepflanzt.
So blieb der Trümmerberg im Stadtzentrum von Dresden zu Zeiten der DDR über 40 Jahre lang als Mahnmal, ähnlich der Ruine der Berliner Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, erhalten. Viele überlebende Dresdner gedachten hier ihrer bei den Bombenangriffen ums Leben gekommenen Angehörigen, für die es oft keine Gräber gab.
Die DDR erklärte die Kirchenruine 1966 offiziell zum Mahnmal gegen den Krieg. Zwar erfolgte keine Gestaltung, sodass die zunehmend baufällige Ruine de facto in einer Stadtbrache lag. Der Tag der Zerstörung Dresdens wurde aber fortan zu staatlich gelenkten Gedenkdemonstrationen an der Ruine genutzt. Zum 13. Februar 1982 riefen Dresdner Christen erstmals zum stillen Gedenken gegen den Krieg an den Trümmern der Frauenkirche auf.[3] Dieser Aufruf führte in den 1980er-Jahren zu Zusammenkünften von Gruppen der DDR-Bürgerrechts- und Friedensbewegung an jedem 13. Februar an der Ruine, um stumm des Krieges zu gedenken. Versuche staatlicher Stellen, diese Treffen zu verhindern, hatten kaum Erfolg.
Die Sächsische Landeskirche plante in dieser Zeit eine Konservierung der Ruine, die als Versöhnungsdenkmal erhalten bleiben sollte. Die Unterkirche sollte eine Ausstellung über die Geschichte der Frauenkirche aufnehmen und gleichzeitig als „Raum der Stille“ dienen. Die staatliche Forderung von Anfang der 1980er-Jahre, die Kirche mit Westgeldern wieder aufzubauen, lehnte die Landessynode der Sächsischen Landeskirche ab. Sie wurde darin auch von Teilen der Friedensbewegung unterstützt.
1985 wurde im Stadtrat Dresden eine Langzeitplanung für die nächsten Projekte nach dem Abschluss der Rekonstruktion der Semperoper erarbeitet, die auch den Wiederaufbau der Frauenkirche nach Beendigung der Arbeiten am Stadtschloss beinhaltete. Als Gründe dafür wurden unter anderem die fortschreitende Verwitterung der Sandsteinüberreste und der damit eintretende Verlust des Mahnmalcharakters angeführt. Durch die Wende wurden diese Planungen jedoch hinfällig.
Der Wiederaufbau der Frauenkirche [Bearbeiten]
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Die Ruine der Frauenkirche 1991
Am Reformationstag 1989 setzte ein „Offener Brief“ von Günter Voigt an den Landesbischof der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirche Sachsens Johannes Hempel mit dem Gedanken, den Wiederaufbau neu zu bedenken, ein wichtiges Zeichen. Aus einem Kreis gleichgesinnter Dresdner Bürger heraus, der sich im November 1989 traf, entstand der „Ruf aus Dresden“, den der Pfarrer Karl-Ludwig Hoch formulierte. Der Aufruf ging am 12. Februar 1990 in die Welt.
Die Idee eines Wiederaufbaus des Gotteshauses nahm nun immer konkretere Formen an. Aus der Folgewirkung des Aufrufes wurde die „Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Wiederaufbaus der Frauenkirche in Deutschland e. V.“ gegründet, deren Kommission unter Beteiligung einiger prominenter Dresdner wie Ludwig Güttler das Konzept für einen archäologischen Wiederaufbau entwickelte, fortan entscheidende Überzeugungsarbeit für den Wiederaufbau leistete (anfangs gab es nur zehn Prozent Befürworter) und Spenden sammelte. 1991 wurde die „Stiftung für den Wiederaufbau Frauenkirche“ gegründet, die den gesamten Wiederaufbau leitete. Am 18. März 1991 beschloss die sächsische Landessynode den Wiederaufbau der Frauenkirche.
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Ce scooter vintage est je trouve un excellent symbole de liberté et d'indépendance pour une certaine jeunesse.
Une couleur assez flashy pour se faire remarquer et bien sûr la double selle pour sortir avec sa belle très bien représentée ici.
The Frederick Fillmore French Building
architects: H. Douglas Ives, the French Company, 1927
ornamental design program: John Sloan, Sloan & Robertson
architectural style: Astylar, Art Deco, Babylonian-Mesopotamian revival, skyscraper
Grand Central Business District, Manhattan
551 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
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"From the beginnings of architecture down through the Roman, Romanesque and Gothic periods the use for which buildings were intended was expressed by symbols, and so in the French Building we have endeavored in the panels of the top of the tower to express not only the purpose for which the building is to be used, commerce, but the character and activities of our own organization, the Fred F. French Companies. The central motif of the large panels on the north and south sides is a rising sun, progress, flanked on either side by two winged griffins, integrity and watchfulness. At either end are two beehives with golden bees, the symbols of thrift and industry. The panels on the east and west sides contain heads of Mercury, the messenger, spreading the message of the French plan."
- architects H. Douglas Ives describes the building:
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"inspired by the Ishtar Gate, the [entrance] decorative program was a most literal evocation of Manhattan as the New Babylon, of the skyscraper as Nebuchadnezzar's hanging garden in the desert."
-New York 1930 Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars, Stern, Gilmartin & Mellins
Reading is in southeastern Pennsylvania. Overlooking the city on Mount Penn is the city's symbol, a Japanese-style pagoda visible from everywhere in town and referred to locally as 'the Pagoda'. It was built in 1908 as a hotel and restaurant, but was never used for that purpose. It remains a tourist attraction........Wikipedia
James Matz, sons Chas. E. Matz and Jas. A. Matz were designers of this pagoda. This building with ten acres of land was given to the City of Reading by Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Mould in 1911.
Thanks Louis and Carolyn for driving us all the way to this place from NYC.
The Pagoda, City of Reading, Pennsylvania, United States (Friday 25 Sep 2009 @ 3:58pm)
"And yet it moves" or "Albeit It does move" (Italian: Eppur si muove; [epˈpur si ˈmwɔːve]) is a phrase said to have been uttered before the Inquisition by the Italian mathematician, physicist and philosopher Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) in 1633 after being forced to recant his claims that the Earth moves around the Sun rather than the converse. In this context, the implication of the phrase is: despite this recantation, the Church's proclamations to the contrary, or any other conviction or doctrine of men, the Earth does, in fact, move around the sun, and not vice versa. As such, the phrase is used today as a sort of pithy retort implying that "it doesn't matter what you believe or what I say; these are the facts".
Restent les mots,puisque, aussi bien, de nos jours c'est cette même querelle qui se poursuit. Les mots sont sujets à se grouper selon les affinités particulières, lesquelles ont généralement pour effet de leurs faire recréer à chaque instant le monde sur son vieux modèle. Tout se passe en-dehors de l'individuel; que dis-je, comme si cette réalité était immuable. Dans l'ordre de la constatation pure et simple, si tant est que nous l'envisagions, il nous faut une certitude absolue pour avancer quelque chose de neuf, quelque chose qui soit de nature à heurter le sens commun. Le fameux E pur, si muove ! dont Galilée aurait fait survivre à voix basse l'abjuration de sa doctrine, demeure toujours de circonstance. Tout homme d'aujourd'hui, soucieux de se conformer aux directions de son époque, se sent-il, par exemple, en mesure de faire la part dans son langage des dernières découvertes biologiques ou de la théorie de la relativité ? " Introduction au discours sur le peu de réalité " dans "Le point du jour" décembre 1933 par André Breton
The little Smena has a good lens, probably at least as good as the D. Zuiko of my Trip 35. Good contrast and colours despite long expired film. All shots were taken guessing exposure and focus distance (not bad). I think I'm getting good at this, but the weather symbols on the shutter speed ring of the lens barrel proved very helpful too.
Le chrisme est un symbole chrétien ancien reprenant les deux premières lettres du mot « Christ » en grec : Χριστός.
Le « chi | X » et le « rhô | P » sont souvent accompagné de l'alpha (α) et l'oméga (ω) pour symboliser le commencement et la fin.
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Tigzirt, l'antique Iomnium, aurait été fondée entre 147 et 145 av. J-C. À l'origine, elle n'était constituée que d'un petit port et d'un cantonnement militaire.
Après une longue période d'instabilité au cours de laquelle Iomnium n'a eu que peu d'importance, l'empereur romain d'ascendance berbère, Septime Sévère, confie à Julius Félix, notable de l'actuelle Dellys, la mission d'étendre la cité.
C'est donc au IIIe siècle ap. J-C qu'un temple dédié au génie local est érigé afin d'attirer les fidèles des contrées environnantes vers la ville naissante. Iomnium croît au point d'obtenir le statut de municipe romain.
Au Ve siècle, alors que la ville est sous contrôle byzantin, une grande basilique chrétienne est construite.
Tigzirt - Wilaya de Tizi-Ouzou - Algérie
Juillet 2017
Artistic lifeguard towers became a symbol of a revived Miami Beach following Hurricane Andrew in 1992. This particular tower was commissioned by Chris Blackwell who owns the Tides Hotel in Miami Beach.
The temple of Castor and Pollux, regarded as the symbol of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.
The Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples) is an archaeological site in Agrigento (ancient Greek Akragas). It is one of the most outstanding examples of Greater Greece art and architecture, and is one of the main attractions of Sicily as well as a national monument of Italy. The area was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1997.
The Archaeological and Landscape Park of the Valley of the Temples is the largest archaeological site in the world with 1.300 hectares.
The term "valley" is a misnomer, the site being located on a ridge outside the town of Agrigento, which you can see in the background of this photo.