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DiĂśzesanes Zentrum Sankt Nikolaus / Limburg an der Lahn / Hesse / Germany
Album of Germany (the west): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157713209...
SITIO HISTĂRICO DE WATERMILLS DE SAULT-AU-RĂCOLLET - Montreal, CanadĂĄ.
- Estructura conmemorativa que representa la ubicación original de la chimenea Watermills del pueblo de Sault-au-RÊcollet, asà como a todos los propietarios del sitio Mills a lo largo de los aùos. Desde 1726 Simon Sicard construyó para los sulpicianos una presa y un aserradero en la Rivière des Prairies. Los molinos se utilizaron para diversos fines: molino de grano, trituradora, sierra, clavos, cardado y papel gris, algunos hasta 1970. El sitio histórico fue creado en 1998 por la CommunautÊ urbaine de MontrÊal para resaltar todo el complejo industrial Watermill.
WATERMILLS HISTORICAL SITE OF SAULT-AU-RĂCOLLET - Montreal, Canada.
- Commemorative structure representing the original location of the Sault-au-RÊcollet village Watermills fireplace as well as all the owners of the Mills site through the years. Since 1726 Simon Sicard built for the Sulpicians a dam and a sawmill on the Rivière des Prairies. The mills were used for various purposes: grain mill, grist, saw, nails, carding and gray paper, some until 1970. The historical site was created in 1998 by CommunautÊ urbaine de MontrÊal to highlight all of the Watermill industrial complex.
- SITE HISTORIQUE DES MOULINS DE SAULT-AU-RĂCOLLET Ă MontrĂŠal.
Structure commÊmorative reprÊsentant l'emplacement d'origine de la cheminÊe des Moulins à eau du village de Sault-au-RÊcollet, ainsi que tous les propriÊtaires du site au travers les annÊes. En 1726, Simon Sicard dÊbute la construction, d'une digue et d'un moulin à scie pour les Sulpiciens, sur la rivière des Prairies. Les moulins furent utilisÊs à des fins diverses: moulin à grains, à farine, à scie, à clous, à carder et à papier gris, certains jusqu'en 1970. Pour mettre en valeur l'ensemble de ce complexe industriel, la CommunautÊ urbaine de MontrÊal crÊe en 1998 le site des moulins.
Abiding by the rules of synthesis, when standing in front of an interesting vista, stands as a guaranty that you will capture a most presentable frame ... One of those rules is to present your main theme from within a physical environmental framework ... This way, both your main theme is better exhibited and your frame's foreground acquires additional interest ...
Also when the ambient physical light calls for shutter speeds close to the area of 1 second for proper exposures. a monopod may prove extremely useful ... It's less heavy than a tripod and it adjusts easily to almost all ground inclinations ...
The above seen frame presents the eastern entrance of Potidea's canal at Chalkidiki on a lightless, rainy afternoon of spring 2017 ....
NIKON D90 DSLR with Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II VC lens, manual mode, shutter speed 1/10 s, ISO 100, f 8, focal length 22 mm, use of HOYA ND X 2 filter, manually adjusted white balance, center weighted average metering mode, HDR processing derived from only one RAW file, flash didn't go off, use of a monopod...
SĂNTESE ASSIMĂTRICA DO SENSĂVEL
Asymmetric synthesis of the sensitive
[SĂŁo Paulo, 2021]
[Street photography]
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O teatro da vida ĂŠ representar, e nĂŁo repetir. Captamos apenas um ârestoâ da realidade, um reflexo, algo assimĂŠtrico, impreciso, sensĂvel.
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Nikon D5300 + Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS HSM
f/2.8 2.0s ISO100 50mm
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"Outstanding Universal "Value
"Brief synthesis
"Located in the Occitanie region, the Pont du Gard is the major element of a 50.02 km aqueduct built in the middle of the 1st century to supply the city of NÎmes, the ancient Roman colony of Nemausus, from the Eure source located near Uzès. A three-storey aqueduct bridge rising to nearly 48.77 m, it enabled the water conduit to cross the Gardon River.
"This triple bridge, whose longest floor, at the very top of the edifice, measured 360 m, is a feat and a masterpiece of Roman architectural technique, but also a work of art whose presence transfigures the landscape. Set in a natural site that enhances its imposing appearance and its lines of force, the Pont du Gard rests on a rocky base, notched by the river spanned by its major arch. The gentle and symmetrical tapering of the arches, the span of the lower arches and the regularity of the upper gallery give it an extraordinarily airy appearance for a work of such magnitude.
"The Pont du Gard is an outstanding example of bridges built in ancient times. It achieves a triple performance with its three levels of arches of unequal dimensions and is characterized by the use, for the construction of the arches of the lower levels, of juxtaposed rollers composed of voussoirs bearing engraved positioning marks. In the series of Roman aqueducts, this exceptional edifice is the result of an extensive adaptation to the river regime of the Gardon whose floods are sudden and devastating. The lips installed in front of the piers are designed to resist high water, and the opening of the principal lower arch (24.52 m instead of 21.87 m for the arches of the extremes) facilitates the flow of water.
"Built, on the first two levels, of large stone blocks and, at the upper level, of small stone rubble which hold the abutting flagstones of the canal, the Pont du Gard is one of the most revealing monuments as to the construction processes of the early Imperial era. On the dressing of the stone can still be seen the marks of the quarrymenâs and stonecuttersâ tools, and sometimes the coding of the stones, with figures and letters, showing their position in the assembly schema. The precision in execution meets to perfection a challenging design, and the Pont du Gard has, ever since the 16th century, been considered as one of the major accomplishments of the Roman civilization.
"Criterion (i): The Pont du Gard is a masterpiece of Roman technique and an outstanding artistic achievement which, by its presence, transfigures the landscape.
"Criterion (iii): An exceptional building in the series of Roman aqueduct works, the Pont du Gard bears unique witness to the technique of Roman engineers and builders in the service of urban and territorial development, which is one of the characteristics of this civilization.
"Criterion (iv): The Pont du Gard is one of the most representative works of the construction processes of the Roman imperial era.
"Integrity
"During the Middle Ages, the ancient structure lost a great number of stones; upstream of the upper arcade, twelve arches have disappeared. It was also during the Middle Ages that the bridge was adapted to the passage of men and beasts: a path was built and the piles of the second level were cut away over half of their thickness, threatening the stability of the edifice. Despite these spoliations, the remarkable state of conservation of the Pont du Gard must be emphasized. In the years 1699-1702, the piers were repaired, and corbels were built at the level of the piers to allow for the passage of the road.
"Finally, in 1746, the construction of a road bridge attached to the first level of the Roman bridge was entrusted to the engineer Henri Pitot, who had the concern to adjust his work as exactly as possible to the ancient bridge.
"Authenticity
"The exceptional ingenuity of the design of the Pont du Gard remains apparent in its slightly curvilinear layout, and the lips installed in front of the piers attest to the efforts made to adapt its construction to the river regime of the Gardon. The property is one with the richest information on the construction processes of the early Roman imperial period as shown by its refined stonework, the assembly of the blocks which still bear the marks of the quarrymenâs and stonecuttersâ tools, as well as the coding for assembly. The quarry from which the stones were extracted is preserved some 600 metres from the site.
"The aqueduct of NĂŽmes ceased to function around the beginning of the 6th century and the Pont du Gard never regained its original use.
"Since the end of the 17th century and up to the present day, the Pont du Gard has been the subject of numerous restoration campaigns which have consecrated it in its splendid isolation as an insignia monument, witness of the Roman civilization. It is located at a distance from the villages that today are home to a population of 4500 inhabitants, and only two buildings were erected in its immediate vicinity in 1865 and 1901: a flour mill turned restaurant on the left bank, and a hotel on the right bank." UNESCO World Heritage Convention Website whc.unesco.org/en/list/344/ on 6 Dec 2023
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
[Carl Sandburg]
the dresser in our bedroom in Saanich when we visited our dear friends for Easter this year...
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
I had a diptych with this photo...but it turned out "blah"
so I wanted to recreate it. However, I couldn't find the right photo to combine it with for a diptych so I ended up combining another photo with it. Now I have this...which is okay. I just realllly want to do a diptych though =/
Remnants of bill posters and adhesive on the window of an empty shop in Bilbao.
I have processed this photo very differently from empty words, another photo looking through the same window, shot a minute later than this photo.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Situated in North Yorkshire, the 18th century designed landscape of Studley Royal water garden and pleasure grounds, including the ruins of Fountains Abbey, is one harmonious whole of buildings, gardens and landscapes. This landscape of exceptional merit and beauty represents over 800 years of human ambition, design and achievement.
Studley Royal Park is one of the few great 18th century gardens to survive substantially in its original form, and is one of the most spectacular water gardens in England. The landscape garden is an outstanding example of the development of the âEnglishâ garden style throughout the 18th century, which influenced the rest of Europe. With the integration of the River Skell into the water gardens and the use of âborrowedâ vistas from the surrounding countryside, the design and layout of the gardens is determined by the form of the natural landscape, rather than being imposed upon it. The garden contains canals, ponds, cascades, lawns and hedges, with elegant garden buildings, gateways and statues. The Aislabiesâ vision survives substantially in its original form, most famously in the spectacular view of the ruins of Fountains Abbey itself.
Fountains Abbey ruins is not only a key eye catcher in the garden scheme, but is of outstanding importance in its own right, being one of the few Cistercian houses to survive from the 12th century and providing an unrivalled picture of a great religious house in all its parts.
The remainder of the estate is no less significant. At the west end of the estate is the transitional Elizabethan/Jacobean Fountains Hall, partially built from reclaimed abbey stone. With its distinctive Elizabethan façade enhanced by a formal garden with shaped hedges, it is an outstanding example of its period.
Located in the extensive deer park is St Maryâs Church, a masterpiece of High Victorian Gothic architecture, designed by William Burges in 1871 and considered to be one of his finest works.
Criterion (i): Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey owes its originality and striking beauty to the fact that a humanised landscape was created around the largest medieval ruins in the United Kingdom. The use of these features, combined with the planning of the water garden itself, is a true masterpiece of human creative genius.
Criterion (iv): Combining the remains of the richest abbey in England, the Jacobean Fountains Hall, and Burgesâs miniature neo-Gothic masterpiece of St Maryâs, with the water gardens and deer park into one harmonious whole, Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey illustrates the power of medieval monasticism and the taste and wealth of the European upper classes in the 18th century.
During a cold night in March i decided to drive 170km from Amsterdam to Westerbork in the east of Holland to make pictures of this radio telescope. It was a very cold night but the sky was clear with no moon. Light pollution in Holland is quite intense and it is clearly visible in those pictures. The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope consists of a linear array of 14 antennas with a diameter of 25 meters arranged on a 2.7 km East-West line. It is located next to the Westerbork concentration camp, using by Nazis in WW2 as a transit camp and nowadays a museum.
What a rare and sublime opportunity this was! - to capture the union of waterfall and sea; the beauty of each uniting in a synthesis of motion and light.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Situated in North Yorkshire, the 18th century designed landscape of Studley Royal water garden and pleasure grounds, including the ruins of Fountains Abbey, is one harmonious whole of buildings, gardens and landscapes. This landscape of exceptional merit and beauty represents over 800 years of human ambition, design and achievement.
Studley Royal Park is one of the few great 18th century gardens to survive substantially in its original form, and is one of the most spectacular water gardens in England. The landscape garden is an outstanding example of the development of the âEnglishâ garden style throughout the 18th century, which influenced the rest of Europe. With the integration of the River Skell into the water gardens and the use of âborrowedâ vistas from the surrounding countryside, the design and layout of the gardens is determined by the form of the natural landscape, rather than being imposed upon it. The garden contains canals, ponds, cascades, lawns and hedges, with elegant garden buildings, gateways and statues. The Aislabiesâ vision survives substantially in its original form, most famously in the spectacular view of the ruins of Fountains Abbey itself.
Fountains Abbey ruins is not only a key eye catcher in the garden scheme, but is of outstanding importance in its own right, being one of the few Cistercian houses to survive from the 12th century and providing an unrivalled picture of a great religious house in all its parts.
The remainder of the estate is no less significant. At the west end of the estate is the transitional Elizabethan/Jacobean Fountains Hall, partially built from reclaimed abbey stone. With its distinctive Elizabethan façade enhanced by a formal garden with shaped hedges, it is an outstanding example of its period.
Located in the extensive deer park is St Maryâs Church, a masterpiece of High Victorian Gothic architecture, designed by William Burges in 1871 and considered to be one of his finest works.
Criterion (i): Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey owes its originality and striking beauty to the fact that a humanised landscape was created around the largest medieval ruins in the United Kingdom. The use of these features, combined with the planning of the water garden itself, is a true masterpiece of human creative genius.
Criterion (iv): Combining the remains of the richest abbey in England, the Jacobean Fountains Hall, and Burgesâs miniature neo-Gothic masterpiece of St Maryâs, with the water gardens and deer park into one harmonious whole, Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey illustrates the power of medieval monasticism and the taste and wealth of the European upper classes in the 18th century.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Situated in North Yorkshire, the 18th century designed landscape of Studley Royal water garden and pleasure grounds, including the ruins of Fountains Abbey, is one harmonious whole of buildings, gardens and landscapes. This landscape of exceptional merit and beauty represents over 800 years of human ambition, design and achievement.
Studley Royal Park is one of the few great 18th century gardens to survive substantially in its original form, and is one of the most spectacular water gardens in England. The landscape garden is an outstanding example of the development of the âEnglishâ garden style throughout the 18th century, which influenced the rest of Europe. With the integration of the River Skell into the water gardens and the use of âborrowedâ vistas from the surrounding countryside, the design and layout of the gardens is determined by the form of the natural landscape, rather than being imposed upon it. The garden contains canals, ponds, cascades, lawns and hedges, with elegant garden buildings, gateways and statues. The Aislabiesâ vision survives substantially in its original form, most famously in the spectacular view of the ruins of Fountains Abbey itself.
Fountains Abbey ruins is not only a key eye catcher in the garden scheme, but is of outstanding importance in its own right, being one of the few Cistercian houses to survive from the 12th century and providing an unrivalled picture of a great religious house in all its parts.
The remainder of the estate is no less significant. At the west end of the estate is the transitional Elizabethan/Jacobean Fountains Hall, partially built from reclaimed abbey stone. With its distinctive Elizabethan façade enhanced by a formal garden with shaped hedges, it is an outstanding example of its period.
Located in the extensive deer park is St Maryâs Church, a masterpiece of High Victorian Gothic architecture, designed by William Burges in 1871 and considered to be one of his finest works.
Criterion (i): Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey owes its originality and striking beauty to the fact that a humanised landscape was created around the largest medieval ruins in the United Kingdom. The use of these features, combined with the planning of the water garden itself, is a true masterpiece of human creative genius.
Criterion (iv): Combining the remains of the richest abbey in England, the Jacobean Fountains Hall, and Burgesâs miniature neo-Gothic masterpiece of St Maryâs, with the water gardens and deer park into one harmonious whole, Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey illustrates the power of medieval monasticism and the taste and wealth of the European upper classes in the 18th century.
Wartburg / Eisenach / Thuringia / Germany
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Havana is a synthesis of all Cuba, capital of the island and one of the most beautiful cities in Latin America.
The charm of the âPearl of the Caribbeanâ continues to act, whoever knows it returns enriched and conquered.
Renewed, it offers everything imaginable in terms of colonial architecture.
Its most important neighborhoods, Old Havana, Vedado, Miramar, Centro Havana and the MalecĂłn will make you enjoy the memories of the old architecture.
Havana is the tropical splendor, which gathers the best of Spain, the best of Africa and the best of the Antilles. Havana, with its old American cars, its hustle and bustle, its bare buildings, its history, its people and its rhythms leaves no one indifferent.
That being said, would you like to visit Cuba ?
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NiterĂłi / Brazil
[EXPLORE - 2014-05-14]
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This picture is quite different from everything else that I have been doing lately, which is, to me, refreshing. At this point in my life, everything is a matter of synthesis. All of the thoughts, experiences, and impressions of my life are being accumulated and fused into a single system, into a single being. I feel a connection to my past (my ancestry in my body, my skin, my movements), a connection to the world around me (my sense of self disintegrating into a bigger picture), and a connection to the future (my vision for what is to come flying away from me, out of reach).
This photo went through several stages of being, and at one point I even threatened to burn a hole in it, so as to add text and a more literal perspective. I had a lit match in my hand, this photo in the other, and was about to bring the two together when suddenly my subconscious screamed for me to stop. I always complain about when an artist's "message" becomes too obvious, when it overpowers the creation. An artwork's message is, I think, an entity that should always be left subjective to the viewer, and to add text to this particular image would only serve to defeat that purpose.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Situated in North Yorkshire, the 18th century designed landscape of Studley Royal water garden and pleasure grounds, including the ruins of Fountains Abbey, is one harmonious whole of buildings, gardens and landscapes. This landscape of exceptional merit and beauty represents over 800 years of human ambition, design and achievement.
Studley Royal Park is one of the few great 18th century gardens to survive substantially in its original form, and is one of the most spectacular water gardens in England. The landscape garden is an outstanding example of the development of the âEnglishâ garden style throughout the 18th century, which influenced the rest of Europe. With the integration of the River Skell into the water gardens and the use of âborrowedâ vistas from the surrounding countryside, the design and layout of the gardens is determined by the form of the natural landscape, rather than being imposed upon it. The garden contains canals, ponds, cascades, lawns and hedges, with elegant garden buildings, gateways and statues. The Aislabiesâ vision survives substantially in its original form, most famously in the spectacular view of the ruins of Fountains Abbey itself.
Fountains Abbey ruins is not only a key eye catcher in the garden scheme, but is of outstanding importance in its own right, being one of the few Cistercian houses to survive from the 12th century and providing an unrivalled picture of a great religious house in all its parts.
The remainder of the estate is no less significant. At the west end of the estate is the transitional Elizabethan/Jacobean Fountains Hall, partially built from reclaimed abbey stone. With its distinctive Elizabethan façade enhanced by a formal garden with shaped hedges, it is an outstanding example of its period.
Located in the extensive deer park is St Maryâs Church, a masterpiece of High Victorian Gothic architecture, designed by William Burges in 1871 and considered to be one of his finest works.
Criterion (i): Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey owes its originality and striking beauty to the fact that a humanised landscape was created around the largest medieval ruins in the United Kingdom. The use of these features, combined with the planning of the water garden itself, is a true masterpiece of human creative genius.
Criterion (iv): Combining the remains of the richest abbey in England, the Jacobean Fountains Hall, and Burgesâs miniature neo-Gothic masterpiece of St Maryâs, with the water gardens and deer park into one harmonious whole, Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey illustrates the power of medieval monasticism and the taste and wealth of the European upper classes in the 18th century.
Synthesis of the forest. Each piece of fruit is turned from a different wood.
The Apple is Yew. The right side Pear is Banskia(Seed Pod) and the far pear is Burr Elm
Photo and textures are my own. All rights reserved. Do not use without explicit permission.
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photo by Nala Kurka
Mea Culpa
Hair by 3636 with pearls/flowers/feathers from Tukinowaguma--modified
Earrings, ring, bracelet from ((Crystal line)) --bracelet modified from necklace
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Situated in North Yorkshire, the 18th century designed landscape of Studley Royal water garden and pleasure grounds, including the ruins of Fountains Abbey, is one harmonious whole of buildings, gardens and landscapes. This landscape of exceptional merit and beauty represents over 800 years of human ambition, design and achievement.
Studley Royal Park is one of the few great 18th century gardens to survive substantially in its original form, and is one of the most spectacular water gardens in England. The landscape garden is an outstanding example of the development of the âEnglishâ garden style throughout the 18th century, which influenced the rest of Europe. With the integration of the River Skell into the water gardens and the use of âborrowedâ vistas from the surrounding countryside, the design and layout of the gardens is determined by the form of the natural landscape, rather than being imposed upon it. The garden contains canals, ponds, cascades, lawns and hedges, with elegant garden buildings, gateways and statues. The Aislabiesâ vision survives substantially in its original form, most famously in the spectacular view of the ruins of Fountains Abbey itself.
Fountains Abbey ruins is not only a key eye catcher in the garden scheme, but is of outstanding importance in its own right, being one of the few Cistercian houses to survive from the 12th century and providing an unrivalled picture of a great religious house in all its parts.
The remainder of the estate is no less significant. At the west end of the estate is the transitional Elizabethan/Jacobean Fountains Hall, partially built from reclaimed abbey stone. With its distinctive Elizabethan façade enhanced by a formal garden with shaped hedges, it is an outstanding example of its period.
Located in the extensive deer park is St Maryâs Church, a masterpiece of High Victorian Gothic architecture, designed by William Burges in 1871 and considered to be one of his finest works.
Criterion (i): Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey owes its originality and striking beauty to the fact that a humanised landscape was created around the largest medieval ruins in the United Kingdom. The use of these features, combined with the planning of the water garden itself, is a true masterpiece of human creative genius.
Criterion (iv): Combining the remains of the richest abbey in England, the Jacobean Fountains Hall, and Burgesâs miniature neo-Gothic masterpiece of St Maryâs, with the water gardens and deer park into one harmonious whole, Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey illustrates the power of medieval monasticism and the taste and wealth of the European upper classes in the 18th century.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Situated in North Yorkshire, the 18th century designed landscape of Studley Royal water garden and pleasure grounds, including the ruins of Fountains Abbey, is one harmonious whole of buildings, gardens and landscapes. This landscape of exceptional merit and beauty represents over 800 years of human ambition, design and achievement.
Studley Royal Park is one of the few great 18th century gardens to survive substantially in its original form, and is one of the most spectacular water gardens in England. The landscape garden is an outstanding example of the development of the âEnglishâ garden style throughout the 18th century, which influenced the rest of Europe. With the integration of the River Skell into the water gardens and the use of âborrowedâ vistas from the surrounding countryside, the design and layout of the gardens is determined by the form of the natural landscape, rather than being imposed upon it. The garden contains canals, ponds, cascades, lawns and hedges, with elegant garden buildings, gateways and statues. The Aislabiesâ vision survives substantially in its original form, most famously in the spectacular view of the ruins of Fountains Abbey itself.
Fountains Abbey ruins is not only a key eye catcher in the garden scheme, but is of outstanding importance in its own right, being one of the few Cistercian houses to survive from the 12th century and providing an unrivalled picture of a great religious house in all its parts.
The remainder of the estate is no less significant. At the west end of the estate is the transitional Elizabethan/Jacobean Fountains Hall, partially built from reclaimed abbey stone. With its distinctive Elizabethan façade enhanced by a formal garden with shaped hedges, it is an outstanding example of its period.
Located in the extensive deer park is St Maryâs Church, a masterpiece of High Victorian Gothic architecture, designed by William Burges in 1871 and considered to be one of his finest works.
Criterion (i): Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey owes its originality and striking beauty to the fact that a humanised landscape was created around the largest medieval ruins in the United Kingdom. The use of these features, combined with the planning of the water garden itself, is a true masterpiece of human creative genius.
Criterion (iv): Combining the remains of the richest abbey in England, the Jacobean Fountains Hall, and Burgesâs miniature neo-Gothic masterpiece of St Maryâs, with the water gardens and deer park into one harmonious whole, Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey illustrates the power of medieval monasticism and the taste and wealth of the European upper classes in the 18th century.