Punto de máxima afluencia de gente del pueblo con la encrucijada de escoger que calle coger. Tenemos 2 opciones posibles: Calle 1 difícil esquivar a tanta gente. Calle 2 difícil esquivar tanto coche. Mientras pienso que dirección tomar contemplo lo bonitas que son estas casas de piedra.

Point of maximum influx of townspeople with the crossroads of choosing which street to take. We have 2 possible options: Street 1 difficult to avoid so many people. Street 2 difficult to dodge so much car. While I think about which direction to take, I contemplate how beautiful these stone houses are.

Punt de màxima afluència de gent de poble amb la cruïlla d'escollir que carrer agafar. Tenim 2 opcions possibles: Carrer 1 difícil esquivar tanta gent. Carrer 2 difícil esquivar tant cotxe. Mentre penso que direcció prendre contemplo el boniques que són aquestes cases de pedra.

City landscape of Nizhny Novgorod.

Kanavinsky Bridge is the oldest permanent crossing over the Oka and Grebnevsky Canal in Nizhny Novgorod. It is located at 1.2 km of the river, next to the Strelka - the confluence of the Oka and Volga. It connects two parts of the city - Nagornaya and Zarechnaya. Initially it was called Pakhomovsky, then after a short time it became Oksky, and after the opening of the second Molitovsky bridge in 1965, it was renamed Kanavinsky - after the name of the district.

Until the beginning of the 19th century. the townspeople traveled to the Kanavino area and back by ferry and boats, and in winter they crossed over the ice. The urgent need for a crossing between the two banks of the Oka was ripe after the fair was moved to the other side - to the Zarechnaya part of Nizhny Novgorod, to Strelka. From mid-July to early September, the Gostiny Dvor was visited by more than 150 thousand people, while the city's population was no more than 18 thousand inhabitants. The decision to build a permanent crossing was made in 1920, but work began only 10 years later. The bridge was built in Nizhny Novgorod in 1.5 years from 1932 to 1933, but the official time frame is 5 years. The Kanavinsky Bridge has an arched structure: the load is distributed between six arches, over which transport and pedestrian traffic is carried out. The massive pillars are made of metal concrete, the road surface is made of asphalt concrete. The Kanavinsky Bridge is 795.5 m long and 23.6 m wide.

The arch bridge survived two German bombings and escaped serious damage thanks to the use of a smoke screen. In the post-war years, the coating and structures were repaired several times, but without blocking traffic.

Uglich is a beautiful cozy Russian town in the Yaroslavl region, formed on the Volga River and included in the Golden Ring of Russia.

The 16th century is the date of one of the most dramatic events in Russia. The death of Tsarevich Dmitry happened. This was the reason for the formation of the Great Troubles. There are several opinions about the origin of the sonorous name. Most likely, it comes from the word "ugilets". This is the name of the right angle that the Volga River makes. If you believe the legend, the date of the foundation of the city is 937. The founder is a relative of Princess Olga, a prince from Pskov. The city is mentioned in the chronicle in 1148. In the 13th century, the settlement became the center of the appanage principality of the same name. Subsequently, the village was often destroyed. In 1328, thanks to Ivan Kalita, Uglich became part of the lands of Moscow.

The flourishing of the city began in 1642. This is the period of the reign of Prince Bolshoi. A large palace complex appeared on the territory. Chambers of appanage princes were built, which have been perfectly preserved to our time. In 1713, the Transfiguration Cathedral appeared. On the Volga coast, in tribute to the memory, the Church of Demetrius on the Blood was built.

In the photo on the right: the Resurrection Monastery, which may be the oldest in the Uglich land. The time and circumstances of its foundation are not known, but it could have been among the monasteries founded by the Uglich prince Roman Vladimirovich (1261-1285), who ruled the city in the second half of the 13th century. Together with Uglich, the monastery survived the Polish devastation. In terrible and dramatic events, many of the brethren and up to 500 of the townspeople who took refuge were killed. By the middle of the 17th century, the monastery was revived again. During the struggle against religion in Soviet times, the Resurrection Church was one of the first to be closed. In 1923 it was taken over by the museum. At this, the thread of the succession of times was broken, for a long period the spiritual ministry and its use for its intended purpose ceased. The construction of the Uglich hydroelectric power station, which began in 1936, the blasting operations carried out by Volgostroi, and the rise in the level of the Volga, further aggravated the condition of the monastery. The buildings were in critical condition in a short time. Fortunately, the interest in the monuments of Russian culture, awakened after the war, made it possible to stop the wave of destruction. By 1956 - 1971 the restoration of the monastery buildings belongs. Complex work was carried out to chemically strengthen the soil, which made it possible to eliminate the causes of the long-standing destruction. The modern stage in the history of the monastery began in 1999, when the monastery was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church and the revival of its true purpose and monastic life began. In 2007-2008. a fence with towers was erected around the temples. So, gradually, through the efforts of monks and benefactors, the historical appearance and significance of the ancient monastery is being restored.

Near left: Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist. This church is rightfully one of the pearls of Uglich.

On a June day in 1663, Uglich was shocked by a tragic event - the young son of the richest Uglich merchant Nikifor Chepolosov disappeared. All searches were in vain, and the parents were desperate. Almost a month later, on July 2, the body of the murdered baby John was found under a layer of moss in a swamp. It turned out that the baby was killed by his clerk Fyodor Rudak, who harbored evil against the merchant. The inconsolable father decided to honor his son who died so tragically. For this, in 1689-1691. In the 1960s, restorers discovered an arkasolium (niche) where Vanya Chepolosov was buried in the north side-altar of the church.

And to the left in the distance are the blue domes of the Epiphany Monastery. He is not an ancient one. According to two existing versions, it was founded at the end of the 16th century by Maria Nagaya, mother of Tsarevich Dimitri and the last wife of Ivan the Terrible, or Ksenia Shestova (nun Martha), mother of the first tsar from the Romanov family, Mikhail Fedorovich. The cathedral, an example of the official Russian-Byzantine style, was erected in 1843-1853. designed by architect K. Ton. The construction of the cathedral, despite the apparent well-being of the monastery, became a real feat for the nuns. Erecting such a large building, they themselves made a brick, raised it on the walls, collected donations.

Beyond the Stone Creek, on a hill called in ancient times "Ogneva Gora", stands the Alekseevsky, now a female, monastery. Once upon a time this place was a pagan temple. This is the oldest monastery in Uglich and one of the oldest in Russia.

It was founded according to the plan of Metropolitan Alexy in 1371 to strengthen the position of Moscow in the Upper Volga region, after the destruction of Uglich by Michael of Tver. This date is generally accepted, but rather conditional. According to some sources, the abode is 80 years older.

The main pearl of the monastery is the three-tent church - the Assumption Brave. The church was built in 1628 in memory of the people who died during the siege of the monastery during the Polish-Lithuanian intervention (1608-1611). The monastery was completely destroyed, all the brethren and the townspeople who were hiding in it, and this is about 600 people, were killed.

This is inside the derelict Mechanics Institute building, which is located in strange isolation alongside the Calder Highway in a small place called Kurting in rural Victoria, Australia.

The building was built in 1918 and was used to host stalls to attract local townspeople. Inside the building it is eerily haunting with this lone chair and dirt ground with odd artefacts. I'm sure there are stories that this chair could tell if you stayed long enough.

I first saw this building when driving past in February this year. This trip last week I made sure I stopped to investigate on my way between Bendigo and Charlton.

We went for a walk on Beverley Westwood the other evening the hot dry weather has transformed the Westwood into dry Prairie . I was amused to see so many cattle around the Black Mill I think they had been having a team meeting . The Westwood is common land and the cattle who are not fenced in and will belong to many owners.

Beverley might be best known for its splendid Medieval minster, but the town also has one of the best areas of common land in the country.The Westwood was given to the townspeople by the Lord of the Manor way back in 1380, and today locals still hold rights to graze cattle and sheep, an activity controlled by a committee known as the pasture masters .The wellbeing of these pastures is overseen by the pasture masters, a group of men elected from the Freemen of Beverley each March. Its a complicated system but it seems to work fairly well. Occasionally the cattle decide to walk into the town and one of the pasture masters who lives on the Westwood has to drive them back . The Black Mill was constructed in the early eighteenth century

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Hermitage of Santa María de la Cabeza,

Next September 9 is the feast of Santa María de la Cabeza, wife of San Isidro, patron saint of the city of Madrid.

Sta. María de la Cabeza was called María Toribia, she was born in the 12th century and was a native of Caraquiz, a minor neighborhood belonging to the Madrid municipality of Torrelaguna.

In this municipality, in a quiet and beautiful place next to the Jarama River there was a hermitage dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy. It is said that this hermitage is of Templar origin, there are even those who say that in this same place there was a Roman nymphaeum.

Santa María de la Cabeza, dedicated a large part of her life to the care of this hermitage, every day she retired to this place to pray. These continuous comings and goings to the hermitage provoked the gossip of the townspeople, reaching the ears of San Isidro.

One fine day, San Isidro, went to check if the things they said about his wife were true. He secretly followed his wife who was going to the hermitage and was astonished to see how she made the sign of the cross, threw her mantilla into the wild waters of the Jarama River and crossed it with ease. It is said that the Virgin Mary appeared to him, and taking him by an arm he guided him over the water.

Years later, Santa María de la cabeza died and was buried in this hermitage, which she loved so much, until 1596 the relics of the Saint were exhumed and years later they would be definitively moved, together with the incorrupt body of San Isidro, to the old Cathedral of San Isidro in Madrid.

Ermita de Santa María de la Cabeza,

El próximo día 9 de septiembre es la festividad de Santa María de la Cabeza, esposa de San Isidro, patrón de la ciudad de Madrid.

Sta. María de la Cabeza se llamaba María Toribia, nació en el siglo XII y era natural de Caraquiz, un barrio menor perteneciente al municipio madrileño de Torrelaguna.

En este municipio, en un tranquilo y hermoso paraje junto al río Jarama había una ermita dedicada a Nuestra Señora de la Piedad. Se dice que esta ermita es de origen templario, incluso hay quien dice, que en este mismo lugar había un ninfeo romano.

Santa María de la Cabeza, dedicaba gran parte de su vida al cuidado de esta ermita, todos los días se retiraba a este lugar para orar. Estas continuas idas y venidas a la ermita provocaron las habladurías de la gente del pueblo, llegando a oídos de San Isidro.

Un buen día, San Isidro, fue a comprobar si era cierto las cosas que decían de su mujer. A escondidas siguió a su mujer que se dirigía a la ermita y se quedó atónito al ver como ella haciendo el signo de la cruz, lanzó su mantilla a las bravas aguas del río Jarama y lo atravesó con facilidad. Se cuenta que la Virgen María se le apareció, y cogiéndola un brazo la fue guiando por encima de las aguas.

Años después, Santa María de la cabeza murió y fue enterrada en esta ermita, que tanto quería, hasta que 1596 se exhuman las reliquias de la Santa y años después se trasladarían definitivamente, junto con el cuerpo incorrupto de San Isidro, a la vieja Catedral de San Isidro en Madrid. ( Fuente, WWW.es por Madrid.es)

Gallipoli Queen of the Basso Ionio as beautiful to look away from as to look on, the sunsets in Gallipoli are well known to those that have spent an evening there, and at the western side of the sea wall cafes, restaurants & bars space is at a premium so come early, stay late.

Even if you cant obtain a table at a drinking establishment you can surely grab a spot on the sea wall near one which has just as great view as the patio and if you are very nice to the owner or waitress looking after the patio you can usually get a drink served to you and nothing goes better with a sunset than an aperol spritz in my humble opinion.

If after taking in the sunset and a few spritz’ s you find that making your way back through the old town is a tricky wicket it is because it was designed that way, meant to confuse invaders and pirates that would be unfamiliar with the layout when attacking the city giving the townspeople time to counter attack or hide.

I took this on Sept 26, 2016 with my D750 and Nikon 24-85 f3.5-4.5 Lens at 80mm 1/160s f/16 ISO 250 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO

Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress

A modern totem on the Sacred Way!

Transformed into an owl, the goddess Athena now "lives" in an apartment building in the center of Athens.

Vangelis Hoursoglou, an artist with a deep love for mural painting and graffiti, presents a new project in the city center, which he calls "H-owl, Athena noctua".

Its inspiration comes from the characteristics of the legendary and mysterious bird that dominates the darkness. He even captures her on the side of an apartment building, so that she faces the townspeople, looking at them with her big eyes.

As it is placed, in the center of the city, it disarms us with its frightened but at the same time full of wonder look. In our thinking, the question "What is he trying to tell us?" arises.

However, the creator states that through his work "despite the bright colors I use, the owl of the Sacred Way "calls out" sadness, loneliness, silence, but also sends us a message of sensitivity and caution. I want to awaken the collective consciousness, through the personal cry, as I am used to in my works, to draw the attention of the inhabitants and make a personal statement".

Sometimes you just want to see where things go, what lies at the end of the road or up that alley, over the mountain around that bend and sometimes you just want to capture that thought. Some of my most favorite scenes while traveling though maybe not my most popular come from the absolute opposite direction that everyone else is looking.

Speaking of opposite directions during WWII the town was vocally anti-fascist making it a target for Mussolini’s death squads resulting in the assassination of its Mayor but the citizens were undeterred and continued their protests of Fascism and civil disobedience until the end of the war. After the fall of Fascism in Aug 1945 the townspeople began to exile the landowners tied to the failed regime and repatriate all lands seized by Mussolini’s operations

Ferrandina has lived through many occupations over the millennia and tolerated them only as far as justice was observed, finding its rebellious soul awakened when necessary if oppression reared its ugly head. Most of the time the city is a sleepy beautiful place perched above the Basimento river valley its small white houses nestled together in cozy peaceful scene just don’t wake the dragon.

I took this on Oct 6th, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 100mm 1/100s f`11 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO

Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress

Haven't seen this many people out for a CFE train basically ever, enough to get the townspeople here questioning on Facebook why there was so many people at the tracks.

Another clue to my theme of the week. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Thank you for your comments and for those who made a guess yesterday! Another clue: This name references the raids that took place on Florida's Gulf Coast during the 17th century? I am looking for a particular name having to do with pirates.

The Castillo was originally built to act not only as a refuge for the townspeople but also as a military warehouse. Construction began in 1672 and is one of the oldest standing structures in North America.

Happy Wall Wednesday!

This is inside the derelict Mechanics Institute building, which is located in strange isolation alongside the Calder Highway in a small place called Kurting in rural Victoria, Australia.

The building was built in 1918 and was used to host stalls to attract local townspeople. I'll upload some images of the outside of this quirky building later, but inside it is eerily haunting with this lone chair and dirt ground with odd artefacts. I'm sure there are stories that this chair could tell if you stayed long enough.

I first saw this building when driving past in February this year. This trip last week I made sure I stopped to investigate on my way between Bendigo and Charlton.

Where: Henderson Hummingbird Festival, Henderson, MN.....an annual event.

When: Aug. 20, 2011

Henderson's a small town in which many townspeople love hummingbirds, have lots of feeders in their yards and the town park. Hummers were zooming all over the place! Males usually leave in July, their migratory routes as long as 2400 miles from Minnesota.

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The red in this male just popped out, I wanted to unsaturate/soften the surrounding area.....This series shows how hummers are banded....it was fascinating to watch the process.

The website shows all the steps, very similar to what I saw: www.wildbirds.org/march2007.htm

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I will be away on vacation in San Francisco-Napa Valley area for awhile (have camera, will travel)....and will stop in as I'm able, to see what you're posting♡.....I leave on Tues. Aug. 30th.

My kindest thoughts are with you.......Pat

At Smithville, from 1860 to 1920, a planned industrial town noted for workers' rights and welfare, high pay. Townspeople worked at the mill and lived in town. It's now on the National Registry of Historic Places and is the major recreational park in our county

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From: www.carlislecongregational.org/history

The Church was organized in February 1781 by thirty members who called its first Pastor, Paul Litchfield, in November of that year. He served until his death in 1827. After the townspeople (who paid the pastor’s salary then) refused to accept the pastor selected by the members of the church, those members formed the Union Calvinistic Society of Carlisle in 1830. In 1832, the Society built a meetinghouse, and a parsonage was built later in 1848. This parsonage was sold in 1945 and property near the church was bought and remodeled as a parsonage. Since the church was incorporated in 1903 as the Carlisle Congregational Church, the Union Calvinistic Society was dissolved in 1904.

VOLTERRA :

More than 2,000 years ago — before vampires took over the town — Volterra was a key trading center and one of the most important Etruscan cities. (Tuscany is named after the Etruscan people, who lived here centuries before it was conquered by ancient Rome.) The city was protected by a four-mile-long wall — twice the size of the wall that encircles it today. You can still see its mighty Etruscan gate, built of massive stones of volcanic tuff.

Its Etruscan Museum is filled with precious artifacts from centuries before Christ. You'll see etched mirrors, intricately decorated pot handles, and exquisitely crafted jewelry. The museum's extensive collection of urns — with subjects lounging as if munching grapes with the gods at some heavenly banquet — is a reminder that the Etruscans believed the afterlife could be fun.

Volterra's 800-year-old city hall claims to be the oldest in Tuscany. Civic palaces like these were emblems of an era when city-states were powerful. They were architectural exclamation points declaring that townspeople, rather than popes and emperors, were calling the shots.

Alabaster has long been a big industry in Volterra. Softer and easier to work than marble, this translucent mineral was traditionally sliced thin to provide windows for Italy's medieval churches. At the Alab'Arte shop, across from the Etruscan Museum, you can watch artisans at work.

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Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.

Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.

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winter nature. Sunrise.

This place is in the city of Krasnogorsk, Moscow region. Russia.

The settlement lies on the spurs of the Smolensk-Moscow Upland; the relief gradually decreases from the north-west of the city to the south and southeast, lying in the floodplain of the Moscow river. Ravine erosion processes are common. Absolute elevation marks are in the region of 190-220 meters. The presence of large reserves of groundwater belonging to the Moscow artesian basin and confined to rocks of the Paleozoic age, to deposits of the Jurassic and Cretaceous systems, made it possible to organize reliable water supply to the city from artesian sources.

Krasnogorsk is located within the forest park zone of Moscow. The city is quite densely surrounded by forests, mostly mixed, with individual sections of conifers. The species composition of forest stands is predominantly represented by spruce, birch, aspen. Treeless territories are heavily urbanized.

The environmental situation in the city is deteriorating. In the vicinity of the city, among the most important environmental aspects, a relatively high loss of forests stands out (and the anthropological factor here is only in third place among the reasons: the main ones are adverse weather conditions, as well as pests and diseases). There is a certain pollution of groundwater (there are excess MPC for manganese, lead, cadmium and ammonia). The radiation pollution of the atmosphere in Krasnogorsk is at the level of background values ​​(9 - 17 μR / h).

At this point there is a ski slope about 300 meters long, the slope with a lift and a rental point is called "Chernevskaya SKI Resort". “The decision to equip the hill was made in the fall of 2017. This measure allowed not only to recreate the open ski slope in Krasnogorsk, but also preserved the natural landscape, as well as the appearance of a favorite place of the townspeople. Previously, the territory was planned for capital development, ”specified on the website of the administration of Krasnogorsk.

On the night before D-Day (June 6, 1944), American soldiers of the 82nd Airborne were parachuting into the area west of Sainte-Mère-Église in successive waves. The town had been the target of an aerial attack, during which a stray incendiary bomb had set fire to a house east of the town square. The church bell was rung to alert the town to the emergency, and townspeople turned out in large numbers to form a bucket brigade supervised by members of the German garrison. By 1:00 am, the town square was well lit and filled with German soldiers and villagers when two planeloads of paratroopers from the 1st and 2nd battalions, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, were dropped in error directly over the village.

The paratroopers were easy targets, and Steele was one of the few not killed. He was wounded in the foot by a burst of flak.[1] His parachute caught in one of the pinnacles of the church tower, leaving him hanging on the side of the church. Steele hung there limply for two hours, pretending to be dead, before the Germans took him prisoner. He escaped four hours later from the Germans and rejoined his division when US troops of the 505th's 3rd Battalion attacked the village, capturing 30 Germans and killing another 11. He was awarded the Bronze Star for valour and the Purple Heart for being wounded in combat.

Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.

Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.

Even with the bitter cold temperatures, the townspeople of Ellie turn out to watch the E75 west make a brief station stop, along with the elusive Bumble snow monster.

The castle originated in the 13th century. Around 1270, Zweder I van Zuylen van Abcoude built a freestanding keep on a raised and moated site near the lost city Dorestad. Until the beginning of the 15th century Duurstede Castle was in possession by the Van Zuylen van Abcoude family, until they were forced to sell it to the bishops of Utrecht in 1449.

Bishop David of Burgundy, who reigned from 1459 to 1496, completely rebuilt the castle. The old donjon was enclosed by new buildings. The still intact burgundian tower was also built around this time. His successors Frederick IV of Baden and Philip of Burgundy also used the castle as their residence, and Philip of Burgundy embellished the castle with renaissance features. Philip of Burgundy settled at Duurstede Castle when he became bishop of Utrecht in 1517. He was accompanied by his court painter Mabuse (Jan Gossaert), who helped to decorate the new palace of his master. At Philip's death, in 1524, Mabuse designed and erected his tomb in the church of Wijk bij Duurstede. After Philip's death, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor confiscated all territorial possessions of the bishopric of Utrecht, including Duurstede Castle.

In 1580, as a result of the Dutch Revolt, the castle fell into the hands of the States of Utrecht. The states, however, invested their money into building modern fortification around Wijk bij Duurstede, and as a result the castle fell into neglect. Further damage was done when French troops devastated Wijk by Duurstede in 1672, after which the townspeople used stone from the castle to rebuild their homes.

In 1852 the town council became owner of the castle and turned the surrounding fortifications into a park. Until 1925 the castle could only be reached by a little ferry.

In 1208, a dispute between King John and the Pope meant that burials in consecrated ground were forbidden for about 6 years. During this time, the townspeople of Basingstoke buried their dead on the slope north of the town. Later, the ground was consecrated, and became the town’s burial ground for the next 700 years, until the new cemetery opened in Worting Road in 1913.

The first chapel was built by 1280, with a Guild of Townsmen to oversee the site and collect offerings of money and land, left as bequests in return for prayers for life after death. What we see of the earlier chapel today is part of the west wall.

This photo shows the distinctive remains, tower and window arches of another chapel, added to the original one and built around 1525 by William Lord Sandys of The Vyne as a grand burial place for his parents and family [see Ian Richard’s Flashback, Gazette 10/12/2020]. The chapel was widely known for its great beauty, for its roof and above all for its painted glass windows. It was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Sandys’ family emblems are visible on the parapet and grave slabs. These include the hemp-breaker and cross raggulé.

Why did it fall into ruin? In the 1540s, Sandys’ chapel was caught up in the English Reformation, which saw the closure of all chantry chapels. Statues and other items used in worship were removed in what must have been a puzzling time for people. After the death of Edward VI, his sister Mary revived Catholic worship. In 1556 a charter was drawn up by Queen Mary, which established a school in the chapel. The schoolroom was attached to the west wall of the early chapel. Known as Queen Mary’s School, it survived as Queen Mary’s Grammar School for Boys and then, with comprehensive education, the name and endowment moved to Queen Mary’s College.

Mostly copied from an article in the Basingstoke Gazette 1st January 2021. www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/18981455.history-holy-g...

Sitting alone on the siding in Yeso, NM. I took this shot through the window frame of an abandoned, ruined building. The town of Yeso (Spanish for gypsum) sprang up in the early 1900’s. A nearby creek was the source of water for the steam locomotives of passing trains, both passenger and freight. When the railroads switched from steam power to diesel the need to stop for water was over. As the railroads need for water went by the wayside, the town began to dry up as well. Townspeople moved from Yeso to some of the bigger towns in the area. As a result the town itself began to decay and fall into ruin. A few shells of some of the original buildings stand in ruin as a sign of the past.

Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.

Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.

Southern Portico of St Georges Hall

Artibvs Legibvs Consiliis Locum Municipes Constituerunt Anno Domini MDCCCXLI’ (For Arts, Law and Counsel the townspeople built this place in 1841)

Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.

Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.

Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.

Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.

Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.

Mameda Town and its surroundings, which developed as a townspeople's land during the Tenryo period, retained a lot of land division at the time of residence, and traditional buildings remain well as a group, so the range of about 10.7 hectares was selected as a national important preservation district for groups of traditional buildings on December 10, 2004.

We were driving through the back roads of Marin County today, and came across this charming church in the charming small town of Nicasio.

I applied a "light and airy" effect to empasize a heavenly aura.

From komoot.com:

"St. Mary’s Catholic Church was constructed from locally milled redwood at a cost of $3,000 in 1867 – money that was raised by the townspeople. Today the church looks as it did in 1867. Two hitching posts and a white picket fence were added early on. Facing the town square, the church has greeted Nicasio visitors for more than a century and has been a favorite subject of photographers and artists for nearly as long. For the majority of Nicasio families, St. Mary’s Church has been an integral part of the community, many of whom received their first sacrament here. Throughout the years, St. Mary’s has remained a Bay Area favorite for nuptials, with the Nicasio town square providing the ideal backdrop.

In 1967, at 100 years of age, St. Mary’s Church was declared a historical monument by the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West, an event celebrated with much fanfare. The bronze plaque installed in front notes the church’s dedication by Archbishop Joseph Alemany.

Open to Visitation: Sunday Mass 11:15 a.m. Thursday Mass 8:00 a.m.

For More Information: St. Mary Rectory, stmary.nicasio@yahoo.com, www.stcecilia-lagunitas.org "

Bayard's Cove Fort

Bayard’s Cove Fort was built in the early 16th century by the townspeople of Dartmouth to protect the town quay. The significance of its strategic position is best appreciated from the sea: it controls the narrowest point of the channel at the entrance to Dartmouth harbour.

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The castle originated in the 13th century. Around 1270, Zweder I van Zuylen van Abcoude built a freestanding keep on a raised and moated site near the lost city Dorestad. Until the beginning of the 15th century Duurstede Castle was in possession by the Van Zuylen van Abcoude family, until they were forced to sell it to the bishops of Utrecht in 1449.

Bishop David of Burgundy, who reigned from 1459 to 1496, completely rebuilt the castle. The old donjon was enclosed by new buildings. The still intact burgundian tower was also built around this time. His successors Frederick IV of Baden and Philip of Burgundy also used the castle as their residence, and Philip of Burgundy embellished the castle with renaissance features. Philip of Burgundy settled at Duurstede Castle when he became bishop of Utrecht in 1517. He was accompanied by his court painter Mabuse (Jan Gossaert), who helped to decorate the new palace of his master. At Philip's death, in 1524, Mabuse designed and erected his tomb in the church of Wijk bij Duurstede. After Philip's death, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor confiscated all territorial possessions of the bishopric of Utrecht, including Duurstede Castle.

In 1580, as a result of the Dutch Revolt, the castle fell into the hands of the States of Utrecht. The states, however, invested their money into building modern fortification around Wijk bij Duurstede, and as a result the castle fell into neglect. Further damage was done when French troops devastated Wijk by Duurstede in 1672, after which the townspeople used stone from the castle to rebuild their homes.

In 1852 the town council became owner of the castle and turned the surrounding fortifications into a park. Until 1925 the castle could only be reached by a little ferry.

The history of Philadelphia's Washington Square is grim and fascinating. Signs along the path indicate that this plaza was part of William Penn’s 1682 design for parks in Philadelphia. It became in the following decades a public graveyard for thousands of dead, including strangers to the area, those in poverty, those unable to be buried on church grounds, free and enslaved Africans, Native American smallpox victims, and townspeople along with Colonial and British soldiers who died of wounds or rampant illness in the city durning the Revolutionary War and British occupation. Finally over 1300 victims of a Yellow Fever epidemic in 1793 were interred here before the ground was closed to burials the following year.

The patriotic memorial to George Washington and the unknown soldier, installed in the 1950s, is also quite sobering and thought provoking. Inscriptions read:

"Freedom is a light for which many men have died in darkness"

"The independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint councils and joint efforts - of common dangers, suffering and success”

"In unmarked graves within this square lie thousands of unknown soldiers of Washington's Army who died of wounds and sickness during the Revolutionary War."

"Beneath this stone rests a soldier of Washington's army who died to give you liberty."

I was lucky to have some color in the sky the evening I was in Bingen if only momentarily it made for a less than boring capture of the famous Mouse Tower.

In my previous post I mentioned the Bishop of Mainz extracted his tolls from the river tradesman with his three toll burgs, the mouse tower being on the river was the principal place of toll collection.

There is a story that goes the Bishop was also in charge of food distribution in the region and during a particular bad harvest season refused to let the backup stores be distributed and tricked the townspeople into a building that he barred the entrance to and set it ablaze.

Apparently laughing to himself about the townspeople tortured screams sounding like rats, he visited his own curse upon himself as that night a swarm of rats chased him down through town and cornered him in the mouse tower where he was devoured by the horde.

Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.

I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70 2.8 G2 Lens processed in LR, PS and DXO Nik

Madison's of Turners Falls, MA

There is always so much decoration on the sidewalk in front of this incredible junk store, that people want to close it down. Luckily other townspeople love it and fought to keep it as it is, an eclectic array of collectibles to inspire any passer by.

The Mariners Church opened in 1849 and became popular with the townspeople as well as the mariners visiting the port. The Chaplain was responsible for visiting every ship that arrived. The church features fine stained glass windows. An active church continues to meet in the building.

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (another more popular name is the Church of Paraskeva Pyatnitsa at the Market)

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The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (another more popular name is the Church of Paraskeva Pyatnitsa at the Market) is a temple ensemble in the town of Staritsa, built in 1740–1825. and combining the motifs of late classicism and baroque.

Temple history

The temple has a long and complicated history, and there are many inaccuracies in its sources about its construction.

The first mention of the temple of Paraskeva Pyatnitsa dates back to 1668:

The complex of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, better known as the Church of Paraskeva Pyatnitsa, who was considered the patroness of trade, is located on the left bank of the Volga River near the ancient old settlement. Once it was located on the Staritsa Torgovaya Square and, together with the many shopping arcades of the Gostiny Dvor, echoed the ensemble of the Assumption Monastery, located on the other side of the Volga. The townspeople often call the complex a nunnery. However, this is not a monastery, this is a magnificent ensemble of the temple, built in the XVIII-XIX centuries. And even today, despite the deplorable state, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin is one of the sights and visiting cards of the city.

In the background, on a hill - the Ensemble of the Cathedral of Boris and Gleb and the Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands.

The church ensemble is located in the town of Staritsa, Tver Region, on the Old Settlement opposite the Holy Assumption Monastery, located on the opposite bank of the Volga River.

This place was chosen a very long time ago, the first stone church (Michael the Archangel) dates back to 1390.

Then, during the reign of Ivan the Terrible and the heyday of Staritsa, the fortress was rebuilt here and the Borisoglebsky Cathedral was laid.

However, in 1609, during the destruction of Staritsa by the Poles, the cathedral was badly damaged and was almost completely ruined.

New places of worship were erected relatively recently: in 1807 - the Cathedral of Boris and Gleb and in 1827 - the Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands and the bell tower.

During the Great Patriotic War, the temples were badly damaged, then they were used for household needs. The cathedral was opened after restoration in January 2019.

Beautiful panoramic views of the Holy Dormition Monastery.

Церковь Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы (иное более популярное название - храм Параскевы Пятницы на Торгу) – храмовый ансамбль в городе Старице, построенный в 1740–1825 гг. и сочетающий в себе мотивы позднего классицизма и барокко.

История храма

Храм имеет длинную и сложную историю, в его источниках о его строительстве имеется множество неточностей.

Первое упоминание о храме Параскевы Пятницы датируется 1668 годом:

Комплекс храма Рождества Богородицы, более известный как церковь Параскевы Пятницы, считавшейся покровительницей торговли, находится на левом берегу реки Волги рядом с древним старицким городищем. Когда-то он располагался на Торговой площади Старицы и вместе с множеством торговых рядов Гостиного двора перекликался с ансамблем Успенского монастыря, расположенного на другом берегу Волги. Горожане часто называют комплекс женским монастырем. Однако это не монастырь, это великолепный ансамбль храма, построенный в XVIII–XIX вв. И даже в наши дни, несмотря на плачевное состояние, церковь Рождества Богородицы является одной из достопримечательностей и визитных карточек города.

На заднем плане, на возвышенности - Ансамбль собора Бориса и Глеба и церкви Спаса Нерукотворного Образа.

Церковный ансамбль расположен в г. Старица Тверской области на Старом городище напротив Свято-Успенский монастыря, расположенном на противоположном берегу реки Волги.

Место это было облюбовано очень давно, первая каменная церковь (Михаила Архангела) датировалась аж 1390 годом.

Затем, во времена правления Ивана Грозного и расцвета Старицы, здесь заново отстраивается крепость и закладывается Борисоглебский собор.

Однако в 1609 году во время разорения Старицы поляками собор сильно пострадал и практически был полностью руинирован.

Новые культовые сооружения были возведены относительно недавно: в 1807 году - собор Бориса и Глеба и в 1827 году - церковь Спаса Нерукотворного Образа и колокольня.

Во время Великой Отечественной войны храмы сильно пострадали, затем использовались для хозяйственных нужд. Собор открыт после реставрации в январе 2019.

Красивые панорамные виды на Свято-Успенский монастырь.

The town hall was started to built in 1505 by Master Alexander. On the original Gothic foundations, the Renaissance floor and a beautiful bay window were built by the masters Alexius and Ján of Prešov.

The town hall was the seat of the town council, the centre of business, social and cultural life of the townspeople. The ground floor of the town hall served commercial purposes, while the upper floor contained rooms serving the needs of the town council and the town treasury. On the south-west corner of the outer part of the town hall, two hollow town measures, which were used to measure grain and pulses for sale, have been preserved. The municipal coat of arms and the initials of the then alderman were to guarantee the correctness of the measures. On the northern side, below the clock, is the coat of arms of the town and on the southern gable is a stone sculpture of Roland, the knight who protected the town's rights.

There are stone sculptures all around the perimeter of the town hall. They are also under the roof of the Renaissance bay window, where the most curious one is located. The central figure is a boy with his head between his legs and his bottom turned to the square. The origin of the sculpture is said to be that when the town hall was built, the builders and the town council agreed to pay a certain sum of money. The construction was completed by the agreed date, but the town council did not pay the agreed sum. So one of the craftsmen, under cover of night, added a sculpture of a little boy to the bay window, his bare bottom sticking out towards the house where the richtár used to live.

The most valuable parts of the town hall are the architectural details - portals, decorative decoration of the gables, entrance bay, staircase, murals, beamed ceiling in the town hall and painted signs, coats of arms and inscriptions, which document the combination of the late Gothic form with early Renaissance elements. This makes the Bardejov Town Hall the first Renaissance building in Slovakia.

In 1903 the town administration decided to establish a museum in the town hall. Its collections were opened to the public in 1907. Since 1990, an exhibition called "Bardejov - the free royal town" has been installed in the historical department of the Šariš Museum.

www.severovychod.sk/en/trip/bardejov-town-hall-2/

“The townspeople took the prince for dead

When he never returned with the dragon’s head

When with her, he stayed

She thought he’d be too afraid

But he loved her too much instead.”

― Jess C. Scott, Piety, Dragon Poems

Thank you Falconer for helping me find a home for this one! :D

The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist

Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, it is 76 miles north of London, and sits on the banks of the River Nene.

St John the Baptist Church is situated in Cathedral Square and is only a few minutes walk away from Cathedral. Originally the cathedral was for the monks and the church of St John for the townspeople. It is officially designated as Peterborough's parish church and, its vicar bears the title of the Vicar of Peterborough. The current building was constructed in 1402, with a major restoration in 1819.