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The Lobkowicz Palace today
The Palais Lobkowitz (also: Palais Lobkowitz-Dietrichstein) is a Baroque palace in the first Viennese district Innere Stadt. It is located on the square that was named after it on Lobkowitzplatz and is one of the oldest palaces in Vienna. The palace is the first major Baroque city palace after the second Turkish siege, when the nobility did not have to invest its money for military purposes only.
The facade of the palace, unlike its interior, still largely preserved in its original state from the time of construction.
History
The Palais Lobkowitz (left) in 1760, painted by Canaletto
Staircase
The today Lobkowitz square was to 1716 called Pig market, since by the end of the 17th Century the Viennese "hop-picking" was held. This was at the time also a Viennese execution site.
The original house on the site of today's palace was sold by Leopold Freiherr von Felß to the imperial Oberststallmeister (Colonel Stable Master) Philipp Count Sigmund von Dietrichstein in 1685. The Count also bought the adjacent bathhouse and let both buildings demolishing. 1685-1687 it was then the present palace built by Giovanni Pietro Tencala. Stonemason Ambrose Regondi from Kaisersteinbruch supplied hard stone quarry for the steps of the main staircase.
The Family Dietrichstein later commissioned several rebuildings of the palace. 1709 Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach for the main portal found in Vienna a unique solution, it was surmounted by an ornate, three-dimensional bow tiara. These carvings were by Giovanni Battista Passerini and Elias Hügel from Kaisersteinbruch carried out. Son Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach also was awarded a contract.
After several changes of ownership (including Wenzel Count Gallas), the palace in 1745 by Ferdinand Philipp Fürst von Lobkowitz was purchased. The palace was from then on until 1980 in the possession of the Lobkowicz family.
At the turn of the 19th Century Ludwig van Beethoven was a frequent guest in the palace, as the former owner Franz Joseph Maximilian von Lobkowitz was an important patron of the composer. Beethoven dedicated his third Symphony (originally appropriated Napoleon and therefore called "Eroica"). In 1804 it was (what was later called the "Eroica Hall") in the ballroom of the palace under the direction of Beethoven performed for the first time in Vienna.
After two concerts in the Winter Riding School of the Vienna Hofburg on 29 November and 3 December 1812 established Friends of Music a Society of Friends of Music (now known worldwide as the Wiener Musikverein). At the Palais Lobkowitz was the list available in which on the foundation membership interested could inscribe. The first office of the company was in the palace.
During the Congress of Vienna many festivals and balls were held in the Palais. Around the middle of the 19th Century moved the headquarters of the Lobkowicz family to the ancestral castle Raudnitz north of Prague and gave the palace in Vienna free to hire.
1869 to 1909 the house was exploited as a French Embassy. 1919-1938 here was Czechoslovak Legation housed, 1939-1945 (after adaptation by Josef Hoffmann), the "House of Fashion". After the Second World War the house was used as the seat of the Viennese Institut français. In 1980 the palace was finally purchased by the state and founded in 1991, after extensive renovation, the Austrian Theatre Museum (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Museum of Art History In Vienna Association of the Scientific Institute) used.
Three generations of Graf skates. The skates at the top are Supra 707 from the early 90's. The skates in the middle are from around 2005. I just picked up the skates at the bottom (Ultra G7) - this is the follow-up model of the 707.
I've had the G7s baked (a first for me) and can't wait to get them on the ice (2 more weeks...)
An update on the Ultra G7s (February 2013):
They've held up really well. Really comfortable and definitely worth their price. Having had them baked was a definite bonus. They felt "broken in" after skating on them for about 2 hours. (It took several months with my original 707s until they were the way I wanted them.) They also don't have the tendency to be really soaked with sweat after using them like the older 707s did.
The only issue I've had was a cracked blade (in 2012). Luckily it's dead easy to replace the runner. Simply remove the screw at the rear and the blade comes out. Insert the new one, sharpen it and you're back in business.
I really like the way the boot wraps around the top of my foot without being too tight. I used Bauer skates for years, but I never had the degree of control or comfort I've had with the 707 and in particular the G7 skates. Furthermore, Bauer skates always had the tendency to hurt my feet - especially when just standing (as opposed to moving). My feet just really seem to agree with Graf skates. I recommend them if you can get them (they can be difficult to find in stores).
Cliveden
(aka Cliveden House)
There have been three houses on the site.
The first house, built in 1666, burned down in 1795. The second house, built in 1824, burned down in 1849. The present house, built in 1851, by the architect Charles Barry for the 2nd Duke of Sutherland.
Cliveden has been the home to a Prince of Wales, two Dukes, an Earl, and finally the Viscounts Astor. As the home of Nancy Astor, wife of the 2nd Viscount Astor, Cliveden was the meeting place of the Cliveden Set of the 1920s and 1930s—a group of political intellectuals.
Later, during the early 1960s, when it was the home of the 3rd Viscount Astor, it became the setting for key events of the notorious Profumo affair.
The house was passed to The National Trust in 1942 with the condition that the family would continue to live there.
The Astor family stopped living at Cliveden in the 1970s.
The house is surrounded by 376 acres of gardens and woodland that are always open to National Trust visitors.
The house is currently on lease to a company that operates the estate as a luxurious, five-star, Relais & Châteaux hotel and is generally not open to National Trust Visitors.
Grade I Listed
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/oxfordshire-buckinghamshir...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliveden
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profumo_affair
The Clock Tower
by Henry Clutton, London
1861
A prominent and historical landmark located in the grounds of Cliveden.
Described by the architectural critic Nikolaus Pevsner as "the epitome of Victorian flamboyance and assertiveness."
Commissioned by the 2nd Duke of Sutherland, who owned Cliveden at that time.
The tower was part of the Duke’s vision to enhance the grandeur of the estate and to illustrate his wealth and status.
Originally intended to serve as a water tower supplying water to the estate. Over time it became more of an ornamental feature but it is still a functional water tower that provides water to the house.
The structure is built in the Italianate style and is notable for its elaborate design and the use of gold leaf.
Topped with a gilded ball and a weathervane which adds to the decorative appeal.
The clock was made by the famous clockmaker James McCabe of the London firm McCabe & Sons.
The tower stands at 100 ft making it a prominent feature on the estate’s skyline.
Grade II* Listed
Three Arch Rocks from Cape Meares, Oregon.
In 1907 Theodore Roosevelt designated Three Arch Rocks as the first National Wildlife Refuge on the west coast of the United States in order to protect nesting seabird populations.
'Three Sisters of Sedona...'
Three Exposure HDR - Canon 7D, 1/160 s, 1/80 s, 1/40 s @ f/13, ISO 100, EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM @ 24mm. NIK HDR Efex Pro 2 - Custom Profile, NIK Viviza - Control Point adjustments for alternate blue renderings. All Rights Reserved 2013 LouisAnnImage
If you fly in Europe often enough, you'll eventually accumulate a collection of these little liqueur bottles. I almost never drink their contents, but I love their shapes and colors.
The subjects are primarily lit from below, with accent lighting provided by an LP120 through a soft-box positioned high camera right. For the under-lighting, I cut three holes in a sheet of construction paper and placed one bottle over each hole. I sat the bottles and construction paper on a glass tabletop and fired an SB-600 from below. The shot was taken with my Tamron 90/2.8 macro lens at f/16.
I composed this image for the Strobist Sundays theme "lighting from below."
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I see the wall as a kind of ocean, a sea of sacrifice that is overwhelming and nearly incomprehensible in the sweep of names. I place these figures upon the shore of that sea, gazing upon it, standing vigil before it, reflecting the human face of it, the human heart. The portrayal of the figures is consistent with history. They wear the uniform and carry the equipment of war; they are young. The contrast between the innocence of their youth and the weapons of war underscores the poignancy of their sacrifice. There is about them the physical contact and sense of unity that bespeaks the bonds of love and sacrifice that is the nature of men at war. And yet they are each alone. Their strength and their vulnerability are both evident. Their true heroism lies in these bonds of loyalty in the face of their awareness and their vulnerability. ~ Frederick Hart
helsinki, 1932
sculptor: felix nylund
for more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Smiths_Statue
Seen at the
Queen Victoria Building, Sydney NSW, Australia
Image shot with a Baker Rouse Anastigmat Series III (sn 893) lens with an approx. 17cm focal length mounted on a Nikon D800.
Sequence: Baker Rouse Anastigmat Series III; M42 36–90mm focussing helicoid, 39–42mm stepup ring, a M39 to Nikon F adapter, Nikon-mount extension tubes (12mm DG) and Meike N-AF 46–68mm focussing helicoid; Nikon D800—Part of the Antique Camera Simulator project.
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Considering the probable rudimentary camera Nick was using in the mid 1970s this is not half a bad picture of three peaks in the same frame taken at Plymouth looking west from platform five. The Challenge is to identify when and what. The where bit is the easy bit for me. No writing on the print so I will kick start the guessing game and by seeing what prints Nick has I would say 1976-78, late or early in the year with the low shadows, and likely the 1V71 Leeds - Penzance 'Cornishman' just after 14.00 which always used platform 4. Now the freight I'm not so sure about as there was no freight due around early to mid afternoon that I recall then. Bit of a tall order but can anyone of that era assist in the challenge ?
From, The Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas Merton:
There were three friends
Discussing life.
One said:
"Can men live together
And know nothing of it?
Work together
And produce nothing?
Can they fly around in space
And forget to exist
World without end?"
The three friends looked at each other
And burst out laughing.
They had no explanation.
Thus they were better friends than before.
Three different classes of Amtrak passenger cars can be seen passing a grain train in the siding at Olmsted Falls, Ohio. In the foreground are Amfleet II coaches. Toward the rear of the train are a pair of Viewliner sleepers. Splicing these cars is a Heritage fleet dining car. The heritage diners are expected to be replaced by Viewliner diners that were under construction when this photo was made in August 2014.
Photograph taken at an altitude of One hundred and thirty one metres, at 10:59am on Wednesday 11th September 2013 during torrential rain showers, off the A821 Duke's Pass on the Three Loch's Achray Forrest Drive, beside Loch Achray, where the River Turk feeds into it's Southern forest edge.
Loch Achray is a small but extremely beautiful loch right at the heart of the Trossachs and only a mile from its larger neighbour, Loch Katrine. A popular fishing loch for brown trout, sea trout, perch, pike and salmon, it is situated near Callander where we were staying at the Abbotsford Lodge, in the Stirling Council area of Scotland.
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Nikon D800 15mm 1/125s f/8.0 iso200 RAW (14-bit) Handheld
Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED IF. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL15 batteries. Sandisc 32GB Ultra Class 10 30MB/s SDHC. Nikon DK-17a magnifying eyepiece. Hoodman HGEC soft eyepiece cup. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit.
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LATITUDE: N 56d 12m 57.72s
LONGITUDE: W 4d 21m 0.92s
ALTITUDE: 131.0m
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19760828_F08516 Three brothers
My wedding in August 1976, at Nasinu, Suva, Fiji. All pics taken with my Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II, Takumar 50mm lens, and a Sunpak 3400 Hammerhead flash unit. Shot on Kodachrome 64 slide film
#6165
Three Days Grace
7 juillet 2014
Scène Loto-Québec, Place de la Francophonie
(Crédit: Francis Gagnon)
A moment of stillness in a universe of chaos. The Three-Body Problem tells us that stability is an illusion—every system is one small perturbation away from unpredictability.
Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 9.1-91mm f2.8-5.9 Asph
The Leadenhall Building, the Scalpel, and 20 Fenchurch Street stand prominently against a bright blue sky filled with scattered clouds. These modern skyscrapers dominate the financial district of London, showcasing distinct geometric designs and glass facades. The unique shapes of these towers create a striking contrast against the shifting patterns of light and shadow from the clouds above. This view captures the dense urban architecture found in the heart of the city near Southwark.
Three Clay county Sheriff's office units sit at the CCSO Cow town Substation on NM 323 . These three units show the three different designs that CCSO have had since 1994. First is this 1998 Ford expedition this was the CCSO design from 1994 to 2007 . 5 units in this design are still in service. Second is a 2008 Ford CVPI design from 2007 to 2012 Last is a 2013 Dodge Ram 2500 in the 2012 to ? design. .
Three things in this view at Altoona that cannot be repeated: One, the SD60 variant still in blue paint nearly 10 years after Norfolk Southern and CSX acquired their respective portions of Conrail. Two, the PRR position-light signals protecting the interlocking. And three, the venerable Alto Tower, in continuous service for more than a century and retired along with the signals, now just a vacant trackside hulk.
Many of my Flickr and Facebook friends are native to Colombia, South America, and are one of the 24 children and their descendants of the Cancino sisters, Antonietta, Bertha, and Ines. This rare photo, taken by me in 1977, captures them together in Hamden, Connecticut.
A vanilla butter cake with vanilla buttercream icing for a little boy's second birthday. The inspiration and design of the cake came from his favourite book's cover. Sean just loved the cake, and it was so nice to see his little face light up when he saw it.
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This is a short-long report on the feast that the country of Trecastagni (Sicily) celebrates in honor of the Three Saints Martyred Brothers Alfio, Cirino and Filadelfo, which takes place every year on 10 May at the Sanctuary with the same name (probably the name of the village of Trecastagni takes its origin from the three brothers: Tres Casti Agni, may be come from Three Mild Lambs). In the night between nine and 10 May, hundreds of devotees come to the shrine to ask a favor, or in thanksgiving for favors received: many devotees come carrying a lighted candle on their shoulders, some devotees are barefoot, others called " i nuri "(the nudes) that can be stripped to the waist, but also have a white shirt with a red sash over his shoulder. Devotees arrive on foot at night, coming from near and far towns (even 30 or 40 km)
The three brothers, Alfio, Cirino and Philadelphus, were the sons of two nobles who had embraced the Christian faith, we are near the end of the year 251 in Vaste (Lecce); the three brothers to have declared to be their of Christian religion, they were brought in chains to Rome, in an attempt to get them to desist from that their conviction; then they were brought in Pozzuoli, and then in Sicily (at each stage was followed by an interrogation in a vain attempt to get them to change the religion in which they firmly believed). In Sicily they underwent a process in Taormina (Messina), they went from Trecastagni (Catania), and finally arrived in Lentini (Syracuse) where they were killed May 10 by 253: Alfio was torn tongue, making it the patron saint of dumb people; he was 22 years and 7 months; Philadelphus was burned on a burning grill, he was 21; Cirino who was 19 years and eight months, was immersed in a kettle full of boiling oil.
The feast of Saint Alfio of Trecastagni is characterized by the arrival of many typical Sicilian carts, from stalls selling votive objects and not, and the sale of fragrant bouquets of fresh garlic.
This my report was produced in two years (2014 and 2015).
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Questo è un report breve e lungo, che ho realizzato nell'arco di due anni (2014 e 2015) sulla festa che si tiene nel paese di Trecastagni (Sicilia - CT), e che si celebra in onore dei tre fratelli martiri Alfio, Filadelfo e Cirino, e che, pur avendo luogo dall'1 fino al 17 Maggio, trova la sua massima espressione il 10, quando le statue dei Tre Santi Fratelli, che si trovano nel Santuario, di antiche origini Normanne, vengono esposte al pubblico (la cosiddetta "svelata") poichè vengono aperti i battenti della cosiddetta "cameretta", entro la quale restano per tutto l'anno (tranne in questa occasione, dal 10 Maggio, fino alla prima domenica di Giugno). Sembra che il paese di Trecastagni deve questo nome poichè vi passarono i Tre Fratelli: Trecastagni potrebbe essere una forma contratta del termine latino "tres casti agni", ovvero tre casti agnelli. Durante la notte, tra il 9 ed il 10 di Maggio, centinaia di devoti giungono dai paesi viciniori, percorrendo a piedi anche lunghe tratte (anche 30 o 40 Km), spesso con ceri votivi più o meno pesanti, arrivando quindi al santuario chi per chiedere una intercessione, chi per ringraziare di una grazia ricevuta, chi semplicemente per pregare e partecipare a questo sentito appuntamento; alcuni devoti camminano scalzi in segno di pentimento e devozione, ci sono anche i devoti chiamati "nudi" che indossano solo un pantaloncino (a volte indossando una maglietta bianca), con una fascia rossa sul torace ed un cero votivo acceso portato in spalla; spesso questi devoti, giunti nel Santuario, vengono colti da una violenta emozione, che li porta a spendere le loro ultime energie, correndo verso l'altare, a volte implorando a voce alta l'intercessione dei Tre Fratelli in un dialogo "a tu per tu".
I tre fratelli, Alfio, Filadelfo e Cirino, erano i figli di due patrizi che avevano abbracciato la fede Cristiana, siamo verso la fine dell'anno 251 in quel di Vaste (Lecce); l'essersi dichiarati, i tre fratelli, di fede cristiana, fu per loro causa di condanna, per cui furono portati in catene dapprima a Roma, nel tentativo di farli desistere da quel loro convincimento; poi furono portati a Pozzuoli, e quindi in Sicilia (ad ogni tappa faceva seguito un interrogatorio nel vano tentativo di farli recedere da quel culto Cristiano nel quale credevano fermamente). In Sicilia subirono un processo a Taormina (Messina), passarono quindi da Trecastagni (Catania), ed infine giunsero a Lentini (Siracusa) ove li vennero trucidati il 10 maggio del 253: ad Alfio venne strappata la lingua, diventando così il Santo Patrono delle persone affette da mutismo, aveva 22 anni e 7 mesi; Filadelfo fu bruciato su di una graticola ardente, aveva 21 anni; Cirino che aveva 19 anni ed 8 mesi, venne immerso in una caldaia colma di olio bollente.
La festa di S. Alfio di Trecastagni si caratterizza anche per altre tradizioni: si assiste all'arrivo di molti coloratissimi e pittoreschi carretti siciliani, si assiste ad una gara di spettacolari fuochi pirotecnici, c'è la vendita di mazzi profumatissimi di aglio fresco (cu và a Sant'Affiu e nun ccatta l'agghi, quannu gira 'a casa trova l'imbrogghi ...); piacevolissimo è camminare nella via principale del paese letteralmente presa d'assalto da bancarelle che vendono oggetti-generi alimentari di ogni tipo e genere.
Three portals lead to the Challenge of Separation. Over each of the portals is a glyph of either an eye, a hammer, or a feather. The eye focuses on brain-based skills to get through, the hammer is physical strength, and the feather is physical dexterity and stealth.
I used multi-colored LED tea lights and fake spider webs for the smoky portals.