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Rila Monastery / Rila Mountains / Bulgaria
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The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.
Georges Simenon (Belgian author, 1903 - 1987).
Westlake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province/China. UNESCO World Heritage site.
Hope you've all had happy holidays. Thank you for stopping by.
Das Bürohaus wurde von 1927 bis 1943 in drei Bauabschnitten von Hans und Oskar Gerson und Fritz Höger erbaut
Zollverein 1/2/8 Essen-Stoppenberg 29.07.1991.
18.Februar 1847 Teufbeginn Schacht 1, 1851 in Betrieb.
1850 Teufbeginn Schacht 2, 1852 in Betrieb.
Über beide Schächte wurden 2 äußerlich gleiche Malakow-Türme aufgebaut.
1906 wurde der Malakow-Turm über Schacht 1 durch ein deutsches Strebengerüst ersetzt.
1958 erhielt Schacht 1 das jetzige Gerüst in Vollwandbauweise.
1922 wurde auch der Malakow-Turm über Schacht 2 durch ein Strebengerüst ersetzt.
1964 erhielt Schacht 2 den demontierten Schachtturm von Schacht 2 der Zeche Friedlicher Nachbar.
1968 Überführung des Bergwerks Zollverein in die Bergbau AG Essen der Ruhrkohle AG (RAG).
1974 Verbund mit der Zeche Holland in Wattenscheid.
Ab 1982 Förderverbund mit der Zeche Nordstern in Gelsenkirchen-Horst zu Nordstern-Zollverein.
23. Dezember 1986 Fördereinstellung auf Bergwerk Zollverein
2001 zusammen mit Anlage Schacht 12 Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Germany, ruhrarea
A little stone bridge in the Pena Park, which surrounds the Palácio da Pena (in English: "Pena Palace"), Sintra, Portugal
Some background information:
The Palácio da Pena is a Romanticist castle in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the Portuguese municipality of Sintra, located about 30 kilmetres (18.6 miles) to the northwest of the Portuguese capital city of Lisbon. The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area. It is a national monument and constitutes one of the major expressions of 19th-century Romanticism in the world. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the so-called Seven Wonders of Portugal. It is also used for state occasions by the President of the Portuguese Republic and other government officials.
The castle's history started in the Middle Ages when a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Pena was built on the top of the hill above Sintra. According to tradition, construction occurred after an apparition of the Virgin Mary. In 1493, John II, accompanied by his wife Leonor of Viseu, made a pilgrimage to the site to fulfill a vow. His successor, Manuel I, was also very fond of this sanctuary, and ordered the construction of a monastery on this site which was donated to the Order of Saint Jerome. For centuries Pena was a small, quiet place for meditation, which housed just a maximum of eighteen monks.
In the 18th century, the monastery was severely damaged by lightning. However, it was the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, occurring shortly afterwards, that took the heaviest toll on the monastery, reducing it to ruins. Nonetheless, the chapel escaped without significant damage. For many decades the ruins remained untouched, but they still astonished young Prince Ferdinand. In 1838, as Ferdinand II, King of Portugal, he decided to acquire the old monastery, all of the surrounding lands, the nearby Castle of the Moors and a few other estates in the area. Ferdinand II then set out to transform the remains of the monastery into a palace that would serve as a summer residence for the Portuguese royal family.
The commission for the Romantic style palace was given to the German mining engineer and architect Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege. The construction took place between 1842 and 1854, although it was almost completed in 1847. King Ferdinand and Queen Maria II intervened decisively on matters of decoration and symbolism. Among others, the King suggested vault arches, medieval and Islamic elements to be included, and he also designed an ornate window for the main façade.
After the death of Ferdinand the palace passed into the possession of his second wife Elisa Hensler, Countess of Edla. The latter then sold the palace to King Luís, who wanted to retrieve it for the royal family, and thereafter the huge building was frequently used by the family. In 1889 it was purchased by the Portuguese State, and after the Republican Revolution of 1910 it was classified as a national monument and transformed into a museum. The last queen of Portugal, Queen Amélia, spent her last night at the palace before leaving the country in exile.
The palace quickly drew visitors and became one of Portugal's most visited monuments. Over time the colors of the red and yellow façades faded, and for many years the palace was visually identified as being entirely gray. By the end of the 20th century the palace was repainted and the original colors restored. In 1995, the palace and the rest of the Cultural Landscape of Sintra were classified as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO.
The Palácio da Pena has a profusion of styles much in accordance with the exotic taste of the Romanticism. The intentional mixture of eclectic styles includes the Neo-Gothic, Neo-Manueline, Neo-Islamic and Neo-Renaissance. Much of this has been evident since major renovations in the 1840s. References to other prominent Portuguese buildings, such as the Belém Tower, are also present.
The Palácio da Pena is completely surrounded by the Pena Park, a vast forested area spreading for over 200 hectares of uneven terrain. The park was created at the same time as the palace by King Ferdinand II, who was assisted in this task by the barons von Eschwege and von Kessler. The exotic taste of the Romanticism was applied to the park as it was to the palace.
The King ordered trees from diverse, distant lands to be planted there. Those included North American sequoia, Lawson's cypress, magnolia and Western redcedar, Chinese ginkgo, Japanese Cryptomeria, and a wide variety of ferns and tree ferns from Australia and New Zealand, concentrated in the Queen's Fern Garden (Feteira da Rainha). The park has a labyrinthic system of paths and narrow roads, connecting the palace to the many points of interest throughout the park, as well as to its two gated exits.
Well, usually I obstain from stating my own opinion about a location, but this time, I have to: The Palácio da Pena is truly a great sight, but was it worth the trip? No, not at all: 1) The palace is in rather poor condition, with the colour peeling off from the walls and the interior being in desperate need of restoration. 2) The incredible rush of visitors made it one of the most constricting experiences, I ever underwent. And although visitors have to book a time slot for their visit, I couldn’t avoid the impression that all time slots were absolutely overbooked. In my opinion, just a quarter of the visitors would still have been too much.
3) Because of that, visitors have to queue up for quite a long time to get inside and afterwards walk in single file through the palace, always being in physical contact with each other. And 4) the signposting in the gardens is a complete disaster and practically non-existent. So be careful, as you might get lost in the park. All in all, I can only give you the advice, to forgo the Palácio da Pena. For me and my wife, it was a rather bitter disappointment.
UNESCO-Welterbe: Hallstatt mit Hallstätter See in Österreich
UNESCO World Heritage: Hallstatt at Hallstatt lake, Austria, Europe
Hallstatt ist eine Marktgemeinde mit 795 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Jänner 2013) im Salzkammergut im Bundesland Oberösterreich in Österreich und liegt am Hallstätter See. Zusammen mit dem Dachstein und dem Inneren Salzkammergut gehört es zum UNESCO-Welterbe. Nach Funden in einem ausgedehnten Gräberfeld oberhalb des Ortes wird ein Zeitabschnitt der älteren Eisenzeit als Hallstattzeit bezeichnet. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstatt
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Hallstatt, Upper Austria, is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See (a lake). At the 2013 census, it had 795 inhabitants. Hallstatt is known for its production of salt in Greek (Hals)or (Halas), dating back to prehistoric times, and gave its name to the Hallstatt culture, a culture often linked to Celtic, Proto-Celtic, and pre-Illyrian peoples in Early Iron Age Europe, c.800–450 BCE. Some of the earliest archaeological evidence for the Celts was found in Hallstatt.
Zollverein 12 (Albert Vögler) Essen-Stoppenberg 29.07.1991.
1928 Baubeginn als Zentralschachtanlage Schacht 12 für 12 000 TaTo.
1930 Errichtung Doppelbockfördergerüst.
Gestaltung der Schachtanlage durch die Industriearchitekten Fritz Schupp und Martin Kremmer.
1937 Umbenennung Schacht 12 in "Schacht Albert".
1941 Umbenennung Schacht 12 in "Schacht Albert Vögler".
Damals modernste und "schönste" Zeche der Welt.
1968 (bis 1986) in die Bergbau AG Essen der RAG (Ruhrkohle AG).
Ab 1982 Verbundbergwerk Nordstern-Zollverein.
23. Dezember 1986 Fördereinstellung.
Schacht 2 und 12 offen für die Wasserhaltung.
Seit 2001 UNESCO-Welterbe.
Route der Industriekultur.
Industriedenkmal.
Germany, ruhrarea
Die Alhambra ist eine Stadtburg (kasbah) auf dem Sabikah-Hügel in Granada. Sie gilt als das bedeutendste Beispiel des maurischen Stils der islamischen Kunst und ist eine der meistbesuchten Touristenattraktionen Europas
1238 verlegte der erste Nasridenherrscher, Mohammed I. seine Residenz nach Granada und begründete seine eigene Dynastie, die Nasriden, die bis 1492 über das Emirat von Granada herrschte. Mohammad veranlasste den Bau der Zitadelle auf dem Gelände der heutigen Alhambra. Die Befestigung der Alcazaba (Oberstadt) wurde im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert errichtet.
Der letzte maurische Herrscher Mohammad XII. (kapitulierte nach langer Belagerung im November 1491 und übergab die Festung am 2. Januar 1492 an die Katholischen Könige (spanisch Reyes Católicos). Damit fiel die letzte Bastion der Mauren in Spanien.
Die Alhambra ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Die Alhambra ist eine Stadtburg (kasbah) auf dem Sabikah-Hügel in Granada. Sie gilt als das bedeutendste Beispiel des maurischen Stils der islamischen Kunst und ist eine der meistbesuchten Touristenattraktionen Europas
1238 verlegte der erste Nasridenherrscher, Mohammed I. seine Residenz nach Granada und begründete seine eigene Dynastie, die Nasriden, die bis 1492 über das Emirat von Granada herrschte. Mohammad veranlasste den Bau der Zitadelle auf dem Gelände der heutigen Alhambra. Die Befestigung der Alcazaba (Oberstadt) wurde im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert errichtet.
Der letzte maurische Herrscher Mohammad XII. (kapitulierte nach langer Belagerung im November 1491 und übergab die Festung am 2. Januar 1492 an die Katholischen Könige (spanisch Reyes Católicos). Damit fiel die letzte Bastion der Mauren in Spanien.
Die Alhambra ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Stephen I of Hungary / Fisherman's Bastion / Budapest / Hungary
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Gardens and east façade of the Château royal d'Amboise with the Loire River in the background, Amboise, Porte de l’Amasse
Some background information:
The Château royal d'Amboise is a palace situated on a spur above the town of Amboise. It is located in the Loire Valley in the department of Indre-et-Loire, about 25 km (15 miles) east of the city of Tours.
The strategic qualities of the site were already recognised in pre-Roman times, when it was used to build a Gallic oppidum. In the 9th century the oppidum was converted into a castle by Ingelgarius, viscount of Orléans, who controlled the area after having married Adelais, a member of the family that controlled it previously. Ingelgarius was succeeded by his son Fulk the Red, who later became Count of Anjou. After Fulk had expanded his territory, Amboise, Loches, and Villentrois formed the core of his possessions, but Amboise still lay on the eastern frontier of his holdings.
In 987, the town and its castle descended through the family to Fulk III (also known as Fulk the Black). Fulk had to contend with the ambitions of Odo I, Count of Blois, who wanted to expand his own territory into Anjou. He attempted to isolate and threaten the castles of Amboise and Loches by erecting fortifications at Chaumont and Montsoreau while garrisoning the town of Saint-Aignan.
Expanded and improved in the course of the centuries, the Château d'Amboise was seized by King Charles VII of France in 1434, after its owner, Louis d'Amboise, Viscount of Thours, was convicted of plotting and condemned to be executed. However, the king pardoned him but took his castle. Once in royal hands, the château became a favourite of French kings, from Louis XI to Francis I.
Charles VIII decided to rebuild it extensively, beginning in 1492 at first in the French late Gothic Flamboyant style and then after 1495 employing two Italian mason-builders, Domenico da Cortona and Fra Giocondo, who provided at Amboise some of the first Renaissance decorative motifs seen in French architecture. Following the Italian War from 1494 to 1495, Charles turned the Château d'Amboise into "the first Italianate palace in France". In 1498, Charles died at Château d'Amboise after hitting his head on a door lintel.
During the first years of the reign of King Francis I the château reached the pinnacle of its glory. In 1515, Leonardo da Vinci came to the palace as a guest of the king. He lived and worked in the nearby Château du Clos Lucé, just a few hundred metres away from Château d'Amboise and connected to it by an underground passage. After his death on death on 2nd May 1519, da Vinci was buried in the Chapel of St. Florentin, originally located approximately 100 metres northeast of the Chapel of St. Hubert that lays within the stone fortifications of the Château d'Amboise, where his remains were brought to in 1874.
Henry II, the successor of Francis I, and his wife, Catherine de' Medici, raised their children in the Château d'Amboise, along with Mary Stuart, the child Queen of Scotland who had been promised in marriage to the future French King Francis II.
In 1560, during the French Wars of Religion, a conspiracy by members of the Huguenot House of Bourbon against the House of Guise that virtually ruled France in the name of the young Francis II was uncovered by the Count of Guise and stifled by a series of hangings, which took a month to carry out. By the time it was finished, 1200 Protestants were gibbetted, strung from the town walls, hung from the iron hooks that held pennants and tapestries on festive occasions and from the very balcony of the royal rooms. The court soon had to leave the town because of the smell of corpses. Those events went down in history as the Amboise conspiracy.
The abortive peace of Amboise was signed at Amboise in March 1563, between Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, who had been implicated in the conspiracy to abduct the king, and Catherine de' Medici. The "edict of pacification", as it was termed, authorised Protestant services only in chapels of seigneurs and justices, with the stipulation that such services had to be held outside the walls of towns. However, neither side was satisfied with this compromise.
Following this first French War of Religion, Amboise never returned to royal favour. The French kings moved their royal seat back to Paris and used the palace only as an occasional hunting château. At the beginning of the 17th century, the property passed into the hands of Gaston d'Orleans, the brother of the Bourbon King Louis XIII. After his death it returned to the Crown and was turned into a prison during the Fronde, a series of civil wars. Under King Louis XIV it held disgraced minister Nicolas Fouquet and the Duke of Lauzun.
Louis XV made a gift of it to his minister, the Duke of Choiseul, who had recently purchased the Château de Chanteloup to the west. During the French Revolution, the greater part of the château was demolished and it was even more demoslished due to an engineering assessment commissioned by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in the early 19th century.
Since 1840, the Château d'Amboise has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. King Louis-Philippe began restoring it during his reign but with his abdication in 1848, the château was confiscated by the government. The captive Emir Abd Al-Qadir, who resisted the French colonisation of Algeria, and an entourage of family and retainers were transferred to Château d'Amboise in November 1848. In 1852, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, then president and later king, visited Abd al-Qadir at Amboise to give him the news of his release.
In 1873, Louis-Philippe’s heirs were given control of the property and a major effort to repair it was made. During the German invasion in 1940 the château was damaged once again. Today, the present Count of Paris, descendant of Louis-Philippe, repairs and maintains the château through the foundation Saint-Louis. Since 2000, the Château royal d'Amboise belongs to the UNESCO Word Heritage Site "The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes" with its many breathtaking châteaux. Altogether there are more than 400 of them in the Loire region.
The town of Amboise is located on the banks of the Loire River in the administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire and has more than 12,500 residents. In pre-Roman times there used to be a Gallic oppidum on the site, which was taken over by the Romans later. Today, Amboise is mainly renowned for its beautiful old town, but also for its altogether three châteaus: the Château royal d'Amboise, the Château Château du Clos Lucé (the former residence of Leonardo da Vinci) and the Château Gaillard.
A forth château, the Château de Chanteloup was destroyed by an act of incendiarism in 1823 and never rebuild. Only a part of the garden and some of its features have survived, of which the most important is the Pagoda of Chanteloup. But both region and town are also renowned for their cuisine. How about a poultry ballotine, a slice of Sainte Maure goat cheese or rillettes de canard together with a glass of sweet white wine from the Tourraine wine-growing region? That’s French art de vivre, to enjoy without any moderation.
Schloss Freudenstein in Freiberg in Sachsen, Bestandteil des UNESCO-Welterbes Montanregion Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří
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Die Pferche, im Walliser Dialekt "Färricha" genannt, wird für die Schafscheid gebraucht. Am "Scheidtag" trennen die Züchter ihrer Schafe mit Hilfe der Haupt- und Nebenpferche. Das Scheiden endet nach der Aufnahme des genauen Schafbestandes jedes Eigentümers durch den Burgersäckelmeister.
Pueblo Bonito, a Chacoan Great House, occupied AD 850 - 1250s.
Chaco Canyon Historical Site, New Mexico.
Die Hamburger Speicherstadt ist der weltgrößte historische Lagerhauskomplex, gelegen im Hamburger Hafen. Sie umfasst das Gebiet zwischen Baumwall und Oberhafen. Seit 1991 steht sie unter Denkmalschutz und ist seit dem 5. Juli 2015 mit dem benachbarten Kontorhausviertel unter dem Namen Speicherstadt und Kontorhausviertel mit Chilehaus auf der Liste des UNESCO-Welterbes eingetragen.
Von Compatsch zum Schlernhaus. Von dort zum Tierseralpl. Jetzt über die Rosszahnscharte zurück an den Ausgangsort.
The very early getting up was worth it. It is quiet and you only see a few people. When the first rays of sunshine reach the dunes - then everything was right.
Der Torre de Belém befindet sich in Lissabon an der Tejomündung. Er wird zu den herausragenden Bauwerke des manuelinischen Stil gezählt. Der 35 m hohe Turm wurde 1521 fertiggestellt. Er versinnbildlichte als Leuchtturm die Glanzzeit der portugiesischen Seeimperiums. Der Turm zählt zum UNESCO Weltkulturerbe.
The Torre de Belém is located in Lisbon on the Tagus estuary. He is counted among the most outstanding monuments of the Manueline style. The 35 m high tower was completed 1521st. This lighthouse symbolized the heyday of the Portuguese naval empire. The tower is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Das Kloster wurde im 16. Jhdt mit einer Bauzeit von 70 Jahren errichtet. Es gilt als Hauptwerk der "Manuelinik", einer portugiesischen Variante der Spätgotik, die auch Elemente der Renaissance enthält.
Im zweistöckigen Kreuzgang verbinden sich Elemente aus dem Abendland, dem Orient und Fernost.
Belem ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Shohizinda ist ein Grabkomplex, der rund um das vermutete Grab eines Weggefährten des Propheten ab dem 7. Jhdt entstanden ist. Da dies das einzige Grab eines Vertrauten des Propheten in Timurs Reich war, ließ er seine engsten Verwandten und Freunde dort begraben. Dank dieser Entwicklung wuchs Shohizinda im 14. Jhdt zu einer Mustersammlung timuridischer Bau- und Handwerkskunst in ihrer höchsten Blüte.
Samarkand wurde etwa 750 v. Chr. gegründet. Der mongolische Herrscher Timur machte Samarkand zur 1369 zur Hauptstadt seines Großreichs und baute die Stadt zu einer der schönsten und bedeutendsten Metropolen seiner Zeit aus.
Die Altstadt von Samarkand ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
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Dear Flickr friends / followers sorry I leave you today with a lot of pictures but this is because I want to finish the series today, tonight I will have three beautiful places that are really worth :-)
Der Hippodrom ist ein Teil des großen flavischen Kaiserpalasts auf dem Palatin in Rom. Er wurde von Kaiser Titus Flavius Domitianus (Domitian) errichtet.
The Hippodrome is a part of the great Flavian Imperial Palace on the Palatine in Rome. It was built by Emperor Titus Flavius Domitianus (Domitian).
A section of the famous formal Renaissance gardens of the Château de Villandry, Loire Valley, France
Some background information:
The Château de Villandry is a large château located in the village of Villandry, in the French department of Indre-et-Loire. The palace sits in the Val de Loire in the former Touraine region, about 15 km (9.3 miles) to the southwest of the city of Tours. Both village and Château de Villandry are also situated on the Cher River Cher and Villandry is the last commune before the Cher River issues into the Loire River.
In medieval times, a stronghold named Colombier stood on the spot of today’s Château de Villandry. It was built in the 12th century and in 1189, it was that fortress, where the English King Henry II Plantagenet signed the Peace of Colombier after his defeat by King Philip II of France. In the early 16th century, the estate was acquired by the nobleman Jean Le Breton. He was the minister of finance of the then French King Francis I and also the Controller-General for War.
After having bought the lands, De Breton had the old Gothic castle torn down. Only the foundations and the former donjon from the 14th century remained. Around this keep the new palace and its gardens were built and finished in 1536. The Château de Villandry is one of the last châteaus in the Loire Valley that were constructed in the Renaissance style. Its architecture lacks both any Italian influence and decorative medival elements like turrets or murdering holes. Hence, the architectural style is very French, already foreshadowing the architecture of the châteaus d’Anet and Fontainebleau, which were built later during the reign of King Henry IV of France.
The mansion remained in possession of the family De Breton for more than two centuries, but in 1754, Michel-Ange, Marquis de Castellane, bought the estate. He had the palace rebuilt according to the standards of the 18th century and even the beautiful Renaissance gardens were converted into an English-style landscaped garden, which met the taste of the time.
As a consequence of the French Revolution, the Château de Villandry was confiscated. But at the beginning of the 19th century, the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte acquired it for his brother Joseph Bonaparte. In 1823, the estate was bought by the noble family Hainguerlot, who kept it for almost a century. In 1906, Joachim Carvallo purchased the property and poured an enormous amount of time, money and devotion into repairing it and creating what many consider to be the most beautiful gardens anywhere.
These formal Renaissance gardens, restored according to original plans, include a water garden, ornamental flower gardens, and also vegetable gardens. The gardens are laid out in formal patterns created with low box hedges. In 1920, both castle and gardens were opened to the public and in 1934, the estate was designated a national historic monument.
Today’s owner is Henri Carvallo, the great-grandson of Joachim Carvallo. Since 2000, the Château de Villandry and its gardens belong to the UNESCO Word Heritage Site "The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes" with its many breathtaking châteaux. Altogether there are more than 400 of them in the Loire region.
A Happy New Year 2023 to all of you!
Die Hamburger Speicherstadt ist der weltgrößte historische Lagerhauskomplex, gelegen im Hamburger Hafen. Sie umfasst das Gebiet zwischen Baumwall und Oberhafen. Seit 1991 steht sie unter Denkmalschutz und ist seit dem 5. Juli 2015 mit dem benachbarten Kontorhausviertel unter dem Namen Speicherstadt und Kontorhausviertel mit Chilehaus auf der Liste des UNESCO-Welterbes eingetragen.