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Messberghof / Ballinhaus, Hamburg
Named after the prominent ship owner Albert Ballin, the Ballinhaus was one of the first buildings in the Kontorhaus District, built at the same time as the Chilehaus (1922–1924) and based on plans by the architects Hans and Oskar Gerson. In 1938 it was renamed Messberghof (based on its location) following a directive by the Reich Governor Karl Kaufmann that all streets and buildings called after Jews must be given new names. On the inside the building still contains the original entrance hall with this very impressive round stairwell. The floors are made of polished light sandstone plates and the walls are faced with travertine or coloured tiles.
Special locomotive - old electric locomotive with a coke extinguish wagon
Die Lokomotive und die entsprechenden Waggons wurden direkt an den Brennöfen eingesetzt. Der Koks, welcher in die Waggons zum löschen geladen wurde, hatte eine Temperatur von 1.000° C und wurde mit Wasser abgelöscht. Pro Tonne Koks sind ca. 2 m³ Wasser zur Löschung notwendig. Reinigung des vor allem mit Staub, Wassergas und Schwefelwasserstoff verunreinigten Wasserdampfes war sehr problematisch. Noch 1986 lagen lagen die Messwerte für einen Koksnasskühlvorgang bei 200 bis 2000 g Staub pro Tonne Koks.
The locomotive and the corresponding wagons were used directly at the kilns. The coke, which was loaded into the wagons for extinguishing, had a temperature of 1,000 ° C and was extinguished with water. Approx. 2 m³ of water are required per ton of coke for extinguishing. Purification of the water vapor, which was mainly contaminated with dust, water gas and hydrogen sulfide, was very problematic. In 1986 the measured values for a wet coke cooling process were between 200 and 2000 g of dust per ton of coke.
Corvey / Höxter (Weser Uplands, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
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Panorama Hallstatt (Unesco World Heritage) and Hallstätter See, Austria.
View towards Hallstatt and Hallstättersee as seen from the Parkterrasse (car park).
Registan, (Platz des sandigen Ortes‘) in der usbekischen Stadt Samarkand ist einer der bedeutendsten historischen Orte Mittelasiens. An ihm befinden sich die Ulugbek-Medrese, die Tillakori-Medrese und die Scherdor-Medrese, die zwischen dem 15. und dem 17. Jahrhundert errichtet wurden und zusammen ein herausragendes architektonisches Ensemble bilden.
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.
Wasserrad am Guadalquivir, vermutlich aus dem 9. Jhdt,
Die Altstadt von Cordoba ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood along the Griboedov Canal, unfortunately photographed during the restoration of its main bulbous spire (covered with a protective cloak), Saint Petersburg, Russia
Some background information:
The Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood is one of the main sights of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Other names include the Church on Spilled Blood and the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. It was built on the site where Emperor Alexander II was fatally wounded by political nihilists in March 1881 and funded by the imperial family with the support of many private donors.
Construction began in 1883 during the reign of Alexander III, two years after the assassination of his father Alexander II. The church was dedicated to be a memorial to his father, Alexander II. Estimates suggest that the construction cost 4.5 million rubles. The construction was completed during the reign of Nicholas II in 1907.
The church is prominently situated along the Griboedov Canal. Paved roads run along both sides of the canal. On 1st March, 1881, as Tsar Alexander II's carriage passed along the embankment, a grenade thrown by an anarchist conspirator exploded. The tsar, shaken but unhurt, got out of the carriage and started to remonstrate with the presumed culprit. A second conspirator took the chance to throw another bomb, killing himself and mortally wounding the tsar. The tsar, bleeding heavily, was taken back to the Winter Palace, where he died a few hours later.
A temporary shrine was erected on the site of the attack while plans and fundraising for a more permanent memorial were undertaken. In order to build a permanent shrine on the exact spot where the assassination took place, it was decided to narrow the canal so that the section of road on which the tsar had been driving could be included within the walls of the church. An elaborate shrine, in the form of a ciborium, was constructed at the end of the church opposite the altar, on the exact place of Alexander's assassination. It is embellished with topaz, lazurite and other semi-precious stones, making a striking contrast with the simple cobblestones of the old road, which are exposed in the floor of the shrine.
In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, the church was ransacked and looted, badly damaging its interior. The Soviet government closed the church in 1932. During the Second World War when many people were starving due to the Siege of Leningrad by Nazi German military forces, the church was used as a temporary morgue for those who died in combat and from starvation and illness. The church suffered significant damage. After the war, it was used as a warehouse for vegetables, leading to the sardonic name of Saviour on Potatoes. After management of the church had passed to Saint Isaac's Cathedral in July 1970, the cathedral was restored. In August 1997, it was reopened after 27 years of restoration.
Architecturally, the cathedral differs from Saint Petersburg's other structures. The city's architecture is predominantly Baroque and Neoclassical, but the Savior on Blood harks back to medieval Russian architecture in the spirit of romantic nationalism. It intentionally resembles the 17th-century Yaroslavl churches and the celebrated St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.
The church contains over 7500 square meters of mosaics—according to its restorers, more than any other church in the world. This record may be surpassed by the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, which houses 7700 square meters of mosaics. The interior was designed by some of the most celebrated Russian artists of the day—including Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Nesterov and Mikhail Vrubel — but the church's chief architect, Alfred Alexandrovich Parland, was relatively little-known. Perhaps not surprisingly, the church's construction ran well over budget, having been estimated at 3.6 million rubles but ending up costing over 4.6 million. The walls and ceilings inside the church are completely covered in intricately detailed mosaics — the main pictures being biblical scenes or figures — but with very fine patterned borders setting off each picture.
Saint Petersburg (in Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with currently 5.3 million inhabitants, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015). An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal city. Saint Petersburg is also the fourth-largest city in Europe, only excelled by Istanbul, London and Moscow. Other famous European cities like Paris, Berlin, Rome and Madrid are smaller. Furthermore, Saint Petersburg is the world’s northernmost megapolis and called "The Venice of the North", due to its many channels that traverse the city.
Situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, it was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27th May 1703. On 1st September 1914, the name was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd, on 26 January 1924 to Leningrad, and on 7 September 1991 back to Saint Petersburg. Between 1713 and 1728 and again between 1732 and 1918, Saint Petersburg was the capital of Imperial Russia. In 1918, the central government bodies moved to Moscow, which is located about 625 kilometres (388 miles) to the south-east.
Saint Petersburg is also the cultural capital of Russia. Today, the city is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list as an area with 36 historical architectural complexes and around 4000 outstanding individual monuments of architecture, history and culture. It has 221 museums, 2,000 libraries, more than 80 theaters, 100 concert organizations, 45 galleries and exhibition halls, 62 cinemas and around 80 other cultural establishments. Saint Petersburg is home to the Hermitage, one of the largest art museums in the world. Every year the city hosts around 100 festivals and various competitions of art and culture, including more than 50 international ones. In 2017, the city was visited by 7.2 million tourists and it is expected that in the years ahead the number of tourists will still be on the rise.
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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.
Wer noch nie in dieser wunderschönen Stadt war, möge sich doch bitte schleunigst dazu aufraffen.
Geschichtsträchtig, unglaublich schön restauriert, mit vielen malerischen Winkeln, aber auch voll von Leben, so präsentiert sich diese Stadt im Osten des Harzes.
Detail of the entrance (pylon) to Luxor Temple (about 1400 BC), guarded by an obelisk and statues of Ramses II.
Die Festung wurde im 14. Jhdt über einem früheren maurischen Palast errichtet. Es war die wichtigste königliche Residenz Cordobas. Hier trafen die christilichen Könige Ferdinand und Isabella 1486 auf Chrisoph Kolumbus.
Die Altstadt von Cordoba ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Weitläufige Aufnahme des Lago Bianco, gelegen auf dem Berninapass in den Schweizer Alpen. Das helle, fast milchig-türkise Wasser liegt still in der hochalpinen Landschaft, umgeben von kargen Felsen, grünen Wiesen und schneebedeckten Gipfeln in der Ferne. Eine Bahnlinie der Rhätischen Bahn zieht sich am Ufer entlang, während sich über dem See ein Himmel aus Sonne und Wolken abwechselt.
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Wide view of Lago Bianco, located on the Bernina Pass in the Swiss Alps. The bright, almost milky turquoise water lies quietly in the high alpine landscape, surrounded by rocky slopes, green meadows, and snow-capped peaks in the distance. A railway line of the Rhaetian Railway runs along the shore, while a mix of sun and clouds plays across the sky above the lake.
10,000 BC
Prehistoric village of "Lake Dwellings" on stilts, stemming from the stone and bronze age. Beautifully and - as far as the scientists can say - authentically restored.
Pfahlbauten, Unteruhldingen, Bodensee
A short remark addressed to the ones who commented like "great treatment": no, absolutely NO TREATMENT. The sky was overcast but the air was very clear. And when the sun came through and lit the green grass on the roofs - click !
UNESCO World Heritage since 2011 (ref. 1363).
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Die Würzburger Residenz ist ein barocker Schlossbau am Rande der Innenstadt von Würzburg
Die UNESCO begründet die Aufnahme ins Welterbe damit, die Würzburger Residenz sei „das einheitlichste und außergewöhnlichste aller Barockschlösser“, „einzigartig durch ihre Originalität, ihr ehrgeiziges Bauprogramm und die internationale Zusammensetzung des Baubüros“, eine „Synthese des europäischen Barock“. Sie veranschauliche zudem „einen der strahlendsten Fürstenhöfe Europas“. Das 1979 bis 1987 rekonstruierte Spiegelkabinett, eines der Paradezimmer des Kaisers, sei das „vollkommenste Raumkunstwerk des Rokoko“.
Dieses Panorama besteht aus 5 Aufnahmen.
Die Seiser Alm ist die größte Hochalm Europas. Sie liegt in den Südtiroler Dolomiten in Italien, rund 20 km nordöstlich von Bozen und oberhalb der bekannten Tourismus-Orte Seis am Schlern, Kastelruth und St. Ulrich in Gröden. Wikipedia
Ausgangspunkt ist Obereggen. Von dort aus gibt es viele schöne Wanderungen. Leichte und Herausfordernde.
Es uno de los castillos más reconocibles en el mundo debido a su arquitectura renacentista francesa muy distintiva que mezcla formas tradicionales medievales con estructuras clásicas italianas.
El más grande de los "Castillos del Loira" fué construido para servir de pabellón de caza al rey Francisco I, que vivía entre los castillos de Blois y Amboise, (los cuales, obviamente visité y fotografié. Impresionantes los dos, le alavo el gusto al rey).
The clouds hinted at a beautiful sunset. And indeed, just before the sun disappeared behind the Bodanrück, they began to glow slightly. I was initially disappointed when the color faded after a very short time. But as so often happens, waiting paid off: after a while, an afterglow appeared in more beautiful colors than before.
Die Fähre Loreley VI wartet auf die Vorbeifahrt von MS Beno bei der Überfahrt von St. Goarshausen nach St. Goar.
Mittelrheintal, Rheinland-Pfalz, 7. März 2021(PMZ8602)
Übrigens, MS Beno, gemeldet in Neckargemünd, hat eine Interessante Geschichte mit einigen Umbauten, sozusagen komplette Metamorphose!
www.neckarschiff.de/ms-beno.php
Wunderschönes oberes Mittelrheintal - Tagesausflugs- und Flußkreuzfahrtschiffe auf dem Rhein | 4k
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The ferry Loreley VI – on the crossing from St. Goarshausen to St. Goar – waits for the MS Beno to pass by.
Middle Rhine Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, March 7, 2021 (PMZ8602)
By the way, MS Beno, registered in Neckargemünd, Germany, has an interesting story with several modifications, a complete metamorphosis, so to say!