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This Jugendstil (Art Nouveu) building in Riga was designed by the German-Baltic architect Mihails Eizenšteins (Mikhail Eisenstein; 1867—1921) and built in 1903. Eizenšteins was the father of the Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein.
www.jugendstils.riga.lv/lat/JugendstilsRiga/eizensteins/a...
Alleyway in Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Unfortunately I don't remember where exactly this picture was taken :-(
The streets of Lübeck's old town are lined by the magnificent merchants houses with their gabled and richly decorated facades.
Inside these blocks were built housings with very small flats ("Buden") for the workers and poorer craftsmen working for the rich owners of the street houses. Many charitable merchants or craftsmen also founded housings for the widows of their guilds or other poor people. The backyards were accessed through a network of narrow alleyways, the whole system is known as "Gänge und Höfe" ("alleyways and courtyards"). Today most of the houses are privately owned and have been renovated, combining the tiny flats to larger apartments.
The old city center of Lübeck is in great parts inscribed in the World Heritage List of the UNESCO. A plan of the inscribed zones can be found here: whc.unesco.org/download.cfm?id_document=102311
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Lübeck – the former capital and Queen City of the Hanseatic League – was founded in the 12th century and prospered until the 16th century as the major trading centre for northern Europe. It has remained a centre for maritime commerce to this day, particularly with the Nordic countries. Despite the damage it suffered during the Second World War, the basic structure of the old city, consisting mainly of 15th- and 16th-century patrician residences, public monuments (the famous Holstentor brick gate), churches and salt storehouses, remains unaltered.
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Adult education course "Lübecker Gänge im Dom- und Seefahrerviertel" (Lübeck's alleyways in the cathedral and seafarer's quarter) of the Volkshochschule Lübeck (adult education center Lübeck), May 2008.
Halong Bay - Vietnam
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From 1725–68, Elector Clemens August (a younger son of the Wittelsbach rulers of Bavaria) gave orders to erect today’s horseshoe-shaped castle according to the plans of Johann Conrad Schlaun, the famous Baroque architect from Münster. It was erected on top of the rests of the water fortress, which was destroyed by French marauders in 1689.From 1728-40, Francois de Cuvilliés reconstructed the castle into the elector’s residence in a French early Rococo design. The famous staircase was designed and then built by Balthasar Neumann from 1740-48. Today, the Castle Augustusburg is said to be the most meaningful Baroque castle of the Rhineland. In 1984, the Castle Augustusburg, the little pleasure palace Falkenlust and the large-scale park were included in the list of the UNESCO world cultural heritage.http://www.bonn-region.de/english/sightseeing/voreifel-bruehl-cologne/schloss-augustusburg-castle-augustusburg.html
May 7 2006, Nikon EM Camera, outside Cologne, Germany
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"Opas Kneipe lebt" ("Grandpa's pub lives"). Advertising slogan above the entrance of the pub "If" in Engelsgrube 41, Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
The old city center of Lübeck is in great parts inscribed in the World Heritage List of the UNESCO. A plan of the inscribed zones can be found here: whc.unesco.org/download.cfm?id_document=102311
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Lübeck – the former capital and Queen City of the Hanseatic League – was founded in the 12th century and prospered until the 16th century as the major trading centre for northern Europe. It has remained a centre for maritime commerce to this day, particularly with the Nordic countries. Despite the damage it suffered during the Second World War, the basic structure of the old city, consisting mainly of 15th- and 16th-century patrician residences, public monuments (the famous Holstentor brick gate), churches and salt storehouses, remains unaltered.
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January 2019
The beginnings of the spacious Tallinn City Hall (Tallinna raekoda) go back to the 13th century. It was completed in 1404. The building is located on the south side of the main square that used to be Tallinn's market square. The attic is the largest room in the building with length of 36 meters. In view is the wooden roof construction.
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Archäologische Stätte Mykene.
Mykene auf den Peloponnes / GRIECHENLAND /
Anthropomorphe Figur, zwischen 1250 und 1180 v. Chr.
Huê - Vietnam
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Records from 1209 indicate the existence of St. Peter's Church (Svētā Pētera baznīca) in some form. The middle section was built during the 13th century. The church was mostly rebuilt and expanded in a Gothic style in the 15th century. The sanctuary was completed in 1473 and the tower in 1491. The collapse of the tower in 1666 ushered in a new phase of construction: between 1691 and 1690, some Baroque additions were made, such as the new tower and the western façade. The church was severely damaged in 1941; restoration lasted until 1991.
Hot air balloon over Hanseatic City Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Lübeck is also called the "City of the seven Church Towers" (Stadt der sieben Türme), because of this famous silhouette.
The towers are from left to right: Dom (cathedral), St. Aegidienkirche (St. Giles), St. Petrikirche (St. Peter), St. Marienkirche (St. Mary), St. Jakobikirche (St. James).
The old city center of Lübeck is in great parts inscribed in the World Heritage List of the UNESCO. A plan of the inscribed zones can be found here: whc.unesco.org/download.cfm?id_document=102311
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"Lübeck – the former capital and Queen City of the Hanseatic League – was founded in the 12th century and prospered until the 16th century as the major trading centre for northern Europe. It has remained a centre for maritime commerce to this day, particularly with the Nordic countries. Despite the damage it suffered during the Second World War, the basic structure of the old city, consisting mainly of 15th- and 16th-century patrician residences, public monuments (the famous Holstentor brick gate), churches and salt storehouses, remains unaltered."
Hot air balloon flight on 11 August 2008. For all photos see my Ballonfahrt Lübeck 11.8.08 set.
Seit 1986 ist die Liebfrauenkirche Teil des UNESCO-Welterbes Römische Baudenkmäler, Dom und Liebfrauenkirche in Trier.
Die Geschichte der Liebfrauen-Basilika führt in das Jahr 326 n. Chr. Zum 20-jährigen Regierungsjubiläum machte Kaiser Konstantin große Stiftungen. Unter anderem ließ er an den bedeutendsten Orten der Christenheit Kirchen bauen: die Geburtskirche in Bethlehem, die Grabeskirche in Jerusalem, die 1. Sophienkirche in Konstantinopel, die Peterskirche und die Laterankirche in Rom und eben die Doppelkirchenanlage in Trier, aus der die Hohe Domkirche und die Liebfrauenkirche hervorgegangen sind.
Nach den Wechselfällen der Geschichte stand der Erzbischof Theoderich von Wied (1212 - 1242) im Blick auf die Südkirche, die den Titel einer Aula beatae Mariae Virginis trug, vor einem Neuanfang. Die Baufälligkeit der Kirche ließ ihn französischen Baumeistern Gehör schenken, die aus der Champagne kamen, in der gerade die Gotik erfunden worden war. Was sie dem Erzbischof anboten, war eine Kirche im allerfeinsten hochgotischen Stil. Auf der Basis einer zwölfblättrigen Rose (Rosa Mystica) wollten sie eine Kirche bauen, die - vom Kreuz durchwebt - wie ein Juwel in der Sonne funkeln sollte, mit großen, die Heilsgeschichte erzählenden Fenstern, licht und weit und himmelhoch. Zwölf schlanke Säulen sollten das Gewölbe tragen, das, übersät mit leuchtenden Lilien, den Garten des Paradieses vorstellen sollte, in dem Maria und Jesus dargestellt sind. Eine Aula Dei als Liebeserklärung an die Gottesmutter. Der Kurfürst war begeistert. 1227 begannen die unbekannten gotischen Baumeister ihre Arbeit, die sie 33 Jahre an Trier binden sollte. Es entstand im reinsten Stil der Hochgotik der Champagne, als eines der Wunder der Gotik eine der ganz seltenen gotischen Zentralkirchen von außerordentlicher Schönheit und Harmonie.
1803 wurde Liebfrauen vom Dom getrennt und trat in eine neue Phase ihrer Geschichte: Sie wurde Pfarrkirche und nahm die Laurentiuspfarrei auf. Als Trier 1944 schwer bombardiert wurde, traf es mit aller Härte auch die Liebfrauenkirche; unter größter Anstrengung wurde sie nach dem Krieg gerettet und wiederhergestellt.
Quelle: www.liebfrauen-trier.de/pfarrkirche%20liebfrauen.htm
Hotel Ebertor
Das Hotel befindet sich seit 1954 im Besitz der Familie Fußhöller. Dank der herzlich gelebten Gastfreundschaft der Familie und aller Mitarbeiter wurden in mehr als fünfzig Jahren aus vielen Besuchern Stammgäste und Freunde unseres Hauses.
Nach fast einem Jahr im Umbau, präsentieren wir uns stolz ab Mai 2009,
als Hotel Ebertor in neuen Glanz in der Kategorie Drei Sterne Superior
Wir bieten 40 Zimmer, davon einige mit Blick auf den Rhein, einen neuen Wellnessbereich mit Sauna und Whirlpool, die neue Empfangshalle und einen modernen Aufzug, zwei neue Konferenzräume und viele andere kleine Details die den Aufenthalt in unserem Hotel komfortabel gestalten.
Freuen Sie sich auf ein einzigartiges Kleinod, das stets liebevoll und mit viel Herz geführt wird - das Hotel Ebertor.
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Hotel Ebertor
El hotel se encuentra desde 1954 en la posesión de la familia Fußhöller.
Por la hospitalidad de todo corazón vivida de la familia y todos los colaboradores se hacían dentro de más de cincuenta años de muchos visitantes clientes fijos y amigos de nuestra casa.
Cerca de un año después en las reformas, nos presentamos orgullosamente
a partir de mayo de 2009, como el hotel Ebertor en el nuevo brillo en la
categoría Tres estrellas Superior
Ofrecemos 40 cuartos, de eso algunos cuartos con vista al Rin, una nueva área de la relajación con la sauna y bañera de hidromasaje que hacen el nuevo hall de recepción y un ascensor moderno, dos nuevas habitaciones de conferencia y muchos otros detalles pequeños ellos la estancia en nuestro hotel confortable.
Alégrese por una joya única siempre cariñosamente y de mucho corazón es llevado
- el hotel Ebertor.
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The Stenbocki Maja (Stenbock House) on the Toompea Hill is a mansion built in a neo-classical style between 1787 and 1792; it was designed by Johann Caspar Mohr. It was originally designed as an administration building for the Tsarist government. But due to financial difficulties the unfinished building was turned over to Count Jakob Pontus Stenbock (1744-1824) who used it as a residence. It served as a court house 1919-1991. Since 2000, the building has been served as the official seat of the Estonian government.
Here, it is seen from the Patkuli vaateplats (Patkul viewpoint).
Cozinha (kitchen) of Palácio Nacional de Sintra (Sintra National Palast), Sintra, Portugal.
Sintra National Palace belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Cultural Lanscape of Sintra.
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The Sintra National Palace [...] is the best preserved mediaeval Royal Palace in Portugal, having been inhabited more or less continuously at least from the early 15th up to the late 19th century. It is an important tourist attraction and is part of the Cultural landscape of Sintra, designated World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The history of the Sintra Palace goes back to the times of Islamic domination, when Sintra had two different castles. [...] Its first historical reference dates from the 10th century [...]. In the 12th century, when the village was conquered by King Afonso Henriques, the King took the residence in his possession. The mixture of Gothic, Manueline and Moorish styles in the present palace is, however, mainly the result of building campaigns in the 15th and early 16th centuries.
Nothing built during Moorish rule or during the reign of the first Portuguese kings survives. The earliest surviving part of the palace is the Royal Chapel, possibly built during the reign of King Dinis I in the early 14th century. Much of the palace dates from the times of King John I, who sponsored a major building campaign starting around 1415.
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The other major building campaign that defined the structure and decoration of the Palace was sponsored by King Manuel I between 1497 and 1530, using the wealth engendered by the exploratory expeditions in this Age of Discoveries. The reign of this King saw the development of a transitional Gothic-Renaissance art style, named Manueline, as well as a kind of revival of Islamic artistic influence (Mudéjar) reflected in the choice of polychromed ceramic tiles (azulejos) as a preferred decorative art form.
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In the following centuries the Palace continued to be inhabited by Kings from time to time, gaining new decoration in the form of paintings, tile panels and furniture. A sad story associated with the Palace is that of the mentally unstable King Afonso VI, who was deposed by his brother Pedro II and forced to live without leaving the Palace from 1676 until his death in 1683.
The ensemble suffered damage after the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake but was restored in the "old fashion", according to contemporary accounts.
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During the 19th century, Sintra became again a favourite spot for the Kings and the Palace of Sintra was frequently inhabited. [...] With the foundation of the Republic, in 1910, the Palace became a National Monument. [...] It has been an important historical tourist attraction ever since.
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Sintra [...] is a town within the municipality of Sintra in the Grande Lisboa subregion (Lisbon Region) of Portugal. Owing to its 19th century Romantic architecture and landscapes, becoming a major tourist centre, visited by many day-trippers who travel from the urbanized suburbs and capital of Lisbon.
In addition to the Sintra Mountains and Sintra-Cascais Nature Park, the parishes of the town of Sintra are dotted by royal retreats, estates, castles and buildings from the 8th-9th century, in addition to many buildings completed between the 15th and 19th century, including the Castelo dos Mouros, the Pena National Palace and the Sintra National Palace, resulting in its classification by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1995.
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Natur und Kultur in Mittelportugal (Nature and Culture in Mid-Portugal), Wikinger-Reisen, September 2011
Cozinha (kitchen) of Palácio Nacional de Sintra (Sintra National Palast), Sintra, Portugal.
Sintra National Palace belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Cultural Lanscape of Sintra.
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The Sintra National Palace [...] is the best preserved mediaeval Royal Palace in Portugal, having been inhabited more or less continuously at least from the early 15th up to the late 19th century. It is an important tourist attraction and is part of the Cultural landscape of Sintra, designated World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The history of the Sintra Palace goes back to the times of Islamic domination, when Sintra had two different castles. [...] Its first historical reference dates from the 10th century [...]. In the 12th century, when the village was conquered by King Afonso Henriques, the King took the residence in his possession. The mixture of Gothic, Manueline and Moorish styles in the present palace is, however, mainly the result of building campaigns in the 15th and early 16th centuries.
Nothing built during Moorish rule or during the reign of the first Portuguese kings survives. The earliest surviving part of the palace is the Royal Chapel, possibly built during the reign of King Dinis I in the early 14th century. Much of the palace dates from the times of King John I, who sponsored a major building campaign starting around 1415.
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The other major building campaign that defined the structure and decoration of the Palace was sponsored by King Manuel I between 1497 and 1530, using the wealth engendered by the exploratory expeditions in this Age of Discoveries. The reign of this King saw the development of a transitional Gothic-Renaissance art style, named Manueline, as well as a kind of revival of Islamic artistic influence (Mudéjar) reflected in the choice of polychromed ceramic tiles (azulejos) as a preferred decorative art form.
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In the following centuries the Palace continued to be inhabited by Kings from time to time, gaining new decoration in the form of paintings, tile panels and furniture. A sad story associated with the Palace is that of the mentally unstable King Afonso VI, who was deposed by his brother Pedro II and forced to live without leaving the Palace from 1676 until his death in 1683.
The ensemble suffered damage after the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake but was restored in the "old fashion", according to contemporary accounts.
[...]
During the 19th century, Sintra became again a favourite spot for the Kings and the Palace of Sintra was frequently inhabited. [...] With the foundation of the Republic, in 1910, the Palace became a National Monument. [...] It has been an important historical tourist attraction ever since.
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Sintra [...] is a town within the municipality of Sintra in the Grande Lisboa subregion (Lisbon Region) of Portugal. Owing to its 19th century Romantic architecture and landscapes, becoming a major tourist centre, visited by many day-trippers who travel from the urbanized suburbs and capital of Lisbon.
In addition to the Sintra Mountains and Sintra-Cascais Nature Park, the parishes of the town of Sintra are dotted by royal retreats, estates, castles and buildings from the 8th-9th century, in addition to many buildings completed between the 15th and 19th century, including the Castelo dos Mouros, the Pena National Palace and the Sintra National Palace, resulting in its classification by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1995.
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Natur und Kultur in Mittelportugal (Nature and Culture in Mid-Portugal), Wikinger-Reisen, September 2011
Ceiling of Theological Hall, Strahov Library, Strahov Monastery (Strahovský klášter), full name Royal canon monastery of the Premonstratensians of Strahov (Královská kanonie premonstrátů na Strahově), Castle District (Hradčany), Prague (Praha), Czech Republic.
Strahov Monastery is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1149 by Bishop Jindřich Zdík, Bishop John of Prague, and Prince Vladislav II. It is famous because of its library with two grandiose halls called Theological Hall and Philosophical Hall. One of its most famous exhibits is the so-called Strahov Evangeliary (Evangeliář strahovský) from the 9th century.
The Historic Centre of Prague is inscribed in the World Heritage List of the UNESCO.
Citation from whc.unesco.org/en/list/616
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Built between the 11th and 18th centuries, the Old Town, the Lesser Town and the New Town speak of the great architectural and cultural influence enjoyed by this city since the Middle Ages. The many magnificent monuments, such as Hradcani Castle, St Vitus Cathedral, Charles Bridge and numerous churches and palaces, built mostly in the 14th century under the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV.
Prague is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe in terms of its setting on both banks of the Vltava River, its townscape of burger houses and palaces punctuated by towers, and its individual buildings.
The Historic Centre represents a supreme manifestation of Medieval urbanism (the New Town of Emperor Charles IV built as the New Jerusalem). The Prague architectural works of the Gothic Period (14th and 15th centuries), of the High Baroque of the 1st half of the 18th century and of the rising modernism after the year 1900, influenced the development of Central Europe, perhaps even all European architecture. Prague represents one of the most prominent world centres of creative life in the field of urbanism and architecture across generations, human mentality and beliefs.
Prague belongs to the group of historic cities which have preserved the structure of their development until the present times. Within the core of Prague, successive stages of growth and changes have respected the original grand-scale urban structure of the Early Middle Ages. This structure was essentially and greatly enlarged with urban activities in the High Gothic period with more additions during the High Baroque period and in the 19th century. It has been saved from any large-scale urban renewal or massive demolitions and thus preserves its overall configuration, pattern and spatial composition.
In the course of the 1100 years of its existence, Prague’s development can be documented in the architectural expression of many historical periods and their styles. The city is rich in outstanding monuments from all periods of its history. Of particular importance are Prague Castle, the Cathedral of St Vitus, Hradćany Square in front of the Castle, the Valdgtejn Palace on the left bank of the river, the Gothic Charles Bridge, the Romanesque Rotunda of the Holy Rood, the Gothic arcaded houses round the Old Town Square, the High Gothic Minorite Church of St James in the Stark Mĕsto, the late 19th century buildings and town plan of the Nave Mĕsto.
As early as the Middle Ages, Prague became one of the leading cultural centres of Christian Europe. The Prague University, founded in 1348, is one of the earliest in Europe. The milieu of the University in the last quarter of the 14th century and the first years of the 15th century contributed among other things to the formation of ideas of the Hussite Movement which represented in fact the first steps of the European Reformation. As a metropolis of culture, Prague is connected with prominent names in art, science and politics, such as Charles IV, Petr Parléř, Jan Hus, Johannes Kepler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Kafka, Antonín Dvořák, Albert Einstein, Edvard Beneš (co-founder of the League of Nations) and Václav Havel.
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Die Schwalbennestorgel wurde 1974 von Johannes Klais Orgelbau, Bonn, ausgeführt. Sie kann von einem mechanischen Spieltisch innerhalb des Schwalbennestes oder vom elektrischen Spieltisch nahe des Chorpodiums im Ostchor des Doms bedient werden.
BEIJING
April 2012
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The Meridian Gate (wumen) is the southern (and largest) gate of the Forbidden City. It has five arches. The three central arches are close together; the two flanking arches are farther apart from the three central arches. The center arch was formerly reserved for the Emperor alone; the exceptions were the Empress, who could enter it once on the day of her wedding, and the top three scholars of the triennial civil service examinations, who left the exams through the central arch. All other officials and servants had to use the four side arches.
www.360cities.net/image/the-meridian-gatewumen-beijing#14...
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Stained glass window "Der Auferstandene" ("The Risen"), St. Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church), Hanseatic Town of Stralsund, district of Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), Germany.
This window from 1913 shows the risen Christ with Mary and Mary Magdalene at his feet. There's an inscription with the words of John 11:25 "Ich bin die Auferstehung und das Leben, wer an mich glaubt, der wird leben." (I am the resurrection, and the life, he that believes in me shall live")
St. Marienkirche is a late gothic church which was built in the Northern German Brick Gothic style. The 104 m high tower is open for the public and offers a great view of Stralsund and its surroundings, including Strelasund sound and the island Rügen.
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The town of Stralsund lies in Northeast Germany in the region of Western Pomerania in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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The town lies on the sound of Strelasund, a strait of the Baltic Sea. Its geographic proximity to the island of Rügen, whose only fixed link to the mainland, the Strelasund Crossing, runs between Stralsund and the village of Altefähr, has given Stralsund the sobriquet "Gateway to the Island of Rügen" (Tor zur Insel Rügen). Stralsund lies close to the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park.
A municipal forest and three municipal ponds (the Knieperteich, Frankenteich and Moorteich) belong to the Stralsund's town borough . The three ponds and the Strelasund lend the Old Town, the original settlement site and historic centre of the town, a protected island location.
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The centre of Stralsund has a wealth of historic buildings. Since 1990, large parts of the historic old town have been renovated with private and public capital, and with the support of foundations. As a result of the contempt for historic buildings in East Germany many houses were threatened by ruin. The Old Town in particular, offers a rich variety of historic buildings, with many former merchants' houses, churches, streets and squares. Of more than 800 listed buildings in Stralsund, more than 500 are designated as individual monuments in the Old Town. In twenty years, from the Wende in 1990 to November 2010, 588 of the more than 1,000 old buildings were completely refurbished, including 363 individual monuments. Because of its historical and architectural significance, in 2002 Stralsund's old town together with the old town of Wismar were added to entitled the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list as the "Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar".
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The medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany, were major trading centres of the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries they became Swedish administrative and defensive centres for the German territories. They contributed to the development of the characteristic building types and techniques of Brick Gothic in the Baltic region, as exemplified in several important brick cathedrals, the Town Hall of Stralsund, and the series of houses for residential, commercial and crafts use, representing its evolution over several centuries.
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Stralsund short trip October 2012
Records from 1209 indicate the existence of St. Peter's Church (Svētā Pētera baznīca) in some form. The middle section was built during the 13th century. The church was mostly rebuilt and expanded in a Gothic style in the 15th century. The sanctuary was completed in 1473 and the tower in 1491. The collapse of the tower in 1666 ushered in a new phase of construction: between 1691 and 1690, some Baroque additions were made, such as the new tower and the western façade. The church was severely damaged in 1941; restoration lasted until 1991.
The Riga Bourse was built between 1852 and 1855 in a Venetian Renaissance palazzo style, symbolizing wealth and abundance. It was designed by the German-born architect Harald Julius von Bosse 1812-1894). The building features an opulent interior with rich gilding and faux marble. Since 2011, the building has served as the Art Museum Riga Bourse (Mākslas muzejs Rīgas Birža).
The St. Nicholas' Church (Niguliste kirik) is a medieval former church dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the patron of the fishermen and sailors. It was originally built by German merchants in a Gothic style between 1230 and 1275. The height of the church was increased 1405–1420 and again in 1515. In the late 17th century the tower was strengthened and secured and the spire was replaced with a Baroque one with airy galleries. The tower is now 105 meters (344.5 ft) high.
Both church and tower were partially destroyed during the Soviet bombing of Tallinn in 1944. It has since been restored and today houses a branch of the Art Museum of Estonia, focusing mainly on ecclesiastical art.
Die Terrakotta-Armee befindet sich in der Grabanlage des ersten chinesischen Kaisers Qin Shihuangdi. Mit dem Bau der wohl weltweit größten Grabanlage wurde 221 v. Chr. begonnen. An der Errichtung der Anlage waren geschätzte 700.000 Arbeiter beteiligt. Die Anzahl der "Terrakotta-Soldaten" wird auf 8.000 geschätzt.
Die Terrakotta-Armee ist UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe.
Rabelo boats on Rio Douro, Ribeira (Riverside), Porto, Portugal.
Since the 13th century, these flat-bottom sailing vessels called "barcos rabelos" have been used to transport the Port Wine produced in the Douro Valley to the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia, just across the river from Porto. Today they serve as tourist attractions and only sail the river once a year, at the regatta on the feast day of Saint John the Baptist on 24th June.
The historic centre of Porto is inscribed in the World Heritage List of the UNESCO (whc.unesco.org).
I was invited to post this photo to the group The British War against the French 1793-1815 and they asked me to add the following caption:
"In the Battle of Oporto 1809, these port barges were used by the British troops to cross the Duoro at Avintes
www.peninsularwar.org/porto.htm"
Natur und Kultur in Mittelportugal (Nature and Culture in Mid-Portugal), Wikinger-Reisen, September 2011
Window of Palácio Nacional de Sintra (Sintra National Palast), Sintra, Portugal.
Sintra National Palace belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Cultural Lanscape of Sintra.
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The Sintra National Palace [...] is the best preserved mediaeval Royal Palace in Portugal, having been inhabited more or less continuously at least from the early 15th up to the late 19th century. It is an important tourist attraction and is part of the Cultural landscape of Sintra, designated World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The history of the Sintra Palace goes back to the times of Islamic domination, when Sintra had two different castles. [...] Its first historical reference dates from the 10th century [...]. In the 12th century, when the village was conquered by King Afonso Henriques, the King took the residence in his possession. The mixture of Gothic, Manueline and Moorish styles in the present palace is, however, mainly the result of building campaigns in the 15th and early 16th centuries.
Nothing built during Moorish rule or during the reign of the first Portuguese kings survives. The earliest surviving part of the palace is the Royal Chapel, possibly built during the reign of King Dinis I in the early 14th century. Much of the palace dates from the times of King John I, who sponsored a major building campaign starting around 1415.
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The other major building campaign that defined the structure and decoration of the Palace was sponsored by King Manuel I between 1497 and 1530, using the wealth engendered by the exploratory expeditions in this Age of Discoveries. The reign of this King saw the development of a transitional Gothic-Renaissance art style, named Manueline, as well as a kind of revival of Islamic artistic influence (Mudéjar) reflected in the choice of polychromed ceramic tiles (azulejos) as a preferred decorative art form.
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In the following centuries the Palace continued to be inhabited by Kings from time to time, gaining new decoration in the form of paintings, tile panels and furniture. A sad story associated with the Palace is that of the mentally unstable King Afonso VI, who was deposed by his brother Pedro II and forced to live without leaving the Palace from 1676 until his death in 1683.
The ensemble suffered damage after the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake but was restored in the "old fashion", according to contemporary accounts.
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During the 19th century, Sintra became again a favourite spot for the Kings and the Palace of Sintra was frequently inhabited. [...] With the foundation of the Republic, in 1910, the Palace became a National Monument. [...] It has been an important historical tourist attraction ever since.
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Sintra [...] is a town within the municipality of Sintra in the Grande Lisboa subregion (Lisbon Region) of Portugal. Owing to its 19th century Romantic architecture and landscapes, becoming a major tourist centre, visited by many day-trippers who travel from the urbanized suburbs and capital of Lisbon.
In addition to the Sintra Mountains and Sintra-Cascais Nature Park, the parishes of the town of Sintra are dotted by royal retreats, estates, castles and buildings from the 8th-9th century, in addition to many buildings completed between the 15th and 19th century, including the Castelo dos Mouros, the Pena National Palace and the Sintra National Palace, resulting in its classification by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1995.
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Natur und Kultur in Mittelportugal (Nature and Culture in Mid-Portugal), Wikinger-Reisen, September 2011
The original Catherine Palace was built by Peter I's wife, the Empress catherine I. Empress Elizabeth, however, found her mother's residence outdated and incommodious and in May 1752 asked her court architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli to demolish the old structure and replace it with a much grander edifice in a flamboyant Rococo style. Construction lasted for four years and on 30 July 1756 the architect presented the brand-new 325-meter-long palace to the Empress, her dazed courtiers and stupefied foreign ambassadors.
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This Jugendstil (Art Nouveu) building in Riga was designed by Konstantīns Pēkšēns and built in 1903.
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Monument for the Estonian writer and diplomat Eduard Vilde (1865–1933).
The monument was dedicated in 1965 during the Soviet period. It was designed by the architect Allan Murdmaa (1934-2009. The bas-relief was created by Albert Eskel (1922-1975). The Vilde monument stands in an open space next to the Niguliste kirik (St. Nicholas' Church)--an area destroyed in 1944 by the Soviet bombing of Tallinn.
Der 1614 von Hans Ruprecht Hoffmann geschaffene Allerheiligenaltar mit seiner ungeheuren Fülle von Bildthemen und plastischen Details ist gleichzeitig Grabdenkmal des Lothar von Metternich, der von 1599 - 1623 Kurfürst und Erzbischof von Trier war. Lothar von Metternich wurde 1551 auf Schloss Vettelhoven geboren und starb 1623 in Koblenz. Seine Eltern waren Johann von Metternich und Katharina von der Leyen.
Im Triumphbogen sind die Ahnenwappen (sogenannte Aufschwörwappen der Vorfahren) des Vaters, Johann von Metternich, Herr zu Vettelhoven und Saffenberg, und der Mutter, Katharina von der Leyen, dargestellt.
Der Bildhauer- und Steinmetzmeister Hans Ruprecht Hoffmann wurde um 1545 vermutlich in Worms geboren, erhielt seine Ausbildung in Mainz und starb 1616 in Trier. Den Allerheiligenaltar signierte er auf der dunklen Sockelleiste mit "Joes Rupert Hoffman, 1614". Zu seinen Werken in Trier gehören auch die Kanzel im Dom und der Petrusbrunnen auf dem Hauptmarkt.
Venedig Venice Venezia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice
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Venedig ( italienisch : Venezia [venɛttsja] ( hören ) , [ 1 ] Venetian : Venexia [venɛsja] ; ( Latein : Venetia )) ist eine Stadt im Nordosten von Italien gelegen an einer Gruppe von 118 kleinen Inseln, die durch Kanäle getrennt und verbunden durch Brücken. [ 2 ] Es wird in der sumpfigen befindet Lagune von Venedig , die sich entlang der Küste zwischen den Mündungen der streckt Po und Piave Rivers. Venedig ist für die Schönheit seiner Umgebung, seiner Architektur und seinen Kunstwerken bekannt. [ 2 ] Die Stadt ist in ihrer Gesamtheit als börsennotiertes Weltkulturerbe , zusammen mit seiner Lagune. [ 2 ]
The sculpture "Gondola" by the Russian artist Dmitry Gutov (b. 1960) is featured in the glass-covered atrium of the Art Museum Riga Bourse.
The Riga Bourse was built between 1852 and 1855 in a Venetian Renaissance palazzo style, symbolizing wealth and abundance. It was designed by the German-born architect Harald Julius von Bosse 1812-1894). The building features an opulent interior with rich gilding and faux marble. Since 2011, the building has served as the Art Museum Riga Bourse (Mākslas muzejs Rīgas Birža).
The Torņa iela follows the old medieval city wall of which some remnants are still in existence--the largest fragment is in view here. In the 17th century, new ramparts were built outside the wall were better able to withstand artillery.
In the 18th century, military barracks (Jacob's Barracks; Jēkaba kazarmas) were built between wall and ramparts--the long yellow building in view here. The buildings are now used as restaurants and shops.
Seit 1986 ist die Liebfrauenkirche Teil des UNESCO-Welterbes Römische Baudenkmäler, Dom und Liebfrauenkirche in Trier.
Die Geschichte der Liebfrauen-Basilika führt in das Jahr 326 n. Chr. Zum 20-jährigen Regierungsjubiläum machte Kaiser Konstantin große Stiftungen. Unter anderem ließ er an den bedeutendsten Orten der Christenheit Kirchen bauen: die Geburtskirche in Bethlehem, die Grabeskirche in Jerusalem, die 1. Sophienkirche in Konstantinopel, die Peterskirche und die Laterankirche in Rom und eben die Doppelkirchenanlage in Trier, aus der die Hohe Domkirche und die Liebfrauenkirche hervorgegangen sind.
Nach den Wechselfällen der Geschichte stand der Erzbischof Theoderich von Wied (1212 - 1242) im Blick auf die Südkirche, die den Titel einer Aula beatae Mariae Virginis trug, vor einem Neuanfang. Die Baufälligkeit der Kirche ließ ihn französischen Baumeistern Gehör schenken, die aus der Champagne kamen, in der gerade die Gotik erfunden worden war. Was sie dem Erzbischof anboten, war eine Kirche im allerfeinsten hochgotischen Stil. Auf der Basis einer zwölfblättrigen Rose (Rosa Mystica) wollten sie eine Kirche bauen, die - vom Kreuz durchwebt - wie ein Juwel in der Sonne funkeln sollte, mit großen, die Heilsgeschichte erzählenden Fenstern, licht und weit und himmelhoch. Zwölf schlanke Säulen sollten das Gewölbe tragen, das, übersät mit leuchtenden Lilien, den Garten des Paradieses vorstellen sollte, in dem Maria und Jesus dargestellt sind. Eine Aula Dei als Liebeserklärung an die Gottesmutter. Der Kurfürst war begeistert. 1227 begannen die unbekannten gotischen Baumeister ihre Arbeit, die sie 33 Jahre an Trier binden sollte. Es entstand im reinsten Stil der Hochgotik der Champagne, als eines der Wunder der Gotik eine der ganz seltenen gotischen Zentralkirchen von außerordentlicher Schönheit und Harmonie.
1803 wurde Liebfrauen vom Dom getrennt und trat in eine neue Phase ihrer Geschichte: Sie wurde Pfarrkirche und nahm die Laurentiuspfarrei auf. Als Trier 1944 schwer bombardiert wurde, traf es mit aller Härte auch die Liebfrauenkirche; unter größter Anstrengung wurde sie nach dem Krieg gerettet und wiederhergestellt.
Quelle: www.liebfrauen-trier.de/pfarrkirche liebfrauen.htm
Crucifix in the cloister of Sé do Porto (Porto Cathedral), Porto, Portugal.
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The Porto Cathedral (Portuguese: Sé do Porto), located in the historical centre of the city of Porto, Portugal, is one of the city's oldest monuments and one of the most important Romanesque monuments in Portugal
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The cathedral is flanked by two square towers, each supported with two buttresses and crowned with a cupola. The façade lacks decoration and is rather architecturally heterogeneous. It shows a Baroque porch and a beautiful Romanesque rose window under a crenellated arch, giving the impression of a fortified church.
The Romanesque nave is rather narrow and is covered by barrel vaulting. It is flanked by two aisles with a lower vault. The stone roof of the central aisle is supported by flying butresses, making the building one of the first in Portugal to use this architectonic feature.
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The South transept arm gives access to the Gothic cloister, which is decorated with baroque azulejos by Valentim de Almeida (between 1729 and 1731). They depict the life of the Virgin Mary and Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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The historic centre of Porto is inscribed in the World Heritage List of the UNESCO (whc.unesco.org).
Natur und Kultur in Mittelportugal (Nature and Culture in Mid-Portugal), Wikinger-Reisen, September 2011
Wall decoration inside Real Alcázar de Sevilla (Royal Palace of Seville), Sevilla (Seville), Province of Sevilla (Seville), Andalusia, Spain.
Real Alcazár is one of the best preserved examples of Mudéjar architecture (built under Christian rule, but with strong Islamic influence).
Together with Seville Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies of Seville it is inscribed in the World Heritage List of the UNESCO.
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Together the Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias as a series, form a remarkable monumental complex in the heart of Seville. They perfectly epitomize the Spanish "Golden Age", incorporating vestiges of Islamic culture, centuries of ecclesiastical power, royal sovereignty and the trading power that Spain acquired through its colonies in the New World.
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The original nucleus of the Alcázar was constructed in the 10th century as the palace of the Moslem governor, and is used even today as the Spanish royal family's residence in this city, thereby retaining the same purpose for which it was originally intended: as a residence of monarchs and heads of state. Built and rebuilt from the early Middle Ages right up to our times, it consists of a group of palatial buildings and extensive gardens. The Alcázar embraces a rare compendium of cultures where areas of the original Almohad palace - such as the "Patio del Yeso" or the "Jardines del Crucero" - coexist with the Palacio de Pedro I representing Spanish Mudejar art, together with other constructions displaying every cultural style from the Renaissance to the Neoclassical.
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Seville ... is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville, Spain. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of 7 metres (23 ft) above sea level. The inhabitants of the city are known as sevillanos (feminine form: sevillanas) or hispalenses, following the Roman name of the city, Hispalis.
Seville is the fourth largest city of Spain with a municipal population of about 703,000 as of 2011, and a metropolitan population (including satellite towns) of about 1.2 million, making it the 31st most populous municipality in the European Union. Its Old Town is one of the three largest in Europe along with Venice and Genoa (covering almost four square kilometers), which includes three UNESCO World Heritage Sites (the Alcázar palace complex, the Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies). The Seville harbor, located about 80 km from the Atlantic Ocean, is the only river port in Spain.
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Andalusia holiday April 2012
Scan of an analog photo taken in November 1995
Das Bremer Rathaus wurde zusammen mit dem Bremer Roland 2004 zum UNESCO--Weltkulturerbe erkläft, da es eines der bedeutendsten Bauwerke der Backsteingotik und der Weserrenaissance in Europa ist. Das Rathaus ist Sitz des Senats und des Bürgermeisters der Freien Hansestadt Bremen.
Der Roland wurde als Wahrzeichen Bremens 1404 vor dem Rathaus errichtet. Die Figur mit einer Höhe von 5,47 m steht auf einem 0,60 m hohen Podest und wird von einem gotischen Baldachin bekrönt. Mit einer Gesamthöhe von 20,20 m ist der Roland die größte freistehende Statue des deutschen Mittelalters.
On our cruise from Kiel (Germany) to the North Cape (Norway): Bergen, Norway's second biggest city
Bryggen, the medieval trade center of Bergen, used to be a "Hanse Kontor", not quite the status of a full Hanse member but enough to make it an important trade partner to the known world of its time. It was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979 (ref. 0059).
View over parts of the old city center and the harbours on Trave river, Hanseatic City Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
The churches you see are from left to right: St. Petrikirche (St. Peter), St. Marienkirche (St. Mary, with two towers), St. Jakobikirche (St. James) and St. Katharinenkirche (St. Catherine, on the very right, without tower).
In front of St. Marienkirche is Marktplatz (market square) with Rathaus (tower hall).
The old city center of Lübeck is in great parts inscribed in the World Heritage List of the UNESCO. A plan of the inscribed zones can be found here: whc.unesco.org/download.cfm?id_document=102311
text from whc.unesco.org/en/list/272:
"Lübeck – the former capital and Queen City of the Hanseatic League – was founded in the 12th century and prospered until the 16th century as the major trading centre for northern Europe. It has remained a centre for maritime commerce to this day, particularly with the Nordic countries. Despite the damage it suffered during the Second World War, the basic structure of the old city, consisting mainly of 15th- and 16th-century patrician residences, public monuments (the famous Holstentor brick gate), churches and salt storehouses, remains unaltered."
Hot air balloon flight on 11 August 2008. For all photos see my Ballonfahrt Lübeck 11.8.08 set.
Aachener Dom auch Kaiserdom, Baubeginn: 796 n. Chr. (UNESCO-Welterbe) - Aachen Cathedral or Imperial Cathedral, Construction 796 AD. (UNESCO-World Heritage Site)
Venedig Venice Venezia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice
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Venedig ( italienisch : Venezia [venɛttsja] ( hören ) , [ 1 ] Venetian : Venexia [venɛsja] ; ( Latein : Venetia )) ist eine Stadt im Nordosten von Italien gelegen an einer Gruppe von 118 kleinen Inseln, die durch Kanäle getrennt und verbunden durch Brücken. [ 2 ] Es wird in der sumpfigen befindet Lagune von Venedig , die sich entlang der Küste zwischen den Mündungen der streckt Po und Piave Rivers. Venedig ist für die Schönheit seiner Umgebung, seiner Architektur und seinen Kunstwerken bekannt. [ 2 ] Die Stadt ist in ihrer Gesamtheit als börsennotiertes Weltkulturerbe , zusammen mit seiner Lagune. [ 2 ]
This Jugendstil (Art Nouveu) building in Riga was designed by the German-Baltic architect Mihails Eizenšteins (Mikhail Eisenstein; 1867—1921) and built in 1904. Eizenšteins was the father of the Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein.
www.jugendstils.riga.lv/JugendstilsRiga//eizensteins/albe...