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“People were like Russian nesting dolls - versions stacked inside the latest edition. But they all still lived inside, unchanged, just out of sight.”
― Megan Miranda
From the archives - 2011
The Basilica of the Holy Blood is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Bruges, Belgium. Originally built in the 12th century as the chapel of the residence of the Count of Flanders, the church houses a venerated relic of the Holy Blood allegedly collected by Joseph of Arimathea and brought from the Holy Land by Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders. Built between 1134 and 1157, it was promoted to minor basilica in 1923.
The 12th-century basilica is located in the Burg square and consists of a lower and upper chapel. The lower chapel dedicated to St. Basil the Great is a dark Romanesque structure that remains virtually unchanged. The venerated relic is in the upper chapel, which was rebuilt in the Gothic style during the 16th century and renovated multiple times during the 19th century in Gothic Revival style.
Der Kniepsand auf Amrum ist von einer unfassbaren Weite, eine Wüste in der Nordsee, ein sich ständig änderndes lebendiges Medium. Es gibt keine zwei Stunden, in denen der Kniepsand unverändert bleibt. Wind, Wasser, Sonne und Regen hinterlassen unentwegt ihre Spuren. Ein Ort für Meditation und Besinnung.
The knee-saddle on Amrum is an ever-changing living medium of an incomprehensible expanse, a desert in the North Sea. There are not two hours in which the knee-joint remains unchanged. Wind, water, sun and rain always leave their mark. A place for meditation and reflection.
The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity,[a] is a basilica located in Bethlehem in West Bank Palestinian territories. The grotto holds a prominent religious significance to Christians of various denominations as the birthplace of Jesus. The grotto is the oldest site continuously used as a place of worship in Christianity, and the basilica is the oldest major church in the Holy Land.
The church was originally commissioned by Constantine the Great a short time after his mother Helena's visit to Jerusalem and Bethlehem in 325–326, on the site that was traditionally considered to be the birthplace of Jesus. That original basilica was likely built between 330 and 333, being already mentioned in 333, and was dedicated on 31 May 339. It was probably destroyed by fire during the Samaritan revolts of the sixth century, possibly in 529, and a new basilica was built a number of years later by Byzantine Emperor Justinian (r. 527–565), who added a porch or narthex, and replaced the octagonal sanctuary with a cruciform transept complete with three apses, but largely preserved the original character of the building, with an atrium and a basilica consisting of a nave with four side aisles.
The Church of the Nativity, while remaining basically unchanged since the Justinianic reconstruction, has seen numerous repairs and additions, especially from the Crusader period, such as two bell towers (now gone), wall mosaics and paintings (partially preserved). Over the centuries, the surrounding compound has been expanded, and today it covers approximately 12,000 square meters, comprising three different monasteries: one Roman Catholic, one Armenian Apostolic, and one Greek Orthodox, of which the first two contain bell towers built during the modern era.
Since 2012, the Church of the Nativity is a World Heritage Site and was the first to be listed by UNESCO under 'Palestine'.
Since 1852 the rights of the three religious communities are ruled by Status Quo. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Nativity)
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Film: Fomapan 400
My film photography is drawn just with light in public, not with a computer at home.
The soul of photography is unchanged. It is like painting; the canvas and brushes are basically the same as one hundred years ago. This soul is not a part of the high-definition television world; what ultimately matters is the idea behind the show.
The eastern water dragon is a subaquatic lizard found in healthy waterways along eastern NSW, from Nowra to halfway up the Cape York Pensinsula. It’s believed to be one of the oldest of Australian reptiles, remaining virtually unchanged for over 20 million years
Columbia Glacier, Prince William Sound, Alaska
Columbia Glacier is the largest tidewater glacier from Alaska at 435 square miles, multi-branched calving glacier that flows mostly south out of the Chugach Mountains to its tidewater termination in Prince William Sound, just 30 miles from Valdez, about an hour by boat.
Columbia Glacier is receding, leaving huge blocks of ice and an impassible moraine. It is always changing and each day the bay is filled with floating ice. Some of this ice floats all the way out to the Gulf of Alaska, where it becomes a hazard to shipping.
Captain Cook named the Columbia Glacier as he explored Prince William Sound in 1890. At that time the glacier was advancing and an impressive wall of ice greeted the Captain. This remained unchanged until about 1990 when the Glacier suddenly halted and started its retreat. It has since retreated over 6 miles.
Italia, Toscana, Bagno Vignoni, Estate 2022
L'antico borgo di Bagno Vignoni si trova nel cuore della Toscana, nel Parco Naturale della Val d'Orcia. Grazie alla Via Francigena (che era la principale via percorsa nell'antichità dai pellegrini che si recavano a Roma), queste acque termali sono state ritrovate e utilizzate fin dall'epoca romana. Al centro del paese si trova la "Piazza delle fonti", ovvero una cisterna rettangolare, di origine cinquecentesca, che contiene l'originaria sorgente d'acqua che proviene dalla falda sotterranea di origine vulcanica. Fin dagli Etruschi e dai Romani le terme di Bagno Vignoni furono frequentate da personaggi illustri come Papa Pio II, Santa Caterina da Siena, Lorenzo il Magnifico e tanti altri artisti che avevano eletto il borgo a loro principale luogo di villeggiatura. Caratteristica di Bagno Vignoni, oltre alle acque termali, è la sua struttura che, nonostante i numerosi episodi di guerra, devastazioni ed incendi che hanno coinvolto la Val d'Orcia nel Medioevo, da allora è rimasta sostanzialmente immutata.
The ancient village of Bagno Vignoni is located in the heart of Tuscany, in the Val d'Orcia Natural Park. Thanks to the Via Francigena (which was the main route followed by pilgrims in antiquity who went to Rome), these thermal waters were found and have been used since Roman times. At the heart of the village is the "Square of sources", namely a rectangular tank, of sixteenth-century origin, which contains the original source of water that comes from the subterranean aquifer of volcanic origins. Since the Etruscans and Romans, the spa of Bagno Vignoni was attended by eminent personalities such as Pope Pius II, Saint Catherine of Siena, Lorenzo the Magnificent and many other artists who had elected the village as their main holiday resort. Characteristic of Bagno Vignoni, besides the thermal waters, are its structure, despite numerous incidents of war, devastation and fires that involved the Val d'Orcia in the Middle Ages, remains essentially unchanged since then.
Die Hubbrücke Karnin ist der mittlere Teil der Karniner Brücke, einer ehemals etwa 360 m langen Eisenbahnbrücke zwischen dem pommerschen Festland bei Kamp und der Insel Usedom bei Karnin. Das Brückenbauwerk wurde 1933 fertiggestellt; es war Bestandteil der über Swinemünde führenden Bahnstrecke Ducherow–Heringsdorf–Wolgaster Fähre, die nur noch zwischen Swinemünde und Wolgast existiert und betrieben wird.
Die Überbauten beiderseits des beweglichen Hubteils wurden 1945 von der Wehrmacht zerstört, um die anrückenden sowjetischen Truppen aufzuhalten. Der Hubteil der Brücke steht seit Kriegsende unverändert als Fragment und technisches Denkmal mitten im Strom, dem inneren Küstengewässer, das das Stettiner Haff mit dem Peenestrom verbindet.
The Karnin lift bridge is the central section of the Karnin Bridge, a former railway bridge approximately 360 meters long connecting the Pomeranian mainland near Kamp and the island of Usedom near Karnin. The bridge structure was completed in 1933; it was part of the Ducherow–Heringsdorf–Wolgast Ferry railway line, which ran via Swinemünde and is now only operational between Swinemünde and Wolgast.
The superstructures on both sides of the movable lift section were destroyed by the Wehrmacht in 1945 to halt the advancing Soviet troops. Since the end of the war, the lift section of the bridge has stood unchanged as a fragment and a technical monument in the middle of the river, the inner coastal waterway that connects the Szczecin Lagoon with the Peene River.
This is among my favorites from Nepal. We climbed straight up towards Throng Pedi to acclimate. Oddly there are rarely any sunsets with color this high, you have to be higher up, and this is dangerous due to the rapidly changing conditions. Literally one hour later this entire view was gray fog, nothing to be seen.
I followed this river for hours up it's winding pathway, taking in the beauty, tranquility offered, and observing the always changing yet unchanged stillness of the river. Siddhartha speaks of the lessons to be learned from the river. The placid tranquility contained within the oneness of the river with the world around us. The interconnected way of nature and life. River moving to ocean, ocean moving to mist, becoming snow, falling, melting, always the flowing, moving yet still.
Crohy Head, Mullaghmullan Peninsula, Maghery, County Donegal, Ireland
This giant sea arch & surrounding rock stacks are some of the most fascinating sights to be found on our shore. This prehistoric coastline has remained virtually unchanged in millennia. Even now it looks similar to when it may have millions of years ago during Ireland’s creation. Back when it was all volcanic activity, sharp rocks & had very little foliage growing. In those ages Ireland was far from resembling the “Emerald Isle” as we all know it today.
Even without her "40 shades of green", Ireland's still a stunner 💚
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Portholland is made up of two small hamlets, East and West Portholland. The little village is home to a total of about forty permanent residents. Located on two coves, Portholland and all the properties therein is owned by the Caerhayes Castle Estate, the past home of the Trevanion family which had been in the area for centuries. The estate was sold in 1860 to one of the established families in the area, the Williams’. The new owners did their best to keep the area a working farm-centred community that was away from the modern life and its haste. Caerhays Castle can be found in a sheltered valley that overlooks Porthluney Cove on the South Cornish Coast and not far from Truro and St Austell. Portholland, East and West, has been declared a National heritage Asset. The areas around Portholland are virtually unchanged for well over one hundred years and this is part of what attracts the tourists from around the world that go there. This hamlet of Portholland, where time seems to have stood still, is very different when compared with the developments in housing that continue to take place in many of the other similar fishing vilages that litter the South coast of Cornwall. At high tide, Portholland has two separate coves but when the tide is low these coves are joined together by golden sand. Portholland beach can be reached by simply walking the almost half a mile when you use the footpath that runs from just beyond the gate at Top Lodge at Caerhays, or if you choose to use the road then it is about two miles away. There is a small car park at Portholland East and not many parking spaces at Portholland West. Portholland is the right place for families to go and it is equidistant between St. Austell and Truro two towns that have larger attractions. Portholland does not have many shops or other such facilities but you will find a small shop and Post Office there. It is also a great base if you want to do some exploring deeper into the intriguing Roseland peninsula. Portholland is also particularly well placed as it receives maximum amount of sunshine most of the year thus creating a balmy type climate that lasts until the middle of autumn.
Like stones beaten by angry waves
We stand on the edge of life
Time is passing
Seasons are changing
Native to our pupils of the eye
A deep sadness
unchanged
It doesn't change..
You,
Inside, every second
The one you choked before it reached your tongue
You make countless sentences..
I,
I'm reading from your eyes
In the pitch black of the night...
We are cold..
When did it turn to ash!
That sacred fire that warms our souls...
Adnan Güler / We are cold
***Note: In fact, the translation of any poem is not that poem. I know this. Because emotions can be experienced and not translated!
***
Hırçın dalgaların dövdüğü taşlar gibi
Kıyısında duruyoruz hayatın
Zaman geçiyor
Mevsimler değişiyor
Göz bebeklerimizin yerlisi
Koyu bir hüzün
Değişmedi
Değişmiyor..
Sen,
İçinde, her saniye
Diline varmadan boğduğun
Sayısız cümle kuruyorsun..
Ben,
Gözlerinden okuyorum
Gecenin zifiri karanlığında..
Üşüyoruz..
Ne zaman söndü!
Ruhumuzu ısıtan o kutsal ateş...
Adnan Güler / Üşüyoruz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy3fJ8Nmzyw
If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain unchanged?
If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain the same?
Sometimes
It's hard to hold on
So hard to hold on to my dreams
It isn't always what it seems
When you're face to face with me
You're like a dagger
And stick me in the heart
And taste the blood from my blade
And when we sleep, would you shelter me
In your warm and darkened grave?
If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain unchanged?
If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain the same?
Burg or Schloss is the question I hear all the time what is the difference, well a Burg is a fortress (a castle designed for defense in battle, also called eine Festung) and a Schloss is a palace – designed more as a residence but these lines can sometime get blurry.
Castle Liebeneck is an old new castle built originally in the late 14th century as a functional fortification (burg) and hunting lodge of Liebenstein family and remained unchanged until the late 19th century.
The original Baroque design did not have the comforts Baron of the Empire Franz Georg Ernst von Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein was used to so leveled the fortress and in 1870 the Schloss designed by the architect Joseph Balthasar Fuchs in Neo-Renaissance style you see came into being.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 70-200mm 2.8 G2 Lens processed in LR, PS luminosity masks and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.
Der Kniepsand auf Amrum ist von einer unfassbaren Weite, eine Wüste in der Nordsee, ein sich ständig änderndes lebendiges Medium. Es gibt keine zwei Stunden, in denen der Kniepsand unverändert bleibt. Wind, Wasser, Sonne und Regen hinterlassen unentwegt ihre Spuren. Ein Ort für Meditation und Besinnung.
The knee-saddle on Amrum is an ever-changing living medium of an incomprehensible expanse, a desert in the North Sea. There are not two hours in which the knee-joint remains unchanged. Wind, water, sun and rain always leave their mark. A place for meditation and reflection.
No-one leaves the Wilson Tunnel unchanged. Doing it every day might dull your senses, but a first time visitor becomes aware of a subtle transformation that is hard to put in words. What is it?
Amsterdam - Marnixstraat - Passeerdersstraat
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Harran was a major ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia whose site is near the modern village of Altınbaşak, Turkey, 44 kilometers southeast of Şanlıurfa. The location is in a district of Şanlıurfa Province that is also named "Harran". Harran, a major commercial, cultural, and religious center, was first inhabited in the Early Bronze Age III (3rd millennium BCE) period.
Harran is famous for its traditional "beehive" adobe houses, constructed entirely without wood. The design of these makes them cool inside, suiting the climatic needs of the region, and is thought to have been unchanged for at least 3,000 years. Some were still in use as dwellings until the 1980s. However, those remaining today are strictly tourist exhibits, while most of Harran's population lives in a newly built small village about 2 kilometres away from the main site.
Text Ref: Wikipedia
Jvari Monastery is a sixth-century Georgian Orthodox monastery near Mtskheta, eastern Georgia. Along with other historic structures of Mtskheta, it is listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. Jvari is a rare case of the Early Medieval Georgian church that survived to the present day almost unchanged. Built atop of Jvari Mount (656 m a.s.l.), the monastery is an example of harmonious connection with the natural environment, characteristic to Georgian architecture.
Kokerei Hansa
Production at the Hansa coking plant ceased on December 15th 1992. The once „forbidden city“ today invites visitors to explore ist theme trail on „Nature and Technology“. The technical equipment and buildings on this large-scale coking plant have remained mostly unchanged since they were constructed at the end of the 1920s. They offer authentic insights into the process and the working conditions on a coking plant. Visitors to this industrial monument are confronted with an exciting scenario of industrial history and newly evolving life
Walking on my regular downtown route, and today was one of the rare beautifully blue days. The colors of the changing leaves - along with the unchanged - really struck me. Near downtown Portland.
The walls of this canyon define Yellowstone and its iconic, lower falls. This was taken in June, 2019 but it has been taken and drawn many, many times over the years, largely unchanged. I've been reading the letters and diaries from the Hayden Expedition to Yellowstone in 1871 and it led me to look back on our last trip there.
Read about Firefly .
Oracabessa, Jamaica
Our small group of five were the only visitors at Firefly. We wondered if, perhaps, Noel Coward, is unknown to some of the younger tourists in Jamaica. The house is unchanged since the day Noel Coward died and clearly in desperate need of restoration...although the site is beautifully maintained. It saddens me to think how it will fare in the future.
Lutefisk is a traditional dish of some Nordic countries.
In Norway, Lutefisk is traditionally served with boiled potatoes, mashed green peas, melted butter and small pieces of fried bacon.
Some use syrup, brown goat cheese and mustard in addition.
It is traditionally part of the Norwegian julebord (get together-parties throughout December).
Every restaurant with respect for themselves has this on their menu.
It is gelatinous in texture. Its name literally means "lye fish".
Some might think it doesn't look particular tasty, the clue is to close your eyes, open your mouth and in gets the fork, hurry swallow and take a sip or two of what you have in your glass and open your eyes again.
Try to recover.
Drink more.
It works perfectly, you might get the chance to get a little salt fishy jelly taste gliding on your tongue, but if you hurry and eat some lovely bacon you will get over it.
As mom says "Lye kills everything and cleanses your body!"
That really says it all...
I did use lye to get rid of paint on a little house I had in the garden, just mentioning...
(NB! I had a house, had.. )
Lutefisk is dried whitefish (normally cod, but ling and burbot are also used) treated with lye.
The first step is soaking the stockfish in cold water for five to six days (with the water changed daily). The saturated stockfish is then soaked in an unchanged solution of cold water and lye for an additional two days. The fish swells during this soaking, and its protein content decreases by more than 50 percent, producing a jelly-like consistency, good grief.
When this treatment is finished, the fish (saturated with lye) is caustic, with a pH of 11–12, wow!! To make the fish edible (hahahahaha, edible!!), a final treatment of yet another four to six days of soaking in cold water (also changed daily) is needed.
Eventually, the lutefisk is ready to be cooked in 20 minutes, and if you are lucky the fish will literally disappear and it will not be much left.
(Wikipedia, well some of it)
I survived, btw
And I'm drunk too!
😄
Fez Tannery is one of the most visited sights in Fez Medina. These are the oldest tanneries in the world, operating closely unchanged since the founding of Fez nearly 1000 years ago.
The Leather Tanneries of Fez dates back at least 9 centuries. Besides, the Leather Souq (Market) is one of the interesting places in Fez and the oldest leather tannery in the world. When approaching the tannery the smell gives you the impression that something different is about to appear. The smell sticking to the terrace from where all the activities can be viewed for all the visitors.
A shot of a neighbour's Hibiscus with a Kolarivision IR Chrome filter on a PENTAX-DA 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 lens using a Full Spectrum Converted Pentax K5 body. Interestingly, only the foliage has demonstrated an IR response; the flower colours are unchanged.
Step inside The Bridge Tea Rooms and you’ll be forgiven for thinking you’ve passed straight through a time portal. Housed in a former blacksmith’s cottage dating from 1502 the tea room is decorated throughout as if it is unchanged since Victorian times. The place positively oozes atmosphere, and the classical music playing gently in the background sets a tranquil tone.
The building has a long history. Originally built as a single-story cottage, it had a second level added in 1675. It’s been a home and workshop of a tailor, and then a local blacksmith ran his business from the forge next door, and for some time, a sweet shop and antique shop. Converted to a tea rooms in 1989 Roy and Alison Hayward took over the business in 2006.
Text Ref: www.thebridgetearooms.co.uk
Scottish Borders, South Scotland
Picture No: 2019-12-01-6717_P3_FRAMED_S
Edited in Canon DPP 4 (bit), framed in Photoshop 6
Not cropped. No photomontage. No Photoshop.
Colors unchanged.
scheinbar unverändert
Center am Potsdamer Platz
Das Center am Potsdamer Platz wird noch bis Sommer 2024 für 200 Millionen Euro neu hergerichtet, doch aus dieser Perspektive sieht dort die Welt noch unverändert aus. Hinter der spiegelnden Fläche lagerten allerdings Baumaterialien.
The center at Potsdamer Platz will be renovated for 200 million euros by the summer of 2024, but from this perspective the world there still looks unchanged. However, building materials were stored behind the reflecting surface.
Beth: Mirrors
Das nördlichste deutsche Benediktinerkloster wurde erst 1951 gegründet. Damit ist Nütschau ein relativ junges Kloster.
Die Geschichte der Benediktiner im Norden und des Gutes Nütschau reichen dagegen weit zurück.Im Jahre 1577 begann Graf Heinrich Rantzau mit dem Bau des kleinen Wasserschlosses, dem „Castrum Nutzkow“, das mit seinen drei Giebeln bis heute das Wahrzeichen Nütschaus ist und das in seiner äußeren Bausubstanz weitgehend unverändert auf uns gekommen ist.
www.kloster-nuetschau.de/kloster/geschichte/
The most northern German Benedictine monastery was founded in 1951 in Nuetschau and so it is a relatively young monastery.
The history of the Benedictines in the north and the Nütschau estate, however, go back a long way. In 1577 Count Heinrich Ranzau began to build the small moated castle, the "Castrum Nutzkow", which is Nuetschau's landmark with its three gables. Its external structure is nearly unchanged.
The Maam Cross horse fair takes place at the end of October each year at a small crossroads in remote west Galway. Fantastic characters and faces appear from the mists and rains to trade horses and livestock an experience unchanged for generations
There are some 450 authorized gondoliers distributed over the five hundred gondolas in the city, just a few if compared to the 10,000 boatmen who plied the waters of Venice at the time of Goldoni, but a good number considering that there are around 2500 taxis are in Milan. These facts show that in the end, the traffic along the Venetian canals has not changed substantially since the Renaissance, as has happened in other cities instead.
This is why Gondolas and Squeri are so important to Venice’s economy. The squeri are the famous workshops where gondolas are manufactured and undergo maintenance. Originally, these workshops were all located on the Grand Canal, just to make their overriding importance and centrality to the city’s needs, but nowadays only two of them still exist in the center of Venice: San Trovaso and Tramontin.
San Trovaso Squero is even legendary, as its existence is documented since Goldoni’s times, but the oldest is surely the Tramontin Squero, as the Tramontin family has been handing down the art since 1884 and has been the pioneer of the modernization of construction techniques, renewing methodologies used since the 1500s and 1600s.
The construction technique of gondolas is virtually unchanged since the days of Giovanni Tramontin, great- great-grandfather to Roberto, who said he was so skilled in his work that he made a bet with his student Alberto Mingaroni and fashioned a gondola in a single night.
Who knows if it was a legend or a real story, but certainly nowadays his grandchildren need to work for hundreds of hours to build a gondola in a workmanlike manner, as each one is a unique piece. Indeed, each gondolier has his own gondola and each boat is customized to its gondolier, to his weight and height – indeed, it is no coincidence that the weight of the iron bow varies according to the size of the gondolier and serves as a mass balancer. Also the steering position, the oar and the forcola where it rests are designed and manufactured considering the height and the arms of the gondolier. This need to customize gondolas is not an artistic habit, but rather responds to its peculiar navigation technique based on arm strength. This technique is very complex and relies on experience and direct knowledge of the routes, channels and pitfalls, however, quite different from any other traditional navigation mode.
For further information please visit www.thatsvenice.com/travel-guides/squeri/
Venice (Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ( listen), Venetian: Venexia [veˈnɛsja]) is a city in northeast Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region. In 2009, there were 270,098 people residing in Venice's comune (the population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; around 60,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico); 176,000 in Terraferma (the Mainland), mostly in the large frazioni of Mestre and Marghera; 31,000 live on other islands in the lagoon). Together with Padua and Treviso, the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) (population 1,600,000).
The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century B.C. The city historically was the capital of the Venetian Republic. Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Masks", "City of Bridges", "The Floating City", and "City of Canals". Luigi Barzini described it in The New York Times as "undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man". Venice has also been described by the Times Online as being one of Europe's most romantic cities.
The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers.
The Republic of Venice was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain, and spice) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century. This made Venice a wealthy city throughout most of its history. It is also known for its several important artistic movements, especially the Renaissance period. Venice has played an important role in the history of symphonic and operatic music, and it is the birthplace of Antonio Vivaldi.
Please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice for further information...
Yes, this is the Columbia River Gorge, no, its not a fire shot, or an after the fire shot. We were out in the Gorge the minute they opened I-84. It was actually still very much on fire when we were there. The damage was evident, it seems the hikers who go back into the Gorge will be most effected, back there its all just gone. Near the road they did a good job maintaining a lot of the green. They intentionally set a lot of back fires to burn up the fuel but maintain the tree story above. That means it should grow back fast. The Mayor of Hood River was on the radio up here begging people not to stay away. He said the best way to help is to come spend money at the small towns up and down the Gorge as soon as you can get in there safely. He made a great point. He said there will new trails, and new views, for new experiences. Yes, it will be different, but not destroyed. Guess there is some merit to that optimistic view.
We certainly. The view in this picture should be largely unchanged for everyone after the fire. I wanted to post this image to share that with all of the non-Portland folks who share a love for this fantastic resource.
Borsdane Wood is an Ancient Semi Natural Woodland in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is believed to have been continuous woodland cover since before 1600 AD and is composed of native tree species that have not obviously been planted. Borsdane Wood was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 1986.[1]
The wood consists of approximately 34 hectares (85 acres) of mixed broadleaf trees including species such as oak, ash, birch, cherry, hazel, hawthorn, blackthorn and dog rose, as well as areas of open ground. With trees many hundreds of years old the wood has remained relatively unchanged for centuries and is home to a wide variety of wildlife. The wood follows the course of the Borsdane Brook which is the boundary between Hindley and Westhoughton and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Wigan and Bolton.
Nowadays, magic wands have very different shapes than they used to be ..... but their power has remained unchanged
Monschau is located in the hills of the North Eifel, within the Hohes Venn – Eifel Nature Park in the narrow valley of the Rur river. The historic town center has many preserved half-timbered houses and narrow streets have remained nearly unchanged for 300 years, making the town a popular tourist attraction nowadays. An open-air, classical music festival is staged annually at Burg Monschau. Historically, the main industry of the town was cloth-mills
The tour group walks between the cobblestones (the rock) and the steel bollards (the hard place) without prompting. Very interesting!
This is Elfreth's Alley, an “exceptional example of early American structures built between 1720 and 1830” according to the historic marker designated in 2016. The neighborhood was originally residential with small businesses in the homes, later changing to larger industrial scale buildings. Still single family residential, this block remained essentially unchanged and is a delightful tourist destination.
A midwinter sunset in the Wiltshire market town of Devizes (population 15,500). The tower of the 12th Century St Mary's Church overlooks the Castle Hotel, of more recent provenance.
St Mary’s Church was built in the 12th century to serve the new borough of Devizes, outside the castle area, which was served by nearby St John's. All that remains of the early church is the chancel, there being nothing dateable in the rest of the church earlier than the 13th or 14th century. There were radical alterations to the church structure in the 15th century when the walls were heightened, the south porch increased to two storeys with a stair turret and windows, buttresses and roofs replaced and renewed. The west tower was built against the nave. There were changes here during the Reformation including the removal of the rood screen in 1561. The church remained largely unchanged then until the 1850s when there was a restoration, the church was repewed and a vestry built.
By the 1890s cracks were beginning to appear in the walls of the tower and these were repaired in 1897-8. The church is of dressed stone with a chancel, an aisled and clerestoried nave with a south porch and west tower. In the chancel there is a dole table, probably of the 15th century. During the Civil War lead was taken from the roof to manufacture bullets. The church, sharing a common incumbent with St John’s since its 12th Century origins, has not held regular Sunday services since 2006 although at least one weekly midweek service takes place there.
Step inside The Bridge Tea Rooms and you’ll be forgiven for thinking you’ve passed straight through a time portal. Housed in a former blacksmith’s cottage dating from 1502 the tea room is decorated throughout as if it is unchanged since Victorian times. The place positively oozes atmosphere, and the classical music playing gently in the background sets a tranquil tone.
The building has a long history. Originally built as a single-story cottage, it had a second level added in 1675. It’s been a home and workshop of a tailor, and then a local blacksmith ran his business from the forge next door, and for some time, a sweet shop and antique shop. Converted to a tea rooms in 1989 Roy and Alison Hayward took over the business in 2006.
Text Ref: www.thebridgetearooms.co.uk
Europe, France, Nord, Hauts de France, Roubaix, La Piscine, Museum, Cellar, Boilers (slightly cut from R)
The cellars of the former swimming pool are largely unchanged, displaying the giant water heaters.
‘La Piscine’ – Museum of Art and Industry André Diligent was opened on October 21, 2001, and is located on the site of the former Art Deco municipal swimming pool, built between 1927 and 1932 (architect: Albert Baert). The pool was designed as a temple of hygiene in response to the difficult living conditions faced by the working class of the region. The building is built like a Cistercian abbey in a neo-Byzantine style. The large basilica nave of the building is illuminated by stained glass windows, symbolizing the rising & setting sun.
The swimming pool was a great success because it was the only Olympic swimming pool in the agglomeration. And there was another reason. Roubaix, a city with great social-economic differences, was the only place where the different social classes mixed.
In 1985 the pool was closed because of serious problems with its ageing vaulting. It was decided to convert it into an art museum. A renovation and conversion plan was made by Jean-Paul Philippon. The museum opened in 2001, and its main focus is art, but there are also exhibits that concern the local industrial heritage.
This is number 8 of the Lille/Roubaix album and 469 of Interiors.
A highly successful species, fossils of Black-backed Jackals going back 2-3 million years indicate they have lived in the same regions of sub-Saharan Africa, largely unchanged, in all that time. If I understand correctly, they share a common ancestor with wolves, not evolved from them. The fact that they eat almost anything may well be a major contributor to the species' longevity.
Many, many moons have passed over the remnants of this early 1900's pier. These old piles ( about one hundred and twenty years ago ) were used as supporting stilts for an industrial fishing building.
I can only imagine men walking down the pier, carrying their lunch boxes as they headed to work.
Seagulls are commonly perched upon the piles (as can be seen in this photo)
Point Roberts,
Whatcom County
WASHINGTON, USA
Point Roberts is a pene-exclave of Washington on the southernmost tip of the Tsawwassen peninsula, south of Vancouver, British Columbia. The area, which had a population of 1,191 at the 2020 census, is reached from the rest of the United States by traveling 25 mi (40 km) through Canada, or by boat or private airplane. It is a census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington, with a post office, and a ZIP Code of 98281. Direct sea and air connections with the rest of the U.S. are available across Boundary Bay.
Point Roberts was created when the United Kingdom and the United States settled the Pacific Northwest American-Canadian border dispute in the mid-19th century with the Oregon Treaty. The two parties agreed that the 49th parallel would define the boundary between their respective territories, and the small area that incorporates Point Roberts is south of the 49th parallel. Questions about ceding the territory to the United Kingdom and later to Canada have been raised since its creation; however, its status has remained unchanged. Wikipedia
On the horizon you will have left USA waters and entered Canadian waters
BC Canada
Strait of Georgia ( Pacific Ocean )
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Oracabessa, Jamaica
Our small group of five were the only visitors at Firefly. We wondered if, perhaps, Noel Coward, is unknown to some of the younger tourists in Jamaica. The house is unchanged since the day Noel Coward died and clearly in desperate need of restoration...although the site is beautifully maintained. It saddens me to think how it will fare in the future.
The chancel and arch St Mary's Church in the Wiltshire market town of Devizes (pop. 15,500) possible. I was in here filming for our COVID lockdown services, and thought this would make a good still photo. After several earlier attempts, at the last minute I wondered if the flashlight on my phone would have enough oomph to add some definition to the spandrel. I think it made the shot.
St Mary’s Church was built in the 12th century to serve the new borough of Devizes, outside the castle area, which was served by nearby St John's. All that remains of the early church is the chancel, centre of shot here. Beyond that, there isnothing dateable in the rest of the church earlier than the 13th or 14th century. There were radical alterations to the church structure in the 15th century when the walls were heightened, the south porch increased to two storeys with a stair turret and windows, buttresses and roofs replaced and renewed. This is when the stonecarving on the chancel arch was carried out, as well as substantial repairs to the rib vaulting in the chancel itself.
There were changes here during the Reformation including the removal of the rood screen in 1561. The church remained largely unchanged then until the 1850s when there was a restoration, the church was repewed and a vestry built.
By the 1890s cracks were beginning to appear in the walls of the tower and these were repaired in 1897-8. The church is of dressed stone with a chancel, an aisled and clerestoried nave with a south porch and west tower. In the chancel there is a dole table, probably of the 15th century. During the Civil War lead was taken from the roof to manufacture bullets. The church, sharing a common incumbent with St John’s since its 12th Century origins, has not held regular Sunday services since 2006 although at least one weekly midweek service takes place
The spring "fiddleheads" of the interrupted fern are covered in fuzz when they first emerge in the spring. These were photographed in Perrot State Park near Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Interesting fact: Fossil records show that interrupted ferns have remained unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs. Wish I could say the same!
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Captured in November 2024.
Good news. My eye heath is fine, about the only part of me that is, and my prescription is unchanged in the past two years. I have perfect 20/20 vision (as long as I am wearing my glasses).
I hope that you are all having a great weekend my Flickr friends and I hope that you like this kind-of randomly captured shot from Argyle Street in the city. Take care.
Work in Progress.
Silver POP
During the last few days, I have resumed attempts that I considered to have failed about 20 years ago. It is an iron/silver printing out process with Ammonium iron(III) oxalate instead Ammonium iron(III) citrate (Vandyke). As with Kallitype, two solutions are mixed just before use. But this does not produce a homogeneous clear solution, but a rather milky emulsion, which must be dispersed during application until the layer appears matt dry.
The exposure times are about half as long as for Vandyke. It is developed in distilled water, or in highly diluted citrate or acetate developers if a colour other than reddish brown is desired.
The concentration of the silver nitrate can be between 10% and 15%. With higher silver concentration the contrast increases, the shadows become darker. Adding a few drops of citric acid to the emulsion also increases contrast. The image colour after exposure is then not red or brown, but greenish. If this more neutral colour tone should remain unchanged after processing, I recommend developing in sodium acetate. Before fixing I recommend a weak citric acid clearing bath to remove any residual iron salt.
The child must have a name, for now I call it Lobotype.
Mechanik einer Morsetaste «Junker-Taste» (Joseph Junker GmbH, Honef/Rh). Das grosse Rändelrad in der Mitte dient zur Einstellung des Tastenhubs, das kleine links für die Einstellung des Tastendrucks. Die Junker-Taste wurde 1931 patentiert und bis 2014 weitgehend unverändert gebaut.
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Mechanism of a Morse key "Junker Key" (Joseph Junker GmbH, Honef/Rh). The large knurled wheel in the middle is for adjusting the key stroke, the small one on the left is for adjusting the actuation force. The Junker key was patented in 1931 and was built largely unchanged until 2014.