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We've got no time to lose
Your news is old news
Hate this, hate me, hate this
Right approach for the wrong
It's time to spread the word
Let the voice be heard
All of us, one of us, all of us
Dominate and take the motherfucking world
Mass prediction, unification
Breathing life into our lungs
Every creed and every kind
To give us depth for strength
Taught when we're young to hate one another
It's time to have a new reign of power
Make pride universal so no one gives in
Turn our backs on those who oppose
Then when confronted we ask them the question
What's wrong with their mind?
What's wrong with your mind?
It's time to rise
Rise, rise
It's time to rise
We've lived with past mistakes
And we've lived with our own
Forgive, forget forgive
Be a man, not a child
There are no tears for peace
Of the common sympathies
Educate, reinstate, educate
A thing of past, the trouble in the states
Mass prediction, unification
Breathing life into our lungs
Every creed and every kind
To give us depth for strength
Taught when we're young to hate one another
It's time to have a new reign of power
Make pride universal so no one gives in
Turn our backs on those who oppose
Then when confronted we ask them the question
What's wrong with their mind?
What's wrong with your mind?
It's time to rise
Rise, rise
It's time to rise
Mass prediction, unification
Breathing life into our lungs
Every creed and every kind
To give us depth for strength
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The practice of writing in Japan [and China] began by rubbing a hard ink stick in a small amount of water. Rubbing small, soft circles over and over just to create a small amount of ink was considered part of the writing process, a moment to calm the mind before one dips their brush into the ink. As the hand writes what the mind dictates, the characters on the paper are an expression of that unification of mind and body, both in meaning and style. The mixture of soot and gelatin in traditional ink sticks determines its shade of color, the feel of the initial strokes, and how much the ink blots or cracks on the paper, all features which one can skillfully use to express the most in their writing. Source: kinkoen.jp/en/narasumi/
Galleria Sciarra, in Rome, celebrates women as angels of the hearth, as mothers, and as brides. Its walls, decorated with colorful Art Nouveau and Belle-Époque motifs, are a visual translation of the bourgeois clichés that were popular after the Italian Unification. The “Scapigliato” poet Emilio Praga summed them up well in his verses: “Yet the image is sweet / of women at home: / they are Muses, they are angels / of the domestic sky”.
The Principato Ultra was one province of the Kingdom of the Two Sicily (southern Italy) that was abolished with the unification of Italy in 1861. Many villages still
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The Arsenal building in City Star of Karlovac, from the end of the 17th century, after two decades of disuse and decay, lived in a parallel universe, then completed in last year's earthquake, was finally completely demolished in a controlled manner.
A complete renovation is planned at the same place.
Last 11 pictures are dedicated to this spot.
The origins of Terranova di Pollino date back to the 16th century , when it was founded as a fiefdom of the State of Noia (the current Noepoli ), of which it belonged until the subversion of feudalism, and from which it took the name of Terranovella di Noia until the nineteenth century , when it was changed to its current name. The Pignatelli , princes of Noia, decided to favor the settlement of settlers in their vast estates, to increase the economy of the fief, and so Terranovella, that is a newly settled land , was the advanced point of their agricultural colonization. After the unification of Italy, Terranova was part of the district of Lagonegro and of the Mandamento di Noepoli
The Viking Age (793–1066 AD) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading throughout Europe, and reached North America.
It followed the Migration Period and the Germanic Iron Age. The Viking Age applies not only to their homeland of Scandinavia, but to any place significantly settled by Scandinavians during the period.
The Scandinavians of the Viking Age are often referred to as Vikings as well as Norsemen, although few of them were Vikings in the technical sense.
Voyaging by sea from their homelands in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the Norse people settled in the British Isles, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Normandy, the Baltic coast, and along the Dnieper and Volga trade routes in eastern Europe, where they were also known as Varangians. They also briefly settled in Newfoundland, becoming the first Europeans to reach North America. The Norse-Gaels, Normans, Rus' people, Faroese and Icelanders emerged from these Norse colonies. The Vikings founded several kingdoms and earldoms in Europe: the kingdom of the Isles (Suðreyjar), Orkney (Norðreyjar), York (Jórvík) and the Danelaw (Danalǫg), Dublin (Dyflin), Normandy, and Kievan Rus' (Garðaríki). The Norse homelands were also unified into larger kingdoms during the Viking Age, and the short-lived North Sea Empire included large swathes of Scandinavia and Britain.
Several things drove this expansion. The Vikings were drawn by the growth of wealthy towns and monasteries overseas, and weak kingdoms. They may also have been pushed to leave their homeland by overpopulation, lack of good farmland, and political strife arising from the unification of Norway. The aggressive expansion of the Carolingian Empire and forced conversion of the neighboring Saxons to Christianity may also have been a factor.
Sailing innovations had allowed the Vikings to sail further and longer to begin with.
Information about the Viking Age is drawn largely from primary sources written by those the Vikings encountered, as well as archaeology, supplemented with secondary sources such as the Icelandic Sagas.
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Cartel publicitario de Cinzano. Una reminiscencia de cuando la antigua carretera N-II pasaba por el centro de Mataró, Camí Ral.
Con el desarrollo de las primeras carreteras y el aumento de los viajeros, aparecieron los primeros anuncios publicitarios en sus inmediaciones.
La utilización de las carreteras para que los anuncios publicitarios fueran vistos por mucha gente convirtieron a las carreteras en un escaparate público.
Pese a que en 1933, España aprobó el Convenio sobre unificación de señalamiento en carreteras, firmado en Ginebra en 1931, no impidió que los márgenes de las carreteras se llenaran abusivamente y desordenadamente de carteles publicitarios durante cincuenta años.
En 1988 se aprobó la Ley de Carreteras, que sustituyó a la de 1974. Una de sus novedades fue que se prohibió la publicidad visible desde la carretera, pero solo cuando estuviera colocada fuera de los tramos urbanos.
Por tanto, este anuncio con la ley actual estaría correctamente situado. Solamente la desaparición útil de la función de escaparate público de esta fachada hizo caer en el olvido este anuncio de los años 50 del siglo pasado.
CAT: Cartell publicitari de Cinzano. Una reminiscència de quan l'antiga carretera N-II passava pel centre de Mataró, Camí Ral.
Amb el desenvolupament de les primeres carreteres i l'augment dels viatgers, van aparèixer els primers anuncis publicitaris en els seus voltants.
La utilització de les carreteres perquè els anuncis publicitaris fossin vists per molta gent van convertir a les carreteres en un aparador públic.
Malgrat que en 1933, Espanya va aprovar el Conveni sobre unificació d'assenyalament en carreteres, signat a Ginebra en 1931, no va impedir que els marges de les carreteres s'omplissin abusivament i desordenadament de cartells publicitaris al llarg de cinquanta anys.
En 1988 es va aprovar la Llei de Carreteres, que va substituir a la de 1974. Una de les seves novetats va ser que es va prohibir la publicitat visible des de la carretera, però només quan estigués col·locada fora dels trams urbans.
Per tant aquest anunci amb la llei actual estaria correctament situat. Solament la desaparició útil de la funció d'aparador públic d'aquesta façana va fer caure en l'oblit aquest anunci dels anys 50 del segle passat.
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Cinzano advertising poster. A reminiscence of when the old N-II road passed through the centre of Mataró, Camí Ral.
With the development of the first roads and the increase in the number of travellers, the first advertisements appeared in the vicinity.
The use of the roads for the advertisements to be seen by many people turned the roads into a public showcase.
Although in 1933, Spain approved the Convention on the Unification of Road Signs and Signposting, signed in Geneva in 1931, it did not prevent the roadsides from being filled abusively and disorderly with billboards for fifty years.
In 1988, the Roads Act was passed, replacing the 1974 Act. One of its novelties was that advertising visible from the road was prohibited, but only when it was placed outside urban stretches.
Therefore, this advertisement would be correctly placed under the current law. Only the useful disappearance of this façade's function as a public showcase made this advertisement from the 1950s fall into oblivion.
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It played a major role in the unification of Japan during the Azuchi-Momoyama period. The castle's history is closely tied to figures like Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Osaka Castle is also famous to some for its incredibly well-built stone wall, which is impressive in its sheer size, with an estimated 500,000 to 1 million large stones having been used in its construction. The most walls stand at up to 20 meters tall and90 meters wide.
The current main tower at Osaka Castle is a concrete reconstruction of the 17th - century castle and was completed 1931. In its original construction back in the 16th century, it was unparalleled as the largest and best constructed castle in Japan. Today, it offers fantastic views of the city and is a popular tourist destination in spring for the beautiful cherry blossoms. The Castle grounds cover approximately 60,000 square meters (15 acres) and contain 13 structures that have been designated as important cultural assets of Japan.
Budapestis the capital and the largest city of Hungary,and one of the largest citiesin the European Union. It is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre, sometimes described as the primate city of Hungary. According to the census, in 2011 Budapest had 1.74 million inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2.1 million due to suburbanisation.The Budapest Metropolitan Area is home to 3.3 million people. The city covers an area of 525 square kilometres (203 sq mi). Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the unification of Buda and Óbuda on the west bank, with Pest on the east bank on 17 November 1873.
The Hungarian Parliament Building (Hungarian: Országház, pronounced [ˈorsaːkhaːz], which translates to House of the Country or House of the Nation), also known as the Parliament of Budapest for being located in that city, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. It lies in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the bank of the Danube. It is currently the largest building in Hungary and still the tallest building in Budapest.
That bridge was built during the unification with Spain period (1580-1640). The top of it is mostly under soil and veggetation, and another portion of it disappeared with the construction of the Shoreline Rd in the middle of last century, St Peter of Estoril
Eine Langzeitbelichtung mit Graufilter: Die Siegessäule auf dem Großen Stern inmitten des Großen Tiergartens in Berlin wurde von 1864 bis 1873 als Nationaldenkmal der Einigungskriege nach einem Entwurf von Heinrich Strack erbaut. Sie steht unter Denkmalschutz und gilt als ein Wahrzeichen Berlins.
A long-term exposure with grey filter: The "Siegessäule" on the Great Star in the middle of the Great Tiergarten in Berlin was built between 1864 and 1873 as a national monument to the wars of unification according to a design by Heinrich Strack. It is a listed building and a landmark of Berlin.
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It played a major role in the unification of Japan during the Azuchi-Momoyama period. The castle's history is closely tied to figures like Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Osaka Castle is also famous to some for its incredibly well-built stone wall, which is impressive in its sheer size, with an estimated 500,000 to 1 million large stones having been used in its construction. The most walls stand at up to 20 meters tall and90 meters wide.
Im Vordergrund die Moltkebrücke, benannt nach Graf von Moltke (1800- 1891)ein preußischer General der maßgeblichen Anteil am Erfolg der Deutschen Einigungskriegen hatte. Die Brücke über der Spree verbindet das Kanzleramt mit dem Hauptstadtbahnhof. Modern ist der Cubus und der Hauptbahnhof.
Danke für Euren Besuch, liebe Freunde.
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In the foreground is the Moltke Bridge, named after Count von Moltke (1800-1891), a Prussian general who played a key role in the success of the German unification wars. The bridge over the Spree connects the Chancellery with the capital's railway station. The Cubus and the main railway station are modern.
Thank you for your visit, dear friends.
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Architecture hier et aujourd'hui
Au premier plan, le pont Moltke, du nom du comte von Moltke (1800-1891), un général prussien qui a joué un rôle déterminant dans le succès des guerres d'unification allemande. Le pont sur la Spree relie la chancellerie à la gare de la capitale. Le Cubus et la gare centrale sont modernes.
Merci de votre visite, chers amis.
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És realment increible i colpidor com ha anat creixent la City de Londres, incrementant el seu volum de gratacels cada any. La darrera vegada que vaig estar aquí fent una foto fou el 2013, i només hi havia un terç dels edificis visibles aquest 2022. I estaven en construcció!
Aquí teniu la mateixa City el 2013:
Només he vist quelcom similar al Berlin post-unificació, al 1998, i potser la Barcelona pre-olímpica.
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It is truly amazing and striking how the City of London has been growing, increasing its volume of skyscrapers every year. The last time I was here taking a photo was in 2013, and only a third of the buildings were visible in 2022. And they were under construction!
Here's City itself in 2013:
I have only seen something similar in post-unification Berlin, in 1998, or even Barcelona before the 1992 Olympic Games.
Triumphal Arch, Bucharest
La multi ani, Romania!
Great Union Day (Romanian: Ziua Marii Uniri, also called Unification Day) occurring on December 1, is the national holiday of Romania. It commemorates the assembly of the delegates of ethnic Romanians held in Alba Iulia, which declared the Union of Transylvania with Romania.
This holiday was set after the Romanian Revolution (1989) and it marks the unification of Transylvania, but also of the provinces of Bessarabia and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom, in 1918.
Prior to 1948 (Communist era), the national holiday of Romania was set to be on May 10, which had a double meaning: it was the day on which Carol I set foot on the Romanian soil (in 1866), and it was the day on which the prince ratified the Declaration of Independence (from the Ottoman Empire) in 1877. (Wikipedia)
Morgen ist Tag der Einheit, aber heute zeige ich euch zwei Zeitzeugen aus DDR Zeiten :-)
Nicht nur am Alexanderplatz in Berlin, sondern auch am Karl Marx Platz in Bernburg steht eine Welltzeituhr. Außer der Bernburgerzeit wird auch die Uhrzeit in Moskau,Peking, New York,Algier, Havanna und Hanoi angezeigt. Die Uhr wurde zum 60. Jahrestag der Oktoberrevolution in 60 Tagen von 60 Werktätigen errichtet.
Tomorrow is the 30 th anniversary of German unification, but today I'll show you two contemporary witnesses from GDR times :-)
Not only on Alexanderplatz in Berlin, but also on Karl Marx Platz in Bernburg is located a world time clock. In addition to the Bernburger time, the time in Moscow, Beijing, New York, Algiers, Havana and Hanoi is also displayed. The clock was erected by 60 working people in 60 days on the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution.
Kutaisi is one of the most ancient cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated 221 kilometres (137 miles) west of Tbilisi, on the Rioni River, it is the capital of the western region of Imereti.
Historically one of the major cities of Georgia, it served as political center of Colchis in the Middle Ages as capital of the Kingdom of Abkhazia and Kingdom of Georgia and later as the capital of the Kingdom of Imereti.
Archaeological evidence indicates that the city functioned as the capital of the Colchis in the sixth to fifth centuries BC. It is believed that, in Argonautica, a Greek epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their journey to Colchis, author Apollonius Rhodius considered Kutaisi their final destination as well as the residence of King Aeëtes.
Later, it was capital of the kingdom of Lazica until being occupied briefly by the Arabs. An Arab incursion into western Georgia was repelled by Abkhazians jointly with Lazic and Iberian allies in 736, towards c.786, Leon II won his full independence from Byzantine and transferred his capital to Kutaisi, thus unifying Lazica and Abasgia via a dynastic union. The latter led the unification of the Georgian monarchy in the 11th century.
From 1008 to 1122, Kutaisi served as capital of the united Kingdom of Georgia, and from the 15th century until 1810, it was the capital of the Imeretian Kingdom. In 1508, the city was conquered by Selim I, who was the son of Bayezid II, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Kutaisi in 1870. During the 17th century, Imeretian kings made many appeals to Russian Empire to help them in their struggle for independence from the Ottomans. All these appeals were ignored as Russia did not want to spoil relations with Turkey. Only in the reign of Catherine the Great, in 1768, were troops of general Gottlieb Heinrich Totleben sent to join the forces of King Heraclius II of Georgia, who hoped to reconquer the Ottoman-held southern Georgian lands, with Russian help. Totleben helped King Solomon I of Imereti to recover his capital, Kutaisi, on August 6, 1770.
Kutaisi in 1885. Finally, the Russian-Turkish wars ended in 1810 with the annexation of the Imeretian Kingdom by the Russian Empire. The city was the capital of the Kutais Governorate, which included much of west Georgia. In March 1879, the city was the site of a blood libel trial that attracted attention all over Russia; the ten accused Jews were acquitted.
Kutaisi was a major industrial center before Georgia's independence on 9 April 1991. Independence was followed by the economic collapse of the country, and, as a result, many inhabitants of Kutaisi have had to work abroad. Small-scale trade prevails among the rest of the population.
Berlin, Germany
Designed by Heinrich Strack, after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War, by the time it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria and its German allies in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and France in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), giving the statue a new purpose. Different from the original plans, these later victories in the so-called unification wars inspired the addition of the bronze sculpture of Victoria, 8.3 metres (27 ft) high and weighing 35 tonnes, designed by Friedrich Drake. Berliners have given the statue the nickname Goldelse, meaning something like "Golden Lizzy"
The Viking Age (793–1066 AD) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest and trading throughout Europe, and reached North America.
It followed the Migration Period and the Germanic Iron Age.
The Viking Age applies not only to their homeland of Scandinavia, but to any place significantly settled by Scandinavians during the period.
The Scandinavians of the Viking Age are often referred to as Vikings as well as Norsemen, although few of them were Vikings in the technical sense.
Voyaging by sea from their homelands in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the Norse people settled in the British Isles, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Normandy, the Baltic coast, and along the Dnieper and Volga trade routes in eastern Europe (where they were also known as Varangians). They also briefly settled in Newfoundland, becoming the first Europeans to reach North America. The Norse-Gaels, Normans, Rus' people, Faroese and Icelanders emerged from these Norse colonies.
The Vikings founded several kingdoms and earldoms in Europe: the kingdom of the Isles (Suðreyjar), Orkney (Norðreyjar), York (Jórvík) and the Danelaw (Danalǫg), Dublin (Dyflin), Normandy, and Kievan Rus' (Garðaríki). The Norse homelands were also unified into larger kingdoms during the Viking Age, and the short-lived North Sea Empire included large swathes of Scandinavia and Britain.
Several things drove this expansion.
The Vikings were drawn by the growth of wealthy towns and monasteries overseas, and weak kingdoms. They may also have been pushed to leave their homeland by overpopulation, lack of good farmland, and political strife arising from the unification of Norway. The aggressive expansion of the Carolingian Empire and forced conversion of the neighboring Saxons to Christianity may also have been a factor.
Sailing innovations had allowed the Vikings to sail further and longer to begin with.
Information about the Viking Age is drawn largely from primary sources written by those the Vikings encountered, as well as archaeology, supplemented with secondary sources such as the Icelandic Sagas.wikipedia
Das Kaiser-Wilhelm-Nationaldenkmal steht im Kyffhäusergebirge und gilt als eines der bedeutendsten Denkmäler Deutschlands. Erbaut zu Ehren Kaiser Wilhelms I. und zur Erinnerung an die Vereinigung des Deutschen Reiches im Jahr 1871. The Kaiser Wilhelm National Monument stands in the Kyffhäuser Mountains and is considered one of Germany's most important monuments. Built in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm I and to commemorate the unification of the German Empire in 1871.
The Monument to Italian Unification at night is a powerful and dramatic architectural design. It is known as the Altare della Patria or ”Altar of the Fatherland", also known as the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, is a monument built in honor of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy, located in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill.
The German Church (in German: Deutscher Dom) is located to the south of the Gendarmenmarkt. It has a pentagonal structure and was designed by Martin Grünberg and built in 1708 by Giovanni Simonetta. Located in the East Berlin, after re-unification in Berlin the church was refurbished and made into a museum of German history.
Everything is water, the fundamental principle of life ,
the unification of things, without it we would not exist.
We love her and fear her,
we are inspired by its high and low notes
its music is symphony
but also terror
it cannot be stopped when it decides to plummet and
run violently down the valley from the mountains
cannot be contained when it explodes in all its power
often reminding us of our fragility
we must learn to respect it
because it is not infinite ....
We must be in harmony with nature
To understand what our place is in it....
(my)
Highlighting the Kaiser Wilhelm Monument
Shortly after the death of Kaiser Wilhelm I, the idea arose to erect a memorial to the Kaiser, who had brought about the complete unification of Germany after three wars. Three years later, in 1891, Kaiser Wilhelm II, the grandson of the deceased, chose the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz as a suitable location. In order to create space for the memorial, a port of refuge was filled in, which at that time was located at the mouth of the Moselle. The Deutsches Eck in its present form was created.
Unter all den Fensterläden, die ich im Elsass fotografiert habe , passen diese noch am besten zum heutigen Tag.
Schönen Feiertag!
Among all the shutters I have photographed in Alsace, these fit best to German Unification Day.
Agder is a county (fylke) and traditional region in the southern part of Norway.[3] The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged.[4] Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south country, south land, southland") has been commonly used for this region, sometimes with the inclusion of neighbouring Rogaland. Before that time, the area was considered a part of Western Norway.
The area was a medieval petty kingdom, and after Norway's unification became known as Egdafylki and later Agdesiden, a county within the kingdom of Norway. The name Agder was not used after 1662, when the area was split into smaller governmental units called Nedenæs, Råbyggelaget, Lister, and Mandal. The name was resurrected in 1919 when two counties of Norway that roughly corresponded to the old Agdesiden county were renamed Aust-Agder (East Agder) and Vest-Agder (West Agder). Even before the two counties joined in 2020, they cooperated in many ways; the University of Agder had sites in both Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder, as did many other institutions, such as the Diocese of Agder og Telemark, the Agder Court of Appeal, and the Agder Police District.
We encountered this scene when we visited Potsdam in July, 2011. It is one of the enchanting palace park locations restored since German unification in 1989. It hints at the Prussian grandeur and might of ages past. [DSC05571_lr_3000]
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The Monument to Italian Unification at night is a powerful and dramatic architectural design. It is known as the Altare della Patria or ”Altar of the Fatherland". Also known as the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II. The monument was built in honor of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill.
Triumphal Arch, a symbol of Bucharest (28 m high), based on Paris'namesake monument, was built in 1935 to commemorate the unification of Romanian provinces in 1918
Along the central nave, 14 bronze images representing 11 apostles and 3 evangelists are arranged.The votive chapels, which are counted in number of 24, are 15 meters high and in them an altar, the respective one will be placed flag and the shield or emblem of each of the provinces of Ecuador.This is achieved by pragmatizing the unification ideology of the country.
The altar, from where the mass is taught, is located on the cruise, a detail that breaks with the pure Gothic style, but gives originality and character to this essay of an Ecuadorian neo-Gothic. From the altar, and through the heart of Jesus on the main rose window, you can see the colossal statue of the Virgin of Quito, located on the hill of El Panecillo, in the center of the rose window on the western choir you can see the Eye of Horus, one of the Egyptian mythology symbols.
The stained glass windows of the Basilica have the peculiarity that when recounting scenes from the life of Jesus, the background shows exclusively representations of the endemic flora of Ecuador, with the name of the flower used at the bottom of each one. In addition, the borders show designs of the belts used by the natives of the country.
Another contribution to the architectural style of the basilica is shown in the rosettes, whose designs are generally geometric figures in traditional Gothic, but in the National Vote are representations of lilies and orchids, symbol flowers of the city of Quito and Ecuador respectively . There is an intentional opening in the rosette located in the main entrance, which has the shape of the heart of Jesus crowned by a Latin cross.
There is a 3 meter high wall, known as the Donation Wall, on which the names of people who contributed financially to the construction of the church were carved.
The bridge across the Tiber connects the historic centre of Rome with the rione Borgo and the Vatican City was designed by Ennio De Rossi and opened in 1911 on the 50th anniversary of Italy’s unification.
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captured in Overland Park, Kansas
Front side of heART Work. One of 156 hearts placed throughout the KC metropolis between March - May 2022 as part of the Parade of Hearts unification project.
The Art on this sculpture titled Divisionary is by local artist:
Eleanor Harbison
Perhaps one of Germanys most famous statues stands on guard at the convergence of the mighty Mosel and Rhein rivers the Deutsches Eck (German Corner).
The Statue is a typical Prussian martial style equestrian statue of William I, the first German Emperor it was created in 1897 in gratitude after his death for being the Father of the modern Empire and the unification of Germany.
During WWII it was mistakenly destroyed by artillery when they mistook it for enemy troops and it remained just a plinth until 2 September 1993 when sculptor Raymond Kittl finished producing an improved replica created from bronze plates this time around instead of copper.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70mm 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.
- Il più rinomato caffè letterario di Napoli. Il ritrovo di intellettuali, politici e uomini d’affari che hanno lasciato nelle sue sale frammenti della loro grandezza. Uno dei più riusciti esempi in Italia di caffè letterario di ispirazione europea, tempio dell’elite intellettuale napoletana e internazionale. Il Gran Caffè Gambrinus è da sempre il Caffè frequentato dai Presidenti della Repubblica italiani in visita a Napoli. Agli inizi degli anni ’70 Michele Sergio dà inizio alla battaglia per recuperare i locali del Caffè situato nel cuore di Napoli.
Il Gambrinus: il più importante Caffè di Napoli. Tra i locali più celebri della penisola, membro dell’Associazione Culturale Locali Storici d’Italia, salotto letterario partenopeo, celebre galleria d’arte, animatore della cultura cittadina, questi in breve i tratti d’eccellenza del Caffè che dal 1860 è punto di riferimento tra i più importanti della cultura della nostra città.
La storia del Gran Caffè Gambrinus inizia con l’Unità di Italia quando, nel 1860, al piano terra del palazzo della Foresteria, l’elegante edificio del 1816 che oggi ospita la sede della Prefettura, viene aperto il “Gran Caffè”. Affacciato direttamente su Piazza Plebiscito e Palazzo Reale, il Caffè diventa in breve tempo il salotto del bel mondo cittadino. La fama dovuta all’opera dei migliori pasticceri, gelatai e baristi provenienti da tutta Europa procura subito al Caffè la benevolenza della famiglia reale e il riconoscimento per decreto di “Fornitore della Real Casa”, onorificenza tributata dai Savoia soltanto ai migliori fornitori del Regno delle due Sicilie.
- The most renowned literary café in Naples. The meeting place for intellectuals, politicians and businessmen who have left fragments of their greatness in its halls. One of the most successful examples in Italy of a European-inspired literary café, temple of the Neapolitan and international intellectual elite. The Gran Caffè Gambrinus has always been the café frequented by the Presidents of the Italian Republic visiting Naples. In the early 1970s Michele Sergio began the battle to recover the premises of the café located in the heart of Naples.
The Gambrinus: the most important café in Naples. Among the most famous establishments of the peninsula, member of the Cultural Association of Historic Places of Italy, Neapolitan literary salon, famous art gallery, promoter of the city's culture, these in brief are the excellent features of the Café which has been a point of reference since 1860 reference among the most important of the culture of our city.
The history of the Gran Caffè Gambrinus begins with the unification of Italy when, in 1860, the "Gran Caffè" was opened on the ground floor of the Foresteria building, the elegant building from 1816 which now houses the headquarters of the Prefecture. Directly overlooking Piazza Plebiscito and Palazzo Reale, the Café quickly became the living room of the city's beau monde. The fame due to the work of the best pastry chefs, ice cream makers and bartenders from all over Europe immediately procured the Café the benevolence of the royal family and the recognition by decree of "Supplier of the Royal House", an honor bestowed by the Savoy only to the best suppliers of the Kingdom of two Sicilies
- El café literario más famoso de Nápoles. El lugar de encuentro de intelectuales, políticos y empresarios que han dejado fragmentos de su grandeza en sus salones. Uno de los ejemplos más exitosos en Italia de un café literario de inspiración europea, templo de la élite intelectual napolitana e internacional. El Gran Caffè Gambrinus siempre ha sido el café frecuentado por los presidentes de la República Italiana que visitan Nápoles. A principios de la década de 1970, Michele Sergio comenzó la batalla por recuperar las instalaciones del café ubicado en el corazón de Nápoles.
El Gambrinus: el café más importante de Nápoles. Entre los establecimientos más famosos de la península, miembro de la Asociación Cultural de Lugares Históricos de Italia, salón literario napolitano, famosa galería de arte, promotor de la cultura de la ciudad, estas son en resumen las excelentes características del Café que ha sido un punto de referente desde 1860 referente entre los más importantes de la cultura de nuestra ciudad.
La historia del Gran Caffè Gambrinus comienza con la unificación de Italia cuando, en 1860, se inauguró el "Gran Caffè" en la planta baja del edificio Foresteria, el elegante edificio de 1816 que ahora alberga la sede de la Prefectura. Con vistas directas a Piazza Plebiscito y Palazzo Reale, el Café se convirtió rápidamente en la sala de estar del beau monde de la ciudad. La fama debida al trabajo de los mejores pasteleros, heladeros y bartenders de toda Europa procuró al Café de inmediato la benevolencia de la familia real y el reconocimiento por decreto de "Proveedor de la Casa Real", honor otorgado por la Saboya sólo a los mejores proveedores del Reino de las dos Sicilias.
Construction of the building began well after the unification of Germany in 1871. In 1872 an architectural contest with 103 participating architects was carried out to erect a new building. In 1882, another architectural contest was held, with 200 architects participating. This time the winner, the Frankfurt architect Paul Wallot, would actually see his Neo-Baroque project executed. The direct model for Wallot's design was Philadelphia's Memorial Hall, the main building of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition.
Diagonal view of the Prayer Hall (拝殿) of Izumo Taisha with the Main Shrine (御本殿) half hidden in the back. This is a typical style of Shinto architecture called Taisha-zukuri (大社造) on a par with Shinmei-zukuri (神明造) of Ise Jinguu in Mie prefecture and Sumiyoshi-zukuri (住吉造) of Sumiyoshi Taisha in Osaka.
The oldest record of the shrine dates back to 867 AD but it is apparent that the shrine is older than that record. Existing Prayer Hall is a reconstruction in 1959 after the fire in 1953 that burnt down the architecture built in 1519.
Izumo Taisha is dedicated to Ookuninushi-no-Mikoto (大国主命)" who was an earthly god (国つ神) of Izumo, the old name of eastern Shimane prefecture. He was the protagonist of a section in the Japanese mythology, in which he granted Izumo to a heavenly god (天つ神) descended from the heaven in exchange for building Izumo Taisha for him.
Kojiki and Nihon Shoki cronicles claim that the heavenly god is the ancestor of the imperial family that survives today in Tokyo.
This part of the chronicles reflects a process of unification of Japan by the dynasty based in Yamato, present-day Nara south of Kyoto. It supposedly reflects the fact that a powerful political entity was there in Izumo.
This is the main square in Naples. It is bordered by the royal palace (to the right not seen on this photo) and the San Francesco de Paola church to the left. The square is named after the plebiscite of 1860 that approved unification of the erstwhile Kingdom of the Two Sicilies with Italy.
Это - главная площадь в Неаполе. На неё выходит королевский дворец (справа, не видим на этом фото) и церковь Сан-Франческо-де-Паола слева. Площадь названа в честь плебисцита 1860 г., одобрившего присоединение бывшего королевства Обеих Сицилий к Италии.
Man is not the centre of the universe as once we thought in our simplicity, but something much more wonderful--the arrow pointing the way to the final unification of the world in terms of life. Man alone constitutes the last-born, the freshest, the most complicated, the most subtle of all the layers of life.
-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin "The Phenomenon of Man" pp 224
Known as National Square during the communist era, Unirii Square (Union Square) is one of the biggest squares in the city. There is a park in the centre, and the entire design is a clear example of the megalomania with which much of the city was built.
Conocida como Plaza Nacional durante la era comunista, Unirii Square (Union Square) es una de las plazas más grandes de la ciudad. Hay un parque en el centro, y todo el diseño es un claro ejemplo de la megalomanía con la que se construyó gran parte de la ciudad.
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Le Grand Hôtel des Îles Borromées est un hôtel historique, en activité depuis 1863, situé à Stresa sur le lac Majeur, en Italie.
L'hôtel est créé par les frères Omarini pendant les années qui ont suivi l'unification italienne. Les Omarini achètent en 1860 des terrains face à l'Isola Bella, et construisent entre 1861 et 1863 leur auberge. Les travaux terminent avec l'inauguration de l'hôtel samedi 21 mars 1863.
À la suite de l'ouverture du tunnel du Simplon en 1906, le nombre de visiteurs de l'hôtel s'accroît. Ainsi, le bâtiment est agrandi : en 1908 on agrandit la véranda, tandis qu'on ajoute trois étages entre 1911 et 1912.
Après avoir séjourné à Stresa en 1918, l'écrivain américain Ernest Hemingway a situé une partie de son roman L'Adieu aux armes dans l'hôtel.
Grand Hotel des Iles Borromées is a historic luxury hotel located on the shores of Lake Maggiore in Italy.
The hotel was established by the Omarini brothers in the years following the unification of Italy. In 1860, they purchased some land on the shores of Lake Maggiore facing Isola Bella, one of the Borromean Islands, hence the name of the hotel, then built their hotel between 1861 and 1863. Construction works ended with the inauguration of the hotel on March 21, 1863.
Following the opening of the Simplon Tunnel in 1906, the number of visitors increased considerably. Thus, the hotel was enlarged: in 1908, the veranda was expanded, while three floors were added to the original building between 1911 and 1912.
After staying in Stresa in 1918, American writer Ernest Hemingway set part of the 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms in the hotel.
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At the entrance to the Third Tunnel in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) stands a statue named "This One Earth", a sculpture symbolizing unification.
The Third Tunnel, discovered in 1978, is a 1.7 km long tunnel dug by North Korean soldiers and is now a tourist attraction. Hard hats and a lot of stooping (even when you are short like me!) is required to descend (down a steep sloping walkway) and then walk along the South Korean side of the tunnel to catch a glimpse, through a small 'window', of the North Korean side of the same tunnel!
Construction of the building began well after the unification of Germany in 1871. In 1872 an architectural contest with 103 participating architects was carried out to erect a new building. In 1882, another architectural contest was held, with 200 architects participating. This time the winner, the Frankfurt architect Paul Wallot, would actually see his Neo-Baroque project executed. The direct model for Wallot's design was Philadelphia's Memorial Hall, the main building of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition.