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Cette cathédrale se dresse au 10 Lossi plats, en face du Parlement, dans la Ville haute de Tallinn, la capitale d’Estonie.
Elle est la plus importante et la plus belle cathédrale à coupoles de Tallinn. C’est un chef-d’œuvre architectural dont l’intérieur est richement décoré de mosaïques et d’icônes. Elle a été bâtie par Mikhail Preobrazhenski (de Saint-Pétersbourg), sur la colline Toompea. Construite entre 1895 et 1900, lorsque l’Estonie était une partie de l’empire russe tsariste, la cathédrale avait pour objectif originel d’être un symbole de la domination impériale – à la fois politique et religieuse—sur le territoire Balte de plus en plus insoumis et déloyal. L’église fut dédiée au prince de Novgorod, Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky, qui a dirigé la célèbre bataille du lac Peïpous (Peipi) le 5 avril 1242, et ainsi stoppé l’avancée vers l’est des croisés Teutons. Depuis le parvis de la cathédrale, on a une belle vue sur Tallinn.
Les origines de Tallinn remontent au 13e siècle, lorsqu'un château fut édifié par les croisés de l'ordre Teutonique. La cité s'est développée pour devenir un poste clé de la Ligue hanséatique et sa prospérité s'est traduite par l'opulence des édifices publics (en particulier ses églises) et l'architecture domestique des maisons de marchands, remarquablement bien préservées malgré les ravages des incendies et des guerres au cours des siècles.
En fait, la vieille ville de la capitale d’Estonie est une citadelle blottie au fond d'un golfe, protégée par des remparts et des tours conservés datant du 13e siècle. La combinaison de la Ville haute perchée sur la colline de calcaire de Toompea et de la Ville basse au pied de celle-ci, avec les nombreux clochers de ses églises, dessine une silhouette singulière qui se voit de loin, depuis la mer comme depuis l’intérieur des terres. Elle abrite ainsi de nombreux vestiges de l'époque médiévale et hanséatique et des bâtiments à la façade pastel de style baroque, Renaissance et classique. Le centre historique (vieille ville) de Tallinn est classé au Patrimoine de L'UNESCO depuis 1997 (WHL- 822bis).
L’Estonie est généralement regroupé avec la Lettonie et la Lituanie dans un ensemble géopolitique appelé pays baltes dont il est le plus petit. L'Estonie est une démocratie parlementaire depuis le rétablissement de l'indépendance en 1991. Elle fait partie de l’Union européenne depuis le 1er mai 2004 et a intégré la zone euro le 1er janvier 2011. Elle est membre de l’OTAN depuis le 29 mars 2004. Le pays a connu diverses dominations au cours de son histoire dont celle des Allemands (époque Hanséatique), des Suédois au 17e siècle, des Russes au 18e siècle, de l'Allemagne nazie puis l'intégration à l'URSS après la 2e guerre mondiale.
Doug Harrop Photography • August 12, 1991
A pair of Southern Pacific GP60s rumble past Union Station in Joliet, Illinois. The depot opened to much fanfare in 1912, at the time serving six different railroads and over 100 intercity trains per day.
An HO scale model railway locomotive I recently acquired.
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I am not sure what was more unusual, the Rocky Mountaineer equipment being moved across the Utah Desert or rain in the Utah Desert!
Either way, I got both as Union Pacific engine #7985 heads Eastbound between Solitude and Floy sidings in light rain showers with the positioning move of the train from Canada to Denver.
The regular run of this train will turn South from the mainline onto the Cane Creek Branch at Brendel so I made it a point to shoot it West of there on territory that the train may never see again!
North Union Canal which runs between Provo Canyon through Orem and on to Pleasant Grove, Utah County Utah. For the Crazy Tuesday Challenge: Water and/or rain.
“Heartfelt Wisdom” by Jeremy Fish (2018). Part of the “Hearts in San Francisco” campaign benefiting The San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
When playing around with pegs for my Snap Happy shot, I quite liked this one too which reminds me of The Union Jack!
A trio of Union Railroad EMD MP15DC's bring a loaded slab train through the south end of Duquesne Yard on its way to the US Steel Irvin Works.
The Union River as it flows through Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Michigan's upper peninsula.
We have all seen the loads of metadata that our cameras attach to each of our photographs . . . but we as photographers also pack much metadata (mental metadata) into our brains with each shot we take. Photographer's metadata is the reason we find it so difficult to delete most of our photographs. Here is some of the photographer's metadata that goes along with this photograph, as embarrassing as it is:
My wife and I were visiting Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Michigan's upper peninsula in June of 2018 with two of our grandchildren (11 and 7 years old). The grandchildren are not aware of some of the perils of hiking, especially the dangers of being on a trail during rain or heavy misting such as this particular morning. They were enjoying it to the max and we often had to hold them back, slow them down, or caution them. This particular hike frequently skirted this small river (believe it was called the Union River or Union Mine River). As we started to go down to the edge of the stream, I cautioned them to watch for the slippery rocks . . . need I say more or have you already guessed. They all walked down to the river very carefully as I followed and stepped onto a slippery rock. POW, down I went. Of course, they were all concerned that I was okay, and I was. But I once again saw that the strange thing is, as fast as my fall was, my brain told me to hold up my camera and tripod so as not to damage them on the rocks. After going through the fall, I had to take a photograph by which to remember the fall.
Train no.3531 with a frosted F59 sits ready to depart from Union Station on a freezing winter's evening.
Actually it no longer acts as a train station. It now is a meeting venue, a hotel, and has other attractions, in Saint Louis, MO. USA
The Union Railroad 76 jobs takes hot slab loads from the ET works to Irvin on a dreary morning in southwestern PA.
With the nameplates on the locomotive now having a black background and the air brake pipes being removed A4 class locomotive 60009 Union of South Africa is seen on an August evening.
Today I ventured into Toronto for a day of street photography. Unfortunately the weather was not on my side so I spent a fair amount of time inside. This was my first shot of the day, a magnificent building that has recently been restored back to it's former glory.
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Some buildings around Union Station
October 8, 2022
Union Station
Kansas City, MO
Scanned from Kodak Tri-X 400
(shot at ISO-200 and expired from Mar-2018)
Chicago, IL
March 2021
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A short eastbound intermodal train is running towards Chicago near the Global IV side tracks West from Rochelle, Il.
The consist made up by UP #4971, a late EMD SD70M, and UP #7828, a Gevo, is led by the Tier 4 compliant UP #2571 a new ET45AH. (6/21/16)