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La Plaza de España - Sevilla

 

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La Plaza de España es un conjunto arquitectónico enclavado en el parque de María Luisa de la ciudad de Sevilla (España). Fue proyectada por el arquitecto Aníbal González. Se levantó entre 1914 y 1929 como una de las construcciones principales de la Exposición Iberoamericana de 1929. Constituye el edificio más grande de todos los que se levantaron en la ciudad durante el siglo XX, comparable a las otras dos construcciones históricas destacadas de los extramuros de la ciudad, que son el hospital de las Cinco Llagas (siglo XVI) y la Real Fábrica de Tabacos (siglo XVIII).

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La plaza tiene grandes dimensiones (170 metros de diámetro) y forma semi-elíptica, que simboliza el abrazo de España a sus antiguos territorios americanos, y mira hacia el río Guadalquivir, como recorrido a seguir hacia América.

 

Su superficie total es de 50 000 m² cuadrados aproximadamente, de los que 19 000 están edificados y los 31 000 restantes son espacio libre. Está bordeada por un canal que recorre 515 m y es atravesado por cuatro puentes. Los edificios que envuelven la plaza se estructuran en un edificio central, alas con edificaciones intermedias que compensan una excesiva longitud y torres en los extremos. Esta planta responde de forma muy cercana al esquema formal del tipo de villa palladiana con alas curvas, como la Villa Badoer de Fratta Polesine o Villa Trissino en Meledo, mostradas por el arquitecto italiano Andrea Palladio en sus Cuatro libros de la arquitectura, que Aníbal González conocía.

 

La construcción está realizada con ladrillo visto y cuenta con una amplia decoración de cerámica. Los techos de la galería de la plaza cuentan artesonados de madera que se sostienen con columnas de mármol. Los respaldos de los bancos y algunas farolas están realizadas en hierro forjado.

 

Los medallones con efigies de españoles ilustres, las columnas marmóreas y los artesonados dan al conjunto un ambiente renacentista. Según los escritos de Aníbal González su inspiración para diseñar la plaza había sido el Renacimiento español, aportándole el arquitecto sevillano nuevos elementos modernos.13 Las dos torres que flanquean la plaza, que proporcionan un ambiente de estilo barroco, miden 74 metros de altura.

 

Torre Sur con la ría.

La fuente central, obra de Vicente Traver, ha sido muy cuestionada porque rompe la rotundidad de vacío de la plaza. El canal que contiene es cruzado por 4 puentes que representan los 4 antiguos reinos de España (León, Castilla, Aragón y Navarra).

 

En las paredes de la plaza se encuentra una serie de 48 bancos que representan, por orden alfabético, cuarenta y seis provincias españolas peninsulares (todas excepto Sevilla) y los dos archipiélagos (Canarias y Baleares), con su escudo, un mapa y un paño de azulejo pisano con hechos históricos destacados de ese territorio. Los bancos se encuentran divididos en cuatro tramos, y al principio y final de cada uno, se encuentra un paño de azulejo relativo a la provincia de Sevilla. Los bancos tienen, también, a los lados, dos pequeñas torres con anaqueles que han sido usados en alguna ocasión para colocar libros.14

 

Otros detalles destacables son sus múltiples relieves realizados por el escultor Pedro Navia:

 

Seis ventanas renacentistas.

El escudo de Sevilla que adorna las puertas de Navarra y Aragón.

Las 24 águilas imperiales con el escudo de Carlos I.

Los 48 medallones con la efigie de personajes ilustres sobre cada arco que comprende cada provincia.

Los cuatro heraldos de tres metros de altura, que representan a los antiguos reinos y flanquean las dos torres.

 

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The Plaza de España - Seville

 

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The Plaza de España ("Spain Square", in English) is a plaza in the Parque de María Luisa (Maria Luisa Park), in Seville, Spain. It was built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. It is a landmark example of Regionalism Architecture, mixing elements of the Baroque Revival, Renaissance Revival and Moorish Revival (Neo-Mudéjar) styles of Spanish architectureMaria Luisa Park

Main article: Maria Luisa Park

 

In 1929, Seville hosted the Ibero-American Exposition World's Fair, located in the celebrated Maria Luisa Park (Parque de María Luisa). The park gardens were designed by Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier.The entire southern end of the city was redeveloped into an expanse of gardens and grand boulevards.

 

The centre of it is Parque de María Luisa, designed in a "Moorish paradisical style", with a half mile of tiled fountains, pavilions, walls, ponds, benches, and exhedras; lush plantings of palms, orange trees, Mediterranean pines, and stylized flower beds. Numerous buildings were constructed in the park to provide spaces for the exhibition.

 

Plaza de España

 

The Plaza de España, designed by Aníbal González, was a principal building built on the Maria Luisa Park's edge to showcase Spain's industry and technology exhibits. González combined a mix of 1920s Art Deco and Spanish Renaissance Revival, Spanish Baroque Revival and Neo-Mudéjar styles. The Plaza de España complex is a huge half-circle; the buildings are accessible by four bridges over the moat, which represent the ancient kingdoms of Spain. In the centre is the Vicente Traver fountain.

 

Many tiled alcoves were built around the plaza, each representing a different province of Spain. The Plaza's tiled Alcoves of the Provinces are frequent backdrops for visitors' portrait photographs, taken in their own home province. Each alcove is flanked by a pair of covered bookshelves, now used by visitors in the manner of a "Little Free Library". Each bookshelf often contains works with information about their province. Visitors have also donated favorite novels and other books for others to read.

 

Today the buildings of the Plaza de España have been renovated and adapted for use as offices for government agencies. The central government departments, with sensitive adaptive redesign, are located within it. Toward the end of the park, the grandest mansions from the fair have been adapted as museums. The most distant museum contains the city's archaeology collections. The main exhibits are Roman mosaics and artefacts from nearby Italica.

 

The Plaza de España has been used as a filming location, including scenes for Lawrence of Arabia (1962). The building was used as a location in the Star Wars movie series Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) — in which it featured in exterior shots of the City of Theed on the Planet Naboo. It also featured in the 2012 film The Dictator.

 

The plaza was used as a set for the video of Simply Red's song "Something Got Me Started".

Kodak Ektar 100 Film ~ Canon AE-1P 50mm f/1.4

Siento la necesidad de desconectar de internet y de todo lo que eso conlleva; de las redes sociales o antisociales, como quieran llamarlas…

Creo que me tomaré ese tiempo (no sé si largo o corto) para conectar conmigo misma.

Waiting for some trunks

As shown on Dec 4th Envision Agency show for Sascha's Designs.

Wearing Scrumptious Snow White Gown.

Pic by Lauressa Serenity.

Went's relookking agency, agence de relooking, conseil en mode féminine et homme ainsi que beauté.

 

Visit this location at Went's Relooking Shop and agency in Second Life

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Salt & Pepper AUDITION

 

Melinda Bayn Styling Card

 

S&P dress Anouk black

 

HAIR:

Sintiklia - Hair Fiona - Reds

 

MAKEUP:

alaskametro<3 "Black Magic" makeup - Catwa

#EMPIRE - Coffin Nails

Brooklyn.Co Glitter Nail Empire

 

ACCESORIES:

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KUNGLERS - Terri rings

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The River Tweed, or Tweed Water is a river 97 miles (156 km) long that flows east across the Border region in Scotland and northern England. Tweed cloth derives its name from its association with the River Tweed. The Tweed is one of the great salmon rivers of Britain and the only river in England where an Environment Agency rod licence is not required for angling. The river generates a large income for the local borders region, attracting anglers from all around the world.

 

The River Tweed flows primarily through the scenic Borders region of Scotland. Eastwards from the settlements on opposing banks of Birgham and Carham it forms the historic boundary between Scotland and England.

 

It rises in the Lowther Hills at Tweed's Well near to where the Clyde, draining northwest (10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Tweed's Well), and the Annan draining south (1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Tweed's Well) also rise. "Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise oot the ae hillside" is a saying from the Border region. East of Kelso, it becomes a section of the eastern part of the border. Entering England, its lower reaches are in Northumberland, where it enters the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed. [Wikipedia]

just look at this photo for a minute. it's kind of amazing.

2nd Walk of Miss SL Casting 2021

Theme: Asian Fantasy

 

Discription:

Sha Anne was inspired by the beautiful culture of Asian, the unique of Asian can bee seen not only through the people, language, food and art but also in their outfits and accessories. She is to style herself with the mixed or every culture that she obsesses with. Sha Anne is wearing a BOM Ratu Black Kebaya top from [B] as Kebaya is one of Malaysian National dress. She then adds a Black Charm Banshee Breastplate from Zenith to cover her upper part body to give a unique look on her chest. From Zenith too, she is wearing a Charm Banshee Arm Bracelet and also a Gothic Lace Wrist in red. For the Japan culture she decides to wear the Isolate Pants (Red) from Toksik and she carried out with her a Liang Fan 04 from Bauhaus Movement. The Javanese culture can be seen on her golden beautiful helmet Artemis (Gold) from PENDULUM that also to be mixed with a huge golden Zephrine Uomo headpiece from Zibska. Her neck was cover with Mary gems collar gold from FEKEICON. Sha Anne chooses a rare dragon sign heels Falkor from AZOURY as to represent the Chinese Culture of rare dragon. The Indian culture can be seen on her earrings Kalki from Zaara and Lyla Bindi from Moondance. Walking on the runway like The Asian Queen with the red Goddess Touch Halo from CURELESS, to mixed with floating lanterns and lotus from CA making her more resemble like an elegance fantasy queen.

 

Outfits Credit:

Top: [B] – Ratu Black Kebaya BOM

Breastplate: =Zenith= - Charm Banshee Breastplate

Pants: Toksik – Isolate Pants (Red)

Headpiece 1: PENDULUM – Artemis (Gold)

Headpiece 2: Zibska – Zephrine

Neckpiece: FAKEICON – mary gems collar / gold

Bracelet: =Zenith= - Charm banshee Arm - Gothic Lace Wrist

Earrings: Zaara – Kalki

Fan: Bauhaus Movement – 04 Liang Fan

Shoes: AZOURY – Falkor

Halo: CURELESS – Pygmalion Bride / Goddess Touch Halo

Body Particles: CA – 2 Original Lantern, 3 Lotus Lantern

Eyeliner: SIMPLYSCHA – Eyeliner Letutka (BOM)

 

Credit Monarch Sim:

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old stuff from the 1990's

¡Odio hacer maletas...! ¿Qué llevar? ¿Qué no? Creo que después de todo lo importante es llevarme a mí misma y disfrutar...!

 

No subiré fotos durante los próximos días, pero llevaré la cámara conmigo para continuar con el proyecto (eso sí que no se me olvidará poner en la maleta!) No me echéis mucho de menos. Nos vemos a la vuelta...!

 

PD: Lo peor de todo.. es que aún tengo que hacer la maleta D:

NGA CAMPUS EAST

 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Marc Barnes

 

(RELEASED) June 30, 2010 - An aerial view of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Campus East main office building being constructed at Fort Belvoir North Area, Va.

 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District is managing design and construction of the $1.7 billion facility as part of Base Realignment and Closure 2005 programs at and around Fort Belvoir.

Galaxies are not scattered randomly across the universe. They gather together not only into clusters, but into vast interconnected filamentary structures with gigantic barren voids in between. This “cosmic web” started out tenuous and became more distinct over time as gravity drew matter together.

 

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a thread-like arrangement of 10 galaxies that existed just 830 million years after the big bang. The 3 million light-year-long structure is anchored by a luminous quasar – a galaxy with an active, supermassive black hole at its core. The team believes the filament will eventually evolve into a massive cluster of galaxies, much like the well-known Coma Cluster in the nearby universe.

 

This deep galaxy field from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) shows an arrangement of 10 distant galaxies marked by eight white circles in a diagonal, thread-like line. (Two of the circles contain more than one galaxy.) This 3 million light-year-long filament is anchored by a very distant and luminous quasar – a galaxy with an active, supermassive black hole at its core. The quasar, called J0305-3150, appears in the middle of the cluster of three circles on the right side of the image. Its brightness outshines its host galaxy. The 10 marked galaxies existed just 830 million years after the big bang. The team believes the filament will eventually evolve into a massive cluster of galaxies.

 

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Feige Wang (University of Arizona), and Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

 

#NASA #STScI #jwst #jameswebbspacetelescope #NASAGoddard #NASAMarshall #galaxy #quasar #supermassiveblackhole

 

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Photo capture date & Location: 2013-08 Pine Lake Sun

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This hummingbird was one of many, of several species, that frequent the colourful grounds of El Dorado Lodge in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northern Colombia.

This dramatic image of a 6 km diameter crater in the northern plains of Mars was captured by the CaSSIS camera on the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter during local evening when half the crater was in shadow.

 

Intriguing features can be seen both inside and outside the crater. During an impact event vast volumes of material are flung out of the central cavity, which may create radiating patterns like the grooves seen here extending away from the crater.

 

Inside the crater, material slumps towards the centre, while more recently formed gullies are evident on walls and rim.

 

The crater is located at 134°12'13.0"W/43°14'59.7"N.

 

TGO arrived at Mars in 2016 and began its full science mission in 2018. The spacecraft is not only returning spectacular images, but also providing the best ever inventory of the planet’s atmospheric gases, and mapping the planet’s surface for water-rich locations. It will also provide data relay services for the second ExoMars mission comprising the Rosalind Franklin rover and Kazachok platform, when it arrives on Mars in 2023.

 

Credits: ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

At first glance, the galaxy NGC 4151 looks like an average spiral. Examine its center more closely, though, and you can spot a bright smudge that stands out from the softer glow around it. That point of light marks the location of a supermassive black hole weighing about 40 million times as much as our Sun.

 

Astronomers will use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to measure that black hole’s mass. The result might seem like a piece of trivia, but its mass determines how a black hole feeds and affects the surrounding galaxy. And since most galaxies contain a supermassive black hole, learning about this nearby galaxy will improve our understanding of many galaxies across the cosmos.

 

Image credit: NASA, ESA, and J. DePasquale (STScI)

 

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homeric journey

neurons’ storm tossed agency…

epitaph of ages

 

“A useful analogy is to think of a neuron as a tree.”

Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland

 

*in explore

 

Law Enforcement agencies have Dogs who track the Baddies, and Dogs who sniff out Narcotics or illegal food items at our airports and ports.

 

But...

 

The search for discarded murder weapons goes on 24 / 7, day in and day out... and here is unmistakable proof of the latest "tool" being used by our Law Enforcement Agencies: Canada Geese who have been especially trained in Canada to search lake beds for discarded murder weapons...

 

And this Folks, is the first Squad to be put through their paces in New Zealand waters...

 

You don't believe me? You shouldn't...!!!

  

Thanks for visiting my Site Folks, and thanks especially for taking the time and trouble to leave a Comment; it's always nice to hear from you...!

 

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Italy / Italia

 

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This white building on New Bridge Street was once London's Central News Agency. In September 1888, they received the "Dear Boss" letter which was the first usage of the name Jack the Ripper, & once that was published, the story blew up even more.

 

The letter was written by a journalist, & it led to so many more imitation letters which wasted police time & resources.

 

Nikon D7000.

Kirk Claymore.....

Photography: Kirk Claymore,

Processing: Boe Cortes

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2nd July 2017. On 30264 10:33 Dobšiná to Bánréve, part of a three day tour round Slovakia run by Steam Story Agency. The 26km long line from Rožňava lost its passenger service on 2nd February 2003 along with numerous other lines in Slovakia.

Ya, it is always strange to call myself supermodel....as we all are models per se. But that’s my actual tag tho...let’s go with it for now.

Bestyle Agency had a wonderful Carnival Show today and here is the two outfits made especially for this occasion by Fellini Couture !!!

 

Carioca is based on pink and green colors. Back attachments are made with long feathers and leaves which move with you. The bikini is adorned with volutes and Hibiscus flowers which complete the exotic look.

    

Wild Salsa is based on the same theme as the Wild gown we previously released. Colors are explosive ... Red, Orange, Yellow... Parrots and butteflies. The picture speak for itself !

 

Taxi !!!

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"Show for THE AVENUE EVENT"

January 18th, 2017 at 3:00 PM SLT

 

The Avenue Event - TAXI: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Whispering%20Winds/29/217/22

 

Models:

Indingo Avonside

Onix1997

  

-mL- Jordana Bodysuit (Black)

Paris METRO Couture: Up In Smoke-Maitreya Applier

Paris METRO Couture: Up In Smoke-Glitch Pants

Paris METRO Couture: Up In Smoke-Skirt Center

Paris METRO Couture: Up In Smoke-Skirt Left Leg

Paris METRO Couture: Up In Smoke-Skirt Right Leg

 

GiuliaDesign Princess Pink Lolita

This building was once the Central News Agency that received the infamous Dear Boss letter which was the first letter signed the name Jack The Ripper. It was received on the 27th of September 1888.

 

Taken with the 35mm adapter for my Lomo Lubitel 166+ camera.

 

Lomo Lubitel 166+. Kodak Tri-X 400 35mm B&W film.

for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's police dept.

Leica SL, TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4, near Fairfield, IA.

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