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Although shrouded in shadows and with its curtains drawn at present, the Billilla drawing room, built at part of the 1907 extension and renovation, is an elegant and light filled space with two large demilune bays of full-length windows.
As one of the showpiece main rooms of the mansion when guests came to call, the drawing room is not only elegantly proportioned, but also elegantly appointed. As a very femininely oriented room, the ceiling of the drawing room is decorated with ornate stylised foliate Art Nouveau mouldings of roses tumbling about in undulating boiseries. Although not original, the room is papered in softly shaded wallpaper sympathetic to the era, and features its originally gas lit 1907 electroplated sconces of posy vases and bows. Electrified subsequently, the original gas taps can still be seen on each sconce light fixture.
It is however the central chandelier, also once gas lit, with it's original flounced Edwardian shade of russet fabric that perhaps hints at the room's original colour scheme. This matches the gleaming russet Arts and Crafts hearth and inlay tiles of the white marble fireplace. Matching the boiseries and garlands of plaster roses on the ceiling, the in built fire dogs and guard of polished brass also featured roses which are inlaid with losenges of russet coloured glass.
Built in High Victorian style in 1878 for successful gold miner Robert Wright, Billilla mansion was originally a thirteen room mansion erected on seven and a half acres of land.
When economic boom turned to bust in the 1880s, the property was purchased in 1888 by wealthy New South Wales pastoralist William Weatherly who named it Billilla after his land holdings and established a home there for his wife Jeannie and their children Violet, Gladys and Lionel.
The house was substantially altered by architect Walter Richmond Butler in 1907, extending the house beyond its original thirteen rooms and adding the Art Nouveau façade seen today.
After William Weatherly's death in 1914, his wife, who was much younger, remained living there until her own death in 1933. She bequeathed the property to her daughter, Violet, who maintained the home with reduced staff until her own death in 1972.
The property was purchased in 1973 by the Bayside Council who subsequently used Billilla as a historical house with guided tours, a wedding and events venue, a school and finally in 2009 as an artist's precinct in the property's outbuildings. Billilla is a beautiful heritage property retaining many of its original features thanks to its long private ownership still incorporating a stately formal garden and the magnificent historic house.
Billilla, at 26 Halifax Street, Brighton, is one of Melbourne’s few remaining significant homesteads, built on land which had originally been owned by Nicholas Were. The house has a mixture of architectural styles, featuring a Victorian design with Art Nouveau features and has exquisite formal gardens, which retain much of their original Nineteenth Century layout.
Billilla retains many original Victorian elements and a number of outbuildings still stand to the rear of the property including the butler’s quarters, dairy, meat house, stable garden store and coach house.
Billilla was opened to the general public as part of the Melbourne Open House weekend 2022.
Billilla was used as a backdrop in the 1980 Australian Channel 10 miniseries adaptation of Sumner Locke Elliott's "Water Under the Bridge". It was used at the Sydney harbourside home of Luigi, Honor and Carrie Mazzini.
Der Bürgersaal in München, seit der Weihe des Hochaltars am 13. Mai 1778 inoffiziell auch „Bürgersaalkirche“ genannt, ist der Bet- und Versammlungssaal der Marianischen Männerkongregation „Mariä Verkündigung am Bürgersaal zu München“. Er wurde 1709/10 nach Plänen von Giovanni Antonio Viscardi erbaut. Seit 1778 wird der Saal als Kirche genutzt. Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges wurde der Bürgersaal und die angrenzenden Wohnhäuser bei einem Fliegerangriff der 5. Bomberflotte der britischen Royal Air Force vom 24. auf den 25. April 1944 durch Spreng- und Brandbomben sowie Phosphorkanister im Obergeschoss bis auf die Außenmauern zerstört, während die Unterkirche (ursprünglich die Druckerei der Kongregation, nach 1890 Kapelle) im Erdgeschoss erhalten blieb. Dabei wurden der Dachstuhl, das freskenverzierte Stuckgewölbe, die Empore, der Sakristeianbau sowie der größte Teil der Inneneinrichtung vernichtet. Die Hauptfassade blieb rußgeschwärzt stehen. Nach Kriegsende 1945 wurden die Mauern des Bürgersaales gefestigt, der obere Saal neu eingedeckt und mit einer provisorischen Raumdecke versehen, sodass er für Gottesdienste genutzt werden konnte. Bis 1947 diente der von Architekt Lorenz Wilhelm wiederhergestellte Saal anstelle der zerstörten Frauenkirche als Kathedrale Münchens; bis 1953 nahm er die Gemeinde der zerstörten Michaelskirche auf. Zu einem planmäßigen Aufbau kam es erst nach der Währungsreform 1948. In diesem Jahr wurde aus geretteten Teilen des bisherigen Hochaltares ein neues Altarretabel geschaffen. Das versilberte Relief zeigt die Verkündigung Mariä. Darunter befinden sich auf einer neuen Mensa vier Silberbüsten der hll. Josef, Johannes des Täufers, Evangelisten Johannes und Joachim. Bis 1959 wurde das Innere wieder instand gesetzt, wobei man sich anhand von historischen Kupferstichen von 1710 orientierte. Die Kanzel wurde teilweise in abstrahierender Weise und unter Verwendung alter Teile rekonstruiert. Die erhaltenen Stuckornamente von 1710 bis 1712 wurden ergänzt sowie Fresken in Blindfenstern und Kartuschen restauriert. Die Rekonstruktion der herabgestürzten Decke war 1959 durch Reinhold Grübl weitgehend abgeschlossen. In den Jahren 1970–1973 wurde der Bürgersaal farblich neu gefasst und moderne Deckenfresken durch den ehemaligen NS-Künstler Hermann Kaspar angebracht, die sich in barockisierender Form dem Gebäude anpassen. Zu einer erneuten Renovierung kam es in den Jahren 1999–2001. Die Wiederherstellung des Bürgersaales bietet ein gutes Beispiel für die Denkmalpflege der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts Die dreischiffige Unterkirche diente ursprünglich als Druckerei der Kongregation und wurde erst Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts zu einem kryptaähnlichen Sakralraum umgestaltet. Auf dem Hochaltar befindet sich seit 1925 eine Statue der Thronenden Madonna, die der Bildhauer Franz Drexler geschaffen hatte. Zu den Füßen der Madonna mit Kind halten zwei Engelputti die Wappenschilde der Stadt München und des Landes Bayern und stellen so symbolisch die Landeshauptstadt und den Freistaat unter den Schutz der Gottesmutter. In den Wandnischen der Unterkirche befinden sich vierzehn barockisierende Stationen des Kreuzweges Jesu, die zwischen 1892 und 1898 von Hans Sprenger nach Modellen von Joseph Elsner senior in dessen Werkstatt geschnitzt wurden. Die sterblichen Überreste des 1945 gestorbenen und 1987 seliggesprochenen Jesuitenpaters Rupert Mayer wurden im Jahr 1948 vom Ordensfriedhof der Jesuiten in Pullach in die Unterkirche überführt vor dem Altar unter einer schlichten Grabplatte aus Rotmarmor beigesetzt.
Seitdem dient dieser Raum auch als Wallfahrtsstätte für den Jesuiten und Widerstandskämpfer Rupert Mayer, der seit 1921 als Präses der Marianischen Männerkongregation im Bürgersaal amtiert hatte.
An der rechten Seitenwand der Unterkirche steht eine Bronzebüste Rupert Mayers, die die Künstlerin Barbara von Kalckreuth 1949 geschaffen hatte. Im Jahr 2003 fertigte das Künstlerehepaar Hannah und Toni Stegmayer aus Kiefersfelden aus Messingstangen einen Altar, einen Tabernakel sowie einen Ambo. Seit dem Jahr 2008 richtete man hinter dem Altar einen Museumsraum mit Erinnerungsstücken an Pater Rupert Mayer ein. Der Museumsraum dokumentiert mit verschiedenen historischen Kultgeräten, Gnadenbildern und Kunstwerken darüber hinaus die Geschichte der Kongregation. In ihm befindet sich die aus dem Franziskanerkloster Ingolstadt transferierte Madonna mit der Traube (vor 1625) von Hans Degler.
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The Bürgersaal (Citizens' Hall) in Munich, unofficially also known as the ‘Bürgersaalkirche’ (Citizens' Hall Church) since the consecration of the high altar on 13 May 1778, is the prayer and meeting hall of the Marian Men's Congregation ‘Mariä Verkündigung am Bürgersaal zu München’ (Annunciation of Mary at the Bürgersaal in Munich). It was built in 1709/10 according to plans by Giovanni Antonio Viscardi. The hall has been used as a church since 1778. During the Second World War, the Bürgersaal and the adjacent residential buildings were destroyed in an air raid by the 5th Bomber Fleet of the British Royal Air Force on 24-25 April 1944, with explosive and incendiary bombs as well as phosphorus canisters destroying the upper floor down to the outer walls, while the lower church (originally the congregation's printing house, after 1890 a chapel) on the ground floor remained intact. The roof truss, the fresco-decorated stucco vault, the gallery, the sacristy extension and most of the interior furnishings were destroyed. The main façade remained standing, blackened by soot. After the end of the war in 1945, the walls of the Bürgersaal were reinforced, the upper hall was re-roofed and fitted with a temporary ceiling so that it could be used for church services. Until 1947, the hall, restored by architect Lorenz Wilhelm, served as Munich's cathedral in place of the destroyed Frauenkirche; until 1953, it accommodated the congregation of the destroyed St. Michael's Church. Systematic reconstruction did not begin until after the currency reform of 1948. In that year, a new altarpiece was created from salvaged parts of the previous high altar. The silver-plated relief depicts the Annunciation of Mary. Below it, on a new mensa, are four silver busts of St. Joseph, St. John the Baptist, St. John the Evangelist and St. Joachim. By 1959, the interior had been restored, based on historical copperplate engravings from 1710. The pulpit was partially reconstructed in an abstract manner, using old parts. The preserved stucco ornaments from 1710 to 1712 were supplemented and frescoes in blind windows and cartouches were restored. The reconstruction of the collapsed ceiling was largely completed in 1959 by Reinhold Grübl. Between 1970 and 1973, the Bürgersaal was repainted and modern ceiling frescoes were added by the former Nazi artist Hermann Kaspar, which blend in with the building in a Baroque style. Further renovation work was carried out between 1999 and 2001. The restoration of the Bürgersaal is a good example of monument preservation in the second half of the 20th century. The three-nave lower church originally served as the congregation's printing house and was only converted into a crypt-like sacred space at the end of the 19th century. Since 1925, the high altar has featured a statue of the Enthroned Madonna, created by the sculptor Franz Drexler. At the feet of the Madonna and Child, two cherubs hold the coats of arms of the city of Munich and the state of Bavaria, symbolically placing the state capital and the Free State under the protection of the Mother of God. In the wall niches of the lower church are fourteen Baroque-style stations of the Cross, carved between 1892 and 1898 by Hans Sprenger based on models by Joseph Elsner senior in his workshop. The mortal remains of Jesuit Father Rupert Mayer, who died in 1945 and was beatified in 1987, were transferred from the Jesuit cemetery in Pullach to the lower church in 1948 and buried in front of the altar under a simple red marble tomb slab.
Since then, this room has also served as a place of pilgrimage for the Jesuit and resistance fighter Rupert Mayer, who had served as president of the Marian Men's Congregation in the Bürgersaal since 1921.
On the right side wall of the lower church is a bronze bust of Rupert Mayer, created by the artist Barbara von Kalckreuth in 1949. In 2003, artist couple Hannah and Toni Stegmayer from Kiefersfelden crafted an altar, a tabernacle and an ambo from brass rods. In 2008, a museum room was set up behind the altar to display memorabilia of Father Rupert Mayer. The museum room also documents the history of the congregation with various historical cult objects, images of grace and works of art. It houses the Madonna with the Grapes (before 1625) by Hans Degler, which was transferred from the Franciscan monastery in Ingolstadt.
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I did this altered book page spread for a round robin on swap-bot. I used Golden molding paste for around the photo and then painted that with several washes and dry brushing of different colors to achieve the look of old leather. Book plates with titles were added below each picture of clowns. Pieces of old jewelry and watch parts were added to the pages
O " Caribe brasileiro" no Baixo Amazonas. Uma das belas praias de Santarém no Pará banhadas pelo rio Tapajós..
no photoshop has been used to create this. Just layers of photos catching the colours that fall onto them.
At what point in my life did I choose to focus on the fence and the foreground at the expense of people in the background?
What has Flick'r done to me?
For what's worth, the people in the background are strangers; not that the fence and I are particularly close.
"Dundas House is a Neoclassical building in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at 36 St Andrew Square, in the city's first New Town. The building was completed in 1774 as a private town house for Sir Lawrence Dundas by the architect Sir William Chambers. Much altered internally and extended over the years, today it is the registered office of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and it is protected as a category A listed building.
The site was previously occupied by a rural tavern known as "Peace and Plenty". This stood on the road from Edinburgh to Stockbridge, later called Gabriels Road, and still extant at its extremities.
When the town council made plans for a New Town drawn up by James Craig in 1767, the site of Dundas House was shown as a proposed church, St. Andrew's (hence the name of the square), acting as a counterpart to St. George's Church on what became Charlotte Square (originally to be called George Square but another scheme to the south of the Old Town had taken that name first). The two were separated by the New Town itself laid out on a formal grid centred on George Street along which the two churches were to face each other.
Sir Lawrence Dundas saw the layout and decided the church site would make a good location for a prestigious town mansion, and in 1768 he acquired the land. Initially, he invited designs from the architects John Carr and James Byres, but their proposals were not adopted. Dundas then turned to Sir William Chambers who drew up plans for the mansion in early 1771. The designs were agreed, and soon afterwards construction began on the house. The building was completed by January 1774.
In 1780 Hugo Arnot described the building as "incomparably the handsomest townhouse we ever saw".
The proposed St Andrew's Church was subsequently built at a less prominent site at 13 George Street.
Lord Dundas died in 1781 and his son Sir Thomas Dundas, 2nd Baronet inherited the house. Having no great desire to live here (then the site was in the midst of a huge building site as the New Town construction began) he sold the house to the government in 1794 who converted it to the Excise House, which opened in 1795. At this stage it gained the royal coat of arms of the British Customs and Excise in its pediment.
Dundas House was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1825 for £35,300. The interior was altered in 1825 and 1828 by Archibald Elliot the Younger, and in 1836 by William Burn. Much of these alterations were removed by John Dick Peddie in 1857 when a banking hall with a distinctive pierced dome was added to the rear of the existing house.
In 1834, a statue of John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, who had served as Governor of the Bank 1820–23, was placed in the garden in front of Dundas House. The statue was originally commissioned in 1824 by a group of high ranking pesons in Edinburgh, led by James Gibson Craig, from the sculptor Thomas Campbell. Campbell created it in Rome and it was shipped to Britain in 1828. The current position was agreed by the architect in January 1830, and an appropriate plinth was designed to respect the frontage of Dundas House. Although several sources state that the statue wa designed for Charlotte Square, there is no evidence of any plans for locating on that site, and Hope's link to the Royal Bank make Dundas House a more obvious first choice.
In 1972 the 19th century banking screens and counters were removed and replaced by white marble counters.
Dundas House is a free-standing house designed in the Palladian style. It was modelled on Roger Morris's 1729 Palladian villa Marble Hill House in Twickenham, London but is much grander.
The house is built of cream sandstone ashlar, weathered to light grey, from Ravelston Quarry some three miles to the west. It is fronted with a set of Corinthian pilasters supporting a large central pediment. The house is faced with ashlar with a rusticated ground floor.
The large, opulent banking hall, added by Peddie in 1857, is covered by a large circular blue dome which is pierced by 5 tiers of star-shaped gold-rimmed coffered skylights radiating out from the central oculus which diminish in size towards the centre, representing the firmament. An illustration of this star pattern featured on Royal Bank of Scotland's "Islay" series of banknotes which were in circulation 1987–2016.
The New Town is a central area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. A masterpiece of city planning, it was built in stages between 1767 and around 1850, and retains much of its original neo-classical and Georgian period architecture. Its best known street is Princes Street, facing Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town across the geological depression of the former Nor Loch. Together with the Old Town, the New Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.
Edinburgh (/ˈɛdɪnbərə/; Scots: Edinburgh; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [ˈt̪uːn ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]) is the capital of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore.
Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland. The city's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, philosophy, the sciences and engineering. It is the second largest financial centre in the United Kingdom (after London) and the city's historical and cultural attractions have made it the United Kingdom's second most visited tourist destination attracting 4.9 million visits including 2.4 million from overseas in 2018.
Edinburgh is Scotland's second most populous city and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. The official population estimates are 488,050 (2016) for the Locality of Edinburgh (Edinburgh pre 1975 regionalisation plus Currie and Balerno), 518,500 (2018) for the City of Edinburgh, and 1,339,380 (2014) for the city region. Edinburgh lies at the heart of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region comprising East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian.
The city is the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. It is home to national institutions such as the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery. The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582 and now one of four in the city, is placed 20th in the QS World University Rankings for 2020. The city is also known for the Edinburgh International Festival and the Fringe, the latter being the world's largest annual international arts festival. Historic sites in Edinburgh include Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the churches of St. Giles, Greyfriars and the Canongate, and the extensive Georgian New Town built in the 18th/19th centuries. Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town together are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, which has been managed by Edinburgh World Heritage since 1999." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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Der Alte Garnisonfriedhof ist ein denkmalgeschützter ehemaliger Friedhof in Berlin Mitte.
The Alte Garnisonfriedhof is a former cemetery in Berlin.
This is an altered CD I did for a swap.
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The Dodo awards Alice for winning the Caucus race with her own thimble. ~ Mixed Media Collage Altered Playing Card
Private Swap for Donetta
This alter has had quite a history. It stood for years with Statue #1 in place. In the year 2008 the statue was stolen or retrieved by its original owners. Another statue #2 was donated and at Stones Raising 2009 the Alter was completely desecrated. Every thing was gone. Some things were found near by. I have heard that the statue #2 was recovered but I can not be sure.
Statue #3 that you see here was donated by Catch Me Now, the Flickr Photographer, at Drum and Splash 2010. This photograph was taken at the end of the camping season. I pray the statue resides there for many years.
I love making pieces that are tactile - this piece incorporates a ribbon tied around the cherubs body, then placed between the young woman's fingers. I used vintage buttons for her hat and of course added some rhinestones.
Image has been digitally altered due to operation security.
Members of HMCS MONCTON and the United States Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment participate in boat manoeuvres with the Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) as part of training exercises during Operation CARIBBE, in the Caribbean Sea, February 2, 2021.
Please credit: Canadian Armed Forces photo
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◘ Informação: Centro é um bairro da cidade brasileira de Porto Alegre, capital do estado do Rio Grande do Sul.
Foi criado pela Lei 2022 de 7 de dezembro de 1959 alterada pela Lei 4685 de 21 de dezembro de 1979.
O Centro é a área de Porto Alegre que, por sua antigüidade, concentra a maior parte dos marcos históricos da Capital, e também atuais. Alguns destes marcos são:
* A Praça da Matriz, atual Praça Marechal Deodoro, onde a história da cidade começou, com a construção da primeira igreja. Ali também teve início a Revolução Farroupilha. Em torno da Praça existem importantes edifícios, como o Palácio Piratini (sede do Governo Estadual), a Catedral Metropolitana de Porto Alegre, a Assembléia Legislativa e o Theatro São Pedro.
* Cais do Porto, ponto de contato do Estado com o resto do país e do mundo.
* Santa Casa de Misericórdia, um marco de quase dois séculos da Medicina no Estado.
* Biblioteca Pública, que apresenta um raro calendário positivista em sua fachada e, em seu interior, salas cujas decorações homenageiam culturas tão diversas como a egípcia e a mourisca.
* Prefeitura de Porto Alegre, na Praça Montevidéu, onde há a fonte Talavera de la Reina, recentemente depredada por vandalismo, mas que já está sendo reparada.
* Igreja Nossa Senhora das Dores em estilo eclético é a mais antiga da cidade.
* Museu de Artes do Rio Grande do Sul (MARGS)
* Prédio Velho dos Correios e Telégrafos ("Correio Velho")
* Museu Júlio de Castilhos
* Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana
* Santander Cultural
* Museu de Comunicação Social Hipólito José da Costa
* Usina do Gasômetro
* Museu da Companhia Estadual de Energia Elétrica
* Mercado Público de Porto Alegre
O Centro é o lugar onde as denominações originais das principais ruas e praças se mantêm intactas graças ao uso popular. A "Rua da Praia", a mais central, é na verdade a Rua dos Andradas. (fonte: Wikipédia)
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Skylight illuminated hall. Berg Instructional Center (BIC). College of Dupage (COD). Glen Ellyn, IL.
La primavera no solo la sangre altera, también altera el curso de las tormentas que en esta estación se producen, son pocas, pero fuertes de verdad.
"Alter Laden" in der Hauptstraße in Göppingen. Immer interessant gestaltet, auch nachts ein Blickfang.
November 2014
Character: Saber Alter
Series: Fate/Stay Night
Manufacturer: ALTER
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